BURY Metro has announced details of refuse collection services during the Christmas and New Year holiday period.

They are as follows: Wednesday, December 25, will be collected on Monday, December 23; Thursday, December 26, will be collected on Thursday, January 2; Friday, December 27, will be collected on Friday, January 3 and Wednesday, January 1, will be collected on Monday, December 30.

The opening and closing times at local leisure centres and pools are as follows:

Castle Leisure Centre -- Open as normal December 20-23 and from 8am-4pm on Christmas Eve. Closed Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Open on December 27, 8am-4pm; December 28, 8am-5pm; December 29, 8am-3.30pm; December 30, 8am-4pm; December 3, 8am-4pm. Closed New Year's Day.

Radcliffe Pool -- Open as normal December 20-23 and then closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and December 27. Open on December 28, 8am-4pm; December 29, 8am-1.30pm; December 30, 8am-4.30pm. Closed on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

Ramsbottom Pool -- Open as normal December 20-23. Closed December 24-27. Open 8am-4pm on December 28; December 29, 8am-noon; December 30, 8am-4pm. Closed New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

Goshen Centre -- Open as normal December 20-December 22 then closed until Thursday, January 2.

Philips Centre -- Open as normal December 20, from 10am-4pm on December 21-22, then closed until Thursday, January 2.

Coney Green Centre -- Open as normal December 20 and then closed until Thursday, January 2.