Tag Archives: Bury

Credit: Bury Independents Five community campaigners will stand for election under the Bury Independents banner in the Bury Council local elections in May, with candidates confirmed across five wards in the borough. Steve Middleton, a community campaigner from Unsworth and leader of Bury Independents, will contest the Unsworth ward. He …

Details of a plan to build three new neighbourhoods in Bury with almost 6,000 homes have been revealed. Details of a plan to build three new neighbourhoods in Bury with almost 6,000 homes have been revealed. Plans for Elton Reservoir, Walshaw and Simister Bowlee will feature three new primary schools, …

Credit: David Murphy / Roch Valley Radio Two men have died after a light aircraft crashed into farmland near Littleborough at around 11am on Tuesday 3 February. Emergency services were called to the scene in the Rochdale district, where the wreckage of a small Cirrus plane was discovered. Both men …

Royal Mail senior management have been hauled in for urgent talks after Rochdale MP Paul Waugh demanded answers over widespread mail delays affecting residents across the borough. The intervention follows ongoing issues raised by constituents and fellow MP Elsie Blundell, who has repeatedly called for improvements in Heywood and Middleton …

The government said no final decisions have been made, but the study comes from a well-respected group 18:57, 18 Aug 2025Updated 11:31, 19 Aug 2025 Manchester council is set to be a big winner(Image: Manchester Evening News) Greater Manchester’s rumoured winners and losers in the government’s next financial deal have …

A 103-year-old Second World War veteran has been sharing his stories of the frontline with primary school children in Salford – as part of a new project to celebrate the anniversary of VE Day. Bombardier Tom Jones was called up to serve in the Royal Artillery as the war broke …

Mystery surrounds a chemical scare at a mosque as experts have been unable to identify a substance sent through the post to the venue. Emergency services were dispatched to the building in Bury Old Road, Prestwich, after the material was delivered by post on Monday. Police are continuing to investigate …

This is the disgusting moment a postman – seemingly unaware he’s being filmed – appears to blow his nose onto a doorstep in Bury… during a global pandemic. The people who own the house say they have been left ‘disgusted’. The incident was caught on a doorbell camera on Thursday …

A coronavirus outbreak at a Greater Manchester Royal Mail sorting office has left posties at recovering at home. In the last week alone, ‘a number of employees’ at the Bury Delivery Office in Wellington Street tested positive for the virus and were sent home to recuperate, Royal Mail has revealed. …

Four new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Greater Manchester today including the first three in Manchester itself, taking the total in the region to 18. The Manchester Evening News understands that one of the confirmed cases is a Royal Mail worker. The Department of Health today said that as …