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Swine flu drug 'can harm children'
Children should not be given the anti-viral drug Tamiflu to combat swine flu, Oxford University researchers have said. They urged the Department of Health to urgently rethink its policy on giving the drugs to youngsters affected by the current flu
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240 people caught without a TV licence
MORE than 200 people were caught without a TV licence in Bury during the first six months of 2009. But it has one of the lowest rates in Lancashire for the offence, with Wigan at 930 and Bolton at 910. There were 240 people found to be watching TV
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Safety calls after family rescued from reservoir mud flats
SAFETY at a popular reservoir has been called into question after a family of three had to be rescued when they sunk waist deep in mud. David and Alison Mitchell, together with their young son, were pulled out by firefighters when they got
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Developer bids to rescue Pilot Mill housing project
BUILDERS have had to abandon a multi-million pound homebuilding scheme in Bury after a developer went into administration. David McLean Homes (DMH) was last year given permission to start building 70 homes next to the old Pilot Mill in Alfred
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Domestic violence figures jump by 16pc
REPORTS of domestic violence in Bury have increased by 16 per cent in the past three years. The latest figures show that, between April, 2008, and March this year, there were 4,476 incidents of domestic violence reported to the police, with 2,695 of
