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NHS car park crisis

6:20am Saturday 13th March 2010

HEALTH chiefs want to build a second car park at Prestwich Hospital in a bid to stop “road chaos”.

Mobile police station in square

6:30pm Saturday 13th March 2010

RESIDENTS can air their views on crime and community safety to officers at a mobile police station in Victoria Square, Whitefield, next Thursday, 10am to 3pm.

Traders’ winter fun pays off for hospice

THANK YOU: Michelle King, centre, community fundraiser for Bury Hospice, collects the cheque from Councillor Tony Cummings and Radcliffe trader Jude Stubbs

3:00pm Saturday 13th March 2010

BURY Hospice is making the most of a belated Christmas present from Radcliffe Traders’ Group.

Celebrating books from dawn to dusk

COSTUMES: Children dressed as characters at Cams Lane Primary School

2:30pm Saturday 13th March 2010

YOUNG bookworms at two Radcliffe schools dressed as their favourite story characters last Thursday to celebrate World Book Day.

Murder tale on stage

1:10pm Saturday 13th March 2010

A TWISTING tale of adultery, deceit and murder is being staged by Tottington’s Amateur Dramatic Society.

Rotary club anniversary dinner

10:20am Saturday 13th March 2010

MEMBERS of Ramsbottom Rotary Club held a dinner to mark the 56th charter anniversary.

Polio care nominations

9:30am Saturday 13th March 2010

BRITISH Polio Fellowship is calling for nominations from Bury for its annual awards.

Heat is on as pupils get cooking

CONCENTRATION: Radcliffe Riverside High School pupil Claudia Schembri, aged 13, at work in the kitchen

9:10am Saturday 13th March 2010

BUDDING Gordon Ramsays and Delia Smiths showed off their culinary skills in a cookery competition.

Awards shortlist for diner

7:30am Saturday 13th March 2010

A RAMSBOTTOM restaurant has been shortlisted in this year’s Northern Hospitality Awards.

Top dog lands slimming crown

WEIGHT ESCAPE: Judith Anderson with her dog, Mollie, and veterinary nurse Fiona Egan-Welsh at Vets4Pets

6:10am Saturday 13th March 2010

A DALMATIAN called Mollie has knocked spots off the opposition in a weight-loss challenge.

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HANDICRAFT: Sister Loretto (left) and sister Daniella performing hand exercises at Nazareth House, Prestwich

CARE workers in Prestwich gave a helping hand to elderly residents to mark Dignity Action Day.

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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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