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  • Trafford's Frank Sinatra gets set to serenade

    'TRAFFORD’S Frank Sinatra' will be serenading listeners with a medley of American classics to raise funds for the Royal Greater Manchester Children’s Hospital. Singer and actor Wayne Devlin will host the Rat Pack Evening at Our Lady and the English

  • Expert gives talk to school girls about healthy skin

    IT is never too early to start protecting your skin, that was the key message given by Hale-based skin expert Dr Sarah Norman to the girls in Year Nine at Manchester High School for Girls recently. “As a former pupil of MHSG, I was delighted to be invited

  • Party night in Flixton

    THE John Alker Club, Flixton Road, Flixton is the venue for an 80s party night on May 4. It will feature top UK tribute act Rubix Cube. Advance tickets priced £10 are available from the John Alker Club and also tickets via seetickets.com under the

  • Easter Eggstravaganza for Total Fitness gym bunnies

    STAFF and members at Total Fitness Altrincham donated Easter eggs throughout April to Francis House The club collected 52 eggs and delivered them to the charity on April 19. Club manager Jenny Hague said, ‘I want to say a big thank you to all our team

  • Options to sell your house in seven to 28 days…guaranteed!

    HAS your property been languishing on the market for months? Can’t get the full value? It sounds too good to be true, but now one of the UK’s leading property buying companies has guaranteed a cash sale for your property within seven days – or selling

  • B&M opens in Altrincham

    RETAILER B&M invited some very special guests to the opening of its store on Altrincham Retail Park on Good Friday. The Children’s Adventure Farm Trust (CAFT) charity officially opened the new store with store manager, Graeme Reid, and children’s favourite

  • Sinnott targets winning streak

    LEE Sinnott has set the bar high for his Altrincham players by giving them a target of four straight wins to secure an eagerly-awaited return to the Conference Premier. Alty are assured of a top-five finish in the Skrill North after demolishing Vauxhall

  • Sale music concert to boost Cancer Research UK

    A TIMPERLEY fundraiser is organising a musical extravaganza in memory of her mum. Beth White, of Riverbrook Road, is holding the event on Thursday, May 15, at 7pm, at St Anne’s Church in Sale to raise money for Cancer Research UK’s More Tomorrows Campaign

  • Little Northern Contemporary Craft Fair

    THE Little Northern Contemporary Craft Fair returns to Altrincham Grammar School for Boys on April 27. People can browse and buy from 40 selected independent designer-makers and artists selling a wide range of original handmade work from jewellery and

  • Doctor Who actress visits Urmston Bookshop

    URMSTON Bookshop will welcome Manchester born author Anna Hope on May 1. She will talk about her debut novel ‘Wake’, which is set at the end of the First World War. Anna is also an actress and has appeared in ‘Doctor Who’.

  • Lancashire Welcomes Back Junaid

    JUNAID Khan, the Pakistan international fast bowler, will return to Emirates Old Trafford this summer to play in Lancashire Lightning’s one day fixtures. The 24-year-old became a hugely popular and successful member of the Lancashire squad in 2011 particularly

  • MLP strengthens dispute resolution team

    ALTRINCHAM-based law firm, Myers Lister Price Solicitors has recruited senior litigator, Duncan, to strengthen its dispute resolution team. Tristan primarily advises public and private companies on matters such as shareholder disputes, supply and sale

  • Church celebrates 300th anniversary

    THE congregation at St Martin’s, Ashton-upon-Mersey is celebrating the 300th anniversary of its ‘new’ church being built in 1714. Don Acraman, 86, a church member for more than 50 years said:“There was a storm in 1704, it was as bad as the 1987

  • First World War commemorations announced in Trafford

    TRAFFORD Council will mark the anniversary of the First World War with a thought provoking programme of events and activitiesr. Leader of Trafford Council, Cllr Sean Anstee said: “100 years ago a generation of people faced the unimaginable horrors of