Just to wish everyone a very happy Christmas and best wishes for 2010. Bury Council has a good list of Christmas opening times and service changes here. Emergency Services Links to useful emergency contacts can be found on the BurySafe / Policing and public safety web pages. Emergency Duty Team Social Services Emergency Duty Team […]

A Christmas poem, presumably sent to all Councillors, from the people at the Save our Suite campaign. Merry Christmas Dear Councillors and a happy New Year too. You all went to the Mayors Ball and enjoyed the Longfield Suite didn’t you. This wasn’t a one off, you must appreciate, next year you will be wanting […]

The following statement has been issued by Bury Council today (Tuesday 22 December 2009). Due to the atrocious weather conditions, the waste and recycling collections have had to be suspended for the remainder of today (Tuesday). A decision on collections for Wednesday and Thursday will be made on the morning. Reluctantly, we have been forced […]

To complete a wonderful year of enjoying the best of Prestwich a Community Carol Service will be held at St Mary’s Parish Church, Church Lane at 7.00pm on Monday 21 December. Organisers Rev Bryan Hackett from Churches Together, along with Councillor Mary D’Albert, David Curtis and Local Area Partnership Manager Carran O’Grady have planned a […]

Lib Dems in Bury have revealed how that Conservative-run Bury Council is set to take 75 years to repairs roads that need repairing at its current rate of expenditure – so we’ll be done by 2084! In last night’s Full Council meeting, I asked the Council how many roads fail the Best Value Intervention level […]

The summer edition of “News from Six”, the newsletter of Bury Council’s Housing Management Organisation Six Town Housing is now available and can be downloaded here.

After nearly 9 years of planning and over 2 years of renovation works, the Fusilier Museum in Bury opens its doors to visitors on the 27th June – British Armed Forces Day. The museum displays a rich Regimental history spanning over 300 years and is the new home to the collection of the XXth Lancashire […]

Help is at hand for residents struggling to pay their mortgage in the current credit crunch. Bury Council is taking part in the Government’s £200 million Mortgage Rescue Scheme, to prevent vulnerable families losing their homes through repossession. The scheme is specifically aimed at families who have had all the help their lender is willing […]

The Mobile Advice Centre will be out and about from April 27 to May 1. The bus is staffed by benefit officers from Bury Council who can give advice about housing/council tax benefits and other welfare payments. They can also check the progress of benefit claims, take details of new claims, or amend existing ones […]

Goals Soccer Centres information office have kindly supplied me with plans of the proposed Sports Zone at the St Margaret’s corner of Heaton Park. They stress that these plans are subject to change. The location of the proposed skate park has already been moved and there are already proposals to move the skate park, and […]