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  • Making a clean sweep

    WE are delighted to note that Partington has moved, over the last year, from near bottom of the table, to the top in the street cleaning league! However and to be quite fair, this excellent performance is overwhelmingly due to Partington's own efforts

  • Gun threat on Stretford man

    DETECTIVES in Stretford are appealing for witnesses after a 29-year-old man was threatened with a gun in Stretford on Thursday December 21. At about 10.55pm, an occupant of a flat on Kenwood Road heard the front communal door to the block being kicked

  • Witness appeal follows street attack

    POLICE in Stretford are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted on Sunday December 10. The 21-year-old was walking along School Road in Sale at around 10.50pm when he was tripped over from behind and was attacked by two men. The victim suffered

  • Triple celebration

    AN ANNIVERSARY, birthday and Christmas are all on the agenda for an Urmston couple as they celebrate a trio of events all in the space of a few days. Ernest and Wynne Graham, both 82, shared 60 years of marriage together on December 23. They are marked

  • Dec 22

    TRAFFORD METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL - NEW PLANNING APPLICATIONS RECEIVED LIST ISSUED FRIDAY 22nd DECEMBER 2006 The following PLANNING APPLICATIONS have been received by the Council. They may be inspected at Trafford Direct, Waterside House, Sale

  • A real dog's dinner

    PETS at a Sale rescue home will be treated to a special Christmas day lunch, thanks to generous donations from Trafford residents. The Society for Abandoned Animals, off Dane Road, has arranged the two course festive dinner for the eight dogs and 54

  • Good news from superstore giant

    A TRAFFORD group, campaigning for a better deal for producers in the developing world, has welcomed the news that one of Britain's biggest supermarket chains plan to sell only Fairtrade bananas. Sainsbury's have announced that in six months time, every

  • Festive cheer for children

    STAFF at a Stretford funeral home joined together to spread some festive cheer this year by donating more than 50 toys for the NSPCC. Limousine and hearse driver for WM Hewerdine came up with the idea to give the presents to the children's charity and