Lisa Dargavel, 33, of Reddish, Stockport, cleaned out bank accounts and pawned sentimental designer jewellery, Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court heard.

Craig Young, 39, suffered a cardiac arrest in a cell at Cheadle Heath police station, Stockport, in the early hours of November 23, 2010. He had been left on the cell floor for several hours without being roused, an inquest heard.

The 45-year-old was taken to hospital following the accident at Glossop Road, Marple Bridge, on Wednesday at 10.20am.

May Parry’s first husband, Thomas, died aged 39 in 1949, just days after their daughter Jennifer’s first birthday.

Crews from Whitehill station were called to a garden at Park View, Bredbury, on Wednesday at 6.45am.

Firefighters from were called to Marple Express, on Stockport Road, on Bank Holiday Monday at 10.25pm.

Michelle Bailey broke part of her tooth when she bit into the chocolate treat after a six-month diet.

The tot and two other children aged around four and six, walked up to the victim as she got out of her car on Blackberry Lane, Brinnington, Stockport, and attracted her attention.

Lord Peter Snape accused the force of deliberately over-policing County matches in a bid to pay for overtime after they were hit by government funding cuts.

Dave Goddard, former leader of Stockport council, lost his seat by 45 votes to Labour in a devastating blow to his party on Thursday night.

The 38-year-old had been driving along Compstall Road, Compstall, on Wednesday evening when her Jeep Cherokee left the road. Firefighters say it is a 'miracle' both survived.

The 'cowardly' thief targeted the 27 and 31-year-olds on Gorsey Mount Street in Offerton, Stockport.

Ben Dunne took over Stockport Academy in 2010 after it was criticised by the education watchdog Ofsted.

Mellor FC player Paul Wild had to be airlifted to Stepping Hill Hospital when he fractured his leg in two places.

The pair struck at Brookside Garden Centre, London Road North, Hazel Grove, on Sunday between 3pm to 3.10pm.

Hesam Khosravi, 23, of George Lane, Bredbury, Stockport, is accused of five counts of rape between April 11 and April 17.

The 33-year-old had passed out as fumes from an overheated pan of chips spread through his home on North Way, Brinnington, in the early hours on Tuesday.

The controversial businessman was held yesterday after he went to a police station in Cheshire by appointment.

The burglar, said to be chubby and in his 40s, was spotted fleeing from a house on Norbury Drive, Marple, on Sunday just after midnight.

The animal was trapped when part of the roof caved in at Hambleton Fold Farm, Moor End Road, Mellor, on Sunday at 11.40am.

The Care Quality Commission has demanded urgent improvements at Plane Tree Court in Edgeley, Stockport.

Police and the ambulance service were called to the motorway's clockwise carriageway near junction 25 for Bredbury on Thursday shortly before 8am.

Thieves took 120 boxes of prescription medication after breaking into a pharmacy in Reddish, Stockport. Around 2,500 tablets of anti-anxiety medicine Temazepam, Diazepam and Zopiclone were stolen in the early hours raid.

Peter Mantell, 73, described the experience as the most ‘degrading’ of his life.

Last month 6,325 people claimed the benefit compared with 6,450 the month before.

Since the start of April 1, bikes have been stolen in Stockport - with areas hit including Bredbury, Brinington, Cheadle Heath, Edgeley and Offerton.

Mum-of-two Maria Parsonage was losing around £30 a day through her internet gambling habit. She admitted five counts of fraud totalling £4,350 and was sentenced to 200 hours of unpaid work.

The 16-year-old was cycling along Longford Road West, Reddish, when the two robbers struck on Sunday between 9.30pm and 9.40pm.

The man and woman, 54 and 47, fled from their second floor flat above the Winters, on Little Underbank, on Thursday evening.

The Manchester business’s former chief executive Timothy Whiston, 44, of Lymm, and former directors Stephen Graham, 48, from Knutsford, and John Whelan, 45, of Cheadle Hulme, appeared in the dock as they went on trial at London’s Southwark Crown Court.

Firefighters have targeted the area around Halesden Road and Downham Road, Heaton Chapel, following a spate of fires.

Stuart Tyrer, 23, strayed off the path during his descent of the Welsh mountain half-an-hour after sending his message.

James Alexander McCook is accused of stabbing Norman Moffatt, 73, as the pensioner walked home after buying his morning newspaper in Coleraine, Co Londonderry, in January 2001.

Four generations of the Hallworth family have run the Davenport Arms pub in Woodford, Stockport, since 1932 – and the fifth generation is now in training behind the bar.

Hundreds of thousands lost their lives on the Eastern Front as Hitler’s Nazi armies marched on the Soviet Union.

