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1. 131. Secret fight of Fred, MBE

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 31 December 2003 FRED Dibnah, the steeplejack turned TV star, received an MBE - but his celebrations have been tinged with anguish. On the day he was named in the New Year Honours list for services to heritage and broadcasting, he revealed he is suffering from cancer.

2. 132. Thousands flock to Eastern festival

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 28 July 2003 TENS of thousands of people flocked to Heaton Park at the weekend for a feast of eastern culture.

3. 133. £4.5m in fight to stamp out racism

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 10 February 2003 ANTI-RACIST schemes in Manchester are among the big winners in a '4.5m council handout to the voluntary sector.

4. 134. 'War tax' protest lecturer faces the bailiffs

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 04 December 2003 A UNIVERSITY lecturer faces a visit from the bailiffs for refusing to pay what she calls government "war tax". Dr Birgit Vollm, a 38-year-old psychiatrist at Manchester University, has been hauled before a court for failing to hand over income tax from freelance work.

5. 135. Gallery lifts top award

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 12 June 2003 THE NEW-look Manchester Art Gallery has won a prestigious national award for combining the best of the old and new. The gallery scooped the special Aggiornamento prize at the Building of the Year Award 2003 at London's swanky Savoy hotel.

6. 136. Stopping the dental rot

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 12 February 2004 ENTIRE families are living without a toothbrush as the shocking state of Manchester's dental health emerged today. A report revealed that 60 per cent of Mancunian five-year-olds already had some decay, compared to a national average of just under 40 per cent.

7. 137. Council tax rise is just 2.5pc

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 11 February 2004 COUNCIL tax raised by Manchester city council is set to go up by just 2.5 per cent. And council tenants in the city are likely to get a rent freeze for 2004/05 in a further major break for hard-pressed taxpayers.

8. 138. City's invitation to Whitehall

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 19 May 2004 TRIPS to Greater Manchester are being organised to lure London-based civil servants to the capital of the north. They will be given the chance to see how the region is now more One Deansgate and Salford Quays than Coronation Street.

9. 139. Six new kids' homes for city

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 02 January 2003 MANCHESTER will get six new children's homes to help slash millions from its spiralling social services budget.

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