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Manager's challenge to Rams
RAMSBOTTOM United manager Lee Sculpher is challenging his side to build on two consecutive 1-1 draws in this week's double header with Formby and Glossop North End. The Rams got their season back on track with two respectable performances, but did
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No faulting Harry's game
BURY ABC's Haroon Khan took a major step towards clinching a national Golden Belt title at the weekend when he eased his way into the finals of the Golden Gloves schoolboys championships at the Seaham Leisure Centre, County Durham. The 14-year-old made
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Postman in runn ing for First Class award
A POSTMAN who tackled a handbag snatcher has been added to a shortlist of unsung heroes working for the Royal Mail. Former marathon runner Bernard Sutcliffe raced to the rescue of an 81-year-old woman when he heard shouts behind his post van in Bury
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Cash machine charges 'unfair'
THE Citizens Advice Bureau in Bury is urging people to have their say on cash machine charges as part of a campaign launched this week. CAB bosses are worried that fees charged by some machines have an unfair impact' on people on low incomes who often
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Don't crow too loudly, it may be your swansong
ONCE again, the season is upon us, when, after many months of ignoring the hands which help to pay their food bills, the councillor birds pop their heads out of the council chamber nests and start to crow as loudly as possible. They want to impress
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We have a duty to 'pass on' the family silver
SURELY the LS Lowry painting should be kept for the future citizens of Bury, along with all the wonderful Wrigley Collection in the Art Gallery. I may not like all the present-day collection but we have a duty to pass on to future generations what has
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Education: We've moved on from good to the very best
IT must be that time of the year. Yes the local elections are getting close. Why? Because of the numbers of signed and unsigned Tory letters in last week's newspapers. However, as the ruling group we represent all our residents every day of the year
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Keeping the Red Flag flying
BEER: Nice to see that local Labour party activists have been doing their bit for traditional British breweries. We hear that they sponsored a barrel at the recent Forever Bury beer festival held at Gigg Lane, called, for some reason, Treacleminders
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Poet's view on Lowry sale
CHRISSIE Gittins is a writer who was born and brought up in Bury. She now lives in south London, but regularly visits Ramsbottom. When she heard about the council's plan to sell the Lowry painting A RIver Bank, she visited the art gallery to see it
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New date for annual meeting
lBURY FC's Annual General Meeting, adjourned two weeks ago, will now be held on Tuesday, March 28, 2006, 7pm at Starkies Restaurant, Gigg Lane, Bury.
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Double-header test for Shakers
THERE's another big double-header for the Shakers this week with Saturday's trip to promotion-chasing Grimsby Town quickly followed by a home game against fellow strugglers Oxford United at Gigg Lane on Tuesday night (7.45pm). Bury could consider themselves
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Meet Chris Casper - the loan arranger!
BURY manager Chris Casper will be running up a big phone bill over the next seven days as the countdown to the Football League's loan transfer deadline kicks in. Any deals have to be finalised by next Thursday (March 23) and with a trio of players currently
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Crime 'not high enough' for CCTV
A NEW drinking venue is prompting calls for CCTV cameras in Whitefield. An application for a provisional licence was granted to proprietors of new bar Boulevard, in Higher Lane, to serve alcohol until 2am on certain nights. However, nearby residents
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Campaign to stop drivers using mobiles
THIS picture shows the consequences of using a hand-held mobile phone while driving. Firefighters had to use cutting equipment to free Mark Robertson from the wreckage and a back board to carry him out. Luckily Mark was not actually injured, but had
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Teenager mugged on bus
A TEENAGER was attacked on a bus by three men and a woman and robbed of his mobile phone, cash, cigarettes and a bus pass. The robbery happened on Monday at 6.30pm, in Manchester Road, Bury. The 19-year-old victim suffered swelling to his left cheek
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Mourners' parking tickets: Measures pledge
MEASURES could soon be introduced to prevent a repeat of an incident which saw up to 15 mourners at a funeral being issued with parking tickets. Council bosses are considering ways of being given prior warning of events which will put pressure on car
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Fire rescue man to get bravery award
A MAN who rescued a neighbour from her burning home is to be put forward for a bravery reward. Despite being beaten back twice by thick smoke, John Howarth risked his life a third time to reach Mrs Olive Howard who had collapsed on to an armchair as
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Greenmount spring fair
GREENMOUNT Village Pre-School will be holding their annual spring fair on Saturday, March 25. Games, stalls, a tombola and refreshments will also be on offer at the event, held at the Old School in Brandlesholme Road, from 1.30pm to 4.30pm. Admission
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School campaigners to stand in local elections
PROTESTERS fighting the closure of Broad Oak High and Prestwich Arts College are to stand in May's local elections. Campaign group Save Our Schools (SOS) is backing several independent candidates in a bid to halt the closures. A number of people have
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Red Rose tiara for Grange Hill Georgia
STAR of the small screen, Georgia Foote, has been crowned the new Bury Hospice Red Rose princess. The young actress, part of the Carol Godby Theatre Workshop, plays Alison Simmons in Grange Hill and is set to start filming the third series of the teen-drama
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Zoo tortoises named after Mike's daughters
BUSINESSMAN Mike Goldman has shelled out £600 to have two giant Galapagos tortoises named after his daughters. And the Francis House Children's Hospice in Manchester has also benefited after Mike made his winning bid for the right to name Britain's newest
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Bravery award for pond life-saver
A QUICK thinking boy has received a bravery award after helping to save the life of his best friend. Andrew Ramsden, from Bolton, ran to get help when Christopher Malcolm (10) fell through ice into a pond off Haseley Close, Bradley Fold. Christopher
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Strike action at council
HUNDREDS of council workers in Bury are going on strike in a long-running dispute over changes to their pensions. Services from school meals to social work and refuse collection will be hit after trade unionists voted by four to one to walk out on March
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Company's future hangs in the balance
MORE than 20 workers have lost their jobs after a Bury company went into administration. And a huge question marks hangs over the future of Webb Street-based Elantic Engineering whose chairman is Bury FC director Mr Jim Lomas. Production has ceased and
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EXCLUSIVE: We talk to tragic Joe's family
JOE Geeling was an ordinary school boy who lived an ordinary life. Despite being born with Cystic Fibrosis, the adventurous youngster with an impish smile refused to let his condition prevent him from living his life to the full. He was a chatterbox
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Heartbreak for hospital death family
THE devastated parents of a 20-month-old baby who died 24 hours after he was sent home from a Bury hospital have spoken of their heartbreak. Yadav Krishnakumar died on February 20, a day after he was released from Fairfield Hospital's A&E department
