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1. 31. M.E.N review: Establishment

   CityLife, Friday 11 February 2005 BANKING was always a solid career move. Fifty years of ledgers all adding up. The feckless begging you to bail them out and you counselling prudence. At the end of it, a pension and gold watch guaranteed.

2. 32. Galaxy of stars for Palace charity bash

   CityLife, Wednesday 06 April 2005 THEATRE lovers from across Manchester are today being urged to snap up tickets for a star-studded charity concert that will feature a host of celebrities and performances from the West End's biggest shows.

3. 33. Hunter's untimely death no surprise says friend

   CityLife, Tuesday 22 February 2005 ONE of counterculture writer Hunter S Thompson's closest friends said he was not surprised at his suicide because he had been in a lot of pain after a broken leg and hip surgery.

4. 34. Tragic last chapter for Hunter S Thompson

   CityLife, Tuesday 22 February 2005 HUNTER S. Thompson, the acerbic counterculture writer who popularised a new form of fictional journalism in books like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, fatally shot himself last night at his Aspen-area home, his son said. He was 67.

5. 35. Funding winners and losers after the Budget

   CityLife, Thursday 17 March 2005 THE Arts Council is cutting regular funding from 121 arts organisations across England, warning the Government that more money must be found in the next spending review. However the north west, together with the north east, were the region's that did well in the announcement.

6. 36. Superman flies again

   CityLife, Thursday 09 June 2005 CHAD Fortune goes to work in a Superman costume and an American pick-up truck. But forgive his stars 'n' stripes affectations. For Chad is a member of the Monster Jam team, a truck-on-truck frenzy of oversized automotive destruction, which will be setting sparks flying at the M.E.N. Arena later this year.

7. 37. Making peace with war

   CityLife, Monday 12 December 2005 A BLAST from the past is brought to us in an exhibition at Salford Museum and Art Gallery held until February 23.

8. 38. Thrills and drills

   CityLife, Wednesday 29 June 2005 IT could not be a more poignant time for a celebration of the spectacle of the military. The fourth Manchester Tattoo on July 9 falls in the year that we celebrate the 200th anniversary of Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar, and the 60th anniversary of VE Day and VJ Day.

9. 39. Get into the Manchester Rat Race

   CityLife, Thursday 28 July 2005 MANCHESTER'S pavements, tall buildings and waterways are set to host the kind of extreme sports usually reserved for fast-flowing rivers and massive mountain ranges when Urban X arrives on Saturday.

10. 40. Museums given £410,000 bonus

    CityLife, Tuesday 16 August 2005 MUSEUMS in Greater Manchester are to share £410,000 to give their public displays a facelift.

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