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BOLTON Council's justification for overturning a democratic decision to trial voter ID measures at polling booths was labelled 'feeble' by councillors tonight. It was revealed last month that town hall chiefs had withdrawn Bolton's name from consideration

BUSINESSWOMAN Michaela Wain painted her way to victory as she managed to survive another week working for Lord Sugar. In the second episode of The Apprentice, the construction business owner from Heaton was part of the winning team for the second

A PROTEST march against controversial proposals to shut a popular nursery turned into a victory rally yesterday after the plans were withdrawn. Deputy leader of Bolton Council, Cllr Linda Thomas, announced plans to close Harvey Nursery had been

BOLTON Pride scooped a national award for its work in tackling hate crime at this year’s No2H8 Crime Awards. Representatives from the organisation attended a gala dinner in London, where they found out they had won the Tell Mama UK Champion Award

HUNDREDS of homes in Westhoughton were left without electricity after a power cut this morning. Electricity North West said that 209 properties were affected by the cut, which happened after the generator supplying the area tripped due to increased

KEN Anderson has assured Phil Parkinson he will stay in a job regardless of this weekend’s result against Sheffield Wednesday.The Wanderers chairman went public to play down all speculation over his manager’s future, which has built up steadily during

RUBY Howard’s hat-trick helped Wanderers’ reserves string back-to-back wins together for the first time since moving into the Premier League.With the first team’s game at CMB called off because of a waterlogged pitch, the focus shifted to the second string

HORRIFIED salon owners arrived for work to find thieves had stolen part of their front pavement.The Image hair and beauty salon believes it was targeted on Tuesday night when five York stone flags were lifted and taken from outside the business in busy

AN improved Bolton Under-18s still have work to do after a 25-12 home defeat to Blackburn.The scoreline flattered the visitors but illustrated that the Avenue Street senior colts have to be more clinical with their chances and capitalise on the periods

COACH Dave Crouch wants his Bolton RUFC side to maintain their momentum after a first win on the road at Hawcoat Park on Saturday. The Cherry and Whites won 38-15 in Cumbria to break their away duck at the third attempt in the North Lancs/Cumbria

A NURSERY which was earmarked for closure has been given a reprieve after the proposals were thrown out. Town Hall chiefs have said they will continue to run the nursery — but will 'increase income generated from fees'. They say they have been

FIREFIGHTERS came to the aid of a diabetes and epilepsy sufferer after she locked herself out of her home.The crew was called to the property, in Red Rose Gardens, at about 11am this morning.The 60-year-old’s medication was inside and she was growing

A GROUP of travellers has moved off a car park at the Macron stadium. Around 18 caravans arrived at around 6pm on Monday and are believed to have left on Tuesday night. They had set up camp on one of the car parks next to The Linkway, opposite

PROSECUTORS have warned publicans of the ‘substantial costs’ for broadcasting illegal TV transmissions, after a licensee was fined more than £8,000 for showing Sky Sports. At Bolton Magistrates' Court on Monday, October 9, Eric Hoyle of the Summit

PLANS for a new building that could have housed a cafe, hairdressers, and shops have been called off. Arkwright Insurance Brokers have withdrawn proposals to develop a vacant site next to its offices, opposite Relph’s funeral service in Blackburn Road

PEOPLE are being urged not to approach a wanted man. Andrew Christopher Tomlinson, aged 32, who goes by the name of Chris, is wanted after breaching his licence. He failed to return to his registered address and is now wanted on recall to prison

THIS year we have re-launched our popular First Class feature.Our photographers will be taking pictures of reception class children who have just started school, then we will publish their pictures in The Bolton News and online.Here are pictures from

THIS year we have re-launched our popular First Class feature.Our photographers will be taking pictures of reception class children who have just started school, then we will publish their pictures in The Bolton News and online.Here are pictures from

THERE are many people in Bolton with a voracious appetite for the past.According to writer and local historian Alan Simpson though he has it on good authority that interest really only kicks in around the age of 50. But once it kicks in there is no limit

BOLTON’s ‘butterfly man’ Ray Sandiford is to hold a slide show presentation and talk next week. Entitled ‘Butterflies in Decline’, it will take place at Lancashire Wildlife Trust Centre, in Bury Road, Breightmet on Friday, October 13. The evening

LAST week’s picture proved a bit more difficult than recent weeks for many of our readers.We had several wrong answers but understandably so as it was not an easy one as we wanted to test you.In fact just one person got the answer right and that was Alan

THIS picture in a recent edition of Looking Back stirred memories for reader Frank Gwilt.It shows Folds Road back in 1964 when things looked rather different than they do today.As Frank explains: “One of the shops belonged to my grandad and grandma.”His

HERE we have Market Street in Bolton town centre pictured in the 1960s — although we do not have the exact date it was taken.The picture shows the street before it was pedestrianised and traffic was banned.The photograph was taken from the Deansgate end

