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Plane
barmy
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£2 BILLION pound Nimrod war aircraft project in Woodford is
hanging in the balance - because of a few trees. The
Department of Transport is preparing to settle a legal battle
between one landowner and a top flight company who are at loggerheads
over the height of the trees.
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Lulu
worth every penny
BARKING
mad mum-of-two Helen MeMurrough said this week her dog was worth
every penny of the £10,000 she has spent on leg operations.
Labrador
Lulu was born with a defect which meant her hip joints and knee
muscles were not formed properly and has had to undergo four
operations.
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Cancer
MP victim of sick campaign
BREAST
cancer survivor Patsy Calton has been sent white bras through
the post as part of a sick hate mail campaign. The
Cheadle MP this week spoke out about the 'disturbing' gifts and
the effect sustained personal attacks have had on her family.
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| Parents
asked to pay for teachers A
CASH-STRAPPED Stockport school is asking parents to fork out their
own money towards their children's education. Bramhall
High headteacher John Peckham has taken the extraordinary step
of sending out standing order forms to parents.
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| Mum's
tears for Jeffrey THE
tearful mother of missing Jeffrey Hodgson spoke this week of her
heartbreak at spending her first Christmas without her needy son.
Beryl Hodgson has found the festive season hard after her vulnerable
son disappeared while on holiday in Ibiza earlier this year, but
is determined to keep her fighting spirit. |
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Teen
thug jailed for years of estate terror
THUG Daniel Mather celebrated his Boxing Day birthday behind
bars yesterday for breaking a bad behaviour order banning him
from the estate he bullied for years. Mather, 18, of Appleby
Close, Bridgehall, first breached the order as soon as he left
the court by abusing people outside, Stockport Magistrates heard
last Wednesday.
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| Sexy
txt shelved
MARRIED Claire Clayton was speechless after she got a mobile text
message saying: "I wnt u, I need u, I cnt get enuff of u."
The sexy text
sent to the 25-year old Benefits Agency worker was not from husband
Dave but from the Hazel Grove branch of Sainsbury's offering her
a job. |
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| Bouncing
baby born in traffic jam BUMPER baby boy Sam Lyall was
born on the back ,seat of a car trapped in a gridlock. Hyde grandfather
Alan Lyall, aged 44, sped to Stepping Hill Hospital with daughter
Stacy when she started giving birth in his Ford Sierra Sapphire.
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| NHS
put my life at risk MAGISTRATE and former bank official
Brian Rendell told this week how he was forced to wait nearly
12 hours for a cardiac monitor despite a suspected heart attack.
And disabled heart patient Stephen Howarth (pictured) discharged
himself from hospital on Friday claiming nurses ran out of life-saving
drugs. Now the two have joined a chorus of complaints about a
lack of heart equipment at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport.
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| The
crisis of a two-tier education ASPIRING
accountant and Priestnall student Peter Ashcroft is fuming because
sister Zoe gets £800 a year more than him. But
it’s not his parents who are forking out the extra money
– it’s the Government bureaucrats who have decided poor
Manchester pupils are worth more than middle-England Stockport
students. |
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