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A lap dancing club which has operated in Altrincham town centre for the last 24 years has been shut down with immediate effect.

A lap dancing club in Altrincham town centre has applied for a new Sex Establishment Licence with its application set to be decided next week. It follows the refusal of a plan to convert the Totties premises into apartments.

Plans for a huge new Farmfoods store at a former B&Q in Greater Manchester have been revealed. The unit at Atlantic Street Retail Park in Altrincham, which is currently a United Carpets store, could be converted into a frozen food retailer if the plans are approved.

Refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine will be housed in converted retail units in Altrincham town centre, despite warnings that the area is plagued by anti-social behaviour. The word of caution came from Altrincham and Bowdown Civic Society chair Judie Collins who was addressing Trafford’s planning and development management committee which has approved the plan.

A healthcare property investment company has been given planning permission for a ‘major enhancement’ of its Altrincham town centre headquarters. FTSE250 firm Assura plc invests and manages healthcare buildings across the UK and relocated to The Southmark Building on Barrington Road.

From Olympic bids, toa new tram line, cleaner streets and Manchester United bucking up their ideas on the pitch, Mancunians have been sharing their wide range of wishes for 2024.

Bosses of Altrincham’s town centre shopping hub the Stamford Quarter are predicting a vibrant 2024 after reporting a five percent uplift in visitor numbers. Landlord and property company Bruntwood says it's had a successful 2023 following an influx of new stores joining national brands and independent boutiques.

A plan to convert the upper floors of a building in Altrincham town centre into a complex of five apartments has been submitted. The accommodation on the upper floors of the office building on George Street will be augmented by the building of second and third-floor extensions and dormer windows to the front and rear.

It has been a busy month in our region's courts.

Arrogant and staring menacingly into the camera, this is the mugshot of the 'loose cannon' who murdered Rico Burton. Liam O'Pray's custody photograph gives some hint at his violent, swaggering nature.

The mother of tragic Rico Burton - the cousin of world famous boxer Tyson Fury - spoke of her heartbreak as her son's murderer was jailed for life. Liam O'Pray, 22, knifed 31-year-old Mr Burton in Altrincham town centre in the early hours of August 21 last year.

A man has been found guilty of murdering Tyson Fury's cousin, Rico Burton, by stabbing him to the neck during a mass brawl outside a bar.

A man was stabbed to death in a mass brawl outside a bar, a trial has heard.

Plans to convert an "ugly" 1970s office block in Altrincham town centre into 68 apartments have been approved. The scheme will see the mainly vacant Clarendon House joined with a separate former library building, each with the addition of two more storeys.

A new code of conduct for street performers in Trafford has ruffled feathers, but not everyone thinks it’s a bad idea. Following a series of complaints and an altercation between street performers and a business that required police presence, Trafford council had to introduce a new code of conduct for buskers in Altrincham town centre.

A new code of conduct for buskers and street performers in Altrincham town centre has been slammed. Trafford council introduced the code following a number of complaints from local businesses in an attempt to ‘ensure a balance between the needs of musicians, residents and businesses’.

Plans have been tabled to turn a town centre office building into 68 apartments.

Altrincham’s popular Stamford Quarter is getting a spring makeover in time for Easter.

A £1,200,000 home has come on the market in Greater Manchester which is unrecognisable from its former self. The characterful property in the historic Dunham Massey village was once a working barn on Black Moss Farm, which was built in 1917 as one of the original farmhouses on the Dunham Massey estate.

Huge investment into Altrincham town centre is taking another step forward with road layout changes, new seating areas and cycle ways planned.

Plans to completely overhaul the former Rackhams building in Altrincham town centre are set to be decided tomorrow.

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Altrincham can now be fined £100 by the council.

A thug who snatched a woman's handbag and dragged her along to the floor during a 'cowardly' robbery has been locked up.