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  • Theresa May to step down once Brexit deal is approved

    THERESA May has said she will not remain in post for the next phase of Brexit negotiations. The PM's offer to step down after her Withdrawal Agreement is passed came in response to calls from a number of her backbenchers for her to name the date

  • Staff are half-way to raising £1m for good causes

    AN AUDIO branding specialist has raised more than £500,000 for charity in just six years by taking part in activities including skydiving, abseiling and climbing mountains. Old Trafford-based PHMG launched the PHMG Foundation to raise money for

  • Business Affairs still has plenty of appeal after 11 years

    IT has been 11 years since Altrincham Garrick Playhouse put on John Chapman and Jeremy Lloyd’s comedy Business Affairs, but it has lost none of its appeal. The plot centres on Stanley and Norman who are completing a deal to sell their failing haulage

  • CD reviews: Guy Clark, Gene Clark, Otis Rush, John Illsley

    Kevin Bryan delivers his verdict on this week's CD releases. Guy Clark, "Live From San Francisco October 1988" (Retro World)- This life enhancing package focusses attention on the work of the late great Texan troubadour Guy Clark, whose superlative

  • Mike Ashley's latest offer to buy Debenhams

    Mike Ashley's Sports Direct is considering tabling an offer for Debenhams which would value it at £61.4 million as the tycoon continues his pursuit of the struggling department store chain. The chain has shops across Greater Manchester, including

  • Metrolink £350m Trafford Park extension is on track

    WORK is advancing on the £350 million Trafford Park Metrolink extension. To celebrate its progress political, transport and commercial leaders gathered at intu Trafford Centre to view the latest updates. The event was held to demonstrate the