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11. Pining Percy cries fowl over dead pal
Stockport Express, Wednesday 23 July 2003THE truth behind the appearance of Percy the Peacock in Offerton Green has taken a disturbing twist in the tail.
12. ‘Justice for Jolyon’ appeal turned down
Stockport Express, Wednesday 23 July 2003THE Attorney General has rejected an appeal to extend the four year prison sentence given to a teenager who killed Jolyon Griffin from Bramhall.
13. Calls for inquiry into grave chaos
Stockport Express, Wednesday 23 July 2003THE crisis surrounding Stockport's cemeteries deepened this week after it was revealed the Local Government Ombudsman was conducting an investigation into the council's controversial programme of flattening headstones.
14. £190m face-lift will transform health
Stockport Express, Wednesday 23 July 2003HEALTH chiefs have unveiled plans to build a top notch hospital to rocket Stockport into the next century.
15. 300 redundancies due as Norwich Union quits
Stockport Express, Wednesday 16 July 2003NEARLY 300 people are to be made redundant after insurance giant Norwich Union announced the closure of its Cheadle Hulme office.
16. Another 105 jobs axed at BAE plant
Stockport Express, Wednesday 16 July 2003SPECULATION is rife over the future of the stricken BAE Systems plant at Woodford after a further 105 jobs were slashed this week.
17. Davenport GP slammed over shipman deaths
Stockport Express, Wednesday 16 July 2003THE Shipman Inquiry into a botched investigation which let the former Hyde GP carry on killing, has criticised a Davenport doctor.
18. Victoria Cross hero’s grave dishonoured
Stockport Express, Wednesday 16 July 2003WAR hero Joseph Lister was awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery during The First World War.
19. Best friend backs Express call for intervention
Stockport Express, Wednesday 16 July 2003JUSTICE FOR JOLYON THE best friend of Jolyon Griffin, the former Stockport Grammar school pupil killed on his way home to Bramhall, has spoken of his devastation at the four year sentence handed down to killer, Brian McCormack.
20. Coroner says he did everything possible
Stockport Express, Wednesday 16 July 2003STOCKPORT Coroner John Pollard has defended criticism made about his acceptance without question of Greater Manchester Police's account that there was "no indication of criminal acts" by Harold Shipman.