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1. Council accused of graves ‘whitewash’
Stockport Express, Wednesday 8 October 2003DOUBTS were raised yesterday over the independence of the 'Special Inquiry' - set up to investigate why Town Hall bosses flattened and smashed hundreds of headstones in the borough's cemeteries.
2. Tony bids a poignant farewell to firefighters
Stockport Express, Wednesday 24 September 2003STOCKPORT firefighters are travelling to New York city to play in a charity golf tournament as a tribute to the colleagues they lost during the September 11 terrorist attacks.
3. Clearing the way for regeneration
Stockport Express, Wednesday 8 October 2003THE restoration of historic Hillgate came a step closer to reality when councillors agreed to make compulsory purchase orders for several derelict sites.
4. Fashion factory gets Royal seal of approval
Stockport Express, Wednesday 17 December 2003A MUDDY field in Woodford was hardly the most glamorous welcome for a Royal.
5. Council pays price for grave dilemma
Stockport Express, Wednesday 17 December 2003HUNDREDS of gravestones laid down as part of a safety exercise are to be put back up - at the council's expense.
6. Worried to death?
Stockport Express, Wednesday 30 July 2003A VULNERABLE widow has died just one month after she was threatened with eviction from her home.
7. D-Day for town’s nuclear bunker
Stockport Express, Wednesday 19 November 2003THE iron curtain has finally come down on the borough's only nuclear bunker - half a century after it was built at the height of the Cold War.
8. No sex please, pleads family friendly Plaza
Stockport Express, Wednesday 10 September 2003MANAGERS at Stockport's famous Plaza Theatre are hoping to stop a sex shop opening in Mersey Square, just yards from the historic venue.
9. All eyes on start of graves inquiry
Stockport Express, Wednesday 10 September 2003THE investigation into Stockport Council's conduct in the borough's cemeteries began last week - amid a blaze of publicity.
10. Graves inquiry: relatives must be paid out
Stockport Express, Wednesday 3 December 2003THE findings of the Special Inquiry, set up to investigate why thousands of headstones were laid down in the borough's cemeteries, have been hailed as a victory for Stockport residents.