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1. 61. Drug tests for young suspects

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 27 July 2004 ARRESTED teenagers as young as 14 will be tested for drugs in an experiment in Manchester. Youngsters aged 14-17 will be screened for crack cocaine and heroin once they are charged with a crime. They will be offered support and treatment if they test positive.

2. 62. Truancy crackdown pays off

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 02 July 2004 TRUANCY in Tameside has been slashed by half in just a year and is now the second best in the country.

3. 63. Budget tip for Brown

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 18 March 2006 GORDON Brown has been urged to freeze taxes in next week's Budget. Shadow Chancellor George Osborne said the Chancellor should simplify the tax system, improve public transport and road network and prune back the rapidly-growing number of public sector jobs.

4. 64. Brown tries to be a good sport

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 23 March 2006 PRIME Minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown yesterday presented a Budget helping schoolchildren, businesses and sport - but punishing smokers and the owners of gas-guzzling cars.

5. 65. 'Society biased against disabled'

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 02 March 2007 A MINISTER has claimed discrimination against disabled people is still `very much' alive in Britain.

6. 66. 'City winning race for 21,000 public jobs'

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 08 March 2005 CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown has predicted Manchester will be a winner in the race for 21,000 civil service jobs - and revealed departments are already expressing a preference for the city.

7. 67. Report shows state of city

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 06 September 2007 A MAJOR report has laid bare the huge challenge Manchester faces if its residents are to share in an unprecedented economic boom.

8. 68. Results test for academies

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 17 March 2005 MANCHESTER is pushing ahead with plans for up to seven new academy schools despite a major row over whether they get results.

9. 69. Legacy of hope in forgotten £366,000

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 14 February 2006 THEY were the grants from centuries past that helped young men tour the continent, would-be bakers learn their trade, and "sons of widows" to study architecture. Manchester City Council has discovered '366,000 from dozens of obsolete bursaries dating back to 1708 - and wants to use the cash for a new age of philanthropy.

10. 70. Council tax rise down again

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 08 March 2007 MANCHESTER will have a below-inflation council tax rise for the eighth year running.

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