http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/ Top stories for News http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1049803_shock_as_university_moves_out_of_didsbury BOSSES at the Manchester Metropolitan University have revealed plans to shut down its 20-acre campus in Didsbury. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1049803_shock_as_university_moves_out_of_didsbury Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1049801_mixed_feelings_over_uni_closure PLANS to close Manchester Metropolitan University’s Didsbury campus were met with mixed reactions this week. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1049801_mixed_feelings_over_uni_closure Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1049798_whats_your_limit RESIDENTS have been left scratching their heads after two contradictory speed limit signs were installed opposite each other on their road. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1049798_whats_your_limit Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1049794_my_girl_will_kill_herself_without_a_padded_room A SINGLE mum is desperate for a padded room in her home to protect her severely disabled daughter from injury. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1049794_my_girl_will_kill_herself_without_a_padded_room Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1049792_trains_planes_and_automobiles UNITED fans are taking any route necessary to get to the Champions League final in Moscow. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1049792_trains_planes_and_automobiles Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1049791_mp_joins_city_fans_at_save_sven_demo CITY-MAD MP John Leech joined thousands of other Blues’ fans to demonstrate against the club’s owner Thaksin Shinawatra, following reports that he is to sack boss Sven-Goran Eriksson. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1049791_mp_joins_city_fans_at_save_sven_demo Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1049788_return_of_the_mac A PRIEST who had a heart attack in church was back preaching again six days later. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1049788_return_of_the_mac Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1049784_donation_for_blue_plaque A MUM is to make a donation for a blue plaque for the actor Robert Donat after discovering several coincidental links to the Oscar-winner. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1049784_donation_for_blue_plaque Wed, 14 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1048771_campaigners_to_fight_on RESIDENTS fighting to save playing fields from developers have been dealt a hammer blow. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1048771_campaigners_to_fight_on Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1048769_sophies_choice_is_belly_dancing FALLOWFIELD’S Sophie Mei is a girl on a mission - to bring belly dancing to the masses. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1048769_sophies_choice_is_belly_dancing Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1048766_swede_dreams_are_made_of_this WORKERS at Unicorn Grocery are buying a huge plot of land to grow organic veg - and it’s all thanks to their customers. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1048766_swede_dreams_are_made_of_this Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1048765_victims_friend_wears_antigun_message_on_his_sleeve A TEENAGER whose friend was shot dead in a takeaway is using fashion to fight gun crime. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1048765_victims_friend_wears_antigun_message_on_his_sleeve Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1048760_my_life_in_a_suitcase WHEN Margarita Re jetted off to start a new life in Australia she took everything she owns in a single suitcase. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1048760_my_life_in_a_suitcase Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1048759_degree_may_be_lost_in_the_post A STUDENT claims a Royal Mail backlog could cost him a grade in his final exams. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1048759_degree_may_be_lost_in_the_post Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1048758_eating_spinach_could_prevent_blindness A DIDSBURY doctor is undertaking a pioneering study to find out whether eating spinach could prevent blindness in old age. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1048758_eating_spinach_could_prevent_blindness Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1048031_lib_dems_come_out_on_top_in_manchester THE LIBERAL Democrats emerged as marginal winners of a tightly-fought election contest in Manchester. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1048031_lib_dems_come_out_on_top_in_manchester Thu, 01 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1047831_oap_blinded_in_random_yob_attack A PENSIONER has been told he could lose the sight in one eye after an acidic substance was sprayed into his face in a random attack. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1047831_oap_blinded_in_random_yob_attack Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1047830_neaves_got_baby_blues_and_twos A STUDENT mid-wife delivered a baby on the backseat of a police car after a frantic dash failed to get a mum-to-be to hospital on time. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1047830_neaves_got_baby_blues_and_twos Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1047829_next_stop_chorlton WORK on the new Chorlton spur of the Metrolink tram could be underway in weeks, the Reporter can reveal. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1047829_next_stop_chorlton Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1047827_tributes_paid_to_fc_founder_fred A DAD has paid an emotional tribute to the ‘football-mad’ son he used to do everything with. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1047827_tributes_paid_to_fc_founder_fred Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1047826_new_homes_plan_is_just_not_cricket COMMUNITY campaigners have hit out at a new development which could signal the loss of land at South West Manchester Cricket Club. