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1. Axe falls on family festival
Manchester Metro News, Friday 29 June 2007THE popular Wythenshawe Festival, traditionally held in Wythenshawe Park for generations, has been axed after Manchester City Council cut its funding.
2. Road rage forced their way into victim's home
Manchester Metro News, Friday 29 June 2007A VIOLENT thug bludgeoned a man so hard with a golf club that fragments of his skull were driven into his brain, after following him home after a road rage attack.
3. Cuts threaten learning centre
Manchester Metro News, Friday 29 June 2007STRETFORD library's Learndirect centre faces the axe at the end of July after a row over cash broke out between Trafford Council and a major funder of its adult learning services.
4. Residents' pitch battle at school
Manchester Metro News, Friday 29 June 2007AN ENTIRE street has united in protest over plans for two new buildings at a Flixton boy's school.
5. Hospital pays out over baby op death
Manchester Metro News, Friday 29 June 2007A FAMILY has agreed an out-of-court settlement with a hospital after their premature baby died hours after doctors performed life saving treatment on the wrong lung.
6. Bra boost for cancer sufferers
Manchester Metro News, Friday 29 June 2007THE north west's first specialist lingerie shop for women recovering from breast cancer surgery is to open in Altrincham town centre.
7. Climate change is 'good for business'
Manchester Metro News, Friday 29 June 2007A MANCHESTER company is cashing in on global warming - by exporting air coolers and fans to Iceland where temperatures can be as low as -30°C.
8. Fab opera-tunity for school choir
Manchester Metro News, Friday 22 June 2007CHILDREN from a Trafford school were given the chance to perform before discerning opera lovers after winning a top music award.
9. Why 'Fred' went back to school
Manchester Metro News, Friday 22 June 2007ENGLAND cricketer Andrew Flintoff was bowled over by the hard work of a group of police officers after they built a much-needed sensory garden for children in just two days.
10. Shock over tourist's horror tram attack
Manchester Metro News, Friday 22 June 2007A TOURIST from Switzerland visiting Manchester for the first time was left in pools of blood after being punched in an attack on the Metrolink.