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JAMIE HOYLAND: Blackwell's position had become untenable
BURY may be hovering just above the Football League trap door but I believe anybody with an ounce of managerial ambition would be interested in the vacancy. In my opinion, the job represents a fantastic opportunity and I’m not surprised at the
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SAILING: Vets excel on Elton waters
THE Over 50s NW Senior Traveller Series concluded with a superb day’s sailing at Elton Sailing Club. Bolton Sailing Club’s Tony Critchley claimed his second victory of the series in his Supernova to clinch the overall title in the handicap event
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Wilson dips inside top 100 at Coniston 14
FOUR Radcliffe AC runners travelled to the Lakes last weekend for the Coniston 14. Vet-45 Gary Wilson was a fine 81st overall in 1hr 38mins 53secs out of an entry list of around 1,600 runners. The 32nd annual event followed a tough and hilly course
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Anti-semitic graffitti 'on the rise in Prestwich and Whitefield'
ANTI-SEMITIC graffitti is increasing in Prestwich and Whitefield, police say. There have now been five incidents since the beginning of October, four of which were reported in Prestwich. Insp Mark Kenny, from Bury police, said: “This is a repugnant
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Orrell St James 23 Bury Broncos 14
BURY Broncos have not given up hope of promotion from North West Men’s League Division Four despite a narrow defeat in the end-of-season play-off semi-finals. The Broncos finished the regular season in fourth place and narrowly missed out on a
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Pet owner banned from keeping animals after dog dies in hot car
A pet owner has been banned from keeping animals for five years after her dog died when it was left locked in a car on a hot summer’s day. Maria O’Neill, of Cherry Avenue, Bury, left her two-year-old Rottweiler cross in a car outside her house
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Caring Edwina is Bury Woman of the Year
A DEDICATED carer from Prestwich who has volunteered in schools, care homes and hospitals for more than four decades has been crowned Bury Woman of the Year. Edwina Rosenberg has been nominated for the accolade for seven of its 15 years and was
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Moon rocks and meteorite samples on show for Bury Grammar pupils
YOUNG science boffins at Bury Grammar School were truly “on cloud nine” when rare samples of moon rocks and meteorites landed. As part of a Science Week at the Tenterden Street school, samples including a 1.2 billion-year-old piece of Mars, a 4.3
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Old boy’s name added to Bury Grammar war memorial
A new name has been added to a war memorial at Bury Grammar School Boys after painstaking research from a teacher uncovered a forgotten hero. Boyce Ethelbert Minton, who died in the Second World War, is now the 144th old boy to be featured on the
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Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary volunteers find dumped kittens
VOLUNTEERS at Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary carried out a night-time search to find three lost kittens. Members of the sanctuary in Bury Old Road, Edenfield, started a search party at midnight on Friday after a dog walker discovered a cat and three
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Controversial plans to increase landfill at Fletcher Bank Quarry approved
CONTROVERSIAL plans to increase the landfill waste at Fletcher Bank Quarry in Ramsbottom have been approved. Peel Environmental was granted permission to increase the height of inert infilling in the northern part of the quarry, which currently
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Radcliffe student crowned Miss Bury 2013
A STUDENT from Radcliffe has been crowned the new Miss Bury. Chelsea Edgar, aged 18, will now represent Bury at the Miss England semi-finals in May next year. The teenager, whose family live in Limefield Road, also won the Miss Popularity Bury
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Bury's first credit union is launched
BURY’S first borough-wide credit union is now up and running. It has been set up in partnership by Manch-ester Credit Union, Bury Council and Six Town Housing to give residents an alternative to doorstep lenders or payday loan companies. Credit
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15-year-old Tottington High pupil wins disco dancing contest
TEENAGER Phoebe Jones is more than finding her feet in the world of freestyle dancing. The 15-year-old continued her already enviable record of triumphs by scooping two trophies at a disco dance-themed event held recently at Pwllheli in North Wales
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Fusilier Museum staff to do skydive
FUSILIER Museum staff will swap history for parachutes next month when they take to the heavens for a death-defying skydive. A coffee morning was held at the museum to raise funds for the adrenaline-fuelled stunt – which will see museum chairman
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Punters baffled as new toilets installed at Castle Leisure Centre before it is demolished
CASTLE Leisure Centre users have hit out at “wasted money” after the women’s changing rooms were renovated — even though the building is due to be demolished. Plans to knock down Castle Leisure Centre and Bury’s former police headquarters and replace
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Olympic rower Matthew Pinsent visits Bury Grammar School
Olympic rower Sir Matthew Pinsent wowed pupils during a visit to Bury Grammar School Girls. The school was chosen to feature in the Olympic Journey, a BBC show which looks back on the legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games held in London. Headteacher
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Explosion blasts hole in roof at Ramsbottom waste plant
A LOUD explosion was heard in Ramsbottom after a gas bottle was accidentally shredded at a waste management site. The incident at Wheeldon Brothers, in Kenyon Street, happened at about noon on Friday, and the explosion blew a small hole in the
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Bury 22 Clitheroe 25
LATE indiscipline cost Bury dear as they let a first-half lead slip at home to Clitheroe in North Lancs Two. The visitors burst out of the blocks with an unconverted try in the sixth minute. But Bury restored parity immediately from the restart
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Bury ABC young guns into CYP regional finals
FIVE young boxers will represent Bury ABC at the regional finals of the national Clubs for Young People (CYP) championships after a successful Greater Manchester finals day. Faizan Ahmed, aged 16, Abbas Khan, 17, and Roshid Mohamed, 18, were all
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Scott Quigg set for quick return to the ring
BURY’S new world champion, Scott Quigg, has been given a high-profile fight on the undercard of next month’s Carl Froch-George Groves bout in Manchester. The 25-year-old impressed in keeping the WBA super-bantamweight title he had been given by
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HOCKEY: Bury hit seven past Bolton
THE Bury first team moved into second place in Division Four North after putting seven goals past Bolton’s third team without reply. James Oakes gave Bury the perfect start inside the first minute as the home side took the lead with their first
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Little Lever 0 Bury GSOB 2
BURY continued their good form against local rivals Lever. The first half saw GSOB create the better of the chances. In the second half, Bury took the lead through Simon Curtis. The game was put to bed when Ehsan Moazizzi finished well.
