POLICE had to close a road after a man threatened to jump from a bridge. The incident happened in Thicketford Road, Tonge Moor, at 8.25pm. The road was closed while police spoke to the man, who was talked down by 8.35pm. The road has now
MORE than 270 homes were left without power for more than seven hours after an underground electrical fire in Horwich. Firefighters were called to Brownlow Road at about 3pm on Wednesday when a manhole cover was blown off by a electrical fire underground
MORE than 50 shops and houses have been left without power in Horwich after an underground electricity box blew-up. Firefighters were called to Brownlow Road at about 3pm when a manhole cover was blown-off by a electrical fire underground.
PARALYMPICS chief Sir Philip Craven was back in his home town — fresh from the Winter Games, where he found himself embroiled in the Crimean crisis — to give his support to an ambitious bid to transform Bolton into a centre of sporting excellence.
FRIENDS and neighbours have paid tribute to a father who was found dead at his Tonge Moor home. The man, who has been named locally as 39-year-old Paul Haslam, was found at a house in Tonge Moor Road, Tonge Moor, at about 7pm last night. Police
HORWICH could be facing a fourth by-election in a year after the town council’s only Conservative member resigned from her post. Christine Flanagan, who represented the Claypool Ward, has decided to leave her role on the town council because of
BOLTON magistrates have jailed a man for eight weeks after he admitted attempting to steal jewellery in Little Lever on March 27. The court heard how Stephen Hoyes, aged 46, of Waverley Square, Farnworth, was drunk and had only recently been released
A TEENAGE motorist has been banned from driving for a year after admitting a string of motoring offences. At Bolton Magistrates Court Sophie Worthington, aged 18, of North Avenue, Farnworth, pleaded guilty to driving a Ford Focus without due care
BOLTON West MP Julie Hilling backed Fuel Poverty Awareness Week as part of Labour’s campaign for energy prices to be frozen until 2017. Ms Hilling joined campaigners on Lee Lane to let residents know about schemes to help them pay their bills.
A SHOPLIFTER who stole meat valued at £8 from the Asda store in Manchester Road, Burnden, has been sentenced to a community order by Bolton magistrates. Damien Obertelli, aged 27, of Winchester Way, Breightmet, pleaded guilty to committing the
A LOSTOCK road has been closed as Bolton Council begins a three week programme of roadworks. The council began work in Junction Road West, which will include carriageway resurfacing, drainage and kerbing on Saturday. This will result in the
The NHS Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group will meet at 12.30pm until 3pm on Friday, May 2, at the Friends Meeting House in Silvewell Street, Bolton town centre.
A MOTHER who was driving with her four children in her car has been accused of ramming a police vehicle during a 30-mile pursuit. Barbara Maycock, who was making her first appearance at court, is alleged to have been chased by police for 45 minutes
A BOLTON cinema is showing a special screening of the Muppets latest animated adventure today, to coincide with World Autism Awareness Day. Vue Bolton, Middlebrook Leisure Park, has added a midweek showing of the much-anticipated Muppets Most Wanted
A SINGING group will be held for people with dementia. The next Singing for the Brain meeting will be on Monday, April 14, between 2pm and 4pm at St Peter’s Parish Hall, Church Road, Halliwell. The sessions are run by the Alzheimer’s Society
FIDGETS soft indoor play centre is holding more Musicaliti classes at Fidgets in Dunscar Business Park, in Blackburn Road, on Thursday from 4.30pm. The two-hour sessions allow children to sing, make music using percussion instruments and play a
THE University of Bolton’s Centre for Research for Health and Wellbeing is holding its inaugural Bolton One conference on Friday, April 11. Entitled An Holistic Approach to Health and Wellbeing, the free event is aimed at a wide range of health
PART of a busy Bolton road will be closed from tomorrow while a new gas main is installed. The national grid works are being carried out in Beaumont Road and the lane closure is expected to remain in place until April 9.
