PLEASE help score a goal for charity and make a millennium parachute jump in support of Mencap. Training is given so no experience is required and skydivers who raise the minimum sponsorship jump for FREE. We desperately need your support. Every week
I HAVE for the first time become aware of just what Oliver's Army has achieved. Although over the last two years my commitment to childrens services remaining at Trafford General has never wavered, never more than now have I realised just what a difference
LAST Monday evening, February 21, someone entered my front garden in the hours of darkness and stole my two best planters, full of spring flowers and good bushes. Would the person who removed these plants from in front of the semi in Church Street, Stretford
The first team played away to Moss Park, and enjoyed a resounding return to winnings ways. Moments after the five minute mark, Vicky Robinson put Urmston ahead, and from that point on, there was no looking back. Vicky's fourth hat-trick of the season
Record Camp Numbers at Trafford Basketball Centre TRAFFORD Basketball Centre has just finished its regular half-term Camps and, for the first time, had to lock its doors. 120 youngsters attended the Camps for primary, girls and U14 boys, with many more
A STRETFORD sports club which was formerly a training ground for Manchester City could be set for a massive face-lift. For the Kendal Sports and Social Club on Kendal Road will undergo something of an image change if plans are approved by Trafford Council
TRAFFORD'S council tax is set to rise by 4.9 per cent this year. But the increase will leave Trafford with the lowest council tax in Greater Manchester. Band D houses will receive a charge of £722.97, equivalent to a rise of 65 pence per week. Education
Oldham 28 THIS proved to be a game between the rugby 'haves' and 'have nots'. Oldham, with their coaching structure involving former England and Lancashire players Bob Kimmins and Kevin Williams, are so far unbeaten in the league this season and they
IN A very physical match against Acton, Sale Ladies Hockey Club proved themselves more than worthy winners in this weeks game, with good open play from their forward line up. Last weeks hat-trick-hero, Carol Savage, opened the scoring for Sale with fine
Silver service from Harriers SALE Harriers Manchester concluded their memorable cross country season in style at the National Championships in Stowe with three sets of silver team medals, one individual bronze and three merit trophies. The Senior Women
A Bridge too Far Northenden Victoria 0 v Pelican FC 13 PELICAN FC cruised into the quarter finals of the Altrincham Saturday League cup as second division strugglers Northenden found the ability gap between the top of the first and the bottom of the second
Jackson 16, 33, McKearney 59 Russell 24, Morrell 37, Landon 86 Attendance - 1,230 ROBINS had to contend with delays on a blocked motorway and falling behind three times at Christie Park, before Ricard Landon provided another late strike to salvage a precious
TRAFFORD'S Council Tax is set to rise by 4.9 per cent this year. But the increase will leave Trafford with the lowest Council Tax in Greater Manchester. Band D houses will receive a charge of £722.97, equivalent to a rise of 65 pence per week. Education
COUNCIL chiefs will review their payment collection procedures in a bid to help the borough's hard-pressed post offices. Leader of the council David Acton pledged to investigate helping sub post offices after a post master sent him an open letter appealing
A GROUP for young girls and boys in Timperley is desperately looking for new members to keep it afloat. For the Martin's club for youngsters aged between five and seven has just one sole regular attending at the moment. And leader Tracy Mallett says that
CAMPAIGNERS are questioning a ruling which threw out their legal challenge to save prized open land in Timperley from development. A sub-committee made up of five councillors rejected a bid for Aimson Road field in Timperley to be classified as a town
RESIDENTS are demanding security measures to prevent their flats being an "open house" for firebugs. Piles of papers are regularly torched by youngsters in the hallway of a block of flats at Bamford Gardens, on the Broomwood estate in Timperley. Last
I AM becoming slowly convinced that the speed bumps in Trafford are sponsored by Kwik Fit or a similar firm. If you follow the intent and slow down, you scrape your exhaust on the ground. If you copy the more knowledgable, like the police, council vehicle
