VOLUNTEERS are needed to help brighten up an area of land on the Springs estate in Bury. The site, next to the New Springs Activity Centre in Dorset Drive, has become a flytipping hotspot. The New Springs Community Project Group is carrying
BURY Parish Church will welcome the return of the Black Dyke Band. The band, described as the most successful in the history of brass band music, will perform a concert beginning at 7.30pm on Thursday. Tickets are £10 and can be bought
BURY College is piloting a training course to help workers affected by the “credit crunch”. Research by the college showed that managers in the financial sector rarely have the chance to take up further training. New courses are being held at the college
WHEN Paula and Graham Smith began the search for their perfect home, they did not imagine a TV show would help to make their dream come true. But after a four-year hunt, the couple turned to Channel 4’s A Place In the Sun for help to relocate
A DEAD goose has been found dumped in a bin bag in a road in Radcliffe. It is the sixth bird to be found dead under suspicious circumstances in the area in the past three weeks. The bird was discovered in Cross Lane last Thursday morning by a resident
POLICE have been left baffled after a truckload of manure was dumped on a popular tanning salon in Unsworth. The bizarre prank was carried out on the Sundaze beauty shop, in Hollins Lane, leaving owner Jacqueline Wilson perplexed. Police are treating
A MAN has been jailed after being arrested in late 2007 by Radcliffe Neighbourhood Policing Team as part of a crackdown on drug dealing. Asif Iqbal, aged 20, of Ainsworth Road, Radcliffe, admitted two offences of possessing cannabis worth a total of
WHEN it comes to hitting the bullseye, the Woolpack ladies’ darts team rarely fail. But now the girls from the Bury pub have been given a very different target — to lose weight on national TV. They have been plucked from the cosy surroundings
