EMPTY PURSE: Bury Council decided that in view of the financial climate it would not be spending any money to mark the Queen's Silver Jubilee.

LOST IN FOG: Passengers on board a double-decker bus were treated to an all-expenses paid mystery tour down an unfinished motorway slip-road in dense fog when the driver lost his sense of direction. It was several minutes before the bus driver and motorists following him realised that they had taken the wrong turn-off at Heap Bridge roundabout. Poor visibility and a lack of lights and barriers blocking the slip-road were blamed for the mistake.

ENEMY LINES: The bombshell of possible double yellow lines on all of Bury's major roads was dropped on members at the meeting of Bury Area Health Authority. This sparked off a move to seek immunity from prosecution for medical staff who had to visit people at their homes.

BUS STOP: Buses in the town were taken off the roads as they ran out of fuel because of a dispute at the local depot between one employee and a foreman. The situation developed into a full scale strike when engineers walked out leaving no one to refuel the buses.

HEARTLESS: A vandal caused distress to a Tottington widow by destroying her floral tribute to the memory of her husband. He had died as a result of his suffering in a Japanese prisoner-of- war camp.