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  • Former Bury Tory group leader cleared of breaching standards

    THE former Conservative group leader of Bury Council has been cleared of breaching the code of conduct in an independent review of the council's handling of an historic safeguarding case.The standards committee met yesterday to consider Cllr Ian Gartside

  • Dustbin lorry fire leaves debris 'all over road'

    A DUSTBIN lorry on fire in Radcliffe this morning left ‘debris all over the road’. A large quantity of cardboard was on fire in the private waste vehicle in Harper Fold Road, across from Cams Lane Primary School. Fire crews from Whitefield

  • Travellers' camp moves on

    A GROUP of travellers that set up in Radcliffe town centre have moved on. The camp was set up on Green Street car park, next to the former site of the old Radcliffe Pool and Fitness Centre, over the Christmas period. Bury Council say the travellers

  • Smoking kills 500 people a year in Bury, it has been revealed

    SMOKING kills around 500 people a year in Bury, it has been revealed. The shocking figure emerged as a new TV advert is released showing how poisons from tar in cigarettes cause damage to major organs within seconds. In the Public Health England's