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1. 1. Birthday fanfare for Bridgewater Hall

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 29 August 2006 AN orchestral extravaganza will raise the roof at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, when dozens of musicians play together for a rousing 10th anniversary celebration.

2. 2. Bentley: The best group of people

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 29 August 2006 IT is appropriate that one of the key figures in the revival of Bentley should have been asked to chair the region's prime business pressure group, the Confederation of British Industry.

3. 3. 'Stop brain drain so town can make grade'

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 28 August 2006 A STUDENT has called for action to halt Rochdale's "brain drain" after he was forced out of his home town to take his A-level exams.

4. 4. Branson leads way as ideal boss

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 28 August 2006 VIRGIN boss Sir Richard Branson is the person most people would like as their manager while Cherie Blair is the country's least favourite.

5. 5. Extremist schools will be closed, Kelly warns

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 28 August 2006 COMMUNITIES Secretary Ruth Kelly says Islamic schools which promote "isolationism" and extremism should be closed down.

6. 6. Probe into 'buried' school results

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 27 August 2006 MINISTERS are facing an investigation from the statistics watchdog over claims they tried to "bury" news of poor primary school test results.

7. 7. Blair flies home to defections after son's health scare

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 26 August 2006 TONY Blair's eldest son, Euan, has been discharged from hospital in Barbados after treatment for a stomach pain.

8. 8. Britain's obesity timebomb

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 25 August 2006 BRITAIN is facing an obesity timebomb, with new figures revealing an escalation of the crisis. The alarming Department of Health statistics predict that nearly a third of the population will be obese within the next four years - and that by 2010 more than 14m people will be dangerously overweight.

9. 9. GCSE results 2006

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 24 August 2006 ALL the Greater Manchester GCSE results will be published here as we get them from the schools and colleges.

10. 10. Super-head Jean is sacked

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 23 August 2006 A 'SUPER-HEAD' earning é140,000 a year has been sacked over a damning report into her running of a Manchester school.

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