KATE Green, MP for Stretford and Urmston, has highlighted the importance of tackling domestic and sexual violence following a meeting with the all-party parliamentary group on domestic and sexual violence. In Greater Manchester, 3,226 incidents
A LABOUR council would spend money we haven’t got providing things we cannot afford and, in the end, that would destroy Trafford’s finances as quickly as it did Britain’s economy when Labour last held power. OK, let’s not make cuts, let’s provide
THE 25th Festival of Fantastic Films will begin, appropriately, on October 31 with a showing of BBC I’s Ghostwatch, first presented on Hallowe’en 1992.Gil Lane-Young and fellow festival founder, Tony Edwards, have invited the script writer
A GROUP of year 10 pupils from Flixton Girls School (FGS) took part in an event at The University of Manchester to introduce them to the world of higher education.The Manchester Gateways Exploration Visit welcomed pupils from the city to take part in
I HAVE not voted in any local elections since the start of the recession — I just don’t see the point. Prior to the banking crisis, I voted for the candidates I thought would best serve my community, irrespective of which party they represented
WHAT sort of message is this Tory council sending out to our young people in Trafford with the closure of our youth centres based in Partington, Davyhulme, Lostock, Sale West, Broomwood, Old Trafford and Gorse Hill Studios, also the Duke of Edinburgh
TO the person who handed in my handbag to Marks & Spencer’s last Monday, I would like to say a massive thank you. It was very kind of you and your honesty is truly wonderful. Mrs D Jones, Totnes Road, Sale
A FAMILY has been left devastated after thieves stole two African tortoise from their garden shed in Stretford. The targeted raid by two men, which was captured on CCTV, show them stealing Laurel and Hardy, from the house on Barton Road, overnight
I WANT to extend my thanks to readers who sent used British and foreign stamps in aid of Genesis Cancer Unit at Wythenshawe Hospital. They were gratefully received. I’m currently recovering from cancer surgery, so I apologise for being unable to
EMILY Guest from Davyhulme Primary School was invited to Flixton Girls School (FGS) to be awarded with a competition prize of a £90 IPOD.The prize was won by Emily when she attended the school’s open evening. The 10 year old took part in the
MODEL builders at Legoland Discovery Centre in the Trafford Centre have recreated Emmerdale’s famous local. Mini figures of the Soap’s White and Sugden family feature alongside the Woolpack pub, which master model builder Alex Bidolak created using
A RARE species of duck that visits England in the summer and migrates to Africa for the winter has attracted visitors to Sale Water Park during October. Birdwatchers have travelled to the Broad Ees Dole Nature Reserve from all over Greater Manchester
THE Sale Educational Foundation Foundation, which has supported students in higher education for more than 100 years, is changing the way it awards grants. The body has been helping people of limited financial means from the Sale and Ashton on
HOBBYCRAFT in Altrincham will hold a Holloween-themed day of fundraising in store on Friday, October 31 between 11am-3pm. Colleagues will be dressing up in their scariest outfits to raise funds for Francis House Children's Hospice. Store manager
