http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/ Top stories for News http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1059126_huge_blaze_in_gorton NEIGHBOURS stand and stare in disbelief as a huge black cloud billows over their homes on a suburban street. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1059126_huge_blaze_in_gorton Sun, 20 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058890_girls_escape_abduction_attempts TWO young girls have been left traumatised after being grabbed in attempted abductions in Blackley. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058890_girls_escape_abduction_attempts Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058875_son_sees_mum_killed_by_train A SCHOOLBOY begged his suicidal mother to get out of the way of a train - just seconds before she was struck and killed at Belle Vue Station. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058875_son_sees_mum_killed_by_train Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058874_murder_charge__two_years_on A LOCAL man has been charged with murder following a shooting two years ago. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058874_murder_charge__two_years_on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058706_strike_hits_services COUNCIL services have drawn to a halt as thousands of workers walked out of schools, care homes and offices in north and east Manchester in a two-day national pay strike. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058706_strike_hits_services Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058710_1bn_waterfront_haven_dream_gets_underway_soon WORK on a massive £1billion project to build 4,300 new homes in east Manchester will soon get under way. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058710_1bn_waterfront_haven_dream_gets_underway_soon Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058712_theyre_the_cleanup_kids___ A PROJECT has been launched in Clayton, Openshaw and Beswick to try and encourage young people in the area to take more pride in their community. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058712_theyre_the_cleanup_kids___ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058716_tesco_work_means_a_rocky_ride_to_the_shops DISRUPTION caused by the building of a supermarket in Crumpsall has left local disabled residents angry and in "tears of frustration." http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058716_tesco_work_means_a_rocky_ride_to_the_shops Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058721_tram_every_six_minutes TEN trams an hour will run through east Manchester when the new Metrolink line to Droylsden opens in four years time. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058721_tram_every_six_minutes Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058726_man_u_boss_marks_park_40th THERE was a glimpse of the divine when Alex Ferguson came to Crumpsall on Friday. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058726_man_u_boss_marks_park_40th Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058728_sun_comes_out_for_party_in_the_park HUNDREDS flocked to Philips Park on Sunday as floral fun developed into a big party. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058728_sun_comes_out_for_party_in_the_park Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058733_its_a_rap_for_the_ghoodfellaz LIFE'S going to be a bit of a whirlwind for the next few months for rising rapper Kyle Battick. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1058733_its_a_rap_for_the_ghoodfellaz Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057873_jailed_for_banned_football_fan A FOOTBALL fan who used his brother's passport to travel to Moscow for the Champions League final has been jailed. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057873_jailed_for_banned_football_fan Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057799_bus_bosses_jailed_after_death TWO bosses of GM buses and UK North based in Gorton have been jailed for lying to an inquiry set up after a man was killed in an accident involving one of their buses. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057799_bus_bosses_jailed_after_death Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057798_cops_home_blunder ARMED police "frightened the life" out of a Moston woman when they turned up on her doorstep in a bungle over her address. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057798_cops_home_blunder Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057797_party_promises_to_be_bigger_than_ever_before PARTY in the Park comes back bigger and better than ever this weekend, with a talent contest and radio roadshow, 'flower power' from local primary school pupils and Europe's first Urbanathlon. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057797_party_promises_to_be_bigger_than_ever_before Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057796_centres_cash_battle_boost A YOUTH club battling to keep sessions for disabled children afloat has received a boost.+ http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057796_centres_cash_battle_boost Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057795_street_weapons_debate_didnt_go_far_enough__campaigner NEW Moston campaigner Lesley Pulman has spent years speaking up for victims and witnesses of crime. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057795_street_weapons_debate_didnt_go_far_enough__campaigner Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057794_first_world_war_local_monument_unveiled IT’S taken two years of fundraising, the work of master craftsmen from around the UK, and the help of the Army, but a memorial to commemorate the sacrifices of local soldiers in the First World War has finally been unveiled. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057794_first_world_war_local_monument_unveiled Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057792_what_a_shambles STALLHOLDERS on Newton Heath market are fuming after their pitches were demolished and replaced with gazebos. