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High school pupils across Bury are learning how to “Bsafe, Bcool” in a project on the theme of anti-social behaviour. It aims to steer youngsters away from daily dangers and encourage them to act responsibly in the community. Year 9 pupils from 11 high schools are taking part in the two-week event, which is funded through the [...]

Bury Council’s trading standards team is warning residents to be on their guard after a council tax scam was uncovered. The scam involves fraudsters posing as council staff, who are telephoning residents to say they have paid too much council tax and then asking for their bank account details so that a refund can be processed. The [...]

The large cardboard recycling containers at Tesco Prestwich are being removed because of persistent fly-tipping. The supermarket, and environmental health officers from Bury Council, is fed up with people using the 8ft high bins as cover for dumping all kinds of rubbish. Tesco will post signs on the remaining bins, and is setting up 24-hour CCTV to [...]

Sgt Ian Campbell from the Prestwich Police Team has produced this spring message for local residents, together with contact details of all my Prestwich Neighbourhood Police Team. Download the report here. Sgt Campbell reminds us that as we approach the nicer weather please take time to keep your property secure. Don’t leave doors and [...]

Courtesy of the Bury Times POLICE have urged residents to be on their guard after conmen tricked their way into the home of a Radcliffe pensioner. At about 4.30pm on Thursday April 9, a man called at the Bolton Road home of an 80-year-old woman. She answered and the caller, speaking in an Irish accent, told her [...]