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  • Blue - One Love. (Virgin Records)

    These super smoothies have been wowing girls with their good looks and harmonies for some time but their spot at the top of the charts and in the nation's hearts reflects their appeal to a wider audience. Their songs are catchy, not too cheesy, macho

  • The long and the short of it

    ATHLETES who are training for a triathlon have proved you can never be too short or too tall to get on your bike to raise money for charity. Act 4 Africa, an Altrincham based charity that delivers AIDS and HIV education to school children in Africa through

  • Wheelie bin victory for resident

    TRAFFORD council has been forced to apologise to a resident and pay him £250 after the Local Government Ombudsman investigated a complaint about refuse collection and council housing repairs. The Ombudsman, Patricia Thomas, investigated a complaint from

  • Dreaming of sporting success

    COMPLETING a Duke of Edinburgh Award can often mean expeditions in the rain or helping in the community but for some Year Nine students at Ashton on Mersey School the tasks are far more appealing. That's because a group of youngsters from the Sale school

  • Beware this bike thief

    I LIVE on the Sinderland estate and a few weeks ago someone entered my back garden and stole my bike which was leaning on the side of my shed. I mentioned it to my neighbour only to find that two bikes she kept in the open had also been stolen along with

  • This spur is not for snails

    I'VE read in the papers that our spur road is going to lose its motorway status. Half of the road users don't even know it is a motorway! I went to work the other evening behind someone travelling at 40mph. The car behind this moron tried to overtake,

  • White Stripes - Elephant - (XL)

    It is rather amazing to think that White Stripes are made up of just one guitarist and one drummer. But they have managed to write some great tracks and Elephant is their third album. If you are one of those people who berate the current pop trend in

  • Busted - Busted (Universal Island Records)

    This is a feel good album, with guitar-based tracks combining rock and pop, and popular with oldies and young 'uns alike. But the boys from Busted are not trying to belie their teenage years, the titles and lyrics of the songs are definite reflections

  • 'Army' helps bring back wildlife

    ANOTHER area of Halecroft Park will soon be looking 'blooming' lovely - thanks to an army of volunteers. More than 40 parents and children backed the latest improvement scheme for the Hale park, when they helped to create a wildlife meadow. They responded

  • FIRM FIXES HOMES EARLY

    A MASSIVE improvement programme for homes in Partington has been completed three years ahead of schedule. The town's MP, Beverley Hughes, met council chiefs from Trafford and Manchester to celebrate the early completion of the component replacement programme