HEAVY goods vehicles thundering down roads in Hollins are a thing of the past. Thanks to a successful seven-year campaign waged by residents, a 7.5 tonnes weight restriction order came into force on February 4. The roads affected include
PUPILS at Christ Church Walshaw Primary School proved they were top of the pops when they won Bury Hospice’s first choir competition. The 30 children took to the stage at Radcliffe Civic Suite on Friday to sing before a sell-out audience.
A BURY couple fear being deported to Cameroon after losing their fight to stay in the UK. Lydia Besong and Bernard Batey, of Kestrel Drive, have been trying to claim asylum since fleeing Africa in 2006, where they say they were beaten, tortured
BURY North MP David Nuttall is demanding that controversial proposals for a 12.5 metre mobile phone mast in Ainsworth Road undergo the full rigorous planning process. He has spoken out after being approached by angry residents of Bidston Close
A MOTHER has spoken publicly for the first time about the murder of her only daughter. Joanne Oliver was described as “the happiest she had ever been” prior to the morning of Friday, September 24, last year when she was stabbed more than 15
