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Teachers strike at Prestwich Arts College is cancelled

5:01pm Monday 6th July 2009

PARENTS are being urged to send their children to Prestwich Arts College on Tuesday July 7 after a day-long strike of teachers was cancelled.

Seven men jailed after brawl at Bury nightclub

Lenroy Hazel

10:20am Monday 6th July 2009

Seven men have been jailed for a brawl in which bottles were thrown across a busy nightclub in Bury.

Plastic windows and satellite dishes putting heritage at risk

6:40am Monday 6th July 2009

TWO conservation areas in Prestwich are being threatened by plastic windows and satellite dishes.

Twins’ music skills tested on TV show

TV TEST: Hope and Millie Katana will feature in a CBBC show Clash on Tuesday at 4.35pm

10:00am Monday 6th July 2009

IDENTICAL twins Hope and Millie Katana hope to be in unison for a new television programme.

Children’s centre has ticket to ride

TRAVEL PLANS: Parents and children at Whitefield Metrolink station

7:10am Monday 6th July 2009

THERE will be no summertime blues for youngsters of Besses Children’s Centre in Whitefield.

Fake Oasis gig T-shirts are set for recycling

6:30am Sunday 5th July 2009

Fake T-shirts seized outside the Oasis concert at Heaton Park are going to be recycled and sent to some of the world’s poorest people.

From housework to the Halle - Elbow’s Pete tells all

homecoming: Elbow band members, from left, Pete Turner, Guy Garvey, Craig Potter, Mark Potter and Rick Jupp

6:30am Sunday 5th July 2009

The hottest ticket at this year’s Manchester International Festival isn’t Kraftwerk’s groundbreaking collaboration with composer Steve Reich, nor is it Damon Albarn and Adam Curtis’ spooky exploration of the American dream.

Royal date as Queen Megan is crowned

CROWNING CEREMONY: Rose Queen Megan Burton, back right is pictured with her retinue

7:00am Sunday 5th July 2009

IT was a regal weekend for youngster Megan Burton and her friends at St Margaret’s Church in Prestwich.

Fly-tippers force Tesco to set up CCTV

7:00am Saturday 4th July 2009

THE scourge of fly-tippers has forced the removal of the large cardboard recycling containers at the Tesco store in Prestwich.

Gardening competition launched once again

10:00am Saturday 4th July 2009

A GARDENING competition will be in full bloom if Whitefield residents respond to an invitation to take part.


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