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1. 21. £10m to get kids walking

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 15 October 2004 SCHOOLS in Greater Manchester are to get cash help to develop novel ways to getting children to school - without clogging up roads with the school run.

2. 22. Minister Estelle bows out again

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 14 September 2004 ARTS Minister Estelle Morris is to quit parliament at the next election. The former Manchester schoolgirl and niece of city peer Lord Alf Morris will later today announce that she does not want to continue in parliament.

3. 23. Breakthrough hope in trams campaign

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 15 September 2004 GREATER Manchester MPs today made a dramatic breakthrough in the battle to save the Metrolink extension.

4. 24. New fears over ministers' safety

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 20 November 2004 A weakness in security surrounding top level public figures came under severe scrutiny today following an attack in Manchester on Children's Minister Margaret Hodge by a Fathers 4 Justice campaigner.

5. 25. Knife search in class

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 18 November 2004 TEACHERS are expected to be given powers to stop and search pupils who may be carrying knives into school.

6. 26. Money making museum hailed by MPs

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 20 July 2004 MPs have praised Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry for its money making schemes. These include its virtual parachute attraction and historic train rides.

7. 27. Blair's pledge to get tough on red tape

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 19 October 2004 PRIME Minister Tony Blair last night promised a fresh crackdown on red tape.

8. 28. School group's chat with Tony Blair

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 08 July 2004 FOUR Manchester school students went on a VIP trip to London - and had a chat with Tony Blair. The students and teachers travelled to meet their MP, Sir Gerald Kaufman, watch Prime Minister's Question Time and then take a trip on the London Eye.

9. 29. Family first as Brown eyes election

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 03 December 2004 CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown has promised more Whitehall jobs to Manchester as a further step on the road to asking 20,000 civil servants to pack their bags and move north.

10. 30. £1m a day cost of sick teachers

    Manchester Evening News, Friday 11 June 2004 THE '65m cost of providing classroom cover for sick teachers in north west schools is the equivalent of recruiting more than 2,700 extra staff, say Liberal Democrats.

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