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  • YOUR LETTERS December 5 - Christmas traditions are evolving

    Christmas traditions change Christmas is a precious time for many of us. It’s about family, special relationships, home and sharing together, so clearly demonstrated by the numerous adverts that echo this message at this time of year. A new couple

  • WAYNE DEVLIN: Feeling festive at the fair

    To begin this week I'd like to say a huge thank you to Danny Brocklehurst for last week's interview. It has been one of the most popular interviews I have done and I'm really glad the community enjoyed reading it. So, we have reached December

  • Peter Pan - the show that’s all wrong on the night!

    THERE can’t be many theatre directors who hope that the production they are involved in goes spectacularly wrong every night. But Henry Lewis who is behind Peter Pan Goes Wrong which is currently at The Lowry is looking for just that. Henry was

  • Stars of the 80s join orchestra for Manchester Arena show

    SOME of the most successful artists of the Eighties are to perform with a full orchestra in a new show - Classical 80s Live - which is heading to Manchester Jimmy Somerville, Belinda Carlisle, Howard Jones, Nik Kershaw and T-pau’s Carol Decker will

  • AMATEUR FOOTBALL: Old Strets lose out in five-goal thriller

    OLD Stretfordians were narrowly beaten 3-2 after giving Lancashire and Cheshire Amateur Football League Division One high-flyers AFC Oldhama run for their money. Oldham stay six points adrift of leaders Radclyffe, who beat Newton 8-0, but have two

  • DARTS: Cringlewood stay out in front at summit

    LEADERS Cringlewood were on form against Navigation with a 7-0 win in the latest round of fixtures in the Altrincham and Sale Round the Board Darts League. Their victory included a brilliant 11-dart leg by Danny O’Donnell and it puts them four points

  • RUGBY UNION: Trafford MV slip to Didsbury cup defeat

    TRAFFORD MV slipped to a 29-20 defeat at home to Didsbury Toc H in the ADM League Cup despite a spirited fightback. The visitors brought good form into the game and opened well with two tries in the first quarter, looking well-organised and dangerous

  • GOLF: Ringway junior Ellis does the club proud

    RISING Ringway golfer Ellis Courtnell hit a terrific winning score of 43 points to win the annual Joanne Morley Junior Golf Challenge at Sale Golf Club. The course was in good condition, considering the heavy rain in recent weeks, providing some

  • Battling Baker boys settle for an away point

    By Dave Law TRAFFORD FC had to settle for a share of the spoils in a 1-1 draw at Mossley in BetVictor North West Division. Despite dominating for long spells, Trafford were thwarted by a well-organised and resilient home side that denied them

  • Homeless kids shock

    MORE than 100 children in Trafford were homeless and living in temporary accommodation in March, new figures reveal. Government statistics showed that one in 576 of the borough's 58,792 under-18s did not have a permanent place of residence. This

  • Parkinson proud as Robins push Pompey all the way

    ALTRINCHAM suffered late, late heartbreak in their Emirates FA Cup second-round tie at Portsmouth on Saturday. The Robins put in one of their best ever FA Cup performances and were on the verge of a money-spinning replay when experienced striker