A COUNCILLOR has been suspended from her group after claiming her party leader was "courting UKIP". Cllr Carole Swarbrick revealed at Wednesday's council meeting that she had been given an 18 month suspension by Bolton's Liberal Democrats.
BOLTON'S opposition party leaders have welcomed the return of a £300,000 grant given by the council to Asons Solicitors. Council leader, Cllr Cliff Morris, announced at a town hall meeting tonight that the controversial grant had been repaid in full
MUSIC could be heard echoing around the chambers of the Victoria Hall at the second night of Bolton Music Centre Presents 2017. In an attempt to outdo the previous night's talent, the young musicians performed a range of well-known classical tracks
DELAYS have been reported on the Bolton line after a man was taken ill on a train. The 6pm train from Manchester Victoria, which stopped at Bolton Station at 6.23pm, terminated at Blackburn after a passenger had to receive treated. It has not called
10:47pm That's all for tonight, folks. Plenty more to come on the big Asons news today, plus Carole Swarbrick's revelation that
COUNCIL chiefs have been at the centre of a political storm since news broke in November about the decision to award Asons Solicitors a £300,000 grant. Town hall leaders were accused of “running a dictatorship” when it was revealed in The Bolton
POLICE are searching for a 14-year-old girl who has gone missing. Bethany Williams, who lives with her mother and siblings in the Little Lever area of Bolton, has been missing since the evening of Sunday, March 26. But she was last seen at lunch
THE controversial £300,000 grant given by Bolton Council to Asons Solicitors has been repaid in full. The money was returned to the local authority on Tuesday after the council warned the company it would be launching legal proceedings to recover the
A MAN has been taken to hospital after coming off his motorcycle. Police were called to reports of the man coming off his vehicle in the A666 St Peter’s Way southbound at 2.33pm. The incident occurred at the section close to the A579 Bradford
A MAN and a woman who were arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was found stabbed to death following a fire have been bailed. Emergency services were called to a property in Berry Street, Clifton, at 12.35am on Wednesday, March 22 to report
BOLTON Wanderers have appointed Shaun McHugh as their new head of finance. The chartered accountant, arrives at Macron Stadium having held a number of directorial positions, including a stint at Crystal Palace between 2001 and 2006. He has also
MODFATHER Paul Weller is getting ready to rock the region.The former Jam and Style Council star is playing King George's Hall in Blackburn on Saturday, April 8.The concert forms part of his latest UK tour. The 10-date tour will follow a headline appearance
THE future of Bury College still hangs in the balance after a crunch meeting to discuss its merger with the University of Bolton.Governors at Tuesday's corporation meeting failed to make a decision on whether to pull out of the merger.As The Bolton
FORMER Wanderers striker Ivan Klasnic longs for a “life without difficulty” as he waits for a third life-saving kidney transplant. The 37-year-old, who was a hit with Wanderers fans during a three-year spell in the Premier League, gave a glimpse into
REPORTED cases of a 'superbug' have been on the increase in the the town. There have been 34 reported cases of bacterial infection Clostridium Difficile, otherwise known as C. diff, at the Bolton NHS Foundation Trust (FT) between April and January.
