RAMSBOTTOM will be bustling this weekend with tantalising treats, heavenly delights and lip-smacking events. The annual chocolate festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday, where visitors can enjoy chocolate “alfresco style” at the Market Place.
IT WAS full steam ahead for the Duke of Gloucester today when he reopened the £3million newly-refurbished Bury Transport Museum. He arrived at the East Lancashire Railway’s Castlecroft building on the footplate of a steam locomotive. The Duke toured
AN excellent entry in the men’s section in the Holcombe Brook Open Tennis tournament, which starts this Saturday, will mean current champion Andrew Davies will have a tough fight on his hands to retain the Oliver Peet Trophy. With early entry confirmations
A RIO street band and a fleet of fantasy cars are just some of the highlights of this year’s Bury Lions Carnival to be staged on June 12. And the premier event in the town’s calendar will have a “Made in Bury” theme, celebrating all things from the borough
MUCH better sides than Bury have visited and come away empty handed from Old Bedians, so it was some consolation to Bury that they took a point. They started brightly and nearly scored in the right corner but John Westwood, aged 44 and still the best
The PE department organised a whole week of activities for Sport Relief. Various activities included a cross-bar challenge for all year groups at a cost of 50p per go. The final was held on Friday 19th March and the winner was James Melluish in Year
Winners from Castlebrook – Rae Breakwell 2G & Gemma Scott 2G Castlebrook High School learners working in partnership with Bury Grammar School for Boys put their Design, Technology, Engineering and Maths talents to the test in a one-day challenge
Ogden Trust Bury Science Partnership During 8th-12th March, learners from Castlebrook, Derby, Woodhey, BGS Boys & Girls, Holy Cross College and University of Manchester took part in various activities at different locations. In total, over
A TEENAGE boy was attacked and robbed of his mobile phone as he left Bury cemetery. The 16-year-old was confronted by a group of youths congregating at the St Peter’s Road entrance. They asked him for money and when he refused, two members of the group
EIGHT-year-old Connor Thompson will be watching with pride when his daredevil mum and sister take a leap of faith for him. Jeanette Thompson and daughter Hannah are preparing to abseil 140ft from the North Stand at Old Trafford football ground to raise
On the 3rd March 168 learners from Castlebrook participated in the World Maths Day Challenge to help set a new world record!! 56 082 schools from 235 countries across the world contributed in setting a new world record by correctly answering 572 753
Ofsted judge Castlebrook to be ‘good.’ I have great pleasure in reporting that the school was judged to be ‘good’ in the Ofsted inspection that took place on the 10th & 11th March. The published report shows that the school has made significant progress
BURY fencer Robert Kiss has won the British Veterans’ Men’s Foil Championship at Gloucester’s Oxstalls Tennis Centre. Kiss, aged 43, battled against rivals over 40 through two rounds of poules, in which groups of six competitors fenced each other, followed
BURY’S council leader has accused his political opponents of stoking up controversy surrounding the future of two previously under-threat civic halls. Councillor Bob Bibby rounded on Labour and the Liberal Democrats claiming they had “politically hijacked
THE thin “blue line” in Bury is getting stronger with plans to provide five additional police officers to serve the busy town centre. In what has been hailed as an “innovative funding package”, Bury Council will meet the costs of two of the officers
