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  • Hospitals sign up to pledge

    TRAFFORD Healthcare NHS Trust is to launch a simple but effective pledge to staff, patients and visitors: wash your hands. On November 7, everyone at each ward and department at Trafford General, Altrincham General and Stretford Memorial Hospitals signed

  • Boundary change - the facts

    IN RECENT weeks SUM's letters pages have been filled with residents expressing their concerns about the future of Stretford's electoral boundaries and the effect any potential changes could have. In an attempt to set the record straight and dispel some

  • School where it pays to be positive

    A NEW scheme aimed at rewarding positive behaviour and improving the school's image in the community, has been launched by Lostock Community College. The initiative, which has been running since July, gives pupils the chance to be entered into a fortnightly

  • Car set alight

    A take-away delivery driver suffered burns to his hands when his car was set alight in Urmston. The 53-year-old man had parked his car on Manor Park, off Manor Avenue, on Sunday, at about 8pm to deliver some food to a nearby address. He left his car unlocked