THE build-up for the season opener against MK Dons starts here for Chris Casper, as he prepares his side for their final dress rehearsal against Barnsley. The Shakers boss is likely to play a full-strength side, and is also ready to hand striker Andy
RAMSBOTTOM Heritage Society celebrated 20 years exploring the town's past with an anniversary bash at the civic hall. Visitors were able to learn more about the society's activities as they looked at exhibits and watched hands-on demonstrations. New
CONTINUING increased sales look set to be reflected when the Pilsworth-based sports, fashionwear and footwear giants John David (JD) Group unveils its latest financial results next month. Following the group's annual results to January 2007 announced
COMMERCIAL property specialist Nolan Redshaw has secured a major letting at Prince's Court in Ramsbottom on behalf of Greenmount Developments. Bury Primary Care Trust (PCT) has taken all of the site in Silver Street and Princes Street with 7,000 sq ft
BURY'S Sol Viva nightclub will relaunch tomorrow following a major refurbishment. The Rochdale Road venue refurbishment incorporates a new, semi-covered outdoor smoking area for customers. General manager Nicola Strang said: "We felt it was time to
AN eight-year-old boy was injured when a van he was travelling in tipped onto its side following a crash. The white van was being driven by a relative of the youngster when it collided with a Ford Escort in Plumpton Drive, Bury, at 5.20pm on Sunday.
THERE is no doubt that Boro are getting better with every pre-season game they play, but what is equally evident is that they need to find a goalscorer fast. Boro are slowly getting back to their entertaining ways, but they do not want to have another
FOLLOW your dream was the main message to students during Castlebrook High School's annual awards. That was the theme addressed by headteacher Mr Anthony Roberts and former pupil Mr Chris Brogan who was guest of honour at the event. The ceremony marked
RADCLIFFE'S cricketers notched their fourth victory of the season when they beat third-placed neighbours Unsworth by three runs on Sunday. Anwar Ul-Haq was the star of the show with a fine all-round display, scoring 56 and then taking 5-74 in the Unsworth
AN outstanding individual will be crowned for their commitment to the environment at Bury's premier awards ceremony later this year. Nominations in this and other categories are being sought by Groundwork Bury in the run-up to their tenth annual Environmental
A BURY high school is spending £300,000 to offer students better training in vocational subjects. Broad Oak sports college is building a new hair and beauty training salon and a construction centre, along with a hi-tech music suite. The salon will boast
UP to 15 jobs at a Bury car dealership could be at risk after its parent company went into administration. The town's Dixon Ford showroom in Crostons Road is part of Dixon Motor Holdings Ltd, an independent car retail group employing 1,400 staff. The
RADCLIFFE actor Richard Ashton will stand out when he stars in an open air show at Heaton Park, which began last night. For the 6ft 7in thespian plays Oberon, King of the Fairies, in the Feelgood Theatre production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", which
RICHIE Clarke could be just out of the Shakers' grasp, admitted Chris Casper. The Newry City midfielder enjoyed a successful trial spell at Gigg Lane a week ago, scoring in the club's 1-1 draw with Hyde United. After returning to Northern Ireland, the
IS it Shakespeare, or is it West Side Story? All will be revealed when Feelgood Theatre present A Midsummer Night's Dream in Heaton Park, which starts tonight. Radcliffe actor Richard Ashton, all 6ft 7inches of him, plays Oberon, King of the Fairies
A group of enterprising youngsters from Bury aim to hit the high notes, low notes and especially the loud notes with a charity rock concert at The Met tomorrow night, which will also feature Fury UK. The eight-strong team organising the event: Andrew
THE Met in Bury is host to three rock and pop events this month. Four artists play the Winelight Club in the neighbouring Automatic bar on August 14. They are songwriters Patrick Briscoe, Tom Kerswill, Liverpudlian Rachael Wright, and Cumbrian duo The
The Zimmermen pay tribute to Bob Dylan at the Hark To Towler, Tottington, tomorrow night. On Saturday, Stone Sole River are the star attraction, just having finished a nationwide theatre tour with Blues legend Joe Bonamassa and are now lined up for the
THE 60th anniversary of the independence of India and the founding of Pakistan is shown in a new exhibition. Imperial War Museum North presents a display of photographs, stories and events called Life and Freedom. It provides a glimpse of the contribution
CREATIVE prisoners showcase their talent with an exhibition at the Co-op HQ in Corporation Street, Manchester. This unique art and literature show will demonstrate the talents of prisoners from the North West and help to support the rehabilitation of
THE Bolton Octagon is offering free show tickets to enthusiastic and responsible volunteer workers. They need someone to operate a validation machine for car park chips, situated in the theatre's William Hare bar, before the show and during the interval
A NEW theatre group has started in Bury and presents its first production tomorrow at The Met. The small-scale touring company, PMP Productions, has been set up by two senior members of the TAPP Youth theatre group, Matthew Lane and Steven Ticehurst.
