ELTON Lib B took advantage of their C team's open date to move back to the top of the Irwell St Metals A Section in the Bury Snooker League. It was Mark Rowland in frame five who was the chief destroyer while Pete Lomas and Andy Davis took Walshaw's consolation
LATEST details RESULTS PREMIER DIVISION Roach Ht 0, Swan Ht Rad 7; Rainsough Brew 2, S of Life A 5; Masons Arms A 5, Shirt Club 2; Riley Snk. Club 6, Victoria Ht A 1; R & Crown Rams 4, Welcome Inn A 3. FIRST DIVISION Cross Keys A 3, LL WMC 4; Bridge
A CHILDREN'S disco will be held at St James Church in Woolfold, Bury, Saturday night for youngsters over seven years old. The event runs from 7pm to 9pm, and entrance fee is £1.50.
A PENSIONER is recovering in hospital after receiving scalp burns when her hair caught fire. The 62-year-old woman sustained the injuries at Ainsworth Nursing Home in Knowsley Road, Ainsworth, on Wednesday night. Emergency services attended the incident
CABINET member Paul Boateng cooked up a storm when he inspected Bury's brand new adult education centre. Mr Boateng, chief secretary to the Treasury, toured the £630,000 centre which has been built in the former Halifax offices in The Haymarket. The centre
RAMSBOTTOM Cottage Hospital will continue to provide health and social care in the town. But it is unlikely that it will continue providing in-patient care for the elderly, health bosses have announced. The future of the hospital, which provides care
TWO speakers from Skipton Financial Services gave a presentation on inheritance tax and the options available to deal with the tax. A record attendance of members showed that this matter was of great interest to them. The rapid rise in property values
CARERS throughout Bury found themselves being put first last week. Carers met with council officers, councillors, the local health authority and members from other agencies, to discuss how to maintain and improve services designed to help those who look
THE ladies were treated to a slide show accompanied by a very interesting commentary, by Mary Davison, at their February meeting, as she described her cruise journey in Antarctica. She was fortunate to make the trip in 2000 when Marco Polo, a cruise ship
PUPILS from St Thomas's Primary School in Bury have given a fond farewell to their favourite caretaker Derick Isherwood. Mr Isherwood, of George Road, Ramsbottom, retired from the Pimhole Road school after eight years and now plans to spend his retirement
BURY'S supermarkets and community stores have been clearing their shelves of banned products in the wake of the Sudan 1 alert. Trading Standards and Environmental Health officers from Bury Council have been contacting food premises throughout the borough
RESIDENTS in Prestwich and Whitefield are being asked to take part in the first ever Hug Quiz. Hug, which stands for Helping Unite Generations, has been created by Help the Aged in an attempt to make people aware of older people who may be experiencing
PRESTON'S outgoing police chief has said the city could be a model for others redeveloping their town centres. Chief Superintendent Russ Weaver who is transferring to Blackpool on March 1 to become western divisional commander, believes there is huge
A PRESTWICH engineer who appeared to drive erratically after pulling out in front of a police car was found to have more than twice the legal level of alcohol in his system, a court heard. Stephen Kennedy (44) told magistrates in Bury he had been amazed
THE mother of a seven-year-old girl who alerted her family after a fire started in their home has praised her bravery. Andrea Hodgson, 27, of Grizesdale Crescent, Ribbleton, believes her five children and partner would not be alive if it had not been
OOH La La! That was the verdict of children at a Whitefield primary school when they sampled a taste of the French way of life. Youngsters at St Bernadette's RC Primary School, in Abingdon Avenue, dressed in red, white and blue and took part in a variety
BURY funfair is back on The Rock car park until March 5. Along with the usual fun house, dodgems and waltzers, revellers can enjoy the new stomach-churning frisbee ride. Opening times are 6pm to 10pm on weekdays and noon until 10pm on Saturdays. The fair
AN open day is being held on Saturday to celebrate the opening of Tottington's only opticians. Howard Fisher has established J.H. Fisher in Market Street, opposite the former Optimum opticians which closed six months ago and left Tottington without a
A VOLUNTEER with a taste for classical music is needed by the Bury Society for the Blind and Partially Sighted People. The society is looking for someone with time to spare to take an elderly blind lady, who uses an electric wheelchair, to daytime concerts
A £100 reward has been offered for the safe return of a manx cat missing for more than a week. The part-Persian ten-year-old cat, called Betsy, went missing on Wednesday of last week from Springside Road in Walmersley, Bury. It is pale ginger with white
LATEST details at Feburary 25. BRITANNIA Cup draw PRELIMINARY round March 31, five players home, five away, start 6.30pm. Match A: Mytham Park v Black Lane A. Match B: Black Lane B v Whitefield BC B. FIRST ROUND APRIL 7 Start 6.30pm. Winners of A v winners
WHO's hot - who's not BREAKS: 42 D. Bleakley; 37 C. Steadman; 33 unf C. Booth; 31 J. Noon; 30 P. Taylor; 27 P. Jones; 27 I. Martin; 25unf M. Berry; 25unf C. Greenhalgh. CENTURIES: 109 D. Morley; 104 D. Bleakley. REMINDER: Next delegate meeting will be
BLACKPOOL PANTHERS 24, SWINTON LIONS 34: Lions kept up their good start to the campaign in the Northern Rail Cup Group Two with victory over the Panthers at an icy cold Bloomfield Road. Panthers took the lead in the second minute when Eric Andrews raced
COUNCIL house rent rises of 3.86 per cent were rubber-stamped by members at Wednesday's council meeting. The increase equates to £1.93 a week, taking the average weekly rent to £51.87. Prices range from £38.16 for an average bedsit to £68.20 for an average
GREATER Manchester Crown Prosecution Service is bringing more offenders to justice. Inspectors have also praised staff and management for their partnership with police in reducing the rate of ineffective trials and bringing persistent young offenders
HAVE I missed something here? Who decided that these Panopticon "works of art" which will grace our beautiful countryside could or should be built? Surely enough countryside is disappearing already under houses, roads and businesses not to mention the
THE Forever Bury Beer Festival kicks off on Friday, celebrating 120 years of Bury FC. Over the next three days until Monday (28), football fans can catch four premiership games on the large screen: Manchester United v Portsmouth, Southampton v Arsenal
IN his letter "Councillor should see wider picture" (LET, February 16), Councillor Smith states: "Councillor Davies, try to put yourself in the place of the dentist. If you were opening a new practice would you place it in the middle of Darwen or the
THREE men were arrested after a man was left with facial injuries following an assault in Leigh. The 30-year-old victim was taken to the Wigan Royal Infirmary suffering from cuts, bruising and swelling to his face. He was then transferred to Manchester
Group member, Mrs Jean Hill, spoke to St. Paul's Ladies Group at their meeting on February 15, on the theme of food and drink. She gave a "whirlwind tour" of the history of food from prehistoric times to the present day, showing how foods we take for
TWO masked thugs stole a car after confronting the owner after he had stopped to check a tyre. The men sped off in the Volkswagen Polo after forcing the 34-year-old driver to hand over his keys in Gigg Lane, Bury, at its junction with Surrey Drive, at
TWO masked thugs stole a car after confronting the owner after he had stopped to check a tyre. The men sped off in the Volkswagen Polo after forcing the 34-year-old driver to hand over his keys in Gigg Lane, Bury, at its junction with Surrey Drive, at
