Didsbury News:

The weather may have turned recently and the snow may well have another blast at travellers over Snake Pass. But fear not: a hearty stock of hearty stock broth-makers will soon be recruited to help the Didsbury Dinners team reach its goal of teaching 100+ more people how to cook – for free!

The first step on the team’s mission is to recruit a planning group. So, if you have a few hours spare, a flair for any of the following, and want to make a positive difference to the community, please email community.cooking@yahoo.co.uk:

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The Didsbury Neighbourhood Policing Team is urging residents to be on their guard following on from a spate of burglaries along the Kingsway corridor.

Police believe that burglars may be targeting homes in the search of Asian gold jewellery and patrols in hotspot areas in Burnage, Didsbury and Withington have been stepped up.

Between 1 December 2011 and 29 February 2012 48 burglaries took place along the Kingsway corridor and jewellery was stolen in 18 of these (37.5%).

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Siemens has picked its preferred partner to buy its 20-acre site in Didsbury, south Manchester, and develop a 100,000 sq ft green technology centre.

More from the M.E.N…

As part of a Manchester City Council bit to raise funds in the wake of recent government cuts, local land marks across Manchester are to be made available for sponsorship deals.

The list of landmark targets likely to be made available for sponsorship is currently under wraps, although we have managed to get our hands on a leaked document which contains what we believe are the initial first phase locations to be released.

Didsbury’s famous Clock tower, dedicated to the work of local Dr. J. Milson Rhodes is on the first phase list which we have seen, and may see sponsorship from such firms as Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Ford or Nike.

We reached out to the council for comment and they responded with the following – “In these times of hardship we are driven to maintain the high standard of council services in any way we can. In this case, sharing our treasured local landmarks with big brands signage. We’re sure locals won’t mind too much.”

You can see an artists impression of what the Clock Tower may look like if sponsored by Coca-Cola above.

Leaked list of first phase target local landmarks.

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It’s been an action-packed month! Since our February e-News:

- We’ve started clearing our first community garden on Barlow Moor Road.
- We’ve sourced a new landshare plot near Fog Lane Park.
- We’ve done site assessments for two further plots of land. Details will follow in our next e-News!
- We’ve started recruiting for a ‘learn to cook’ planning group to help us reach our goal of teaching 100+ more people how to cook, for free.
- Inmans, The Alpine Tea Room, The Art of Tea Bookshop, A Taste of Honey and Healthy Spirit have signed up as the latest stockists of Didsbury Dinners.
- Our pitch on Crowdfunder has been approved, giving us 47 days in which to raise £2,500 for our community growing and community cooking projects!

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