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Dawn swoop

Dawn swoop

POLICE officers recovered class A drugs and arrested suspected dealers in dawn raids across Heywood. The raids, codenamed Operation Bluebeard, took six months to plan. Officers arrested 14 Heywood people in the raids on Tuesday and Wednesday morning.

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UPDATE: Girl, 15, among those charged in drug swoop


 

Head pleased by nativity filming news

HEAD teacher Peter Baddeley has welcomed news that parents can’t be banned from filming school nativity plays.
Gas attacker jailed after paper’s plea

Gas attacker jailed after paper’s plea

THE Heywood Advertiser has been praised after a robber was jailed for two years.


 

CS gas attacker faces jail

CS gas attacker faces jail

A MAN who sprayed CS gas into the face of a Heywood off-licence owner during a bungled robbery has been warned he faces a jail sentence.

Firework scheme 'not going far enough'

Firework scheme 'not going far enough'

A SCHEME to reduce firework nuisance in the run-up to Bonfire Night does not go far enough.


 

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