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  • Village goes downhill

    I HAVE lived in Flixton for over 20 years and used to be quite proud to do so. In the past, it was a pleasure to stroll down to Woodsend Circle in an evening, enjoy the bowling green/park and then window shop in the attractive shop windows. We have lost

  • What a night

    The most appropriately named musical on the circuit returns to its spiritual home to blast away the cobwebs on those flares and burn the disco down yet again. Oh! What A Night say the billboards and it certainly is. From the moment the curtain goes up

  • Thug jailed for New Year attack

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

  • Team effort pays off for schools

    TRAFFORD'S Key Stage Two results fell sharply this year - but the borough still finished third in the region in the Government's league tables. The 4.8 per cent fall in the number of pupils attaining Level Four in their exams was the largest fall in Greater

  • Be on guard pleads pensioner

    A PENSIONER has condemned the conmen who have destroyed her confidence by tricking their way into her house. The 64 year-old woman, of Beech Road, Hale, suffers from nightmares and has had to be put on medication after the two men, posing as gas officials

  • Megan waits for operation

    LITTLE Megan Rajah is now waiting in New York for her life-saving operation after an amazing response to her parents' appeal for help in SAM. Messenger readers have helped to raise a total of £68,778 to send the 21 month-old from Sale for an operation

  • Toad makes a big splash

    THE Club Theatre in Altrincham is establishing a new date in its diary - a family Christmas production. Their second, Toad of Toad Hall, based on Kenneth Grahame's Wind In The Willows, was well received by the young audience last week. Despite the somewhat

  • A BRIGHT IDEA

    A FAN of Christmas is providing a boost to a Messenger backed charity with his brightly decorated home. Peter Lang's sparkling festive decorations on his house on Davyhulme Road, Davyhulme, help raise money for the Oliver's Army children's charity. He

  • Out of control

    Out of control YOUNGSTERS from Gorse Hill Youth Centre in Stretford are among those exhibiting work at the Out of Control youth arts event. The Out of Control exhibition, being staged at the Zion Centre, Stretford Road, Hulme, until Monday, (December

  • Mark sees red

    THE CONTROVERSIAL sending off of player manager Mark Molyneaux on the stroke of half-time proved to be the turning point of Trafford's 2-1 defeat at the hands of high flying Harrogate Town at Shawe View on Saturday. The visitors dominated the opening

  • Disgusting sight

    ON Saturday November 17 my daughter and I were coming home from shopping when an Oldham bus, which had stopped to let its fares off to go to United Football Stadium, held us up. As the people got off the bus at least eight of them stood to relieve them-selves

  • Watch out for catflap thieves

    BOBBIES in Trafford are warning homeowners with cat flaps to be wary after a spate of burglaries in the borough. Cheeky small thieves have been sneaking into homes through feline doorways and residents are advised to keep cat flaps locked wherever possible

  • Thieves beware

    BOBBIES in south Trafford are warning criminals looking to strike over Christmas that they are being watched. They say crooks should be wary, with an increased police presence out and about to ensure the majority have a safe and peaceful festive period

  • Skating on thin ice?

    THE future of Altrincham Ice Rink looks bleak after its owners put the ageing building up for sale this week. The popular facility needs expensive repair work carried out on it, which has prompted the owners to sell. The announcement confirmed many people's

  • Flixton aim for stability

    FLIXTON FC have one aim this season, and that is stability. The club have gone through a rocky patch over the last three seasons, and currently lie nine points adrift at the bottom of the North West Counties first division. However, the club have recovered

  • Ben sees work performed

    A YOUNG musician from Sale has composed the music to go with a special Christmas poem written by a youngster from Oxfordshire. The poem entitled 'A child who has never experienced Christmas' was written by Abingdon schoolgirl Joanna Probert and tells

  • Centre wins national award

    AN OLD Trafford language centre has been voted the best in Britain for training businesses. The Languages for Business Centre (LBC) - run by Sale couple Eric and Carla Brass - beat off stiff competition to scoop the National Languages for Export Award

  • Sharks may move

    SPECULATION about a potential new home for Sale Sharks is rising after co-owner Brian Kennedy made it clear that Heywood Road is not big enough for his plans, by Michael Crockett Speaking earlier this week, Kennedy said, "My company, Genesis Communications

  • Schools do better

    A NUMBER of schools in north Trafford have recorded much improved results in their Key Stage Two test results - bucking the trend of the borough as a whole. But even headteachers at this year's most successful schools felt that the Government league tables

  • PM meets Trafford team

    TRAFFORD Youth Offending Team received national recognition for its impressive results when its leader was invited to meet the Prime Minister. Leader Helen McFarlane met Tony Blair recently after attending a conference on youth justice in London. Mr Blair

  • Jail for new year attack

    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