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1. 21. Judge rejects 'school or jail' plea

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 03 March 2004 MANCHESTER city council has failed to get a "go to school or go to jail" order against a 10-year-old boy. A judge placing an anti-social behaviour order on Jordan Talbot refused to impose a condition to force him to be in school or with an adult during term-time school days.

2. 22. City leads the way, says Blair

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 15 March 2004 TONY Blair has put Manchester at the forefront of an "urban renaissance" breathing new life into British cities. The prime minister said drab and bleak city centres outside London were being transformed thanks to the hustle and bustle of new businesses, shops, cafes and nightlife.

3. 23. Citizens take pledge

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 22 April 2004 TWENTY people have become the first immigrants in Manchester to pledge allegiance to Queen and country in "citizenship ceremonies". New rules mean anyone who applied for naturalisation after January 1 this year has to take part.

4. 24. Proud Sharon the supermum

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 10 May 2004 HELPING a disabled daughter to walk and talk against all the odds would be a full-time job for most single parents. But supermum Sharon Byrne also studies full-time and helps run club for special-needs children.

5. 25. Science museum lands space ace

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 14 January 2004 A TOP NASA scientist is to run Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry. British-born Dr Ian Griffin, head of the office of public outreach for the space agency's Hubble Space Telescope, takes over as director on April 1.

6. 26. Stopping the dental rot

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 12 February 2004 ENTIRE families are living without a toothbrush as the shocking state of Manchester's dental health emerged today. A report revealed that 60 per cent of Mancunian five-year-olds already had some decay, compared to a national average of just under 40 per cent.

7. 27. Council tax rise is just 2.5pc

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 11 February 2004 COUNCIL tax raised by Manchester city council is set to go up by just 2.5 per cent. And council tenants in the city are likely to get a rent freeze for 2004/05 in a further major break for hard-pressed taxpayers.

8. 28. City's invitation to Whitehall

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 19 May 2004 TRIPS to Greater Manchester are being organised to lure London-based civil servants to the capital of the north. They will be given the chance to see how the region is now more One Deansgate and Salford Quays than Coronation Street.

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