The mill produced cotton exported all over the world until the closure of the weaving sheds in the early 1990s ...

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Local legend The East Lancashire Railway has its own ghost ... In the 1830s, he added a cotton mill on the other bank of the river. The first Methodist chapel was built in the 1850s, but ...

The Luddites lost the fight to save their livelihoods. As the threat of artificial intelligence looms, can we do any better?

Then, the straw which broke the camel's back came in 1842, when cotton mill owners in Lancashire and Yorkshire reduced their workers wages. The workers were furious a embarked on a series of strikes.

Artist Carol Anne Lee, from Prestwich, was asked to create a unique painting to be displayed in the Bury Hospice foyer.

The names of two people who died in state custody following the 1826 Lancashire Rising have been uncovered almost 200 years after the events ...

In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains: "Heaven has gone blind!" ...

Artist Carol Anne Lee, from Prestwich, was asked to create a unique painting to be displayed in the Bury Hospice foyer. Titled "The Heart of Bury", she worked for "around a week or two" using oil ...

In the sweltering summer of the year 18 CE, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains:“Heaven has gone ...

The North West’s industrial heartlands are well represented in the May issue of North West Business Insider. Within we reveal our 2025 cohort of Lancashire Ones to Watch, led ...