17/05/2009 by admin.

In 1997 boxer Barry McGuigan’s aughter Danika was diagnosed with Leukemia. He was so overwhelmed by the support and help his family received from the CLIC nurses (Cancer and Leukemia in Childhood) that he now commits a lot of his time to the CLIC nurses fund.

He named a has Virgin Train “Clic Sargeant”. Full details in June’s TransportMatters but watch him at:

http://www.transportmatters.co.uk/6.html

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17/05/2009 by admin.

Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon made a surprise visit to Manchester to announce a £1.4bn transport package to replace the Transport Innovation Fund plans which were killed off by last year’s resounding congestion charge No vote.

It will mean that all but one of the stalled Metrolink extensions - to Chorlton, Manchester Airport, and Rochdale and Oldham town centres - will now go ahead. Only the line through Trafford Park will remain on the drawing board.

There will also be a Stockport bypass linking the airport and the A6; a redesigned version of the Mottram by-pass; a guided busway between Leigh and Manchester; a Wigan inner-relief road; park-and-ride across Greater Manchester; and more frequent bus routes in the city centre.

Full details in next month’s TransportMatters magazine but take a peep at some video at http://www.transportmatters.co.uk/6.html

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