BRAINY youngsters will be showing off their artistic endeavours at Brandlesholme Community Library on Sunday. Residents are invited to view the work done by the library's weekly youth group under the council's BRAIN project (Bury Reading And Information
TWO women ramblers were rescued by police helicopter after they became lost on Scout Moor near Shuttleworth. Officers from the air support unit were alerted shortly before 5pm on Saturday 19 when the two women, aged 64 and 61, used a mobile phone to report
TINY teddy bears raising money for children living with cancer proved to be a success across Bury after £1,600 was collected. The miniature bears, in a variety of colours, were sold at £1 a time in aid of children's charity CLIC (Cancer and Leukaemia
A BURY woman bravely stepped in when her blind husband's guide dog came under attack from two other dogs. Mrs Donna Gilchrist intervened when two vicious brindled boxers confronted her husband Joseph (39), and his black labrador-retriever guide dog Nicky
A LITTER of pups which nearly perished in the freezing cold are sure to melt some hearts. Rescuers are looking for new homes for the brood, who almost died of hypothermia in icy conditions last week. The eight border collie pups and their mother were
RE:D Centre campaigners have been thrown a last-minute legal lifeline in their fight to stop its funding being halved. Several users of the Morley Street centre have started a class action against the council's decision, and their solicitors were in court
ROTARY clubs in Bury are celebrating the 100th birthday of the organisation with a special event in Radcliffe. Friday night will see members of clubs across Bury attend a celebration dinner at the Civic Suite, in Thomas Street. The six clubs of the borough
A 17-YEAR-OLD youth was snatched from the street and beaten up in a terrifying abduction last night. The Asian teenager was walking along Elm Street, Burnley, at 9pm when he was dragged into a car by a gang of five Asian men. He was beaten up while still
PRINCIPAL of Bury College Dr Helen Gilchrist is to retire from her post later this year. Dr Gilchrist will take early retirement at the end of December after ten years in the role. A pioneer of further education, she founded the Women Managers Network
A £7.5MILLION plan to bring luxury canalside living to the centre of Blackburn was unveiled today. The former Warwick and Bailey mill, close to Bolton Road in the Infirmary area, will be demolished and replaced with a new 150-home estate to be called
RESIDENTS can have their say on transport issues as part of a new initiative to introduce a quality bus corridor linking Moses Gate in Bolton to Redvales in Bury and Whitefield. Exhibitions are to be staged and thousands of leaflets distributed to people
A COLLEGE principal who advised the Government on radical changes to the exam system believes plans announced this week do not go far enough. Bury College principal Dr Helen Gilchrist wanted GCSEs and A-levels to be scrapped in favour of a new academic
AT the last meeting of the Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society members heard a talk on "Henry Hargreaves Diary" given by Kathy Fishwick. We began our meeting with congratulations to Kevin Mulley, the Bury archivist, on his new job as archive
PRESTWICH Library has been officially launched n friday following a £400,000 refurbishment. Bury South MP Ivan Lewis will open the one-stop shop, which includes library services, adult education courses and council advice. The facility will also feature
WHITEFIELD (Evening) Townswomen's Guild has folded due to lack of members. The group has struggled to find enough members to fulfil the roles of officers and took the decision to join forces with Radcliffe TWG. Twelve members of Whitefield requested permission
BLACKBURN Rovers' out of favour midfielder Jonathon Douglas is at the centre of a transfer tug of war. As I understand it, a couple of clubs from the Championship have contacted Rovers in the last few days about the possibility of signing Douglas and
YOUNG farmers will be swapping the milking shed for the stage in April, when they take part in their own entertainment contest. Radcliffe Civic Suite will host the Young Farmers Entertainment Competition on Sunday April 3, when groups of farming youngsters
DRIVERS could be "scooting" through Prestwich if an electronic plan to reduce congestion works. A system called SCOOT is being installed which will automatically alter traffic signal timings to reflect changes in traffic flow along Bury New Road. The
A SPECIAL employment law conference to help companies beat the compensation culture and stay clear of the courts is being staged in Bury. The free event is being held against the background of a surge in the number of employment tribunal applications.
PEOPLE looking for advice on issues ranging from disability benefits to relationship problems and debt can take advantage of the new Citizens Advice Bureau in Prestwich. The service, which opens on Monday, gives residents the opportunity to make appointments
TOTTINGTON District Civic Society is a step closer to preserving another piece of the village's history. For the past few years, the society has been campaigning to have the foundation stone of Tottington's first school restored. The stone dates back
MR Cyril Mintz spoke at the latest Prestwich & Whitefield Afternoon Townwomen's Guild's social studies meeting about his service as a Salford magistrate. There are very few funny stories to relate about court cases, he told us, but many sad, frustrating
CHILD prostitution in Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale is worsening, according to health bosses. And to combat the problem more action is being taken to stop youngsters being forced into the sex trade. Child protection chiefs from the areas' Primary Care
DETAILED plans of how Burnley's 'jewel in the crown' will be improved as part of a multi-million pound restoration were revealed today. Towneley Hall and Park is East Lancashire's most popular tourist attraction, visited by more than 20,000 people each
THE number of teenagers becoming pregnant in East Lancashire is falling, new Government figures have revealed. Parts of the area have been teenage pregnancy hot-spots due to social deprivation. Close knit communities are also thought to put girls off
A LANCASTER church is holding one of Britain's longest prayer meetings to improve its Christian care to the community. Members of St Thomas's Church are praying 24 hours a day for 47 days through Lent. People or groups are being asked to take one of the
A LIFELINE service desperately needs new volunteers to guarantee its future. The WRVS wants more people to step forward to offer a friendly face and a quick chat to elderly locals in and around Morecambe while delivering hot lunchtime meals. For many
A FORMER priest turned church jester will be bringing laughter to Churches Together in West Bury to help celebrate Mothers' Day weekend. Roly the clown will be taking centre stage at Guardian Angels Social Club in Harvey Street, Elton, at 2pm on March
A QUARRY which supplied the sandstone for some of East Lancashire's grandest buildings is to close in three years. West Craven Stone Company has told Lancashire County Council it believes all possible stone extraction will be completed at Catlow Quarry
FORMER Manchester City midfielder Steve Daley will be the guest speaker at a sportsman's dinner in aid of the Pimhole Community Farm project early next month. The event will be held on Friday, March 4 at Dobbies Sports & Social Club, Bradley Fold,
Current holders Sedgley Park have been given a bye into the second round of the 2004-5 Thwaites' John Burgess Lancashire Cup, after first round opponents Fylde withdrew from the competition citing a fixture backlog. Sedgley face now a trip to Widnes,
Sedgley Park Colts 12, LSH Colts 22: Liverpool St Helens scored the first try of the match but, with the bitingly cold wind in their favour, Sedgley built up a half-time lead, Number 8 Leyton Taylor scoring both tries and John Lilley adding a conversion
