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1. 11. Capita's shares surge

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 21 July 2006 OUTSOURCING firm Capita saw its shares surge after it beat market forecasts with a 24 per cent improvement in half-year pre-tax profits.

2. 12. McGuire: No need for a change here

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 24 February 2006 WITH the economy starting to go pear- shaped, retail sales sliding, growth in the economy slowing to 1.5 per cent per annum, it is no wonder the politicians want to distract us with a call for locally- elected mayors in our major cities says John McQuire.

3. 13. Fuming over bus war

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 24 May 2006 BUS wars in Manchester are being blamed for damaging the environment. A leading environmentalist has written to the government expressing his "profound concern" about the pollution.

4. 14. Britain's parking enforcement 'a mess'

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 22 June 2006 PARKING policy and enforcement in Britain is "inconsistent and confused", a report from MPs said today.

5. 15. Threat to buses waiting too long

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 12 August 2006 TRAFFIC wardens are threatening to slap tickets on buses - for waiting too long at city centre stops.

6. 16. Black box takes its toll on lorries

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 29 August 2006 SITTING on the dashboard in the cab of a a lorry, the small black box looks just like a car radio. But the device is not there for the driver's entertainment - more than 500,000 have been fitted to lorries in Germany to drive the world's first satellite-tracking road toll system.

7. 17. Tickets threat to halt bus wars chaos

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 06 September 2006 BUS drivers were threatened with parking tickets as traffic ground to a halt for the second day running in Manchester's bus wars. Parking attendants were drafted in to help free up the gridlocked city centre. They were told to slap fines on any buses waiting for more than two minutes.

8. 18. Scandal of the parking lottery

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 24 June 2006 THE cost of parking in Greater Manchester has become a multi-million pound lottery for motorists - and MPs say the system is "a mess".

9. 19. Two-tier internet fears

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 03 July 2006 PROPOSALS in America to create a two-tier internet with higher charges for a faster service could spread to Britain. The US company AT&T is lobbying politicians to allow fast and slow services for traffic, including email. If the move is accepted, British internet service providers such as BT may follow.

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