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  • The reluctant hero

    WHEN he was a schoolboy, Bill Speakman was told he would never make a soldier. Not only did the Altrincham born hero prove the doubters wrong, he went on to become one of an elite band of men to be awarded the military's highest award for gallantry, the

  • Reprieve for animal sanctuary

    A BAND of rescued animals in Trafford have had a reprieve after the council's planning committee threw out plans to build new sports pitches at their home. The Ashton on Mersey Sports and Social Club - which has its base next to the threatened Westfield

  • Stephen dances his way to fame

    A REAL life "Billy Elliot" has danced his way into a production by one of the country's top performance companies. Partington teenager Stephen Adeniji will play the part of a Dove in the National Youth Ballet's adaptation of the classic children's fairytale

  • So much for involvement

    IN the last year we have written to Trafford Highways Department on two separate occasions. The first time a letter from us was not responded to. On the second occasion we objected to the replacement of a traditional lamppost by a modern lamppost out

  • Centre supports all the family

    WHEN you think about the dedicated Macmillan Care Centre at Trafford General Hospital you may have a vision of something resembling a hospice. But that is exactly the opposite to what you find when you visit the borough's own specific care centre for