Bury Council loses almost £500k from car parking charges during pandemic

Bury Council this week allow the local authority to fine rogue landlords and letting agents up to £30,000.

Residents in Greater Manchester have been told to 'cancel' any plans to visit Scotland.The message from Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Friday (July 31), came just 12 hours after it was announced more than four million people will face tougher lockdown restrictions, including in parts of east Lancashire and West Yorkshire.Scottish people are advised to avoid travel to areas in northern England facing the new tougher restrictions after a spike in coronavirus cases.Travel between

Bury have found themselves under new local lockdown restrictions this morning (July 31) despite the borough reporting fewer than five cases a day. Last night, Matt Hancock announced that Greater Manchester and other areas in the UK would be locked back down after an alarming increase in infection rates in some boroughs.

New local lockdown restrictions will apply to Bury despite the fact that the borough is reporting fewer than five cases a day.Matt Hancock announced on Thursday night that extra measures will be applied after an alarming increase in infection rates in some boroughs in the north of England.People from different households in Greater Manchester, parts of East Lancashire and West Yorkshire are banned from meeting each other indoors from midnight, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.Full details

Rusholme this weekend to 'ensure public safety' during Eid celebrations.

across Bury which will receive £10m worth of improvements has been revealed.  Cross Lane, Radcliffe; Derby Way, Bury; Pilkington Way and New Road, Radcliffe; Walmersley Road, Bury; Bury Bridge; Rochdale Old Road; Bolton Road, Radcliffe; Hall Street, Ramsbottom; Heywood Road, Prestwich; Manchester Road; and Radcliffe Road will be among the roads receiving repairs.  The proposals were approved by the Bury Council’s cabinet last night (July 29).  The money, agreed by members in February’s budget,

fifth highest number of coronavirus deaths in England in June, with a death toll of eight. No other neighbourhood in the Greater Manchester region had more than five deaths during that month.

Loudspeakers will be installed at Salford Quays in an attempt to deter people from jumping from bridges into the canal.It comes after almost 200 lockdown breaches were reported in a single month.Hundreds of people have flocked to the area during spells of warm weather since April - with some coming from as far away as Wigan borough.Teenagers and adults have been spotted leaping into the Manchester Ship Canal from the Detroit Bridge, or taking part in unauthorised swimming, despite these

finds.org.uk ), for historical objects found by members of the public.

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Bury for children with special educational needs and disabilities. The school is due to open in September 2022, after the government announced 35 new special free schools would be set up around the country.It will be run by the Shaw Education Trust, which already operates Unsworth Academy in the borough.

if the latest round of government funding falls short of what is needed to cover the outstanding deficit.

Council bosses are seeking to recover all the costs of repairing two historic Tameside landmarks from the driver who crashed into them.The Grade II listed Trough and cast iron transformer at the junction of Manchester Road and Audenshaw Road were badly damaged in an early morning collision at the end of May.The granite horse and cattle drinking trough, which has been in place in Fairfield in Audenshaw since 1879, was smashed into several pieces after a BMW mounted the pavement and collided with

straight to your inbox Joao Cancelo can help Manchester City for years to come if he can keep his current attitude, according to Pep Guardiola. The Portugal international signed from Juventus for £60m last summer aiming to take over from Kyle Walker at right-back but it has been such a largely frustrating campaign that even his future at the club has been left uncertain.

straight to your inboxPep Guardiola has stuck to his word and rotated his Manchester City side again to face Watford.Guardiola said a number of the players who started the FA Cup semi-final defeat to Arsenal would keep their places, but that he also planned to make changes and allow all of his squad numbers get some playing time in the final two games of the season.So against Watford, in the final away game of the campaign, Guardiola made four changes, with Joao Cancelo, Bernardo Silva and Phil

Two new COVID-19 officers have been employed by the council.The two officers will be on hand to help businesses to reopen as lockdown begins to ease and provide advice and information on government guidelines.While they don’t have any enforcement powers, they can and will report breaches of social distancing or other issues to the council and police who will then deal with any interventions needed.The officers will work alongside other council services provide advice and support directly to

Bury at greater risk of a spike in coronavirus cases, making a local lockdown more likely in these boroughs.He said: “The honest answer is yes, there is a greater risk of the infection spreading and therefore a spike in cases.“I wouldn’t go so far as local lockdown because obviously we’re not seeing that in Blackburn.

Levenshulme and parts of Burnage could form Greater Manchester’s first fully filtered, active neighbourhood.Plans for the project included a 'cycle and walking link' in the area, blocking traffic access to roads by 'modal filters' that favoured cyclists and ‘school streets’ that restrict traffic during specific hours in order to be safer for families to walk.Formed by residents in the area and a dedicated project team, the Network received support from Manchester City Council and Transport for

Manchester council says the discovery of peregrine falcons nesting in the town hall should be celebrated despite delaying the building's restoration.Having at one time been close to extinction in the UK, the bird of prey’s numbers are now increasing as the protected species have adapted to nest on tall buildings.It is the first time in several years that the birds - the fastest animals on Earth - have made the town hall’s clock tower their home.Peregrines are provided with the highest category

this link, enter your email address, and select 'MyBury News'.A 33-year-old man from Manchester meanwhile, who was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of assisting an offender, has also been released under investigation pending further enquiries, Lancashire Police said in a statement released on Friday.Detectives have also identified a number of people, seen on CCTV, they would like to speak to as witnesses.In particular, officers want to trace:A woman in a purple jacket and blue jeans with white