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  • Nora and Bill Atherton celebrate 60 years of married life

    SALE couple, Nora and Bill Atherton, were delighted to celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary. The couple, who married in 1953, met while they were pupils at Barlow Hall Primary School in Chorlton. Bill, 81, and Nora, 80, have two children

  • Care home plan gets the go-ahead

    A CAREHOME previously refused planning permission in Urmston has been given the green light by Trafford Council’s planning development control committee. The proposed accommodation was initially withdrawn, due to residents’ concerns over insufficient

  • Flixton parents ask drivers to avoid parking near school

    A FRUSTRATED group of Flixton residents want Trafford Council to take action over careless parents who clog up their road and unfairly park there during the school commute. The Street Parking Action Group – recently founded on Facebook – want a

  • Trafford Centre wins heart award

    THE Trafford Centre has been crowned the Heart Safe Shopping Centre of the Year due to having more defibrillators per square foot than any other large mall. The centre was handed the honour at last week’s UK Heart Safe Awards at the Radisson Blu

  • TV scientist Prof Brian Cox opens school's physics centre

    ACCLAIMED BBC television presenter and scientist Prof Brian Cox opened Altrincham Grammar School for Boys’ new physics centre. Prof Cox toured the new £1million facility – which has four labs, a preparation room and both staff and sixth form areas