BOLTON fencing star Emily Ruaux took the positives out of narrowly missing out on sabre gold at British universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Nationals.Representing the University of Surrey, Ruaux, aged 21, lost 15-13 to Harriet Dixon of Oxford University
PIZZA Express is set to close its town centre restaurant this weekend. It has been announced that the last day of trading for the Wood Street restaurant, off Bradshawgate, will be this Sunday. The restaurant has been in the town for almost 20 years
WE thought you would like to see these two photographs from our archives.They both show Great Moor Street in Bolton town centre but from different angles.The top picture was taken at the end of the 1920s and shows the junction of Great Moor Street and
THIS brightly-coloured shop sign has been uncovered while work is being carried out in Bolton town centre.It has been discovered in Newport Street where shop fronts are currently being upgraded.Its discovery was noted by Councillor Zoë Kirk-Robinson who
FOOTBALLER Rio Ferdinand has been praised by a Bolton charity for his powerful account of losing his wife Rebecca to cancer and raising their three children without her. The Jennifer Charity was among the many people and organisations to take to
BOLTON’S health experts are backing a ‘chatbot’ which will help more women to breastfeed.Nearly half of new mum’s in Bolton are not breastfeeding after just two weeks, while more than 61 percent of the town’s infants turn to bottle feeding after eight
A BOLTON accountancy firm is giving budding entrepreneurs the chance to turn their business dream into a reality – with a five-figure investment.Applications for Baldwins Accountants’ KickStart Young Entrepreneur Awards have opened in the region.The awards
Each week police appeal to readers of The Bolton News for help finding wanted suspects. Natalie Griffin, 23, is wanted for questioning in relation to a burglary in the Bolton area in January 2017. She is known to have links to the Halliwell area of
HORWICH Funeralcare held an open day to celebrate its official launch. Members of the community were invited to the event, including mayor of Horwich Cllr Jim Bullock, who officially opened the branch with the president of Co-op's National Members
THE whole world is talking about Legs-it, but how well do you know your Wanderers pins? Here are 10 pairs (actually, there are 11) from Bolton players past and present for you to identify. Has this quiz idea got legs? Try it and see.
PICTURES of stolen machinery have been issued by police in a bid to reunite them with their owners. The goods, recently recovered by police, are mostly small plant machinery, including Stihl saws, chainsaws and generators. Police have released
BOLTON fencing star Emily Ruaux admits she is looking at the positives after narrowly missing out on sabre gold at BUCS Nationals.Representing the University of Surrey, Ruaux, aged 21, lost 15-13 to Harriet Dixon of Oxford University in the gold medal
ST Michael’s C of E Primary School have become Bolton athletics champions for the second year running.They beat more than 20 primary schools to the town title, showing a diverse range of skills competing on the track and in a range of field events including
IT may come as a surprise to some people that the North West has it's own schools skiing championships.And this year's slalom event at Pendle featured a number of medal-winning performances by Bolton pupils.The majority of those came from Clevelands
In the third in a series of columns aimed at helping people avoid or recover from injury and prepare well to participate in sport, motion sports therapist Stuart Farmer explains the benefits of sports massage for everyone.MASSAGE over the years has developed
MARCUS Chester broke the 20-minute barrier for the first time on his 138th Bolton parkrun.The Burnden Road Runner smashed his personal best he set two weeks earlier by a huge 23 seconds.Like London buses the 40-44 age group runner waited 23 runs for a
WANDERERS are reporting unprecedented demand for discounted tickets to Saturday’s clash with Chesterfield. Phones at the Macron have been ringing around the clock as supporters snap up £5 seats in the home section of the ground. The club is
REECE Wabara might be fashionably late – but he is working hard to get involved again in Wanderers’ promotion push.Signed as a free agent in February after Lawrie Wilson’s season-ending hamstring injury, the former Manchester City trainee has featured
A DOZEN matches in the BSF Over-35s League went ahead on Sunday, including a Division Two Cup semi-final in which goals by John Gilmartin and Leon Hamilton sent Mersey Valley B through to the final with a 2-1 home win against Radcliffe Old Boys A.In the
QUEEN Anne have secured the Division One title in the Bolton At Home Sunday League after their 4-2 victory over Great Lever Taskers.Their win, coupled with a heavy defeat for nearest rivals Astley Bridge Elite, means they have added the championship to
