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• Man who downloaded recipes on how to make explosive devices jailed

  A man who downloaded recipes on how to make explosive devices onto a pen drive has been jailed. read more

• Police find missing 10-year-old boy

  POLICE have found a 10-year-old boy, who had gone missing from his home. read more

• Salford residents say 'yes' to elected mayor

  A referendum in Salford has resulted in favour of having a directly elected mayor for the city. read more

• Proud moment for fundraiser Debbie

  WIFE of former Premier League footballer Debbie Dowie, has returned to the Royal Bolton Hospital to see how equipment she raised money for has helped breast cancer sufferers. read more

• Prisoner’s jail term extended after drugs found at his home

  A PRISONER has been jailed for a further nine months after a court heard he was growing cannabis at his home and dealing in amphetamines. read more

• The next step for town’s £48m interchange plan

  BOLTON’S proposed £48 million transport interchange will be the subject of a special planning meeting. read more

• Pupils show they’re ‘the best’ poster kids for being green

  YOUNG entrepreneurs at Turton High School are green for all the right reasons despite narrowly missing out in a national competition. read more

• Explosives stolen from building site

  n POTENTIALLY dangerous explosives were stolen from a building site in Atherton. read more

• Internet car sales conman wanted by police

  A CONMAN who posed as a car dealer from Bolton is wanted by police. read more

• Temporary lights causing misery for motorists

  MOTORISTS have suffered traffic chaos because of temporary traffic lights in Westhoughton. read more

• ‘Spy car driving trade away from Churchgate’

  BOLTON Council has deployed its CCTV Smart car in the town’s historic Churchgate to stop cars parking on the pavement and damaging expensive flagging. read more

• Drive to keep football stars of future on track

  BOLTON Wanderers academy players have been given driving lessons to prepare them for life as Premier League stars. read more

• Car crashes into bowling alley

  THIS was the scene after a car ploughed into a bowling alley, sending terrified customers running for cover. read more

• Town rallies to back hospice from Day One

  IT was in March 1992, after years of tireless fundraising and £1.5 million coming from the people of the town, that Bolton Hospice finally opened. read more

• Store can keep alcohol licence

  A POPULAR town centre shop has been banned from selling “super-strength” cider. read more

• 'Boggled by my beer goggles!'

  FORMER High Lawn County Primary School left winger Steven Thompson’s dreams of becoming a Premier League star were shattered many moons ago — but The Bolton News reporter still donned a pair of beer goggles to take part in the PFA driving lessons. read more

• Boys collect 3,000 signatures for skate part scheme petition

  YOUNG people who have launched a campaign for a skate park in Westhoughton have handed a 3,000-signature petition to councillors on Westhoughton with Chew Moor Area Forum. read more

• Gym firm boss dies after motorway crash

  THE boss of a gym equipment firm has died after suffering serious injuries in a crash. read more

• Sophie’s choice is a lesson for everyone

  A POWERFUL film documenting the horrors of the Second World War concentration camps has been produced by a Bolton student to educate the next generation about the Holocaust. read more

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