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  • BBC's Mark Radcliffe bringing stories and songs to Bury

    RADIO and television presenter, musician and writer, Mark Radcliffe will entertain an audience at The Met next month. His show will feature stories and songs of middle-aged angst and ennui with tales of ineptitude and encounters with some of music’s famous

  • BBC's Mark Radcliffe bringing stories and songs to Bury

    RADIO and television presenter, musician and writer, Mark Radcliffe will entertain an audience at The Met next month. His show will feature stories and songs of middle-aged angst and ennui with tales of ineptitude and encounters with some of music’s famous

  • Pharmacists to trial scheme working within GP practices

    PHARMACISTS are to trial a scheme where they will work within GP practices in Bury. Information on this pilot project and the action plan linked to Bury’s Primary Care Strategy will be presented at the next CCG meeting.Regular items on the agenda include

  • McDonald's re-opens after futuristic makeover

    FAST-FOOD enthusiasts will be able to feel the benefit of table service after improvements were made at McDonald's in Radcliffe following a month’s closure.The restaurant in Riverside Retail Park has been given a digital makeover and now also features

  • Bury South MP announces he will stand in the upcoming election

    LABOUR MP for Bury South, Ivan Lewis, has announced his candidacy for the upcoming General Election, which has been set for June 8. Mr Lewis retained his seat in the last General Election in 2015 with 45.1 per cent of the vote and has been Bury South

  • Folk trio to bring unique harmonies to Bury

    AN exciting collaboration will see two acts from either side of the ‘pond’ unite their musical talents.On Sunday, The Met in Bury will present an evening of music from a trio of talented musicians.Crossing Borders unites Canadian singer/songwriter Oh

  • Teenage gang shoot at pair with air rifle

    A GANG of teens shot at a woman and a man with an air rifle after an argument in Radcliffe on Tuesday evening.The couple were sitting overlooking the River Irwell when a group of between five and seven youths approached. A row ensued before the group

  • Simon Yates set for Tour de France return

    SIMON Yates will return to the Tour de France this summer after missing last year's event due to a failed drugs test.The 24-year-old, from Bury, will race alongside Orica-Scott team-mate Esteban Chaves at this year's Tour, the team announced on

  • Bury set to benefit from 'game-changing' stroke treatment

    STROKE patients from Bury could benefit from a “game-changing” treatment as Greater Manchester sets out plans to adopt a revolutionary procedure.The region’s health bosses are taking steps to become one of a limited number of places in England to offer

  • Bury striker Vaughan named in PFA team of the year

    LEE Clark has called on his Bury side to take the goalscoring burden off star striker James Vaughan after the in-form frontman was today named in the Players' Football Association's League One team of the year.The Shakers have scored just one

  • Boro humbled at rivals Rammy

    RAMSBOTTOM United rescued a modicum of pride from a dreadful end to the season by claiming bragging rights over derby rivals Radcliffe Borough in their final home game of the Evo-Stik First Division North campaign.Mark Fell's men claimed their first

  • Day: Let's roar the Shakers to safety

    STEWART Day has issued a rallying call to Bury fans ahead of the final home game of the season.The chairman wants to get Gigg Lane bouncing when Northampton come to town on Saturday.He has reduced ticket prices to £5 for adults and £1 for children in

  • Play-off chasers Brighouse brush Boro aside

    RADCLIFFE Borough's rollercoaster end to the Evo-Stik First Division North season took another dip in a 3-0 defeat at home to play-off hopefuls Brighouse Town on Saturday.Joe Gibbons' side went into the game on the back of a heartening 3-0 win

  • Bury FC hold 'positive talks' over stadium development

    BURY Football Club held “positive” meetings with Bury Council on Tuesday as the move to a new stadium took another step forward. Chairman Stewart Day is hoping the Shakers will have a new home in time for the 2018/19 season and after hours of talks

  • The LibDems moan at everything but do nothing

    IN last week's Guide the LibDems state that the £10m investment in the roads is "nowhere near enough". If this is the case then why didn't they put increased spending on the roads down as an amendment to the budget for Bury which was

  • Birthday gifts donated to children's hospital oncology ward

    SUPERJOSH founder Dawn Fidler brings you her latest blogLAST week I told you about a wonderful donation we received, courtesy of Gill Arnott. Instead of receiving gifts for herself for her 50th birthday, she asked her friends and family to buy presents

  • Bury's road repair spending is value for money

    RE 'Labour gets it right on £10m Highway investment' April 13. A wise person once wrote: “Belief is exclusively a matter of personal opinion. It has nothing to do with reality.”It is amazing how the same piece of information can be interpreted

  • School retains outstanding rating

    A PRIMARY school in Ainsworth has been given an outstanding rating after its latest Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS) report.Christ Church Ainsworth C of E Primary School, in Tommy Lane, which has 273 pupils in total, was

  • Tributes to Victoria Wood a year after her death

    THE memory of comedienne Victoria Wood is still strong in her hometown a year after her death.The Prestwich-born actress, who starred in popular TV shows such as dinnerladies, died a year ago today, aged 62, after losing her battle with cancer.The star

  • Critics fear the end of township meetings

    AN OVERHAUL of the way the council deals with communities will mean the end of regular township meetings claims Bury Lib Dem leader, Cllr Tim Pickstone.But Cllr Tamoor Tariq, Labour cabinet member for communities, insists a new scheme, which will involve

  • PROTEST: Parents' anger at paedophile living near school

    PARENTS have welcomed a decision to move a convicted paedophile from their estate after staging a street protest. Residents of the Peel Brow estate in Ramsbottom spent nearly two hours outside a property in Beechwood Avenue, where they claimed