Manchester News Archive

Climate change MP's Christmas lights confession
(Mon 07 Dec 2009 11:40)
AN MP who pledged to cut his carbon footprint has publicly confessed to lighting up his house like 'Blackpool Illuminations' for Christmas.n Andrew Gwynne, Labour member for Denton and Reddish, si

Olympic theme to lights switch-on
(Mon 07 Dec 2009 11:40)
A PAIR of Olympic heroes and a schoolgirl joined forces to turn on Didsbury's Christmas lights.

Police gesture is a gift for kids
(Mon 07 Dec 2009 11:40)
YOUNGSTERS in Burnage are being given an early Christmas present of 16 bikes, thanks to the police.

Climate crusader MP's lights clanger
(Mon 07 Dec 2009 11:00)
AN MP who pledged to cut his carbon footprint has publicly confessed to lighting up his house like 'Blackpool Illuminations' for Christmas.n Andrew Gwynne, Labour member for Denton and Reddish, si

Festival to celebrate Turing's 100th birthday
(Mon 07 Dec 2009 10:40)
MANCHESTER is to stage a festival to celebrate 100 years since the birth of genius codebreaker Alan Turing .n The festival, will be held in June 2012, and will centre on a performance of Breaking

City 'Whitehall' plan step nearer
(Mon 07 Dec 2009 10:40)
Proposals to create a large Civil Service base in Manchester city centre are to go to public consultation.

Outcry over ‘secret’ payout to health chief
(Mon 07 Dec 2009 09:40)
HEALTH bosses have refused to say how much tax payers money they have given to a controversial former chief executive in a secret payout.n n Sheila Foley walked out of her £100,000 job at Manc

Reception for Afghanistan warzone heroes
(Mon 07 Dec 2009 09:40)
EVERY serviceman from Manchester who has served in Afghanistan is to be invited to special 'heroes' reception' at the town hall.n Hundreds of soldiers and their families will be invited to the eve

Reception Afghanistan warzone heroes
(Mon 07 Dec 2009 09:00)
EVERY serviceman from Manchester who has served in Afghanistan is to be invited to special 'heroes' reception' at the town hall.n Hundreds of soldiers and their families will be invited to the eve

GPs 'ignoring sick-note advice'
(Mon 07 Dec 2009 08:00)
There is a large variation in how long doctors sign patients off sick for, a study in Manchester suggests.

Missing Libya girl image released
(Mon 07 Dec 2009 06:40)
The face of a girl abducted by her father and taken to Libya will be beamed across the world in a bid to find her.

Woman's stroke over bogus call
(Mon 07 Dec 2009 06:40)
An 87-year-old suffers a stroke after bogus callers stole £80 from her husband at their home in Greater Manchester.

Games industry given cash boost
(Mon 07 Dec 2009 00:40)
Media City UK in Manchester is to benefit from a £1m investment, while Scotland's computer games industry will receive £2.5m.

Three more held in hunt for laptop gunman
(Sun 06 Dec 2009 21:40)
Student Khurram Ashraf, 30, was gunned down outside a money transfer business in Longsight. n n Mr Ashraf  was shot after being confronted by the gunman as he left the shop in Stamford Road on

Woman has stroke over bogus call
(Sun 06 Dec 2009 15:00)
An 87-year-old suffers a stroke after bogus callers stole £80 from her husband at their home in Greater Manchester.

Airport's toilets win top award
(Sun 06 Dec 2009 14:00)
Manchester Airport's lavatories are awarded for their cleanliness in this year's Loo of the Year awards.

Poet Laureate pens new 12 days of Christmas
(Sun 06 Dec 2009 13:40)
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy tackles a host of contemporary themes from global warming to the war in Afghanistan and MPs expenses in an ode to the festive season.

Thief says 'sorry' as he robs priest
(Sun 06 Dec 2009 13:00)
A MAN knocked down a priest and robbed him in his own home then apologised before fleeing on a bike. n n The thief rang the doorbell of his home next to St Mary's Church on Oxford Street, in Ec

More arrests over fatal robbery
(Sun 06 Dec 2009 12:40)
Three more men are arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was shot and robbed of £10,000 as he left work in Manchester.

Apologising robber attacks priest
(Sat 05 Dec 2009 14:40)
A man attacks and robs a vicar at his church before apologising to him and fleeing on a bicycle in Eccles.