THE various England Under 18 squads have been playing warm-up games prior to the International fixtures. Sedgley front-row men, hooker Jordan Page and prop Jack Forster, are in the "Home Unions" squad who play in the South Wales Festival which starts
BURY HF: Saturday walk (6 to 8 miles). Meet Tenter Street car park (law courts) at 1pm or 1.30pm at Helmshore Textile Museum. Sunday walk: Meet on Belle Vue Terrace car park for White Coppice at 10am. Bring lunch and flask. Tuesday walks: Meet B &
SEDGLEY PARK U15 19 WHARFEDALE U15 22: Despite arctic conditions, this Roses clash between two very good teams provided excellent entertainment at Park Lane. Sedgley dominated the opening exchanges and led 14-0, thanks to two tries from centre Jonathan
THEY say that everything comes to he who waits and that was certainly the case for Jim McGrath of Cheetham Hill who won the eleventh winter bowling competition. However, he had a close call in the semi-finals against Prestwich's Michael Whittaker who
BURY HF: Saturday walk (6 to 8 miles). Meet Tenter Street car park (law courts) at 1pm or 1.30pm at Helmshore Textile Museum. Sunday walk: Meet on Belle Vue Terrace car park for White Coppice at 10am. Bring lunch and flask. Tuesday walks: Meet B &
PRESTWICH-BASED youth theatre group Class Act will take to the stage this weekend with their performance of Sister Act. The show is on at Middleton Civic Hall until Saturday at 7.30pm including a Saturday matinee at 2.15pm. Tickets are £6 for adults and
HOW nice it was to see Mrs Brenda Headley pictured in the Bury Times with the Prime Minister Mr Tony Blair and the cast of Coronation Street. She really deserves this for what she does for the community. She works so hard and is a very caring person who
WHEN will the police monitor the traffic leaving Ainsworth Road and joining Bolton Road, Bury, during the rush hour? I travel to work this way every morning and the drivers on Bolton Road will not, under any circumstances, let the traffic in from Ainsworth
WHO's hot - who's not BREAKS: 42 D. Bleakley; 37 C. Steadman; 33 unf C. Booth; 31 J. Noon; 30 P. Taylor; 27 P. Jones; 27 I. Martin; 25unf M. Berry; 25unf C. Greenhalgh. CENTURIES: 109 D. Morley; 104 D. Bleakley. REMINDER: Next delegate meeting will be
COUNCILLOR Derek Boden's defence of the EU Constitution would have more validity if the EU got its finances in order. Coun Boden also fails to point out the flexibility clause contained in the Constitution. This allows the EU to adopt new powers not currently
AN award-winning Bury businesswoman has shut her ladies fashion shop but is still more than hungry for success! For the move by Mrs Yvonne Wright to close her Irresistible store in the town's Bolton Street will enable her to devote her energy to expanding
DEREK Boden (Letters, February 11) believes that signing up to the EU Constitution will not be detrimental to our human rights nor increase the threatened use of nuclear weapons. My main "human right" is the right to vote directly for a foreign policy
RESIDENTS from Prestwich and Whitefield are being asked to avoid using the accident and emergency unit at North Manchester General Hospital, after an outbreak of winter vomiting disease. It has been confirmed 18 patients and six staff have contracted
LAST June the Citizen published my letter expressing concern about the amount of litter, plastic bottles and the like accumulating on the cycle path side of the River Lune close to the Millennium Bridge. Nothing has been done to tidy up this area which
MY FAMILY and I lived in the Lancaster area for most of our lives but emigrated to Canada a year ago in the hope of improving our lives - which we feel we are starting to do so. My husband is working for a haulage company in the city but aims to launch
CITIZEN Smith quite rightly points out in last week's Citizen that there is something fundamentally wrong with groups of 14 and 15-year-olds being found drunk in Lancaster parks at two o'clock in the morning. Obviously these little sweethearts are beyond
VALE of Lune hoisted themselves out of the North One drop zone with a crucial win over fellow strugglers Sheffield at Powder House Lane. The 30-19 win was anything but routine and the game was tense and tight throughout against the rock-bottom side from
BATTLING Lancaster City revealed their basic instinct to leave Phil Wilson a happy man as they slammed the door shut on Worksop Town. Wilson told his men to become harder to beat - especially at home - and the players responded magnificently with grit
PUPILS from St Thomas's Primary School in Bury have given a fond farewell to their favourite caretaker Derick Isherwood. Mr Isherwood, of George Road, Ramsbottom, retired from the Pimhole Road school after eight years and now plans to spend his retirement
ADE Akinbiyi has revealed that Steve Cotterill's vision and persistence finally prised him away from Stoke City. Burnley's new £600,000 signing chose to join the Clarets on a three-and-a-half year deal last night ahead of Championship rivals Sheffield
A LADIES choir is to celebrate its 10th anniversary with an evening of music and song. The Keshet Ladies Choir was started up a decade ago in Prestwich by a group of busy, working mothers who simply enjoyed singing. Now they have grown to 28 members with
ON Tuesday, February 15, members of Prestwich Music Club welcomed back the Dulcian Wind Quintet and the pianist, Carolyn Mead. The quintet comprised flute, oboe, clarinet and horn, and each individual instrumentalist executed great skill. The programme
THERE were 100 slides entered in the 52nd Prestwich Co-op Camera Club Annual Exhibition this year, compared with 103 last year. The judge who came to give his observations and select his choices for cups and commendations was John Riley, from the Atherton
DEFIANT residents have vowed to continue parking outside their homes - even if double yellow lines are painted by Bury Council. Four householders in Ostrich Lane, Prestwich, have taken the strong stance after learning that the highways department has
SUPERBIKE legend Carl Fogarty has admitted it's 'make or break' for his Foggy Petronas Racing team as they prepare for the first round of the new season in Qatar this weekend. Fogarty believes the return of major Japanese manufacturers Suzuki and Yamaha
MISTAKES from Adam Sollitt and David Perkins cost Morecambe dear as they were blown away in a blizzard at Crawley Town. Keeper Sollitt dropped a cross under pressure to gift Crawley their first goal. And then, only minutes later, Perkins dallied in his
THE cup semi finals were played last week in both cup competitions in the Johnson Trophy for first division teams. The all Fearns semi final went the way of the A team who conceded a 58 point start to their B team and triumphed with 36 points to spare
THEY say that everything comes to he who waits and that was certainly the case for Jim McGrath of Cheetham Hill who won the eleventh winter bowling competition. However, he had a close call in the semi-finals against Prestwich's Michael Whittaker who
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LATEST details at Feburary 25. BRITANNIA Cup draw PRELIMINARY round March 31, five players home, five away, start 6.30pm. Match A: Mytham Park v Black Lane A. Match B: Black Lane B v Whitefield BC B. FIRST ROUND APRIL 7 Start 6.30pm. Winners of A v winners
THE Legend Lives, was the title of a recital given to members of Bury Jazz Society by Mr Peter Hardman. He featured a recently issued four-CD set dedicated to jazz musicians who have recently passed away. Produced by Styx Hooper, former drummer with the
A SPECIAL British Red Cross vehicle has become a key feature on the firefighting frontline to provide emergency aid to those left homeless by house fires. For the past nine years, the charity's fire victim support van has operated throughout Greater Manchester
