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n Parliament I am a member of both the Home Affairs and Justice Select Committees and as I write this column on International Women’s Day I wish to highlight...

We are now heading toward the one year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This brutal war has taken a devastating toll on the proud Ukrainian...

In December, Just Stop Oil activists evaded arrest for the sixth time in nine days as their human blockades caused mass traffic tailbacks in Whitechapel and...

Labour-led Bury Council should withdraw from the Places for Everyone strategic housing plan immediately. Failure to do so will cost local taxpayers a small...

Her Majesty has been a constant in all of our lives. A rock in troubled times, this country’s greatest servant and champion Her remarkable life was an...

Forty years ago this year, twenty-seven young men from across the six towns that make up the Borough of Bury joined the task force ready to sail to the South...

In 1469 Thomas Pilkington received a “licence to crenellate” from the king, which gave him permission to fortify his manor house. He built the structure we know...

On the 15th June 1215 the Magna Carta, a royal charter of rights was agreed upon by King John of England and a group of rebel barons at Runnymede. Magna Carta...

The headline on the front page of the Bury Times on Wednesday, October 20th 1954 declared, “BOROUGH PREPARES TREMENDOUS WELCOME FOR ROYAL VISITORS.” The...