Tag: Woodhouse Park

Police name bodies found in Wythenshawe house

Olwen and StephenGreater Manchester Police have named two people found dead at a house in Woodhouse Park, Wythenshawe, earlier this week.

The Manchester Evening News has reported a police source sayiing It is believed  Stephen Dohoney, aged 55, stabbed his 86-year-old mother Olwen to death before hanging himself. Continue reading “Police name bodies found in Wythenshawe house”

Police investigate after bodies of man and woman are found in Wythenshawe home

Police have launched an investigation following the discovery of the bodies of a man and woman in a house in Woodhouse Park. Continue reading “Police investigate after bodies of man and woman are found in Wythenshawe home”

New appeal for witnesses to catch Wythenshawe sex beast

Police have issued a fresh appeal for witnesses to help find the rapist who attacked a woman in Wythenshawe on Tuesday. Continue reading “New appeal for witnesses to catch Wythenshawe sex beast”

Wythenshawe police hunt sex beast after 40-year-old woman is raped in Woodhouse Park

Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman in her forties was raped in the Woodhouse Park area of Wythenshawe last night.

The woman was walking  down a short ginnel just off Staithes Road,at about 8.20pm on Tuesday October 22 and as she walked onto the road, was grabbed by a man who pushed her behind some garages close to the ginnel and raped her.

Police say they don’t believe the attack is linked to earlier sexual assaults in Newall Green. Continue reading “Wythenshawe police hunt sex beast after 40-year-old woman is raped in Woodhouse Park”

Wythenshawe residents get chance to voice concerns as government announces Chinese investment plans for “Airport City”

airportcity2Woodhouse Park residents are to host a meeting this week to discuss the impact of Manchester’s £800 million Airport City plans following a government announcement of  a major investment in the project from a Chinese construction group.

Chancellor George Osborne  announced, at the start of a five-day visit to promote economic ties between Britain and China, one of the largest ever British-Chinese joint ventures has won the contract to develop the project .

Working with the Manchester Airport Group (MAG), Beijing Construction Engineering Group (BCEG) will join Carillion PLC and the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) as funding partners in a Joint Venture to build ‘Airport City’ which is promised to create 16,000 jobs.

But some concerned residents say the project will start with the building of a 9,000 space car park on green belt land, condemining the area to three years of disruption. A public meeting at the the Lifestyle Centre in Woodhouse Park on Thursday (October 17)has been organised to give residents their say. Continue reading “Wythenshawe residents get chance to voice concerns as government announces Chinese investment plans for “Airport City””