A MAN who sexually exploited a pre-teen girl from Bury has been jailed. Carl Hodgson, aged 28, of Hill Quays, Manchester, has been sentenced at Manchester Crown Square to two years and six months in prison. He will also have to sign the sex offenders
GUSTS of up to 70mph could hit the region this weekend, according to the latest forecasts. High winds have been predicted across the country as Storm Erik prepares to batter the UK. Road, rail, ferry and air travel might be affected by the gales
Residents living in Radcliffe are celebrating after winning the postcode lottery. The Lichfield Road neighbours will have their bank accounts boosted by £1,000 each after their win today. They are the Daily Prize winners with the People’s Postcode
POLICE are warning residents to be on their guard against bogus cold callers after group of men were spotted knocking on doors in the borough. The reports concern four men who have been pretending to solicit information about resident's energy
Since my eight-year-old daughter discovered the 1982 film on Netflix and then Father Christmas slipped the soundtrack under the Christmas tree the songs from Annie have been on a constant loop in our house. So, when we got tickets to see to see
THE impact of two consecutive burglaries has forced a shop owner to close just four months after opening. Sweet Harmony's coffee and cake shop opened in Water Street, Radcliffe, in October last year. However, owner Rory Evitt said she has had
A RAMSBOTTOM man received a special visitor this week — almost two months after suffering a heart attack at a football match. Lifelong Bolton Wanderers supporter Jim Waite was watching his beloved team play Leeds United on December 15 when his
BURY'S newly appointed Youth MP has pledged to champion the needs of young people at national level. Thousands of pupils across the borough cast their vote for one of eight candidates during the elections. Emma Greenwood, from Ramsbottom, was
TUCKED away in an industrial estate on the outskirts of Bury, a father and son are quietly brewing up a storm. Nick and Neil Walton established Tin Head Brewery on Bradley Fold Trading Estate back in 2016 as a home to their passion for creating
A PENSIONER who consumed almost twice the legal alcohol limit has been banned from holding a licence for 18 months. At Manchester Magistrates' Court Brian Marson, aged 80, of Limefield Brown, Bury, pleaded guilty to committing the offence when driving
JON Macken has left his Radcliffe side in no doubt he expects instant improvement after a worrying dip in form. A poor first-half display against Mossley was largely responsible for their Manchester Senior Cup semi-final defeat on Tuesday night
LISA Carter did not let sub-zero temperatures stop her from setting a red-hot personal-best time in the 19-mile Wadsworth Trog fell race. She was one of three Radcliffe AC runners who took on the challenging course on moorland above Hebden Bridge
BURY’S young pole vaulters are going from strength to strength with new best heights all round in recent weeks. The weekend before last, at the Vault Manchester competition at SportCity in Manchester, Hattie Vaughan set a new lifetime best of 3.61m
BURY Hockey Club's men's first team secured an elusive 2-1 win against local rivals Rochdale for the first time in three years. Goals from man-of-the-match Ahti Khan and Tobi Oputa in either half saw Bury come back from 1-0 down early in the first
TWO Bury ABC boxers have progressed to the national finals weekend in the Amateur Boxing Association Youth and Cadet Championships. Abdul Khan and Ali Akbar Javid, who both live in Bolton, will head to Banbury the weekend after next after winning
BURY cricketer JJ Fielding has been selected for Lancashire Cricket Academy. The teenager is one of 12 boys to be recruited into the county cricket club's academy this year. At just 16 years old, he is one of only two players to be selected at
RADCLIFFE crashed out of the Manchester Premier Cup at the hands of Mossley, who won their semi-final 3-2 at the Neuven Stadium on Tuesday. Shelton Payne put Boro ahead before the Lilywhites answered with goals from Mike Fish, Max Leonard and Ben
ADAM Thompson has told his Bury team-mates they must brush aside any setback during the League Two run-in. The Shakers had to settle for a draw at home to Crawley last Saturday and Thompson admitted that “for the standards we set ourselves, it was
PLANS to close a major road crossing between Bury and Radcliffe while long-awaited flood defence works are under way have been scrapped. The Environment Agency (EA) has called off its plans to shut Hardy’s Gate bridge, instead opting for a redesign
A LARGE warehouse could be built at the site of a 200-home development. Outline plans have been submitted for a warehouse measuring 7,435sqm at land off York Street and Bury Road in Radcliffe. Residents have hit out at the scale of the project
AS consultation on plans to allocate land for housing over the next 20 years has been rolled out, one of the most frequently asked questions has been why Bury Council can’t just do its own thing, and ignore the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework.
