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Grove Goes Green: Electric Hybrids Reach the 192 0 0 4th February 2013 at 3:12PM

The 192 bus route will receive a £11.3 million investment over the next three months, with the introduction of 40 brand new hybrid vehicles.Stagecoach Manchester, the region’s leading local bus operator, announced the investment into the bu..

Marple College & ASDA plan Refused 0 0 4th February 2013 at 2:45PM

ASDA on Hibbert Lane has been refused on the basis that ’it will harm the vitality and viability of Marple and Hazel Grove District Centres’.

World at the Feet of Great Moor Skydiver Helen 0 0 1st February 2013 at 4:43PM

THE world is often at the feet of a Great Moor women who flies through the air with the greatest of ease. Part-time skydiver Helen Arnold, 38, of Hartington Road, has proved her prowess as part of a four women team formation, which finished fourt..

Highland Dancing Caretaker Rob Retires 0 0 1st February 2013 at 3:38PM

Proud Scot Rob White, 65, retired earlier last month from St Peter’s Catholic Primary School, where he helped teach the children Scottish dancing. Mr White who has been caretaker at the school for more than five years, has made a big impression..

Woman Robbed Outside Hazel Grove Store 0 0 29th January 2013 at 10:03AM

An elderly woman had cash stolen in a distraction theft in a shop car park. The pensioner was in her car outside Marks and Spencer, off Commercial Road, Hazel Grove, on Friday (January 25) around midday. Two women approached and one began engagi..

Global Search for Cure for Little Scarlet 0 0 24th January 2013 at 6:21PM

THE parents of a girl diagnosed with inoperable cancer are hunting the world for a cure have found a new treatment on ‘their doorstep’. Kate, 42, and Kris Kearns, 40, say they were left with little option after they were told the cancer had s..

The Vyperz at The Fiveways Hotel 0 0 17th January 2013 at 8:18PM

The Vyperz are back at the Fiveways Hotel this Saturday 19th. Come down for a great night of Rock & Pop with a touch of the blues. Forget the Snow and come down to this great venue for a warm welcome!

Brave Couple Hold Fundraiser in Hazel Grove 0 0 16th January 2013 at 5:47PM

A couple whose daughter was stillborn are planning to raise thousands of pounds to help benefit parents dealing with similar tragic losses. Natalie, 32 and Lee Englestone, 30, of Poise Brook Road, Offerton, lost their daughter Imogen Olivia, when..

County’s Jim Gannon Fired 0 0 16th January 2013 at 10:34AM

A SEVENTH defeat in nine league games saw Jim Gannon relieved of his duties as Stockport County boss following the 3-1 home defeat by Mansfield Town. Fourteen months into his second spell as manager at Edgeley Park, Gannon parted company with the..

Body found in River Goyt identified 0 0 11th January 2013 at 10:15AM

A body found in a river is that of missing Michael Simpson, police confirmed yesterday. Michael, 22, from Heaton Norris, Stockport, has been missing since he left a New Year's Eve party in Stockport. Specialist officers and police divers se..