A newly established sporting organisation, Radcliffe Football Foundation, is now working in partnership with Bury Council, the national Football Foundation and Lancashire County FA on developing a funding application for a ‘state of the art’ 3G football facility for Radcliffe.
Specially trained tobacco detection dogs have sniffed out 2.4kg of illicit hand rolling tobacco and 6,840 cigarettes worth £5,000.
Renowned armed forces campaigner Colonel Eric Davidson has been recognised for his outstanding work over five decades.
A celebration event took place at the Phoenix Centre in Prestwich on Sunday to showcase some of the local projects that will benefit from Parklife funding.
Bury Council is working with the charity OnSide to develop an £8m Youth Zone to provide facilities and activities for the borough’s young people.
Fifty people have been fined since Bury Council adopted new powers last July to punish those who fly-tip and drop litter.
The much-loved Bury 10K will be back in Bury on Sunday 18 September as part of an expanded Bury Running Festival to include a new event, the Bury 10 Mile and the already popular Bury Fun Run.
Thousands of children who are eligible for benefits-related free school meals can once again take part in free school holiday activities during the Easter break.
More than 1,200 local residents had their say in allocating the latest round of Let’s Do It Neighbourhood Pitch community funding.
Community groups are being invited to make more use of libraries for their events and meetings.
Bury Council is to resurface and improve the drainage along Nuttall Hall Road to improve access to Nuttall Park in Ramsbottom.
Library fines are continuing to be waived until 25 April to allow library members to return overdue items.
Residents and businesses are invited to share their views on how the jobs, opportunities and economy of Bury could be improved.
A special application is to be added to traffic lights at a new signalised traffic junction in Sedgley Park to enable Orthodox Jewish residents to cross the road on Shabbos and Jewish holidays without pressing any buttons.
An English oak tree will be planted in each of Bury’s 12 Green Flag parks as part of the Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations.
Proposals to regenerate and transform the town centre of Bury have been warmly welcomed by residents, businesses and agencies.
Help is now available for companies hit by the coronavirus pandemic but who were ineligible for other types of business rates discounts.
Town hall leaders have been visiting local businesses to understand how they are recovering from the pandemic and hear about their plans for the future.
Plans to improve the heart of Ramsbottom have received a vote of confidence from local residents and businesses.
As of this week, people can visit Radcliffe Regeneration Office to see how designs for the new Civic Hub, Market Chambers and Market Basement are progressing. The latest on the wider town centre public realm improvements will also be on show.