ST MARY'S A finally clinched the championship of the Bury Amateur Billiards League after gaining the few points that they needed from their match against Dobbies A. Dobbies A were unable to reproduce the form that the week before had brought them, their
PEOPLE living in the borough are being urged to play their part in ensuring the local NHS has a healthy future. The NHS in the north east of Greater Manchester, which includes Bury, is planning a shake-up in the way health services are delivered. Now
THE good news of the past week has been the removal of the two fallen trees from the Island Lodge and the Cartwheel Lodge. This was a difficult task brought to a satisfactory conclusion and much appreciated. In general, reports from local waters have
BURNAGE 17, BURY 8: Earlier in the season when Bury hosted Burnage in the RFU North Lancs One, they lost to a competent yet not expansive outfit. Bearing in mind their results since then and the fact they are third in the league, they have made no tangible
Radcliffe Athletic Club held its presentation evening at Radcliffe Borough's clubhouse, and Donna Allen came away the big winner. She won the Senior Ladies Fell Championship, the Terry Nortley Cross-Country Cup and the President's Shield to mark a year
BURY CLARION LAST Sunday the A Section enthusiasts traversed the magnificent Belmont moors on a cold but brilliantly sunny day. The usual cafe at Walton-le-Dale was the venue for refreshment before returning home via Chorley and Horwich. In marked contrast
BLACKBURN Rovers' out of favour midfielder Jonathon Douglas is at the centre of a transfer tug of war. As I understand it, a couple of clubs from the Championship have contacted Rovers in the last few days about the possibility of signing Douglas and
ADE Akinbiyi has revealed that Steve Cotterill's vision and persistence finally prised him away from Stoke City. Burnley's new £600,000 signing chose to join the Clarets on a three-and-a-half year deal last night ahead of Championship rivals Sheffield
AMIR Khan will turn professional before the Beijing Olympics in 2008, but his camp have denied they have already signed a deal. The 18-year-old, who shot to fame after scooping a silver medal at the Athens Games, sparked mass speculation about his future
AN ARMY cadet's medical training helped save a 53-year-old man from choking to death after a violent attack. John Simpson, of Helmshore, was knocked unconscious when his attacker struck him with a plank of wood in Broadway Crescent. And it was the actions
PRESTWICH-based fundraising group Tender Loving Care (TLC) is organising a five-star gala dinner and race night to be held at the City of Manchester Stadium on Saturday, March 19. All the money made at the event will go to the Christie Hospital Gastro-intestinal
RESIDENTS in Prestwich and Whitefield are being asked to take part in the first ever Hug Quiz. Hug, which stands for Helping Unite Generations, has been created by Help the Aged in an attempt to make people aware of older people who may be experiencing
BURY HF: Saturday walk (6 to 8 miles). Meet Tenter Street car park (law courts) at 1pm or 1.30pm at Helmshore Textile Museum. Sunday walk: Meet on Belle Vue Terrace car park for White Coppice at 10am. Bring lunch and flask. Tuesday walks: Meet B &
RADCLIFFE Athletic club's annual 12 mile trail race around the Irwell Valley, takes place this Sunday, February 27. Starting from the Mason's Arms on Sion Street, the race has already attracted 120 entries. Last year's winner, Michael Aspinall, has entered
POLISH workers are being employed at a leading Preston furniture manufacturer due to a shortage of skilled workers in the area. Two Poles started work at Tetrad, Hartford Mill, earlier this month, and rumours are circulating among staff that a recruitment
OOH La La! That was the verdict of children at a Whitefield primary school when they sampled a taste of the French way of life. Youngsters at St Bernadette's RC Primary School, in Abingdon Avenue, dressed in red, white and blue and took part in a variety
THE number of teenagers becoming pregnant in East Lancashire is falling, new Government figures have revealed. Parts of the area have been teenage pregnancy hot-spots due to social deprivation. Close knit communities are also thought to put girls off
A SHORTAGE of dental nurses could hold up plans to create 20,000 new NHS dentist places in East Lancashire. As the opening of another dental practice in Blackburn was confirmed for June, health bosses warned that the scheme's success depended on dental
THOUSANDS of school meals have had to be scrapped after they were found to contain a batch of cancer-causing dye Sudan 1. Lancashire County Council confirmed it has had to redraw menus for the 500-plus schools, care homes and outdoor education centres
EAST Lancashire could soon be giving Hollywood a run for its money thanks to a film produced by a former Blackburn College lecturer. 'Diary of a Bad Lad' is Jonathan Williams' low-budget mock-documentary about a businessman involved in property rackets
A £7.5MILLION plan to bring luxury canalside living to the centre of Blackburn was unveiled today. The former Warwick and Bailey mill, close to Bolton Road in the Infirmary area, will be demolished and replaced with a new 150-home estate to be called
PEOPLE living in the borough are being urged to play their part in ensuring the local NHS has a healthy future. The NHS in the north east of Greater Manchester, which includes Bury, is planning a shake-up in the way health services are delivered. Now
I WAS delighted to read the letter from "Annoyed Resident" (February 4) addressing the problem of horse manure on Rudgwick Drive, Bury. I was also interested in the three letters written in response, all of which missed the point. "Annoyed Resident" clearly
I AM writing to thank reporter Alison Barton for the help and understanding she showed in her reporting of my efforts to find my brother, Colin, missing after the tsunami disaster. Without her story being published, I don't know how long it would have
I REFER to the letter (February 11), signed on behalf of Woodhill Tenants and Residents Association, regarding the decision to stop Councillor Yvonne Creswell speaking at a recent meeting of the planning control committee. As readers will be aware, this
I READ with interest the letter (February 18) from Bury's chief planning officer, Mr Daniel. This concerned the legal position of the planning authority when considering the siting of a mobile phone mast at Holcombe Brook. The decision of the council
I WRITE regarding the tragic death on Bolton Road, Radcliffe, of teenager Natalie Jones, and agree with the understandable calls for speed cameras and other safety measures on this seemingly dangerous stretch of road. I would offer two observations: First
I NOTED with interest the comments of both the Bury MBC planning officer and the GP (Letters, February 18) concerning the phone mast to be situated near Woodhey HS, Ramsbottom. On the one hand, the GP says what we all really believe (regardless of how
CATERING students had the chance to impress future bosses with a change to the menu at Bury College's popular training restaurant. The Market Street eaterie has been re-christened as the 3Czons, and held a lunchtime launch for special guests on Tuesday
A 23-YEAR-OLD man appeared in court on Thursday afternoon charged with the murder of a Bury foreman. Engineer Ryan McLoughlin (23), of Fairfields, Bromley Cross, Bolton, is accused of kicking to death Robert Johnston. McLoughlin appeared in the dock at
MOTORIST Roger Macarthur was convinced that drivers in Bury were being given illegal parking fine notices. But Bury Council refused to listen. So a determined Mr Macarthur parked his Citroen Saxo in the town centre to prove his point. A parking warden
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a a machine blaze at Printpack Europe in Bridge Hall Lane, Heap Bridge, at 2.30am on Thursday. Damage was confined to the equipment.
