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  • Woman seriously injured in car crash

    A WOMAN is fighting for her life after a serious car crash in Whitefield. She was sitting in the passenger seat of a blue Fiat Punto when it crashed close to the Beehive pub, in Bury New Road, at 10.20am on Sunday. The woman, who is in her 30s, was

  • Mum clears her name after council took baby son away

    A MUM has won a 13-year battle to clear her name after Bury Council wrongly accused her of abusing her baby son. The woman, who can only be identified as Anna M to protect the identity of her child, had her baby taken into care because the

  • Last farewell to gifted Birtle potter Harry Johnston

    THE funeral has taken place of gifted Birtle craftsman Harry Johnston who died earlier this month aged 84. Mourners gathered at Jericho Methodist Church in Elbut Lane, Bury, for last Friday’s service, followed by a committal at Rochdale Crematorium.