TRAFFORD based charity Hearts & Minds Challenge is holding ita annual charity ball on November 29 at the Piccadilly Mercure Hotel - with a dazzling Studio 54 theme. Melanie Sykes, TV personality and charity patron will host the event; from
TRAFFORD Council's efforts to visit and encourage all eligible high street businesses across the borough to apply for the new business rate relief scheme introduced in April are paying dividends. Of the 1,369 businesses eligible for £1,000 a year
STRETFORD Cricket Club is bowled over after receiving £40,000 to boost its training programme. The money - a £30,000 grant from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and £10,000 from club sponsor HVPD Ltd - has paid for a three bay practice
COUNCILLORS voted to allow developers to knock down an Edwardian property in Hale and replace it with an apartment block, against planning officers' recommendations.The site, on Broad Lane, lies within the South Hale Conservation Area, but at a Trafford
URMSTON Masonic Hall, Westbourne Road, Urmston, presents Western Swing and Jive with The Crown Top Kings on Saturday. Doors open at 7.30pm and tickets priced £12 are available at the door. The evening starts with a dance class social for those
ST Mary's Church, Davyhulme Road, Davyhulme, is holding a 70s Spectacular on September 13. Doors open at 6.30pm and the event celebrates the music of the era that gave us flared trousers, platform shoes and kipper ties and the music of the 80s.
ST Clement's Church, Manor Avenue, Urmston, is holding a Heritage Open Event from September 11-14 from 10am to 4pm. The event offers visitors the chance to explore St Clement's, a Victorian Gothic church with stained glass windows and hemispherical
THE Altrincham and Sale pharmacies at Sainsbury's are now offering the electronic prescription service to their patients Patients will soon be able to benefit from a free NHS service that reduces the need to visit the GP surgery just to collect
FIREFIGHTERS were called to the Trafford Centre on two occasions today. A scheduled fire drill took place early in the morning, but a crew from Stretford Fire Station was again called to the shopping complex at around 12.20pm. It is thought
THE Waterside Arts Centre in Sale presents To The Stage - Independent Producing on Septtember 4 at 7pm. To The Stage is a network for makers and supporters of independent theatre, featuring talks and scratch nights and further information is available
THE FASCINATING story of a Sale man - who despite being seriously injured in the First World War went on to found one of the country's leading zoo's - is set to be featured in a new six part drama Our Zoo on BBC 1 next week. George Mottershead,
BORDER Force officers at Manchester Airport have seized more than 1,000 fake Mulberry handbags. The seizure was made last month as officers carried out checks on a consignment of freight that had arrived from Hong Kong. A team from Border Force
WITH the new ice hockey season coming up, Manchester Phoenix will partner with rivals Sheffield Steeldogs in taking on the global charity event known as the ‘ice bucket challenge’.Phoenix are to face the Steeldogs in the annual season warm
URMSTON ‘s Victoria Parade is set to rival Manchester’s chicest suburbs with the introduction of five new eating venues planned for completion by the end of next month.In the square will be an English brasserie, opposite the site of the old
AN Urmston cricketer has proved himself a star of the future after helping England U17s to victory in Loughborough. Matthew Parkinson was given the England call up earlier this month after impressing the selectors. His success for the England
