Gig guide for the Trafford area for the month of February. THE Lowry, Salford Quays, 0870 111 2000. February 16: Peter Hammill, acoustic guitar songs, 8pm. February 23: Double Helix, jazz and folk, 8pm. ALTRINCHAM Garrick, Barrington Road, Altrincham,
A PENSIONER was feared to have sustained fatal injuries this week in a road accident in Widnes. The 83-year-old was taken to Whiston Hospital with head injuries after being involved in a collision with a car outside Moar & Butler funeral parlour,
THE Guardian's Stop the Rot campaign - targeting Northwich train station's appalling state - has produced a great deal of response from people both in the town and rail users passing through. As the High Sheriff of Cheshire launches a rail forum to look
Scoopy club members celebrating this week. January 22 Hollie Jennings Michael Johnson January 23 Ben Williams Charlotte Jane Acton Jessica Lockley Thomas Lockley Max Redmond Hannah Peake Declan James Patrick Magill Peter Sutton Luke Turner January 24
AN ORFORD charity shop has shut up shop for the last time - but staff say the work of MacIntyre Care will continue in the community. The Rejig shop on Hallfields Road has been selling children's clothes for 11 years but MacIntyre, who work with people
POLICE are trying to identify the body of an elderly man that was recovered by underwater divers from Sankey Canal, yesterday (Thursday). The body was spotted by a member of the public at approximately 9.20am, on Thursday morning, and officers rushed
WARRINGTON Wolves are supporting youngsters' pleas for lollipop men and women to help them cross the road. Children at six schools in the borough are looking for crossing patrol attendants and they have enlisted the help of Wolves mascot Wolfie. Bewsey
THE people of Lymm are being called on to save Spud Wood - from the most unlikely destroyer. The community wood in Oughtrington has mysteriously being losing tree bark and the destruction has come from an unlikely source, voracious voles. To tackle the
Stockport County 1 Northwich Vics 2 Cheshire Senior Cup quarter-final Wednesday, January 22 VICS reached the last four of the Cheshire Cup for the first time in four years after fighting back to win at Edgeley Park last week. Stockport fielded seven players
WINSFORD town councillors believe the new budget for 2003 provides an excellent deal for residents. And the good news for Council Tax payers in the town is that there should be no rise in the precept when the budget is approved at next month's meeting
THE past 12 months have been busy for Sale band Overtone, with the lads enjoying a hectic gig schedule. Apart from reaching the final of the YGG Unsigned 2002 event at Levenshulme's Palace nightclub, they also played at another high profile showcase for
FOR a band that are yet to secure a record deal, Kut Loose are in huge demand over the coming months. The Sale trio, formerly known as Kash, have been booked to perform on the Party in the Park tour in the summer and if you can't wait to see the lads
WHATEVER are five men on a mission - and that mission is to entertain. The band has no desire to write their own material and they're quite happy to tour Trafford's pub circuit, playing rock and roll cover versions and songs by the likes of Oasis, the
Contemporary performance company Third Angel returns to Alsager Arts Centre on Thursday, January 30 with their new show 'Leave No Trace'. Since 1995 the company has presented performance, live art, installations and film work across the UK and in Europe
THE work of influential Wirral born photographer John Deakin will be displayed at the Walker art gallery, Liverpool from February 1 to March 30. Deakin's work is known for its uncompromising honesty. For more information, contact the information desk
BLACK Books star Dylan Moran appears at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool on February 14 and 15. The award winning eccentric comedian has been described as "utterly daft" by The Times. For more information, contact the box office on 0151 709 4776.
WARRINGTON South MP Helen Southworth has met a Government housing minister to request protection for the borough's greenfields. She spoke to housing minister Tony McNulty to ask for protection for Warrington's greenfields in the wake of a court of appeal
WORK on improving facilities for cyclists and pedestrians in Great Sankey is under way. The existing footway on the A57 Sankey Way is to be widened to form a new wide combined cycleway and footway between Whittle Avenue and Hood Lane North, and a raised
