This November marks the first-ever National Care Leavers Month (NCLM), an extended celebration dedicated to recognising care-experienced young people and their achievements, and raising awareness of the challenges they face.
Bury Council is pleased to announce the successful completion of the £500k repair scheme to Market Street Bridge, a vital route in and out of Bury town centre.
Parades, services and wreath-laying ceremonies will be taking place across the borough to mark Remembrance Sunday.
Residents are to be consulted on proposed changes to the existing Working Age Council Tax Support Scheme.
Bury Council is set to spend £569k on tackling damp and mould in its social housing.
Plans to transform Bury’s economy and create thousands of jobs are moving forward with the latest proposals for the Northern Gateway.
The second phase of the Bee Active Travel Scheme in Fishpool and Pimhole is set to begin on 3 November 2025, marking another milestone in the borough’s commitment to safer, greener, and more accessible travel.
Illegal goods worth £22,500 were sniffed out in a multi-agency day of action involving shops across the borough.
Work is well under way to install a new bridge over the River Irwell in Radcliffe connecting Milltown Street to Rectory Lane.
Bury residents are being urged to support this year’s Poppy Appeal, which has been launched by the Mayor of Bury, Councillor Noel Bayley.
Children from St John’s CE Primary School joined the Leader of Bury Council and Cabinet Member for the Environment and Climate Change to officially open the newly refurbished Riverside Gardens pocket park and play area in the heart of Radcliffe town centre.
Hate crime awareness, support and training as been taking place across Bury this week as part of the national campaign, Hate Crime Awareness Week.
Bury Council have launched a new public consultation to get community feedback about proposals to upgrade two key sites in Whitefield. The improvements mark the start of the delivery phase of the adopted Whitefield Town Centre Plan.
This week, Bury Council’s Fostering Team is proud to celebrate the children of foster carers as part of The Fostering Network’s Children of Foster Carers' Week.
Bury Council today celebrated the launch of the borough’s first community food-growing project under the new ‘Right to Grow’ initiative, with a group of enthusiastic neighbours who have established ‘Lancaster Roots’ in Ramsbottom.
Whitefield’s Old Town Hall Gardens will burst into life at 1.30pm on Sunday 19 October with a vibrant celebration of community, creativity, and nature. Visitors will also be encouraged to take part in a public consultation to help shape the future of this open space.
School attendance figures in Bury improved faster than the national average during 2024/25. Recent figures show a 0.4% reduction in overall absences compared to 2023/24, and early figures for the current academic year indicate a continuing upward trend, with overall attendance up by 0.27% compared to the same period last year.
A colony of derelict garages, which has attracted repeated anti-social behaviour, is to be demolished by Bury Council.
A series of free ‘in person’ and online webinars is taking place to mark Menopause Awareness Month.
Budding young artists are encouraged to let their imaginations shine by designing the Mayor’s official Christmas card for 2025.
