AN ELECTRIC blanket sparked a house blaze. A 47-year-old woman had to flee her home in Ainsworth in the early hours of Thursday. Firefighters believe the fire started because the electrict blanket had not been turned off. Crews were called to home
A LAUNDERETTE has been forced to close for a week after a blaze ripped through a store room. Firefighters were called to the Bubbles Launderette in Chesham Road, Walmersley, at 11.30pm on Wednesday after a neighbour called 999. Marian
A ROUND-the-clock advice line offering support for patients, carers and relatives has been launched by Bury Hospice. The 24-hour service took its first calls on Monday. It will be giving people direct access to a fully trained and highly
A TOP cricketer due to join Ramsbottom has told how the New Zealand earthquake has devastated his home town. Shanan Stewart, aged 28, said he feels “very lucky” after the disaster shattered the lives of his friends and colleagues in Christchurch
WASTED medicines are costing Bury’s cash-strapped health service more than £1 million every year. Health chiefs have now launched an appeal to ask patients to help them tackle the expensive problem. NHS Bury, the primary care trust (
PEOPLE in Bury were yesterday called on to be the voice of the new Labour Party. Sadiq Khan, shadow justice secretary staged Greater Manchester’s first New Politics, Fresh Ideas in the Radcliffe Civic Suite. The initiative, which sees
A BUSINESSMAN helped to smuggle more than 18 million illegal cigarettes into the UK by hiding them in board games. James Spencer Hall, who ran the Bury-based company Man2Man, tried to avoid £3.5 million of taxes, Chester Crown Court heard.
