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Publication: Prestwich & Whitefield Guide

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Events to focus the mind on dementia

A RANGE of events will be held across Bury next week to coincide with Dementia Awareness Week.Activities include awareness talks, coffee mornings, a trip to the National Football Museum in Manchester and a musical memories group.The theme for this year’s ... [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 16 2013]

Entities: Coffee, Dementia, Manchester, Memory, Alzheimer's Disease

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Schools Go Potty Over Inept Parents

A SURVEY of 18 primary schools nationally shows that children as old as five are going to class in nappies because parents haven’t toilet-trained them.It’s up to parents, not teachers, to pass on basic life skills to their children, and if they can’t ... [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 15 2013]

Entities: Education

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Children Show Way on Road Safety

FULL marks for Oxford Grove Primary School in Bolton for a practical lesson to parents in road safety.Pupils Paige Roche and Whasfa Ali were outside the school in mini police uniforms as parents arrived to drop off their children to talk to them about ... [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 15 2013]

Entities: Road Safety, Police

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Only Selfish Drivers Text At The Wheel

MOTORISTS who text while driving are selfish idiots.So it’s very welcome news that fines for those who endanger the lives of others this way are rising by 50% to £90. Let’s hope this is also accompanied by a big crackdown on offenders so that everyone ... [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 15 2013]

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

NHS

Caring for the Carers is Forgotten

THE carers in our society are pretty invisible even though there are around 6 million of them.It’s easy to ignore them because they’re doing this in the privacy of their home or the person they’re caring for. It also means we don’t have to acknowledge ... [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 15 2013]

Entities: Social Welfare, NHS, Vaccine

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

New Apprentices Are Unpleasant Lot

OH-oh! The Apprentice is back on BBC1 with a stable of new candidates mostly just as egotistically obnoxious as usual.True, there do seem to be a couple of gems among the pompous dross – sparky Rebecca has something about her in spite of the tears following ... [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 15 2013]

Entities: Sugar, Impurity, Abuse

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Jordon's A Super Scrimper!

DO you take proper advantage of all the supermarket coupons on offer these days?No, I don’t either – even though I’m constantly resolving to cut shopping costs in this way. Young Jordon Cox, however, at 16 is already saving his mum loads of money by chopping ... [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 11 2013]

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Bob and Barbara Are Top Citizens

FORGET the politics. If ever a couple deserved the freedom of their local town it is Bob and Barbara Ronson.They are to be awarded the first ever Freedom of Horwich and this seems entirely right. They stood down as councillors two years ago after many ... [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 11 2013]

Entities: Barbara Ronson

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Bells Don't Ap-peal to Thieves

IT’S a wonderfully simple idea but it works – little bells attached to your purse to alert you if someone tries to steal it.Bolton police have been handing out the little cat bells to shoppers in the wake of purse thefts, often from elderly women and ... [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 11 2013]

Entities: Gareth Evans, Crime, United Kingdom

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Not Plain Sailing for WI

YOU really couldn’t resist a chuckle at the WI ladies who got it all horribly wrong when they “themed” a talk by a visiting speaker, could you?Unfortunately for them, Colin Darch’s talk on Somali pirates was a harrowing one of his capture and poor treatment ... [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 11 2013]

Entities: Somali Piracy, Fashion, Hostage

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Talent More Than Skin-Deep

WHILE it’s a coup for Bolton actress Helen Flanagan to have been voted lads’ mag FHM’sexiest British woman I really hope she takes it all with a pinch of salt.Since the 22 year-old former Coronation Street actress quit the Northern soap, she’s had quite ... [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 11 2013]

Entities: Helen Flanagan, Coronation Street, Coup d'état

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Hands Off The Bard

THE suggestion to skip the slow openings of Shakespeare’s plays and cut to the chase would dumb down some of our greatest prose.Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, has criticised the start of the Bard’s plays ... [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 11 2013]

Entities: Mary Bousted, Association Of Teachers And Lecturers

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Detective Constable Lindsey Worrall, of Bury Police, said: "These men subjected the victim to a violent beating without any provocation other than to rob him of his keys."

Man violently assaulted on street [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - Apr 17 2013]

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Events to focus the mind on dementia [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 16 2013]
Children Show Way on Road Safety [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 15 2013]
Only Selfish Drivers Text At The Wheel [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 15 2013]
Caring for the Carers is Forgotten [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 15 2013]
New Apprentices Are Unpleasant Lot [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 15 2013]
Schools Go Potty Over Inept Parents [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 15 2013]
Bolton's Richness Of Spirit [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 11 2013]
Talent More Than Skin-Deep [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 11 2013]
Bob and Barbara Are Top Citizens [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 11 2013]
Bells Don't Ap-peal to Thieves [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 11 2013]
Not Plain Sailing for WI [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 11 2013]
Jordon's A Super Scrimper! [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 11 2013]
Hands Off The Bard [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 11 2013]
Man charged with attempted rape [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 10 2013]
Holocaust survivor’s pride as he gets MBE [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 09 2013]
Church’s Scout leaders celebrate 50th anniversary [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 09 2013]
Walkies help for elderly [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 09 2013]
Awards for river rescue kayak trio [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 09 2013]
Fury as neighbours forced to remove asbestos waste [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 09 2013]
Puppy farm dogs seized [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 09 2013]
Medium is becoming fortune teller to stars [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 09 2013]
Tree-mendous tribute to honour region’s soldiers [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 03 2013]
Town at hub of ‘super cycleway’ proposals [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 03 2013]
Arlene and Abi jump to the £1 a day challenge [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 03 2013]
Job Lessons Vital For Young [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 02 2013]
Duchess Doing A Great Job [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 02 2013]
Local Stars Show Meaning of Respect [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 02 2013]
No Problem with Make-Up For Gym [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 02 2013]
Exhibition Is World-Beater [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 02 2013]
Get Walking To School! [Published Prestwich & Whitefield Guide - May 02 2013]

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