A £1m grant awarded to Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) will be used to encourage more women, children and BAME communities to walk and cycle more. Around 10,000 people in up to 60 communities will be supported by the money provided by the
STUDENTS at Trafford College secured a 98 per cent pass rate for A Levels - and two-thirds earned A* to C grades. One new arrival excelled after joining the establishment’s full-time programme for those just coming to the UK. Sara Shirkavand
Sale Sharks boss Steve Diamond believes the Gallagher Premiership play-off race could have a different look about it in six weeks. The competition returns tomorrow, with Sale first into action against Harlequins at The Stoop, 159 days after the
AN Urmston woman is the first patient to take part in a pilot study and trials using artificial intelligence technology to identify people with coronavirus who may need intensive care treatment. Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and
SUPPORTERS of The Garrick in Altrincham have announced their Picture House is reopening. Showings of 42nd Street will restart the venture, after successful socially-distanced trials. The first will be tomorrow, Friday, from 7.30pm. A spokesman
EXTRA cash to help the borough get back on its feet has been identified for Trafford's roads. Under the government's Growth Deal, four key schemes have been pinpointed to boost the economy. And from the £3.3m allocation, Stretford and Altrincham
Newly-promoted Altrincham have been tipped to win friends as well as points on their eagerly-awaited return to the National League next season. As the promotion final celebrations began to subside and thoughts turned to making their mark on non-league
A SALE woman will be flying the flag for the area after reaching the final of Miss Greater Manchester. Heather Gaulton will be keeping her fingers crossed at the event on September 5, where she could automatically qualify for the Miss England finals
SOME of the most acutely affected members of the community disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic are local choirs. Singing sends respiratory droplets through the air and deep breathing whilst singing sends these droplets deep into the lungs.
CONSERVATIVES in Trafford have welcomed an annual cash injection by the government into the borough's schools. Education officials have learned Trafford is to get £1.22m as part of efforts to upgrade the fabric of local schools. Borough Tories
CRIME has fallen over the last year in Trafford, amid an increase in recorded crime across England and Wales. But with no official crime statistics yet published for the coronavirus lockdown period, police chiefs say their own figures show overall
