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  • £15 million drugs duo jailed

    A MULTIMILLION pound drugs operation has been smashed by police — and two men connected to it have been jailed. Anthony Langstreth, aged 29, from Radcliffe, was jailed for 11 years for his part in the plot today, while Ian Barrick, aged 39,

  • Plumber suffers acid burns

    A plumber suffered acid burns to his face, neck and arm after unblocking a sink at a house in Bury. Neil Kelly, from Bury, was using a high concentration of sulphuric acid to unblock the sink when the corrosive liquid erupted into the air.

  • Lees keeps Shakers on their toes

    TOM Lees has warned buoyant Bury to guard against complacency when they visit Hereford on Saturday. Alan Knill’s men broke into the automatic promotion places on the back of impressive wins against Crewe, at Gigg Lane on Saturday, and at Shrewsbury three

  • Champ returns to crush Little Lever

    RADCLIFFE Cricket Club beat Little Lever 7-3 with the help of a rare appearance of Bury champion Graham Jeffries. He led the way with three wins while Nigel Hallows added two, Mick Dore one and they won the doubles. Ronnie Durose won

  • Ramsbottom tailor recalls his struggle for freedom

    A TAILOR who moved to Ramsbottom from Czechoslovakia during the war has written a book about his struggle for freedom. Joe Novak has now donated a copy of his book to Ramsbottom Library and Heritage Centre to say ‘thank you’ to the town. In his book

  • Parking is not to blame

    I REFER to the letter (February 24) suggesting that “Illegal parking is not a trivial matter”. Neither is it a serious matter, as in the the case of parking on yellow lines at the bottom of Walmersley Road. As the writer states, illegal parking has been

  • End a war that cannot be won

    IN the Bury Times February 17, you published a photo of Prince William with two Bury medics who have returned from duty in Afghanistan at the “world’s biggest A&E department”. That says a lot! Within a day, The Independent reported that three British

  • USA cities have far fewer councillors

    I read that a Bury councillor is proposing to get rid of 17 of our councillors to save money. Why not get rid of two thirds rather than one, after all large cities in the USA manage with only 12. One writer last week lamented the fact that the Leader

  • Town hall cuts will badly damage services

    THE announcement that £520,000 worth of savings from the chief executive’s department have been found will be small consolation to the hundreds of council employees who are to lose their jobs in the coming weeks or months. We will shortly know more precisely

  • ATHLETICS: Bury AC round-up

    CHRISTIE Cook’s outstanding cross-country form continued last weekend when she romped to victory in the Under-15s girls’ race at the South East Lancashire League event at Boggart Hole Clough. On a tough, muddy course, the Bury AC athlete dominated from

  • Electric firm goes green

    AN enterprising firm is leading by example to promote renewable energy and a welcome cut in fuel bills. Bosses at electrical contractors CCE (Bury) Ltd fitted a 1.85 kilowatt solar panel system on to its roof in Westbury Close, Bury. As well as reaping

  • Housebound library cut

    Bury Council’s housebound library service, was approved at last Wednesday’s council meeting to be closed with the loss of three jobs. The service supplies books, books on tapes and CDs to housebound people. My mother is in a wheelchair and is partially

  • Important to keep the baby unit local

    I HAVE read with interest the comments and letters concerning the proposed closure of the maternity facilities at Fairfield and feel qualified to comment having used them myself for my own four children. My first three were born without any medical

  • I fear more planning applications will follow

    IN reference to the go-ahead to the relocation of Holcombe Brook Tennis Club, I would like to point out that I do not have anything against the club, having lived in Holcombe Brook and Ramsbottom almost all my life I am fully aware of the good work and

  • What a show at The Met

    JUST a note about a free show on at the Met which I attended. Organised by Bury Youth Service, REPEAT D’BEATZ was a showcase of the wonderful talents of Bury’s youngsters. Although I was there primarily to see my son “do his bit”, I thoroughly enjoyed

  • Power should be ‘by’ people

    RICHARD Martin (Letters, February 17) makes a biased and reactionary case for curtailing the “evils of modern capitalism”. He implies that a desire for personal freedoms and for the encouragement of free enterprise is steeped in political ideaology.

