An investigation has been launched after a woman was attacked in Prestwich . A man allegedly approached the victim before launching an attack close to Our Lady of Grace RC Church, in Fairfax Road, shortly after 6am this morning. Officers say
Bury's expulsion from the English Football League will be examined by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport select committee this autumn, the panel's chairman Damian Collins has confirmed. The Shakers became the first club to be kicked out of the
LOOKING for something different to try this week? Here are five of the best things going on in Bury sure to keep the whole family entertained. Pudding throwing contest is back LANCASHIRE and Yorkshire will clash again in the age old grudge match
A Metropolitan Police officer who used a grieving father's cable TV account to download pornography while waiting for an undertaker has been jailed for 12 months. Avi Maharaj, 44, downloaded four adult clips while at a property in south London on
Boris Johnson's brother has quit the Government, saying he had been "torn between family loyalty and the national interest". Jo Johnson, who had been a senior minister attending meetings of his brother's Cabinet, said there was an "unresolvable
PLANS to build 124 new houses at an industrial site have been given the go ahead. The housing development at the Mountheath Industrial Estate in Prestwich was waved through by councillors on the planning committee this week. Local councillor
The legend of the Loch Ness Monster is most likely to have been sparked by sightings of giant eels, scientists say. After combing the loch for samples of environmental DNA, they found that it is unlikely that Nessie is the last surviving prehistoric
CANADIAN singer-songwriter Oh Susanna will be at Bury Met next week to mark the 20th anniversary of her debut album, Johnstown. Oh Susanna, real name Suzie Ungerleider, has received a number of award nominations over a career spanning eight albums
Facebook has confirmed that hundreds of millions of user phone numbers were left in an unprotected server, which reportedly included several million British details. According to TechCrunch, 18 million UK phone numbers were among 419 million records
AUTUMN is the season that arachnophobes fear the most as eight-legged terrors start to appear around people's homes. This time of year is the beginning of the spider mating season and the most common varieties are beginning to search for dry corners
DAVID Flitcroft says he pleaded with ex-Shakers chairman Stewart Day to curb his spending plans years before the worst problems hit the club. Now appointed as assistant to Keith Hill at neighbouring Bolton Wanderers, Flitcroft left Gigg Lane in
THEY have found the net just once in four winless matches this season but Radcliffe manager Jon Macken says that, with a little more luck and a lot better finishing, they will start to chalk up results. Boro fell to a 1-0 defeat at Basford United
RADCLIFFE AC's Neal Emmerson represented England Masters and finished a superb 26th at the Maidenhead Half Marathon. He ran 1hr 14mins 30secs at the event where the country’s top age-group runners took on those from the Celtic nations. Emmerson
BURY AC's Ben Coop took a massive 11 seconds off his 5k personal best competing in the high class Mid-Cheshire 5k last Thursday, near the village of Kingsley. He crossed the line in an impressive 15mins 6secs to take 18th place behind international
EDENFIELD are finally walking down the aisle after winning promotion to next season’s Championship Division in the newly restructured GMCL. In two of the last three seasons in Division Two and Two B, they have narrowly missed out on a top-two finish
RAMSBOTTOM United won their FA Cup preliminary-round replay at Winsford on Monday, Ruben Jerome netting all three in a 3-1 win. After sharing six goals in an action-packed first encounter it was an even opening to the return match, with Mason Fawns
TWENTY new jobs have been created at an award-winning Bury-based care company. Home Instead Senior Care is expanding its care team to meet increased demand for in-home care for older people living in the borough. The firm says the expansion comes
A MAN showed a woman a knife in his jacket to scare her into coming back to his home before assaulting her. Lewis Dearden, 28, had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and two counts of possessing a bladed article. On February 1
Each week police appeal to readers of the Bury Times for help to find wanted suspects SCOTT WATSON, aged 30, from Bury and frequents the Bury area. He is wanted for breaching a court order. DANILO FURTADO, aged 36, from Bury and frequents the
AD HOC-PR, a pay-by-results public relations company based in Ramsbottom, is celebrating winning a contract to provide PR services to Cologne-based firm, businessdevelopmentgermany.com Business Development Germany helps foreign companies break into
A WAR veteran who was bestowed with the highest honour for his services in the Second World War has died aged 96. Harold Holiday, from Ramsbottom, was awarded the Legion D’Honneur, France’s highest military honour, in November 2016. His daughter
A BUSINESS awards scheme is urging enterprising firms to enter – with the chance to claim a year’s free energy as the top prize. The Best of Britain Business Awards 2019, organised by Love Energy Savings, will honour inspirational companies that
A BIRCLE Church has been extremely fortunate in securing financial assistance from Viridor Credits to help towards funding much needed repairs to the roof of the building. St John the Baptist church stands high above the town and from the churchyard
