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Taxi drivers are held in contempt
May I be allowed to have a short reply to Mr Andrew Johnson's long winded letter, The Bury Times, Thursday, September 10. He being the head of commercial and licensing at Bury council. Thank you for your reply to my letter Mr Johnson. As expected
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Sign up for breakfast clubs
As a young mum with a boy about to start school, I understand the challenges many parents face in ensuring their kids’ diets stay healthy at school. That’s why I was concerned to see a new report from Kellogg’s claiming a £646 million is being spent
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Help for gamblers
Anyone concerned about the amount of time or money that they or someone close to them is spending gambling can talk direct and in confidence to an adviser from 8am to midnight on our HelpLine 0845 6000 133 and its online equivalent, NetLine at www.gamcare.org.uk
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Researching history in Unsworth
I am researching my Marsh family history. My Marsh family lived at Oak Gate, which was near Oak Gate Farm in Unsworth from at least 1799. Oak Gate was on the corner of Moad Hill, and James Marsh (my direct ancestor) was living there there in 1799.
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Energy survey is a waste of council money
WHY do Bury Council insist on wasting council tax payers’ money.? A current example is the issue of a four-page questionnaire, thinly disguised, if answered, as a free home energy report. Bury Council already has an energy show house offering home energy
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Ban for mobile user drivers would make cyclists safer
WHEN the Blackpool mass cycle hire scheme was reported on TV on September 15, some of the people who were asked if they would make use of it said “No way, it’s too dangerous.” — quite right! I’ve been a keen cyclist from being a child. My first big
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Resist supermarket
With regard to the planning application for a retail unit and flats above the Dragon pub site, Parr Lane, this is a great opportunity for councillors and MPs to band together to support this small business in our community and to prove to the person in
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Elms event blossoms
I recently had the pleasure of attending the Elms in Bloom event at the Elms Community Centre Whitefield, an annual competition where certificates and prizes are presented to individual and community groups for garden and flower arrangements. It was
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Chesham Road residents live in a car park
regarding the long saga around on-street parking near to Bury Football Ground in Gigg Lane. I understand that residents are unhappy about fans parking for a couple of hours on a Saturday afternoon. These residents should consider themselves lucky. My
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Outstanding care at every level from Fairfield Coronary Care Unit staff
I recently had the misfortune to suffer a heart attack at my home in Bury. I was taken to the Coronary Care Unit at Faifield Hospital and later moved to Manchester Royal Infirmary where a team was waiting to carry out an angioplasty procedure (a tube
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Contest singer finalists named
THE line-up of singers has been confirmed for the final of this year’s Powersound competition. The winners of the third heat, held last Wednesday, were Daisy Hope, aged 11, Carly Jade, aged 14, Molly Costello, aged 12, and Jade Francine, aged 17. They
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USA-style party to help fund Africa trip
TWO Bury sisters are staging an American Evening tomorrow night to help fund a trip of a lifetime. Sophie Royle, aged 19, and 17-year-old Madeleine Royle are holding the event at Bury Town Hall’s Elizabethan Suite, beginning at 7.30pm. The fundraiser
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Grants worth up to £50k to be won
worthy causes are being invited to make a bid for thousands of pounds. Every year, the Gannett Foundation, a charitable trust set up by Gannett — the media company which owns the Newsquest Media Group, including the Bury Times, Radcliffe Times and The
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Rouse contract is terminated
DOMAINE Rouse has left Bury after the club and the player mutually agreed to terminate his contract. Shakers manager Alan Knill has finally lost patience with the striker after a succession of off-the-pitch problems. The 20-year-old scored once in 12
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Ramsbottom United 1 Nostell Miners Welfare 0, FA Vase second qualifying round
RAMSBOTTOM United were forced to dig deep to progress to the first round proper of the FA Vase. Both sides were reduced to shots from long range early on before the deadlock was broken on 38 minutes when a shot from Joel Pilkington was superbly saved
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Local football round up
BURY Amateurs’ 100 per cent record in the Manchester League’s First Division continued with a 2-1 win at Cams Lane at the expense of Wythenshawe Town. The Ammies, who beat Town 6-1 in the reverse fixture on the opening day of the season, went behind
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Luczka strugs off late defeat to focus on Cup
GERRY Luczka was left to reflect how often you do not get what you deserve from a football match after Tuesday night’s UniBond Challenge Cup exit at Mossley. Three days earlier, Radcliffe Borough turned in a scrappy performance at home to Woodley
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Port Vale 0 Bury 1, League Two
RYAN Cresswell could find it hard to win back his place after an immaculate display at the heart of Bury’s defence was blighted by a late red card. The 21-year-old centre back forged a watertight partnership with the equally impressive Efe Sodje, limiting
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Mossley 1 Radcliffe Borough 0, UniBond Challenge Cup first round
BORO exited their second cup competition of the season, but it took their east Manchester hosts 119 minutes to find the net. With a minute remaining of extra time, former Ramsbottom United man Matt Kay stooped to head home Karl Brown’s corner. Up until
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Radcliffe Borough 2 Woodley 1, UniBond Division One North
Boro halted their recent run of poor results with an important but largely undeserved win in a match that saw them dominated by the visiting side. Radcliffe were forced into reorganising their formation to a 3-5-2 after the recent departure of Owen Roberts
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Hatton in bid to take Quigg to next level
RICKY Hatton is trying to tie up a title eliminator fight for Bury’s rising star Scott Quigg. The Hitman, who manages the 20-year-old super-bantamweight through his new venture Hatton Promotions, believes his protegè is ready to make the step up to
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Outcry at proposal to build new Co-op store
FURIOUS residents attended an emergency meeting this week to fight plans for a new store in Unsworth. A crowd of more than 200 people packed into Mersey Drive Primary School hall to protest against proposals to build a Co-op store in Parr Lane. It comes
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Shakers want a victory at Gigg
BURY boss Alan Knill is desperately seeking some home comfort. The Shakers have yet to win at home this season after losing five games in a row at Gigg Lane. In stark contrast, Knill’s side have been excellent on their travels — winning three out of
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Jones set to make return
MICHAEL Jones is aiming to make up for lost time by helping Bury climb back into the top half of League Two. The 22-year-old winger has cut a frustrated figure on the sidelines after suffering an ankle injury a fortnight into the season, and he is desperate
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Community centre anger at bill for Legionella check-up
VOLUNTEERS have slammed Bury Council bosses for threatening them with legal action if they do not cough-up extra cash for a health check. The council has demanded money from 29 self-managed centres to pay for monthly Legionella disease checks
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Gang of women laughed as man beat up victim on her birthday
AN ex-serviceman from Radcliffe and his girlfriend beat up and humiliated a woman on her birthday, a court heard. Thomas Judge, aged 21, slapped, kicked and urinated on the 53-year-old victim before stealing her handbag on May 26. His
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Tributes to popular sports fan flood in
A family is in mourning following the unexplained death of a 23-year-old man. Mark Mahon, a keen football fan from Radcliffe, died on September 4. Mark was found dead at his flat in Warwick Street, Prestwich, where he had recently moved to. His funeral
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Birthday joy for tiny tot Zack and his family
A BRAVE tot who defied the odds when he was born three months prematurely has celebrated his first birthday. Zack Shah weighed 1lb 7oz when he was born at Fairfield General Hospital on September 22 last year. He had less than a 50 per cent chance of
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Primark sets sights on town centre
PRIMARK, the popular clothing and household store has announced it is coming to town, the Bury Times can reveal. The company will open a 50,000 sq ft store next July at the new £350 million Rock development in the town centre, alongside Marks and
