WANDERERS took another significant step towards promotion with a hard-fought win at Shrewsbury Town. Phil Parkinson’s men churned out a fourth consecutive away win – their best run on the road since 2001 – with goals from Mark Beevers and Adam Le Fondre
BOLTON’s Jenny Ryan is celebrating after The Chasers won BBC’s Let’s Sing and Dance for Comic Relief. The quiz ace, better known as The Vixen on ITV’s quiz show The Chase, reprised her semi-final role of Dorothy and was crowned victorious with
PERFORMERS could be heard entertaining the town centre as Sing Bolton Sing returned for its penultimate round of auditions. Entrants young and old took to the stage in the Market Place Shopping Centre and sung their hearts out to try and convince the
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A MOTORCYCLIST was taken to hospital after he was knocked off his bike in a road collision. The incident occurred outside the BP garage in Blackburn Road, Astley Bridge at just after 11am, involving a Kawasaki motorcycle and a Nissan Note.
WELCOME to the business end of the League One season.With eight games to go, folk around the Macron are quietly confident that Phil Parkinson’s side can maintain their current form and secure automatic promotion.Some are even predicting that leaders Sheffield
STARS from Bolton appeared on BBC’s Red Nose Day show and did their part to help the nation raise more than £70million for Comic Relief. Comedian Peter Kay and broadcaster Sara Cox made appearances on the marathon programme on Friday night as the
IT'S Mother's Day tomorrow and, to celebrate, here are some lovely messages for the wonderful mums of Bolton. We hope all the fantastic mums have a very happy and relaxing Mothering Sunday. Here are some heartfelt messages to let you know just
LAST week a Bolton Wanderers fan was refused access to the Macron Stadium for the match against Northampton Town because of comments made towards a member of club staff on social media.As things stand, an investigation is ongoing and it has not yet been
WANDERERS have been told to expect no favours at Shrewsbury Town as they attempt to match their best away run in 17 years.Not since the days when Mark Lawrenson sported a moustache has a Bolton team won four consecutive games on the road.But Phil Parkinson
RESIDENTS have been warned to stay out of parks at night after a man was stabbed in a mugging.The warning comes following an incident on Tuesday night when a man who was asked to hand over his phone, refused and was stabbed.The incident took place in
LIKE most youngsters at school I had a nickname that superseded my given name and it has stuck with me.From my first days at secondary school I was ‘Pyeman’ – though, admittedly, I lacked a simple Simon to pal around with.Even now mates in the pub still
PHIL Parkinson will not name his team until a couple of hours before kick-off at Shrewsbury Town this afternoon.The Wanderers boss wants to give Mark Beevers, Darren Pratley, Jay Spearing and Adam Le Fondre every chance to prove their fitness after the
A WOMAN recently bagged herself a supermarket sweep around a discount store. Joanne Barker, from Heaton, entered a national competition with Johnstone’s Paint and B&M after buying a tin of paint at the B&M store in Manchester Road. The 40-year-old won
THERE will be plenty of drama in Bolton next week as the town provides the atmospheric backdrop to a dark thriller.Shoppers and residents will find themselves doing a double take when they see Broadchurch actress Sarah Parish playing the role of a police
READER Andy Skittrall took this super picture of the Pigeon Tower while he was walking the dog at Winter Hill. If you have a picture you would like to have published, email it with your contact details to pictures@theboltonnews.co.uk with The Bolton News
WITH reference to the recent letter from the manager of the Destitute Animal Shelter about the costs of purchasing a dog.I and my brother purchased a border collie, Lucy, last June, after seeing her several times. She is a beautiful, loving dog who only
YOUNG sports stars from Bolton celebrated victory at the Greater Manchester School Games.Schoolchildren from across the borough were among 2,000 pupils at Sport City’s Indoor Athletics Arena who attended the opening ceremony.Olympic hockey gold medallist
ON Tuesday I rang my GP Surgery to make an appointment for my nine year old son, who last week had fallen, grazed his knee and the wound looked to have become infected.My GP's surgery opens at 8am by 8.10am when I finally got through there was no
A LONG-SERVING MP has thanked his constituents for their support after collecting his knighthood.Sir David Crausby was knighted by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace yesterday, in recognition of his parliamentary and political services.The 70-year-old
A LEADING cake manufacturer has been bought out by its management team.Park Cakes, which employs 350 people in Bolton, says that the buyout will not affect its current workforce or manufacturing sites.The firm, which supplies own-brand cakes and desserts
THE MANAGER of a town centre lapdancing club has called on the council to tackle one of its ‘grot spots’. Diamonds lapdancing and nightclub is one of the few businesses still open in Bank Street and its manager Sean Doyle says that action needs to be
