WALSHAW professional Jonathan Fielding finished the weekend with eleven wickets but it was a case of 'some you win, some you lose' for the Sycamore Road club. On Saturday they cruised to victory when they entertained Little Hulton despite the visitors
RAMSBOTTOM had a great chance of going into second place in the Lancashire League table on Sunday when their game with Church was one of only three matches to survive the weather. After mopping up operations from the home side and their groundstaff meant
ELTON made a piece of local cricket history when they defeated Ribblesdale League side Read to move into the Lancashire Knockout quarter-finals. It represents the second best performance by a Bury side in the competition, beaten only by Greenmount's semi-final
CATCHES have improved on Island Lodge as can be seen from last Thursday's Target Match. Top weight fell to Mathew Schofield with skimmer bream, roach and per (6-15-7). In second place was Dave Waggler (6-2-1) and third, John Fletcher (5-6-6). For the
IT was a hugely disappointing weekend in both league and cup for Unsworth, as fate and the weather seemed to frustrate the club at every turn. There was certainly reason to feel hard done by after the club exited the Wood Cup at the semi-final stage on
IF any Sedgley Park players think they are in for an easy season they are sadly mistaken, and who says so? None other than the club's Kiwi captain, Carlos Hassan. The 33-year-old from Auckland has a wealth of experience in the English game with Rotherham
A RETIRED firefighter has died after suffering a suspected heart attack while out walking in Sunnybank Park. Arthur Kay, from Unsworth, was station officer at Whitefield from 1976 to 1978. The 80-year-old father-of-one died on Wednesday in Fairfield Hospital
LYNDA Pearson has become the second woman in three years to be given the president's pin of the Bury Lions Club. The 59-year-old company rep, who lives in Bury, has taken over the office from outgoing president Ezzy Marcus. Mrs Pearson has been a member
A NEW "pay as you go" two-lane motorway to ease congestion between Manchester and Birmingham has taken a step nearer. Consultation has been launched this week to seek views on the development of a tolled expressway as an alternative to widening the M6
RESIDENTS are being asked for one final push to help Bury Council win a cash prize for recycling. Bury stands to win up to £17,000 if people continue to recycle their paper in the days up to July 14, when the annual UPM Shotton Race to Recycle Awards
SPECIALIST helpers are holding a series of advice sessions for people living in East Bury. Until October, Acorn House -- based at 150 Willow Street -- is hosting a range of appointment-only and drop-in sessions. Organisations booked in include the Citizens
ELDERLY and disabled people, along with their carers, can join a new support group to get the best from the Direct Payments system. The scheme means that people who need community care services provided by Bury Council can choose to take the money and
THE town hall's top man was "chuff chuff-ed" to bits when he became a steam engine driver for a day. Mr Mark Sanders, chief executive of Bury Council, thought he was attending a health and safety video screening when he visited the East Lancs Railway.
YOUNGSTERS in Bury West now have their own representative in a landmark move for the borough. Rebecca Allen, of Swanage Close, is the first youth representative to join an area board. The 15-year-old, a pupil at Bury Grammar School, joined the Bury West
THERE was animal magic galore at the weekend when hundreds of visitors flocked to a popular shelter at Edenfield. Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary staged its annual open day on Sunday and raised in excess of £4,000, thanks to more than 800 guests who attended
A BOOKLET which chronicles the history of Bury's farming societies has been published to coincide with the staging of the town's premier agricultural event. The 44-page A4 publication, entitled Long Life and Success to the Farmer: A History of the Agricultural
A 30-foot tree crashed into a garden, narrowly missing an 11- year old girl as she played on her trampoline. Mrs Val Morris screamed to her daughter, Emma, to run as the cherry tree smashed through a fence in Wednesday afternoon's blustery weather. Its
CHERIE Blair's former "lifestyle guru" Carole Caplin will be the special guest at a charity evening at Bury Town Hall's Elizabethan Suite next Thursday. Best known for her supposed influence over the Prime Minister's wife, the former model has given up
A NINE-mile trek was the latest event to raise money for a Bury toddler in a coma. Five staff from Park Nursery in Pimhole Road, Bury, walked to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital in Pendlebury, where three-year-old Joshua Wilson has been receiving
IF Bury FC's players found the start of their pre-season training tough going this week they only had themselves to blame - they were warned! The squad reported back on Tuesday morning and soon discovered that kicking out the cobwebs under the new regime
