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1. 31. Schools add '£15,000 value'

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 February 2006 PARENTS are prepared to pay '15,000 more for a house in the catchment area of a good school.

2. 32. Spotlight on Warrington

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 06 July 2004 WARRINGTON'S selling point has always been its location and communications links. Mid-way between Manchester and Liverpool it has managed to survive competition from the big two.

3. 33. 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.

4. 34. 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...

5. 35. 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.

6. 36. 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.

7. 37. 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.

8. 38. 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.

9. 39. 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.

10. 40. 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.

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