THE owner of a new town centre restaurant says she is devastated after a flood destroyed her new eatery just one day after it opened its doors for the first time. Rae’s Restaurant and Café Bar, in Deansgate, was launched by the Mayor of Bolton, Councillor
A BIKER has urged other owners to secure their motorcycles after his was stolen and later found set on fire just a hundred yards away. Kirk Mason returned to his home in Westhoughton last week after a few days away to discover that his bike had been taken
BOLTON West MP Chris Green has backed Horwich Hockey Club’s campaign to keep their sport in Horwich.The Conservative took part in a training session with the group on Thursday, an event held to support the team's campaign to save its pitch.It comes
FOR this week’s Looking Back picture gallery special we focus on the north of through borough, in Bradshaw.This semi-rural area has changed less than some of the more built-up parts of Bolton.While these pictures reveal some notable differences, there
IF you fancy a giggle currently pop down the road to Chorley and to the little village of Wheelton where something really eggstraordinary is taking place.A rash of drawings and models has sprung up there ahead of Easter celebrations, created by local
ONE thing that distinguishes the British from any other nation is its gift for understatement.Perhaps it’s a way of coping with trauma but it’s definitely something the rest of the world has always admired. We tend to forget it but a new report by Sheffield
MOANERS and doom predictors get ready for action – Bolton town centre and other local towns like Westhoughton are neither beyond help nor the worst examples post-recession.I’m just mentioning this opinion because I am absolutely sick and fed up to the
BOLTON is recruiting its very own champions to combat the increased numbers of people with diabetes. The latest two-day training course was held at All Souls Church in an effort to reduce the numbers of people with the condition. The current
HEALTH workers ranging from doctors, dentists, nurses and midwives to cleaners and porters are to receive a 1% pay rise, angering unions. The Government said it had accepted recommendations from Pay Review Bodies (PRB) for increases in the coming year
THE new Horwich Leisure Centre is beginning to rise from the rubble and take shape in the town. Work began on the site last year with the demolition of the current centre’s multi-storey car park in June. A building has now begun to take form
LAST week’s photograph was recognised by some of our readers.It was known as Red Rocks and is the bridge going over the River Croal as identified by Steve Keeley, Cliff and Helen Bray, William Jones and Derek Ainsworth.While we do try to find photographs
DR Brian Iddon’s fascinating look at cotton mills in last week’s Looking Back gave readers the opportunity to reminisce about their days working in the huge buildings where cotton was spun.Falcon Mill was the cotton mill Brian focussed on as it was close
BOLTON would no longer back Brexit if another referendum was held today, according to a poll of Bolton News readers. As Theresa May prepares to trigger Article 50 and formally begin the process of leaving the EU, we asked visitors to The Bolton
I READ with alarm the fact that Asons solicitors had "ceased trading" and all employees were being transferred to Coops Law.I wonder what position the previous managing director/chief executive of Asons will hold at Coops Law? It is certainly
ON Monday I picked my grandson up to take him to Firwood school.The street on Oldhams estate is always full of cars so it's not easy to park up.One rather cross parent had to wait until the escort had safely put my grandson on the bus, the gentleman
THE local postman who went out of his way to reunite a young girl with her lost iPod doesn’t surprise me at all.Rob Smith found this near Sandy Lane, Westhoughton, and searched the £130 device for clues to its owner. He managed to identify young Ava Parr
IT’S quite a validation of the importance of Horwich in enjoying the Great Outdoors that an anorak has been named after it.Designer Gary Aspden created a new anorak for Adidas that has been worn by David Beckham and Liam Gallagher. There’s also a Horwich
IF ever there was a positive role model for children of all ages it’s Bear Grylls.So it’s really good news that he’s becoming a cartoon hero after signing a deal to turn his schooldays into a series of animated adventures called Young Bear Grylls.These
BRUTAL machete wielding thugs who burst into a pensioner’s home and inflicted horrific injuries have been convicted by a jury. Fighting dramatically broke out in the dock at Bolton Crown Court as unanimous guilty verdicts were returned on Louis
A DISGRACED former mayor who fraudulently used his elderly father's details and bank account to obtain loans has been ordered to wear an electronic tag for six months. In May last year a jury found James Gilfillan, a former mayor of Westhoughton, guilty
BBC broadcaster Victoria Derbyshire has removed her wig to show her hair growing back following the end of her chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer. The Bolton presenter, aged 48, said that losing her hair had been one of the most upsetting aspects
