Mitzvah day team go green-fingered

By Peter Stanners

Local volunteers have been getting their hands dirty on a Faith in Communities Allotment in Gorton, Manchester, to prepare it for the winter season.

As part of Mitzvah day, a Jewish led day of social action, the green-fingered group trimmed hedges, cleaned tools and painted the sheds on the triple-sized allotment on Sunday 21 November 2010.

The allotment is run in partnership with several community organisations and provides many services, such as growing food for the disadvantaged people and running workshops on healthy eating, green exercise and poultry care.

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Appeal to trace man attacked in Gorton

MANCHESTER Police are hoping to trace a man who maybe Eastern European and was the victim of a street attack.

At about 3:30pm on Friday 29 January 2010, a group of school children told police they had seen a man being punched and kicked as he lay defenceless on a patch of grass on Abbey Hey Lane, Gorton.

They told officers that the man managed to get up after the assault and one of his attackers then threw a brick at him.

Nobody reported the matter as a crime and it is not known how seriously injured he was.

The man who was assaulted is described as a white man, in his 30s, with a bald head.

Constable Dawn Harrison, of Gorton Neighbourhood Policing Team said: “I’d like to stress that the man is not in any trouble – I simply believe he was the victim of a nasty attack by a group.

“If that man was you, then please get in touch.”

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 0161 856 4274 or the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Slovakian man missing in Manchester

MISSING: Chromy went missing on 16 January and his friends are worried

GREATER Manchester Police are appealing for the public’s help to locate a missing Slovakian man.

Jan Chromy, 45, who now lives on Mount Road, Gorton, was last seen at 5:30pm on Saturday 16 January 2010, when his friends dropped him off near the Gorton Wine Lodge.

He is originally from Slovakia, is hard of hearing, and speaks very little English.

Detective Inspector Nicky Porter from the Public Protection Unit said: “We have growing concerns for this man as he cannot speak English and will struggle to ask for help.

“He had been working in the Werneth area of Oldham, as a painter and decorator and may have paint on his clothing.

“He has only been in the country for a month, so is unlikely to know his way around.”

If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of this man, please contact the police on their dedicated missing from home mobile 07796313627 or 0161 872 5050.