Bury
4th May 2022 | By Louis Smith-Howes
All parties look to make gains in Bury council election as greater Manchester goes to the pollsEarlier this year, Christian Wakeford, the newly-elected then Tory MP for Bury South, defected to the Labour party amid the Partygate scandal, causing a large state...
8th March 2022 | By Megan Barlow
Bury Man is jailed for grooming child over PlayStation networkA man from Tottington has been jailed for two years for grooming a boy over the PlayStation network. Ashley Roberts, 25, pretended to be a 13-year-old boy...
4th November 2021 | By Megan Barlow
Bolton Council considers suspending free town centre parkingCouncillors in Bolton say the current provision for free parking in the town centre is not economically sustainable. At a meeting to discuss the issue,...
23rd October 2020 | By Victoria Thiele
Twitter community helps reunite 30 runaway cows with their owner after rescue by PCPC Matthew Hilton was just beginning to relax as he drove home after a long day at work. Taking in the green views around Bury,...
30th April 2020 | By Siddra Daud Asghar
Keir Starmer addresses community concerns via series of Zoom video callsChris McAndrew / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) Labour leader Keir Starmer addressed the issues affecting Bury residents today, in what he promises will be a series...
21st October 2019 | By Anish Vij
Bury community remembers those killed in terror attacks across the worldSchool children have attended a tree planting ceremony to show their support for victims of terror. The tree had been decorated with messages of hope...
7th May 2019 | By Matt Hartless
End of the Football League season: How have the Manchester teams done?You may remember back in January, I did a review for how Greater Manchester’s football league teams were doing. Well, as of today all leagues,...
30th December 2018 | By Matt Hartless
12 days of Manchester: Six is the number of towns that have a football league teamWith 2019 just a whisper away and the football league season just over the mid-point we can say with reasonable cerainty how well or badly...
29th June 2018 | By Danielle Kenneally
Retro fever keeps pinball wizards and video gamers returning to Bury’s Arcade ClubEurope’s largest free-play video and pinball arcade began life in Andy Palmer’s family-run Haslingden computer shop. The arcade, situated just outside of Bury, started off with just 30...
27th April 2018 | By Georgia Landi
Guy Garvey Elbows out opposition to become professor of pop at Man MetGuy Garvey, lead singer of the English rock band Elbow, is to join Manchester Metropolitan University as a visiting professor of songwriting. Garvey will offer masterclasses in music...
28th April 2017 | By nq_admin
VIDEO: Manchester celebrity Personal Trainer heading to AmericaPersonal fitness is one of the more positive trends of the 2010s. The Guardian reported in 2015 that UK spending on gym memberships is up by 44%....
15th March 2017 | By jackwright
Bury libraries set to close down due to Government cutsBury Council has announced that the Greater Manchester town will have to terminate at least 10 of its 14 libraries in order to make savings...
15th March 2017 | By nq_admin
Bury Market fire thought to been started by cigaretteThe otherwise bleak northern town of Bury boasts the title of UK's best market with Bury Market. The market is a potential cultural capital of...