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  • The sky’s the limit at Lymehurst Nursery

    LYMEHURST Nursery is gearing up for its summer fair on Saturday. The event will begin at 11.30am at 181 Flixton Road, Urmston. There will be tombolas, a bouncy castle, stalls, refreshments, pony rides and much more. The day is in aid of Francis House

  • Supermarket fire safety week

    SAINSBURYS in Sale is holding a fire safety week from September 10 to 16. The fire service will be in the Curzon Road store promoting home fire safety for both customers and staff each day between 11 am and 1pm and again from 2 to 4pm.

  • Manchester motorway signs

    MOTORWAY signs now give Manchester drivers journey time information. Drivers can now see real time details from the national traffic control centre about how long their journey will take on electronic road signs. The scheme follows a successful pilot

  • Footpath finally gated

    A FLIXTON school has had a public footpath that runs through it gated in time for the start of term tomorrow. Both Trafford Council and the MP for Stretford and Urmston, Bev Hughes, had called for the alley at Flixton Girls' High School to be blocked

  • Sale end search for new chief

    JAMES Jennings is the man to spearhead Sale's continued quest to become one of European rugby's superpowers. The 49-year-old was yesterday unveiled as the club's new chief executive, bringing to an end the exhausting four-month search for a suitable

  • SSC Win First Place Trophy

    Our School's Small Specialist Class (SSC) has won the first place trophy in the special needs section of the Manchester Mini Games against competition from five Greater Manchester authorities. The tournament was held at Trinity High School in Manchester

  • Park promises family fun

    LOSTOCK Park, Curzon Road, Lostock, Stretford, is the venue for the Lostock Community Fun Day on September 16 from 12 noon to 4pm. Admission is free and attractions include entertainment, fairground rides and face painting.

  • Media training for the deaf

    A NINE week media training course for deaf people begins at the WFA Media & Cultural Centre, Lucy Street, Old Trafford, on September 25. Sessions run 9.30am to 5pm, Tuesday to Thursday, and anyone who signs up for the course will be given communication

  • Unison fight to end low pay

    UNISON, the UK's largest public sector union wants head teachers to end the exploitation of school support staff. Government figures have revealed low pay and unpaid overtime are becoming the norm with some teaching assistants currently being paid £5.05

  • Despicable action

    DESPICABLE! Councillor Lane's self-indulgent and publicity-seeking court case has cost the borough's residents dearly. She should never have taken it to court and displays an unbelievable lack of judgement. A battle is not worth fighting when no real

  • York 2 Alty 2

    ALTY may have finally turned the corner. After leaving Bootham Crescent with a point, the Robins look to be well on the road to recovery following their poor start to the Blue Square Premier campaign. Never mind relegation battlers, for a good 40 minutes

  • Autumn Fair

    THE Friends of Worthington Park are holding an Autumn Fair and Car Boot Sale in Worthington Park, Broad Road/Cheltenham Drive, Sale, on September 23 from 9am to 3pm. Admission is free and pitches cost £10 each. Anyone interested in finding out more

  • Key stage one results prove promising

    KEY stage one results for seven-year-olds have revealed standards of overall high achievement, which are above national averages, throughout Trafford. In mathematics 93 per cent of pupils gained level two of higher, which is three per cent above average

  • Charity suffers bag snatches

    SALE's PDSA shop is counting the cost after losing out on valuable donations as the charity's pink sacks, filled with donated items intended to raise cash for sick and injured pets, are being stolen before PDSA van drivers can collect them. Sale PDSA

  • Residents dig deep for green makeover

    A GROUP of green fingered residents dug deep over the summer to transform their gardens. The Trafford Housing Trust (THT) tenants from Stretford have been busy planting and pruning to transform their communal garden. The brain behind the idea was 60