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Facts are there
IN REPLY to the letter from Cllr John Ackerley (SUM, April 1) I would like to respond to the points he raised. The roof of Lostock High School, which now houses the new library was surveyed, but when work started it was discovered that the roof was in
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The magic 25 cuts car crime
AS THE Messenger celebrates it's 25th birthday it is an appropriate time to again mention 'The 25 Scheme' run by the police. The scheme is open to any drivers over the age of 25 and costs just £1 to join. With membership, the motorist receives two stickers
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Urmston Hockey Club
URMSTON junior hockey club coach Derek Milne was justify very proud of his players picking up shields the previous weekend as Lancashire East League Champions at U11, U13 and U15 level. This overcomes the local side's disappointment in the earlier Mini
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Matlock Tn 2
Trafford 1 TRAFFORD Football Club squandered what should have been three fairly comfortable Unibond League points on Saturday when they missed a host of chances and fell to a 2-1 defeat at Matlock Town. The Shawe View men got off to the worst possible
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BLEEDING THEM DRY
Flixton 3 Droylsden 2 FLIXTON entertained the champions elect Droylsden -nicknamed the 'Bloods' on Saturday with the pitch in perfect condition. The sun was out and everyone looked forward to a feast of attacking football. Droylsden started the brighter
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Stabbed woman forgives attacker
A CRAZED knifeman who stabbed his teenage sweetheart when she began dating another man was jailed for five years. Obsessed John Borlase, 23, stormed into the home of Clare Fielding and repeatedly slashed and stabbed her in the neck with a kitchen knife
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Read while you shop
READERS could soon be picking up their library books along with tins of beans and packets of cornflakes. Trafford council is considering extending their library service into supermarkets and other high street locations. The idea is being studied following
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Give a child a chance
A PIONEERING course will give parents the opportunity to learn first aid techniques that could save their child's life. Training organisation LAN Safety Services has signed a partnership agreement with South Trafford College to teach the life saving skills
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It's time to stand up against vandals
WHEN I travelled down Bradgate Road in Altrincham last weekend I was appalled and horrified to note that the last two remaining saplings planted by Trafford within the last five years to replace felled mature trees had been brutally vandalised. The tops
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Stop hitting the prudent savers
I RECENTLY applied to Trafford Council's pest control section to have a wasp's nest in my garden removed. I am a pensioner seriously allergic to stings but was informed the charge would be £45 - reductions for pensioners having been cancelled this year
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Figures tell different tale
TRAFFORD council trumpets the fact that it has just won the 'Council of the Year' award. Yet, if one looks at the 1998 figures for quality of service provision, recently published by independent Government watchdog the Audit Commission, Trafford ranks
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Safety schemes are never a waste
SPEAKING as a driver, cyclist and pedestrian, I welcome any measures that can prevent or reduce accidents, save lives and generally improve road safety. Every accident has a cost to the community and it is the tax payer who picks up the tab. All traffic
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Brookalnds CC
BROOKLANDS' assault on the new Cheshire County Premier League started at the second time of asking when they entertained Chester Broughton Hall at Georges Road. Batting first, Brooklands struggled to score runs with new boy Chris Brown top scoring on
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Ashton on Mersey 39 v Vagabonds (IOM) 20
THIS was a match that Ashton just had to win, and they did so in fine style, scoring two of the finest tries they have produced all season, against Isle of Man side Vagabonds. It soon became obvious that the visitors' heavy and experienced pack were going
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TALENTED TIGERS ON TOP
Sale 17 Leicester 41 ONLY four teams have stood in Leicester's way this season. They have romped, rather impressively to a six point lead at the top of the Allied Dunbar Premiership One, amassing 678 points on the process. And from their point of view
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Life saver earns honour
A POLICEMAN from Timperley has received a commendation for bravery after he helped a driver who he had a sudden heart attack. Constable Lee Martin, was on mobile patrol when he went to a road traffic accident where a man had collapsed and was trapped
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Car Watch offers a birthday treat
