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  • 'Savage' fire cuts condemned

    CUTS in evening fire cover planned for Trafford in January have led to a flare up between the borough's Tory and Labour groups. Two pumps will be 'mothballed' on three nights a week, as part of county-wide measures to save more than £2 million a year.

  • Unveiling the shape of things to come

    THE two developers who are shaping Altrincham's regeneration plans have come together to spell out their £450 million plans to the town's business leaders. The schemes will provide retail, leisure and residential facilities for the Stamford Centre and

  • WE WILL FIGHT THEM ON THE BEECHES

    ANGRY residents in Brooklands and Timperley have been left stranded after Trafford council demolished a 40-year-old concrete footbridge without warning. The Maple Road West footbridge used to lie across Fairywell Brook on Beech field and connected the

  • 'I'd do it all again' says bank raid hero

    A Sale pensioner who attacked a bank robber holding a sword says he would do it all again. Have-a-go hero Kenneth Boyer, aged 70, spoke exclusively to SAM after five men were sentenced to a total of 26 years in prison for an armed robbery on the Halifax

  • Yobs attack crews on Bonfire Night

    YOBS threw fireworks at firefighters in Sale at the weekend. The attack on Chepstow Avenue is the third similar incident in the area within a week. Four or five fireworks landed within a few metres of firefighters. Last week bricks and boulders were thrown

  • Thugs ruin charity do

    MARAUDING thugs brought terror to the Mayor's Bonfire Night event, throwing fireworks into a crowd packed with children and babies. The yobs struck after a crowd of 4,000-plus had gathered for the charity fireworks display at Abbotsfield Park, Chassen

  • Family pays tribute to Jessica's plans

    FRIENDS and family of nine-year-old Jessica Austin Potter, who died in September, are holding a charity event in memory of the 'caring little girl' who dedicated much of her short life to helping others. The afternoon of activities being held on Saturday