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Lupton is first lady in tough fell contest
RADCLIFFE Athletic Club's Anna Lupton was on top form when she triumphed in the Turnslack Fell Race - finishing only seven seconds outside the ladies' course record. Lupton ran the eight-mile event at Littleborough on Saturday, in its 30th year, in one
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Radcliffe in cup deadlock
RADCLIFFE Cricket Club's second team face the prospect of a replayed Burton Cup semi-final after they tied their clash with Littleborough over the weekend. Littleborough racked up 192-9 on Sunday, before the rains came and took the game into Monday.
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Man jailed for life after beating up
A MAN has been jailed for life for brutally attacking a man from Radcliffe after sleeping with him. David Summers met his victim at a nightclub in Manchester's Gay Village on September 29 last year. The two men went back to the victim's flat in Radcliffe
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Come and see us or you will be exterminated!
ADAM Exton, aged seven, of Ainsworth, hid behind Doctor Who's most feared enemy, a Dalek, when it and the Timelord's police box-shaped spaceship the TARDIS visited Kay Gardens, Bury, yesterday. They were promoting a popular Doctor Who Up Close exhibition
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Under-age booze sales 'sting'
A SHOCKING two-thirds of shopkeepers sold alcohol to children in a new undercover sting' by police and trading standards officers. Some of them supplied booze to under-age teenagers more than once, and now face having their licences taken away. Police
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Bury man deliberately run over after street fight
A BURY man was deliberately mowed down by a car after he was attacked in the street. The 20-year old victim has since undergone major surgery to have metal plates inserted in his shattered left leg. Police have launched an appeal for witnesses to the
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D-day tomorrow for Greater Manchester C-Charge
TOMORROW is D-Day for the C-Charge - and support in Bury is among the lowest in Greater Manchester. While the majority of local people are in favour of charging in return for £3 billion of transport investment, the margin is much smaller than elsewhere
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Grateful parents join hospital campaign fight
SAVING the life of their baby boy left a Ramsbottom couple so indebted, they went out to raise a 1,600-name petition against the closure of children's and maternity services at Fairfield Hospital. Dave and Amy Clark joined the campaign after spending
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Teenagers' Greek holiday jail hell
A TRIP to Greece turned into a holiday from hell when four Bury teenagers were locked up for a crime they say they did not commit. They spent nearly 72 hours without food, water or toilet facilities, in filthy cells which were infested with cockroaches
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Broughton U-turn angers Shakers
DREWE Broughton has infuriated the Shakers by making a dramatic U-turn in his decision to join the club. The 28-year-old striker opted to join big-spending MK Dons just hours after agreeing a deal to play at Gigg Lane next season. Broughton, who is