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  • Be aware, urge police

    TRAFFORD bobbies are warning people to be vigilant in the wake of the terrorist attacks on America and the on-going issues in the Middle East. The move comes as part of new Home Office guidelines issued after a flood of calls to community safety police

  • Pupils win praise for good behaviour

    PUPILS at a primary school in Sale were praised for their good behaviour and interest in their work, according to the latest OFSTED report. Wellfield Junior School, on Dumber Lane, is an effective school which is well led and managed by a dedicated headteacher

  • Landing gear collapse led to crash

    A PRIVATE flight from Belgium in June had to be steered onto grass at the side of a runway at Manchester airport due to a collapse of front landing gear, air accident investigators have found. It was shortly before landing on June 16 when the two crew

  • Saints and Winners

    Sale 34 Northampton 14 IF THE mark of a great team is the ability to play badly and win, then Sale must be a world-class side. They were truly hopeless in the first half against a mediocre Northampton team, but, in a Jekyll and Hyde performance, they

  • Be aware, urge police

    TRAFFORD bobbies are warning people to be vigilant in the wake of the terrorist attacks on America and the on-going issues in the Middle East. The move comes as part of new Home Office guidelines issued after a flood of calls to community safety police

  • REDS HERO VISITS STRETFORD SCHOOL

    AN exhibition featuring black footballers was officially opened at a primary school in Stretford by Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs. The collection of eight laminated posters, which will be at Victoria Park Junior School until the end of November,

  • People power wins over flats bid

    PLANS to build a new apartment block on the site of a former car showroom in Timperley have been unanimously thrown out by Trafford's planning development control committee. The controversial plan for the former Aiden Piers garage on Park Road had met

  • Hero firefighters join football challenge

    A NEW York firefighter who narrowly escaped death when he was buried under the ruins of the World Trade Center was the guest of honour at Manchester's fundraising football challenge. Lieutenant Joe Torrillo, accompanied by colleague Lieut Thomas Gogarty

  • Robins help finger criminals

    RETAILERS at The Trafford Centre will be asking for customers' fingerprints as well as their signatures in a bid to crack down on credit card fraudsters this Christmas. The initiative is part of the Christmas anti-crime campaign, Operation Red Robin,

  • HERO FIREFIGHTER CALLS INTO TOWN

    A NEW York firefighter who narrowly escaped death when he was buried under the ruins of the World Trade Center was the guest of honour at Manchester's fundraising football challenge. Lieutenant Joe Torrillo, accompanied by colleague Lieut Thomas Gogarty

  • CATS NEED YOUR HELP

    WILLIAM and Harry (pictured) have a sorry tail to tell. For the past four months the cats have been staying at a local cattery because nobody has come forward to offer them a new home. Petline organiser Chris Butterworth says finding similar stories at