A MAN has been found dead in a Tonge Moor home. The 39-year-old's body was discovered at a house in Tonge Moor Road, near the junction of Crompton Way, at about 7pm tonight. Police officers were forced to break down the front door of the house
BAYERN Munich warmed up for their Champions League encounter with Manchester United by training at Leigh Sports Village this morning. Players were greeted by scores of fans as they arrived at the ground - home to rugby league team Leigh Centurions
FANS of courtroom drama Silk have been left wondering if it will return after the final episode left several unanswered questions. Last night’s series finale of the popular BBC1 show, starring Bolton actress Maxine Peake as Martha Costello, appeared
UNDERCOVER police officers found themselves in a queue to buy drugs after ordering heroin over the phone from a dealer. Brian McKenna, prosecuting at Bolton Crown Court, said another man who had placed an order was already waiting by a telephone
BILL Eaton continues his light-hearted insight into the life of a local referee in his weekly column. This week he hands over his writer’s quill to 16-year-old Emily Carney to talk about her experience as a young female ref My name is Emily and
A MAN has been charged with robbing a Deane hair salon. James Bentley, aged 33, appeared before magistrates accused of stealing £350 from Cabello Hair Salon in Wigan Road in a robbery on January 18. Bentley, of Deane Church Lane, will next
PLANS to extend the front and rear of a house look set to be rejected at a meeting of Bolton’s planning committee on Thursday. Officers say that while plans for the front of the house in Holyhurst Walk, Halliwell, fit with policy, the proposed
DRIVERS are being warned to expect delays due to roadworks in Beaumont Road, Ladybridge this week. The National Grid is working on a mains installation which will result in the closure of a lane in the road.
MAGISTRATES gave a woman a suspended sentence after she admitted assault and criminal damage. Deborah Duckers, aged 39, of Oxford Road, Lostock, pleaded guilty to causing damage estimated at £100 to a window belonging to Stuart Lovatt and assaulting
PLANS to turn a shop into a takeaway have been turned down by Bolton Council. Hamid Khan applied to turn the empty unit in 2 White Lion Brow, Bolton, which was previously a TV repair shop, into an Indian takeaway. He said that as there were
DAISY Hill has been listed in the top nine train stations in Greater Manchester in desperate need of access improvement so that more disabled people can get on to the platform. Transport for Greater Manchester has applied for funding from the Department
BRADSHAW’S annual beer festival takes place at Bradshaw Cricket Club next weekend, starting on Friday, April 11. All beers, lagers and ciders, from micro breweries around the region, will be priced at £2.50 a pint. Opening times are Friday,
BOLTON law firm Asons Solicitors is asking children to “dress their duck” for the Manchester Duck Race down the River Irwell in Spinningfields, Manchester, on Good Friday, April 18. The winning design will be transferred on to the duck, which is
In her series of articles, Angela Kelly talks to local sportsmen and women about their love and commitment to their chosen sport. This week, she chats to one of Bolton’s top sporting organisers Rowan Ardill ROWAN Ardill’s commitment to running
A DANGEROUS manhole will be replaced in a Breightmet road this week. The manhole is in Winchester Way and United Utilities will be beginning work tomorrow and expect to complete it by Friday. Two-way signals will be in place.