BOOKS are just like buses . . . you wait for ages for one and then two come along at once. Well, that is at least the view of Bury headteacher Chris Ashley who is all smiles about the publication of two of his children's books. The two stories, published
PLANS for two new children's centres in the borough have been delayed after councillors decided to visit the proposed sites. St Stephen's Primary School, in Bury, and Butterstile Primary School, in Prestwich, both hope to construct a single-storey building
Retiring headteacher Lynn Lines went out on a "high" from her role at Elms Bank Specialist Arts College in Whitefield. Just before she stepped down after 14 years, Mrs Lines got one final compliment from an inspection team who rated the school excellent
THIS photograph, of Church Lane, Prestwich, is dated May 9, 1919. The buildings on the left have gone and were located close to the site of the previous rectory, as seen in the more recent picture. Originally, the parish of Prestwich covered an area
LOCAL man John Williamson has taken a giant step up the career ladder with national conversion specialist, PJ Livesey. The company has marked a period of significant growth by promoting John, who was previously managing director in the north. He now
POLICE have uncovered a fourth cannabis farm in Prestwich within a month. Around 400 mature cannabis plants worth thousands of pounds were seized last Friday in a raid on a house in Lichfield Drive. The majority of the bedrooms and ground floor lounge
WATCHDOGS have thrown out demands for an investigation into Tory councillor Michelle Wiseman. She was accused by two Labour adversaries of telling lies during the Viridor Laing controversy at Bradley Fold. But the Standards Board for England (SBE) says
KEITH Alexander has made bids for two strikers -and has not ruled out a deal for current trialist Marcus Richardson. The director of football has had an exhausting search for a front-man, with bids for Simon Yeo and Drewe Broughton falling by the wayside
A BURY man deliberately mowed down by a car has had to have metal plates inserted in his leg. The 20-year old underwent major surgery on his shattered left leg following the incident earlier this month. The victim was walking along Tennyson Avenue when
FURY has erupted over plans to cut down the size of Radcliffe's new state-of-the-art high school. Education chiefs want to slash the Riverside's roll from 900 to 600 pupils - and move Radcliffe Hall primary school into the building to make up the numbers
DOZENS of people have been surprised to receive £60 charges after a new company started monitoring private car parks in Ramsbottom. Motorists have picked up tickets for parking in car parks they had been using free of charge for years, not realising
THE owners of a decaying listed building in Affetside have been given permission to make urgent repairs. The grade II-listed farmhouse and attached barn at Bradshaw Head Farm, in Watling Street, have fallen into a state of disrepair and work needs to
STUDENT Jonathan Horenfield (17) is the winner of the first Making Bury Greener competition organised as a way of engaging with young people in Bury and raising awareness of Climate Change and the environment. Students from schools and colleges across
A HONEYMOON in the USA and Crete followed the wedding of Mr Neil Morgan and Miss Annie Williams. The ceremony was held at The Parsonage, Escrick, North Yorkshire. The bride, latterly of Parliament Street, Bury, is the daughter of the late Jack and Mona
A live' link to Iraq to talk to a relative followed the wedding of Mr Ian Turnbull and Miss Sharron Jane Lindsay. They were married at Bury Register Office. The bridegroom, of Westcombe Drive, Brandlesholme, Bury, is the son of Mr and Mrs G Turnbull
BURY's Fusilier Association Corps of Drums helped family and friends celebrate the marriage of former Fusilier soldier Mr Ian David Hadfield to Miss Emma Louise Long. They wowed guests with their spectacular lights show at the wedding reception at the
ST THOMAS and St John's Church in Radcliffe was the location for the wedding of Mr Garry Taylor and Miss Sarah Brindle. Mr Taylor, of Grosvenor Street, Radcliffe, is the son of Stephen and Karen Taylor, of Robertson Street, Radcliffe. Miss Brindle is
BUSINESSES can now benefit from a major boost to support services. For Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Manchester Solutions Group, has unveiled its new Chamber membership package. The changes will mean that Chamber members
