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“You have won a teddy in a raffle”-Women cons her way into pensioners home

A woman tricked her way into a pensioner’s home in Wythenshawe after telling her she had won a teddy bear in a raffle. The woman called at a ...

Specialist Wythenshawe school creates roof top oasis

Pupils at a specialist support school in Wythenshawe are receiving unique lessons on climate change after helping to construct a roof-top eco-garde...

Breaking-Police arrest 15 year old in connection with beheading of 18 birds at Wythenshawe Park

Greater Manchester Police have announced that a teenager has been arrested after a horticultural centre in Wythenshawe was wrecked and wildlife ins...

A sickening act of cruelty-Vandals behead 18 birds at Wythenshawe Park

Manchester’s executive member for culture and leisure Mike Amesbury has described the offenders who broke into Wythenshawe Park and beheaded ...

Wythenshaw’s babies to get the chance to star in International Opera

Infants and babies in Wythenshawe will later this month have the opportunity to experience the unique world of opera, for free, when Scottish Opera...

Wythenshawe gets set to kick off a week of partying

Wythenshawe is to feature a week of sea-side themed events which starts this Easter Saturday. The town centre will be transformed into a postcard-s...

With the motive still unclear, Bond’s cold-blooded killer is jailed for 30 years

The Timperley man who gunned down Kevin Bond at traffic lights in cold blood in Wythenshawe has been sentenced to 30 years in jail. Bond, who was ...

7,000 jobs to be created as Airport City development is approved

Manchester Airport is set to develop and open its new Airport City next year after being selected as an enterprise zone by the government. The mast...

Wythenshawe home to growing molecular diagnostic industry

A sector of the biotechnology industry believed to be worth around £8 billion has been growing in Manchester. The city is now home to a number of ...

Woods project teaches gardening skills to Wythenshawe job-hunters

A group of work trainees who worked on a woodlands project in Wythenshawe are now lining themselves up for careers in horticulture. The six trainee...

Five local charities boosted by extra slice of central funding

Five charities in the Manchester area are to receive a share of an extra £1.6million government funding. The charities, among 21 in the north west...

Brooklands Library in party mood this Saturday

The  Brooklands Library is celebrating its launch with a free family fun day this  Saturday 19 February, between 1pm-4pm. Dr Chris Steele, from I...

Police keen to trace black cab passengers after fatal collision in Longsight

Police Officers investigating a fatal collision in Longsight are asking people in a black cab who stopped at the scene to come forward. 21 year old...

Wythenshawe gold buyer ordered to clean up its act by OFT

A Wythenshawe company that buys gold from the general public has become one of three companies that have been ordered to improve the way they treat...

Police appeal to “good Samaritans” of Wythenshawe to come forward

Police are appealing for a pair of good Samaritans who detained a handbag thief to come forward. A 33-year-old woman was attacked in a car park on ...

E-fit of wanted man who grabbed Wythenshawe baby

Officers investigating two incidents in Wythenshawe have released an E-fit of a man they want to trace. The man entered the back garden of a house ...

Wythenshawe kids get chance to blow their own trumpets

A creative way of pooling teaching and financial resources has come up trumps for young brass band wannabes and other aspiring musicians from Wythe...

Three new venues for City’s half-term soccer schools

Manchester City has announced three new venues for its February half-term soccer schools. The City in the Community scheme will hold events at Wrig...

Platt Fields celebrates 40 years of Pets Corner

Platt Fields Pets Corner is to hold a memorial event this weekend to celebrate the 40 years in which it helped local children take an interest in c...

Bogus plumbers rob Wythenshawe pensioner

Heartless conmen tricked their way into the home of an elderly woman in Wythenshawe and stole from her. The two tricksters called on their 97-year-...

Guns seized in South Manchester raid

A small arsenal of weapons have been seized by police in south Manchester. A Glock 9mm pistol, another 9mm handgun, a pump action shotgun and a ful...

Wythenshawe hospital treats swine flu patients with transplant equipment

A hospital in Wythenshawe is using specialist life support techniques to save the lives of patients with swine flu. Two men have already been stabi...

Jail for pair who robbed and stabbed cab driver

Two men have been jailed after a taxi driver was stabbed in a robbery and later died. Declan Fitzsimmons, 20, of Chesham Avenue, Wythenshawe, and N...

Wythenshawe house-breaker jailed for two years

A burglar who went on an early morning crime spree in his own neighbourhood has been jailed for two years. Ryan Adam Condron, 19, of Peel Hall Road...

Santa delivers Wythenshawe kids the key to a great Christmas

Father Christmas himself stopped by at Newall Green High School, Wythenshawe, Manchester last week to deliver an early Christmas present for pupils...

Jailed for six years-Man who threatened ex-wife with a claw hammer

A man has been jailed for attacking his former wife with a claw hammer in Wythenshawe. 35 year old Mohammed Liton , Stoke On Trent, was jailed for ...

Two jailed for life for Wythenshawe teen stabbing

Two men have been jailed for life for stabbing to death a teenager in Wythenshawe back in June. 25 year old Kelvin Wilhelm  of no fixed abode and ...

Wythenshawe pupils give their voice to Christmas domestic abuse campaign

Manchester City Council launched their Christmas campaign against Domestic violence today with the help of schoolchildren from Newall Green High Sc...

Renold returns to profit

Wythenshawe based engineering firm Renold Gears, whose products can be found in Big Ben’s clock tower, has boosted the UK’s manufacturi...

Wythenshawe praised as a centre of enterprise

Wythenshawe  has been recognised as one of the UK’s most enterprising places at the Enterprising Britain awards ceremony. Willow Park Housing Tr...

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