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1. 21. Gay dads' plea for new mum

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 11 September 2003 A GAY couple from Cheshire are advertising for a woman to become the surrogate mum to their fourth child. Tony and Barrie Drewitt-Barlow have just celebrated the birth of their third baby - and are already planning the next by placing an advert on the internet to find a woman to carry their child.

2. 22. Learning centre a tonic for disabled

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 13 September 2003 KIRSTY Howard put in a star appearance opening a new learning centre for disabled workers at a printers. The centre, at Remploy Manchester aims to give its workers, the majority of whom are disabled, the opportunity to take part in in-house courses in conjunction with North Trafford College.

3. 23. Turner storms art world at 83

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 16 September 2003 THE paintings of a Mancunian former teacher have taken the art world by storm after years of obscurity.

4. 24. Minister backs city war on drugs

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 12 September 2003 HOME Office minister Caroline Flint has visited Manchester schemes aimed at luring crack addicts away from crime. A package of measures is being phased into the city, one of 30 areas with the highest levels of crime linked to drugs.

5. 25. School chief's letter to parents

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 10 September 2003 Letter to parents

6. 26. A match for Lowry!

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 17 September 2003 IT'S 50 years since L S Lowry did his famous painting, but dads and kids are still 'Going to the Match'.

7. 27. Children's champion to combat abuse

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 08 September 2003 THE government is to recruit a national children's champion in a bid to prevent cases of sexual and violent abuse. New children's minister Margaret Hodge was due to publish a consultation paper in the wake of the death of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie.

8. 28. Holiday in school for pupil artists

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 01 September 2003 MOST pupils would have to be dragged kicking and screaming back to the classroom during the summer holidays, but a group of students volunteered to go back to school to brighten up dark corridors by painting these colourful murals.

9. 29. Town pioneers citizenship test

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 03 September 2003 OLDHAM, the scene of race riots two summers ago, has been picked as a pilot area for a new "Britishness test". The town will be one of the first to have a Citizenship Ceremony for immigrants, including an oath and an examination.

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