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Shakers looking for top class warm-ups
BURY welcome the players back for the start of training on Wednesday with a number of dates in their pre-season calander still to fill. Their campaign kicks off at Radcliffe Borough on Saturday, July 14, before matches at home to Burnley and Wigan and
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Barker transfer dealings hit by Rangers rumour
RICHIE Barker hopes to unveil two new signings by the end of the week despite being hampered by the Rangers buy-out rumours. The Bury manager was forced to put his transfer dealings on hold for two days after the story linking Rangers owner Charles
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Local league leads youth revolution
THE root and branch review of youth football called for by Richie Barker is already well under way, and the heartland of the revolution is on the Bury manager’s doorstep. The FA recently voted through historic proposals to completely overhaul the structure
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500 youngsters in a sporting battle
BURY staged its own version of the Olympics when it hosted a four-day International Youth Sports Festival. The sporting prowess of around 500 boys and girls aged between 13 and 16 was showcased during the event which is in its 20th year. Youngsters from
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Plea for old spectacles to help the third world
STAFF at Bury College are helping to give the gift of sight to people in developing countries by donating their old spectacles. Bury College has teamed up with Specsavers, in The Haymarket, Bury, to donate old frames and lenses to charity Vision Aid
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Councillor in the dock for ‘cheeky’ website comment
A COUNCILLOR is facing an investigation after calling Bury Council’s leader a “cheeky bleeder”. Cllr Donal O’Hanlon, pictured, made the comment on his website on May 17, a day after the first full council meeting of the council year. In a post called
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Marathon soccer tour for charity
A RADCLIFFE man who has successfully battled cancer is looking to raise £15,000 for the hospital that treated him by undertaking a marathon football trip. Mark Higginson was diagnosed with throat cancer last year and underwent three operations, three
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Cars stolen after house burglaries for drivers’ keys
POLICE are warning people to be careful where they leave their keys after a series of burglaries aimed at stealing expensive cars. There have been five incidents this month when thieves broke into houses and took the car keys, before driving off in the
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Successful ball makes up for park washout
STAFF, volunteers and supporters celebrated Bury Hospice’s 21st anniversary in style — despite torrential rain scuppering an event. Organisers of Party In The Park were forced to postpone Sunday’s event when Close Park in Radcliffe flooded on Friday
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‘Lock up’ plea after home thefts
POLICE are reminding householders to lock doors and windows after two burglaries at nearby houses in Bury. A thief got into the properties in Chesham through unlocked front doors on Tuesday, June 19. Between 7am and 4pm, £40 and credit cards were stolen
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No further action in corruption inquiry
TWO Bury councillors will face no further action after they were arrested by police on suspicion of corruption. Cllr Bob Bibby, the former Bury Council leader, and Cllr Jim Taylor had been detained at their home in Booth Road, Bacup, in January. They
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A model rescue as Blake gets finger stuck in track
A MUM has thanked firefighters who came to the rescue when her three-year-old son trapped his finger in a toy train track. Blake Kennett-Jones got his finger stuck while playing with the train at his home in Sycamore Road, Tottington. Mum Rayne Kennett
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400 expected to go on the run for hospice
FUNDRAISERS will be under starters’ orders on Sunday for the fifth annual Bury Fun Run. More than 400 people are expected to take part in the five-mile race in aid for Bury Hospice. The run will be started by the Mayor Of Bury, Cllr Joan Grimshaw, at
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Mop-up op after torrential rain
A MASSIVE clean-up operation was needed after torrential rain caused flooding. Homes and parks along the banks of the River Irwell were flooded on Friday night, causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. Ramsbottom was badly affected, with its football
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Crowds enjoy a real taste of the country
THOUSANDS of people savoured a taste of the countryside at the weekend’s 69th annual Bury and District Agricultural Society Show. But organisers have since issued an urgent call for more volunteers if the town’s longest-established yearly event is to
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ANGLING: Show boosts profile of local waters
THE Angling Trust display at Bury Show in Burrs Country Park at the weekend was a huge hit. Many people did not know that large sections of the River Irwell and River Roach were fishable. This was due to the selfless help of local angling societies
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CYCLE SPEEDWAY: Turner turns on the style for Comets
TWO separate Grand Prix events dominated the racing this week either side of the washed out Go-Ride events, organised to coincide with the passing of the Olympic torch through Bury. The midweek Manchester League at Goshen on Wednesday provided
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Broncos blood two new youngsters' teams
BURY Broncos have launched their under-15s and u13s teams. They are the first in their age groups to represent the town for more than a decade. The club, based at Philips High School in Whitefield, has had the support of Swinton Lions and the Bury Council
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CROQUET: Bury put Fylde to the sword
Bury romped to a 7-2 victory over Fylde in the North West Federation Advanced League at Heaton Park on Sunday. Captain Matt Holmes won all of his games, conceding only seven hoops over the entire day and made eight peels over three games. Paul Kenworthy
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Bury on the up as youngsters excel
BURY’S junior supremo Paul Belston says the club are relishing the switch to the Bolton Association where the club’s youngsters will be playing in their junior league. The burgeoning youth set up at Radcliffe Road is helping to give the current Manchester
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Bankers go top as Dearden shines
WOODBANK went to the top of the Lancashire County League with a double win at the weekend. They leapfrogged local rivals Prestwich in dramatic style thanks to what Woodbank’s cricket manager Peter Griffin described as a magnificent spell of bowling from
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Sedgley sign up Welsh star Clive
SEDGLEY Tigers have added ex-rugby union and league star Clive Griffiths to their backroom staff. The Welshman comes to the Whitefield club with an impressive coaching pedigree, which includes stints as head coach at London Welsh and Swansea. The former
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ATHLETICS: Critchley clan in fine form over peaks of Snowdonia
RADCLIFFE AC’s George Critchley certainly made it a family affair when he, his wife, daughter and sister-in-law ran Trails Marathon Wales this weekend. The event featured a full and a half-marathon in the tough Coed y Brenin forest in the Snowdonia
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Stone Roses back for reunion gig after 17 years
IT is the reunion gig many fans thought they would never see. But tomorrow, thousands of people will travel to Heaton Park to watch The Stone Roses play the first of their sell-out shows. More than 220,000 tickets have been snapped up for the three
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Rain dampens Radcliffe hopes
RADCLIFFE Cricket Club chairman Louise Farley is praying an upturn in the weather can aid the first team’s bid for a top-eight spot in the Central Lancashire League. The League is set to split in two next season and only the top half will play in the
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HANDBALL: Fudge in final GB squad for London Olympics
BURY’S Kathryn Fudge has been included in the final 14 for the Great Britain handball squad for the London Olympics. The 22-year-old former Tottington High School girl kept her place in the British team when it was slimmed down from 22 players at the
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ATHLETICS: Brown shows hurdle prowess
WHILE most of Bury's athletes were braving the horrendous weather last weekend to take part in the International Youth Sports Festival, one athlete showed his class on a larger stage. Jack Brown represented Greater Manchester Schools in the Mason Trophy