A WOMAN was battered into concussion while on a train home to Bolton after a Rudimental concert. The attack happened on a train between Manchester Piccadilly and Bolton between 12.15am and 12.25am on February 22 as a group of people made their
FIRE chiefs have urged people to keep their wheelie bins in at night after a fire in Great Lever. A crew based at Bolton fire station in Moor Lane tackled the fire, which began in a wheelie in propped up against a garden wall in a back alley behind
A FAST food firm is looking to set up shop in three car parking spaces in Lostock Park Industrial Estate. Councillors will vote on Thursday whether to allow A&M Grills to put a catering trailer in the 56-space car park off Cranfield Road between
A DRIVER has been summonsed to court following a road smash. A blue Vauxhall Astra hit a stationary Honda estate car in Bishop’s Road, Great Lever, on Monday, March 24. Police closed the road between the Bradford Street and Green Lane junctions
THE effects of the reformation of the Poor Law in 1834, will be the subject of a talk to Bolton Family History Society by Dr Alan Crosby, local historian of Who Do You Think You Are fame, and lecturer at Lancaster and Liverpool Universities. It
TREES are set to be felled and pruned in Lostock. Four cypresses, one laburnum, one sorbus and two sycamore trees will be cut down on land at Woodlea in Knowsley Grange – if planning permission is granted, and a number of other trees will be pruned
BREIGHTMET Library is holding a silver sketchers art class on Fridays, from 10am, at the library in Breightmet Health Centre, Breightmet Fold Lane. The classes are being run by Age UK for over-50s, and are suitable for beginners and those with
THE Lancashire Wildlife Trust is holding more “nature tot” sessions at The Hive in Moss Bank Park. The sessions are based around interactive activities linked to the seven stages of child development and include nature art, bug hunts, games and
FOUR metal signs will be erected on the Chequerbent roundabout in Westhoughton, if planning permission is granted. The marketing department at Bolton Council has submitted an application for the signs, which will be in place from April 14 until
SIR Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat will take to the stage this week. Bolton Catholic Musical and Choral Society are performing the show at Walmsley Church Parish Hall Theatre in Egerton from April
FIREFIGHTERS were called to put out a small fire on moorland in Smithills. Officers from Horwich attended the blaze off Coal Pit Lane at around 8pm on Friday. No one was at the scene when firefighters arrived.
YOUNGSTERS are invited to get creative this Easter. Children aged four to 10 years old are invited to make their own Easter rabbit mask at High Street Library Daubhill from April 14 to April 19.
SMOKERS in Little Hulton and Walkden who have switched to e-cigarettes are being urged to quit the habit altogether. Attendances at stop smoking sessions in Salford have dropped 30pc in a year and health officials believe it is down to the switch
A NEW drop-in service is being held for Breightmet residents to get housing advice. The weekly sessions take place at the UCAN centre, New Lane, every Wednesday from 10am to noon. For more information, call 01204 329541.
A TEAM of football fans will stop off at the Reebok Stadium during a challenge to visit all 92 English football league grounds in 92 hours. The group, from Bristol, is aiming raise money for the charity Invest In ME, in tribute to a childhood friend
BOLTON West MP Julie Hilling, pictured, has welcomed the reopening of the Beaumont Arms in Ladybridge. The Punch Taverns pub, run by Karen Crooks and James Waddington, welcomed the MP for a pint following a major renovation. Ms Hilling, who
A MAN who was due to appear at court in connection with a drugs offence is wanted by police after he failed to turn up. Jason Trueman, aged 29, is wanted for failing to appear at Manchester Crown Court. Police said Trueman has links to Atherton
HE is one of the country’s best loved controversial comics — but the last 12 months have certainly been no joke for Jim Davidson. The 60-year-old was arrested in January 2013 and then again in March by the same detectives who were investigating
FARNWORTH St James School are toasting the efforts of two of their young footballers. George Miller has just signed a two-year deal to link up with Bury FC Academy while Frances Kenyi has signed papers to train with Bolton Wanderers. It comes
From desperate attempts to get publicity to "hilarious" jokes by news outlets, here are today's 10 best (and worst) April Fool jokes. 1. Warburtons' new Loaf skyscrapers. Bolton's favourite breadmakers, Warburtons, were one of the first to
A BOLTON theatre is bringing the language of Shakespeare to life for budding young actors. The Octagon’s Youth Theatre is staging Twelfth Night from tonight until Thursday. Holy Cross College student Becky Bolton, aged 17, from Bury, who will
WANDERERS re-started a Juke, which started the whole club singing – but would it be a tragedy if the striker did not remain at the Reebok? Like Jay Spearing before him, loan star Lukas Jutkiewicz has proved to be the right man, in the right place
Bolton, Bury and District Football League chairman Warren Barlow gives an insight into youth football THIS week I would like to spend a little time on some of the people who work really hard to provide competition in trying circumstances