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1047826_new_homes_plan_is_just_not_cricket Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1047825_grandmother_dies_after_a_catalogue_of_blunders A GRANDMOTHER taken to a Manchester hospital with pneumonia broke her hip and caught two infections before she died there two months later. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1047825_grandmother_dies_after_a_catalogue_of_blunders Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1047824_patrols_increased_after_grave_attack VANDALS interfered with a grave and damaged a coffin at Manchester’s Southern Cemetery. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1047824_patrols_increased_after_grave_attack Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1047820_exmayor_counts_the_cost_of_her_fight_for_life SHE’S paid out more than £10,000 for pioneering stem cell treatment to combat a potentially fatal brain disease. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1047820_exmayor_counts_the_cost_of_her_fight_for_life Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1046797_nappy_rush_to_go_green PARENTS across south Manchester are leading the rush to bin disposable nappies. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1046797_nappy_rush_to_go_green Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1046795_village_bid_for_council MORE than 500 residents have signed a petition in favour of establishing a parish council in Northenden. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1046795_village_bid_for_council Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1046794_hail_the_invincibles PREMIERSHIP footballers had better watch their backs – there’s a new team in town and they’ve just been crowned ‘The Invincibles’. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1046794_hail_the_invincibles Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1046793_the_hoodie_who_will_not_be_stereotyped JAMIL Thomas is not your average hoodie. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1046793_the_hoodie_who_will_not_be_stereotyped Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1046792_communities_lose_two_family_planning_clinics USERS of family planning clinics in Levenshulme and Chorlton are outraged that their services are to be centralised. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1046792_communities_lose_two_family_planning_clinics Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1046791_rules_leave_pupil_out_in_the_cold A MUM-of-four has hit out after her daughter has been refused a primary school place – even though the youngster already attends the school’s nursery and two of her elder siblings were educated there. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1046791_rules_leave_pupil_out_in_the_cold Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1046789_welcome_to_the_lonely_arts_club TRADITIONALLY famed for soggy sandwiches and pensioners’ outings – coach day trips are being reclaimed by the young and creative. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1046789_welcome_to_the_lonely_arts_club Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1045714_theft_broke_103yearold_flos_heart A 103-YEAR-old woman has died just months after being robbed in her own home. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1045714_theft_broke_103yearold_flos_heart Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1045711_filmmaker_phil_aims_for_cannes AN AWARD-winning film-maker who learned his craft on the streets of south Manchester looks set to take his latest offering to the Cannes film festival. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1045711_filmmaker_phil_aims_for_cannes Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1045709_from_levy_to_the_nobel_prize A MODEST ecologist - who as a child never thought he’d ever meet a professor let alone become one - has received one of the highest accolades known to man. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1045709_from_levy_to_the_nobel_prize Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1045708_little_girl_lost_without_her_feathered_friends A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl has been left distraught after her two pet quails fled the coup. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1045708_little_girl_lost_without_her_feathered_friends Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1045706_i_want_to_hog_the_limelight_on_x_factor SHE may not be everyone’s idea of a pop-star, but hedgehog-lover Barbara Roberts believes she has the X Factor. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1045706_i_want_to_hog_the_limelight_on_x_factor Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1045704_cinema_diystyle TWO pals who are taking on the multiplex giants by screening their own films in a rented church hall say they are reeling in cinema-lovers. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1045704_cinema_diystyle Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1044779_pcsos_to_thank_for_huge_fall_in_crime POLICE chiefs say that a huge fall in crime in south Manchester is down to the number of Police Community Support Officers now patrolling our streets. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1044779_pcsos_to_thank_for_huge_fall_in_crime Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1044776_why_feminists_could_have_you_in_stitches THE idea of a feminist knitting group has all the makings of a great yarn, which might have some cynics in stitches. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1044776_why_feminists_could_have_you_in_stitches Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1044775_edwardian_arcade_is_on_brink_of_collapse TIME is running out for a rare Edwardian arcade on the brink of collapse along a row of West Didsbury shops. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1044775_edwardian_arcade_is_on_brink_of_collapse Wed, 09 Apr 2008 23:00:00 -0000