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Alfred, 82, plays Father Christmas

9:45am Thursday 1st November 2012

PRESTWICH has its own Father Christmas in the making — in the shape of 82-year-old Alfred McManus.

Ghoulish fun for Halloween

9:45am Thursday 1st November 2012

PINT-SIZED wizards and witches dodged the rain to enjoy an action-packed Halloween extravaganza.

Business bounces back after burglary

9:45am Thursday 1st November 2012

GIFT shop owner Steve Farrington didn’t let burglars get the better of him after they struck at his shop.

Praise for tram worker who helped fall woman

9:46am Thursday 1st November 2012

A WOMAN has praised a Good Samaritan who came to her rescue when she fell at a tram station.

Golden day for popular priest

9:46am Thursday 1st November 2012

PARISHIONERS and clergy have been paying tribute to a priest on the 50th anniversary of his ordination.

Warning over scam inheritance letters

9:46am Thursday 1st November 2012

TRADING standards officers are advising people not to be duped by scam letters saying they are to receive an inheritance.

Fatal crash investigators hunt Astra driver

9:47am Thursday 1st November 2012

POLICE are continuing their hunt to trace a Vauxhall Astra after a Whitefield man was killed in a motorway crash.

Aldi store ruling due

9:47am Thursday 1st November 2012

DEVELOPERS will discover next month if they can demolish a car showroom and replace it with an Aldi supermarket.

Trio charged after teenager shot in the eye

4:49pm Monday 9th February 2009

Three people have been charged with firearms offences after the death of an 18-year-old girl who was shot in the eye with an air weapon.

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MEP caught up in India terror attacks

11:32am Thursday 27th November 2008

NORTH West Euro MP Sajjad Karim has been caught up in the terror attacks in Mumbai in India.

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