AS THE Messenger celebrates its 25th birthday, it is an appropriate time to again mention 'The 25 Scheme' run by the police. The scheme is open to any drivers over the age of 25 and costs just £1 to join. With membership, the motorist receives two stickers
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News in Brief
TWO teenaged thugs pushed a 14 year-old boy off his bike and made off on it in Worthington Park, Sale, at about 8.30pm on Sunday. SALE East MP Paul Goggins is backing a Bill to improve procedures for people wanting to adopt children from abroad. He says
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Back this vigil for life
THIS month sees the 31st anniversary of the implementation of the 1967 Abortion Act. Since then more than five million unborn children have been killed, legally, in this country in NHS hospitals or private clinics. And how many, I wonder, in circumstance
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Paths are safer for cyclists
I AM writing in reply to the letter of J Hall (SUM, April 15). I agree with him that the cycle-paths in Trafford are a 'bit of a joke', but not for the reasons that he outlines. Agreed they have been created on the cheap but there are a lot of cyclists
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Don't sign up before you check out all the options
I WOULD like warn all potential martial artists in the area not to be 'conned' by the door-to-door selling of martial arts courses. A team of people are knocking at doors trying to enrol people into their classes, often wanting enrolment fees before the
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Can you help
I WRITE to you in hope of some help perhaps? My grandad used to work at GEC Westinghouse Road, Trafford Park (old Metro-Vickers) for 20 years until 1985 when he retired. I have written to GEC Trafford Park for any old photos, graphs of inside of the works
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Don't buy from the door
I WOULD like to bring to the attention of all potential martial artists the new craze that is in the area at the moment, this being the door to door selling of martial arts. A team of young people are knocking at doors in this and surrounding areas trying
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Something must be done!
AROUND 8.15pm on a recent Friday last that my wife and I were walking our dog. Having walked by the Bridgewater Canal by Walton Park and cut through to Raglan Road we came across 20 or so youths clambering over fencing into Brooklands Cemetery. What were
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Petline
PETLINE organiser Chris Butterworth is urging owners of bull terrier type dogs to be on their guard after two animals went missing in Trafford recently. She suspects that the kidnapped pets are being used for the illegal sport of dog fighting. What advice
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Trafford Borough FC
TRAFFORD Borough are the best U17s team in Manchester and that's official after their 2-0 win over a spirited Unicorn side in last weeks Manchester County Cup final. Borough went into the game as favourites and apart from the opening 15 minutes they controlled
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Full House for schools meet
THERE was a big attendance for the Open Schools Meeting staged by Trafford AC at their plush Longford Stadium headquarters. And well to the fore were Loreto Girls Grammar School and Ashton on Mersey Sports College with a number of impressive wins. Loreto
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House raid
THE WIFE of a businessman from Old Trafford was tied up and held at gunpoint when six raiders stormed into their home on Tuesday morning. And the culprits systematically searched the home while she was restrained before making off with cash and jewellery
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Head to head with leader is a fake claim Labour
AN ELECTION candidate from Flixton has tried to get 'ahead' of his rivals - by pasting his face on the body of another politician! The Labour Party claims that Alan Vernon has faked a picture of him 'meeting' Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown. The
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Family's fury at mum's death
A CORONER has voiced his concern about the standard of care an elderly patient received at Trafford General Hospital. Edith Swindlehurst died of bronchial pneumonia three and a half weeks after she was admitted - and the condition may have been sparked
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A FORMER sportswoman who hurt her back while training for karate in Altrincham has come back home to
Lorraine Calland was advised to see a chiropractor as a result of the injury she sustained while training at Altrincham Leisure Centre. And she was so impressed with the results of her treatment that she decided to take up chiropractice herself. Now,
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Let's praise best garages
EARLIER this week, the Government announced an investigation into the way garages carry out and overcharge for repairs to cars. This was taken up by the national newspapers, quoting many examples of 'rips-off' experienced by various people. I, too, could
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Why are people so narrow minded?