A SPECIAL concert by Radcliffe Brass Band has raised £775 for the Tsunami Disaster Appeal. The band, along with the St Thomas' AOD Society, held the event at Radcliffe Civic Suite last Saturday 19.
A STALWART of the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women has died at the age of 91. Lillian Strachan was discovered at her home in Norton Grange, Prestwich, after her health had gradually deteriorated over recent months.
THE Bury branch of veterinary charity PDSA will be re-opening its doors on March 5 after undergoing a refurbishment. The shop, which raises funds to provide free treatment for sick and injured animals, will also be celebrating seven years at The Rock
BURY magistrates are to fix a trial date in the case of a man accused of assaulting another man during an incident in the town last November. Leslie Joseph Leigh (43), of Hopwood Close, Bury, pleaded not guilty to assaulting Neil Travis causing actual
THE number of complaints about Bury police division has fallen. Figures show that between October and December, 2004, the number was 22, compared to 29 for the previous quarter a drop of 24.1 per cent. The figures are contained in a report to the Greater
THE Mayor and Mayoress of Bury Councillors Barry and Sharon Briggs, enjoyed a behind-the-scenes tour of the Trafford Centre, including a sneak preview of a new department store opening shortly. They were invited to visit the centre by Robert Hough, deputy
SCHOOLCHILDREN across Bury are being invited to show how much they love their mum by entering a Mother's Day poetry competition at the Mill Gate shopping centre. Youngsters, aged between six and 11, can win their mum a luxury pamper-hamper by jotting
A DINNER and dance hosted by the Mayor of Bury, Radcliffe Councillor Barry Briggs, served up £1,000 for charity. The mayor and his wife the mayoress, Coun Sharon Briggs, joined 200 guests for the dinner at Radcliffe Civic Suite last Friday night (18),
A FUNDRAISING ten pin bowling event to raise money for the tsunami disaster appeal has been cancelled. The charity bowling night had been organised jointly by Groundwork Bury and Pilsworth-based Megabowl and was scheduled to be staged at the bowling complex
LOCAL historian Ian Pringle will lead a walk and talk around Philips Park in Whitefield on Sunday. Ian, who is chairman of Prestwich Heritage Society, will be pointing out archaeological relics around the local nature reserve and the much older, mediaeval
A charity balloon race was a flyaway success for a Bury law firm, after two balloons landed in Devon! In November last year, 1,500 balloons were released by GLP Solicitors in Haymarket Street to raise money for the BBC Children in Need Appeal, and raised
SEDGLEY PARK U17 33 CREWE & NANTWICH U17 3: Straight from the kick-off Sedgley Park put C&N under intense pressure and almost scored on two occasions within the first fifteen minutes. Each time the referee adjudged the ball to be held up over
ST MARY'S A finally clinched the championship of the Bury Amateur Billiards League after gaining the few points that they needed from their match against Dobbies A. Dobbies A were unable to reproduce the form that the week before had brought them, their
SEDGLEY PARK U15 19 WHARFEDALE U15 22: Despite arctic conditions, this Roses clash between two very good teams provided excellent entertainment at Park Lane. Sedgley dominated the opening exchanges and led 14-0, thanks to two tries from centre Jonathan
Department of Trade and Industry (DTi) officials will be stopping off in Bury next month to promote the use of renewable energy. As part of a north west tour, they will visit Woodfield's Retail Park on March 3 and 4. In a survey conducted earlier this
BLACKPOOL PANTHERS 24, SWINTON LIONS 34: Lions kept up their good start to the campaign in the Northern Rail Cup Group Two with victory over the Panthers at an icy cold Bloomfield Road. Panthers took the lead in the second minute when Eric Andrews raced
Department of Trade and Industry (DTi) officials will be stopping off in Bury to promote the use of renewable energy. As part of a north west tour, they will visit Woodfield's Retail Park on March 3 and 4. In a survey conducted earlier this month by the
ALL the results A SECTION ELTON LIB B 417(6) WALSHAW A 390(2) R. Brooks 58, P. Davies 34; C. Steadman 101, R. Vadaz 71; I. Martin 94, M. Gilmore 82; F. McDougal 53, P. Lomas 69; M. Rowland 84, P. Butterworth 49; M. Trueman 27, A. Davies 85. DOMINOES:
ELTON Lib B took advantage of their C team's open date to move back to the top of the Irwell St Metals A Section in the Bury Snooker League. It was Mark Rowland in frame five who was the chief destroyer while Pete Lomas and Andy Davis took Walshaw's consolation
A DRIVER was recently fined £80 for parking with car wheels on the pavement in Ruislip, Middlesex. Hillingdon Council said "Parking attendants are instructed to issue parking tickets where they see vehicles with one or more wheels on the pavement or a
UNWANTED gifts and impulse buys are being used to help fight cancer. Cancer Research UK is urging people to delve into their CD collections, bookshelves, lofts and wardrobes as part of the clear out for cancer. Warren Tonge, manager of the Bury shop on
WEEKEND results as at February 25. FBURY AND RADCLIFFE JUNIOR LEAGUE RESULTS LEAGUE DIVISION ONE UNDER-12 De La Salle 1, Unsworth 2; Horwich St Marys 5, Chadderton Jnrs 0; Moorside Rangers 0, Marauders 4. UNDER-13 Roach DY 1, Whitehouse 6; Avro Jnrs 6
MY house is full of humour, life is so funny, well it makes me laugh anyway. I open my mail to find I am being urged to pay for my funeral by instalments, starting now as there is no time to lose! Does that mean I will be buried by instalments? Next letter
COMMUNITY groups in Bury can breathe new life into their area by applying for the B&Q "You Can Do It" award this spring. Charities and organisations have until March 18 to apply for a £5,000 grant from the DIY superstore to help renovate buildings
A THUG grabbed the arms of a sales assistant at a chemists shop before stealing cash from the till. The robbery happened at Formans in Park Hill, Prestwich, at 3.50pm on Monday 21st. The robber posed as a customer and asked for a bottle of Acetone. But
A bricklaying student tried to dash out of Marks & Spencer in Bury town centre without paying for a bottle of vodka, a court heard. Christopher Lomax (22) admitted the theft of the bottle, worth £14, but told Bury magistrates that he had not lapsed
MOTORISTS had to take evasive action after a huge boulder fell off the back of a lorry on a narrow country road. The accident happened last Friday afternoon on the A680 Rochdale Road, at Edenfield, when a piece of natural stone was being transported from
HOLY Cross College in Bury has added special needs to their BA/BSc combined honours degree programme. The course, entitled Special Needs - The Inclusive Society, covers areas including physical and intellectual disabilities, the range of learning difficulties
TEENAGE unemployment in Bury has fallen for the first time in a decade since the introduction of youth agency Connexions two years ago. Connexions Bury has revealed that the number of 16 to 18-year-olds not in employment, education or training, has fallen
RAMSBOTTOM has firmly established itself as a market town, thanks to the success of its local produce fair. The farmers' market has grown to such an extent that Bury Council is now ready to hand over the management of the market to local retailers. The
THE year opened with a very enjoyable demonstration by Lyn Constable of Preston. We listened, enthralled, to stories of her travels as an RAF wife and her passionate love of flowers, both aspects reflected in her imaginative demonstration. Her several
MALHAM is always a popular centre for walkers, so not surprisingly we had a full coach for our excursion there on Sunday. The Yorkshire Dale sparkled in the clear cold morning air and we were all eager to get our boots on and start walking. First off
A BUDDING writer is heading for the sweet smell of success thanks to her two pet guinea pigs. The fluffy pair, named Golden and Syrup, inspired little eight-year-old Elli Brazzill from Whitefield to write a story about their imaginary antics. Elli's story
A NEW "super director" appointed to look after the borough's children says it is her dream job. Ms Eleni Ioannides is Bury's first executive director of children's services, covering everything from child protection to schools, libraries to health care
