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Cheers as college wins survival fight

8:00am Friday 21st July 2006

A NIGHT of nail-biting tension ended in cries of triumph for Prestwich Arts College campaigners.

The Prestwich decision in full:

8:00am Friday 21st July 2006

REASONS given by the SOC for rejecting plans to close Prestwich Arts College (PAC) and expand Parrenthorn.

Double victory in school closure fight

The front page of the Bury Times on Thursday

5:00pm Thursday 20th July 2006

PUPILS and parents are celebrating an astonishing victory after saving Broad Oak and Prestwich high schools.

Happy holidays after closure victory

5:00pm Thursday 20th July 2006

BROAD Oak pupils were sent off on their summer holidays yesterday with a happy heart after their school was spared.

The Broad Oak decision in full

5:00pm Thursday 20th July 2006

REASONS the five groups gave for the way they voted:

Arts College is saved!

11:10am Wednesday 19th July 2006

UNDER-threat Prestwich Arts College has been saved from closure.

Broad Oak decision points way for Arts College

11:05am Friday 14th July 2006

THE decision to grant a reprieve to Broad Oak High School could also be a good omen for the future of Prestwich Arts College.

Labour anger over Lib Dems statement

10:01am Thursday 13th April 2006

LABOUR leaders are threatening to sue their Liberal Democrat rivals as the temperature over the closure of Bury high schools reaches boiling point.

Anger as Tories decide not to‘call in’ school closures

9:29am Monday 10th April 2006

TORY leaders have done a U-turn and decided NOT to "call in" the school closures decision for a final look.


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Your Say Your Prestwich

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

What will the town have left to offer? »

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

Banks want wages cut but to carry on paying bonuses »



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