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Festival to honour Sir Robert Peel
A VICTORIAN festival is taking place on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the police service. Police officers will gather at Holcombe Hill to celebrate Sir Robert Peel, the Ramsbottom-born man who founded the force 180 years ago. Officers
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Final call for women walkers
A FINAL rallying call has gone out for women to take part in Bury Hospice’s Midnight Walk. Entries have been flooding in all week and more than 240 people have now entered Saturday’s fundraising event. But there is still time for walkers to take part
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Reminder about digital TV switch
HOUSEHOLDS in Bury are being warned they could face a blank TV screen. They are being urged to have a digital TV system at home before the Winter Hill analogue signal is turned off. The Winter Hill transmitter, which covers Liverpool, Manchester, Lancashire
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Armed robbers in attack on Tote bookmakers
Shotgun-wielding robbers terrified staff at a Bury bookmakers. Two men burst into the Tote bookmakers on Moorgate on Tuesday morning, pointed a gun at the woman at the counter and demanded cash. After the cash was handed over to them
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£400,000 extension project for library
RAMSBOTTOM Library and Adult Learning Centre is to undergo a £400,000 extension to provide an additional large teaching space and a small art exhibition area. Work on the project, funded by the Learning and Skills Council and Bury Council, is due to
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Fury after Mile Lane footpath is dug up
FURY has erupted after a footpath set to become a right of way was dug up. Plans were approved last year for a sheltered accommodation scheme in Mile Lane, Bury, for people aged over 55. People living in the area raised concerns because
