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  • Station gets a makeover

    SALE Metrolink Station is to get a facelift. Transport chiefs have agreed to carry out a £100,000 revamp at the stop. The improvements will focus on refurbishment works and better passenger security. The platform canopies, booking hall office and lift

  • Thug jailed for attacking reveller

    A THUG who helped carry out a "chilling, cold blooded and unprovoked" attack on a New Year's Eve reveller from Stretford was jailed for two years on Monday. Benjamin Davenport, 21, was arrested after victim Paul Stamper was beaten and kicked senseless

  • Pelican go one better

    BACK in September two points had been dropped against Amatuers in a 1-1 draw and this game was crucial as the Wythenshawe side were breathing down Pelican's necks in second place, although they have played two games more than the leaders. Once again Pelican

  • Ashton back in business

    AFTER last weeks dreadful performance away at Crewe and Nantwich, Ashton on Mersey Rugby Club, languishing in the basement of the league, pulled off an astonishing performance by beating Anselmians, only once beaten previously this season. This was against

  • Slump sets in after handy wins

    AFTER having beaten the first and second placed teams in their league in the past three weeks, Altrincham Kersal slumped to their heaviest defeat in this away match at Vale of Lune. Vale scored first from a catch and drive at a line out close to the Kersal

  • Point made by Timperley

    DESPITE running themselves into the ground this weekend, Timperley Hockey Club's 1st team only managed to take a point from a pretty even game. Timperley had the best of the flow of play when they conceded a penalty flick and went behind early in the

  • A share of the spoils

    DRAWS in Rugby Union are somewhat of a rarity these days, but in a titanic struggle at Heywood Road last week, the Sharks shared the spoils with a lively London Irish. Under clear blue skies, the near capacity crowd, along with a live TV audience witnessed

  • Reconstruction

    Police have staged a reconstruction of the collision which killed a pensioner from Sale last month. Kathleen Lea, 69, died when she collided with a bus in Piccadilly Gardens near the junction with Portland Street. The collision happened on Thursday November

  • Police appeal for help in reconstruction

    GREATER Manchester Police traffic officers are appealing for help in reconstructing a collision with a bus which left a pensioner dead. Kathleen Lea, 69, from Sale, had been crossing Piccadilly near the junction with Portland Street in the city centre

  • Christmas comes early for trio

    A SIXTY-TWO year-old Sale woman has scooped more than £104,000 playing bingo. And just three days later, lightning struck again when the Mecca Club on Washway Road, Sale, had another national game winner, who received £20,000. The first winner was playing

  • Unicorn's cup progress

    UNICORN Junior Football Club progressed through to the quarter finals of the County Cup with an excellent win over Merseyside opponents Glenavon Eagles. The first half ended goalless, but Unicorn had a lot of pressure without finding the net. In the second