TOTTINGTON District Civic Society is a step closer to preserving another piece of the village's history. For the past few years, the society has been campaigning to have the foundation stone of Tottington's first school restored. The stone dates back
A FORMER priest turned church jester will be bringing laughter to Churches Together in West Bury to help celebrate Mothers' Day weekend. Roly the clown will be taking centre stage at Guardian Angels Social Club in Harvey Street, Elton, at 2pm on March
A 31-YEAR-OLD Bury woman was indecently assaulted after getting into a car which she believed was a private hire taxi. She entered the back of a dark green saloon car in St John's Street, Manchester, at 12.45am on Sunday (20) to make her way home after
AFTER more than 20 years at the heart of Bury FC, Ian Fitzsimmons has blown the whistle on his time at its social club. But he will not be abandoning the beer taps completely for he has taken up residence with wife Barbara behind the bar of the Waggonmakers
CLAIMS for tripping on Bury's pavements have cost the council £12 million in the last five years. That is the amount highways bosses have either paid out or have put aside to meet 2,248 claims, equivalent to £5,375 for each one. Councillors have asked
TEENAGERS with emotional or long term medical needs are to be catered for at a special unit in Whitefield, which was officially launched this week. The Emotional-Pupil Referral Unit (E-PRU) has been set up specifically to help youngsters who are absent
A CASH legacy has bought the keys to freedom for disabled children attending the Re:d Centre - in the shape of a new minibus. Mrs Pam Walker, of Nuttall Avenue in Whitefield, donated the bus to the centre in Morley Street, Bury, using money left in a
WHAT better way to teach history than to take the pupils back in time. That's exactly what war historian Jason King tried to do when he visited Tottington High School. Year Nine pupils, with the help of actual wartime costumes and artefacts, "brought
MOTORIST Craig Yates vented his "road rage" on another driver not realising he was an off-duty police sergeant, a court heard. Yates (29), of Meadowcroft, Radcliffe, was so angry at what he believed was an improper change of lanes by the other driver,
BURY funfair is back on The Rock car park until March 5. Along with the usual fun house, dodgems and waltzers, revellers can enjoy the new stomach-churning frisbee ride. Opening times are 6pm to 10pm on weekdays and noon until 10pm on Saturdays. The fair
PRESTWICH-BASED youth theatre group Class Act will take to the stage this weekend with their performance of Sister Act. The show is on at Middleton Civic Hall until Saturday at 7.30pm including a Saturday matinee at 2.15pm. Tickets are £6 for adults and
REGULARS at Unsworth South Social Club dug deep in their pockets to help survivors of the tsunami disaster. The club, in Derwent Avenue, Whitefield, held a charity concert where all the cabaret artists gave their services for free. The evening was compered
A CAR stolen from Prestwich was used in a post office robbery in Bury two days later. A Mazda 626 GLX, stolen on February 17, was the getaway vehicle for two armed raiders who burst into Huntley Brook post office in Bell Lane, Bury, last Saturday morning
A NIGHT of suspense is on the cards at the Nicky Alliance Day Centre. The centre, in Middleton Road, will host a Chicago murder mystery evening this Sunday. Guests are invited to dress the part and there will be a prize for the best costume. Actors will
PRESTWICH-based fundraising group Tender Loving Care (TLC) is organising a five-star gala dinner and race night to be held at the City of Manchester Stadium on Saturday, March 19. All the money made at the event will go to the Christie Hospital Gastro-intestinal
A PRESTWICH man was robbed of cash and a mobile phone at knifepoint by two thugs. They pounced seconds after the 27-year-old victim had locked his car in Albert Avenue, Sedgley Park, at 1.30am on Sunday (20). One of the robbers threatened the man with
HOUSEHOLDERS in Prestwich are being urged to get on with their spring cleaning - and have a clear out for cancer. The Cancer Research UK shop in Bury New Road is encouraging people to take part in a nationwide campaign by the charity to help raise vital
A MOTHER has spoken out about the lucky escape of her 14-year-old daughter who was a week away from meeting a man she chatted to on the internet. Lynn Fahy, 42, of Dovedale Avenue, Ingol, Preston, says she dreads to think what could have happened to daughter
PRINCIPAL of Bury College Dr Helen Gilchrist is to retire from her post later this year. Dr Gilchrist will take early retirement at the end of December after ten years in the role. A pioneer of further education, she founded the Women Managers Network
A FAMILY whose house was crushed by a fallen tree has returned home after almost six weeks. The Brammer family were evacuated from their home in Carisbrooke Avenue, Whitefield, in January when the region was battered by high winds. A huge 70-year-old
WHAT better way to teach history than to take the pupils back in time. That's exactly what war historian Jason King tried to do when he visited Tottington High School. Year Nine pupils, with the help of actual wartime costumes and artefacts, "brought
YOUTH is getting a voice in Prestwich to allow teenagers to speak loud and clear about issues that matter most to them. And they have a formidable ally in the shape of Bury South MP Ivan Lewis who has given his support to the ten-strong representatives
A 17-YEAR-OLD youth was snatched from the street and beaten up in a terrifying abduction last night. The Asian teenager was walking along Elm Street, Burnley, at 9pm when he was dragged into a car by a gang of five Asian men. He was beaten up while still
THOUSANDS of school meals have had to be scrapped after they were found to contain a batch of cancer-causing dye Sudan 1. Lancashire County Council confirmed it has had to redraw menus for the 500-plus schools, care homes and outdoor education centres
ON MONDAY morning, the topic of conversation should have been about who edged the bragging rights following the previous day's goalless East Lancashire derby. But dominating the news was pitch invader Michael Lewis, who ran on to the Turf Moor pitch to
AN ANIMAL-lover is celebrating his birthday by putting on a gig in aid of Animal Care. Stefan Holden, of Lancaster, is celebrating his 34th birthday at the Yorkshire House, Lancaster. And he has a string of bands to take to the stage to help raise cash
ANTI-bypass protesters have kicked off a campaign against the planned Heysham link road - and are vowing to make people think again. Around 80 people turned up at a special meeting in Lancaster, called by the Green Party's Cllr John Whitelegg. And 47
THEY'RE under starters orders - and now there is a chance to join in The National Sedan Chair Carrying Championship will take place in Lancaster once again this Easter. The wacky race along the quayside is one of the biggest attractions of the annual
DISHING out wisdom for the greater good has earned a local MP a spot in an annual 'wise list'. Only two weeks after scooping the title of campaigning MP of the year, Morecambe and Lunesdale MP Geraldine Smith (pictured) has been named in Saga magazine's
ELDERLY victims of doorstep crime are to receive extra help thanks to a new agreement between trading standards official and Victim Support volunteers. Victim Support branches across Lancashire will now swing into action when trading standards officers
A NORTH Lancashire hunt is searching for a fearless fell runner to act as a substitute hare. The Vale of Lune Hunt has been hunting with its pack of harriers for 110 years. All that changed last week as the Government's ban on hunting with dogs came into
RUBBISH piled up at the front of a property in Morecambe is not another tip - but a bid to make a set of decent homes. Craig Property Management, in the resort, has cleared out three flats on Hornby Terrace and says it has every intention of moving the
RESIDENTS can have their say on transport issues as part of a new initiative to introduce a quality bus corridor linking Moses Gate in Bolton to Redvales in Bury and Whitefield. Exhibitions are to be staged and thousands of leaflets distributed to people
BURY FC's Lancashire Youth Cup clash against Preston North End, originally scheduled for Monday, April 4, will now be played at Gigg Lane next Wednesday, March 2. Kick-off 2pm.
