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Fergie advice suits Shakers
LOAN ranger Nicky Ajose has revealed how a few words of advice from Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson convinced him that the next stage of his footballing development is best served at Gigg Lane. The 19-year-old striker, who has scored six
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Fire at chemical factory puts residents on alert
RESIDENTS have been told to stay in their homes and keep windows and doors shut following a fire chemical factory. Fire crews were called to Ferrari Electroplating, in Bury Road, Radcliffe, at 8.45pm when a vat containing 2,500 litres of copper sulphate
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Alzheimer’s is devastating
AS a retail worker for a well known high street pound shop, I am used to being in the firing line for verbal abuse and sometimes plain bad manners. But today, a man of senior years really took this to the extreme. He asked me if I was thick or I must
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Get in touch if you support Fairtrade
DID you know that the Bury Fairtrade Steering Group has now been in existence for one year? We are working towards registration of Bury with the Fairtrade Foundation. To achieve this, we need to list all those organisations and establishments across
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Proud record of resisting wrong decisions
THANKS for featuring the success of the local people, young and old, in saving Unsworth library from closure. This is just the beginning of a response by Bury residents to protect our valued services. Wherever you go, you hear of proposals to cut jobs
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Window of opportunity for mum and daughter
A BURY mother and her daughter are helping take the sting out of the credit crunch by matching skilled workers with homeowners looking to make the most of their properties. Both women already help to run a family window company through which they spotted
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Racial abuse driver ‘shouted at warden’
A MOTORIST who racially abused a traffic warden in Bury after getting a £50 parking ticket has been handed a larger penalty. Irfan Younis, aged 31, of Halton Street, Tonge Fold, must now pay £800 in costs, after unleashing a torrent of abuse on a female
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Generous support
ON behalf of the patients and families of terminally ill people in Bury, we would like to thank everyone who supported our Christmas collections. More than £900 was raised in the area by volunteers through local street and supermarket collections on
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Joe Geeling Trust walk tribute
AS the organiser of the annual Joe Geeling Charity Dog Walk, I would like to thank all those who took part in last year’s event. With sponsorship monies and donations still coming in, the 2010 walk has now raised an impressive £1,750. I know Joe’s parents
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Thank you for helping me
I HAD a bad fall on Monday, January 14, at about 2.30pm, in Market Street, Bury. I would like to thank three people who were so kind and picked me up and they stayed with me until the ambulance arrived. I can’t remember the two ladies’ names but the
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Deadly cocktail of pressures on young
THIS has been a devastating time for young people. Nothing is going their way, leaving them demoralised, demotivated and losing interest in education. The tuition fees vote lost, students will have to accept obscene fees if they want a university education
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Staggered by yearning for ‘good old days’
I admire the strident, heartfelt views expressed by many contributors to Bury Times Letters — long may they continue — but I was staggered by the views of Cllr Sandra Walmsley (January 27) about the Post Office. Here is an elected councillor, part of
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Tribunal ruling makes a mockery of council
THE judgement from the Employment Appeals Tribunal against Bury Council makes an utter mockery of the council’s senior management and our politicians. Everyone who took an interest knew that the council would lose, except those in charge. What perverse
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Trio locked up for attack
A GANG of teenage thugs who beat up an innocent man when he tried to stop a fight have been locked up for 10 months. Ryan Hunter, Craig Dobbs and Jake Leach, all from Tottington, punched and kicked the man as he lay helpless in the street following a
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Pair in court in connection with robberies
TWO men have appeared in court in connection with a spate of robberies, including one in Bury. Paul James Smith, aged 24, of Devon Close, Brinnington, Stockport, and Dale Fitzpatrick, aged 26, of Seymour Avenue, Clayton, appeared before Minshull Street
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Noteworthy night as choir contest gets under way
RADCLIFFE Civic Suite was filled with the sound of music last night for the start of Bury Hospice’s school choir competition. Pupils from Chantlers Primary School, Bury Grammar School Girls and St Marie’s RC Primary School took to the stage. The winning
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New era takes hold at Boro
RADCLIFFE Borough owner Bernard Manning took to the dugout to take charge of team affairs this week following the resignation of manager Gerry Luczka and his assistant Peter Freakes at the weekend. The Boro owner assumed control of the Boro side which
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Quigg 'can ben all-time best British contender'
LEGENDARY boxing coach Jesse Reid – a Hall of Fame trainer who has coached 23 world champions in his career – believes Bury’s Scott Quigg can become one of Britain’s all-time great fighters. The 22-year-old super-bantamweight, pictured below, who has
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MATCH VERDICT: Macclesfield 2 Bury 4
THEY might have ridden their luck at times, and they certainly made things difficult for themselves, but Bury’s victory at Macclesfield on Tuesday evening showed real guts and character. After storming into a three-goal lead within 36 minutes, courtesy