  • Wait for ‘tsunami’ of demand

    THE almost unbelievable refusal of Bury MBC to see sense over an unnecessary court case that has cost £700,000 (and rising), instead of paying staff their due, typifies the root attitude. Had a pay review been implemented gradually (as happened in many

  • Hard ‘labour’ for jailed MP Chaytor

    DISGRACED former MP David Chaytor — who was jailed for 18 months after pleading guilty to fiddling his Parliamentary expenses — is now earning just £10 a week in prison, it has been reported. The 61-year-old is said to be working as a builder

  • Facebook message is son’s life-saver

    A SOCIAL networking website could have saved the life of a critically ill little boy. Philip Rice was putting his son, Ted, to bed one night and spotted the youngster had a rash. He was so worried he uploaded a photograph of the four-year-old’s rash

  • Serious case review into child’s death

    CHILD protection experts will carry out a serious case review into the death of four-year-old Chloe Burke. Bury Safeguarding Children Board, an independent multi-agency panel, has been asked to look into the circumstances of the tragedy. Police are

  • ATHLETICS: Radcliffe AC round-up

    RADCLIFFE AC runners will be among the award winners at the prize presentation for this season’s South East Lancs Cross Country League. Veteran 50 Adrian Harris is the third in his age category after four tough races and both the men’s and women’s teams

  • Boro take setbacks on the chin

    RADCLIFFE Borough manager Benny Phillips is hoping his side will learn from the mistakes that saw them twice throw away winning positions this week. Ben Wharton’s brace put the Stainton Park side 2-0 up against Clitheroe on Saturday, but the visitors

  • Shamed MP kept claiming expenses - after he was charged

    SHAMED former Bury MP David Chaytor kept claiming parliamentary expenses - even after he had been charged with fiddling the system, it has been revealed. Chaytor, who is now serving an 18 month jail term, put in bills for hundreds of pounds in subsistence

  • Bury GSOB 0 Old Bolts 1

    OLD Bolts put themselves back in the Lancashire Amateur League Premier Division title race, but Bury remain on top spot despite this defeat. The game was a scrappy affair with Old Bolts effective in their style of play and made it difficult for Bury

  • Bury Amateurs 0 Duckinfield Town 1

    Bury Amateurs missed a golden opportunity to put themselves back among the leading pack in the Manchester League Premier Division with a lacklustre performance. Ammies were missing their three leading goalscorers – Lee Bruce, Peter Hickford and Steve

  • BASKETBALL: Bury Blue Devils 67 Preston Pride 64

    YOUNG Blue Devils bounced back from a disastrous start to edge out Preston with a last-quarter surge. They were soon 15-5 down and finished 21-11 adrift at the end of the quarter. Foul trouble on key players forced the team into playing zone defence

  • Elton Vale 1 W Didsbury 2

    ELTON Vale hit bottom spot after defeat in the Manchester League First Division. The rearguard activity supplemented by a couple of top drawer saves by Phil Kenyon kept the scores blank for 35 minutes. Sav Lee turned to beat two Elton defenders in the

  • Hollinwood 3 Walshaw 2

    WALSHAW turned in their most inept display of the season when they were beaten at the Manchester League Premier Division’s bottom club Hollinwood. In an uninspiring first 45 minutes Walshaw found themselves a goal behind after a poor clearance by Ince

  • Media demands take toll on Lowe

    RYAN Lowe says he was thrilled to rewrite the Shakers record books when he scored in Tuesday night’s 3-0 victory at Shrewsbury Town, but he admits it has been a tiring few days dealing with the media demands. Two television crews were at Gigg Lane on

  • Hawcoat Pk 27 Bury 0

    BURY’S rise up the league table was brought to an unexpected halt. Bury took advantage of a strong wind in the first half and laid siege to the home side’s try line for 15 minutes with a succession of scrums. Bury opted to take the penalties but they