I THOUGHT Saturday was when the season really got started for Bury. With the number of players coming in I think it was understandable things did not click straight away and the first few results were only to be expected. My concern when they
Bury’s two MPs were divided when MPs rejected possible military action against the Syrian Government for their alleged use of chemical weapons against their own people. Prime Minister David Cameron had called on MPs to back a military response
THE mother of soldier Lee Rigby has described the moment she knew her son had died. Fusilier Rigby was killed in a brutal attack in the street outside Woolwich Barracks in south-east London in May. Thousands of people turned out to pay their
A CAMPAIGN to save lives by teaching essential first-aid skills is heading to Bury. St John Ambulance is running its third annual Save A Life September campaign to raise awareness of the importance of first-aid. The charity will give free first-aid
A high street cosmetics store has opened in Bury after leaving Bolton. The branch of Lush had been based at the Market Place shopping centre in Bolton since 2008, but has now set up shop at The Rock — citing a “fresh market” and “busier footfall
SEVEN people, including two from the Bury area, have re-appeared in court, accused of being involved in a £3.8 million mephadrone factory. The men and women face a range of charges relating to the alleged sale of 313kgs of the drug through a website
AN ACCIDENT-prone schoolboy had to be rescued by firefighters after getting stuck in a tree. Seven-year-old Ben Beet was climbing a tree in Griffin Close, Bury, last Wednesday afternoon when he slipped. His knee became trapped in a Y-shaped part
A BURGLAR who was part of a gang which carried out a raid on a self-store warehouse in Bury was caught when his blood was found at the scene. Bolton Crown Court heard how Paul Winter was among thieves who targeted the Safestore facility in Crostons
A new used car garage which has been built on the site of a derelict pub in Bury is set to open tomorrow. The boarded-up Derby Arms pub and the vacant Texaco petrol station were knocked down to make way for an expansion of RRG Kia, in Bolton Road
THIEVES used a crane to steal a generator worth thousands of pounds from outside a restaurant. A wagon with a crane pulled up outside the Indian restaurant in Bury and Bolton Road, Radcliffe, between 8pm and 10pm on Saturday. The crane was
FUSILIER Museum staff are hoping to reach new fundraising “heights” with an adrenaline-fuelled skydive — and are appealing to the borough’s daredevils to join them. On November 16, manager Helen Smith will hurl herself from a plane at 12,000 feet
Detectives are investigating an arson attack at a house in Brandlesholme when the front door went up in flames. Fire crews from Bury were called to Arundel Close around midnight last Thursday. On arrival, they found the property filled with
ENRAGED residents have blamed “mindless vandals” after animal sculptures installed in a park for Radcliffe in Bloom were discovered headless. Families were left disgusted after the life-sized silhouettes of a fawn, deer, rabbit and squirrel at
A lifelong Bury fan has sent in this letter, summing up how good it felt to be a Shakers fan at the Cheltenham match WHEN I was a lad (we golden oldies start many a conversation like that), on Saturday evenings I remember straining my infant ears
BURY Comets youngster Tom Whitwam completed a six-meeting maximum in the final rounds of the season-long Manchester League which took place at Goshen. Whitwam raced away with the under-10s trophy in spite of the valiant efforts of rival Louis Turner
BURY District Under-11s have become Lancashire Schools Cricket Association champions for the second time in three years with a 13-run win against a highly-rated Wigan side. In the showpiece final at Newton-le-Willows, Bury won an important toss
Bury AC’s athletes brought home an impressive haul of medals from the M60 Miniathlon event at Salford Met. The Miniathlon requires each athlete to compete in a running, jumping and throwing event, with the times and distances converted into points
TOTTINGTON’S Charlotte Marshall has become the Wales national swimming champion in the 50-metre butterfly in the age group for 13-year-olds. The Bury Grammar School for Girls pupil began competitive swimming at the age of nine for Ramsbottom Rascals
EDENFIELD professional Paul Gallagher just failed to achieve the ultimate bowling feat in his side’s Ribblesdale League defeat at Euxton. Gallagher returned figures of 9-58 off 15.1 overs in Edenfield’s 70-run reverse at Balshaw Park. Euxton
FORMER Bolton and Rochdale striker Temitope Obadeyi accepts he probably has not done enough to force his way into Bury’s first team for their trip to Spotland on Saturday. But the 23-year-old forward believes his performance in the Shakers’ cruel
ELPM were grateful to number 11 batsman Paul Hewart for guiding them to an unlikely home victory over North Manchester League Division One derby rivals Tottington St Johns. The Millers looked to be suffering a hangover from the previous week’s
PUNDITS are starting to talk up Bury’s chances...and manager Kevin Blackwell is at the head of the queue. This convincing victory against last season’s League Two play-off semi-finalists moved the Shakers into the top half of the League Two table
BURY assistant manager Ronnie Jepson believed his side deserved a crack at penalties after a late Tom Pope double saw them dumped out of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy at Vale Park on Tuesday night. The Shakers were cruelly denied a League One scalp
THE SCENE was set for new signing Brian Jensen to be the Bury hero in Tuesday night’s Johnstone’s Paint Trophy defeat at Port Vale. But while the tie did not quite go to script, the legendary former Burnley goalkeeper is eager to make up for it
RADCLIFFE Borough notched a first win of the season when they came from behind to beat Atherton Collieries 2-1 on Tuesday in the FA Cup preliminary round. The result was even more impressive with Boro having to play the entire game with striker
RAMSBOTTOM United kick-started their season with a 5-0 home FA Cup win against AFC Liverpool. After four straight league defeats it could have been a tricky preliminary round tie for the Rams against the North West Counties League Premier Division
Unsworth made it four wins on the bounce when they beat close rivals and hosts Cromption with 20 overs to spare. The Pole Lane men have moved up to third in the Central Lancashire League Championship table after a run which has seen them undefeated
SECOND-placed Lancashire League side Ramsbottom went down to a 63-run defeat at newly-crowned champions Accrington on Sunday. Home all-rounder Simon Hanson was the star of the day, hitting his third successive half century to pass 500 runs for
RADCLIFFE Borough boss Kevin Glendon praised the display of striker Dennis Sherriff after he stepped in to cover as emergency goalkeeper for Tuesday’s 2-1 FA Cup replay win against Atherton Collieries. The forward signed from Ashton United in the
THE battle for a Lancashire Knockout berth is hotting up in the Bolton Association between local rivals Bury and Walshaw. Sixth-placed Bury put down a marker on Saturday with a 41-run home success against their neighbours from Sycamore Road – two
FIVE local clubs have benefited from the award of £2,500 from the Bury Times as our contribution to the development of grassroots sport in the area. Walshaw Sports, Bury Jaguars (junior hockey), Tottington Conservative (bowling), Bury Athletic