I AM writing to lend my support to Cllr Norman Bradbury’s letter “Bolton can do better” (March 26). I don’t really know what to add. Bolton has definitely gone downhill, especially as we are seeing more money wasted on unnecessary projects which
THE soaring price of energy is affecting everyone and the hardest hit are the poorest, who cannot afford to turn on the heating. If we continue to rely on fossil fuels, bills are likely to rise in the long term as coal, oil and gas become more
IT is not often that the three main political parties unite on a Parliamentary vote, but it did happen on Wednesday last week. Over the past four years, the Coalition has been working to ensure that the welfare system gives the support that is
RE the report in The Bolton News (March 31) about Bolton Council given nearly £700,000 this year to help tenants affected by the “bedroom tax” which, it states, is nearly spent. Not enough help is being given to people who are threatened with eviction
ARTIST James Naughton spoke to art students about his latest exhibition. Mr Naughton is an artisit-in-residence at the University of Bolton and he spoke to fine art undergraduates and MA students about his career and the exhibition, Naughton and
GREATER Manchester Police turn 40 today — and have released pictures from their archive of policing in Bolton to mark the milestone. The force responsible for policing Bolton was formed on April 1, 1974, when Manchester and Salford Police joined
PROBATION officers in Bolton took to the picket line to protest against government plans to privatise 70 per cent of the service. Dozens of workers, who are members of the NAPO union, held placards with the message “not for sale” and chanted outside
A POPULAR summer fair has been saved thanks to a windfall from Bolton Council. The Bromley Cross Summer Fair came under threat when the area forum budget was slashed last year. Organisers, Friends of Bromley Cross, have now won a bid for £3,000
YOUNGSTERS put their artistic talent to the test in a bid to create a winning poster design for the Bromley Cross Summer Fair. Pupils from Egerton Primary School, Walmsley C of E Primary School and Saint John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Primary
AN organisation promoting business with a social conscience has opened in Bolton. The Antz Network is occupying Commerce House in Bridgeman Place thanks to support from Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. It was founded by Jen Pemberton
TALENTED young musicians took to the stage to showcase their skills last night. The first of five concerts, in the Music Centre Presents series, was held at the Albert Halls, Bolton, to showcase the instrumental and choral work undertaken by students
THEY may still be at primary school, but these Farnworth children are developing into model citizens. Year six pupils at Highfield Primary School are already working together to help make the area they live in a better place. And they became
TIM Ream believes a spell out of the Wanderers side saw keeper Adam Bogdan come back a changed man. A knee injury kept the Hungary international out of action between mid-October and the New Year, after which he struggled to regain his place from
INQUISITIVE individuals took to the streets to observe the lives of Boltonians as part of a pioneering social experiment which begun in the 1930s. At the weekend, members of the public retraced the footsteps of the men behind the Mass Observation
HINDSFORD manager Lee Bennett is hoping to home in on a hat-trick of Premier Division championships. Dominant in the first half of the season when they appeared to be racing towards a third successive title, the Squires Lane men have struggled
CHEERS Bar Vets and Daten – the top two in Division One – took time out of their title battle to concentrate on the cup, with vastly different outcomes. Daten – two points behind Cheers Bar in the league – beat Division Three outfit BLGC 4-1 in
OLD Boltonians maintained their 16-point gap over Prestwich in the two-horse race for the Premier Division title. But with Prestwich winning 2-1 at Little Lever, the reigning champions could still pip the Bolton men if they win their seven games
QUEEN Anne’s dreams of a league and cup double floundered at home to Great Lever Wanderers. The Division Two champions, who sauntered to the title with an unbeaten record, went down 3-1 in the last eight of the divisional cup. A double from
BOLTON rower Chris Fairweather has narrowly missed out on taking part in Sunday’s Boat Race. The 23-year-old from Lostock was pencilled in for one of the eight spots in the Oxford boat for the 160th race against Cambridge. But he was replaced
TURTON manager Neil Johnson says Saturday’s 2-0 home victory against BAC/EE Preston was a fitting tribute to former club chairman Martin Vizzard, who died last Monday. In what Johnson admitted was an emotionally-charged day at Thomasson Fold, first-half
ZAT Knight’s fine late-season form could tempt Dougie Freedman into offering him a new deal. The club captain was expected to leave Wanderers this summer after five years but after regaining his place in the side, the 33-year-old has been one of
A NEW recycling “super centre” is causing huge traffic queues — creating problems for local residents. The new centre officially opened at Salford Road, Over Hulton, in October after a decision was made by Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority
