A PUBLIC transport surgery is being held in the Mill Gate shopping centre next Wednesday. Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA) is hosting the drop-in session between 10am and 1pm. Authority and transport executive officers will attend
A SCHEME to cut dangerous traffic speeds and improve disabled access has been given the green light in Holcombe village. Members of the Ramsbottom, Tottington and North Manor Local Area Partnership agreed the proposals at a public meeting last Thursday
BURY MP David Chaytor has demanded a halt to the “damaging and unpopular” closure of post offices. The Labour backbencher also urges the Government to create a ‘people’s bank’ based on the trusted PO network. Mr Chaytor is backing a Parliamentary motion
A MAN from Radcliffe has admitted his part in helping to smuggle cannabis resin into the country. Four men now face sentencing after being convicted of a drugs conspiracy which followed the seizure of a massive stock of cannabis resin. Maidstone Crown
RESIDENTS have made a plea for help to councillors and police to tackle a crime-blighted alley in Prestwich. People living in Daneshill on the Polefield estate want authorities to end their misery which has led to 24 anti-social incidents reported
SANTA is getting ready to float round the streets of Tottington and Bury West. His sleigh will be supported by members of the Tottington & Bury West Rotary Club when it embarks on its December tour. The street itinerary is: December 3: Booth Street
A SECOND Bury police officer has received major recognition for an outstanding contribution to the criminal justice system. Detective Constable Kim Steele, from the vulnerable adult section, won a commendation in the local version of the national Criminal
BUDDING teachers can now enrol on a popular degree course at Holy Cross College’s University Centre. The foundation degree in supporting teaching and learning (primary) will run from 4pm to 8pm on Wednesdays, starting in late January. The course is
MOVIE fans can catch an Alfred Hitchcock classic at a special screening by Rambottom’s film society. Real2Reel is showing North by Northwest from 1959, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason at the Ramsbottom Civic Hall next Wednesday,
POLICE are warning residents to be extra vigilant after a rise in burglaries in the area. The reminder comes after a spurt of ‘hook and cane’ incidents in Ramsbottom and Tottington during the past two weeks. Thieves are getting into homes and cars by
AINSWORTH Community Association’s meeting is at 7.30pm on Thursday, December 4 at the Unitarian Schoolroom, Knowsley Road. Items on the agenda include plans to improve roads at the recreation ground, security in Well Street, and congestion outside the