AT Easter I was helping Trafford Safer Cycluing Scheme to teach children from a local school how to ride safer, but the streets in Sale we have used over the past few years - Montague and Marlborough Roads - have become dangerous due to parked cars and
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They just don't listen
I WOULD like to register disgust at the behaviour of some of our elected representativies at a Trafford planning committee meeting earlier this month. A planning application was granted despite overwhelming evidence that it would greatly increase danger
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Some people like green paint
I WOULD like to correct a few points in J Hall's letter (Readers' Write, April 15) regarding the use of green paint for non-existent cyclists. First of all, we do exist. In fact Trafford has probably the highest levels of cycling in Greater Manchester
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Chester 12
Altrincham Kersal 24 WHEN their scheduled opponents, Rossendale, cried off this final game of the season, Altrincham Kersal were able to arrange this fixture with Chester, a club two levels above AKRFC. For the first 10 minutes Altrincham Kersal took
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Frickley Ath 0 Altrincham 3
THE champagne's on ice, as Robins prepare to throw a party to mark their first league title win for nearly 20 years, writes Mark Harris Bernard Taylor's men need 3 points from their remaining 2 matches to make absolutely certain of being crowned Unibond
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ANYTHING YOU CANOE . . .
Prep school teacher in Olympic Bid ALTRINCHAM Prep School Physical Education teacher Malcolm Johnson has taken on the best at the Canoeing World Championships. The 24-four-year-old, who is one of Britain's elite athletes with funding from the National
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Jets' act of revenge
Altrincham Jets v Kingston Crunch AFTER the disappointing defeat away at Kingston last week, the Jets were determined to exact their revenge. In an exciting game, the Jets pulled off an important win over table topper Kingston. The game started with a
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Death worries coroner
A CORONER has voiced his concern about the standard of care an elderly patient received at Trafford General Hospital. Edith Swindlehurst died of bronchial pneumonia three and a half weeks after she was admitted - and the condition may have been sparked
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Shops mall shuttle starts
A NON-STOP shuttle bus service linking the Trafford Centre with the Metrolink system begins operating next month. The Trafford Centre is splashing out £50,000 to create a safe turning circle at Stretford Station for the fleet of six buses. The new service
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East meets west
ALTRINCHAM Baptist Church has played host to two welcome visitors from Eastern Europe. Hungarian pastors Arpad Revesz and Zoltan Eszes were the guests of Altrincham Baptist Church. They spent a week in the town to learn about church life in the area and
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Still grotty after all this time...
IT'S not just Messenger that is celebrating its birthday this week - the SAM 'Grotspots' campaign is also marking its first anniversary. Trafford's top free newspaper launched the drive to clean up the grimiest places in town exactly a year ago this week
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How to get a-head in politics - or maybe not
AN ELECTION candidate has tried to get 'ahead' of his rivals - by pasting his face on the body of another politician. The Labour Party claims that Alan Vernon has faked a picture of him 'meeting' Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown. The picture in the
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Con suspects do a runner
TWO men wanted for questioning about frauds fled from their Hale home after being exposed on the last Crimewatch show hosted by Jill Dando. Stephen Lowe, 46, and Wayne Cope, 35, fled from their flat above the 'Manchester Miniatures' shop they ran in Altrincham
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Goodbye to all that says council stalwart
ONE of Trafford council's most senior officers is hanging up his cap after almost 30 years work with the authority. George Cogswell is quitting his job as manager of the parks, allotments and green spaces in the borough. Mr Cogswell, aged 57, left his
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Carjack terror as thug drags woman from vehicle
A THIRTY eight year old woman from Bowdon had the fright of her life when she was dragged from her car at the Trafford Centre. The terrified shopper had just finished shopping at the complex when she returned to her car at around 6.30pm. She told SAM:
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BEER'S TO THE NEXT1,000
HALE residents are being invited to quaff a host of different beers - all in the name of research. Organisers of the village's Millennium celebrations want local people to decide which one should be brewed as the area's official ale for the year 2000.
