Eamonn Obrien: Last News

To outsiders, it was a no-brainer. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the decision to pedestrianise a street in Ramsbottom town centre brought a taste of European café culture to the foothills of the West Pennines.

Bicycles won't be allowed on board Metrolink trams unless it can be done safely, a key transport committee has heard.

A public inquiry into the Government's handling and axing of the HS2 rail route to Manchester should be held, transport leaders in Greater Manchester have agreed.

Two three-storey care homes are set to be built on the site of the former police station in Bury town centre. The Irwell Street building has been vacant since 2016 and demolition began in 2018.

Residents in Bury will be hit with a bill increase of around three per cent higher from April.

Council tax bills for Bury residents are set to rise by around three per cent from April according to the authority’s proposed budget.

Bury Council has spent just a tiny fraction of its budget to fix potholes over the past year as road workers were diverted to cover staff shortages on bin collection rounds.

Wide-ranging proposals to transform the heart of Radcliffe have received a huge financial boost.

direct to your inboxHeadteachers fear they may not have enough staff to reopen next week, a council boss has said.Eamonn O'Brien, leader of Bury Council, said many schools are 'nervous' about beginning the spring term on Monday because of the ongoing row over closures.The government has said primary schools in most Tier 4 areas should reopen as planned, despite rapidly increasing coronavirus infection rates across the country.Only primaries in London where the new strain of Covid-19 has driven a rapid rise in cases will be closed.The staggered return of secondary school pupils will be delayed by a further week.Teaching unions do not agree with the government's position, pointing to the advice of its own experts on SAGE who say closing