BURY'S Gigg Lane ground has been chosen as a venue for an England Under-19 clash on Easter Monday, March 28. The game, against Sweden, is a qualifying group fixture for the Elite Round of the 2004/2005 UEFA European Under-19 championship. With the Shakers
AFTER more than 20 years at the heart of Bury FC, Ian Fitzsimmons has blown the whistle on his time at its social club. But he will not be abandoning the beer taps completely for he has taken up residence with wife Barbara behind the bar of the Waggonmakers
SHAKERS' trip to promotion chasing Southend United will be a severe test of character in the wake of their ongoing poor run of results. And no-one knows that better than under-fire boss Graham Barrow. His side haven't won on their travels since the end
WIRRAL U13 5 SEDGLEY PARK U13 5: The first quarter saw Sedgley at their best, forwards and backs playing admirably and combining nicely. A try for captain Andrew Dauncey was the reward. The need to give game-time to as many squad members as possible resulted
SNOOKER results Sn Cd Do Fishpool Lib B 0 4 1 Huntley Unionist 7 3 6 Greenmount CC 6 3 2 Fishpool Lib A 1 4 5 Hollins SC 2 2 2 Bury Br WMC 5 5 5 greenmount CC 6 2 4 Hollins SC 1 5 3 NOTABLE PERFORMANCES SNOOKER: J. Allen (Greenmount) 28 break. DOMINOES
THE Government has announced plans to radically change the system of incapacity benefits for individuals who are unable to work due to sickness or disability. For a free fact sheet, telephone DAIS on 08456 120424. PAUL BRENNAN, director, DAIS Ltd.
Social Services are over-budget, the streets are awash with discarded food items, drinks cans of all varieties and general assorted garbage, yet our half-baked town council spend money making new - or refurbishing old - car-parks, erecting signs and paying
SO here they go again, whingeing and whining about traffic on Willow Street and Parkhills Road, Bury. If there were any more traffic-calming measures they might as well shut both roads. I live on Wash Lane and believe me it's like living on an extension
LIKE Kevin Williams (Letters, Feb 4) I too attended church on Remembrance Sunday to say a quiet "thank-you" for the many who gave their lives so that we could live in peace and freedom. This wonderful freedom, however, does not make me think that I can
I HAVE a driving job that takes me around Bury and the surrounding towns. What confuses me is why the company who has the contract to repair bus stops, keeps on replacing the partitions with glass, time and time again, after the yob element throws a brick
WHAT has happened to Bury Football Club? In the period between 1996 and 1999 they must have made more money than in the previous 20 years. With player sales totalling more than £4 million (Kiely, Lucketti, Butler, Johnson, Jackson, Hughes), attendances
THE future of more than four acres of land in Earby will not be decided for another month. Prime Minister Tony Blair even got involved in the debate over land at Bawhead Road following a question from Pendle MP Gordon Prentice in the House of Commons.
A SPECIAL employment law conference to help companies beat the compensation culture and stay clear of the courts is being staged in Bury. The free event is being held against the background of a surge in the number of employment tribunal applications.
BURY businesses will get the chance to quiz a Government minister about the borough's economy next month. Ivan Lewis, MP for Bury South and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills and Vocational Education, is to be the guest speaker at a skills
SMALL AND medium-sized businesses are being helped to improve IT literacy and boost productivity. Horsfield and Smith, business advisers and chartered accountants, based on Walmersley Road, Bury, are piloting a Government scheme to offer employees a computer
I RESPOND to Tony Sprason's questions about Regional Assemblies (Letters, February 18). I have paraphrased his questions and then answered them briefly. Q: What are these Regional Asssemblies? I thought the Government had decided not to go ahead in the
CLLR Sheila Denwood of Scotforth draws attention to the continuing vandalism of bus shelters yet again. Scotforth is not the only area targeted. Over the past 18-months the bus shelters along the route from Bare through Torrisholme Road to Owen Road in
I AM in complete agreement with Sean Kelly about the continued parking problems in the Primrose area. Once again residents are being forced to support the students who use cars when they could easily walk, cycle or use the bus to get to their place of
I HAVE good news for Mrs Hinchly of Skerton who complained in the Citizen last week about the lack of wheely bins and recycling facilities in her area. The council's budget for 2005/06 includes an extra £200,000 for extending the wheely bin and kerbside
I WAS saddened to read M R Jackson's letter in the Citizen last week concerning the care he received at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. While I am able to sympathise with his experience as an in-patient, I cannot agree with his reasoning. I am also troubled
THANKS to the people who responded to my appeal for e-mail's opposing Lancaster City Council's plans for a residents' parking scheme in the Primrose and Bowerham areas of the city. I am now certain that the level of opposition to such a scheme vastly
GERALDINE Smith has been given an award as 'campaigning MP of the year' (Citizen, Feb-ruary 9). I am amazed at this, considering she cannot even regulate the cockling in Morecambe Bay to protect the local industry and reduce the risk of further loss of
VALE of Lune's wonderful women claimed the silverware and promotion to the RFU Premiership after yet another fine victory on Sunday. Vale's outstanding team - who have lost only one game this season under the stewardship of coach Brian Garnett - have
RUGBY League's Six Nations will feature the city of Lancaster after the local team won selection for a prestige event in Holland. Lancaster Rugby League will face the cream of Europe when they go Dutch in August for the Rotterdam International Nines -
Police in Morecambe are determined to flush perverts out of the town's seafront toilet blocks in a bid to clean up the resort. Bobbies are acting after complaints about 'cottaging' in public toilets soared. they believe many of the illicit meetings are
A MIX-UP over names appears to have left Bury with more education cash than expected. The mistake, thought to stem from an alphabetical error by government officials, means that Bury Council was this year awarded an extra £147,000 for schools borrowing
GREATER Manchester's Chief Constable has warned that he may consider staff redundancies for the first time in the force's history because of a "deeply disappointing" budget. And Michael Todd has also disclosed that due to what he terms "a poor budget
