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Loving couple catch £5k wedding bug

Sarah Priestner, aged 19, of Astley Mews, Whitefield, and fiance Jamie Eden, aged 20, of Walkden, won £5,000 in a Key 103 radio contest.

1:12pm Wednesday 19th November 2008

A SMITTEN Whitefield couple have well and truly caught the wedding bug thanks to some nifty detective work that bagged them £5,000.

Creative children in festive contest

3:58pm Monday 17th November 2008

CREATIVE children are to being given a chance to earn a special Christmas present in an art contest organised by the Morrisons supermarket in Stanley Road, Whitefield.

Review: Shangrila! at Prestwich Church Institute

1:02pm Monday 17th November 2008

by Paul Southern Variety, culture, entertainment, call it what you will, but all packed into a sell out Church Institute on November 7.

Elms fair a festive success

12:23pm Monday 17th November 2008

CHRISTMAS came early for members of Elms Tenants and Residents Association who raised £417 for the group at a festive fair.

Robbers smash up Tesco Prestwich

11:24am Monday 17th November 2008

TERRIFIED shoppers ran for safety as armed robbers used a machete to smash up a bureau de chance at the Tesco supermarket in Valley Park Road, Prestwich, at 6.50pm on Friday.

Police hunt park rapist

10:42am Saturday 15th November 2008

A GIRL who was raped in broad daylight in Heaton Park has bravely plucked up the courage to tell police about her September ordeal.

Tickets still available for charity concert

10:03am Saturday 15th November 2008

TICKETS are still available for a charity pop concert on December 13 at the Longfield Centre, Prestwich.

Sport and computers for Polefield

4:55pm Friday 14th November 2008

POLEFIELD youngsters are in for a treat after Prestwich Local Area Partnership agreed to give Polefield Tenants’ and Residents’ Association £1,851 towards a £6,503 project to provide computers and a 12-month sports activity programme in the area. More details will be announced in the coming months.

Allotments security plan rejected

4:41pm Friday 14th November 2008

ST MARGARET'S Primary School in Heywood Road, Prestwich, must go back to the drawing board in its bid to make the school allotments safer after Prestwich Local Area Partnership turned down its application for £3,000 funding for security fencing and cameras.

Disabled tennis plan on hold

4:18pm Friday 14th November 2008

A £20,000 PLAN to introduce tennis for disabled users has been put on hold after a delay in freeing up part of the cash.


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