MANCHESTER Phoenix Ice Hockey Club is continuing the link-up with Bolton University will continue as its educational partner for another year. Bolton University will continue to offer the club’s players bursaries for some of their courses, allowing
LANCASHIRE have marked a return to profitability after four successive years of losses by announcing a record operating profit of more than £3.5 million for last year. The cricket club have also more than doubled revenue to more than £19 million.
ST Ambrose College A-Level biology students have completed a groundbreaking, transatlantic on-line link-up. They have enjoyed series of on-line lectures by one of the pioneers of the Human Genome Project. It is thought to be one of the first online
Maundy Thursday, April 17. 8pm Liturgy of the Institution of the Lord's Supper. Good Friday, April 18. 9.30am Messy Church in St Anne's Church Hall. 1.30pm Liturgy of the Day. Holy Saturday/Easter Eve, April 19. 8pm Easter Vigil and first Eucharist
AROUND 20 tons of paper caught fire at a commercial property in Carrington. Crews from Stretford and Sale fire stations were called to the property, on Manchester Road, at around 9.15pm on April 14. It is thought that the bales of recycled
FIREFIGHTERS were called to an Urmston house after a car caught fire. A crew from Stretford Fire Station was called to the house, on Stretford Road, at around 11.20pm on April 15. The car had collided into the steps of the house, causing
POLICE are investigating after a fire was deliberately started inside a temporary building in Timperley. Crews from Sale and Altrincham fire stations were called to the building, on Ridgeway Road, at around 7.50pm on April 15. Firefighters
ALTRINCHAM have pulled off a major sponsorship coup by agreeing a lucrative deal for a company to be the main backers for their new community sports hall. Altrincham-based Sky Wheels Group are paying a substantial amount to have their named associated
TEENAGE synchronised swimmers Olivia Monks and Fiona Currie are celebrating winning a gold medal at the British Gas Synchro Championships. The 16-year-olds, who are members of Trafford Synchronised Swimming Club, won the technical duet competition at
KATE Green is calling for a 20mph speed limit in built up areas in Trafford. The Stretford and Urmston MP has added her voice to the GO 20 campaign to make 20mph the urban speed limit. She spoke at an event held in Parliament by Brake, the road safety
Click on the link below to read Trafford Council's latest planning applications, issued on Monday April 14 2014.
HALE-based Stowe Family Law has appointed a well-known chartered accountant as its new finance director. Charles Hartwell joins the family law practice from Yorkshire County Cricket Club, after five years with the club. A member of the Institute of
FIGURES released today show that 61,400 people were claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) in Greater Manchester in March – a decrease of 2,900 (4.5%) when compared with the figure for February 2014 of 64,300. The North West saw a similar monthly
ALTRINCHAM, fourth from top, put in a professional performance to see off fourth from bottom Oxford City. The Oxford pitch had sufffered frequent waterlogging over the winter months but, for this clash, it was a dry, bumpy and well-sanded surface which
THE PERFECT MURDER, Shaun McKenna’s adaptation of a Peter James novel is not, as you would think, a whodunit but a why-did-they-bother story about a bored couple who plan to murder each other. Divorce would, you think, be a simpler option. But
A TRAFFORD social group has installed a Second World War veteran as its president. Former RAF crewman Frank Tolley, aged 92, has taken the helm at the Hobblers and Wobblers and Friends of Trafford. The group aims to unite the generations - its oldest
