The estate – which takes in more than 300 homes and stretches from the Ashton Canal down to Alan Turing Way – is on the doorstep of Manchester City’s massive Etihad campus.

]]> http://menmedia.co.uk/northeastmanchesteradvertiser/news/s/1472956_manchester-city-fan-finally-realises-her-dream-of-becoming-a-club-mascot---at-the-age-of-88?rss=yes Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:41:01 -0000 http://menmedia.co.uk/northeastmanchesteradvertiser/news/s/1472957_saved-manchesters-sure-start-centres-to-stay-open-after-massive-protest-by-parents?rss=yes We can reveal children’s services chiefs have drawn up proposals to keep the centres open.

But the cuts mean plans to end council-run daycare for under-fives will go ahead. Instead, there will be an outreach programme that will see every family of a newborn visited at home by a council worker, who will stay in touch until the child is three.

The campaign asks people to give up just one meal before February 5 and give whatever money they would have spent on it to charity.

Through his own experiences as a teenager in Newton Heath, he was prompted to help give young people something to do in the area.

TV bosses are making a new fly-on-the-wall drama, following residents and community leaders as they go about their lives for the next six months. And it is more likely to be a few pints in the Embassy, sun-starved bodies and your typical northern lass that feature in the Harpurhey version.

The Manchester College has become the only college in the UK to have its students offered paid training positions to help with the broadcast of the games’ football competition at Old Trafford.

The plan has received cross-party backing among city councillors – and town hall bosses will now draw up detailed proposals, saying it will help cut accidents.

Forty-eight petrified teenagers were given intravenous sedation to help them undergo dental treatment rather than general anaesthetic or inhaling ‘happy air’.

Mr Byron claimed the ladder blocked access to his front door. The pair had a blazing row about the issue – which ended with Mr Byron locking himself in his flat to avoid his neighbour.

]]> http://menmedia.co.uk/northeastmanchesteradvertiser/news/s/1472454_i-forgive-maniac-knifeman-says-74-year-old-stabbed-six-times-as-she-waited-at-chorlton-bus-stop?rss=yes Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:59:35 -0000 http://menmedia.co.uk/northeastmanchesteradvertiser/news/s/1472449_hugger-mugger-victim-who-was-attacked-on-new-years-eve-says-thanks-to-passers-by-who-helped-him?rss=yes The victim of a 'hugger-mugger' who was beaten unconscious after he chased a thief has said thank you to two men who came to his aid.

Danny Silks was found in an alleyway by Brendan Keegan, 18, and Ash Le Rio, 22, who called an ambulance and tried to keep him conscious while they waited.

]]> http://menmedia.co.uk/northeastmanchesteradvertiser/news/s/1472351_boy-10-savaged-by-dog-while-playing-football-in-miles-platting-park?rss=yes Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:54:12 -0000 http://menmedia.co.uk/northeastmanchesteradvertiser/news/s/1472253_the-vinyl-countdown-music-fan-searches-for-new-home-for-record-collection-of-1m-items---video?rss=yes George Davenport has just weeks to find a new home for his thousands of records, CDs and tapes.

The collection, thought to number more than a million items spanning all genres of music, is currently housed in a basement in Newton Heath, Manchester.  But George is facing eviction and has yet to find new premises.

Esther Ogunrinde, 30, even took her daughter – one of the four children she had with the groom – along to the ceremony.

Former Wright Robinson Sports College pupil Joe Bunney has been selected for the England Schoolboys Centenary Shield squad which will take on Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Longsight and District Cricket Club was written into sporting folklore on June 13, 1878 when it became only the second side to beat a touring Australian side – eight games into their first tour of England.

Town hall chiefs have launched a consultation on the blueprint for regeneration. They want to find out what local people want from the area, to guide investment and local improvements.

The flower was being planted at a special ceremony in memory of those who died during the Holocaust.

And Thunder were cheered on by a sell-out crowd of 650, which included Manchester United legend Paul Scholes and former United and England midfielder Phil Neville, whose sister Tracey is head coach.

The copter was 1,200ft over Blackley on New Year’s Eve when Daryl Storton shone a green laser pen at the cockpit, distracting pilot Stephen
Curry and two police officers who were also in the aircraft.

The figure is higher than the £43m in savings announced by chief executive John Saxby at the trust's annual general meeting last September.

The money was spent on everything from major building works to a fruit press for a community allotment.

Bernard Mumbaya-Kimbing, 46, admitted pocketing money which was supposed to help cancer sufferers and animal protection workers.

American intelligence officials say Awan, formerly of Cheetham Hill, was an influential al-Qaida operative involved in planning attacks in the West. He was wanted after a terrorist cell operating in Manchester was exposed in 2006.

Fellow politicians described him as a calming influence on a generation of volatile politics.

Peter O’Connor got a dream gig as the drummer in the house band at the club after popping in for a pint while he waited for some photos to be developed.

Drugs warrants were carried out in Monsall, Newton Heath, Miles Platting and Ancoats.

Parents, teachers and residents have grouped together to fight the decision.

Four of the complaints concerned the attitude of medical or nursing staff at North Manchester General. One described the accident and emergency department as ‘chaotic’.

Town hall chiefs stepped in after it emerged the club had failed to raise enough money to pay for the £4.5m stadium in Moston.

Rebecca Peacock has been fascinated by the computer pioneer and Bletchley Park codebreaker ever since growing up near Alan Turing Way in east Manchester.

His sister Irene Pratt, from Blackley, believes the Army acted negligently. She said she will not rest until she gets justice and hopes the new probe will bring the answers they need.

