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  • Fire at Bolton bar

    FIRE crews from across Bolton were called to a blaze at a town centre bar in the early hours of this morning. Around a hundred people were evacuated from Lush Bar on Bradshawgate,shortly before 5am after the lights went out. A fire then

  • Residents sow seeds for future of council houses

    NEIGHBOURS have celebrated the transfer of the ownership of Bolton’s council houses to a new, independent Bolton at Home. Residents in Johnson Fold marked the transfer by planting a tree, which will form a vital part of a regeneration scheme

  • Extra parking bid at hospital is put on hold

    PLANS for new car parking facilities around the Royal Bolton Hospital have been postponed. Members of Bolton Council’s planning committee were due to discuss two plans submitted by the hospital, one for a new surface level car park in Clare

  • Fan builds a water wheel as birthday memorial to Fred

    BACK street mechanic Phil Frain is a Fred Dibnah nut. He followed the Bolton steeplejack ever since he met him aged nine. Mr Frain, aged 41, of Cartmel Crescent, Tonge Moor, has even been compared by friends to local hero Fred.