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Big brother hits the bins
JUST Like Two Jags Prescott, who blathered on about environmental concerns despite owning a couple of gas guzzlers, it now seems other MPs will be following the do as I say, not as I do' ethics of the lardy bumbling bruiser. While families struggle to
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Police appeal after Sale robbery
Cash and cigarettes were stolen during a robbery in Brooklands. Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which happened at the Co-op on Maple Road at about 8.45pm on Thursday, 17 January. Four masked men went into the store and threatened
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Parking cheaper in New York than Altrincham
Our borough decided to up car-parking charges on the January 6 whilst many forecast a recession and the number of profit warnings increase in this country. This sublime move will earn (the usually nicely rounded figure of) £400,000 a year and do our
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Climb Everest for cancer charity
EXPLORER Sir Ranulph Fiennes is rising to his own personal challenge by climbing Everest to raise money and awareness for Marie Curie Cancer Care. And he is hoping his efforts will inspire people to follow his example by taking part in one of Marie Curie
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Barrier needs installing to curb accidents
I VISIT the Unicorn pub on Lloyd Street, near the Ashley road junction, in Altrincham reasonably frequently to meet some friends. We normally take a window seat. I and my friends have personally witnessed at least six or seven incidents of people falling
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Battersby on board
ALTY have made their seventh signing of the January transfer window after capturing full back Richard Battersby from bitter rivals Northwich. The Vics fans' favourite fell victim to manager Dino Maamria's overhaul at the Victoria Stadium, paving the
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Timperley table top sale
FIRST Timperley Scout Group is holding a table top sale on January 26 from 10am to 1pm at its headquarters on Park Road in Timperley (close to the village). Tables must be pre-booked (cost £10) with Liz on 0161 980 5951.
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Brady supports disabled report
ALTRINCHAM and Sale West MP Graham Brady has backed a Parliamentary motion supporting a report from Leonard Cheshire Disability, which found that disabled people are twice as likely to live in poverty as non-disabled people. The report, Disability poverty
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Legal Eagles
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Into The New Year 2008
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Police appeal to catch Sale bogus gardener
Police have released a CCTV still of a man wanted in connection with a series of burglaries in Sale. The man has been to a home on Walton Road on numerous occasions since June 2007 purporting to be a gardener. Each time he has taken small amounts of
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Losing Control
I WAS amazed and astonished to discover the film Control had been overlooked when the BAFTA nominations were announced recently. "But it wasn't overlooked," I hear you cry. Yes, it got a nomination for Best British Film but that's barely a consolation
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January 18
THE following planning applications have been received by the council. They may be inspected at Trafford Direct, Waterside House, Sale Waterside, Sale during opening hours, viz. Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 5.00 pm and Saturday (9.00 am to 1.00 pm). ANY
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Footballers faced with eviction given reprieve
FOOTBALLERS who were threatened with being turfed out of a Sale sports centre have been given a reprieve. Under a £500,000 scheme for Walton Park, leisure chiefs had proposed to renovate half the building, but demolish the other half - which includes
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‘Organs for transplants’
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) today welcomed publication of the report of the Organ Donation Taskforce set up by the Government. The report - 'Organs for Transplants' - examines current barriers to organ donation and sets out recommendations to overcome
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‘Wise up to Fire’ initiative
THE British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association (BAFSA) has launched 'Wise up to Fire', an initiative to provide fire safety information, including the wider use of sprinklers to give increased cost-effective protection to care homes. Every year there
