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Honorary degree for Elbow frontman
SINGER Guy Garvey is to be awarded an honorary degree by Manchester Metropolitan University. The Bury-born Elbow frontman will become an honorary Doctor of Arts at the graduation ceremony for the Faculty of Art and Design on July 11, in recognition
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Sports writer Neil turns to crime . . .
BY day he writes about local sport, but by night Neil Bonnar has a more thrilling literary life. For the head of sport at the Bury Times and Radcliffe Times has just published his first crime thriller. For three years, Neil spent his
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Disappointment over amount raised for charity at carnival
MORE than 15,000 people turned out in glorious sunshine for the annual Bury Lions Carnival — held on a Sunday for the first time in years. Changing the day proved the right decision as it saved spectators from a soaking had it been held on