Council bosses say the plans will save more than £100,000 every year.

Manchester Blackley and Manchester Gorton were ranked 16th and 17th in the country respectively, both with 43 per cent of children living in poverty. It means that some families have just £12 a day per person to spend on everything – including clothes, food and bills – once housing costs are met.

Hip Hop Disciples will take to the stage at Indig02, a 2,400-capacity venue at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday, January 14, after coming through regional heats to reach the grand final of Open Mic UK.

Developers aim for the hotel to transform the City Buildings site, on the corner of Todd Street and Corporation Street, into a four-star boutique venture, with a Marco Pierre-White restaurant underneath.

He said he had agreed to store the money for unidentified criminals. Johnson, 24, of Manor Road, Bramhall, has now been jailed for two-and-a-half years at Manchester Crown Court for money laundering and for a mortgage fraud he admitted being involved in.

One victim, Stephen Chetwyn, 48, had his wallet containing £40 stolen by a woman he thought was ‘just being sociable’.

Money is also believed to have been taken from children’s birthday cards.

Fire crews from Philips Park and Gorton extinguished the blaze and gave oxygen to one man who lived in the flat opposite where the blaze started.

Despite facing huge cuts forced by the government’s spending review, the town hall believes it can find the money to fund the schemes – and will save cash in the long run.

The blast set off alarms and fire crews rushed to the scene at North Manchester General Hospital. The patient was given first aid, and his wounds were dressed by fire trauma technicians and hospital staff.

The building cost £143,500 – with the demolition adding a further £70,000 to the bill.

Gleeson Homes, who are building new properties in Beswick, put barriers up around an alley through the estate meaning residents were forced to take a one-mile detour to get to their local shops.

But campaigners say they have come up with a plan which will grant the building a stay of execution.  The Greater Manchester Building Preservation Trust has agreed to buy the Grade II-listed former hospital from Urban Splash for just £1.

McNab, 44, was arrested after 10 plaques – worth a total of £600 – were stolen from graves at the Garden of Remembrance in Blackley Cemetery in November. Relatives spoke of their shock and outrage at the time.

The firm would hand out penalty notices to people who park illegally or do not use a pay-and-display ticket. We understand the fines would be in the region of £60, reduced to £20 if paid within 20 days.

The park, widely known as one of the largest municipal parks in Europe and the green ‘lungs’ of Greater Manchester, was owned by just two families until it was sold to Manchester city council by the Egerton family for £230,000 in 1902.

]]> http://menmedia.co.uk/northeastmanchesteradvertiser/news/s/1469250_rochdale-nightclub-stab-death-victim-is-nephew-of-boxing-star-pat-barrett?rss=yes Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:39:18 -0000 http://menmedia.co.uk/northeastmanchesteradvertiser/news/s/1469108_award-winning-manchester-bobby-shares-tips-on-inner-city-policing-with-florida-cop?rss=yes Detective Dave Chavka, 54, from the Key West Policing Department in Florida, picked up tips from officers in GMP’s Metropolitan Division, which covers areas including Gorton, Ardwick and Moss Side.

He was given a tour of the division by neighbourhood inspector Damian O’Reilly, who recently undertook a similar fact-finding trip at the New York Police Department after being named Britain’s best community officer.

The land where Booth Hall Children's Hospital stood has been proposed as a location for a new cancer hospice in the city, we can reveal.

Bosses at AFC Clayton had faced a grim Christmas thanks to thugs who threw a lit firework into a container holding most of their equipment.

Our Lady's RC High School has been awarded a grant of £8,800 as part of a 'legacy' programme to ensure local children benefit from the 2012 Games.

Lee's five-year-old son Lleyton suffers from a rare disease called Niemann Pick type C, a neurological condition which affects around 1,000 people around the world.

She has been the driving force behind the Growing Faith in the Community programme, which runs an allotment in Gorton and donates the produce to the hungry and homeless across Manchester.

He reads the scripts for the show and advises on the religious elements in the series which has enjoyed cameo performances by Hollywood stars Richard E Grant and Ralph Fiennes.

RSPCA officers described the animal’s ordeal as cruel. They hope the goat – nicknamed Jingles – will make a good recovery and expect to find him a new home.

They are expected to be rubber-stamped at the town hall tomorrow – paving the way for the creation of a facility Blues bosses hope will catapult them to the summit of world football.

]]> http://menmedia.co.uk/northeastmanchesteradvertiser/news/s/1468343_police-find-200000-cannabis-farm-at-bed-and-breakfast-in-harpurhey?rss=yes Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:22:28 -0000 http://menmedia.co.uk/northeastmanchesteradvertiser/news/s/1468153_headteachers-anger-as-pupils-are-confronted-by-prostitutes-around-ancoats-school?rss=yes A headteacher has hit out about prostitutes congregating near her school.

Headteacher Angela Shore said the situation at St Anne’s RC Primary School in Ancoats has got so bad that part of the school playground has also had to be cordoned off because of the rubbish left by the prostitutes.

They have relaunched their community shares scheme to give local people the chance to invest in the club.

Council bosses have also stressed there is no plan to close the market and say it remains a vital part of the local economy.

His family said this saved the lives of dozens of other motorists after the incident in Lincolnshire last week.

The twinkle-toed teenager has been a chorus girl at the popular pantomime for the past nine years.

Handyman Steven Malcolm, 42, of Chorlton-on-Medlock, had denied blackmailing Coleen Rooney for £5,000 over stolen personal photos but changed his plea to guilty after he gave evidence on the third day of his trial at Manchester Crown Court.