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1. The alternatives MUST be realistic
Stockport Express, Wednesday 31 January 2007ALL four of the borough's MPs have welcomed the move to tackle congestion. But Hazel Grove and Cheadle Lib-Dem MPs Andrew Stunell and Mark Hunter have warned there needs to be a package of measures to cut congestion - including Metrolink and the new SEMMMS relief road to Manchester Airport
2. Star hopes to shine in States
Stockport Express, Wednesday 31 January 2007A MELLOR star is making his voice heard Stateside as he bids to be the next American Idol. Tom Lowe, who found fame as one quarter of TV boy band North and South in the 1990s, has been singing for his supper against the best that America has to offer in reality TV contest American Idol.
3. Disruptive minority face being expelled
Stockport Express, Wednesday 31 January 2007BRAMHALL High School is to consider expelling problem children after an Ofsted report criticised classroom disruption by a 'significant minority' of students.
4. Charge to affect town’s busiest routes
Stockport Express, Wednesday 31 January 2007THE Stockport Council leader fears Stockport drivers will end up paying congestion charges long before the MetroLink comes to the town.
5. Room found at the inn for galloping gourmet
Stockport Express, Wednesday 31 January 2007EXCLUSIVE THERE was no room at the inn - but a thoroughbred racehorse was provided with a bed in a stable by a Bredbury hotel.
6. How safe is your child’s school?
Stockport Express, Wednesday 31 January 2007EXCLUSIVE HUNDREDS of men and women are working in Stockport schools without full Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) clearance.
7. Fears house prices could plummet in congestion corridor
Stockport Express, Wednesday 31 January 2007PROPERTY prices are in danger of taking a nosedive if plans to introduce congestion charges on some of Stockport's busiest traffic routes are implemented.
8. Honour for driver who sacrificed life to avoid disaster
Stockport Express, Wednesday 31 January 2007A PLAQUE to commemorate a steam train driver who sacrificed his life to prevent a disaster is to be put up at a railway station.
9. Woman dies in canal boat fire
Stockport Express, Wednesday 24 January 2007A YOUNG teaching assistant died in a blaze as she slumbered on board a houseboat at an Adlington marina.
10. Relatives shocked as coffin is lowered into wrong plot
Stockport Express, Wednesday 24 January 2007EXCLUSIVE GRIEVING relatives were forced to halt a funeral after realising the coffin was about to be lowered into another family's plot.