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  • Stretford shop assistant's head shave raises nearly £1,000

    A STRETFORD sales assistant’s close shave has raised almost £1,000 to help send her terminally-ill friend and her young daughter on a dream trip to Florida. Tracy Donaghy, 40, who works at B&M in Stretford Mall, has known 36-year-old Becca

  • New guidelines for school meals

    HUNDREDS of schools in the North West are expected to benefit from a new set of standards for all food served in pupils. The new guidelines are designed to make it easier for school cooks to create imaginative, flexible and nutritious menus. They

  • Create a miniature 3D you at Asda Trafford Park

    ASDA Trafford Park has bagged a world first, with the installation of a 3D printing full body scanner at the store. The cutting edge machine was placed in the supermarket on Monday, which has allowed customers to create 3D miniature replicas of

  • Schoolgirl wins £500 worth of books for her Bowdon school

    A SCHOOLGIRL from Altrincham has won £500 worth of books for her school library in a short story writing competition. Nine-year-old Lottie Bardwell, who attends Bowdon C of E Primary School, scooped the top prize in the Altrincham Retail Park contest

  • Consultation on Trafford Park Metrolink line to begin

    A MAJOR public consultation on proposals to build a new Metrolink line through Trafford Park is due to begin next month. Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) Committee is due to submit a report on plans for the 5.5km line, which would run from

  • Store makeover brings jobs boost

    PETS at Home’s renovation of its Trafford Retail Park store brings new jobs, and a festive weekend. The £100,000 refurbishment project is set to create seven new positions and it has placed a Vets4Pets veterinary surgery and a Groom Room inside the