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Drivers caught flashing their lights to warn other motorists about speed operation
Drivers have been warned about “flashing their lights” to warn others about police speed operations. This comes after officers carried out spontaneous speeding operations in the area around Whitefield over the weekend of Saturday May 11 and Sunday
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Former dessert café rebrands into restaurant offering contemporary dining experience
A former dessert café in Bury has rebranded into a bar and kitchen, offering a "contemporary" dining experience and tasting menu. Rawkies Kitchen and Bar opened on The Rock in January 2023 as a dessert café specialising in raw cookie dough.
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Bury's JD Sports celebrates opens first store Middle East as part of expansion plans
Bury-based JD Sports is celebrating opening its first store in the Middle East as part of plans to expand in the region. The sports and fashion retailer opened a store in Bahrain’s Marassi Galleria Mall on May 7. The major retailer has also
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These Radcliffe streets would soon look very different due to redevelopment
The Seventies were a period of massive change for many Northern industrial towns and Bury and Radcliffe were no exception. Old housing and large, former industrial sites were being cleared and ‘redevelopment’ was very much the buzzword.
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Emotional walk in memory of pregnant mother killed by dangerous driver
An emotional walk took place in memory of a pregnant mother who was killed by a dangerous driver, who reached speeds of 120mph and filmed himself while driving. Calvin Buckley led the walk in Heaton Park in memory of his partner, Frankie Jules
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Borough sustainability company plants more than half a million trees in 4 countries
The firm run by two borough dads who are on a mission to help businesses cut carbon emissions have planted more than half a million trees across the world. Play It Green, a subscription service set up by Prestwich dads Chris Thair and Richard
