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  • LETTER: Planting trees is very important

    In his recent letter Pete Haworth states that planting 30 million trees creates a forest with an area more than twice that of the Isle of Man. He doesn’t show his calculation, but using the Woodland Trust’s recommendation of a 2 metre spacing between

  • LETTER: Time for action on Fairfield Hospital car parking

    I work as a consultant at Fairfield General Hospital. The problems with car parking here have now reached the point where every day from Monday to Friday both patients and staff are frequently unable to get to appointments. The waste of resources

  • Black pudding firm gets taste for Bury business awards glory

    ONE of Bury's iconic contributions to the world took centre stage at a business awards spectacular last night. Bosses at the Bury Black Pudding Company were presented with the outstanding achievement prize at the Made in Bury Business Awards 2019