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1. 1. Manchester council lines up Jamie Oliver for new children's healthy eating drive

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 13 February 2012 Manchester has above-average rates of childhood obesity and the council wants to educate children and families about the food they choose. Jamie has spearheaded campaigns to encourage healthy eating in schools.

2. 2. Gorton school wins design award

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 25 June 2009 A MANCHESTER school has won a top award for it pioneering design. Gorton Education Village has been named the country's best 'healthy-learning environment' by the British Council for School Environments.

3. 3. Awards for area's unsung heroes

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 12 June 2010 Manchester's top nurse leads a host of unsung local heroes and leaders in the fields of health, education and science honoured today.

4. 4. Greater Manchester will lose 95,000 jobs, say economic experts

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 24 November 2010 It is estimated that 48,660 jobs will go in the next five years – 21,900 in public sector administration, education and health, and 26,760 in the private sector in the ‘extremely challenging’ times ahead. Some 46,000 jobs have been lost since the economy began shrinking in 2008, says the study for the region's ten council leaders.

5. 5. Let us play: Halle orchestra set to move to Ancoats church

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 08 August 2011 Bosses are finalising a deal to bring St Peter’s Church, in Ancoats, back to life as a rehearsal and small-scale performance space.

6. 6. Triumph or 'damp squib'?: Unions and David Cameron clash over impact of public sector strike

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 01 December 2011 The government was locked in a bitter war or words with the unions today after a mass strike crippled public services and saw 20,000 people march through the streets of Manchester.

7. 7. We've won! Council U-turn after hundreds join MEN campaign to save Manchester lollipop school crossing patrols

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 06 December 2011 The Manchester Evening News is today celebrating victory in our Save Our Crossings campaign to keep lollipop ladies and men outside Manchester schools.

8. 8. Halle Orchestra wins funding to make Ancoats church home

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 15 October 2011 The symphony orchestra will bring St Peter’s Church, in Ancoats, back to life as a rehearsal and small scale performance space after securing two cash awards.

9. 9. Watchdog probes 400 complaints about town halls

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 25 August 2011 Some 855 people made contact with the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) with concerns about the way their council was functioning during 2010/11. Of those, 412 were followed up by investigators – and more than 80 settlements reached between town halls and residents.

10. 10. New tutoring programme to help get disadvantaged children into top universities

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 19 October 2011 A new tutoring programme will work with some of Manchester's most disadvantaged children to help get more pupils from poor backgrounds into top universities. The Tutor Trust is a new charity which will work with GCSE students from some of the most deprived local communities after winning national funding for a three-year pilot scheme in the city.

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