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057792_what_a_shambles Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057758_ten_an_hour_is_the_tram_plan TEN trams an hour will run through East Manchester when the new Metrolink line to Droylsden opens in four years' time. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057758_ten_an_hour_is_the_tram_plan Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057638_cabs_to_escape_ccharge ALL cabs will be exempt from the proposed congestion charge following a u-turn by transport chiefs. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057638_cabs_to_escape_ccharge Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057658_show_off_your_small_business SMALL businesses can showcase their services for free on Tuesday at One Central Park. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057658_show_off_your_small_business Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057652_have_your_say_on_new_school_plans THERE'S still time to have a say about designs for a new school in Blackley. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1057652_have_your_say_on_new_school_plans Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056808_maisie_makes_a_stand AN 83-YEAR-old great grandma spat at and abused by a teenage girl has spoken out in the hope of inspiring others to refuse to live in fear. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056808_maisie_makes_a_stand Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056806_pm_gives_regen_assurances PRIME minister Gordon Brown sounded out local Labour Party members on their feelings over the supercasino during a whistlestop tour of east Manchester. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056806_pm_gives_regen_assurances Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056805_pedal_power LOCAL Scouts are motoring after being handed £250 for their community work. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056805_pedal_power Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056804_churches_launch_kindness_crusade FIVE churches want Harpurhey residents to let them know how they can best improve Shiredale Estate with "acts of random kindness". http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056804_churches_launch_kindness_crusade Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056803_sophie_police_appeal_for_missing_gun THE gun that was used to shoot 16-year-old Sophie Finucane in the head at her home in Gorton two weeks ago has still not been found, say police. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056803_sophie_police_appeal_for_missing_gun Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056802_carnival_capers A TASTE of Egypt came to Crumpsall Park on Sunday thanks to the Manchester Museum. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056802_carnival_capers Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056801_plea_to_drivers_after_son_hit_by_car A CAMPAIGNING mum is calling for speed humps to be installed outside her home after her three-year-old son was hit by a car. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056801_plea_to_drivers_after_son_hit_by_car Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056800_a_community_on_the_march AS THE rain poured down it must have felt a long way from Rome or Florence for the hundreds of people on the annual Italian procession on Sunday. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056800_a_community_on_the_march Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056003_teen_hurt_in_hitandrun A TEENAGER has been hospitalised following a hit and run in New Moston. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056003_teen_hurt_in_hitandrun Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056077_man_sought_for_push_in_path_of_bus THIS is the man police are hunting on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was deliberately pushed in front of a moving bus. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1056077_man_sought_for_push_in_path_of_bus Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1055785_toll_tax_uturn THE fate of the congestion charge could lie directly in the hands of the public following a dramatic u-turn by council chiefs. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1055785_toll_tax_uturn Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1055806_shameless_puts_gorton_on_the_map WEST Gorton's Shameless past has put it on the tourism map. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1055806_shameless_puts_gorton_on_the_map Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1055796_landlord_left_furniture_in_the_street A LANDLORD has been ordered to pay more than £1,800 for dumping a pile of old furniture on the street. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1055796_landlord_left_furniture_in_the_street Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1055797_third_option_on_academies A NEW location has been thrown into the mix as council chiefs consider the best site to house two controversial academies. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1055797_third_option_on_academies Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1055798_freedom_is_at_stake PROTESTERS gathered in Cheetham Hill last Friday (20 June) to speak out against the 42-day detention period for terror suspects. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1055798_freedom_is_at_stake Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1055799_police_funeral_for_shot_cop THE firearms cop shot when a training exercise went tragically wrong in Newton Heath is to receive a full police funeral. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1055799_police_funeral_for_shot_cop Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1055800_schoolgirl_loses_legs_in_swing_bridge_tragedy A TEENAGER has had both legs amputated after they were crushed during a horrific accident on a canal swing bridge, last Friday night. http://www.nemadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/1055800_schoolgirl_loses_legs_in_swing_bridge_tragedy Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:00:00 -0000