Music treat in the park

Updated 6:00pm Friday 5th September 2008

BESSES Boys Band will provide the entertainment when conservation group, Friends of Heaton Park, holds the last of its summer coffee mornings in the park’s horticultural centre near to the St Margaret’s Road entrance to the park between 11am and 2pm on Sunday.

Test your knowledge of your pet

Updated 5:10pm Friday 5th September 2008

IS your dog a man’s best friend or is it in need of a bit of extra training? Find out by attending a fun-packed learning day near the bandstand at Heaton Park on Sunday.

Asda security van raider jailed for four years

Updated 4:20pm Friday 5th September 2008

A WHITEFIELD man who tried to hold up a security van containing £75,000 at Rawtenstall Asda has been jailed for four years.

Tragic soldier spoke of peace hopes

Updated 6:29pm Friday 5th September 2008

The British Army soldier killed in Afghanistan had spoken of his hopes of bringing peace to the wartorn country, it emerged.

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