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1. Waste plant's £18m upgrade
Manchester Metro News, Thursday 23 October 2008A SEWAGE treatment works has been given an £18m upgrade to help process waste water from around 65,000 homes in the borough.
2. Great Walk of China
Manchester Metro News, Thursday 18 October 2007A MARRIED couple are trekking almost 2,000 miles through China to encourage green efforts at the Olympic Games.
3. Why `scruffiest' station is most costly to clean
Manchester Metro News, Thursday 9 June 2005MORE money is spent by the four organisations responsible for the the upkeep of Altrincham Interchange than at any other station in Greater Manchester. But, says a leading politician, the state of the station is still a disgrace.
4. Final sales push on tragic mushrooms
Manchester Metro News, Thursday 19 May 2005LEAFLETS encouraging people to stock up on hallucinogenic drugs before it becomes illegal to sell them are being handed out on the streets of Manchester.
5. Off-licences caught in under-age booze sting
Manchester Metro News, Thursday 11 August 2005UNDERCOVER teenagers working for trading standards caught 14 off-licences selling alcohol to under-age children in the first weekend of a clampdown.
6. Laura's TV focus is on heroine in headscarf
Manchester Metro News, Thursday 18 August 2005A CHORLTON film-maker's documentary on the growing conflict between Islam and the West will premiere on Manchester TV screens this weekend.
7. £150,000 grant to look at slime
Manchester Metro News, Thursday 7 July 2005A STUDY of slime by a Manchester University biologist could finally unravel a mystery of evolution which left Darwin baffled.
8. Parking charges rise again
Manchester Metro News, Thursday 4 August 2005MANCHESTER traders fear that shoppers will be forced out of the city centre by news that on-street car parking charges are to rise again in the autumn.
9. Pioneer Paul tells minister of his success
Manchester Metro News, Thursday 15 December 2005PAUL Tolton has been telling education secretary Ruth Kelly about how he became the first member of his family to go to university. He was invited to address politicians at the launch of a report into helping members of poorer families get access to higher education.
10. Sophie delighted to be on Thin Ice
Manchester Metro News, Thursday 2 March 2006ALTRINCHAM ice dancer Sophie Wright has stepped into the spotlight as one of the stars of a new TV comedy series. The teenager is appearing in Thin Ice, a comedy which highlights the cut-throat world of the sport made famous by Torvill and Dean.