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1. 1. Test match loss is blow for North West sport

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 09 May 2008 I WAS staggered when I heard that Old Trafford will miss out on a test match for three years straight.

2. 2. Comment: The real winners will be the people

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 03 March 2011 Manchester has always been known for its ambition, so when a vision is created to turn east Manchester into a world centre for sport, we should take it very seriously.

3. 3. Comment: What a weekend of passion, hope and glory

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 16 May 2011 Manchester has had some spectacular weekends, but none more so than this fantastic, record-breaking celebration of sport at its very best.

4. 4. MEN comment: Benefits brought by the arts are real and important

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 27 October 2010 If Manchester were not a city of culture – as well as a city of sport, shopping, fine dining and good old-fashioned fun - would we really have seen the development of such a buoyant tourist industry in recent years?

5. 5. Paul Taylor: ‘Austerity Olympics’ would have struck a chord with me

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 07 December 2011 Good news for fans of stadium spectacle: the budget for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics has been doubled to £81m.

6. 6. Comment: Ingenuity that delivers new public services in era of cuts

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 09 January 2012 When , this time last year, Manchester council was putting together a budget with a whopping £109m in cuts, the future for public services seemed unremittingly bleak. But there is just a little consolation to be had from one postscript to that grim story.

7. 7. Paul Taylor: How long battle to stand up for principle had its reward

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 18 January 2012 Someone quite extraordinary turned up on the BBC Breakfast sofa yesterday. Shirley Woodman, a well-preserved 82-year-old former headteacher from Leeds, had for many years been better known as Mrs A, the anonymous sexual assault victim who successfully went to the House of Lords to win the right to sue her attacker.

8. 8. Comment: Now is not the time to lend or be saddled with a big debt

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 20 January 2012 One can understand a certain anger in Moston at the discovery that Manchester council has made provision to lend £500,000 towards the building of FC United’s new stadium.

9. 9. Paul Taylor: Do riots mark the death of liberalism?

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 15 August 2011 What is the definition of a neo-conservative? A liberal who has just been mugged. It's an old joke, but with a kernel of truth. One may pay lip service to liberal sentiments about crime and punishment, but the burglar who breaks into MY house..I want HIM locked up for a very long time.

10. 10. Comment: Don't stand in the way of progress

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 24 October 2011 Manchester City’s plans for a multi-million pound development are being stalled by two small businesses who are refusing to sell-up and leave the land the club wants. Now Manchester council is considering using compulsory purchase orders to force the businesses to move on.

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