BUILDING from the back is Alan Knill’s philosophy as Bury look to record their first home win of the season at Gigg Lane on Saturday. The Shakers boss was bitterly disappointed to see his side concede 10 goals in six games before Tuesday night
A HOLY Cross College student has been deported to Nigeria after losing her fight to stay in the UK. Saskia Iloba, aged 17, and her family were put on a flight from Heathrow to Lagos at 10.20pm last Thursday. The family’s application for asylum was refused
RADCLIFFE go into their penultimate Central Lancashire League match of the season at Littleborough on Saturday resigned to finishing bottom. They were hoping to boost their chances of escaping the wooden spoon with a win against Heywood on Sunday, but
RADCLIFFE Borough go into Saturday’s home clash against Curzon Ashton on the back of a stark reality check in midweek which saw them thrashed 7-0 at home by Colwyn Bay. Director of football Gerry Luczka warned the Boro faithful not to get carried away
THE taxman is on the move! From Monday HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will be transferring their inquiry centre into Bury Town Hall’s reception area. The offices were previously based in Minden Parade, but the lease was due to expire and the service had
A PRIMARY school preparing to celebrate its centenary has been targeted by thieves. More than 20 stone caps were placed on pillars along the perimeter of Elton Primary School when it was built in 1911. And after being in place for 98 years, 10 of them
BURY do not often lose at the home of their nearest rivals, not since 1993 have Rochdale taken all three points off the Shakers at Spotland. Yet Saturday saw a lacklustre Bury surrender to a 3-0 defeat, their third in the league the season. Fans optimistic
A COACH driver who crashed into the back of a car on his way to collect children from a primary school has been found guilty of careless driving. Peter Wright, a director of Bradley Fold Travel Ltd, denied driving without due care and attention following
NEW Shakers signing Tom Newey has urged his team-mates to put last weekend’s derby debacle at Rochdale behind them and concentrate on climbing the League Two table. The 26-year-old full-back, who signed a 12-month contract at Gigg Lane after being released
CONSTRUCTION workers who claim they are victims of an illegal “blacklist” took their protest to a building site at the heart of Bury’s £350 million Rock Triangle development. Around 20 electricians, supporters and trade unionists staged a picket demonstration
IT is a sad fact of life that many greyhounds applauded on the track meet an untimely end when their racing days are over. The RSPCA believes that at the end of their racing careers, all greyhounds — which generally make excellent pets — should have
A-MAZING Henrietta Demain is celebrating exam success with her friends — but she is no ordinary teenager. Henrietta, known to her friends as Hetty, has achieved outstanding GCSE results, despite battling a life-threatening illness. The Bury Grammar
A MAN targeted by a series of petrol bomb attacks has offered a £25,000 reward in a bid to track down the perpetrators. David Campbell spoke out after yobs carried out a second arson attack on his son’s home, possibly the ninth connected incident. The
GRAPHIC design student Jason Groves is celebrating even before he has finished his graphic design degree. For he has secured a full-time position as a designer with award-winning Bury design agency Fluid Creative. The first on his course to secure a
BURY could be in line for a huge jobs boost after a hospital pledged to create 225 new posts. Alpha Hospital, in Bolton Road, which cares for people with psychiatric problems, wants to build facilities for more than 80 extra patients. The site currently
MILLWOOD Special School could be relocated in Radcliffe as part of a major investment in primary schools. Bury Council has proposed building a new £10 million school on Radcliffe Riverside High School’s site in Abden Street. Millwood is currently
I QUITE agree with the letter by J Fearon (August 21). We have an MP Ivan Lewis advising the Scottish Government that it is right to release a murderer to Libya; our own councillors refusing to settle equal pay claims, having spent £600,000 of taxpayers
AN employment company which is spearheading the recruitment of people with disabilities has relocated to Tottington. The British Association of Supported Employment (BASE) will mark the move with a seminar at Manchester’s Radisson Edwardian Hotel next
I am researching a porcelain jug which bears the following inscription “John & Hannah Buckley Lomax 1833”. John Buckley Lomax was born in 1812 in Pilkington, Bury. It is thought that Hannah was his first wife, who died in the early1830s
ANIMAL Aid would like to thank the people of Bury for their generosity in raising £94.54 in a street collection on August 29. The money will help fund our peaceful campaigns and our important educational work on all aspects of animal cruelty. For more
NEARLY 100 years ago Lord Kitchener, the then prime minister of England, our great country, asked for volunteers to join and fight the Kaiser of Germany. The call was answered far and wide from men working the coal mines, mills and every walk of life
Who is having the laugh here? Private hire taxis have rules and regulations just like hackney cabs. I would like the opportunity to respond to your article as no one at the Bury Licensing Department wants to respond to hackney cab drivers. I am still
Just when it seems that the political summer recess arrives to give us a break from the expenses scandals in parliament, our local Conservative controlled council decide to ignore any comments made before the executive committee makes their decisions
AFTER dealing with complaints from rail passengers, Catherine Lee is now enjoying the “sweet” life. For the 29-year-old has found a new station in life after acquiring an Aladdin’s cave of confectionery. Catherine has bought the Ramsbottom Sweet Shop