A MEMBER of Bury Round Table and Forever Bury have married in West Yorkshire. The wedding of Craig Matthew Clarkson and Sharon Elizabeth Kelly took place at the Methodist Church in Otley. The bridegroom has now just moved to Yorkshire and has joined
A HONEYMOON in Cyprus followed the wedding of Mr Carl Kenneth Lund and Miss Jodi Louise McGregor. Mr Lund, of Snape Street, Radcliffe, is the son of Kenneth and Sharon Lund, of Bury, and Miss McGregor is the daughter of Mrs Brenda McGregor and her late
A TOTTINGTON-based animal charity has launched a desperate appeal to find loving new homes for stray and abandoned cats and kittens. Pets in Need say they are in the middle of a cats crisis with more and more of these animals being taken in by the charity
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ONE in five Bury adults say they drink more than they should and millions of people in the UK drink excessively to the extent where they are putting their health at risk. Drinking a moderate amount of alcohol is unlikely to cause physical or psychological
MONTHLY events to introduce families to the pleasures of birdwatching continue next weekend, August 11 and 12 at Jumbles Country Park. The events, organised by Hugo Charlton-Jones of Bolton and Bury RSPB Group and United Utilities, include an information
A GROUP of members took part in a guided evening walk at Castlefield in Manchester led by Mr J. B. Taylor. We began at the Liverpool Road Station, built in 1830 as the world's first passenger station to link two cities. Walking through the area we saw
IT was Members' Night when the ladies of Greenmount Evening WI met for their July meeting and Mrs Margot Williams had invited Kathy Lewis to come along and tell us how she had begun her career as a singer on board cruise ships. It was also an evening
JULY birthdays were the theme that Mr. Peter Hardman chose for his Monday recital. His reason for this choice? It is the month in which he himself was born and fortunately so was a whole host of jazz stars. It meant that we were able to hear a vast range
SUMMER seems to be a season of Annual General Meetings in the chess world, and last week it was the turn of the Manchester Chess Federation to hold theirs. The Bury club were represented by three members at the meeting, and two Bury members were re-elected
AFTER our usual monthly service in church, we welcomed our speaker for the July evening, Mrs Kathy Lewis, a soprano singer. Little did we know what an enjoyable evening we were in for, with such a lovely vivacious lady. She had many stories to tell
MR Terry Ashworth was the guest speaker at the latest meeting of St. Paul's Ladies Group. Mr Ashworth, who is a member of both the East Lancashire Railway and the Bury Cine Society, showed the official film of the reopening of the railway line from Bury
A HEROIC Bury firefighter has been crowned a regional finalist in the search for the country's top lifesavers. Andy Sherlock has been shortlisted in the North West heat of the annual Vodafone Life Savers Awards after putting his own life at risk to save
BEING an opponent of the Pimhole demolition, I read with great interest the increased expenditure now needed to make the authority's dream a reality (Bury Times, July 19, Pimhole Redevelopment Costs Go Up Yet Again'). I even found it amusing how the
WITH the development now well under way in the town, the Minden medical centre former car park is now just a memory. No doubt many people visiting the doctor will now use The Rock car park which is also adjacent to the medical centre. The car park has
THE president and members of Peel Lions Club would like to thank Jon, Kay and their staff of the Hark to Towler, Tottington, for their kind generosity and support for our Osteoporosis Screening event last Thursday. This was much appreciated. We would
I write in response to Mr Rudd's letter to the Bury Times last week, in which he quotes Councillor Wayne Campbell and I as saying that we are concerned that extra funding for Pimhole is going to increase the council tax by one per cent. First, may I
IN response to David Chaytor (Bury Times, July 26). Redundancies in the NHS, hundreds of doctors lost to the NHS, going to work abroad. The potential loss of local maternity services. The loss of one health visitor job, per day (latest NHS workforce figures