BUSINESS Link North Manchester is on a roll and will be driving its mobile business information unit into the Bury Agricultural Show this Sunday (July 11). Companies seeking help and advice on any business issue, or anybody interested in starting a business
WHEN it comes to writing wills and getting estate affairs put into order, teacher knows best! For ex-Castlebrook High School science mistress Mrs Sue Mather has quit her job and undergone a significant career change. She has set up as an estate planning
Love'em or hate'em they are in your face in a town near you. Here we go again for the fourth year running. Organisers have been a bit slow off the mark this season but we've got as many of the melas we could get hold of. BRADFORD MELA Peel Park Sat 26
BURY rock group Elbow are backing a landmine charity and putting their money where their mouth is. The five-piece band are donating the proceeds from new single Grace Under Pressure -- to be released on Monday (July 12) -- to MAG (Mines Advisory Group
AS Madonna once said, "music makes the people come together" -- and that certainly was the case in Tottington on Sunday. Around 1,000 people gathered on the village's Whitehead Gardens for a special fundraising Music in the Park event. Throughout the
ELEVEN-year-old Jordan Allen is on course for an impressive career in the world or archery. The Radcliffe High School pupil went to the Lancashire Junior Archery Championships in Rochdale last weekend, and emerged the under 12s champion after an impressive
RADCLIFFE Boro begin their impressive pre-season campaign with the visit of newly promoted Shrewsbury Town to Stainton Park on Saturday, kick-off 3pm. It marks the return of cult hero Jody Banim, who was sold to the Shrews last December. The Shropshire
Rochdale's Asia FC secured their place in the National Asian Championships with a series of emphatic victories. A 4-1 victory against Nelson's Paak gave Asia the perfect start and from then on it just got better. Fast, efficient and very well organised
The England football team may have been depressingly kicked out of Euro 2004 but with a growing fan base taking in all sectors of the community, there are reasons to be cheerful, as feature writer JENNY SCOTT discovered. Thousands of England fans cheered
DURING the recent elections much was made by all the major parties of the NHS and, in particular, the waiting lists. I am 54 and was diagnosed with a slipped disc and damaged spine in September 2003. The disc needs to be removed and my spine has to have
A FAMILY is finally looking forward to a healthy future after father Stephen Raine and four-year-old son Nathan were diagnosed with cancer within one year. Just seven months after Stephen (35) was given the all-clear from a brain tumour, his four-year-old
IT was an up and down weekend for Greenmount who surrendered second place to reigning Bolton League champions Walkden. The villagers went into the weekend five points ahead of their rivals but a crushing eight wicket defeat on Saturday turned the tables
BROX'S push towards the Manchester Association promotion places remains on course after Saturday's win at Flixton moved them into third place. The Summerseat men have produced some really solid batting displays at times this season and this tricky encounter
THEY may be fielding a depleted side but Holcombe Brook Sports Club's women's tennis team are still confident of progressing to the KIA National Club League finals. The Longsight Road outfit face East Gloucester at home tomorrow (Saturday) aiming to book
SEDGLEY have made contact with their South African-based second row target and are awaiting progress. "He's currently playing in the Currie Cup competition. I've spoken to him and he sounded very interested in coming over," said player coach Tim Fourie
THE first month of the season is going to be testing for Sedgley Park The club's inaugural campaign in National One opens with the visit of Plymouth Albion to Park Lane on September 4, followed by a trip to the Millmoor Stadium on September 8 where the
SHEFFIELD EAGLES...16 LIONS...32: LIONS shot down the high flying Eagles in the Sheffield sunshine and coach Paul Kidd was full of praise for his patched up team. "We've been suffering all week with a bug that had taken players out of the starting line
TEN bosses are to be taken to prison and held to ransom . . . in aid of charity. Business directors and managers will be locked in a cage in Victoria Square in Bolton on July 20 and will have to use their charm to persuade friends and colleagues to stump
PUPILS at Elton High School had plenty of inspiration to draw on when artist John Hassall went to visit. A recreation of Monet's Garden has been completed at the school. Work has taken place throughout the year, with the help of pupils, volunteers and
