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  • British Legion group fighting for survival

    RADCLIFFE Royal British Legion is taking drastic action in an attempt to ensure its survival. With fewer members and less money, the organisation was forced to close its building in Water Street on April 1 when it became financially impossible to keep

  • Firm’s new contract for millions

    A THRIVING Radcliffe company has clinched a multi-million pound sewage pumping station maintenance deal with Severn Trent Water (STW). Site Electrical scooped the lucrative contract against tough competition. Potentially, the contract is for a period

  • Work begins on £3million

    PLANS for a £3 million crematorium in Radcliffe are finally becoming a reality as building work started on the site this week. The Mayor of Bury, Councillor Jack Walton, led the official sod-cutting ceremony on Wednesday to mark the start of the project

  • Cancer mum Amanda welcomes drug move

    BREAST cancer patient Amanda D'argue, who won her fight to receive the wonder drug Herceptin, has welcomed the decision for all women to get the same treatment. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recommended the drug

  • Rally call for dawn march

    TIME is running out for women wanting to put on their walking shoes and raise money for a good cause. Bury Hospice is holding a massive fundraising event on Saturday September 9 where hundreds of women will walk a half-marathon through the streets of

  • Toxic leak containers ‘vanish’ from estate

    TWO leaking drums of toxic chemicals, which melted a young boy's shoes, mysteriously vanished as a probe was launched to identify who had dumped them on land in Radcliffe. The two one-tonne containers had been tipped on land at Bealey's Industrial Estate

  • Weekend soccer fixtures

    West Lancashire Football League Premier Division: Blackpool Wren Rovers v Eagley; Blackrod Town v Charnock Richard; Turton v Euxton Villa. Division One: Stoneclough v Garstang; Tempest United v Poulton Town. Division Two: Bolton County v Springfields

  • Shakers let striker Tipton return to Macc

    MATT Tipton has admitted he may of played his last game for Bury after agreeing a four-month loan deal to rejoin his old club Macclesfield Town. The Welsh striker rejoined the Silkmen after failing to start a game this season, largely because of a niggling