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Bury 'no' to elected mayor

Bury 'no' to elected mayor

VOTERS have strongly rejected plans to install Greater Manchester's first London-style mayor in Bury.

Campaigners fighting Greater Manchester's congestion charge plans forced Bury council to hold a referendum after more than five per cent of the town's electorate signed a petition calling for one.

But just 18 per cent of the town's voters turned out at the polls yesterday - less then one in five.


 

More must be done to secure site

More must be done to secure site

RESIDENTS called for better security after an electricity substation was broken into causing hundreds of homes and businesses to lose power for two days.

Teenager knifed in Metro station row

Teenager knifed in Metro station row

THIS is the man police think stabbed another man at Whitefield Metrolink station.


 

Smoking ban is ruining us

Smoking ban is ruining us

CUSTOM at one of Prestwich’s most popular pubs has been slashed as a result of the no smoking ban.

Mother faces up to toll tax council boss

Mother faces up to toll tax council boss

A PRESTWICH mother had a showdown with one of the region’s top politicians outside Manchester Town Hall as she campaigned against the congestion charge.


 

 

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