SCHOOL pupils proved that Tottington's got talent. About 60 pupils performed to a packed house three nights running at Tottington High School's Stars production. They sang songs by their favourite singers in a show loosely based on the concept of the
A woman has appeared in court charged with the manslaughter of a mum of three from Bury. Patricia Ann Davenport died after a disturbance at a party at a neighbour's house in Rutland Drive, Bury, in the early hours of New Year's Day. Shortly after 4.30am
A TALENTED schoolboy has been given the chance to combine his two greatest passions - thanks to Bury Football Club. Shakers fan and keen writer Eric Wood was aged just 14 when he contacted club staff a year ago to ask if he could do two weeks' work experience
PLAYING fields in the centre of a Radcliffe estate are set to undergo a £215,000 transformation. Former sports pitches at Red Bank Playing Fields, in Unsworth Street, will be upgraded and brought back into use for sport and physical activity. The soil
A RADCLIFFE couple who met through a church choir are celebrating 50 years of harmony today! Eileen and Alec Woodward, of Outwood Road, will mark their golden wedding anniversary surrounded by friends, family and other wellwishers. Later, they plan
AN ELVIS tribute artist got some interesting feedback when his photograph appeared in the Prestwich and Whitefield Guide - it was so convincing fans thought it was actually a snap of the King himself. They were so impressed with how much Elvis impersonator
AN ELVIS tribute artist got some interesting feedback when his photograph appeared in the Prestwich and Whitefield Guide - it was so convincing fans thought it was actually a snap of the King himself. They were so impressed with how much Elvis impersonator
AN ELVIS tribute artist got some interesting feedback when his photograph appeared in the Prestwich and Whitefield Guide - it was so convincing fans thought it was actually a snap of the King himself. They were so impressed with how much Elvis impersonator
BURY is bottom of the North West league when it comes to the number of people receiving vital NHS-funded care when their health deteriorates. Figures published this week disclosed that - at the end of March - only 26 Bury residents out of a population
THE challenges which lie ahead for the town were up for discussion at the first meeting of the Radcliffe Local Area Partnership (LAP). Councillors, service providers including the police and Bury Primary Care Trust, and community groups came together
AT the other end of the scale from the new Audi models must surely be the far more ecology friendly child-sized models of the Peugeot 207 Driving School Ride at Alton Towers which has been vote the most popular children's ride at this Staffordshire theme
IT is one year since Ben Thompson was catapulted from life as an ordinary Radcliffe teenager to a well-known face in one of the country's most popular television programmes. Radcliffe Times reporter Gaynor Clarke caught up with the 15-year-old Coronation
PRIMARY school pupils are well on their way to becoming financial whizzkids by running their very own bank.With the help of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), St Saviours Primary School in Ringley has opened a school bank for its pupils. It is run by
THE number of firefighters injured while on duty in the borough has doubled. Ten officers at the three fire stations in Bury, Whitefield and Ramsbottom suffered injuries between April 2006 and March of this year - an increase of five from the previous
Youths are being blamed for a fire at a Radcliffe factory. Around twenty pallets of cotton and plastic bobbins were set on fire shortly before 7.30pm last night at A and E Threads in Chapelfields, Radcliffe. Fire fighters from Bury spent several hours
A former brewery in Bury was destroyed last night in a suspected arson attack. About 30 fire fighters battled to bring the blaze under control at the old Walmerlsey Brewery in Walmersley Road. Half of the building, more recently used by oil company
RAMSBOTTOM'S most famous family has been commemorated with a blue heritage plaque. The plaque was installed on the facade of the Grants Arms Hotel in Market Place. It commemorates William and Grace Grant and their family. William Grant came to Lancashire
A DEVASTATED mother is demanding an apology after finding a massive pile of earth dumped on her daughter's grave by cemetery workers. Florence Hutchinson (75) visits Radcliffe Cemetery every week to tend the grave of her daughter, Susan Jayne Columan
MP Ivan Lewis will today hold a "crunch" meeting with the boss of a pet products firm making controversial changes to a Radcliffe mill. Concerns have been raised in recent months about Pennine Industries Ltd, which is based in Bradley Fold Mill, off
50 Years Ago: from the Radcliffe Times of August 2, 1957 CRICKET clubs across the country were battling it out to sign up the "brilliant young West Indian cricketer" Garfield Sobers, but it was Radcliffe where he had decided to play. Sobers was the
WITHOUT doubt ecologically friendly, high economy motor cars are very much the flavour of the month, but even so interest in machines that offer panache and performance seems to be as strong as ever. Some evidence in this direction comes from Audi with
AINSWORTH villagers fear their post office could be under threat as part of a government review of services. Post Office Ltd will close 2,500 branches across the country before the end of 2008 to tackle the decline in customer numbers. But people living
