Prostitutes and gangs of youths are making life a misery for families in Bolton. The concerns were raised at Thursday night’s Great Lever Area Forum, at Clarendon Primary School, on Recreation Street. The forum heard prostitutes have moved from
A mix of soul and strings weaved a tuneful spell over audiences in Victoria Hall this evening. The town’s ever budding young batch of musical maestros have been showing off their skills in this year’s Bolton Music Centre Presents. The annual
A REGAL honour was bestowed on the University of Bolton as a member of the Royal Family was appointed to its highest office in an historic ceremony. Pomp and tradition was in abundance to install the Earl of St Andrews, George Philip Nicholas
A girl who had been missing since Sunday has been found safe and well. Police launched an appeal after Bethany Williams, aged 14, went missing from her home in Little Lever. She had last been seen on Monday lunchtime standing near to a bus
BIKE locks were handed out to residents as part of an action plan to crack down on anti-social and criminal behaviour. In a spate of fires in Kearsley groups of youths have taken bins from properties and set them alight in nearby parks and wasteland
CAMPAIGNERS carried a coffin through the streets of Bolton today in a protest against benefits sanctions. Members of the Unite union, the Bolton Trades Council, Bolton Against Bedroom Tax, and the Bolton Green Party joined the protest outside the
THIS photograph shows a part of town that that many of us are very familiar with.It shows a very popular car park under construction but do you recognise which one it is?This is the Octagon Car Park when it was being built in Howell Croft South in the
A BRITISH folk singer has marked Bolton down as a destination on a very big pub crawl.Beans on Toast is to take to the road to visit some of the UK’s best local pubs this May.The Down The Pub Tour is a 19-day adventure from Preston to Bridgwater via Plymouth
EAGLE-EYED viewers may have spotted a family beauty spot on TV recently. Sainsbury’s latest Easter advert features Rivington Pike and the Grade II listed tower. The Horwich beauty spot is only in view for a matter of seconds but observant viewers
A MAN died of organ failure following an attempted hanging, an inquest heard. The inquest into the death of Kenneth Daniels, 69, of Limefield Road, Smithills, opened at Bolton Coroner’s Court yesterday. Mr Daniels was discovered in his garage on March
ONE of the founders of Asons Solicitors has had his licence suspended and his practice shut down. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has intervened in the law practice of Kamran Akram, closing his firm with immediate effect after breaches
A REPORT into child sexual exploitation in Greater Manchester has shown that reporting of incidents has increased dramatically. A new report has looked at the scale of CSE in the area and shows that there has been an increase from 146 in 2013 to 714 in
THE ongoing crisis in social care is never far from the news. Readers will recognise the value of care workers, either as an elderly or disabled person or as a family member. They provide an essential support to some of the most frail and vulnerable people
MARK Beevers has stoked up the scoring rivalry with fellow centre-half David Wheater – insisting: “He should be scared!” The defender spoke to The Bolton News about Filipe Morais’ impact and why set pieces have taken on a whole new meaning under Phil
WANDERERS will open all four sides of the Macron Stadium to their own fans for this weekend’s game against Chesterfield. After seeking police advice, the club have confirmed away supporters will be moved to the upper tier, allowing extra allocation
YOU picked your all-time Burnden Park XI – but what would the players be worth in the transfer market today? If a swaggering Paul Jones was playing at the top level today, or Nat Lofthouse was scoring goals for fun, what kind of fee could they
RAMSBOTTOM Town A finished second in the Premier Division after a 23-10 victory over last year’s champions Flixton Cricket Club A, who had been second all season.Maximum nine points came from Richard Lightowler and Michael Moir.After struggling throughout
WANDERERS have taken the first measures towards having their transfer embargo lifted by the Football League.The appointment of a new head of finance, Shaun McHugh, and new auditors in the form of Bolton-based firm Cowgill-Holloway, were confirmed by the
RESIDENTS are being urged to be on the alert after a spate of thefts of valuable stone slabs. York Stone is used across the country for paving outside properties and its high value means it has become popular with thieves. In the past six months
A MUM has hit out at Horwich doctors for ‘refusing’ to treat her son after his knee became infected. Nicola Morris-Oliver accused the NHS of wasting money when she was directed to A&E by her GP surgery rather than being offered an appointment
YOUNG schoolchildren personally thanked the consultant who treated their much loved secretary for breast cancer. Bolton School's junior boys raised £1,350 for the Breast Unit at the Royal Bolton Hospital after Kate Iddon underwent treatment for the
REGARDING the anti-fracking protestors putting jobs and businesses at risk.I would like to take a wider view of the anti-fracking debate. The alternative view is that clean air, uncontaminated land, and clean water are the essential ingredients for all
BRAVE Kyle Buckley is fighting the biggest battle of his young life. The 12-year-old’s only hope of life-saving treatment now rests on him being accepted for trials into the aggressive form of cancer he suffers from. His family, including mum
A FORMER rugby league player has turned a big idea into a reality after designing a pioneering bicycle seat for overweight people. Stephen Phythian, aged 59, says his invention could transform the lives of millions of obese people by introducing them
I WAS a little surprised to read of the proposed Westhoughton by-pass in The Bolton News. Whilst a keen car driver myself covering about 10,000 miles a year, I thought there would be more pressing uses for such funding.I have also used Westhoughton’s
A TOWN centre lap dancing club has been urged to sell up so that Bolton Council can redevelop a “grot spot” street. Cllr Martin Donaghy says that the council has been trying to acquire the Bank Street premises owned by Diamonds for a year, but
