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Robin Hood's Bed guided walk

A high level circuit on the watershed will offer walkers the chance to experience the beauty of the South Pennines in spring.

The seven and a half-mile free guided Robin Hood’s Bed walk organised by rural regeneration organisation, Pennine Prospects, through the Watershed Landscape Project, will take walkers past the rocky outcrops at Robin Hood’s Bed and return via Green Withens Reservoir. It will start at 11.30am on Sunday, March 25.

Date published: 17/03/2012

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Girlguiding membership on the increase

New membership figures from Girlguiding UK reveal that the organisation grew by one member every hour in the past 12 months.

Within the county of Lancashire South East the membership...

Date published: 14/03/2012

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) has teamed up with The Stroke Association to ensure that the service’s staff understand how to communicate with stroke survivors when out doing their vital work in the community

GMFRS teams up with The Stroke Association

We often take communication for granted – it’s just something that we do, something that comes naturally to us.

But for some people it’s not that easy. Stroke survivors are often left...

Date published: 13/03/2012

Arlene McCarthy MEP

UK opt out abandons UK holiday home owners to legal quandary

Bury MP, Arlene McCarthy has slammed the UK Government’s decision to opt out of new EU laws aimed at helping avoid legal disputes and lengthy procedures when settling inheritances where the...

Date published: 13/03/2012

Jill Tierney (Assistant Headteacher at Millwood School) and Paul Horrocks (Locality Chairman for NHS Bury) with some of the children from Millwood School

Health staff dress down to raise cash for Special School

Health Staff have raised almost £150 for a special school by ditching their suits and shirts, for denims and t-shirts.

Staff from NHS Bury ‘dress down’ once a month to raise cash for a...

Date published: 13/03/2012

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Changes to Metrolink services

There will be changes to Metrolink services this weekend to allow essential engineering work to take place.

On Saturday and Sunday, 17 and 18 March, services on the Bury line will be...

Date published: 13/03/2012

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Bury Broncos U11s Start Campaign

Following in the footsteps of the Under 9s last week, the Bury Broncos Under 11s kicked off their campaign on Saturday playing their first ever game against Rochdale Mayfield.

Playing...

Date published: 13/03/2012

Hundreds of walks and rides in the South Pennines at the click of a mouse

Hundreds of walks and rides in the South Pennines at the click of a mouse

Stunning South Pennines landscape offers all those wishing to get fit and healthy the perfect place in which to walk or ride.

With challenging terrain for mountain bikes, long distance...

Date published: 13/03/2012

New social group for Deafblind

Deafblind UK, working with Bury Library Service, is setting up a new social group.

This is for people who are deafblind and those who have progressive sight and hearing loss. It is hoped that the group will meet regularly for social interaction and support and also to provide social activities, group outings, crafts and games.

Date published: 13/03/2012

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North West rowers take next step in selection for 2012

Manchester rower Graeme Thomas emerged as a late contender for 2012 with an impressive performance at the GB rowing trials alongside established medal hopes from the North West.

Thomas...

Date published: 13/03/2012

Bury Town Hall

Council leader opens art exhibition in town hall

Council leader Mike Connolly has declared “open house” at Bury Town Hall for visitors to see the new art exhibition by local high school pupils.

From 12 March the doors will be open to...

Date published: 13/03/2012

Church members continue the clean up

Church members continue the clean up

On Sunday 11 March, around 100 members of the World Mission Society Church of God gathered to clean up the footpath behind Bury Church of England High School.

Even though it was school...

Date published: 13/03/2012

Unlocking aspiration for a new generation of home buyers

Unlocking aspiration for a new generation of home buyers

Details of two ambitious schemes that will unlock the aspirations of a new generation of home buyers, and get Britain building thousands of new homes, were unveiled today by the Prime...

Date published: 13/03/2012

Firefighters deal with seven cooking fires in one weekend

Firefighters around Greater Manchester dealt with seven cooking fires in one weekend.
During Saturday and Sunday, March 11 and 12, crews went out to kitchen fires in Stockport, Openshaw, Abbey Hey, Ashton (Tameside), Rochdale, Cheetham Hill and Heaton Norris.

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is advising residents to take extra when cooking and urging them to...

Date published: 13/03/2012

The Rotary Club of Prestwich & Whitefield took their special Santa Clause Christmas float along to Elms Bank Specialist Arts School in Whitefield a few days before Christmas

Elms Bank Specialist Arts School's special visitor

The Rotary Club of Prestwich & Whitefield took their special Santa Clause Christmas float along to Elms Bank Specialist Arts School in Whitefield a few days before Christmas.

This...

Date published: 13/03/2012

Radcliffe AC's Vince Ashton is going for gold when he sprints in the Olympic Stadium

Going for Gold in the Olympic Stadium

Radcliffe AC's Vince Ashton is Going for Gold when he sprints in the Olympic Stadium.

But it will be gold of a different kind - he hopes to raise more than £500 for the Multiple...

Date published: 12/03/2012

Jane Kay, Jo Marchbank, Claire York and Reece Hacking

Reece and Jayne win work experience opportunity at Hallmark

Congratulations to Bury College Interactive Media students Reece Hacking and Jayne Kay who have won two weeks work experience with Hallmark. Reece, age 17 from Bolton, and Jayne, age 19...

Date published: 12/03/2012

GMFRS supports National No Smoking Day

Smokers who want to make a change for the better this National No Smoking Day can get help from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.

Firefighters and staff will be involved in a number of events and activities across Greater Manchester to back other services that help people give up.

The service has longed help people to smoke more safely in their homes but,...

Date published: 12/03/2012

Winning Cadets: From left, Able Cadet Chloe Lane, Sergeant Kathryn Nightingale and Cadet Nathan Law, who raised the highest individual totals

Cadets honoured for record breaking poppy appeal

Caring cadets and officers from Manchester raised nearly £157,000 for the Poppy Appeal – almost 18 per cent more than the 2010 total.

Once again the young Sea, Army and Air Cadets in...

Date published: 11/03/2012

Squash is played by more than half a million people every month across the UK

What’s that racket coming out of Castle Leisure?

Weekly squash and racketball coaching sessions are back by popular demand at Castle Leisure Centre.

A variety of sessions aimed at different age groups and abilities start on Wednesday...

Date published: 11/03/2012

Student fire dangers highlighted

Students are being warned about electrical safety following a fire at student accommodation last week.

The fire – which took place at Lower Chatham Street in Manchester city centre – started when a games console was left plugged in, overheated and set alight.

Now Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) crews are visiting student accommodation to ensure that...

Date published: 11/03/2012

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