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Elton Vale 1 Atherton Town 0
ELTON Vale took the honours in the match-up of two of the league’s unbeaten sides. The first opportunity fell to Elton as Gareth Gardiner’s free kick that scraped the bar. Atherton had a bright spell midway through the half but Vale dug in
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AFC Bury 5 Wilmslow Albion 1
ON a windy afternoon at Cams Lane, Bury ran in four goals in the first 30 minutes as they completed the FBT Manchester League Division One double over their opponents. Bury were looking to bounce back after defeat to Elton two weeks ago and did
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Back-to-back wins move Boro off basement
RADCLIFFE Borough made it back-to-back league wins at New Mills on Monday night. It was a second Evo-Stik Division One North outing in two days for Kevin Glendon’s men and they repeated their weekend scoreline with another 3-0 victory. Matthew
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Tottington United 2 Old Mancunians 1
TOTTINGTON United progressed into the last 32 of the LFA Amateur Cup as they gained revenge over league rivals Old Mancunians for beating them a week ago. Old Mancs took the lead but Chris Bushby levelled before the break. Goalkeeper Dan Holland
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Wakefield 2 Ramsbottom United 3
RAMSBOTTOM United extended their unbeaten Evo-Stik Division One North run to four matches with a deserved win at Wakefield on Saturday. The Rams, who hosted Atherton LR in the Lancashire FA Trophy first round last night, made hard work of the win
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Allan pedals to senior title
JOE Allan grabbed the annual Bury Comets senior club championship with his fifth victory of the competition in race 17 to head off the challenge from Will Owen and James Elston. Allan’s two rivals went to a tie-break for the final placings after
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BASKETBALL: Chorlton end Blue Devils' perfect start
BURY Blue Devils’ early season winning streak was ended on Monday night in a 73-53 defeat at Chorlton. The Manchester side had done the double over Bury last season. But after the Blue Devils built on their opening-day win at Bolton with a
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Sedgley Tigers 38 Leicester Lions 33
SEDGLEY Tigers will get a major test of their promotion credentials on Saturday when they visit leaders Stourbridge. The Whitefield men are handily placed in fifth in the National League Two North after six games and in confident mood after two
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CYCLING: Sam climbs to new heights in Ramsbottom Rake
TOTTINGTON cyclist Sam Tomlins claimed the juvenile prize in the prestigious Ramsbottom Rake Hill Climb. The 15-year-old Tottington High School pupil, pictured, took the honours at one of the toughest hill climbs in Lancashire, completing the 875m
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No Gigg return for Trevor Carson, says Pompey chief Mark Catlin
TREVOR Carson will not be heading back from Portsmouth to Gigg Lane despite the sacking of Kevin Blackwell. The Northern Irishman will not face the Shakers on Saturday, as per the terms of his 93-day loan and is still on course for a permanent
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Business as usual for Bury caretaker boss Ronnie Jepson
RONNIE Jepson insists it will be business as usual as he takes the Shakers to Portsmouth for their first game since the sacking of Kevin Blackwell. The 50-year-old former Gigg Lane striker takes charge of first team affairs at Fratton Park following
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VERDICT: Bury 0 Morecambe 2
IT is too early to tell what the final straw was behind the scenes at Gigg Lane that prompted Monday’s sacking of manager Kevin Blackwell. The “Blackwell out” chants that drowned out the final whistle following Saturday’s defeat at home to Morecambe
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Steve Kean heads list of contenders for Bury FC job
FORMER Blackburn Rovers boss Steve Kean is one of the more surprising names making the early running to fill the vacant manager’s job at Bury. The Scot has not worked in football since being drummed out at Ewood Park in September last year but
