A RENT holiday has been confirmed by council bosses for traders on Bury Market in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. And town hall chiefs say the concession will apply across the board and not just the non-food stalls currently required to be closed
Timely recipe from top chef Nick Cullen For the next few weeks I’ll be concentrating on recipes that are easy to prepare, suitable for the whole family and things that can be made in advance and frozen if needed. During these unsettling times
PARKLIFE has been cancelled, festival organisers have announced today. It's the latest event to be axed in light of the current coronavirus pandemic. Staged in Heaton Park, the festival attracts hundreds of people and big names from the music
BOBBY Owen was getting in among the goals in 1967/68 as the Shakers started to flex their promotion muscles in Division Three. The Bolton-born striker had been teetering on 19 goals for a couple of weeks and had hoped to reach a milestone as Bury
BURY South MP Christian Wakeford says he is “starting to feel human again” following a week in self-isolation after showing coronavirus symptoms. In a post on social media, Mr Wakeford last week revealed he had developed signs of the Covid-19 infection
A MAN racially abused and stalked a woman while on bail for threatening to shoot a man. Abid Hussain has been jailed after a committing a string of “serious offences”, which also saw him drunkenly brandish a knife in public and threaten a man with
A NEW chairman has been unveiled for Bury Met - after her initial appointment as treasurer. Helen Clayton, a partner at chartered accountants PM+M, has taken the helm at the popular venue, run by Bury Metropolitan Arts Association and part funded
FRIENDS of a family of four have issued a desperate plea for the public's help after they became stranded in Thailand due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Cassidy family, from Brandlesholme, Bury, flew out to the popular island of Phuket on March
A TEACHER is helping children to keep on learning from home after schools were closed due to coronavirus, by creating fun and educational videos. Hannah Sanderson, who teaches Nursery and Reception classes at Emmanuel Holcombe Primary School, has
