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1. 21. C-charge: Where next?

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 24 July 2007 TOWNS around Greater Manchester could be hit by individual road pricing schemes - on top of the congestion charges planned for the city.

2. 22. C-charge rival out

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 16 August 2007 GREATER Manchester remains in poll position to win £3bn to improve public transport after its main rival failed to submit a formal bid.

3. 23. Ministers deny 'blackmail' over transport cash

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 21 February 2007 THE government has denied claims by a transport chief that Greater Manchester was being `blackmailed' into considering congestion charging.

4. 24. New tax could fund Metrolink

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 11 October 2007 BUSINESSES in Greater Manchester raised fears last night they could be hit with a "double whammy" of congestion charging and a new tax.

5. 25. Controversial road from 'Big Bang' to charges

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 24 January 2007 IT was in January 2005 - just after an M.E.N.-led campaign had forced the Government to reinstate é520m of funding for the Metrolink extensions - that then transport secretary Alistair Darling made a proposal.

6. 26. Peel snubbed over pay-to-drive panel

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 05 February 2007 THE company behind the Trafford Centre has been excluded from an independent panel overseeing plans for congestion charging in Greater Manchester.

7. 27. £70m pledge to boost buses

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 13 September 2007 STAGECOACH has pledged to spend £70m on 400 new buses in Greater Manchester if the region's bid for £3bn of public transport cash is successful.

8. 28. First in line for bus bonanza

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 23 July 2007 THE biggest bus operator in Greater Manchester has pledged to put 200 new vehicles on the road in a plan to revolutionise the region's public transport.

9. 29. Hague slams PM

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 13 October 2007 GORDON Brown's reputation as a strong leader is "in tatters", shadow foreign secretary William Hague has claimed.

10. 30. D-day looms in town hall battle

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 20 April 2007 THE starting gun has been fired on local elections that could bring radical changes to the political landscape of Greater Manchester.

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