Bury Council's services could be run by either private firms or voluntary groups after councillors passed its transformation strategy. The measure was passed by a slim majority after the Liberal ...

Bury Council has demanded an independent inquiry into the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis following a vote by councillors last night. All councillors – except for the ...

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council has been fined £200,000 after a man was injured while installing the town’s Christmas tree. Council employee, James Lyth, was using a scissor lift to ...

Bury Council’s chief executive has quit the day before he was due to a face a disciplinary hearing. Mike Owen handed in his resignation with effect from midnight on Sunday.

More homeless children in Bury were forced to live in temporary accommodation in the first three months of this year, new figure show.

The fight, which at times included over 1,400 claimants, began in 2007 when UNISON launched a legal battle over unequal bonuses being awarded to male and female council workers in the locality. By the ...

Police said arrests were the result of an intelligence-led operation launched in June 2011 into allegations that two councillors on Bury Council accepted bribes in relation to a planning application.

The hyper-local party, which currently holds eight of the nine council seats in the three wards of the town, has become the second largest party in Bury after four Conservatives resigned from ...

Council employee James Lyth was using a scissor lift to straighten the 20ft festive tree when it toppled over with him still in the basket. The tree was being installed by an external company at ...