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Fans' team aiming to show their heroes how it's done
GONE are the days where supporting your team involved buying a match ticket, a pie at half-time and the odd club scarf. The rise of the internet has spawned a new breed of supporter, those willing to travel around the country and live out their fantasy
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Nugent deal will keep on going
BURY could continue to cash-in on David Nugent - even after his £6million move from Preston to Portsmouth this week. The striker earned his former club around £1.2m because of a 20 per cent sell-on fee inserted into his contract when he left Gigg Lane
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Brewery makes progress in steak pie competition
MANCHESTER'S Holts Brewery, which has pubs throughout the Bury area, is "steaking" its claim for a top title! The company has been selected as a semi-finalist in the National Steak Pie Competition 2007, organised by the English Beef and Lamb Executive
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Expertise vital for new health centre schemes
MANCHESTER-based law firm Hempsons has advised on a £20 million property deal which will see two new state-of-the-art health centres in Bury. Contracts have been signed on the two health centres which are worth £10 million each which will bring a wide
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Matthew leads fight against bank charges
A BURY businessman is helping angry customers bite back against the banks over unfair charges. After Matthew Jackson successfully waged a battle against his bank to recover £7,000, he has now launched his own Action Group company to assist others facing
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Awards at double for workplace safety
BURY-based Gleeson Homes North West and Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service have been honoured by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents for their outstanding achievements in workplace safety. They were presented with RoSPA Occupational
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Quarry company wins prestigious award for improved water usage
RAMSBOTTOM-based Marshalls has "tapped" into a major environmental award - thanks to its commitment to reduce water usage and disposal. The company, which operates a thriving quarry at Fletcher Bank, has won the "process award" in the Business Commitment
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ELR Buckley Wells masterplan
I REFER to Carl Chrystan's letter in the Bury Times on Thursday, July 5, which makes reference to the planning application for the East Lancashire Railway (ELR) Buckley Wells Tourist Development, but confusingly is being used as a protest against a Metrolink
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Our cartons can be recycled
I WRITE in response to a letter (June 22) in which the writers asks why Bury Council won't be including cartons in their cardboard collections. I'd like to reassure all your local residents that our cartons can be recycled. Made from a mix of paperboard
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Reunion for a ‘rural’ school
AS Affetside Primary School meets on July 17 for its fourth annual reunion, it is excellent to see that Greater Manchester has developed a Rural Resource Unit, acknowledging the existence of rural areas within urban conurbations. This ensures that rural
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Memories of cotton workers
I HAVE been commissioned to write a book called Memories ofLancashire Cotton Workers. This is to be published in the autumn of 2008. I wonder if your readers have any such memories which they would be prepared to share with other readers and myself.
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Global warming: Air travel is a big contributor
I HAVE just had the AGMA, GMPTA Congestion Charging leaflet delivered through my door. The first thing I noticed is that the leaders' of Greater Manchester's ten councils have put together this bid. Who does the term leader' refer to from Bury Council
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Bus lanes have created more problems
I WAS extremely pleased to see that improvement works were being undertaken to the junction of Ainsworth Road and Bolton Road (A58), including the provision of traffic lights, pedestrian crossings, and road widening. And I am pleased that these works
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Smoke-free world a great achievement
YOUR report Free Umbrellas for Smokers contains significant inaccuracies. Your figure of 4,000 umbrellas across Bury is 3,000 out. The figure is 1,000. You repeat the wrong 4,000 figure in the sub headline that inaccurately claims the only purpose of
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Umbrellas highlight quitline
I felt it was important to clarify the facts regarding the free umbrellas for use by smokers as detailed in last week's Bury Times. Rather than keeping smokers dry or to be used as an alternative to a smoking shelter, the main purpose of these umbrellas
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Rain held off for Tottington's big musical extravaganza
RAMSBOTTOM band Plus Special Guests showed audiences at Tottington's Music in the Park that they are worthy of more than just the warm-up slots suggested by their moniker. The band comprising Paul Whelan on vocals, Lewis Kirkham on guitar and keyboards
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Close friend marries Osama bin Laden's son
A WHITEFIELD woman has spoken of her surprise after learning that her close friend has married the son of the world's most wanted man Osama bin Laden. National newspapers revealed yesterday that Jane Felix-Browne, aged 51, from Cheshire, had married
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Windows smashed in two break-ins
A 19-YEAR-OLD man was arrested following a vandalism spree in Ramsbottom's Market Place. Windows were smashed and fire extinguishers set off at the Market Chambers building during a break-in shortly before 4am on Saturday. Police believe two men got
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Axe thugs threaten man, 52, in bid to take car
A TEENAGER was arrested by police after masked thugs armed with a machete and an axe threatened a man outside his home. The 16-year-old was detained after five men ran from a Mazda car used in the incident in Second Avenue, Bury, at 8pm on Tuesday.
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President Tina’s charity goal
TOTTINGTON and Bury West Inner Wheel's new president is looking forward to supporting charities that cared for her husband in the last months of his life. Tina Brown has received the ceremonial chain of office from outgoing president Mary Raines. In memory
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Crumble champ Ben enjoys the taste of success
CELEBRITY chef Andrew Nutter found proof of young culinary talent "in the pudding" at a high school cookery competition. He was so impressed with 15-year-old Ben Fairhurst's apple crumble that he asked to have the recipe for his new television series
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Bury-born actor gets his own TV chat show
BURY-born actor Antony Cotton is going head to head with Richard and Judy with a new teatime chat show. Antony, a former pupil of Woodhey High School in Ramsbottom, will front an hour-long show combining celebrity chat and topical humour. The Anthony
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Physio treatment for a leg of lamb
A BURY physiotherapist used his skills on an animal patient by helping to nurse an injured lamb "baa-ck" to health. Gian Rothwell's wife, Patricia, was among a group of horse riders who found an abandoned lamb trapped under rocks on the moors above Rochdale
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Protest over ELR plans
MORE than 100 residents are fighting plans by the East Lancashire Railway, fearing they could lead to the siting of a second Metrolink stop near their homes. On Monday night, householders in the Buckley Wells area of Bury came out against the ELR prosal
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Postmen set to stage second national strike
POSTAL workers in Bury and throughout the UK will tonight stage a fresh 24-hour strike in a row over pay and jobs, crippling mail deliveries for the second time in a fortnight. The Communication Workers Union said up to 130,000 of its members wouldwalk
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Hurst sets 20-goal target
GLYNN Hurst has set a season target of 20 goals for himself - and any other striker who comes in to challenge for his first-team place. The Bury hitman was perhaps more glad than anyone else to return to pre-season training this week having missed out
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Shakers come under friendly fire
HOW much can you really read into what was effectively an extended training session? On the surface, very little. Just four days into pre-season training, you can forgive the Shakers for playing the game at a canter, especially with a prestige friendly