A G4S security guard has been found guilty of conspiracy to rob his colleagues at banks including Santander in Ramsbottom. At Manchester Crown Court Thomas Keane was convicted by a jury of conspiring to steal at total of £167,000 in two armed robberies
Filming for a pornographic movie has taken place in a former restaurant at Colchester Town Hall. It is understood noises prompted a member of Town Hall security to stumble across the risque filming in one of the disused areas which housed The Cells
A POPULAR tribute music festival is ready to rock the borough again this summer. Festwich will return to St Mary's Park in Prestwich on July 27 and 28. The event is the UK's largest free tribute festival and this year promises to the biggest
A MAN was taken to hospital after a cooker caught fire at a home in Shuttleworth. Firefighters were called to the house in Rock Street, off Whalley Road, shortly after 5.20pm on Monday. After arriving at the scene, crews found that the cooker
SANTANDER'S announcement that it will close its Ramsbottom branch has been labelled "another blow to our town" by Bury North MP James Frith. The decision, which will see the town go without a single high street bank branch when Santander closes
POLICE are appealing for help to trace the next of kin of two men. Dean Havern, aged 47, died at his home address on Glendevon Place, Whitefield. on Thursday, 17 January. Officers say there are not believed to be any suspicious circumstances
BURY will come together to remember the millions who suffered and lost their lives in the Nazi Holocaust and subsequent genocides around the globe this week for Holocaust Memorial Day. Held annually on January 27, Bury will mark the day with a
RAMSBOTTOM will soon be left without a single high street banking branch after Santander announced it will be closing down in the town. The branch in Bolton Street will close its doors for the last time on June 20. It is one of 140 of the bank's
A MAJOR campaign is under way across Bury as part of a crackdown on speeding motorists. Police have been stopping vehicles, speaking with drivers, issuing penalty notices and fines in a bid to combat speed-related crimes. Officers are
MOTORISTS experienced delays on the M60 due to a crash near Prestwich and Whitefield. The collision occurred on the anti-clockwise carriageway near to Junction 17 for Prestwich, Whitefield A56 and Manchester City Centre. The incident added to
Bury residents woke up to a dusting of snow this morning as the weather gets chillier this week. Whether it's in the hills or on top of houses, we want to see your pictures of the winter wonderland! If you have snowy snaps, send them to us
A MAN who assaulted a police officer has been fined £162 by Manchester magistrates. Daniel Hillen, aged 25, of Jackson Fold Farm, Pilsworth Road, Bury, pleaded guilty to committing the offence in Bury on August 12. The court also ordered Hillen
