A FORMER Tottington teacher will be pushing his fitness to the limit when he competes in 30 Ironman contests in 30 days. Mr Dave Clamp, aged 54, who worked as a French and German teacher at Tottington High School, will take part in the Triple Deca
THE ORGANISER of a tidy-up event in Tottington has spoken of her disappointment to find litter dropped just two days after the Kirklees Trail was cleared. More than 30 residents volunteered their time to clear rubbish, filling dozens of sacks and
A MAN has died two weeks after crashing his car on the M60 motorway. Michael Freeman, aged 77, lost control as he was driving his Citroen Saxo towards junction 17 at Whitefield at 11.35am on Tuesday, May 14. The vehicle collided with a bridge
BURY have confirmed the appointment of Glenn Thomas as the club’s new chief executive officer, along with the names of two further directors on the board. A statement revealed that Thomas’s role will be to develop the club’s brand while working
A MUM has praised a private midwifery service which helped her through the birth of her second child after finding her first pregnancy difficult. Ilyse Herman, aged 35, of Hillingdon Road, Whitefield, used a My Own Midwife (MOM) clinic when expecting
THRIVING Radcliffe sub-post office could take delivery of the ultimate “stamp” of approval next month. Thanks to the business acumen of Paul Bolger, the Black Lane post office is in the running to be crowned a winner at a UK-wide awards ceremony
A CAMPAIGN to find Bury residents who are hard of hearing and have triumphed over adversity is appealing for entries. Singer Maureen Nolan is fronting the search to find candidates for the Sound Barrier Star Awards run by Specsavers, which celebrates
A PENSIONER was slapped with a £60 penalty for driving into a bus lane—even though he has to enter the zone to reach his own home. Jim Jones, aged 79, was fined after he drove around in the bus lane in Manchester Road for around 95 metres to turn
A PROFESSIONAL tango duo from Buenos Aires have proved so popular in Bury they will now stay and take dance classes for more than a month. Authentic Argentine tango experts Florencia Labiano and Hernán Rodriguez have toured Europe three times and
WHEN Barry and Ros Goldstone’s four-year-old cat Charlie had been missing for four weeks, hopes of finding him alive were fading fast. So they were astonished to discover Charlie’s “catnav” had led him to the doorstep of their daughter Leba Alex
STUNNED residents from across the borough have united in grief after the tragic death of a soldier recruited in Bury. Floral tributes have been laid outside the Fusilier Museum in Gallipoli Garden, while hundreds have signed a Book of Remembrance
EAST Lancashire Railway welcomed a record invasion to its 1940s-themed weekend, trumpeted by a spectacular Spitfire and Hurricane flypast. The 15th annual weekend benefited from a glorious weekend of sunshine which helped attract its best-ever
MORE than £340,000 worth of cannabis was taken off the streets of the borough in 2012, figures have revealed. Statistics released to the under the Freedom of Information Act also show the number of cannabis farms being discovered by police has
A NEW health body has announced its “hit-list” of priorities over the next five years. As part of Government health reforms, town hall bosses were ordered to form a health and wellbeing board to come up with ways of improving living standards.
THE appointment of 31-year-old property developer Stewart Day as new chairman of Bury has been given a cautious thumbs up by the chief of the club's supporters association. As reported in The Bolton News yesterday, previous chairman Brian Fenton
