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MP sets out vision for 2009

Bury South MP Ivan Lewis

4:08pm Tuesday 6th January 2009

HELPING firms and their staff through the credit crunch, tackling violent crime and picking up the pieces from the failed congestion charge plan.

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Talented artist to be honoured

Prestwich artist Simon Black, who died of cancer earlier this year, will have his work exhibited at Manchester Jewish Museum from Sunday.

2:36pm Tuesday 6th January 2009

SIMON Black, one of the most respect artists to live and study in the borough, is to be honoured at an art exhibition that starts on Sunday, January 11.

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Help catch my cousin's killer - victim

3:43pm Monday 5th January 2009

A SHOOTING victim has relived the terrifying moments in which his cousin was gunned down in cold blood while he sat beside him in a car just over a year ago.

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An eye for business

11:50am Thursday 1st January 2009

BURY College students are putting their entrepreneurial skills to good use by setting up their own business.

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100,000 benefit from new health records

8:40am Thursday 1st January 2009

MORE than 100,000 patients across Bury now have a summary care record at their disposal.

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Rachel earns a royal reward

Barbara Lewis meets the Earl of Wessex

6:40pm Wednesday 31st December 2008

A ‘GOLDEN girl’ from Whitefield has won royal recognition after completing her Duke of Edinburgh award.

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Cops slam hoax 999 callers who put lives at risk

3:40pm Wednesday 31st December 2008

POLICE chiefs have hit out at the number of hoax 999 calls made over the Christmas period.

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£29,477 average for local workers

11:40am Wednesday 31st December 2008

FULL-time men and women workers employed in Bury earned an average of £29,477 a year in 2008.

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Litter louts face on-the-spot fines

11:26am Wednesday 31st December 2008

GREEN-thinking bosses from Bury Council have vowed to get tough on litter louts in the new year - by fining them £50 on the spot.

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Benefits bus in town

8:40am Wednesday 31st December 2008

A mobile advice centre for benefits inquiries will stop off in Prestwich next Monday.

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