TRAFFIC measures put in place in Westhoughton will remain until the end of April. Two-way temporary signals were erected on Friday in the junction of Bolton Road and Slack Lane and stay until April 28 while a new HV cable is installed at the site
PARENTS in Walkden and Little Hulton are being urged to get involved with shaping services for children with special education needs. The government is reforming the systems and authorities will put together a “local offer” detailing the help support
TWO Heaton homes were targeted in burglaries on Monday. Burglars raided a home in Felsted, Heaton, taking cash, personal papers and a tea towel. They entered through a wooden double glazing window, which was forced open. Jewellery was stolen
AN Easter eggs-travanagza is being planned for the town centre. Families can take part in an Easter egg hunt, starting at Bolton Market, for a chance to win a giant 15kg Slattery’s Chocolate Egg. While Dr Zoolittle and his fabulous creatures
PEOPLE will be able to bid on items at a church auction in Tyldesley. The event will take place on Saturday, April 12 at the Methodist Church in Elliott Street and viewing of lots will begin at 10.30am. The actual auction will start at noon
BOLTON Citizens’ Advice Bureau is looking for new trustees to take the charity forward. The trustee board is the governing body and is responsible for the governance and strategic direction of the charity. Trustees can come from all walks of
YOUNGSTERS will take centre stage with a performance of The Wizard of Oz. Sixty-five pupils between the age of seven and nine, from Turton and Edgworth Primary School will put on the show at The Barlow in Bolton Road, Edgworth. Katie O’Donnell
A SHOPLIFTER has been ordered to pay the Iceland store in Bolton £5 compensation after pleading guilty to stealing a bottle of sherry. John Sokolowski, aged 25, of no fixed address, appeared at Bolton Magistrates Court following the theft on December
A RAMBLERS’ walk is taking place around Horwich tomorrow. The group meets at 10.30am at Horwich Leisure Centre in Victoria Road before the three to four-mile walk around the town. Sturdy footwear is advised and the walk will take around two hours
A TALENT show will be held to raise money for a children’s hospice on Friday night. Jenna’s Talent Search, organised by Jenna Taylor, aged 16, from Bromley Cross, will take place at Rumworth Hall, Prescott Street, Daubhill, at 7.30pm. Tickets cost
a free Mud to Muscle session is being held tomorrow in Haslam Park, in Wigan Road, where people can undertake a variety of conservation tasks. All equipment will be provided and the session starts at 9.30am. For more details, call Joanne Moore at Lancashire
AN Easter Bunny hunt will take place in the grounds of Hall i’ th’ Wood Museum on Saturday, April 12, starting at 1.30pm.
A WRITERS’ group in Horwich is inviting anyone passionate about writing to join them tomorrow. Creative Minds Writers’ Group is suitable for beginners to advanced, as well as poets and stand-up comedians. The session is from 10am to noon at Bolton
CARRYING a hunting knife in public has resulted in a man being jailed for 12 weeks. Stuart Brough, aged 37, of Gorton Street, Farnworth, pleaded guilty at Bolton Magistrates Court to having the knife in Glynne Street, Farnworth, on February 23.
MP Julie Hilling will hold a joint surgery with Horwich councillors Stephen Pickup and Kevin McKeon on Saturday. The Bolton West MP will be at Horwich Library in Jones Street from 9.30am to 10.30am.
FILMING of the second series of BBC period drama The Village will continue until July. The show’s stars, including Bolton’s Maxine Peake are filming in Derbyshire for six episodes to be broadcast later this year. The show charts the life and turbulent
COUNCILLORS are being urged to reject proposals to build a part single, part two-storey extension at a property in Grierson Street, Halliwell. Mr Y Umarji wanted to extend the ground floor by six metres, and the first floor by four metres, but
CRIMINALS targeted two vehicles to steal valuable goods on Monday. A car window was smashed in Junction Road, Heaton, and a router was stolen from inside. A sat nav and a mobile phone were taken from a car in Greenbarn Way, Blackrod. It
OPPORTUNIST thieves took a wallet and driving licence worth £35 from the glove box of an unlocked vehicle on Monday. The incident, which is being investigated by police, happened between 9.30am and 10.30am in Smithills Dean Road on March 24.
A FREE concert has been announced by a Westhoughton musical institution to kick start a series of performances. Wingates Band has resurrected its popular Sunday night concert series Wingates In The Windsor. The name derives from the venue,
BOLTON Society for Blind People has received a £1,012 boost from a quiz night. The charity hosted an Easter- themed quiz at Farnworth Cricket Club in Lavender Road on Thursday. The money raised will be used to help fund an assisted holiday
BOLTON-based Lancashire folk duo Me ’n’ Im perform at the Jolly Crofters pub in Chorley Old Road, Horwich, tonight. They return to the venue on the first Wednesday of every month throughout the rest of the year.
