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Grandad dies in taxi cliff plunge

TRAGEDY: The scene in the Punjab where the taxi plunged off a cliffside

6:00am Thursday 18th March 2010

A GRANDFATHER on a pilgrimage to his parents’ graves died when his taxi plunged off a cliff in Pakistan.

Butcher is saved by a pig

BACK TO HEALTH: Greg Hull outside his butcher’s shop

6:00am Thursday 18th March 2010

BUTCHER Greg Hull is fit and healthy again — after his life was saved by a pig.

£5m hospice gets go-head

ARTIST’S IMPRESSION: How the new hospice building will look

6:00am Thursday 18th March 2010

BURY Hospice has been given the green light to build a new £5 million centre to care for terminally-ill patients.

Boy robbed of his iPod in side street

8:30am Thursday 18th March 2010

A TEENAGE boy was forced from a main road into a side street and robbed in Prestwich.

Crash victim awarded £1.25m plus care costs

PAYOUT: Stuart Bridge has won major compensation for injuries caused in a road accident

8:00am Thursday 18th March 2010

A GRANDAD who suffered serious injuries after being knocked off his motorbike has received a massive compensation payout.

Megan is on the way to recovery

GETTING BETTER: Megan Wightman

7:40am Thursday 18th March 2010

A YOUNG girl seriously injured in a road smash is on the mend, her mum has said.

Jewish youth put police in spotlight

7:40am Thursday 18th March 2010

YOUNG people from a Jewish youth group got the chance to discuss the major issues of the day with their local police officers this week.

Fundraiser for crash man

7:00am Thursday 18th March 2010

A FUNDRAISER is being held to help to support a Radcliffe worker fighting car crash injuries.

Police plea to find hammer attacker

VIOLENT: Police are appealing to the public to help them trace this armed robber who struck at the Middleton Road branch of William Hill bookies

6:30am Thursday 18th March 2010

THIS is the moment a hooded thug launched a terrifying attack on a bookmakers.

Ian gets on his bike for a Sport

PEDAL POWER: Ian Cheeseman gets on his bike with Paralympic tandem pilot Barney Storey leading from the front

6:20am Thursday 18th March 2010

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Could it be that our civic halls are targeted, because as well as exercise, some activities can be described as entertainment. This would be to ignore the social side on which communities aspire and expand. Without civic halls, communities would in the main, have to rely on small church halls and clubs or join expensive health centres. The enlarged social and warm atmosphere would evaporate, probably gone forever. − Alf Wentworth, Prestwich

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Nobel prize-winning economist, Joseph Stilgitz, put it like this: “Crisis policies were working but now the bankers are back in charge.”  − George Heron Bury Green Party

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