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  • Forest Green 2 Alty 2

    THE vultures had been circling at half time in Nailsworth. Tired and wounded, the Robins had looked helpless to stop Forest Green from going on to take all three points, trailing their hosts 2-0. But a patched up Alty revived themselves and stunned

  • Selfish and greedy

    I WOULD like to reply to the letters in SAM regarding the issuing of more licences for black cabs. I feel some readers are being extremely selfish and greedy by saying that Trafford are wrong by issuing more licences. I for one am glad that Trafford

  • Left with egg on their faces

    MAKE no mistake about it, the increase in the number of hackney carriages in Trafford is an attempt to save some very red faces on the licensing committee's faces. They were left with egg on their faces and shown to be a bungling bunch of incompetents

  • Move is a ploy to get us to spend more

    IT was always clear that the decision to move the Altrincham Post Office to W H Smith was done and dusted'. W H Smith will gain a lot from the PO customers who will have to pass the tempting shelves and struggle upstairs to get their pension etc. But

  • Give us a break

    SO, Ms. Cox wants a water bowl for dogs at Sainsbury's. Not so long ago I nearly tripped over two dogs that had been tied up just inside the door way at the Altrincham store; I of course made a complaint at the help desk. If I had tripped and injured

  • City College bomb scare

    At around 8.35am today, Thursday, 28 September 2006, police in south Manchester received reports of a possible suspect device left at City College's Northenden campus, on Sale Road, Northern Moor. Officers are currently at the scene. The college has

  • Revenge is sweet for Robins

    FOLLOWING the nadir reached with the 5-0 reverse against Dagenham the roller coaster season has recently taken an upward lurch in games against teams for whom the Robins have no love. West Country rivals Forest Green Rovers pressed for Altrincham to

  • A welcome return

    THE Stamford Quarter is bringing Debenhams' new retail concept Desire by Debenhams' to Altrincham as part of the shopping centre's £40million redevelopment programme - 10 years after the store left the area. Debenhams will join fashion and homewares

  • Health trust names new boss

    THE borough's new Primary Care Trust (PCT) has appointed Sheena Cumiskey as its chief executive. The PCT became operational on October 1, following a link up of the Trafford north and Trafford south PCTs. Sheena, currently the chief executive at Wrightington