DANCE giants Massive Attack will headline this year's Creamfields festival on Merseyside. The world's top DJs were confirmed last Friday on the Pete Tong show, with Paul Oakenfold, Sasha, Paul Van Dyk, Judge Jules and Cream resident Nick Warren also confirmed
THE women's team from Sale Harriers Manchester captured the only major honour that has ever eluded them by winning the National Senior Six Stage Road Relay Championship at Birmingham on Saturday. This prestigious event is only in its third year and the
TWO friends who are celebrating a small revival thanks to the wonders of the Internet will be entertaining an audience at the Chester Gateway on May 7. Comedian, writer and television presenter Clive James and Radio 4 producer Pete Atkin have produced
THE Fodens Richardson Band will be performing a concert of classic brass at Manchester Cathedral on Saturday, May 3. Recently crowned north west champion band and current champion of England, the band will take to the stage at 7.30pm. Entitled Cathedral
IF you're looking for a show that is guaranteed to put a smile on your face, look no further than Trafford Margaretians production of 'The Merry Widow.' You can leave your brain at home and immerse yourself in a world of flowing ball gowns, flawless etiquette
SALE Sharks entertain London Wasps on Saturday, in a match which could make or break their season. After having occupied second spot behind runaway leaders Gloucester for most of the season, Sharks have slipped to third place after a home draw against
JUSTIN Timberlake - one of the hottest young artists around - performs at the MEN Arena on May 9 and 10. There are few artists who truly deserve the title of superstar but this youngster is undoubtedly one of them. As one fifth of the now defunct multiplatinum
PARTINGTON'S market is to be moved to a temporary site while improvement works go ahead in the town. Planning chiefs agreed to shift the market to land at Smithy Lane for three years. Under regeneration plans for the area, a one-stop health centre will
SALE Cricket Club's second eleven continued their good start to the season with a convincing 62 run victory at Bredbury St Marks. Asked to bat on a wet and green wicket Malik (17) made a confident start. However, tight bowling from Bredbury skipper Mountford
SATURDAY saw the return to Alderley Edge of Jon Bean for the first time since joining Bowdon at the beginning of last year. Alderley's openers, Mark Currie and Alan Day, played circumspectly taking the score to 65 before Day was adjudged LBW to Guy Emmett
ALTRINCHAM Kersal Under 16s retained their Cheshire club championship with a characteristically determined display. The game started with a Marple penalty. Kersal res-ponded with a number of forward drives to take them onto the Marple line. The pressure
FOR THE first time in almost eight years, Montell Carrington RUFC turned out two teams last Saturday: the Chairman's XV played away against Leigh III's while the President's XV entertained Broughton Park III team. Unfazed by Leigh scoring first, Montell
BOWDON Rugby Club were promoted for the third successive season on Saturday following a 37-12 win over Runcorn at Clay Lane The win means they take their place in the South Lancashire/Cheshire league. Their tries came from fullback Chris Flanagan (2),
SATURDAY Night Fever comes to Manchester's Palace Theatre on Monday May 19. The decade defining soundtrack, the sensational story, the slick moves and that suit will captivate audiences through its three-week run. Set in Brooklyn the show focuses on Tony
THE Victoria Hall in Stoke-on-Trent has two quality performers lined up to take to the stage next week. On Friday, May 2, the venue plays host to John Shuttleworth, aka Graham Fellows, and his one-man show Pillock of the Community. In this new show, the
IF you're looking for a show that is guaranteed to put a smile on your face, look no further than Trafford Margaretians production of 'The Merry Widow', writes Rick Bowen. You can leave your brain at home and immerse yourself in a world of flowing ball
FIRE chiefs have called on a housing association to examine the layout of the flats on an Urmston estate after a blaze trapped residents in their homes. The fire started in a bin store at the front of one of the ground floor flats in Peveril Courts, off
THE glory years of one of the world's greatest rock bands will be relived at Northwich Memorial Hall on May 3. Q86 is a tribute band that takes the Queen line-up at the peak of its powers in the mid 1980s. Comprising of Tim, Paul, Tony, Matt and lead
LIVERPOOL'S Summer Pops looks like being the best yet with more heavyweight acts being announced for a full month of non-stop rock at Kings Dock. Massive artists from around the world will descend on Kings Dock between June 26 and July 28 and fans are