AFTER reading the article in the Bury Times last week (July 26) regarding the proposed development of an eight-bed residential care home on Kirklees Street, Tottington, for people with learning difficulties, I would like to respond. After working in
FOLLOWING your letter from Mr B Warburton last week, I suggest he should try using his loaf, or at least, get a book on GCSE chemistry. When hydrocarbon fossil fuels are burnt e.g. coal, gas, petrol, they combine with the oxygen in the atmosphere to
IT is good to see your correspondent Mr Warburton praising Jonathan Horenfield's essay How to Make Bury Greener, but some of his points invite a reply. Far from being influenced by the government's propaganda, Jonathan is helping to make sure that our
I read the Making Bury Greener' article with interest and some cynicism. What is Bury MBC doing about the rash of brickpaved/flagged front gardens appearing weekly, particularly in the Longsight Road/Brandlesholme Road locations? Many do not even leave
OH dear! It would seem that I have rattled David Chaytor MP, if his response to my letter is anything to go by. First, he addresses the matter of continuing non-payment of a pay rise for NHS staff in his constituency by offering statistics - a very political
THIS is a reply to Mr Chaytor after reading your reply to Mr Brooks' letter last week. I would like to add a few points. I too have worked for the health service for almost 27 years and at present as a midwife. During those years I have seen many changes
I would like to clarify a few points about the article Holiday pals in Greek jail hell' (Bury Times, July 26). First, (my son) Jack and Paul were not in the apartment at the time of the incident . . . they were, in fact, out in Malia, but not in the
IN reply to Councillor Roger Jones' letter of July 26, I'd like to ask when the public referendum on congestion charging is to take place? Will it be after the decision is made and done purely for appearances, I wonder? I think if every car owner in
I am a multi-drop driver working for an international delivery company. Besides driving around Manchester to and from my place of work, my delivery area is also in the Eastlands/Ardwick area. Though I, like many others, voted on various polls to voice
The so-called congestion charge around Manchester is, as we all know, another form of stealth tax. Not only do they want a congestion charge around Manchester, but all the local towns as well. What will they do with all the money they expect to collect
BRIAN and Kath Gee (Bury Times, July 26) in their letter about Townside Fields mentioned my name in the context of their preference for the views of young people to those of people like myself. It may interest Brian and Kath, therefore, to know that
Have yuu been picked? SATURDAY Bury v Euxton (away): J Stone (capt); S Quinn; J McGahan; A Raza; S Leach; A Khan; A Metcalfe; A Baig; W Belston; Z Answar; A Zakir; a Maxwell. Meet 12noon. Bury 2nd v Euxton (home): J Towey (capt); M Hague; K Belston
GREENMOUNT's treble dreams will hinge on the outcome of two titanic clashes this weekend. Already through to the Lancashire Knockout semi-final, the Bolton League club take on leaders Walkden in Saturday's top-of-the-table clash - then do battle with
BURY District Under-11s have completed their season with an impressive four-match winning run. The local juniors have hit top form this summer, and they began their winning run with a three-wicket victory against North-east Wales on May 6. Salford were
RAMSBOTTOM seconds completed a hat-trick of Lancashire Evening Telegraph Junior Cup wins and their fifth in six years when they defeated Todmorden at Centre Vale on Saturday. Batting first, Todmorden started well after they lost two early wickets. Adam
RAMSBOTTOM United step up their pre-season build-up with a home friendly against Bury on Wednesday. But they first visit Walshaw SC tonight before making the short journey to Elton Vale on Saturday as manager Lee Sculpher continues to assess a crop of
RADCLIFFE Borough coach Kevin Glendon is working overtime to bring a goalscoring striker to the club ahead of the big UniBond kick-off on August, 18. Boro continued their pre-season campaign with a 0-0 draw against Conference North side Barrow on Tuesday
THE Bury Ladies Rounders League's gala day is to be held on Sunday, August 12. There will be lots of fun for all the family with a cake stall, tombola, bouncy castle, raffle, barbecue and much more from 11am. Cash raised will go to local charities.
