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NHS defends man’s nine-year stay in hospital

6:00am Sunday 21st March 2010

A FAIRFIELD Hospital patient waited a staggering nine years to be discharged into a nursing home — then died just days later.

Skipping children jump for charity

FUNDRAISER: Jumping for joy in the skipathon are Joshua Jones, aged eight, teacher Helen Gaskell, and Amy Muramaa, aged eight

9:00am Sunday 21st March 2010

IT was skip, skip, hooray for pupils at Radcliffe Primary School when they took part in a charity fundraiser.

From Red Bank Road to the sands of Namibia

Mick Brown

7:10am Sunday 21st March 2010

WHILE many people use their holidays to relax on the beach, Mick Brown has planned something much more adventurous.

Joe Geeling memorial run date announced

6:10am Sunday 21st March 2010

THE countdown has begun for the third annual Joe Geeling Five Mile Run in memory of the murdered Bury schoolboy.

City region plan would ‘give control’

6:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

BURY would be able to control its own destiny as a borough if the creation of a new combined authority in Greater Manchester goes ahead.

Runners mark Rotary success

8:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

VOLUNTEERS working to fight the polio disease have celebrated 25 years with a relay marathon in Ramsbottom.

Reprise for popular Godspell

ON STAGE: Hannah Davis, left, and Lucy Woods with members of the cast of Godspell

7:40am Saturday 20th March 2010

TALENTED actors from a theatre group are gearing up to take a trip down memory lane.

Artist giving away work for charity

6:20am Saturday 20th March 2010

ARTIST Chris Yates is giving away his paintings to raise money for charity.

Market to share its success

6:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

A HIGH-powered delegation crossed over the Pennines to establish the reasons for the success of Bury’s world-famous market.

Town is violent, say police

6:10am Friday 19th March 2010

BURY has been labelled a “violent town” by police in a damning multi-agency report into residents’ love affair with alcohol.





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