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Parents hear horrific car smash testimony

THE FAMILY of a man who died after being deliberately mown down have heard witnesses describe the horrific moment a car smashed into him. David Lees, aged 23, of Blackley, died at North Manchester General Hospital in October 2006 shortly after a silver

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AUDIO: Elbow talk about Adele

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Put parking on leader’s ‘to do’ list

I read with interest Cllr Connolly’s “to do” list and noted that revitalising of Bolton Street and possibly purchasing the old Bury Police Station was on it. A word of caution before ratepayers’ money is used on the police station. Seemingly the building

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I thought a councillor would want park open

CLLR Roy E Walker, my letter was printed next to yours in the Bury Times, but where does it state that I have “blamed residents for the closure” and I never said anyone was “pathetic with little lives”. All I want is for Whitehead Park to be open so

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We just want children to be able to play

I am replying to Cllr Roy Walker’s letter. Why do you feel the need to attack people who want to get Whitehead Park opened for children? I never, as you put it, attacked the residents who lie facing the park. I also never said people in Church Ward were

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Independent from allotment group?

IN response to the letter signed by Elton Vale Committee (Bury Times, June 2) I would like to ask who you if you are so completely separate and independent from the Diggle Lane Allotment Association committee? Why did you write to us on Diggle headed

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Have villagers been duped?

I HAVE the uneasy feeling that the residents of Edenfield have been duped. Recently reported in the local press and on TV, Langley House Trust was planning to house paedophiles in Chatterton Hey. During a public meeting at the village cricket club on

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Proposed changes are very unfair

Re: Jackson Reforms I AM an Associate Legal Executive who has represented victims of accidents for over 20 years. I am not an “ambulance chaser” and am not involved in a “compensation culture” but represent innocent victims of accidents. I have seen

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Councils should buy centrally at one price

IMAGINE if a member of your family turned up with, say, a new laptop computer from a big High Street chain store proudly claiming that he or she got “a real bargain” at £600, only for another family member to say, “I’ve seen exactly the same model on

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I also lost cats to poisoning

I feel so sad for Julie Walker, I know how this cat owner is feeling as I lost possibly three cats, but definitely two to poisoning not too long ago. One morning I woke up to find one of my cats dead outside the kitchen door accompanied by our other

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Leave ‘undisturbed patch of nature alone’

IN response to the letter singed Elton Vale Valley Committee (June 2). I’ve not “just” started to take an interest in the valley, seeing as I live here I see the flora and fauna every day and don’t need a “wildlife watch” to tell what’s there. I

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Why author Emma is ‘write’ at home

WRITERS are odd creatures to live with, as becomes clear partway through my chat with writer Emma Unsworth, whose debut novel, Hungry the Stars and Everything is published today. “I have conversations with myself while I’m walking round the house,” she

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New system is a tonic for patients

PATIENTS at a Bury GP practice are among the first in the country to benefit from a new scheme for prescriptions. Greenmount Medical Centre has become one of only a handful of places to introduce a service to improve how prescriptions are handled. People

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Jail for loner who broke ASBO after three days

A LONER who was given an ASBO for causing trouble in town centre pubs and terrorising his neighbours breached it just three days later. David Newton, aged 41, of Victoria Street, Ramsbottom, is now serving a three-month prison sentence after pleading

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Players scoop awards

THE Summerseat Players have swept the board at this year’s Greater Manchester Drama Federation One Act Play festival. The company won five awards, with their youth section’s production of OMG winning all three of the Under 14s categories. James Williams

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Grieving son says ‘sentence too short’

A GRIEVING son has slammed the sentence given to a hit-and-run driver who killed his mother. Sajjad Anwar was jailed for three years and four months at Bolton Crown Court last week but could be released in half that time — he has already spent three

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Garage man ‘tagged’ for council tax scam

A LOCAL garage proprietor has been electronically tagged after pleading guilty to four charges of fraudulently claiming council tax benefit. Intazar Shah, of Wellington Road, Bury, received council tax benefit of £4,882 for four-and-a-half-years from

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Crash car ploughs into house

A PENSIONER was left shocked when a car ploughed into her home. Irene Roscoe has now been landed with a huge clean-up bill after the Citroen Saxo came off the road in Brandlesholme Road, Bury, and smashed into her lounge. Mrs Roscoe was asleep upstairs

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Rain fails to spoil Bury carnival

IT may have rained on the parade but the mixed weather failed to dampen the enthusiasm and spirit which heralded another successful Bury Lions Carnival. The huge turnout which greeted Bury’s popular annual spectacle was certainly in evidence when more

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Council decision makers on tour

BURY Council is going on tour — to encourage people to have their say. For the first time, the authority’s influential Executive meeting will not be held at the town hall. Instead, the meeting, which takes place every two months, will tour Prestwich

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Woman killed in Rome crash

A PSYCHOLOGIST who was about to graduate with a doctorate has died in a tragic moped accident while on holiday in Rome. Deborah Woods, aged 31, was knocked down and killed as she crossed a busy main road with her fiancé Graham Openshaw. The couple had

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New pecking order in class

ANIMAL-loving pupils from a Whitefield school have given a warm welcome to some special friends — a pair of educational chickens. Cockadoodleduo Daisy and Maisy arrived at Elms Bank Specialist Arts College in Ripon Avenue from Cronkshaw Fold