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1. 31. High life just the job

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 14 September 2005 LIZ and Graham Ross left their high pressure jobs and high pressure lifestyles three years ago - and headed for the hills. They moved to the beautiful and traditional village of Competa at the foot of the Sierra Almijara.

2. 32. Taking a bite out of the doughnut

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 17 March 2004 THEY call it the doughnut effect: a ring around Manchester of areas that are a ten-minute commute away from the centre but temptingly less expensive than the city proper.

3. 33. TV vote could save city's 'Water Palace'

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 30 July 2003 A new& BBC series Restoration offers new hope for& Victoria Baths in Manchester - a Victorian architectural gem left to rot.

4. 34. Web guide of help around the home

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 22 October 2003 A SURVEY earlier this year revealed working mothers in Britain spend 90 per cent of their wages on home help and childcare.

5. 35. Preserving past glories

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 27 November 2002 A THIRD of property owners have not carried out any building repairs or maintenance on their homes in the past five years, according to a recent Mori poll.

6. 36. From grotty bedsits to designer home of distinction

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 21 January 2004 TURNING a run-down, 20-room property of neglected bedsits into a home of distinction was a four-year labour of love for Alison Fagan-Bird.

7. 37. Designs on the future

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 27 May 2004

8. 38. Spotlight on Leigh

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 05 February 2003 LEIGH is a town built on coal mining, it suffered cruelly when the industry went into decline and all the pits closed until the big builders realised the potential of these brownfield sites and moved in.

9. 39. Spotlight on Haslingden

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 11 February 2004

   Haslingden is& the mill town that moved out of the dark ages. The mills the cottages served are now largely gone but their sites are valuable.

10. 40. Family move to Shetland for peace and security

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 31 March 2004 TWELVE months ago Kerry Evans, her husband Duncan and three children Christopher, 13, Jacob, seven and six-year-old daughter Chloe, originally from Macclesfield, upped sticks and moved to Shetland. They wanted a quieter, safer more peaceful way of life and the move was filmed by the BBC. Here Kerry explains their reasons for moving and the reality of what they found...

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