Bury News

The latest BBC News in Bury

• Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:52:13 GMTMP calls for return of chessmen
  The MP for the Western Isles says an extension of the British Museum could house the Lewis chessmen on the islands.
• Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:19:18 GMTCollider to shut down for a year
  The Large Hadron Collider must be shut down for a year starting in late 2011 to address design flaws, the BBC has learned.
• Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:31:00 GMTMore junk mail may be on its way
  A deal between Royal Mail and the postal union means restrictions on the amount of junk mail being delivered has been lifted.
• Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:04:59 GMTBaby-find paramedic alert delayed
  Paramedics say they were not called to a mosque until an hour after police found an abandoned baby, who later died in hospital.
• Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:10:59 GMTPakistan live burial convictions
  A court in Pakistan sentences four men to life for the murder of two women buried alive in western Balochistan in 2008.
• Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:25:11 GMTRow over exhuming Rwanda leader
  The son of Rwanda's first President, Dominique Mbonyumutwa, protests at orders to exhume his father's remains.
• Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:21:03 GMTTaking a chance
  Jon Venables was given a second chance and is now back in prison. But making judgements about rehabilitating offenders - and public support for it - can be problematic, says Jon Silverman.
• Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:09:33 GMTUS seeks Nigeria massacre trial
  Hillary Clinton urges Nigeria to arrest and try those responsible for killing hundreds of people near the city of Jos.
• Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:57:37 GMTHanged man family's 60 year wait
  On the 60th anniversary of his hanging the family of Timothy Evans speak about their desire to see his conviction quashed.
• Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:47:14 GMT'Hundreds dead' in Nigeria attack
  Several hundred people are now reported to have been killed in an ethnic clash near the Nigerian city of Jos, officials say.