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  • Ease our hospital fears

    AFTER three and a half weeks in hospital through a fall I am now disabled and have not yet fully recovered after six weeks out of hospital. Staying at home and falling out of bed on to a fitted carpet is less hazardous than falling out of bed onto a concrete

  • Shops must change

    I AM as keen as anyone to ensure the survival and importance of Urmston town centre, as covered in your recent correspondence. This will only happen if local traders change their outlook and attitudes, instead of behaving as if the community owes them

  • Matlock Town 3

    Trafford 1 TRAFFORD Football Club's mini-revival came to an abrupt end on Saturday when they were beaten 3-1 by a classy Matlock Town side in Derbyshire. Matlock mounted early pressure on the visitor's goal but the best chance fell to Trafford striker

  • Tricksters con grandad

    A STRETFORD pensioner who was duped by bogus workmen is warning others to be on their guard. The 69 year-old retired teacher was tricked into handing over £350 savings to a pair of conmen. The tricksters had called at his home offering to re-lay his rear

  • We're Wilde about Reds

    TWO Manchester United fans have launched a new website with a difference to celebrate their love of the Reds. Cartoonist Paul Wilde has joined forces with web publisher Steve Taylor, to produce a comic magazine devoted to their favourite club. The comic

  • MAN 'SHOT TWO' - He denies

    attempted murder AN angry teenager gunned down an Afro Caribbean mother and her eight year old daughter just hours after venting his hatred of black people, a court heard on Tuesday. Robert Vincent, 18, left university lecturer's wife Priscilla Nkwenti

  • Things can only get better

    WORK to provide state of the art accident and emergency facilities for the New Millennium will get underway at Trafford General Hospital within weeks. The £1 million-plus upgrade at the accident and emergency department is due to start in the new year

  • Scanner appeal launches

    A MILLION-pound appeal is launching tomorrow (Friday) to help Wythenshawe Hospital purchase a new MR Scanner. The scanner is one of the most up-to-date in the medical field and the hospital is hoping to have the equipment in place to coincide with the

  • Altrincham 2 Morecambe 2

    Russell 25, Ellison 33 Drummond 18, 73 Attendance: 1159 cby Mike Crockett ALTRINCHAM took a point from this red-blooded battle with Morecambe, and could have taken a lot more. A goal in each half by Stewart Drummond cancelled out first-period strikes

  • by Mike Crockett

    IN their attempt to attain Conference survival, Altrincham FC have received a double defensive boost. Inspirational defenders Danny Adams and Paul Ellender have committed their future to the Moss Lane club. Adams, Altrincham born and bred, turned down

  • Results put parents in the picture

    TRAFFORD Council published the borough's eleven plus pass rates this week, in a bid to give parents more factual information. It is the first time that the pass rates have been published. They are given by area and by gender, and reveal some clear variations

  • Peace flame lights up school

    THE World Peace Flame has arrived in Altrincham - on its way to the Millennium Dome. It arrived at Loreto Prep where Mayor Ray Bowker and head teacher Sister Catherine were given candles lit from the special flame. The pupils were also given little candles

  • Conman tricks pensioner

    A TRUSTING Timperley pensioner has become the latest victim of a con trick that passes off cheap coats as top of the range leather goods. The eighty-one year-old great grandfather was duped into handing over his savings for what he believed were top quality

  • Casualty's £1 million facelift

    WORK to provide state of the art accident and emergency facilities for the New Millennium will get underway at Trafford General Hospital within weeks. The £1 million-plus upgrade at the accident and emergency department is due to start in the new year

  • Town backers have their hands tied

    IN reply to Jennifier Yates letter of November 4, I am surprised that she feels Mr Nicklin's comments, about the lack of action in Urmston town centre are unjustified. Although I appreciate the hard work Central Urmston Partnership (CUP) are doing to

  • Hang your head

    SO BEV Hughes is saying that all pensioner households in the constituency wil be £300 a year better off (SUM 11/11/99). Well I have news for her - I am just one of the very many pensioers who will be worse off. During the 1997 election, Labour said that

  • Simple precautions can be the key to beating the car thief

    IT SEEMS that an Englishman's home is not necessarily the fortress that it should be as far as car thieves are concerned. That is why a vast majority of cars stolen throughout the borough are taken from outside people's homes by burglars after breaking

  • Urmston Meadowside JFC

    Meds Derby Success DAVID Edge hit four goals as Urmston Meadowside U15s won the local derby against Urmston Juniors 7-0. Mark McGagh, Ray Gage and Brett Shaw were the otherscorers and Craig Hookham was Man of the match. Meds U14sA came from behind twice

