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1. 1. 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.

2. 2. Rugby heroes top new year honours

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 31 December 2003 ENGLAND'S& Rugby World Cup heroes are looking forward to another date at Buckingham Palace after they were named in the New Year's Honours list.

3. 3. Blair defiant on student fees

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 31 December 2003 TONY Blair issued a defiant message to Labour MPs opposed to his controversial plans for student top up fees. The Prime Minister faces a major commons battle early in the New Year over plans to allow universities to charge up to £3,000 a year tuition fees.

4. 4. Apprentice building a career at former school

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 31 December 2003 FORMER pupil Ainsley Simpson left Oakwood High School just a few months ago - but he's back helping to build a new school. For two years Ainsley has watched as the new building took shape. Now he's been taken on as an apprentice by contractors, Wates Group.

5. 5. City students to pay highest fees

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 30 December 2003 THE cost of studying in Manchester is to soar - with the city set to become one of the first in the country to charge full tuition fees. The new joint University of Manchester has confirmed it will bring in the £3,000-a-year fee for undergraduate courses if the controversial scheme gets the go-ahead.

6. 6. Fines possible for term-time holidays

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 30 December 2003 PARENTS who take their family on holiday in term time could be fined £100 by the school's headteacher if they fail to get permission for their children to miss lessons, the Government warned today.

7. 7. Best of 2003: Part two

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 29 December 2003 2003 was the year that politicians finally started to understand that the internet is a powerful tool for spreading their messages.

8. 8. Elliott has to hit the loan trail

   Manchester Evening News, Sunday 28 December 2003 STEPHEN Elliott may be City's most prolific scorer at the moment but he won't be asked to solve Kevin Keegan's goal shortage.

9. 9. MPs facing a New Year fight on fees

   Manchester Evening News, Saturday 27 December 2003 LABOUR'S revolt over student top-up fees will come to a head early in the New Year. Desperate briefings by Education Secretary Charles Clarke have failed to head off the massive rebellion, which could threaten Tony Blair's future and which is now supported by more than 180 MPs.<BR>

10. 10. Catholic schools snub safe sex poster competition

    Manchester Evening News, Monday 22 December 2003 CHILDREN as young as 11 years old are being asked to design a poster to promote condoms. High schools are being lined up by condom manufacturer Durex in a contest to promote National Condom Week, with £1,000 of computer equipment for the best poster.

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