LANCASHIRE secured their first Royal London one-day Cup win at the third attempt today by winning a low-scoring thriller against Middlesex at Blackpool.The Lightning, chasing 162, won by two wickets with only two overs to spare after Tom Bailey had earlier
NORMAN Fletcher clinched the BGA Seniors Championship Trophy at Bolton Golf Club last week when he produced an excellent 74 gross.The long-serving member of Chorley and still holding on to a handicap of three, was delighted with his win.“This was my first
A BOLTON-born computer geek has been found guilty of trying to buy deadly ricin poison from the Dark Web. An Old Bailey jury deliberated for around five and a half hours to convict software programmer Mohammed Ammer Ali, aged 31, of attempting
A SOFTWARE firm which helps charities collect gift aid has won an award after being nominated by The Children’s Society.Bolton based electronic point of sale specialist Nisyst took home the ‘Supplier of the Year’ prize at the Charity Retail Awards.The
A MAN who kicked a pregnant woman in the stomach was jailed for six months. Daniel Woodworth, aged 26, carried out the assault after turning up drunk at his victim's flat looking for his partner in June 2014. District Judge Khalid Qureshi,
ARSONISTS are believed to have started a fire which destroyed a flat in an early morning attack.Detectives and firefighters have launched an investigation into the blaze in Dingle Walk, Bolton, at about 3.30am yesterday.Firefighters — treating the blaze
A NEW taxi firm says it wants to shake-up the industry in Bolton — and is offering all new customers a free ride. Union Cars has been set up by a group of drivers from the Bolton Private Hire Association and is based at the Brownlow Way Mill in
TWO shops in Bolton town centre were found to be selling legal highs in a police crackdown.Officers seized cannabis grinders, cannabis pipes and 40 liquid go poppers at the businesses and advice was given to owners and staff.The shops are not being named
A BOLTON-born Breaking Bad fan made a "carefully crafted, well-planned and thoroughly researched" attempt to get his hands on ricin and then lied to police in a vain attempt to "get away with it", a court heard. Father-of-two Mohammed Ali, aged
AS a publican in this town for many years now I have finally had enough of the so called prompt reliable service that is advertised by several taxi firms and the amount of drivers allegedly on their books. Whilst I can understand that due to religious
WESTHOUGHTON Lions came roaring back after a below-par first half display at Manchester Rangers last weekend but ultimately gave themselves too much to do as they sank to a 42-22 defeat.Rangers looked to be coasting to victory in the battle of the North
REPRESENTATIVES from Bolton are on a trade mission to South East Asia led by the Prime Minister. University of Bolton and Vernacare form part of the delegation accompanying David Cameron as he leads the first Northern Powerhouse trade mission to
SMALLER Bins are to be introduced in Bolton June 2016. This co-incidentally will take place after the local elections in May 2016, no doubt to give Labour their best chances of re-election. There has been much said about the Labour Councils plans
IT was lovely to see the photo of the beautiful pink rose in Moss Bank Park in Friday's paper. We managed to save these roses when the top rose beds in the walled garden were grassed over. Volunteers work every Tuesday morning between10am and
FIREFIGHTERS are set to remain at a blaze which destroyed two barns in Astley for the next few days. The fire, at Morley’s Hall Farm, destroyed about 500 tonnes of straw in the two barns. The fire service is expected to remain at the scene
DETECTIVES have launched a probe into a flat fire which is being treated as arson. Firefighters were called to the blaze in Dingle Walk, Bolton, at about 3.30am. No-one was in the ground floor flat at the time, and residents in the above flat
THE Bury Over 60s inter-league team beat Bolton on Friday to make it a clean sweep of the games played at Bury Sports Club.Batting first, the Bury Golden Girls made an excellent start with all batters scoring on the first round.Corrine Thompson and Dorothy
BOLTON will stay dry today, with sunny spells expected for most of the day. After the wet start to the week we will enjoy a day free from showers, according to the Met Office. It will stay sunny this morning, with a period of cloud cover this
ROADS coming in and out of Bolton are largely incident free this morning. Traffic is reported to be flowing well on most roads, other than for some slow moving traffic in some areas. There is slow traffic on the M61 southbound between Junction
ALL the very best to the latest Bolton Lads and Girls Club venture in Westhoughton. The famous local organisation, that does so much to help children of all ages, is opening a new £75,000 youth centre in the old primary school in Central Drive.
