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  • Kids design new look for town

    SALE Town Partnership - the new name for the group whose aims are to improve facilities and raise the profile of the town - now has a new logo to match, thanks to the design skills and hard work of Sale Grammar School pupils. The Partnership appealed

  • New shops on wway

    SALE will soon be boosted by the arrival of Peacocks, the clothing retailer, and the relocation of Wilkinsons and Quality Save to new enlarged stores. Warner Estate Holdings, the London based owner of the Square shopping centre, has started a major £6m

  • Tenant slams mindless vandals

    A HORSE had to be put down after it escaped from its field near the Trafford Centre and was hit by an ambulance. The trotter horse escaped along with three other horses being kept at the site, through a hole in the fencing made by youths on scramble bikes

  • Spare pets bonfire fright

    FIREWORKS can terrify cats and dogs to the extent that can bolt and run on to roads and cause car accidents. Petline organiser Chris Butterworth is urging owners to spare their animals a bonfire fright by taking two simple but important courses of action

  • The waiting game

    A TAXI driver is condemning Trafford council for not allowing private hire cabs to drop their customers off outside a Stretford post office. The area outside the Kingsway post office is currently reserved for goods vehicles for loading purposes and taxis

  • Town gets colourful look

    A MURAL is to be created over the next few weeks to cover an area of the 20-metre hoarding around the Sale Civic Centre redevelopment site with a splash of colour and art. The mural will be designed to depict key landmarks, skylines and the lifestyles

  • We value heritage

    IN response to the letter in SAM on October 3, 'Have they no respect' from David Eastwood, I would like to make the following points. Trafford boasts 300 of its listed buildings as grade II, and therefore follows closely with the national average, nine

  • Stay safe during strikes

    THE REGION'S fire chief has issued safety advice in the wake of the firefighters' decision to take strike action. Firefighters throughout the country will stage a series of strikes over the next two months. The action was called after 88 per cent of the

  • Widow seeks justice

    THE widow of an asbestos victim is backing a campaign demanding a compensation package for hundreds of families in her position. Pat Woodruff spoke out just days before a public meeting that is being held to highlight the plight of former employees of

  • Help us be resourceful

    A GROUP that supports disabled and elderly people throughout the borough is appealing for its equipment to be returned. The One Stop Resource Centre is a community equipment store that provides a wide range of equipment to help people with disabilities