  • Trafford MV 86 v Furness 7

    TRAFFORD MV finally came good in this North Lancs/Cumbria League clash against Furness. MV started strongly and built up an early domination from the kick off. Within 10 minutes the writing was on the wall as MV stormed into a 19-0 lead. Leading the way

  • More Joy for Trafford Youngers Athletics

    TRAFFORD AC U13 boys completed their autumn relay season with another outstanding performance. In the National 'View From' Cross Country relays held at Mansfield the team collected bronze medals for a superb third place in the 50 teams taking part. Simon

  • MAN'S DEATH INSPIRES EFFORT

    THE TRAGIC death of a computer whizzkid has spurred his Urmston family to help a leading centre for epilepsy sufferers. Andrew Hill died three years ago after suffering an epileptic fit. The 24 year-old - who had a high-flying computer job in Grimsby

  • Judge jails man for abusing hospital staff while drunk

    HOSPITAL louts will go to prison, Manchester's Stipendiary Magistrate Alan Berg has vowed. Jailing a Stretford man for five months he voiced his grave concern at the increase in violence and aggression towards doctors and nurses. "There was a time not

  • Crime link

    TWO armed robberies in Davyhulme last week could be connected, according to police. The incidents took place on Thursday evening within the space of ten minutes and the descriptions of the offenders are identical. The trio struck first at the Sandgate

  • Zone wins a fair deal

    A PIONEERING 'fair trading zone' at the Trafford Centre is being declared a major success. The trailblazing scheme - developed in partnership with the trading standards chiefs at Trafford council - aims not only to protect the consumer but raise standards

  • Beware car prize offer

    TRADING Standards chiefs in Trafford are urging people to be wary of letters claiming to be for 'prize winners'. The warning comes after several residents got in touch saying that a congratulatory notice had dropped through their letter box. The letter

  • What about Ashton on Mersey

    I NOTED with interest your report in last weeks SAM, in which you reported that the Council had been given Planning Consent for improvements costing £4 million in Sale, notably around the Civic Buildings. It is a pity Civic Pride does not extend to less

  • Apathy rules OK

    ONCE again I feel moved to respond to one of Trafford Councillors comments in SAM, Readers Write 11.11.99. Councillor Lane, "Who's position I didn't even know existed" states (using suitably massaged figures), some council tax bands would be higher, but

  • Beware of dog nappers

    PETLINE organiser Chris Butterworth is warning local pet owners to be on their guard against dog snatchers. The warning comes after the mysterious disappearance of a number of small breeds and working dogs throughout Greater Manchester. Animals which

  • Don't make it too easy

    IT SEEMS that an Englishman's home is not necessarily the fortress that it should be as far as car thieves are concerned. That is why a vast majority of cars stolen throughout the borough are taken from outside people's homes by burglars after breaking

  • SALE YIELD IN THE SHIELD

    Sale Sharks 16 Perpignan 31 ANOTHER under-achieving day at the office for the Sale Sharks saw them record their fifth successive defeat, and more importantly, start their European Shield campaign on totally the wrong foot. Three penalties and a conversion

  • Sale 1stXI v Alderley Edge 1stXI

    SALE Ladies Hockey Club played in a defiant fashion against the unbeaten Alderly Edge team. Sale, one place below Alderley Edge in a top of the table clash proved an exciting game. The half time score was 1-1 which meant that everything was to play for

  • Altrincham Aces

    Altrincham Aces 12 v Bradford Bulldogs 0 THE Altrincham Aces Ice hockey team completed a confident home victory last Sunday night, striding to a 12-0 win over the Bradford Bulldogs. The Aces started the rout early, Rob Young displaying some excellent

  • Lucky to be alive

    A LITTLE girl's early morning call to her parents saved her family from the 'silent killer' carbon monoxide. Jeremy and Sharon Hart, their four children and a young family friend were just minutes away from being fatally overcome by the deadly fumes at

  • Come join in the fun

    AN afternoon of festive fun has been planned to celebrate Sale's Christmas lights switch on. The entertainment will start at 1pm on Saturday November 27 in The Square at Sale, with local groups, schools and colleges helping to create a party atmosphere

  • Developer is poles apart

    A HAULAGE company boss was arrested by police for criminal damage - for lifting a six feet pole out of the ground. The company director - who was later cautioned - had shifted the steel post to allow his lorry to pass along a narrow Sale road, Rivers