On Friday 8 February, the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) set a 2013/14 Levy at £166.1 million, an increase of 14.15% on the current year. In 2014/15 the rise will be 2.98%, and from 2015/16 and for the next 20 years will be around 70% of inflation.
Vital decisions about services and taxes will be discussed when Bury Council holds its annual budget meeting on Wednesday 20 February.
Bury Council has been named one of the Britain’s top gay-friendly employers by professional lobbying group Stonewall.
Work has started on improvements to the Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal, west of Water Street in Radcliffe, following a delay caused by the possible presence of Great Crested Newts in the area.
Recycle for Greater Manchester celebrate their 15,000th visitor since opening their first Waste Experience education centre in 2009.
NVA’s Speed of Light, an extraordinary public art performance, combining mass movement, light and music will bring Greater Manchester's historic waterfront to life between 8pm – 9pm on Thursday 21, Friday 22 and Saturday 23 March 2013.
400 home owners and landlords with empty houses in Bury will be getting a nasty surprise this week as a letter arrives from the council telling them their entitlements have been cut.
Cyclists have a double celebration on Saturday 16 February when the Hit the North race co-incides with the opening of a new mountain bike trail at Philips Park.
Keep the Olympic flames burning by signing up for new fitness challenge in 2013.
This winter, Six Town Housing held a “Chip ‘n’ Skip” initiative, where they placed large skips around neighbourhoods in Radcliffe, Bury and brought a tree chipper to give tenants the opportunity to clear in and around their property.
More than 300 people have had their say in the latest round of consultation about the council’s Plan for Change.
Free help to update or put together your CV is being offered at Ramsbottom Library and Adult Learning Centre.
Those with a hearing difficulty can get free expert advice on Friday 8 February in Bury’s Mill Gate centre.
This February half term The Fusilier Museum, Moss Street, are offering free family friendly crafts and free face painting. On Wednesday 13th February families are invited to drop in to the museum between 1pm and 3pm to make a mask for Mardi Gras. Masks will be brightly colours and full of feathers.
Sporty youngsters have even more chances to hone their skills at after-school badminton sessions.
In August 1968, the last British Rail operated steam train ran on the national network. To celebrate the 45th anniversary of the end of BR steam, the East Lancashire Railway, in collaboration with Steam Railway magazine, is honouring this milestone by repeating that legendary ‘1T57 Fifteen Guinea Special’ run of August 11th 1968.
Residents across Greater Manchester are to save more than £3m as part of the UK’s biggest energy switching scheme.
Around 1,000 residents in Bury will receive a letter this week telling them that their council tax benefit will soon be reduced.
Baroness Newlove came to Bury to see how the £90,000 cash injection from the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) to the Bury East Township Forum is being spent.
Residents can quiz some of Bury’s top service leaders on Wednesday 6 February at Bury Town Hall.