Manchester Evening News du lieu suivant : Manchester, Greater Manchester, England • 18

Maochtiter iwwliig Wwt NEWS Gang terror still reigns on the steets as police high-speed chase veteran bows out lliiigs pounce on newsagent in £1000 raiO No surrender says ness of shoe shop hit hy 22 ram raids By Neal Keeling ANOTHER Salford newsagent has been attacked by ruthless raiders Stephen Burden 45 was battered by four thugs who ambushed him outside his shop in Jennings Avenue Ordsall He suffered serious injuries to his elbow back and chest The gang fled with £600 cash and £400-worth of cigarettes Stephen said: get shop insurance round here I quit as my house is tied up with the shop I have a wife and young lad and my Last week gunmen struck at newsagents in Eccles Old Road Salford and Bolton Road Pendlebury Stephen ambushed and seriously injured I BOWING OUT: The last Capri pictured beside its Ford Cosworth Sapphire successor End of the road 3-6 April MB STARCOAST WORLD TR0M OUli PWLLHELI NOITH WALES there's POTS of Fun Festivities1 ou'll find plenty of smiling eyes at our fabulous Irish Music Dance Festival Singer Mary Black the jewel from Dublin joins a wealth of SPLF CATERJW gfnecaid talent including Foster Allen Dubliners Ann Breen Logue McCool The Doonan Family "Mlf Heritage Dublin Rogues and many many more you'll be spoilt for choice! Your feet will be jigging to the fiddle and sounds of traditional Step Figure and Ceilidh dance workshops while the little people enjoy the sizzling sub-tropical Waterworld thrilling Funfair rides and crazy sports 'n' activities all at no extra a warm Irish welcome at the end of this SPEEDING motorists may be breathing a sigh of relief at the end of an era for Greater Manchester Police The last Ford Capri has been pensioned off with 145000 miles on the clock The car has ruled the roost in high-speed pursuits and traffic duties for 15 years Now the last Capri in use by GMP a 28 injection model is being stripped of its stripes and police markings to be sold at auction Sgt Keith Chesworth of transport services said: particular model is our last It continued in use and the moment it came in off traffic patrol work began immediately to prepare it for selling off one time the bulk of vehicles used by the traffic section were Ford Capris but over the years that has gradually changed we have a mixed The Capri will be remembered fondly by many officers particularly for its reliability By Neal KeeNei THE boss of a Salford store hit by ram raiders 22 times said today: is great and we are staying Bollards were put up in front of steel shutters at Shoe Express on Regent Road But the raiders then went through the wall three times In December a gang left a gaping 14ft wide hole and an entire side wall was left unsafe and had to be rebuilt In the latest break-in raiders went through a front wall after squeezing a stolen Escort car between bollards and a rubbish skip Manager Ann Welby said: was a gap just large enough for a car between where the bollards ended and two skips were The gang escaped on foot with videos and TVs worth about £1500 Mrs Welby said: of our floor space is rented out to Stage 2 which sells electrical goods It is only since they arrived that we have been ram-raided shoe business is doing very well even in the present The company has spent £10000 rebuilding damaged walls Bollards costing £6500 will now be put round the building A police spokesman said: should have been taken by the company a long time ago They are obviously an easy DON'T DELAY BOOK STRAIGHT AWAY 0345 700 700 or fee your local Travel Agent CalL charge? at local call rale only (liaee open 9am I Opm every day utrlmding Sunday) HOLIDAY WORLDS TX HOTPOINT WINTER SALE a LAST CHANCE TO BUY AT THESE PRICES Model 9526 II lb load Automatic with Economy Wash wasiJ? Now £349" Model 7842 programme 12 place setting Dishwasher with Hot Air Drying Was £409-99 CHEADLE SHOWROOM OPENING SALE jJLAAaW Bl 4 A SUPERB RANGE OF PRESTIGE CONSERVATORIES AVAILABLE IN uPVC Jm AND MAHOGANY SHOWHOUSES REQUIRED LARGE DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE URGE DISCOUNTS FOR SHOWHOUSES eg These 5 Windows for £1 290 inc VAT and Fitting TOMORROW IN YOUR BIG VALUE NEWS Doorafeag M63 MY SUPER STAR LOVE J10 A34 KINO SWAY QATLEY RD THE PEOPLE WHO CARE PRESIDENT WINDOW DESIGN OPEN: 10 OLD RECTORY GARDENS Mon-Fri (Naar Poet Office) 9 30-6 pm WILMSLOW ROAD SatSun CHEADLE CHESHIRE 10 am 4 pm Tel: 061-428 0178 From: OLDHAM In LANCS RAINHAM In ESSEX STOKE In STAFFS 1 PERTH in SCOTLAND CHEADLE in CHESHIRE To Qatley YOUR FRIEND DROPPING IN 1 WILMSLOW ROAD A5149.