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1. Fierce campaigning, dirty tricks and a legal battle but Lib Dems hold on
Stockport Express, Thursday 21 July 2005STOCKPORT Council leader Mark Hunter retained the Cheadle seat for the Lib Dems in Thursday's by-election.
2. Care bosses help out in immigration case
Stockport Express, Wednesday 20 July 2005BOSSES at a nursing home in Stockport helped snare more than a dozen immigrant workers who were arrested in a raid.
3. Methodist would ‘turn in grave’ at bookies plan
Stockport Express, Wednesday 27 July 2005A HOLY row is odds on to erupt over plans to turn a late Methodist preacher's former workplace into a smokey gambling den.
4. Terror alert at railway station
Stockport Express, Monday 1 August 2005A TERROR alert brought Stockport railway station to a halt as a man seen acting suspiciously was detained by police.
5. Dad who doted on his 22 children found hanged
Stockport Express, Wednesday 3 August 2005A MAN who had fathered 22 children, hanged himself outside a Heaviley church after he was unable to cope with his son's death.
6. Countdown to vote on homes transfer
Stockport Express, Wednesday 3 August 2005THERE are only two weeks remaining for tenants to have their say on whether the ownership and management of Macclesfield Borough Council's homes are transferred to the Cheshire Peaks and Plains Housing Trust.
7. Marple residents left high and dry
Stockport Express, Wednesday 3 August 2005NEARLY 2,000 households in Marple were forced to collect water with buckets at the weekend, after a mains pipe burst, cutting supplies for almost two days.
8. The battle may be over but has the war only just begun?
Stockport Express, Thursday 21 July 2005ANGER over the bitter by-election campaign continues to simmer as threats of legal action add further to what turned rapidly into a highly personal battle for Cheadle.
9. Nursery bid for poisonous waste site
Stockport Express, Wednesday 10 August 2005EXCLUSIVE HOSPITAL bosses are seeking permission to build a children's nursery on a site known to be contaminated with chemicals linked to cancer.
10. Gretna Green elopement was more than just a highland fling
Stockport Express, Wednesday 3 August 2005IT was the marriage everyone fought to stop - but 50 years on, childhood sweethearts Sydney and Moira Crittenden have proved that love conquers all.