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  • Man's car jacking ordeal

    Detectives are appealing for information after two masked men car jacked a 52-year-old man in Sale. The incident happened on Hunston Road, on November 3, at about 9pm. The victim was getting out of his Audi A3 when the pair of thieves threatened to assault

  • Young swimmers make a big splash

    A TEAM of swimmers from Flixton Swim Team took part in the recent Potential Olympians gala in Salford. It was the first gala that a number of the swimmers had entered, but they all performed exceptionally and it was a fantastic team effort. The nine-year-old

  • Talking points for Sale FC

    A HOTLY disputed drop goal was the post match talking point after this closely fought contest at Heywood Road between the league's third and fourth placed teams ended even. Wirral started at a cracking pace and after taking the early lead with a penalty

  • Fine form at Formby

    FLIXTON travelled to Formby for a league fixture and came away with all three points courtesy of a 2-0 win. The visitors made a fast start as Leon Grandison fizzed a shot across the box but Lee Wilkinson was unable to apply the finishing touch at the

  • Kersal continue their climb

    ALTRINCHAM Kersal continued their climb up the North One league with this hard-fought win over Hull. Quick movement from Kersal in the centre saw Burgess take a long ball from Ashman, and go over in the corner to give them the opening score. Hull had

  • Phoenix count the cost

    PHOENIX suffered their second loss of the weekend at the hands of the Coventry Blaze but are more concerned about mounting injury worries. Going into Sunday's clash in Skydome, Phoenix were already without David Vychodil and had Adam Radmall dressed

  • The pride of the Robins

    DESPITE the 1-0 loss, everyone should be proud of the way Altrincham performed at York. That's the message from Moss Lane chief Graham Heathcote, as he looks to prepare his side for a tough second half of the Conference season. Speaking exclusively

  • Sheridan sits this one out as England re-group

    ENGLAND have been forced into one change for this weekend's Autumn test against Argentina, replacing Sale prop Andrew Sheridan with Perry Freshwater. Sheridan sits out the match after a sore back kept him out of training on Tuesday and Wednesday, with

  • Library opening times cut

    Trafford council has announced it will reduce the opening hours of many of the borough's libraries. The opening times of Coppice, Davyhulme, Hale, Lostock, Partington, Timperley and Woodsend libraries will be cut by between two and five hours per week

  • A ‘choice’ show

    DUNHAM Thespians have been so overwhelmed with ticket applications for their latest production, Hobson's Choice, they are thinking of putting on an extra performance. Hobson's Choice is fully booked from Thursday, November 16 until Saturday, November

  • That’s the right frame of mind

    AFTER five years together and a string of high profile support slots that include the "Godfather of Soul" James Brown, Sale band Frame of Mind have secured a record deal. The quartet has signed with Roots Music, the label run by Perry Hughes, the man

  • ‘Relatively speaking’ this is a great, fun show

    WHILE I am far from being an Alan Ayckbourn addict - I find too many of his plays far too similar - I have to hold up my hands and say Relatively Speaking is absolutely brilliant. A series of misunderstandings set in motion a hilarious chain of events

  • An early dose of festive spirit

    CHRISTMAS just wouldn't be Christmas without a roast turkey dinner, a visit from the relatives or sitting through a performance of A Christmas Carol, in one of its many forms. While the Yuletide season is well over a month away, Sylvia Isherwood, who

  • Mother helps to launch campaign

    THE mother of an Urmston woman killed by a drink driver returned to her former school this week to launch a campaign to cut young driver crashes. Helen Evans' 21-year-old daughter Katie died in October 2004 when the car she was a passenger in after a