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1. Burned-out cars give fire crews a headache
Stockport Express, Wednesday 20 August 2003FIREFIGHTERS are being plagued by a big increase in malicious blazes, mainly in hundreds of abandoned cars.
2. Bill’s over the moon with birthday treat
Stockport Express, Wednesday 27 August 2003FOOTBALL-mad pensioner Bill Hardacre is celebrating scoring an amazing double.
3. Spike dodges death by a whisker (thanks to Watch rodent rescue) Green
Stockport Express, Wednesday 20 August 2003MEET Spike the hamster, possibly the luckiest rodent alive.
4. £40M revamp for crash site
Stockport Express, Wednesday 13 August 2003A £40 MILLION plan to transform the site on which the Stockport air disaster occurred is set to be approved by councillors.
5. Police patrol high and low in crime hot spots
Stockport Express, Wednesday 13 August 2003POLICE officers flooded the streets during a high-profile patrol day to tackle crime and disorder.
6. Love that’s stood the test of time
Stockport Express, Wednesday 6 August 2003A HEATON Mersey "toy boy" has helped his wife of more than 73 years celebrate her hundredth birthday.
7. Coming out to play? Not on this estate
Stockport Express, Wednesday 27 August 2003KILLJOY grown-ups have been accused of creating 'no play' zones for children on the Offerton Estate.
8. Arsonists may have torched toy factory
Stockport Express, Wednesday 13 August 2003A BLAZE which destroyed a world-renowned toy factory in Cheadle was probably started deliberately according to fire chiefs.
9. Homes plan casts shadow over plant life
Stockport Express, Wednesday 13 August 2003MORE than 70 species of plants could be crushed by bulldozers if plans to build homes on a former factory site go ahead, it was claimed this week.
10. Independent graves inquiry to go ahead
Stockport Express, Wednesday 6 August 2003TOWN Hall bosses have caved in to pressure to hold an independent inquiry into the controversial "safety" policy in the borough's cemeteries.