Archive
-
Date
Can Hayley join Aaron in final?
A TALENTED Prestwich singer is hoping to follow in the footsteps of Whitefield schoolboy Aaron Jordan who has reached the final of a prestigious talent contest. Aaron, (14), of Grosvenor Avenue, hit all the right notes before a packed house at the Printworks
-
Date
Bus driver on trial for death by dangerous driving
A BUS driver failed to stop at a crossing at which he knocked down and killed an elderly couple, a courtwas told today. Mark Stuart, prosecuting, said the driving of Paul Davis (37), of Fairlands Road, Bury fell "far below" the standards of a reasonable
-
Date
Lucky escape for wonder-dog Bryn
AN adventurous border collie got more than he bargained for when he was out on a walk and went exploring - 20ft down a dangerous cliff side. Five-year-old Bryn was out with his owner Gordon Joyce on Monday morning (July 16) in a rural area off Elbert
-
Date
City centre congestion alert
PEOPLE from Bury travelling into Manchester are being advised to check that their journeys will not be affected by new water mains being laid. United Utilities is carrying out an £8 million scheme to upgrade the 100-year-old cast iron water mains with
-
Date
Residents say no to road charge plan
FOUR in five Prestwich residents oppose the idea for a congestion charge, a petition has claimed. A survey, conducted by former Holyrood Ward councillor Geoffrey Berg, found that 83 per cent of people living in the Sedgley Ward who were asked said they
-
Date
Multi-million pound new store deal is ‘good news’ for Bury
Bury Times, June 21, 2007 A NEW Marks and Spencer store will be created on The Rock and send Bury soaring up the national shopping league. M&S will leave the Mill Gate centre and take up a custom-built site twice its current size, and one of the largest
-
Date
Drivers to suffer as The Rock disruption continues
Bury Times, February 22, 2007 ROAD closures will affect residents in Bury next week as work continues on the redevelopment of The Rock. From 7.30am on Monday, contractors working for Thornfield Properties will be shutting Butcher Lane while demolition
-
Date
Developers unearth our mill history
Bury Times, December 21, 2006 BURY'S industrial heritage is being slowly revealed by the redevelopment of The Rock. Archaeology experts have been sent in to record old mill remains as work by Thornfield on the £220 million scheme gathers pace. The
-
Date
It's Debenhams for The Rock
Bury Times, July 13, 2006 DEBENHAMS has been confirmed as the flagship store for the £220 million transformation of The Rock. The hugely successful department store has signed up as the first retailer to occupy the development. It will occupy three
-
Date
Shoppers' first glimpse on the 'new look' Rock
Bury Times, November 16, 2006. SHOPPERS can have a hi-tech glimpse of Bury's future when they head down The Rock. Banners have been installed depicting computer generated images (CGIs) of what the town will look like after the £220 million Thornfield
-
Date
LAP meeting to discuss Rock Triangle
THE Rock Triangle transformation will be top of the agenda when Bury West Local Area Partnership meets on tonight. Developers Thornfield will give a presentation to the LAP, the new name for the area board, which holds its first meeting at Bolton Road
-
Date
Dinner time puts Barbara in a stew!
A NURSERY stands little chance of spoiling the broth - after three years of looking for just one cook proved fruitless. Barbara Keeley needs someone to prepare dinners for 40 children at her Lowercroft Road Educational Nursery, at Lowercroft Road Business
-
Date
September date for Morrisons
MORRISONS is heading for an opening date of September 15, 2008, as part of the £20 million redevelopment of Whitefield town centre. The announcement was made as construction got underway in a ceremony at the site, in Bury New Road, last Friday. At the
-
Date
New advice clinic for workplace grievances
FREE legal advice will be on offer at a special evening clinic for people who believe they have been unfairly treated at work. Lawyers will work for free to give specialist advice in the 30-minute appointments available at Bury Law Centre. The fortnightly
-
Date
Show turns up the heat
HOT stuff! That's Derby High School's Disco Inferno production which celebrated the music of the 1970s. The show, a modern day interpretation of Dante's classic, was performed on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week. More than 70 students were
-
Date
Peach of a production by Elton High
YOUNGSTERS at Elton High School are staging a "peach" of a production this week. For a giant spider, glowworm, centipede and ladybird will take centre stage when pupils perform a musical version of the classic Roald Dahl novel James and the Giant Peach
-
Date
Fleet-footed Chesham are tops!
