When are the police going to clamp down on cyclists riding on the pavement, almost knocking people over? Plus they go through red lights as if they weren¿t there, again almost knocking people over.

Manchester Man, Manchester
This has been going on for years ? im sick of bringing this up for the police to do something about it.but they wont .as usual

Dear Cherie Blair, how can u help fight knife and gun crimes in communities like Moss side. When the adults who govern us still keep talking about it and getting it wrong. I wish justice had no colour but in reality you just have to look at the facts surrounding Reese Jones's murderer and conspiritors. 8 months later have their has been an arrest. The community used the same route as the Moss side community when Jessie James died. They set up a website, the Liverpool police did not like it but they did not close it down either. GMP closed ours. The same names from the start of the murder of Reese was given continuously to the police. GMP refered to the community's help as heresay, gossip and rumour (as often as possible). The investigation into Reeses murder was conducted with professionalism. Jessie James murder was handled with incompetant, farcical mishandlings of the case. GMP's actions has left a community without trust and uncaring; as the race and gang card was played. Once this was associated with Jessie James's murder (although later retracted). It allowed the outside world to ignore the facts, that a child was murdered. GMP has gone out of its way, at times, to defend the suspects and they in turn continue to terroise the Youth/Community and any one else who was connected to the case. Their victims were loudly told by the gangs (who now see themselves as untouchable)they are protected by the police.
Before you can hold a converance and speak out against knifes and gun crime, first you must seek to ask the right questions and see the clear truth and not to be blindsided like the P.M. etc. Moss Side is veiled in a cloak of lies and unsolved deaths. But understanding the real truth may explain why you can never put TRIDENT in our community over the unworkable Task force they have in place. Good luck with your meeting dear Cherie; because those who live in this reality, already know; empty words will continue to cost communitys like Moss Side, the lives of generations to come... You can always leave and return to the safety of your home.
Do you really believe you and others like you, who talk about taking action, can; with your words, BREAK the ring of death, silence and more funding for doing nothing. I dont think so. When CrimeWatch can even let down family,Youth and the Community with a reconstruction of the murder of Jessie James. You know no one cares that a black child is dead...so keep talking about nothing, you will get praised for your it..

My family and I had a meal at Dukes Grill (Castlefield) yesterday, Sunday, 5th May 2008 at approx 6pm.

We sat in the dining area in a booth at the back of the restaurant. During our main meal we noticed a lot of flies. One landed in my pizza and on my glass of red wine.

I could accept the fact that flies were present if I had been sat outside. No air-conditioning? I was informed a number of customers had complained during the day. I brought this to the attention of the waiter and he called the duty manager.

I felt so humiliated as I was making a genuine complaint – when imagine my dismay that she offered to pro-rata what I’d actually eaten! No consideration for the fact that my meal was ruined by the constant presence of flies…I noticed there was no deterrent in operation for the flies eg insect repellent machines etc.

Has anyone else had a similar upsetting experience at Dukes?

I have a story for you.Its about me running a successful small buisness in moss side for 21yrs this year.

Has anyone had a bad holiday experience with Thomson? Myself and my family have and would like to know if it would be printed in the newspaper as we think and people we have told about it think it is a disgrace on behalf of Thomson Holiday. They have lied to us and many other familys and have ruined our holidaying experience. We are deeply sadened by this and would like to report it to the community to warn them of the horrific experince we have had with this company.

I agree with the comments made in regard to Manchester Airport being THIRD RATE.
This started going down hill years ago when Manchester Airport threw open the baggage handling to tender to get the cheapest possible handling agent to handle the baggage.
Previous to this there was a company (Ringway Handling Services) who were a dedicated agent employed by the airport for the loading and unloading of aircraft and this company has now been wound up giving the contracts to any company willing to work for the minimum pay, thus they are not employed by the Airport as were RHS. This to me looks as if Manchester Airport are getting to the stage where they do not want to employ people, but simply want to be landlords all this to the detriment of the passengers, further more i would question what security checks are made on the employees of the companies doing the baggage handling as i have been told some are agency workers.

Can anybody beat this for waste?
Our bin trucks that collect the glass and paper .last week we had two very large trucks pick up two bins? there was around six mens wages and all the fuel that these two trucks use? so the ratepayers are paying a massive amount of money to recycle just a small amount of glass/paper/cardboard? why not just have what we used to have a small truck with two men .to send two very large trucks with six men is a bit of overkill i think.

any blues near didsbury that want to join didsburyblues official supporters club more details at www.didsburyblues.co.uk or call in the nelson inn didsbury village

To Joanne who wrote into postbag concerning her son who has Autism and finds it difficult accessing community/leisure activities for her son, I just wanted to say that I am also a parent of a daughter who has Autism and has struggled for many years while out and about in the community because of the limited access to leisure and also peoples reactions to my daughter. These difficulties we have faced has now given me the determination to develop a social care service specifically for children and adults with Autism/Aspergers. We employ only highly dedicated experience,trained and empathatic staff that enable our children to be out and about safely and meaningfully, and also have lots of fun as our service believes that fun is universal and should be accessable to all,regardless of disability. I wanted to say to Joanne that she is not alone, there are many parents who have the same difficulties and if she wishes to find out more about what our service aims to do, she can visit our website at www.autismsocialcare.web.officelive.com. Myself and my partner,Tina(who also has a child with Autism) have had years of experience of how this disability affects families and because we are parents we have mountains of knowledge into how to enable our children and adults to get out and about, doing activites they want to do and thoroughly enjoy them, so if Joanne would like to contact me, then she would be more than welcome to do so on the website address.

Can you tell me why I am unable to find "Rhodes" near "Middleton". I used to go there back in 1948/1950. But cant find it even on Google Earth. Maybe its been built out.
Regards William

desperate to find my ATKINS FAMILY who were all living in Gorton/Ardwick/Chorlton
The Atkins were originally from Norfolk John Edward Atkins and they were all listed on the 1901 census.
I would be delighted to share the work I have done on the connections to the 1700...
Thank you

Josi Birkbeck