WATCHING some of the excellent XL Expo – formerly Bolton’s Stongest Man competition – at the USN Bolton Arena at the weekend revealed a current fascinating male trend. The number of young men there with very bushy beards was quite surprising. Now
AN art that has stood the test of time is still proving popular today.When we asked "do Bolton Quilters still exist?" in a recent edition of Looking Back the answer was an emphatic "yes".Patchwork and quilting has been practised for
8:14pm A Little Hulton thug has been jailed after kicking a pregnant woman in the stomach. More here.
THINK you know everything there is to know about Astley Bridge — well now you have the opportunity to prove it.If you can answer the questions in this tough quiz then you can really say you do.The quiz was written by local Councillor John Walsh whose
THE story of the couple with Down’s Syndrome who have just renewed their wedding vows after 20 years of married life is wonderfully heartwarming. When Maryanne, now 44, and Tommy Pilling, aged 57, first met at a day centre in Southend 25 years
Today’s photograph was taken in 1974 but where is it? Last week’s answer was Heywood Park, Bolton. We had lots of readers sending in their answers but only one was correct, Harry Birchall. Heywood Park was named after Robert Heywood who was the second
IT’S that time of year that most parents dread – the long school summer holidays. The daily dilemmas of getting them properly looked after and keeping them safe, happy and interested in activities proves an annual problem. Small wonder, then
WHO would have thought it — a slide bought 40 years ago for a Horwich play group is still going strong?It will certainly have seen plenty of wear and tear over the years but this slide is as popular today as it always was, says Dorothy Bromley who runs
ONE happy result of the long Summer holidays is the proliferation of very clever cartoon films. Supposedly aimed at children, they are already hits with all ages and rightly so. The latest Pixar offering, Inside Out, shows the inner workings
AN interesting account of how those on benefits should be treated, but on the basis that there are not enough jobs, how does Kev Walsh see those unable to get a job making enough money to live on, bearing n mind that living without visible means of
THE acquittal of Jonathon Brown on 10 counts of rape and sexual assault of a girl again highlights the problems of naming sex case defendants. The law currently forbids publicising the identity of such victims but allows defendants to be named.
A PORTUGUESE mother drowned in a shallow stream after possibly trying to retrieve a ball she thought belonged to her grandson. Maria De Fatima Carvalho De Brito was found dead in Astley Brook just days before her 51st birthday. Her body was
THESE are the stars of Brilliant Bolton — giving up their time to feed and water young and old in the town. Dozens of volunteers are this week making free packed lunches to feed youngsters during the school holidays And last week — when 18,000
COUNCILLORS will decide tomorrow whether plans to build more than 50 houses on a former Harwood school site should get the go ahead. Bolton Council’s planning committee will analyse proposals to create 56 new homes on the former Longsight Primary
PLANS to revamp Bolton’s Town Hall will come before the planning committee for potentially the final time tomorrow — with a new-look disabled ramp among the proposals.Councillors approved, in principle, the revised vision for the Grade II* listed building
PLANS for two secondary schools to become the first in the borough to link up under the government's flagship academy scheme have been scrapped after one of the schools pulled out. The Bolton News reported earlier this year that Ladybridge High
EACH week police appeal to readers of The Bolton News for help finding wanted suspects. Paul Foulkes, aged 45, is wanted on recall to prison for breaching the terms of his licence. He has links to Johnson Fold, Halliwell and town centre. Daniel
SOLDIER John Williams had seen such horror in the trenches during World War One that he made plans for his funeral well before his death.He told his family that when he died he wanted to be cremated and not buried — they believe that decision was made
