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  • ‘Drained’ Shakers fight back to stay in the top three

    RYAN Lowe was proud of ‘emotionally drained’ Bury for conquering the club’s off-field turmoil, keeping hold of an automatic promotion place by beating Northampton 3-1. Despite wages remaining unpaid and High Court battles rumbling on into next month

  • 10 ways to protect your children online

    The internet keeps a record of everything shared online, from comments and photos, to what we buy. This is called our online reputation. And while it can be fun to share online, it can also be hugely damaging for years to come if the wrong thing

  • 'Outrage' over vandalised bus shelter

    COMPLAINTS have been made after a bus shelter was destroyed by vandals. Residents in Prestwich said they were "outraged" after the glass shelter near the entrance to Heaton Park in Bury Old Road was smashed leaving shattered glass strewn across

  • Regional: Police find body in the water at Salford Quays

    POLICE have launched an investigation after a body was discovered in the water at a major canal-side development. Officers set up crime scene tape around the Media City Metrolink stop in Salford Quays after a dead body of a man was found at around

  • REGIONAL: Fire service tackles huge moorland blaze

    FIREFIGHTERS are continuing to tackle a large blaze on Marsden Moor which is thought to have been started by someone using a barbecue. The blaze is continuing to burn after firefighters from Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire were called out

  • Senior council officer quits after just eight months

    A SENIOR council officer has quit after just eight months in the role. Paul Delbridge-Smith took up the post of assistant director for education and inclusion at Bury Council in August. But, a council spokesman said he had made the decision

  • Behind the scenes at wild bird hospital

    TUCKED away down a dirt track in Bury is a hospital that specialises in tending to the injuries of some of Britain’s wildest birds. More than a thousand animals, ranging from birds of prey such as kestrels and owls to magpies and wood pigeons,