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1. Lib Dems fear local fallout from Kennedy
Manchester Metro News, Thursday 12 January 2006SENIOR Liberal Democrat councillors are worried that the unseemly events surrounding party leader Charles Kennedy's departure may cost them votes at this year's local elections.
2. 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.
3. City should get the super casino
Manchester Metro News, Thursday 26 January 2006CHIEF 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.
4. Three-year wait almost over for revamp
Manchester Metro News, Thursday 2 March 2006THREE years after winning BBC TV's Restoration programme, work is finally scheduled to begin on restoring the classic Victoria Baths in Chorlton-on-Medlock later this year.
5. Walker loses job battle
Manchester Metro News, Thursday 26 January 2006EX-TEACHER Linda Walker has lost her battle to reinstated to the job she lost after being jailed for shooting at yobs near her home.
6. Rewriting the book to get truants in class
Manchester Metro News, Thursday 23 February 2006PLANS to improve truancy rates in Manchester schools include rewriting the truancy policy document to make it more pupil-friendly and offering them badges and prizes to attend school.
7. £70m offices and flats development
Manchester Metro News, Friday 17 March 2006DEVELOPERS Ask and City Lofts have been granted planning permission to build a £70m office and flats complex on Chester Road at the end of Deansgate.
8. Why didn't cops act quicker?
Manchester Metro News, Thursday 23 February 2006SHAUN Thompson was able to provide police with a full registration number for the car which hit his and then drove away. He was, therefore surprised, and angry, that police did not act faster on his information and eventually found that the other driver had left the address the car was registered to.
9. I know why Linda picked up that gun
Manchester Metro News, Thursday 26 January 2006A 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.
10. We'll be watching you ... 127 times over
Manchester Metro News, Thursday 2 March 2006A CAR park - built for patients and staff at Manchester's new super hospital - will have 127 CCTV cameras providing security. In total the system will record over a million hours of footage every year and is, bosses claim, the most watched car park in the country.