Wythenshawe residents are being encouraged to give their views on proposed changes to the support given to people who need help to pay their Council Tax. The Government is abolishing the current Council Tax Benefit Scheme from next April and has asked each council to design a local scheme. Manchester City Council says that, while the Government currently meets the whole cost of council tax support,... 

Are you compromising to get the lifestyle you want? As Professor Karen Pine from the University of Hertfordshire says almost three quarters of people make trade-offs in their everyday lives in order to achieve the lifestyle they want, we ask what do the compromises we make say about us?   We all know compromise is important in life but in times when budgets are being tightened, the main reason Brit’s... 

PANICKING crowds and plumes of smoke faced firefighters and football ground staff in a dramatic training exercise at the Etihad Stadium. Plans to deal with a large incident at the ground were put to the test on Sunday, September 30, when volunteers filled one of the stands and were engulfed in synthetic smoke to make training realistic for crews and club security. Volunteers demonstrated acting skills... 

  Coast is opening their first flagship store in the Trafford Centre on Thursday the 27th September. In order to celebrate the launch Coast are hosting an exclusive VIP launch party.  The North West celebrity style icons will be attending including; Coleen Rooney, Michelle Keegan, Jorgie Porter etc. There will be champagne, an exciting catwalk presentation of the latest Coast collection and... 

Garden City Festival, south Manchester’s celebration of local horticulture, produce and good food, takes place on Saturday 15 September from 11am to 4pm across Wythenshawe town centre and at the Forum. With three main zones of ‘food’, ‘gardening’ and ‘crafts’, it promises to be a great day out for all the family, with stalls, workshops and demonstrations to interest all ages. Visitors... 

START LIVING THE DREAM KICKSTART YOUR CAREER WITH A PRINCE’S TRUST COURSE WYTHENSHAWE MONDAY 17 SEPTEMBER. Last year’s Prince’s Trust team receive their certificates during a presentation in Woodhouse Park Lifestyle Centre. Young unemployed people have the chance to kickstart their career dreams with a course run by the Prince’s Trust in conjunction with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue... 

                                           Win Tickets To The Creative Crafts Show *Now back at Manchester Central*  30 August – 1 September 2012 Visit this year’s show and help us to celebrate 20 years of the popular Manchester Creative Crafts Show now back at Manchester Central by popular demand. This successful Show is the perfect opportunity to... 

Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester until Saturday 23rd June 2012. Young, rich, beautiful and newly-married Lady Windermere seems to have it all. But everything changes when she’s visited by one of London society’s most notorious gossips who suggests her husband is having an affair with the mysterious Mrs Erlynne. Things go from bad to worse when her husband insists that Mrs Erlynne should attend...