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Barrow sacked
SACKED Bury FC manager Graham Barrow believes his shock dismissal has arrived just when his team was beginning to make progress. The Shakers' boss this week paid the ultimate price for the club's poor start to the season by having his contract terminated
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Armed robbers flee with cash from store
ARMED robbers wielding a machete and large metal wrenches have raided a Bury supermarket. Staff at the Lidl store in Bury New Road, Sedgley Park, were attacked shortly before 8pm on Tuesday. A man in his early 20s carrying a large metal wrench got out
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Riot police in hour-long stand-off
POLICE in riot gear were locked in an hour-long stand-off with a woman who threatened to kill herself with a knife. Dramatic scenes unfolded in Blackburn Road near to the Tramways Hotel in Astley Bridge yesterday afternoon. Officers cordoned off part
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Morris dancing
MORRIS Dancers gathered at the setting of the sun to say farewell to the summer. Horwich Prize Medal Morris Men, resplendent in their traditional red and white outfits, met at the viewpoint overlooking Anglezarke reservoir in Belmont at 6.50pm last night
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D-day for exiled dad
A FATHER who was forced to leave the country because of tough new immigration laws hopes to get the green light to return to the UK this week. Despite living in Bolton for more than 20 years, Mark Brinegar was told he must return to America - his country
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Call for drink ban
RESIDENTS are calling for a drinking ban to stop teenagers using a park for late-night binges. People living in Wingates say they have suffered their worst ever summer for drink-fuelled crime at the hands of young louts who gather at Holden Lea, Wingates
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Boston's sucker punch signals end for Barrow
BURY'S failure to apply the killer blow, akin to a champion boxer with his opponent on the ropes, cost them two more points as fellow strugglers Boston came from behind to snatch a point at Gigg Lane. And, ultimately, it cost Graham Barrow his job. The
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Top of the tots!
THESE smiling faces are the winners of the Child of the Year 2005 awards, run by the Bury Times and sponsored by the Mill Gate Centre. Four-year-old Molly Mills and five-month-old Makenzie Alisa Mackin came out tops in the competition which attracted
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Hop on board the ELR virtual reality loco
ONE OF Bury's most popular attractions - the East Lancashire Railway - can now be enjoyed in the comfort of your own home thanks to virtual reality! Train enthusiast Chris Baily, a volunteer driver on the line, has created a computer-simulated trip along
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FC United thump poor Gabriels
Radcliffe Boro was the venue for this top meets bottom clash in NWCL Division Two this week, as just 27 short of the official ground capacity (2,500) came to watch an anticipated goal feast. That wasnt quite the case, but those expectations were understandable
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Former players are keen to return as manager
AFTER this week's dismissal of manager Graham Barrow the big question now hanging over Gigg Lane is who will replace him writes PHIL THORP. The three man board of Iain Mills, Ian Harrop and Jim Lomas were this week drawing up a picture of the kind of
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Licensees told to sign behavior contracts
EIGHT Bolton town centre licensees have been made to sign an Acceptable Behaviour Contract after bar staff were caught selling alcohol to underage drinkers. A further five bars were also caught out in Operation Townsafe, in which Trading Standards officers
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Spooky goings-on
Paranormal investigators are getting excited about things that go bump in the night at a Bolton pub. Landlady Karen Wareham decided to call in the ghost busters after a spate of unusual happenings at the Duke of Wellington pub at Chew Moor. Equipment
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Free bereavement help is at hand
Readers may be unaware of a voluntary bereavement and loss counselling service which has existed in the North Manchester area for the past 26 years. The service is called Care Concern, and is a free service to members of the public. Referrals are received
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29 Shops Caught In "Spy Kids" Alcohol Operation
UNDERAGE teenagers were able to buy alcohol from almost 30 off-licences and supermarkets in Bury. An undercover operation by police and trading standards officers saw children aged 15 and 16 sent into 88 outlets across the borough.The "spy kids" were
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Stay out of trouble warning to fans
BOLTON Wanderers fans were today urged to stay out of trouble during the team's UEFA cup clash in Bulgaria - or face the prospect of years in a foreign prison. A warning was also given to 36 Whites supporters who are banned from travelling abroad to watch
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Sam to cash in on top start
