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  • Council Tax freeze for Bury residents

    COUNCIL tax bills in Bury will be frozen for a second successive year although local authority tenants face an average rents increase of 6.2 per cent. The decisions were endorsed at a special council budget meeting last night (Wed) which also

  • Worker rescued as mill caves in

    FIREFIGHTERS and paramedics rescued a man who suffered two broken legs when the inside of a converted mill in Bury collapsed. The 57-year-old, who was working in an office at the Windacre Mill in Mather Road, had plunged 8ft when the building

  • Fairtrade has sweet taste for shoppers

    SHOPPERS in Bury will be given “food for thought” during Fairtrade fortnight which is being launched on Monday. This is Bury’s first full year as a Fairtrade Town and the scheme has the backing of the council, the mayor and local MPs.