Search Results

1. 1. Off-road bikers face arrest

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 31 December 2003 POLICE and road safety campaigners have joined forces to catch off-road bikers who use private and public land as a racetrack. Illegal riders in parts of Wigan and Leigh are to be targeted in the New Year campaign after problems in the area.

2. 2. Religions unite to fight BNP threat

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 31 December 2003 LEADERS of every major religion have joined forces in a fierce attack on the far-right British National Party. Christian, Muslim, Jewish and Hindu figureheads from Greater Manchester have put their names to a highly-political joint new year's message.

3. 3. Secret fight of Fred, MBE

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 31 December 2003 FRED Dibnah, the steeplejack turned TV star, received an MBE - but his celebrations have been tinged with anguish. On the day he was named in the New Year Honours list for services to heritage and broadcasting, he revealed he is suffering from cancer.

4. 4. Glad tidings for New Year

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 30 December 2003

   DEALMAKERS in the north west can look forward to 2004 with confidence. That's the view of Alastair Donald, a director at Bank of Scotland's corporate team in Manchester.

5. 5. Home-swap shock

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 29 December 2003 AN ANGRY homeowner says he will take legal action after Salford council refused to allow him to "swap" his house. Fred Beresford owns a terrace property in Nansen Street, Seedley, which the council wants to demolish to make way for a car park.

6. 6. 'Beer cans' driver could not stand up straight

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 29 December 2003 A MAN was unable to stand straight after being asked to get out of his car in the early hours. Bheklthemba Mhlanga, 22, of Ambush Street, Openshaw, had empty beer cans on the back seat, a Manchester court was told.

7. 7. Dog owners take lead in park pride

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 29 December 2003 THEY called themselves the Five o'Clock Club. Now a band of dog-owners who regularly meet in their local park are leading its revival. They have formed The Friends of Worthington Park, a run-down Victorian site near Sale town centre.

8. 8. Hunt for gunman in cop murder

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 27 December 2003 A MASSIVE police hunt& has been& mounted for a gunman who murdered a traffic cop and wounded his colleague. The brutal killing, which took place during a routine check on a stolen vehicle in Leeds yesterday (Friday), was described by police as "an appalling, dreadful attack."

9. 9. Christmas cheer for iSOFT

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 24 December 2003 MANCHESTER software giant iSOFT is celebrating winning a share of £3bn worth of contracts to upgrade NHS systems.

10. 10. Asylum man stages sit-in

    Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 23 December 2003 A LOCAL community has rallied to support an asylum seeker who is facing deportation. Residents in Little Hulton, Salford, are providing food and company for Kurdish refugee Majed Saleh Ali, 28, who is staging a sit-in at his council flat.

Filters