BEN Leonard is still in shock after his dream move from Sunday League football to the professional game with the Shakers. Just over a fortnight ago, the 23-year-old from Sheffield was preparing for a night shift plastering in Stoke on Trent. But in
ANDY Bishop is preparing to make his long-awaited comeback from injury against Barnsley at Gigg Lane on Saturday. The Shakers striker has been out since the end of last season with a knee injury, and suffered complications after returning to training
A CHILDREN'S play scheme could be forced to close because funding has dried up. The Tottington Holiday Play Scheme has been providing summer activities for children aged four to 12 for more than 25 years. It operates for three weeks every summer at
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to allow a garden centre to be built on green belt land has been approved by councillors. Developer Adonhill applied to Bury Council for permission to erect a new building at the former Berry's Garden Centre, in Turton Road, Tottington
EARLY birds' in Bury are waking up to the benefits of doing business over breakfast! A dynamic group of like-minded business people meets every fortnight at the town's Bolholt Country Park Hotel and is already reaping the rewards of networking and forging
TWO teenagers allegedy raped a woman they met in a supermarket car park. Michael Forrest, of Bury and Bolton Road, Radcliffe, and Michael Mather, of Fairfield Drive, Bury, have denied raping the 26-year-old mother-of-one before a jury at Bolton Crown
BURY'S heritage East Lancs Railway could play a crucial part in the controversial congestion charging scheme. A commuter link to Ramsbottom is now part of the package approved by transport bosses for a £3 billion public transport investment, which also
BURY is to get a new multi-million pound fire station. Plans are in the pipeline to build a new borough headquarters and deployment station on land at Castlecroft. If given the go-ahead, the new station will be neighbours with Bury police, who have
SCHOOL'S out for good for four Ramsbottom teachers. Four teachers, including the deputy headteacher and the assistant headteacher, retired from Woodhey High School at the end of term. Deputy headteacher Pam Burrow said: "I've taught in Bury for almost
IT is frequently said that he who laughs last laughs loudest'. I rather suspect that, following the decision of the Standards Board of England, that the complaint against Coun Michelle Wiseman by Coun Sharon Briggs was not even worthy of an investigation
TWO Ramsbottom caterers have been forced to move after more than 16 years in business because of complaints that they damage the town's image. Mike Heyes, who sells burgers and black peas from the Carriage catering trailer, and hot potato seller Bill
WE would like to say a big thank you to the East Lancashire Railway for inviting us to join them for a splendid day on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the re-opening of the line from Bury to Ramsbottom. A ride in a steam train, excellent music
IN recent weeks I and many others have received propaganda from the local Conservatives and Liberal Democrat parties assuring me they are against congestion charging. The Conservative Parliamentary Candidate in Bury South has been very outspoken on the
THE sister of Mason Jones reduced hundreds of mourners to tears when she sang at his funeral. Members of the 400-strong congregation at St Joseph's RC Church wept openly as eight-year-old Adee Jones performed a moving rendition of Tomorrow from the musical