SAM Allardyce is thanking his lucky stars that Wanderers have made another good start to the season. The Whites enjoyed the rub of the green at Manchester City last weekend, but it was a victory Allardyce believes could prove priceless as the Premiership
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Funeral of teenage footballer
THE funeral of 16-year-old Daniel Young, who collapsed and died during a football match, will be held on Monday at 11am at Howe Bridge Crematorium, Atherton. The devastated family of Daniel have said anyone attending his funeral can wear football shirts
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Tributes to woman
THE family of a woman killed in a doorstep fight have paid tribute to her. Marie Gillard, aged 33, is thought to have hit her head when she fell during a brawl outside a house in George Barton Street, Tonge Moor, on Tuesday night. Miss Gillards grandmother
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Sam to cash in on top start
SAM Allardyce is thanking his lucky stars that Wanderers have made another good start to the season. The Whites enjoyed the rub of the green at Manchester City last weekend, but it was a victory Allardyce believes could prove priceless as the Premiership
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Chris is set to fill the bench
SHAKERS' caretaker manager Chris Casper has been too busy to be nervous ahead of Saturday's trip to Oxford United. Talk about being thrown into the deep end! Monday's decision to ask the 30-year-old youth team coach to take over first team affairs following
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Tributes to Lynn
HUNDREDS of family and friends gathered at Radcliffe Parish Church on Monday to say farewell to teenage mother Lynn Savery. The 19-year-old mother was found dead by her parents at her house in Chelsea Avenue, Radcliffe, on September 2. Her one-year-old
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Memorial garden wins award
A GARDEN in memory of a Ramsbottom firefighter who drowned six years ago has won a national accolade. The garden, honouring Paul Metcalf, was created by colleagues at the rear of Ramsbottom Fire Station with funds raised by the fire service and the public
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Town forges links with the Orient
TEACHERS and teenagers will be next in line for a taste of the Orient thanks to Burys on-going links with China. More cultural, educational and sporting links have been forged with the city of Datong, with whom the borough has established a Friendship
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Families "forced to move" by youths
RESIDENTS are being forced to move out of their homes because teenage anti-social behaviour is turning their streets into "no-go" zones in Ramsbottom and Tottington. That was one of the claims when the issue of problem youths dominated Tuesday night's
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Squad upset as boss's demise
BURY FC skipper Dave Challinor has spoken of the first team squad's huge disappointment at the sacking of manager Graham Barrow this week. The former Tranmere Rovers and Stockport County defender was one of Barrow's first signings, initially on loan,
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Wigan's fringe stars fail to impress Jewell
PAUL Jewell asked for a selection headache - but nearly got a dose of the blues after gambling on his Carling Cup line up against Bournemouth on Tuesday night. The Wigan Athletic chief made 11 changes to the side which had drawn 1-1 against Middlesbrough
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Sammy's keen on Bury Gigg
FORMER Northern Ireland manager Sammy McIlroy has thrown his hat into the ring for the vacant manager's job at Bury. The 51-year-old, who also enjoyed managerial spells at Macclesfield Town and Stockport County, is the bookies favourite to replace Graham
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Can we have our Post Office back?
May I ask who or what is the "Royal Mail" as far as Bury is concerned? As everyone that reads the Bury Times is now aware, the general post office in the town centre closed in June. The Royal Mail bosses were aware of this at least six months before that
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Reader's football club prices were just a load of nonsense
YOU published a letter last week from someone complaining about price increases at Bury FC. Unfortunately the whole thing was nonsense. We need to put things right, because this letter was misleading at best and very damaging at worst. Here are the actual
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A speed camera will not solve the problem
In reply to the Walmersley Road resident who asked for a speed camera to control the problem of the Zebra crossing sorry but a speed camera wont make any difference at all to that problem (Walmersley Road an accident waiting to happen, Letters, September
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Cricket: attendance up thanks to right approach
IT'S bad form , I know, to kick a man when hes down and it is with a certain amount of regret that I add my size ten boot to the battery in recent letters which amounted to a rejection of Joy Harts appeal to BT readers to attend Bury FC football matches
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Okocha World Cup Call
Jay Jay Okocha has been named in the Nigeria squad for their final World Cup qualifier at home to Zimbabwe on Oct 8. The Wanderers skipper missed the Super Eagles 5-2 victory over Algeria earlier this month because of a groin injuiry. Nigeria need to
