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Blind woman and her guide dog get arty

BEST PALS: Christine Gregory and her guide dog Shane are stars of a new exhibition

7:50am Friday 9th January 2009

A BLIND woman and her dog have become the unlikely stars of a new film based around an art exhibition in Manchester.

Youngsters deliver an all-star stage performance

AND THE WINNER IS: Clarendon headteacher Naomi Richardson and pupils, from left, Savanah Johnson, Shakeel Patel and Chris Morrow with their award

7:20am Friday 9th January 2009

THE actors were nervous as the auditorium filled up.

Experts promise to 'monitor' polluted fishing lodge

5:30am Friday 9th January 2009

A FISHING lodge is to be monitored by the Environment Agency after complaints by members it was becoming polluted by sediment that was putting fish at risk.

Man died while fleeing vigilante mob

8:20am Thursday 8th January 2009

A MAN fell to his death while fleeing a vigilante mob who believed he had sexually abused a boy, a court heard.

Phone snatched from handbag

9:50pm Thursday 8th January 2009

THIEVES snatched a mobile phone from a woman’s handbag as she walked down the street.

Developer's plan for charity shop

8:50pm Thursday 8th January 2009

AN article in the December 27 edition of The Bolton News said developers want to turn a World of Fashion shop in Deansgate into a restaurant.

Actress on her marks for charity

LAUNCH: From the left, Russell Watson, Gemma Atkinson, Anthony Cotton and Britt Ekland help launch the Great Manchester Run

7:40pm Thursday 8th January 2009

SOAP beauty Gemma Atkinson joined a host of celebrities to help launch this year’s Great Manchester Run.

Sat nav stolen

7:40pm Thursday 8th January 2009

SMASH-AND-GRAB thieves stole a satellite navigation system from a car.

Cash stolen from newsagent's

6:40pm Thursday 8th January 2009

A NEWSAGENT was broken into by thieves, who escaped with £100.

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Many accidents involving children are the fault of the children themselves, either through arrogance, like the secondary school pupils crossing the roads, or the younger children not taught better ways to deal with traffic and copying the “bigger” children in the way they cross the road.  − Readers Letter

Not all accidents are the motorist's fault »

I would have thought that shipping the stuff abroad, which in itself involves burning fuel, is just a movement of the problem. Surely, the idea of recycling is that you deal with your own mess as you make it, on your own doorstep.  − Readers Letter

It is the problem that is being recycled »




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