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 it will help professionals to reach the right decisions in cases of inter-country adoption.

THIEVES smashed a window at a lingerie shop on Ashley Road, Hale, and made off with £4,000 worth of swim wear, last Thursday morning.

A FIFTY-two year-old woman suffered the effects of smoke inhalation after a grill pan fire at a house on Sefton Crescent, Sale, on Friday afternoon. She was given oxygen therapy by firefighters but declined hospital treatment.

TWO men were treated at hospital for the effects of inhaling chemical fumes that escaped from a drum at Stretford tip on Thursday morning. The patients, aged 32 and 42, were discharged after treatment.

THE LONG term effects of completing the M60 as a ring road around Manchester will be assessed in a new Government survey. Drivers and users of public transport will be questioned before the final link - between Denton and Middleton - is completed.

ILLEGAL scrap metal firms which can cause pollution are being targeted in a crackdown by the Environment Agency - which says there are 200 unregulated sites in the north west alone.

IT WILL be fun and frolics for everyone at the Community Centre on Newbury Avenue, Sale on Saturday, when the locals hold a spring fair.

There will be stalls and bouncy castles as well as a disco on the day running between 10am-5.30pm and the event is hoping to raise funds to send children on seaside breaks.

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