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  • Burglars kill pet dog

    A TIMPERLEY family have been left devastated after thieves killed their treasured pet dog. The cruel intruders broke the neck of defenceless Molly - a three-year-old Lhasa Apso - before dumping her in the Bridgewater Canal. Molly's owner, Tracy Lawlor

  • XFM - Debut Sessions

    A STRAIGHTFORWARD two CD compilation - starting with the class of 2007' including Kate Nash, Jamie T and The Wombats before CD2; the best of a decade with highlights such as Editors' Munich , Processed Beats by Kasabian and the Sterephonics' Local Boy

  • Trafford Talking News receive donation

    John Lewis at the Trafford Centre has donated £5,000 to Trafford Talking News. The charity records articles for blind people to keep them in touch with local news. The store has a designated pot for charites and Talking News which is based in Flixton

  • Healthy eating in Trafford schools

    TRAFFORD'S school pupils will be brushing up on their healthy eating and lifestyle knowledge during school meals week, starting on 28 January. During the week, as well as their normal lessons, infant, primary and junior children in many of the borough's

  • Bus services axed in Timperley and Wellgreen

    BUS passengers in Timperley and Wellgreen have been hit by the loss of four bus services. The company LA Coaches announced on Saturday that it was withdrawing its commercial bus routes with immediate effect. Transport bosses say they are powerless to

  • Prepare to be blown away

    Review - Brassed Off, The Garrick DOES anyone remember, particularly in the 1980s, when they used to read out the numbers of jobs that had gone that week on the national TV news? It made depressing listening, and the list seemed to go on and on and

  • Date set for Robson play

    Preview - Mr Wonderful,The Club Theatre FROM the tale of a peasant and a King in 900AD we fast forward to a story set in the 1990s for the Club Theatre's third production of the season, Mr Wonderful. Written by James Robson, it's the story of a young

  • Tinmen to turn it on at Bar Amp

    THE boys are back in town........award winning Altrincham band Tinmen will be among the line-up at The Ultimate All Ages Gig 6 at Bar Amp in Sale on February 8. The XFM Rock School competition winners will be joined by Bad Hair Day, The Addicted, Copycats

  • Return to the stage

    John Highfield talks to former Coronation Street star John Savident about his return to the stage in Hobson's Choice. Additional words by Rick Bowen. FORMER policeman John Savident will be pounding a familiar beat when he returns to Salford's Lowry

  • Appeal to help trace Old Trafford fugitive

    Detectives in Stretford are appealing for the public's help in tracing a man who has been on the run since last November. Steven Lee Mulgrew, 27, of Cornbrook Way, Old Trafford, was handed a prison sentence on 16 November last year after being found

  • Police vow to bring 'most wanted' to justice

    POLICE have vowed to bring one of the region's 'most wanted' criminals to justice after he has spent three years on the run. Officers have renewed appeals for information about Ajay Kaushal's whereabouts to mark the anniversary. Kaushal, originally

  • Cops confident car crime cracked

    TRAFFORD police say they are confident that urgent action has put a stop to a car crime wave in Davyhulme. During the run up to Christmas the area suffered an increase in the number of thefts from motor vehicles. Eleven vehicles were broken into in one

  • Get valuables marked up

    PROPERTY marking surgeries are being held at Stretford police station each Sunday from 10am-2pm this month. During the sessions residents can have their prized possessions marked-up' for free and registered on the website immobilise.com MP3 players,