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  • City pick up first point
    Salford Advertiser
    21/ 8/2008 SALFORD City scored their first ever goal and secured their first ever point in the UniBond League with a 1-1 draw against a highly fancied Curzon team at Moor Lane on Tuesday night. ...

  • No Santa for City
    Manchester Online
    Following Kylie's record-breaking stint at the M.E.N Arena we're keeping the Kylie-vibe alive with an exclusive opportunity to win a T-shirt signed by the pop princess herself.

  • Joy for golden boy Hoy
    Salford Advertiser
    21/ 8/2008 SALFORD-based cyclist Chris Hoy matched the British record for a gold medal haul at the Olympics by racing to three gongs in Beijing. The 32-year-old, who lives off Ordsall Lane, in...

  • Plenty on offer in Borough Sports Mela
    Middleton Guardian
    20/ 8/2008 THE Borough of Rochdale will host the Rochdale Borough Community Sports Mela 2008 during the bank holiday weekend. The festival will showcase a variety of traditional Asian sports, and...

  • Pub celebrates centenary with starring role in Corrie
    South Manchester Reporter
    21/ 8/2008 A PUB is celebrating 100 years of pulling in the punters by starring in Coronation Street. The Bowling Green in Chorlton will be shown on the ITV soap as mechanic Tyrone Dobbs goes for a...

  • It’s rain again to frustrate MCC team
    Middleton Guardian
    20/ 8/2008 MIDDLETON produced another tight finish which was spoiled by the rain with Clifton needing 27 runs and only three wickets left, writes Rod Highton. On a day when the weather was just...

  • Gill favourite for FA
    Manchester Online
    Following Kylie's record-breaking stint at the M.E.N Arena we're keeping the Kylie-vibe alive with an exclusive opportunity to win a T-shirt signed by the pop princess herself.

  • Trust cancels 1,200 operations
    Manchester Online
    Following Kylie's record-breaking stint at the M.E.N Arena we're keeping the Kylie-vibe alive with an exclusive opportunity to win a T-shirt signed by the pop princess herself.

  • Ryan red was
    Manchester Online
    Following Kylie's record-breaking stint at the M.E.N Arena we're keeping the Kylie-vibe alive with an exclusive opportunity to win a T-shirt signed by the pop princess herself.



  • Salford saddle up to chase Cowboy
    Manchester Online
    Following Kylie's record-breaking stint at the M.E.N Arena we're keeping the Kylie-vibe alive with an exclusive opportunity to win a T-shirt signed by the pop princess herself.

  • Hartlepool will be tough
    Stockport Express
    The Tatton Park Country Fair is being held over the weekend of 23-25 August at Tatton Park, and this year the fair has more attractions than ever. Event organiser Living Heritage has teamed up...

  • No Share-ing this star of the future
    Salford Advertiser
    Taylor Share, eight, of Galloway Drive, Clifton, who is on Everton's books despite interest from merseyside rivals Liverpool as well as Bolton Wanderers and Blackburn...

  • Three arrested over assault
    Manchester Online
    Following Kylie's record-breaking stint at the M.E.N Arena we're keeping the Kylie-vibe alive with an exclusive opportunity to win a T-shirt signed by the pop princess herself.

  • PC found with coke in club toilets
    South Manchester Reporter
    21/ 8/2008 A YOUNG police officer’s dreams of a promising career in the force have been left in tatters after he was being convicted of possessing cocaine. University graduate Jonathan Wynne, 26...

  • Lifting trophy was memorable moment
    Salford Advertiser
    21/ 8/2008 MALCOLM ALKER COLUMN: "AS captain to lift the team’s second piece of silverware of the season on Sunday, was another very special and memorable day for me personally. Most players...

  • Pensioner in the clear after graffiti wiped off for free
    Prestwich Advertiser
    21/ 8/2008 A PRESTWICH pensioner who was ordered by Bury Council to clean graffiti off a public area near her house escaped legal action thanks to a kind-hearted resident who came to the rescue. ...

  • The trade exodus of Radcliffe
    Prestwich Advertiser
    21/ 8/2008 DISILLUSIONED traders in Radcliffe are deserting the town centre after the devastating news that Countryside Properties have pulled the plug on its £55m redevelopment. In a...

  • Starved to half weight
    Salford Advertiser
    21/ 8/2008 A MUM-OF-SEVEN from Eccles has been banned from keeping animals for 15 years after starving her dog to half its normal weight. Jeanette Oliver, 39, of Hiley Road, was found guilty in...

  • Weather is kind for Manchester’sfestival week
    Middleton Guardian
    20/ 8/2008 VISITORS to the Hopwood course took full advantage of a respite from the poor weather to play in Manchester Golf Club’s annual festival week. The events were sponsored by JW Lees and...

  • Big Dipper work is delayed
    Prestwich Advertiser
    21/ 8/2008 REPAIRS to a road junction dubbed the ‘Big Dipper’ are facing delays after the contractor failed to carry out the work as promised. The junction between Bury Old Road, Sheepfoot Lane...

  • Family remembers tragic Ashley
    South Manchester Reporter
    21/ 8/2008 TRIBUTES have been paid to a dad who has died of a heart attack aged 43. Ashley Young has been described as a ‘lovely, gentle man’ and a ‘great guy’. And his friends and family...

  • Arrests over cigarette attack
    Stockport Express
    The Tatton Park Country Fair is being held over the weekend of 23-25 August at Tatton Park, and this year the fair has more attractions than ever. Event organiser Living Heritage has teamed up...

  • Death of Latics stalwart
    Manchester Online
    Following Kylie's record-breaking stint at the M.E.N Arena we're keeping the Kylie-vibe alive with an exclusive opportunity to win a T-shirt signed by the pop princess herself.

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