PATIENTS will be able to visit a doctor seven days a week at a new GP practice in Radcliffe. Contracts were signed on Friday for the RLC Surgery and the practice opened its doors on Tuesday at the new Radcliffe Primary Care Centre, in Church Street West
THE cellar of an unoccupied office in Radcliffe was targeted by firebugs. The blaze at the premises in Morton Street destroyed timber and other material. A fire crew spent 45 minutes at the scene after being called out at 5am on Monday.
SAILING: Adam Savage and Paul Salmon won the first event of the spring pursuit series with a welcome 6pm south easterly wind. The series involves the boats setting off at different times depending on the speed rating for each class of boat (slowest first
SNOOKER Elton Lib B clinched the Irwell Street Metals A Section, despite going down 6-3 at home to Bury Snooker B. Wins in the first two frames by James Kay and Craig Steadman were enough. Steadman compiled a 76 break in his 126-62 frame win. Lee
RUGBY UNION: Bury emerged worthy winners of an entertaining game, scoring two tries in each half. They started excellently, when they were awarded a penalty choosing to kick for touch and then proceeded to lose the line-out. From a resulting five-metre
WALSHAW gave their title chances and big shot in the arm with a comfortable win over relegation threatened Pennington. They took a deserved lead on 15 minutes when a corner from Duerden deceived the Pennington keeper and went straight in. The hosts
ELTON Vale battled back after going 2-0 down inside the first 15 minutes to rescue a point. Chris Hopwood put Leigh ahead after Vale allowed him too much space and time to pick his spot. The second was an equally poor goal to concede with Doran putting
A SUPERB strike from substitute Steve Maden was enough to secure United’s first back-to-back victories in the league since the opening two games of the season on Tuesday night. Rammy started with an unchanged line-up from the side which beat Formby 1
THE chickens are coming home to roost towards the end of what has been a long hard season for Boro. The Yorkshiremen thoroughly deserved their win on Saturday as jaded Radcliffe struggled to shake off the after effects of their Lancashire Co-Operative
EIGHTEEN-year-old Radcliffe lad Tom Aldred is the Football League One apprentice of the year. The centre back is captain of Carlisle United’s youth team and recently represented the Scotland under-19s team who were beaten 3-2 by France in Paris. He qualified
RADCLIFFE Borough are looking for a new sponsor for the 2009-10 season as their current deal with Inn2Gether, who have backed the club for the last three season, expires at the end of the current campaign. The club wanrt the new sponsor to provide the
ENGLAND fast bowler Sajid Mahmood has tipped Lancashire’s former Radcliffe ace Steven Cheetham to be a star of the future. Mahmood works closely with 21-year-old Cheetham at Old Trafford, and he is predicting big things from the youngster this season
THOUSANDS of sweet-toothed chocoholics flocked to Ramsbottom on Sunday for the first ever chocolate festival. Restaurants and cafés had to close their doors due to high demand as chocolate lovers from across the North West gathered for an extravaganza
WHEN I heard Ramsbottom was hosting the first ever Chocolate Festival, my eyes lit up and my taste buds began to salivate, writes Sarah Poole. So when the opportunity arose to take part in a world record attempt which basically involved stuffing my face
HE was kicked out of college at 17 and months later he was behind bars for robbing a taxi driver. Leyton Taylor was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison. His life, as he knew it, was over. But in 2006, while still in jail, he
WHEN adventurous firefighter Anthony Lingard started cycling to work he had no idea just how far his new bike would take him. Not content with his daily round trip to Bury fire station, the self-confessed thrill seeker has set off on a 1,100 mile bike
CHURCHES will unite for the annual Walk of Witness on Good Friday. Taking part in the event, which starts at noon, will be Bury’s mayor and mayoress, clergy and lay people from various denominations plus a number of councillors. More
PRIVATE Patrick Farley has gone to great lengths to support his battalion — despite leaving the Army 30 years ago. For the 50-year-old decided to run from Blackpool Tower to his home in Bolton Road, Bury, to raise money for soldiers returning from Afghanistan
COMPLETING a successful career spanning 36 years has been child’s play for Pam Fell. There were tears and farewells galore when she retired from the popular Hollins Pre-School playgroup which she helped to launch way back in 1972. Apart
Up to £1,000 worth of heroin and crack cocaine were seized after a raid by police in Bury. Officers from Bury's Tasking Team stopped a car on Harwood Cresent in Tottington at 5.15pm on Monday April 6. A search of the car revealed hundreds of pounds
A teenager had to have stitches to a facial injury after he was assaulted in Tottington. The 17-year-old had been out with friends and left the Hark to Towler pub shortly after midnight on April 5. He went to a nearby shop but made his way back
JOBS at Bury’s biggest private employer are to be lost after telecoms giant O2 announced plans to axe 160 posts at four call centres. The company’s Leeds centre will bear the brunt of the reduction in staff but other roles will go at the Dumers Lane
PUPILS are going hopping mad for the new playground craze sweeping Cams Lane Primary School. The youngsters are reviving the age-old tradition of skipping. Special workshops were held to introduce all the children to different skipping techniques and
ARMED robbers stormed into Tesco supermarket in Prestwich at 8am today causing terrified customers to flee. Two men, one carrying a sledgehammer and the other weilding a crowbar, attacked a security guard, confronted shoppers and fled from
