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  • Join the Jewish heritage walk

    DISCOVER the fascinating Jewish history of north Manchester by joining a heritage trail walk lead by Bill Williams and Merton Paul on Sunday, October 19, meeting at 2pm at the Manchester Jewish Museum in Cheetham Hill Road. Tickets on the door cost £5.25

  • Arts college looks to creative future

    STUDENTS from Prestwich Arts College will no longer be able to claim their dog ate their homework - when they are given their very own laptops. That age-old excuse for missed deadlines will become a thing of the past from November when 103

  • 'Roadworks made me bankrupt' - landlord

    A LANDLORD has launched a scathing attack on “incompetent” Bury Council bosses after his pub shut and he went bankrupt. Distraught Tony Hooley, aged 42, has made the heart-wrenching decision to close the Roach Bank Inn, Croft Lane, so 14 staff

  • Bonfire on the move?

    POPULAR Bonfire Night celebrations could be heading back to Ainsworth’s recreation ground. The Duke William pub, in Well Street, has held a bonfire and fireworks display on the site for more than 20 years. But after concerns were raised about the event

  • Determined schoolboy is boxing clever

    MOVE over Rick Hatton - a budding Whitefield boxer is pulling no punches on a quest to be the North West’s best new thing in the ring. Ambitious Ben Mulligan, aged 15, of Walker Avenue, Whitefield, has started the new amateur season with aplomb

  • Choir looking to dress to impress

    THE CHOIR at All Saints Church in Whitefield has always been top notch, but the same now cannot be said for its members’ attire, which organisers say predates the Vietnam war and even the last time England lifted the World Cup. Director of music Mike