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Bury business hands over charity donation
Bury Cancer Support Centre has been given a helping hand by a local business. The staff at Clough & Willis raised £100 by donating money to the charity instead of swapping Christmas cards. Shefali Talukdar, Clough & Willis’s Managing Partner, and Practice
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Teenager stabbed in Bury
A teenager has been stabbed after helping a young boy escape from a gang in Bury. The 16-year-old was walking his dog in Clarence Park, Walmersley Road, Bury at 3.40pm yesterday when he saw a young boy, aged between 10 and 12 years old being pushed
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Labour’s education chief praises school
ELMS Bank Specialist Arts College is a wonderful place, concluded a leading education politician. While visiting the Whitefield school for special needs pupils aged 11 to 19, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary Andy Burnham MP praised staff
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Firm plans to dump more waste at site
VIRIDOR wants to increase the volume of waste at its Pilsworth South landfill site. The company has submitted a planning application to Bury Council for a “vertical and lateral” extension within the existing site boundary. Viridor held
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Deal or No Deal Dale hits the cash jackpot
He risked ending up with just £250 — but Dale Speight’s boldness paid off when he scooped £100,000 on a TV gameshow. The 20-year-old, from Unsworth, proved the “real deal” when he resisted the temptation to accept a crunch offer of £26,000
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Crisis over budget cuts ‘worst in council history’
THE scale of the crisis facing cash-strapped Bury Council and the threat to jobs and services was underlined at a special budget consultation meeting on Tuesday. Cllr Iain Gartside, Cabinet member for resource, told the 120-strong audience
