A POPULAR GP is looking forward to a healthy retirement after spending more than half of his life in the profession. Dr Andrew Demetriou retired last Saturday after 33 years as a GP — 20 of those at Huntley Mount Medical Centre in Huntley Mount
THREE charities are set to benefit when a team from a Bury firm get their teeth into a Top Gear-style “Bangers and Cash” car challenge. Led by sales director Geoff King, the four-strong group from Pennine Telecom is set to drive across Europe in
CHILDREN starting school this week will be able to try out more than just their new surroundings. For all new reception class children at schools around the borough have the chance to try school meals free for one week during the first term.
COMEDIAN Justin Moorhouse hopes to have local audiences crying for all the right reasons with the launch of a regular comedy event in Prestwich. Last November, the funnyman, renowned for playing Young Kenny in Peter Kay’s Phoenix Nights, set up
A FRAUDSTER who netted more than £35,000 in benefits over an eight-year period has been given a suspended prison sentence. Bolton Crown Court heard that Tanweer Rashid claimed his mother lived alone at a property he co-owned in Albert Avenue, Prestwich
A YOUNG carer who has looked after her mother since the age of five has spoken of her experiences after a charity tribute night at The Met. Abba tribute band band Arrival UK performed at the Bury venue on Friday as part of a bid to raise £5 million
MORE than 600 Bury patients have been identified as being at risk of the complications of heart failure. The Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Greater Manchester, supported by Bury GP practices, ran a project to find
RUNNING for charity is a family affair for an energetic Ramsbottom mother and daughter who will together take part in the BUPA Great North Run. Completing the 13.1-mile circuit of Newcastle on September 15 should be a comparative ‘walk in the park
A FAMILY fun day inspired by the memory of a baby girl who was born with severe heart defects is being held this weekend to help other “heart families”. Lagan’s Foundation is staging Party in the Park featuring a Rubber Duck Derby in Burrs Country
A LIBRARIAN who started a new chapter in her life by shedding more than three stones is hoping to inspire others to achieve their goals. Suzi Heslan, of Deardens Street, dropped from 14st 4lb to 10st 11lb at the Slimming World group in Elton, and
MEMBERS of Bury’s Jewish community with diabetes are being encouraged to talk to their rabbi about healthy eating during September, which is Diabetes Awareness Month. Three major Jewish festivals in September focus on fasting or feasting — Rosh
IT’s curtain up for the first play of Ramsbottom’s Summerseat Players new season next week. Boeing Boeing is a French farce about a self-styled Parisian lothario who has three fiancees who never meet, until an unexpected schedule change brings
A plan to combat flooding in Bury is being opened to the public for a six-week consultation. The Local Flood Risk Management Strategy sets out plans made by Bury Council to deal with the risks of flooding. The main area affected by flooding
AN adventurous teenager is set to swap Bury’s black pudding for sushi and cherry blossom by moving to Japan for a year next week. Alex Watson, of Lindale Avenue, Unsworth, beat off fierce competition from nearly 100 applicants to become one of
TWO Bury community groups are celebrating after receiving thousands of pounds worth of grants. Special Olympics Bury received £9,960, and New Springs Community Project Group was given £3,650 from the Big Lottery Fund. The organisations are
A travelling circus featuring performers from around the world is being held in Bury until Sunday. Circus Mondao has set up base at Walshaw Road in Tottington and among the death-defying stunts on show will be the Wheel of Death, performed by Vitalie
A FITNESS pioneer is “dancing” all over the competition after bringing a new and little-known fitness craze to Prestwich. One of just 4,500 certified instructors worldwide, Shirley Sadler is north Manchester’s only teacher of “piloxing” – an interval
A BURY woman has been left out of pocket after living without a landline phone or internet for more than a month. Elaine Best, of Affetside Drive, claims the problem is costing her money as well as causing inconvenience. She first reported
A SECURITY guard collecting cash from the ticket machines at Besses o’ the Barn Metrolink station in Whitefield was robbed by two men with a hammer. They robbers, one of whom was also brandishing a wrench threatened violence against the guard and
A DARING group of dentists has “scaled” the highest mountain in the British Isles to raise more than £3,000 to help some of the world’s poorest people. The team took about six hours to climb 4,409-foot Ben Nevis in Scotland’s Grampian Mountains
