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1. 1. Grandad named transport campaigner of the year after winning battle for Baguley Metrolink station

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 21 September 2011 A grandad who led a battle to bring a new railway station to his community has been named transport campaigner of the year. Eugene Ring, 70, persuaded rail bosses that a new station at Baguley, next to Wythenshawe hospital, was desperately needed.

2. 2. City-region elected mayor could have 'brought in congestion charge'

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 16 June 2011 A mayor for Greater Manchester would boost the region's economy and could have brought in the ill-fated congestion charge, two leading think tanks have claimed.

3. 3. Lexus CT200h

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 10 June 2011 Firsts count when it comes to flogging metal – and the Lexus CT200h makes the bold but potentially baffling claim to be the world’s first ‘Full HYbrid Luxury Compact Hatchback Car’.

4. 4. Return ticket: Congestion charge mastermind Roger Jones set to return to transport committee

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 02 June 2011 Transport supremo Roger Jones is set to make a triumphant return to the body which decides travel policy in Greater Manchester.

5. 5. Revealed: Manchester's top 20 parking ticket blackspots

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 15 March 2011 The M.E.N can today reveal Manchester’s top 20 parking ticket blackspots. We have analysed details of every one of more 116,355 fines handed out in the city in a period of just over 10 months.

6. 6. 60s star Wayne Fontana handcuffed and arrested as he prepares to take the stage at Palace Theatre

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 11 March 2011 Singer Wayne Fontana, 65, – who was star attraction in the Solid Silver 60s show at the Palace Theatre – was handcuffed and bundled into a police van next to the stage door.

7. 7. New Oldham Metrolink tram lines to be dug up for interchange

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 24 February 2011 Under the proposals, which will cost nearly £90m, Metrolink will run along Union Street to the new interchange at Oldham Mumps by 2014.

8. 8. Chancellor George Osbourne leads the way - by claiming nothing on his MP's expenses

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 04 February 2011 George Osborne has done his bit to cut the nation’s debt – by claiming NOTHING on his parliamentary expenses.

9. 9. Comment: Danger of losing faith in our trams

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 03 February 2011 It has become well-known to users of Metrolink that all is not well with the new MediaCityUK spur off the Eccles line.

10. 10. Comment: Permit system is right way forward

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 28 January 2011 Anyone trying to get round Greater Manchester in the rush hour knows the disruption that even the most minor of roadworks can cause.

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