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Sponsorship could include litter-picking

FORECOURTS: Litter after Gigg Lane matches affects residents in neighbouring streets

12:28pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

I had the pleasure of sending a congratulatory email to Bury Council thanking all concerned for the excellent street clean to Gigg Lane and surrounding areas. I did, however, predict that some of the football crowd from Shrewsbury AND Bury would soon put paid to the cleanliness of the area, and some eight hours later, I wasn’t wrong!

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Equal pay fight costing council

6:30pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

SO our council is increasing our council tax above the national average, and to no surprise the equal pay claims are being partly blamed.

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M8 residents would do better in Bury

6:31pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

A quick check of the A to Z will show that the easterly edge of Sedgley ward (postcode M25) borders Crumpsall (M8) along Middleton Road, an area that is M8 but is in Bury. A quick check on a price comparison website shows that insurance quotes for M25 properties are always cheaper than for M8 properties.

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Charge will drive people away

6:29pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

I WAS delighted to hear that the Conservatives running Bury Council have listened to the overwhelming number of Prestwich residents and backed down over plans to “reconfigure” the Longfield Suite after a campaign chaired by my Lib Dem colleague Cllr Donal O’Hanlon.

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Car park is an easy target to make cash for borough

6:29pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

Plans to charge drivers using Fairfax Road car park are going to have a massive, detrimental impact on Prestwich Village.

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Dissatisfied customers at cafe were impatient

1:00pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

I was with my sister on February 17 enjoying a lunch as a birthday treat in Hero’s cafe when we were dismayed to see one or two people, not cafe employees, moving about tipping chairs up against tables.

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Pay blamed

1:01pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

SO our council are increasing our council tax above the national average, and no surprise the equal pay claims are being partly blamed.

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Youth no barrier

1:02pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

I’m sure Mrs W Dewar (Letters, February 25 ) doesn’t need to be reminded that William Pitt the Younger was only 24 when he became British Prime Minister.

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We fought to stem recession

1:02pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

I welcome the chance to respond to the comments made by Derek Brooks.

Contender for ‘most holes in roads’ title

12:33pm Wednesday 10th March 2010

May I congratulate Bury Council for the excellent efforts to win yet another distinctive award, to add to their fine collection of successive Bury in Bloom competition wins. To challenge Blackburn for the most holes in the road (Mr Lennon stated 4,000, I believe), is indeed a tall order but I’m sure BMBC are up to it and may well have succeeded in passing them already. My chest would swell with pride if it were not for the stink of the sewage works outside my nearby park prevents me from taking in a full breath of air.