HALIFAX is to go ahead with plans to shut its Radcliffe bank branch. In February, the bank - part of the Lloyds Banking Group - announced that the Blackburn Street branch would close at the end of May due to a drop in footfall. The decision was
AN EPIC musical tale of biblical drama is coming to a Whitefield church. Bury Choral Society are set to bring to life Handel's famed oratorio Judas Maccabaeus at All Saints Church, Stand. The performance will be led by conductor Juan Ortuno
A TRIO of trash-collecting youngsters have won praise from the community for their public spirit. While other children may have spent the recent bank holiday playing on computers, 12-year-olds Emma Cooper, Harvey Magill and Maddison Cooper armed
A PENSIONER has been taken to hospital after being involved in a collision with a car this morning. Sunny Bank Road was closed between the junctions of Manchester Road and Ajax Drive due to the incident, which happened shortly before 8.45am.
A RAMSBOTTOM pub has teamed up with a community group to host a series of games mornings throughout the summer. Holcombe Tap will host the events each Thursday in conjunction with Rammy Men, a group that was set up last year to provide an environment
A 28-year-old man was left with serious slash wounds after an "extremely violent" knife fight at a pub. The violence erupted yesterday evening when eight men armed with knives began fighting at the Woodthorpe Hotel in Bury Old Road, Prestwich.