DAVID Flitcroft has joined up with The Bolton News to write a weekly column. In his latest instalment, the Bolton-based Bury manager talks about a competition he believes could keep teenage players in the sport I WAS appalled to read the latest
I DON’T know if Chris Green (Letters, March 29) is a member of a trades union but, if he is, he will know that, contrary to Tory myth, trades unionists don’t take strike action lightly. This is certainly true of teachers, who are well aware of
MAY I reply to Steve Kenyon’s letter “Biblical Silence” (March 26). I do not pluck a scripture or two to support my wishes. I cross reference with other factors first without bias. It says at 2 Timothy: “All scripture is beneficial for teaching
OBVIOUSLY Carol Riding disliked the touring production of “This May Hurt A Bit” at the Octagon in Bolton. Although I have not yet seen it, I discussed it with my sister, whose politics are a little different to mine. She had a thoroughly enjoyable
I WAS driving behind a bus on the evening of Sunday, March 23, at about 4.45pm, heading towards Bury, just at the start of the deristricted zone in Longsight Road, near the petrol station. I spotted an elderly lady at a bus stop waving her arms
I AM of the opinion, re the EU, that if the British are credited with enough intelligence to be allowed an in-out referendum, I would vote to get out. I want to get rid of the European rings from our noses and go and do what we are more than capable
ELEVEN restaurants, cafes or takeaways in Bolton have received a rating of zero or one for food hygiene in the last six months, according to the Food Standards Agency. Seven establishments have recorded scores of zero on the food hygiene rating
EIGHT stalls at Bolton Council’s flagship market have been given food hygiene ratings of one or zero out of five, it has emerged. Market traders have blamed the council — pointing to “chaos” caused by the redevelopment of the indoor market, as
POLLUTION from a smog cloud caused by sand from the Sahara Desert has hit Bolton. Bolton's air quality index has reached 5, a "moderate" level according to the Met Office, considerably higher than the town's normal "low" level of 2. Public
BOLTON-based medical products manufacturer Vernacare is in line for a top national healthcare excellence award tonight . Vernacare is a finalist in the Medilink UK Awards for Partnership Working with the NHS — having won the North West regional
A SHOP used by Bolton’s horse-riding community has closed because its owner says the overheads were too high. The door was closed at Tack And Feed in Blackburn Road, Egerton, for the final time at the weekend. But owner Deborah Brookes is promising
Weather forecasters say Bolton can expect more glorious sunshine this afternoon with temperatures likely to reach 14 degrees C. But sunseekers are advised to make the most of it as rain is set to return tomorrow with unsettled weather lasting into
THE first public access life-saving defibrillator has been installed in Little Lever in memory of a loving husband and father who died suddenly on Christmas Day, 2012. The village defibrillator has been placed on the wall of St Matthew’s Church
A PHYSIOTHERAPIST who wants to create a new “green centre” and nature garden has hit out at Bolton Council for failing to back the plan. Stuart Cosgrove is looking to expand his business, currently operating in Ashcrofts Farm in Chorley Road, Westhoughton
EACH week police appeal to readers of The Bolton News for help tracing wanted criminals. DARREN Leack, aged 35, is being hunted by police for failing to appear at Bolton Magistrates Court on March 25 for a charge of theft. Police said he has links
BOLTON followed in the footsteps of Manchester last year and introduced student safety zones across town. Students who are vulnerable or do not feel safe get assistance from one of about 20 businesses supporting the student safety zones. Participating
A MAN wrestled an air gun from his neighbour after he turned up on his doorstep, a court heard. David Snape is alleged to have threatened John Bond with the gas-powered BB gun after going round to his home in Gregson Field, Daubhlll, last August
THE leader of Westhoughton Town Council has been told he cannot monitor CCTV camera faults in an emergency — so he is not susceptible to “bribery, corruption or malpractice”. A report into the procedure for reporting faults was distributed to members
TALENTED young musicians took to the stage last night for the second instalment of a musical extravaganza. Throughout the week, about 800 performers will grace the stage at the Albert Halls, Bolton, for the Music Centre Presents series of concerts
THE Octagon Theatre has welcomed plans to introduce tax relief for the industry. A consultation has been launched on the proposals, with the new tax reductions set to come into effect on September 1. The initiative has been welcomed by several
A POLICE operation aimed at clamping down on metal theft has received three national awards. Operation Alloy was launched three years ago following a huge increase in metal theft across the force. Since then the thefts have seen a 72 per cent
TALENTED young dancers from Bolton will grace the stage tonight in a thrilling new dance production of a classic novel. World-renowned choreographer Matthew Bourne chose 24 boys and young men, out of 600 hopefuls, to appear alongside professionals
RAIL companies and politicians across Bolton have welcomed the news that Number 10 will ensure more carriages on Bolton’s crammed railway lines. More than 1,000 people signed our petition calling for an end to overcrowding and for government action
THE campaign to drastically improve Bolton’s rail service launched with news that carriages were being slashed. Back in December, First Transpennine Express announced they were halving the number of carriages on the popular Bolton 8.08am service
IN December last year, Prime Minister David Cameron visited our offices and spoke with our political reporter Elaine O’Flynn about the issues surrounding Bolton’s trains. Here, Mr Cameron writes exclusively in The Bolton News about the decision to
THE prime minister David Cameron has promised commuters an extra 200 seats on rush hour trains through Bolton. The Bolton News has been campaigning since December for more carriages — and last night, Number 10 confirmed that more will be installed
JOSH Vela wants to prove to Wanderers he is worth all the hype by leading Notts County out of relegation danger. The injury-plagued Academy graduate looked to be losing his way at the Reebok this season but has made a 100 per cent start for Shaun
EAGLEY and Bolton County’s under-9s teams showed you are never too young to play the game the right way. On a superb playing surface at Eagley Sports Complex the two sets of players never allowed their determination to compete take away from their
DOUGIE Freedman insists there has been no fall out with Chris Eagles – but revealed the Wanderers playmaker turned down two chances to leave the Reebok last week. The Whites allowed both Charlton Athletic and Ipswich Town to speak with the 28-year-old
RESIDENTS have been left devastated after a children's pond-dipping platform was stolen from a Westhoughton beauty spot. Fundraisers raised money to pay for platform at Eatock Lodge in Daisy Hill nearly three years ago. Now nearly all of the
A MARRIED couple who spend their retirement at car boot sales to raise money for charity have been named fundraisers of the year. Grandparents Jeff and Marielyn Rowson were driven to raise money after feeling indebted to the NHS for the care they
