1. City should get the super casino

Manchester Metro News, Thursday 26 January 2006
CHIEF executive Sir Howard Bernstein has been in London lobbying for Manchester to get the go-ahead to build the country's only "super casino" despite the fact that Blackpool is hot favourite to get the government green light.

2. Walker loses job battle

Manchester Metro News, Thursday 26 January 2006
EX-TEACHER Linda Walker has lost her battle to reinstated to the job she lost after being jailed for shooting at yobs near her home.

3. I know why Linda picked up that gun

Manchester Metro News, Thursday 26 January 2006
A MUM who claims to have been the victim of a three-year campaign of abuse by yobs which includes having her windows broken, verbal abuse and the poisoning of her puppy, says she understand what drove jailed teacher Linda Walker to pick up a gun and confront those she believed to be responsible for her own torment.

4. Council says power bills are justified

Manchester Metro News, Thursday 26 January 2006
TRAFFORD Council has defended its decision to instal pay as you use electricity meters at the borough's bowling clubs.

5. Campaigners' triumph 'a victory for muggers and rapists' say angry residents'

Manchester Metro News, Thursday 26 January 2006
COUNCIL officials, councillors, residents and the police all wanted Dead Entry in Rusholme closed as they believed to do so would lead to a big drop in crime. But this week a government inspector sided with the Open Spaces Society, Ramblers' Association and Manchester Footpaths Group who wanted to keep it open. The decision has sparked anger locally and calls for it to be challenged in the High Court.

6. Colleagues expressed concern about cancer doc months earlier

Manchester Metro News, Thursday 26 January 2006
COLLEAGUES raised questions over the competence of a consultant radiologist months before it was revealed that he had misdiagnosed people as being free from breast cancer.

7. Will the elderly cope with chip and pin?

Manchester Metro News, Thursday 26 January 2006
FROM February 14 people using credit or debit cards will have to remember their PIN number. While small businesses in Manchester say that they are geared up for the change, a spokesman for Help the Aged fears that it will cause real problems for the old and infirm.

8. £6.3m home will be blueprint for elderly

Manchester Metro News, Thursday 26 January 2006
A £6.3m home which is set to open in Wythenshawe will be the benchmark for care of the elderly throughout the world say its proud developers. It is hoped that the modern design will find favour with its residents and rid care homes of their "antiseptic" image.

9. Readers' View: The Manchester Wheel

Manchester Metro News, Thursday 26 January 2006
A NUMBER of our readers send us pictures of things they've seen - and we'd like to see more. So we're starting a new feature in this week's Metro News. It's a chance for you to share your work with our readers.

10. Disciplinary: We should sack Dame Jean Else

Manchester Metro News, Thursday 26 January 2006
SUSPENDED headteacher Dame Jean Else faces the sack if Manchester Council follows the recommendation of a disciplinary inquiry. But the head who turned around the fortuned of Whalley Range High School would appeal twice and then challenge her dismissal at an industrial tribunal.