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Tony Flynn

SalfordOnline.com's Local History Editor and Senior Reporter.

Salford VIP car company director banned

A company director who supplied high-end cars to celebrities and sports professionals has been banned from doing business for five years, after he was prosecuted by...

Cinderella is coming to Salford

As Barton Theatre Company approach the opening night of this year’s Pantomime, Cinderella, there’s one cast member who’ll definitely be walking tall for the next...

Hover bovver – £20K of dangerous boards seized in Salford

Trading standards officers in Salford have seized over £20,000 of dangerous hover boards. The seizure was made from a wholesale shop in the city after a tip off from a...

Car on fire at Morrisons car park Eccles

Firecrews from Eccles were called to Morrisons car park at 11.39am today, Monday 9 November after receiving reports of a car on fire in the car park. A black Peugeot was...

Culture, Barricades and Badges Paintings (1980 – 2015) by John Sculley

For 25 years John Sculley has worked in arts and museums across the North West, having recently retired as Head of Museums and Arts Development in Salford, he worked...

Salford man wanted for recall to prison

A man from Salford is wanted on recall to prison. Paul Halliwell 43, is wanted on recall to prison after breaching the terms of his licence. Halliwell has links to the...

Ordsall soldier to be remembered at Regent Square War Memorial

Salford soldier Joseph Fowler who was killed under enemy bombardment early one March morning during the First World War in 1916 is to be remembered at a ceremony this...

50 years ago in Eccles: ‘Never removed’ Eccles Cakes sign taken to Monks Hall Museum for safe keeping

Eccles cakes are surely the most well-known foodstuffs associated with Eccles, and the town is rightly proud of their long tradition, which dates back to the late 18th...

Eccles nursery’s teddy bear tea party for St Ann’s Hospice

Children and staff wore pyjamas and brought along teddy bears for a tea party at Ladybird Private Day Nursery at Springfield House, New Lane, Eccles. A fancy dress day a...

Barbara Keeley MP calls for action to improve survival rates for Salford’s biggest cancer killer

Barbara Keeley, Shadow Health Minister, hosted a meeting at Westminster to launch a new report by the British Lung Foundation calling for action to be taken to improve...