A TRAVEL agent which took over a raft of former Thomas Cook stores has announced major job losses. Bosses at Hays Travel, which has branches in Bury, Bolton, Horwich, Westhoughton and Atherton, say they are to cut up to 878 jobs out of a total workforce
TRIBUTES have been paid to Granada Reports presenter Tony Morris who has died at the age of 57. ITV confirmed the popular journalist died at Bury Hospice on Saturday after being diagnosed with kidney cancer last year. His daughters, Natalie
A FORTY-one-year-old from Bury has been given a suspended prison sentence after being found with a stash of child pornography. Michael Charnock had 106 indecent images at the most serious level, Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court was told.
FIREFIGHTERS were sent to an industrial estate last night, Sunday, after concerns over the spillage of a chemical. Two fire engines, a hazmats officer and a station manager were sent to Woolford Trading Estate in Bury at around 10pm after a gluey
A SCHEME launched by a Bury nurse and a law firm to get iPads into hospital wards is being backed by a string of celebrities including actresses and TV hosts. BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker and Hollyoaks actor Amanda Clapham were keen to give
A RED Cross volunteer from Bury who supported the victims of the Manchester Arena atrocity - and has been on the frontline of the coronavirus response - has been praised. Rukia Shepherd has been presented with a commemorative coin for her efforts
HEALTH bosses say the number of Covid-19 cases has been on the rise in Bury - as residents are urged to observe reintroduced social distancing restrictions. Twenty-five new cases were identified for the week ending July 27, the strategic commissioning