CORRESPONDENT Mr Staton ("Congestion causes M60 Pollution", February 11) complains that signal arrangements in the Prestwich area are obstacles to "cars moving freely" and that is a cause of traffic pollution. However, if he truly appreciated the volume
RUSHDEN & DIAMONDS 3, SHAKERS 0: Those deluded individuals who are convinced that Bury Football Club are safe from relegation to the Nationwide Conference should have been at Nene Park, Irthlingborough on Tuesday evening. They would have been forced
NO sooner had the dust settled on the final act of last year, when Ben Scranage was named Sportsman of the Year by Bury Metro Sports Forum, than the cycle speedway fraternity were out practising at the Goshen circuit. The cold, wet and muddy conditions
TWO matches in a week saw Bury Chess Club's first team storm to the top of the table with two victories, both by a score of 5-2. Firstly, the visit of previously unbeaten Urmston saw solid play at the top and bottom of the team with victories for the
ROYAL British Legion member Paul Simon was on a mission of his own as he boarded a train to the real bridge over the River Kwai. Paul, of The Spinnings, Summerseat, was charged with paying the respects of the Legion's Ramsbottom branch to the British
BURY BOYS U15s 1, STOCKPORT 4: A a run of three successive victories against tough opposition Bury slumped to an embarrassing defeat to an average Stockport team. Even though Bury had a depleted squad there was no excuse for the teams lack of commitment
A YOUNG mum was left "absolutely devastated" when police forced their way into her home after a neighbour heard her four-year-old autistic son crying. Shocked Claire Nolan (26) awoke at 4am to find an officer standing over her bed after he and a colleague
TWO teenagers have admitted setting a man on fire as he slept in a Radcliffe bus shelter, leaving him with 75 per cent burns. Father-of-one Matthew Kitchen almost died after 18-year-olds Benjamin Mortenson and David Smolinski piled cardboard on top of
A WEEK'S break from the league campaign has done nothing to derail Bury's promotion bid. In fact, judging by their demolition of Lancashire Health and Racquets on Thursday, the rest might just have left them in perfect shape. Five stellar performances
AT its latest meeting member Mr Jim Hopkinson was welcomed with his audio visual programme El Condor Pasa. The evening's journey began with stunning vistas of misty, snow clad peaks of Switzerland, moving onto north west Scotland with its lochs, sandy
COUNCIL tax bills are going up by 4.95 per cent as town hall leaders found extra savings to keep the rise below the five per cent "capping" level. Residents who live in Band A houses will pay £781 in 2005/06, up £37 from last year, while those in Band
MANCHESTER TITANS 0, ELTON VALE 4: Elton made the short trip to Manchester Road to take on local rivals Manchester Titans. It was certainly a day when the players running around were going to keep much warmer than those watching on the sidelines in bitterly
ALL the results A SECTION ELTON LIB B 417(6) WALSHAW A 390(2) R. Brooks 58, P. Davies 34; C. Steadman 101, R. Vadaz 71; I. Martin 94, M. Gilmore 82; F. McDougal 53, P. Lomas 69; M. Rowland 84, P. Butterworth 49; M. Trueman 27, A. Davies 85. DOMINOES:
NEW keeper Chris Day has hailed his one month move to Deepdale as a great chance to secure first team football once again. But the decision on whether to extend the QPR keeper's loan move to Preston will depend heavily on the severity of the injury sustained
PRESTWICH HEYS 2 AVRO 0: Goals in the 82nd and 89th minutes keep alive Heys' chances of winning the Air Miles Manchester League Premier Division title. With Irlam winning it still leaves Heys a massive 17 points adrift, but with six games in hand, including
FORMER Doctor Who Colin Baker will come to Darwen to build on the success of East Lancashire's first Dr Who convention last May. The actor, who was invited by organiser Graham Groom, was so delighted to hear about the 2005 event that he has volunteered
A DARWEN man jailed for six years over a stash of ecstasy and cannabis found in a garage has failed to clear his name at the Court of Appeal. Enrico Mazzafiore, 42, of Belgrave Road, Darwen, will continue serving the sentence he was given in May 2003
BURY HF: Saturday walk (6 to 8 miles). Meet Tenter Street car park (law courts) at 1pm or 1.30pm at Helmshore Textile Museum. Sunday walk: Meet on Belle Vue Terrace car park for White Coppice at 10am. Bring lunch and flask. Tuesday walks: Meet B &
A HOSPITAL ward has been shut amid a staff shortage at Blackburn Infirmary. But 100 more beds earmarked for the axe as part of a cost-saving exercise have remained open across East Lancashire because the hospitals have been so busy. The moves mean that
ON MONDAY morning, the topic of conversation should have been about who edged the bragging rights following the previous day's goalless East Lancashire derby. But dominating the news was pitch invader Michael Lewis, who ran on to the Turf Moor pitch to
"YOUR football club needs you!" That's the rallying cry from fired up Accrington Stanley manager John Coleman. The Liverpudlian was disappointed to see a drop of around 500 home fans from the crowd which saw them romp to a 4-1 win over Barnet for Tuesday
SEDGLEY Park-based Swinton Lions have drawn Russian side Locomotiv Moscow at home in the draw for the third round of the Powergen Challenge Cup. For now the game is set to go ahead on Sunday March 13, kick-off 3pm, although it is subject to change. Full
ON Saturday, against Bedford at Park Lane (kick-of 2.30pm), Sedgley entertain a Blues side currently lying sixth. They will no doubt be out to improve upon last weekend's performance when they went down 16-17 at Goldington Road to London Welsh. "We almost
SEDGLEY Park not only lost the game at Penzance last Sunday, it also lost the services of one of their joint-top try scorers. "Richard Welding could be out for up to six weeks with a broken jaw," said player-coach Tim Fourie. "He caught a stray elbow
YOUR story headlined "Council demands return of wheelchair" (February 11) incorrectly refers to a service which Bury Council does not actually provide. The service referred to by Mrs Higson, on behalf of her daughter, Sadie, has nothing whatsoever to
I WAS amazed and shocked to read Tim Chamberlain's letter (Feb 18). I can not believe that this man has actually visited the Re:d Centre, met the families and young people, and read all the statistics regarding service users. These figures do not lie
FOR a council who are so forward in broadcasting their apparent successes, I find their reticence in answering the questions put to them on this page - regarding the Age Concern building extension - rather disturbing. I always understood that councillors