McCann, 32, then abandoned his silver Mercedes and began to walk back to his home on Macclesfield Road in Prestbury.

Firefighters from Whitehill, King Street and Cheadle stations were called to Heaton Norris Conservative Club, Hapton Place, on Tuesday at 3pm.

The thefts, which could be linked, happened on Tuesday with the first on Forbes Road, Offerton between 1am and 6am.

Lib Dem and council leader Dave Goddard will aim to retain his seat in Offerton, while Labour leader Andy Verdeille will contest Reddish South.

Shamin Uddin, 25, of Bostock Walk, Chorlton-on-Medlock has been charged with four counts of rape and one count of attempted rape.

Louise and Ben Wainwright, both 25, will become the first couple to tie the knot at the Stockport Plaza. And the musical-loving couple want to marry in style with a Phantom of the Opera-themed wedding on April 29.

The 58-year-old contractor was removing asbestos concrete sheeting from the roof at Clough Works in Poynton when he fell. It is understood he stepped back through a skylight in the roof.

Norman Moffatt, 73, was stabbed as he walked home from his local shop after buying his Sunday morning newspaper in January 2001.

A man had been working in his shed but set fire to it and the flames caught hold of the bitumen roof and spread to another out building.

Experts from health watchdog the Care Quality Commission carried out a snap inspection. Hospital bosses knew there would be an inspection, but didn’t know when.

The model was discovered by a resident in fields near Kingsway. The cow was stolen from a back garden on Milton Crescent on Tuesday between 7am and 6pm.

Michael Ganning was ordered to pay the compensation to pensioner Brian Jones after using the wrong materials when he installed new tiles and windows at his Cheshire home. The work left the roof leaking.

Neighbourhood policing areas covering districts like Bramhall, Offerton and the Heatons were some of the worst hit by break-ins in 2011 according to statistics compiled by M.E.N Media.

The bovine model was taken from a back garden on Milton Crescent, Cheadle, on Tuesday between 7am and 6pm.

Crews from Cheadle station were called to Khandoker, on Fir Road, Bramhall, when the fire alarm was raised on Tuesday evening.

Stockport and Marple could both win a share of a £1m funding pot, put up by the government and retail guru Mary Portas to help out struggling town centres.

The Teenage Market was organised by 17-year-old Tom Barratt and his 19-year-old brother Joe, who also runs the Screen Stockport film festival.

Martyn Lee, who had an undiagnosed heart condition, died eight days before his 18th birthday. The teenager, who no idea of his health problem, was walking with pals to a friend’s house when he suffered a heart attack, an inquest heard.

Burglars struck at Eagletec Computers, on Finney Lane, Heald Green, some time between Monday, March 26, at 9.40pm and the following day at 12.10pm.

The 18-year-old was walking along Tenement Lane, Bramhall, on Wednesday (March 28) at 10.20pm when two men emerged from bushes on bikes.

All the bids for the £1m pot have been submitted - and part of the bid includes a video.

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The sign has been blasted as ‘very offensive’ by people from Heald Green, in Stockport, who said it was bad for local businesses.

Crews battling the blaze at Lower Meadow Road in Handforth at one stage believed a person was inside the building, but said later this was unlikely.

Fire crews were called to a fire at a house on Hawthorne Grove, and rescued the man, who was unconscious and not breathing.

Maria Cliffe’s young customers are shunning traditional holy communion and bridesmaid dresses in favour of the extravagant creations made famous by the BAFTA-winning programme.

The main hotspot area is land behind Dorset Avenue, where yobs started two fires on Monday around 6.30pm.

The crooks snatched the crucifixes along with a Christening font, engraved jug, bowls, book stands and even the collection plate during the raid at St Mark’s in Edgeley, Stockport.

]]> http://menmedia.co.uk/stockportexpress/news/s/1489532_spared-jail-mum-of-two-caught-drink-driving-in-burnage-a-week-after-she-was-banned-for-being-over-the-limit?rss=yes Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:44:18 -0000 http://menmedia.co.uk/stockportexpress/news/s/1489538_300m-relief-road-from-stockport-to-airport-could-be-named-queen-elizabeth-ii-way-to-mark-diamond-jubilee?rss=yes A new £300m highway to Manchester Airport could be named after the Queen to mark her Diamond Jubilee.

The A555 relief road will be christened Queen Elizabeth II Way if town halls get their way. Stockport and Manchester councils are calling for the bypass – which has been 80 years in the planning – to be named in honour of this summer’s celebrations.

The Manchester to Bristol service was travelling through, but not stopping, at about 7.30pm last night when it hit a man on the tracks at Poynton station.