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1. 31. Twin's peak achievement

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 27 May 2004 BROTHERS Steven and Shaun Sloan are preparing to go their separate ways - five years after they won a battle to go to the same school. When they were 11, the twins were told they couldn't both go to Werneth School, Stockport, because it didn't have ramps and facilities for Steven who has cerebral palsy.

2. 32. Outrage at bid to sell condoms in schools

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 05 May 2004 A PLAN to sell condoms in school tuck shops has caused outrage.Cheshire businessman Simon Cole believes it could dramatically reduce teenage pregnancies.

3. 33. A lesson in harmony

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 07 May 2004 THE children of Marlborough Road Primary could give us all a lesson in how to get on with each other. Head teacher, Judith Elderkin, describes the Salford school as being like the United Nations.

4. 34. Mum's tearful farewell to car death son

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 18 May 2004 THE funeral has taken place of a Salford University student killed by a hit-and-run driver. Shuo Feng, 27, died instantly when a car being pursued by police crossed on to the wrong side of a dual carriageway and hit him.

5. 35. Mum angered by daughter's abortion

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 13 May 2004 A MOTHER whose 14-year-old daughter was allowed to have a secret abortion without her knowledge after talks with school advisors today said it had left the schoolgirl "traumatised".

6. 36. Knickers going for a thong!

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 12 May 2004 IT is a venture that would have schoolboys in fits of giggles - but a band of girl pupils is turning silk panties and thongs into an award-winning business.

7. 37. The real Harpurhey

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 12 May 2004 IT'S only a short bus ride from Manchester city centre to Harpurhey but if researchers are to be believed, it's not so much downhill all the way to the neighbourhood branded the worst place to live in England, as over the cliff and into the abyss.

8. 38. Sadness behind Bee Gee day of honour

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 12 May 2004 HEADING back to Manchester to collect honorary degrees means revisiting the painful memories which have haunted music legends Barry and Robin Gibb since their brother, Maurice, died from a heart attack last year.

9. 39. Head suspended in school cash probe

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 13 May 2004 A HEAD teacher at a primary school '100,000 in the red has been suspended following allegations of financial mis-management. Trafford council confirmed today that Mark McLuckie had been suspended pending an investigation.

10. 40. Proud Sharon the supermum

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 10 May 2004 HELPING a disabled daughter to walk and talk against all the odds would be a full-time job for most single parents. But supermum Sharon Byrne also studies full-time and helps run club for special-needs children.

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