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Sites boost green scheme
COUNCIL chiefs have unveiled a 'green' scheme to boost recycling rates. They want to open 50 new recycling sites - currently there are only 14 council managed centres in the borough. The initiative aims to lift the borough's recycling rates towards its
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Ice rink - who needs one!
LOVED your article about the changing face of Altrincham. The photography was an excellent pictoral demonstration of exactly what the residents of Altrincham have gained following 12 months or so of roadworks. Sweet FA. Where is the seven screen cinema
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Inquest rules social services' chef's death was accident
A SOCIAL services chef died from multiple injuries after colliding with a car as he crossed Chester Road a Trafford inquest heard. Kevin Nally from Chorlton had been drinking at the Old Cock on Chester Road in Stretford on Saturday February 2. The inquest
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We need an ice rink
THE Messenger reported that no one turned up to object to the planning application by Barratt's to build houses and flats on the Devonshire Road site of the present ice rink in Altrincham. This should not have been a surprise because, even if they informed
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Getting attached to parking tickets
I have just received a parking ticket outside Altrincham Leisure Centre. Fairplay I should not have been parked there, but may I say that I genuinely did not know this at the time, but should have known better because you get nothing free in Altrincham
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Flats will be better than this pub
NOT everyone in Hale supports the 'Save the Bleeding Wolf' campaign. There are many people living in the pub's immediate vicinity who would be glad to see the back of the petty vandalism, closing-time rowdyism, taxi horns honking at midnight, revving
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LATE SHOW
Trafford Athletics Club have submitted proposals to allow the clubroom and bar at its Longford Park base to be open from 9am-10pm. They also want permission to open until 12 midnight on up to 70 occasions per calendar year.
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New vote checks
VOTERS in Trafford will be among the first in the country to use a freephone service to confirm their electoral roll details. Council chiefs are working in partnership with Electoral Reform Services (ERS) to offer the service. It allows residents to confirm
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Don't throw it all away
COUNCIL chiefs have unveiled a scheme to stop people throwing away recycleable waste. They want to open 50 new recycling sites - currently there are only 14 council managed centres in The borough. The initiative aims to lift the borough's recycling rates
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Treatment is tan-tastic
IT'S ironic that nothing makes you look healthier or feel better or than a sun tan, yet at the same time, nothing is more likely to cause premature aging and permanent damage to your skin than the sun. There is a way however that we can all have our cake
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Pop goes the industry
The tried and tested formula of picking our new pop bands is all set to be repeated once again this weekend when Popstars:The Rivals takes to our screens. After scouring the country for young hopefuls to embarrass themselves on national TV once more,
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Why I will strike
I AM a firefighter and I live in Davyhulme. I see, on a regular basis the devastation a fire can cause, I am too fully aware of the possible consequences of a strike by firefighters and I sincerely hope that the current dispute is resolved before industrial