CHESHAM Primary's victorious cross-country team has certainly given other school squads a run for their money! For their 10-strong team has swept the boards in local cross-country competitions and help re-establish the school's enviable reputation in
-
Date
£1.3 million caravan site development opens at Burrs
VISITORS to Bury can go caravan crazy after the £1.3 million development of a site at Burrs Country Park. Former Top Gear presenter Steve Berry braved the rain to declare the caravan site officially open on Friday. Around 120 people, including the Mayor
-
Date
Wild West day at Hawkshaw Gala
YOUNG and old alike had a wild, if wet, time at the Hawkshaw Gala. For the first time, organisers allocated a theme to the annual three-day extravaganza - the wild west. Re-enactment society Lone Star staged a gunfight on the village green and a hoedown
-
Date
Thief faces jail
A FATHER has been warned he faces jail after a jury ruled he helped to steal cars and electrical goods in three burglaries. Marius Baama (28), of Embla Walk, Burnden, was found guilty of three counts of burglary at Bolton Crown Court. The court heard
-
Date
Smoking shelter plans resubmitted
TWO pubs have resubmitted planning applications for smoking shelters following the rejection of their initial proposals. The pubs are the Grey Mare Inn, Bolton Road, Ramsbottom, and the Dungeon Hotel, Turton Road, Tottington. Both are owned by Thwaites
-
Date
Rotary honour for girls who came to aid of Ukrainian children
SIX girls from Ramsbottom have been named Rotary young citizens of the year for their work taking gifts to children in Ukraine. The students collected and sorted gift boxes with the Preston-based International Aid Trust (IAT) and travelled to Ukraine
-
Date
Concert cash for Joe's Trust
A CHURCH is holding a concert to raise money for the Joe Geeling Trust. The Middleton Band will play at St Paul's Church in Bridge Street, Ramsbottom, from 7.30pm on Saturday, July 21. Tickets priced £5 are available from Alma Sanders, of St Paul's
-
Date
Site visit to build future for students
A BUILDING firm is helping Castlebrook High School lay the foundations for piloting the new construction GCSE. Ten construction students from the Unsworth school experienced life on a building site, courtesy of the Wigan head office of Allenbuild. Castlebrook
-
Date
Broad Oak turn to new e-learning scheme
A HI-TECH "Sir" is helping Broad Oak pupils achieve significantly improved academic results. The Hazel Avenue high school has been piloting an e-learning literacy project, which provides interactive tuition tailored to individual students' needs. Around
-
Date
Mark breaks the sound barrier to start his own business
A FATHER-OF-TWO who lost his hearing as a child is determined that his disability shouldn't prove a barrier to running a business. So Mr Mark Thompson has decided to launch his own company and is believed to be the only deaf plumber in Greater Manchester
-
Date
Midnight stroll will bring in cash for the hospice
WOMEN from across the borough are being urged to put on their walking shoes and raise money for Bury Hospice. Entries are now being accepted for the charity's second Midnight Walk, which organisers promise will be bigger and better than last year. A
-
Date
Sprinkler system prevents major blaze
A SPRINKLER system prevented a major blaze at a Bury factory. The industrial unit at Britannia Mill in Cobden Street was targeted by an arsonist at around 7.30pm last night. The firebug smashed a window and torched a quantity of fabric used to make curtains
-
Date
Woman's hair set on fire by cigarette
A WOMAN suffered severe burns to her head and face after a cigarette she was smoking set her hair on fire. Fire crews from Bury were called to Ormrod Street, Bury, at 11am on Saturday after the injured woman raised the alarm herself. The 58-year-old
-
Date
Boys rescued from river
TWO boys had to be rescued after becoming trapped on an island in the swollen River Irwell. The youngsters, aged 12 and 13, jumped from a bridge on to a mud island in the river to retrieve a baseball cap but were unable to climb back up. The fast flowing