http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk Top stories for 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/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/sport/football/s/1048734_promotion_in_sights WHALLEY Range took a massive step towards promotion to the Lancashire and Cheshire League’s Premier Division following a 5-1 win at home to their closest rivals Old Strets. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/sport/football/s/1048734_promotion_in_sights Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/sport/s/1048733_rowing_pair_are_making_a_splash MANCHESTER Grammar School’s young rowers are making waves in the sport with Joshua Goswell and Alex Pavitt both representing the North West region. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/sport/s/1048733_rowing_pair_are_making_a_splash Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/sport/s/1048731_maxs_medal MANCHESTER Grammar School pupil Max Drackley has led a select English ice hockey squad to one of its best international performances. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/sport/s/1048731_maxs_medal Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/sport/cricket/s/1048712_burnage_collapse_yet_again BURNAGE collapsed to defeat from a winning position for a second consecutive week as they lost by 22 runs at Marple. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/sport/cricket/s/1048712_burnage_collapse_yet_again Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/sport/s/1048710_family_way CHORLTON squash star Leah Molyneux is hoping to keep it in the family after going from strength to strength. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/sport/s/1048710_family_way Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:00 -0000 http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/sport/s/1048732_on_the_move THERE have been a few player movements between clubs in the Sale and District League prior to the start of the season with reigning champions Cringlewood A seeing Mike Bacon move to high-flying Fallowfield. http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/sport/s/1048732_on_the_move 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/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/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/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/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/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