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Fourth cannabis farm raided by Prestwich police
POLICE have today uncovered a fourth cannabis farm in as many weeks in the town - two of them in the same street. Around 400 mature cannabis plants worth thousands of pounds were discovered at 11am at a house in Lichfield Drive. A male, of Oriental origin
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Road surfaces to reap the benefit
THE future of road repair has been unveiled in Bury. A new machine that allows highways workers to melt and reuse damaged road surfaces rather than dig them up and replace them with new material was demonstrated in Newcombe Road, Ramsbottom, last Thursday
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How are bus lanes supposed to ease traffic flow?
I fully agree with the comments regarding the bus lanes (Bury Times July 12). I travel regularly to Bury along Bolton Road and the congestion each morning has become much worse since the introduction of bus lanes. I queue from as far back as Mile Lane
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We do not need hammer to crack congestion nut
THIS is a copy of a letter I have sent to David Chaytor and my local councillor. My intention is to raise questions on this issue and make people more aware of the implications of a congestion charge which seems to be going through unquestioned. I am
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Search for boilerman’s relatives
I AM searching for information or descendants of a Robert Lord, boilermaker of Bury 1856-1930, who at the time of his death lived in Walmersley Road, Bury. I understand that R Lord & Son Co Ltd was an old firm of Bury boilermakers and wondered if this
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Guessing rather than estimating cost of council projects
I REFER to your article on the runaway costs of the Pimhole redevelopment project, and the additional £500,000 on top of the £392,000 given last September, when the original costings was £10.9 million. It is now running at £11.8 million. It is quite
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Once in a lifetime opportunity to improve public transport
I would like to respond to the letter titled Let's all leave our cars at home and watch public transport creak from Walter Brooks, of Bury, published in the letters page on Thursday, July 5. Mr Brooks says: "Let us take action on a day and leave our
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Road charges - a real mystery
IT is turning out to be real whodunnit when it comes to which leader of Bury Council put together the planned bid for Congestion Charging. Someone must know. Those who were granted the privilege to represent us have us believe they don't know what the
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Credit for parks
may I congratulate yet again our parks and countryside services. They continue to provide high quality services and at a very low cost. Their enthusiasm and innovation is a credit to all involved. Now they have added to their achievements by gaining
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Bus death pensioners’ family let down by lenient sentence
Further to our statement last week, which was composed before the sentence of the bus driver who was in court following the death of my parents John and Elsie Steel. On reflection, I would like to add that whilst I am still in agreement with the jury's
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Local politicians should heed the young
WE write to congratulate Jonathan Horenfield, winner of Bury's first Making Bury Greener competition. His essay urges developers to build only carbon-neutral buildings from now on, encourages all of us to walk or take the bus instead of using cars, and
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Winning essay influenced by ‘green’ propaganda
JONATHAN Horenfield's essay How to make Bury greener, shows that young people are giving serious thought to how we deal with climate change. However, it also shows that the government's propaganda is being taken in. They are using the tactic perfected
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Have you a girl at Woodhey?
AS reported in the Bury Times, the governors at Woodhey High School, Ramsbottom, have made a decision to change the school uniform. The result of this policy is that from September any girls that attend the school will only be permitted to wear a specific
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Two more reasons to thank Labour
MR Walter Brooks (Bury Times, July 19) forgot to mention two other points for which he should thank the Labour government. First, the regular above inflation pay increases for NHS staff in most of the last ten years, which has made Britain's health workers
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Inflation fear?
I sympathise with Walter Brooks (Bury Times, July 19) and his comments on the staging of the nurses' pay rise. Throughout the history of the NHS, nurses have never been fairly rewarded, but the Pay Review body was supposed to put this right. However
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Garden waste collection isn’t enough
THE following points are made in reply to Graham Atkinson's letter in last week's Bury Times, regarding his department and council edict that the grey bin is for disposal of household waste and not garden waste only. Landfilling biodegradable waste such
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‘Smallest car’ man appeals for help after hit and run
A MAN from Ramsbottom who owns an example of the smallest car in the world is appealing for witnesses after he was involved in a hit and run incident. As reported last week, Mark Trippier (30) owns a Peel P50, the smallest road-legal car in the world
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‘Lies’ fury over waste tip saga
TWO Labour councillors have accused a Tory adversary of telling lies about them during the Viridor Laing saga at Bradley Fold. They have reported councillor Michelle Wiseman to the Standards Board for England (SBE), saying she has abused her position
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Head’s plea to build on school vision
A BURY headteacher has made an impassioned plea for Derby High School to be given the opportunity to design and construct the first purpose-built Science and Arts College in the country. Mrs Alyson Byrne says such an undertaking would bring benefits