DICKENSIAN drama came to Our Lady Of Lourdes RC Primary in Brandlesholme this week. The musical Smike, based on the Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby, features the goings-on in a workhouse for children. There, youngsters struggle to avoid both the
YOUNG bookworms are invited to go on a Reading Rollercoaster and visit their libraries over the summer holidays. The sixth Summer Reading Challenge, a national project, starts next Saturday (July 17) and runs until September 4. Every child of primary
STUDENTS will compete in a hi-tech derby match to save Bury from death and destruction! Final year geography students from Holy Cross and Bury College will have only three hours to help residents survive disaster caused by climate change. They will be
BURY residents are being invited to have their say on public transport. They are being urged to attend the next meeting of the town's Local Transport Group (LTG) to be held in the Peel Room of Bury Town Hall on Wednesday, July 14, at 6.15pm. They will
THE police will be throwing open their cells to the public this weekend -- but they have promised to let visitors go free! The popular open day at Bury police station takes place on Sunday and features many attractions including exhibits, displays and
ALL creatures great and small -- and temporarily absent -- will be back on parade in Burrs Country Park this Sunday for the Bury Agricultural Show. For the 63rd show will see the welcome re-appearance of sheep after the devastating foot and mouth disease
DAVID and Amanda Mottershead are back from their Spanish holiday with a rather special souvenir -- baby Ben. Amanda (32) gave birth to Ben just two weeks ago, when a bout of Spanish tummy turned out to be an 8lb baby! The family is now adjusting to life
IT'S "plastic fantastic" news for thousands of Bury people keen to do their bit for the environment. Bury Council is expanding the type of plastic containers it can collect through its kerbside recycling scheme. Residents can now put out any plastic marked
BURY Council has blotted its copybook and been handed two black marks by the Local Government Ombudsman. Mrs Patricia Thomas investigated 50 complaints last year, up from the previous year's 30, and found two cases of maladministration causing injustice
And so to those who don't have a chance in hell to get anywhere like me. By which I mean the people who suddenly see the light and transform from complete nobody's to respectibility. It's as if they planned it the sons of a guns. For years you used to
CHERIE Blair's former "lifestyle guru" Carole Caplin (pictured) will be the special guest at a charity evening at the Elizabethan Suite on Thursday July 15. Best known for her supposed influence over the Prime Minister's wife, the former model has given
IN response to the letter headed Doesn't MP live in Todmorden? (July 2), the writer may be interested to know that our Labour MP, David Chaytor, was born and bred in Bury. That is the best linkage to a place and one that a person can can be most proud
KEEN football fan David McCann has scored a career goal after being made a partner with a leading Bury firm of solicitors. David has been made a partner of the commercial litigation department with the long-established firm of Woodcock and Sons, located
Not hitting our screens until August this one but it is already getting a lot of interest from around the world. Set against the backdrop of a rainy day in Kokata , Manoj (Ajay) sets out on a journey which will finally lead him to an old flame - Niru
Not hitting our screens until August this one but it is already getting a lot of interest from around the world. Set against the backdrop of a rainy day in Kokata , Manoj (Ajay) sets out on a journey which will finally lead him to an old flame - Niru
RESIDENTS were given a rude awakening when workmen starting drilling on the former Sainsbury's site in Prestwich -- in the middle of the night! A police officer was called to investigate the disturbance on Fairfax Road which broke out at 12.45am on Wednesday
TEACHERS have been forced to stub out the habit during working hours after 15 schools in the south of borough banned smoking. This week, Bury Mayor and Mayoress, Councillors Barry and Sharon Briggs, presented those schools with an award to recognise and
TWO neighbouring schools are calling for a town centre car park to be turned into a sports field. A lack of sporting facilities at Holy Trinity CE Primary and St Marie's RC Primary was raised at a meeting of Bury East Area Board. Both schools were said
A COACH ferrying schoolchildren to a Cheshire farm was beset by problems -- the day after being declared roadworthy by inspectors. During the journey, passengers discovered the roof was leaking and the toilet was locked. When the coach's windscreen wipers
AS Bury-Pedalsport embark on a run of away matches, this weekend is a particularly interesting one for the riders concerned. Hellingly, near Eastbourne, is the destination on Saturday, for national league second and first team matches, and the following
