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Hit-and-run pedestrian has died
A PEDESTRIAN knocked down by a hit-and-run driver has died from his injuries. The 24-year-old man was crossing Dumers Lane, in Radcliffe, at 8.50pm on Sunday when he was hit by a black Seat Altea near the junction with Morris Street. He was taken to
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Council leader’s blog is mine of information
THE TOWN Hall’s top man has well and truly entered the technological age — by setting up the borough’s first ever leader’s blog. A month after his Labour party took control of Bury Council following a nail-biting local election, Cllr Mike Connolly
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Hat-trick of birthday honours for borough
A SPORTS coach who trained thousands of youngsters has been given an MBE for his voluntary services to grassroots football. Denzil Hart, aged 54, of Bury, was given the plaudit for being heavily involved in community coaching for three decades
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Why author Emma is so very 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
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Play dream comes true
DISABLED children and adults across the region now have somewhere to play — thanks to the hard work of a caring mum. The doors of Boomerang opened on Saturday and more than 400 people tried out the water bed, bubble tubes and other sensory