"LEAVE the trees standing", said the majority when Urmston precinct had a facelift. Unfortunately, the pleas of that same public were ignored when it came to the felling of trees that lined the perimeter of the cricket ground on Moorside Road. Next in
Urmston Amateur Swimming Club URMSTON Swimming Club was the top club after the final gala of the Manchester & District Age Group Championships at Broughton on Saturday. The ten, eleven, and twelve year olds each won their trophy with the girls first
with a draw URMSTON Hockey club mens 1st team could only manage a 1-1 result with Cumbrians Ulverston in a game they could have won. The visitors umpire first gave a goal then reversed her decision which cost Urmston the game. The second went down 1-3
Woodsend 2 Moss Vale 5 IN THE weekend's top local derby, Altrincham Sunday League first division leaders Moss Vale travelled to local rivals Woodsend, and overcome the challenging conditions to come away with a 5-2 victory. Playing against a strong wind
A SCHOOLBOY from Flixton has made police and council officials sit up and take notice with advice on how to improve our roads. John Malone,10, of Lynmouth Avenue, is the Road Safety Officer at English Martyrs Primary School in Flixton. He has written
A TRAFFORD councillor has slammed the council's decision to sell a piece of land for £60,000 less than its actual value. Cllr Frank Eadie, Leader of the Conservative Group, said the sale was forced through at a meeting of Trafford's Policy and Resources
MANCHESTER is no longer top of the car crime league, according to a recent survey by windscreen repair giants Autoglass. The company produced the 'Autoglass Car Crime Table 2000' after compiling a chart of side glass damage reported by customers during
THIEVES made off with a massive haul of £60,000 worth of equipment, including eight cars, after striking at a vehicle rental base in Old Trafford. Now police are warning people to be on the lookout for anyone selling a relatively new vehicle at a cut-price
A BAND of rescued animals are still searching for a new home despite assurances that their carers from Flixton will be found a new piece of land. Their current home at the Westfield Farm animal sanctuary in Ashton on Mersey is set to be sold to a neighbouring
LISTENERS to the BBC Radio 4 'Them and Us' debate broadcast in January will have heard SOS spokesman Chris Taylor clearly state that what Trafford needs is a fair 11-plus selection system. After making this statement, how can he criticise the STEP campaign
ALTRINCHAM Kersal's Saturday opponents, Penrith, were stuck in a massive hold-up on the M6 and could not make it to Stelfox Avenue for the NWI league match. It was left, therefore to the AKRFC Colts to maintain the winning sequence in this Cheshire Colts
BOWDON Men's 1st team slipped up this week managing only to draw 3-3 against the improving City of York side. York put Bowdon under pressure with an early goal before Geoff Price and then David Egerton put Bowdon into the lead at half time. York scored
RESIDENTS of a narrow cul-de-sac in Sale are still in dispute with council chiefs about grass verges outside their homes. For the neighbours in Salcombe Close say that they have been campaigning for almost two years to have the verges removed so that
ALTRINCHAM has the best bus station in Greater Manchester - and that's official. The town's station came out ahead of other shortlisted interchanges in the county to win first prize in the best bus station awards. Members of the public visited stations
A PLAYGROUP in Altrincham that was near to closure six months ago has received a huge shot-in-the-arm. For the YWCA group is one of several in Trafford to be granted funds as part of the National Lottery 'Awards For All' scheme for local organisations
PLANNERS have given the go ahead for a business park on the Altrincham 'heath' that gave Broadheath its name. The decision caused fury among residents who claimed it was the last bit of green space in the area and a home for rare plants and wildlife.
A DAD saved the life of his six year old daughter by dropping her from an upstairs bedroom window as a fierce fire ripped through their Brooklands home. Richard Walker braved intense heat and smoke when he rushed upstairs to rescue his sleeping daughter
MEMBERS of Altrincham Baptist Church are on the trip of a lifetime to Uganda this month - helping AIDS orphans. Twenty one members of the church are staying in Jinja, Uganda's second city, for two weeks. They flew out on February 18 after raising the