RADCLIFFE AC's junior section has a rising star in its ranks in Dawn Warriner. The Coney Green High School pupil has found training with the club's coaches has helped to bring out her natural talents. Last June she qualified to represent Bury Schools,
LUCK, whether commentators like it or not, has as much effect upon a sporting contest as anything, as Radcliffe found out at Ladyhouse on Saturday. "We were very lucky to get on really," said skipper Graeme Simpson. "It was playable when we did and I
YOUNG Shakers supporters can take advantage of a new scheme aimed at increasing Gigg Lane crowds. From today all supporters under the age of eight years can claim a free season ticket. With an under-16 ticket only costing £25 the new offer demonstrates
IF you were a Bury District Rounders League Division One side last week, it paid to be playing away as all five of Monday night's clashes resulted in defeat for the home team. Only Elton Vale A went all the way, their game eventually finishing 124-169
ABF ANNUAL DINNER Friday, July 2, 2004 King George's Hall, Blackburn. The ABF celebrated its one thousandth member at the association's annual dinner. The cream of Lancashire's business leaders were in Blackburn for the event - the largest gathering of
BOWLER Andy Bradley turned into Prestwich's batting hero in a pulsating victory over close rivals Dukinfield. He came to the league leader's rescue by smashing a quickfire 16 to surpass the 143-run target with one ball to spare. The Heys side were staring
A NEWS item and also a published letter from Bury MBC parking manager, John Foudy (May 21) stated that the police investigation into alleged falsifying of photographic evidence by NCP had been concluded and that when a decision was known the council would
L. G. ARNOTT'S triumphalist message (Letters, June 22) is reminiscent of those sent by tin-pot revolutionaries, supported by millionaires in pre-war Europe. There is no obligation to the EU, but there is a very well paid contract for the UKIP to represent
IN REPLY to "Disgruntled Employee" (Letters, July 2) can I say that not all the vending machines at Fairfield Hospital are owned by the catering department. Many are owned by outside firms. And when a vending machine is out of order it is dealt with right
NEW housing being built on the site of the former Elton Cop dye works on Walshaw Road, and the Olive's paper mill site in Tottington Road, Bury, are both said to provide "affordable" homes for first-time buyers. I totally agree with the principle: get
BOTH my wife and I are severely disabled and only able to walk short distances, even then with pain and difficulty. So, to say the least, I am disgusted that at Fairfield Hospital there is a minimum of parking spaces available for the disabled. Admittedly
ON June 29 I returned home to find a letter from Bury MBC giving me a few hours' notice that a planning decision would be made that night regarding my objection to a 15-metre mobile phone transmitter mast. Arriving at the meeting of the planning committee
WHEN an unwelcome planning application, to demolish a family home and build in its place a block of flats, was brought to my notice by the Bury Council planning officer, I was pleased to see that "as part of the council's 'Have Your Say' initiative" I
IN the run-up to the local government elections, the Prime Minister came to Bury and was congratulating the police on their good work. So what's the problem? The problem is the police, and local people know they are not doing a good job. There aren't
I WAS at the planning committee meeting on June 29 to witness for myself the misinformation given to resident of Broad Oak Lane, Bury, regarding a council planning application for football field, children's play area and multi-use games area. A total
TWO neighbouring schools are calling for a town centre car park to be turned into a sports field. A lack of sporting facilities at Holy Trinity CE Primary and St Marie's RC Primary was raised at a meeting of Bury East Area Board. Both schools were said
TWO neighbouring schools are calling for a town centre car park to be turned into a sports field. A lack of sporting facilities at Holy Trinity CE Primary and St Marie's RC Primary was raised at a meeting of Bury East Area Board. Both schools were said
LESS than two years ago, St. Mark's Primary School in Chesham, Bury, had new uPVC double-glazed windows installed. Approximately a year later the school closed and demolition began (and is still on-going). The cost of the windows must have run into several
TRIPLETS Chloe, Joshua and Sam Chapman have defied the odds after being born 14 weeks premature. The tiny tots were born eight months ago at Fairfield Hospital but are now fit and healthy enough to be christened on Sunday. Prouds parents Alison and Carl
Six councillors who quit the Labour group only to do a dramatic U-turn and help the party back into power explained their actions. An ASIAN IMAGE EXCLUSIVE After weeks of uncertainty, claims, counter-claims and allegations all six will remain as independent
