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1. 111. Cash-claim firms prey on children

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 04 November 2004 FIRMS who chase compensation have found a new set of "victims" - in Manchester's classrooms. Claim companies have targeted the parents of pupils allegedly injured in schools in their search for new clients.

2. 112. Axe hangs over cash for pupils and libraries

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 01 November 2004 SCHOOL uniform grants for low-income families could be scrapped and libraries could be closed in a major economy drive by Manchester city council.

3. 113. Pupils found teacher hanged in park

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 06 June 2007 FIVE children have been offered counselling after finding a headteacher's body in a Manchester park.

4. 114. City appoints first Asian mayor

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 18 May 2005 LAWYER Afzal Khan will make history by becoming Manchester's first Asian lord mayor. The appointment, once confirmed today, will mark a meteoric rise for a man who started his working life as a mill labourer after moving to the north west from Pakistan.

5. 115. Lord Mayor's sister act

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 24 June 2004 MANCHESTER'S new Lord Mayor grew up as the only boy in a family of a dozen sisters. Tom O'Callaghan was reunited with all his siblings when he took over the ceremonial chain yesterday. Two of the sisters flew in from America to witness their brother's special day.

6. 116. Sex abuse girl, 3, 'left to live in filth'

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 04 September 2004 A THREE-year-old girl was sexually abused and left to live in "unspeakable filth" for two years after social workers in Manchester failed to investigate warnings from her father, a watchdog found today. The child was finally found huddled inside a flat with her mother, surrounded by bin bags full of rotting food.

7. 117. £3.5m for schools facing crisis

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 25 June 2003 MANCHESTER council chiefs are to pump £3.5m of "rainy day" cash into schools as the scale of a financial crisis begins to emerge.

8. 118. Take back cash jibe, demands town hall

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 07 July 2003 MANCHESTER council is demanding a retraction from Charles Clarke after the government admitted the town hall was NOT hoarding cash for schools.

9. 119. Schools share in £2.2bn windfall

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 12 February 2004 EVERY high school in Manchester is to be rebuilt or refurbished in a massive improvement programme. The city council was today given the go-ahead for its multi-million pound plans after being named as one of 14 authorities to share in a £2.2bn investment fund.

10. 120. 100,000 jobs in 'Knowledge Capital'

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 06 June 2003 JOHN Prescott launched Manchester's bid to become the brains of Britain - and create a potential 100,000 jobs.

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