NORMAN Hindley’s early childhood memories will be familiar to so many local people. Last week he spoke of being employed picking potatoes at Hall i’th’ Wood instead of school lessons during the Second World War. The youngsters were helped by

A HIGH speed chase wasn’t really an option for the driver of this old banger when they found the police on their trail. Officers were engaged in a brief pursuit over a supermarket car park before the driver and a passenger decided to take their

GLODWICK marched on at the top of the Bolton Table Tennis League Premier Division with a resounding 26-4 victory over fourth-bottom Ladybridge A.Both Majid Tubasum, who is top of the averages, and Kyan Chin scored nine points.Radcliffe Cricket Club gave

BOLTON Ladies' first team maintained their 100-per-cent winning record from their opening three league games with a 4-1 victory at Oldham.The hosts had lost their first two games in the North West League Division Two South West and, despite taking

WANDERERS have called-off their pursuit of ex-Watford striker Obi Ogo. The 19-year-old had been on trial at the Macron Stadium for a month but the Whites have decided against offering him a permanent contract. Ogo was released at Vicarage Road

IN-FORM Horwich men are second in North West League Division Five North/South after maintaining their 100-per-cent winning start.A 1-0 victory at South Manchester was sufficient to take all three points which leaves them behind Didsbury Northern’s sixth

A FASCINATING piece of Bolton’s brewing history is set to go under the hammer this week. The Old Ale House, which is at number one Ainsworth Lane in Tonge Fold was built around 1580 but more recently was used as a three bedroom home rather than

MEET Smithills Open Farm newest arrival.This gorgeous baby donkey was born on Saturday evening and is mum Minstrel's second baby.The beautiful foal has had many visitors since coming into world — not least from the staff at Smithills Open Farm.Even

I READ with great concern a new report by Breast Cancer Now, "Good Enough? Breast Cancer in the UK", which highlights how much more needs to be done to save the lives of people with breast cancer.Although more women are surviving breast cancer

THE work of police officers, volunteers and investigative teams in keeping the region safe has been recognised.Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable’s STARS awards saw 13 teams and individuals honoured for their services over the past 12 months. The

NEW flashing speed road warning signs urging drivers to slow down are a step closer to being installed.Bolton Council is planning to erect 60 of the signs across the borough, subject to the approval of Cllr Nick Peel next week to start a tender process.Up

THERE appears to be some frostiness on the Strictly Come Dancing judging panel.New head judge Shirley Ballas doesn’t appear to be hitting it off with resident former prima ballerina Darcey Bussell if the body language is anything to go by.This may be

IT’S no surprise at all that former Premiership referee Mark Halsey is climbing Mount Kilimanjaro where he will oversee a football match for charity. Mark, from Little Lever, not only managed some of the game’s most contentious matches but also successfully

THOUGH I think that the excellent Octagon Theatre deserves any awards it can get ('Octagon Staff Take Centre Stage' Bolton News, October 3), it really should be careful what awards it accepts.For many years, the tobacco companies gave money to

A YOUNG man whose death sparked a murder inquiry died as a result of drug poisoning. Ben Spencer, aged 21, died in Haydock Street, near Bolton town centre on July 1 this year. The opening of an inquest into his death heard how on the morning of his death

BUILDING work has started on a new home for a pigeon racing club. The Lancashire Homing Club is being rehoused from its current Lower Bridgeman Street base, next to the former Bolton Community College, to allow the site to be demolished to make

RESIDENTS are being reassured after 70 cars were broken into in a month. Police have made a number of arrests in relation to the incidents which took place in Deane in September. They say officers have searched houses and found some of the

PATCH the Jack Russell has an extraordinary ‘tail’ to tell after he went missing and turned up eight miles away at his mum’s front door.The little five-year-old was out walking in Hall i'th' Wood on Sunday evening when he got lost in the woodland.His

YOUNG people looking to the future are invited to a Careers and Higher Education Fair to meet representatives from the country’s top universities and leading employers.There will also be seminars during the evening, with topics including applying to medical

AFTER three years and £1.2 million, Bolton Hospice has completed its transformation. The centre of care for people with life-limiting illnesses has unveiled its fully refurbished facilities this Hospice Care Week following the completion of its

NO child gets left behind at a Bolton primary school — which has been named as one of the best in the country.Kearsley West Primary has been placed in the top five per cent of schools nationally for the progress pupils make during their time there.Headteacher

ONE of Bolton's most wanted women has been returned to prison. Police were appealing for help locating Kristy Lomax, aged 42, after she failed to obey the conditions of her prison release licence. Lomax has links to the Halliwell and Tonge

THESE views should bring back some memories for our readers. Anyone who was a teenager in the 1990s will remember shopping in the Stolen From Ivor clothing store, while many will recall the days before Woolworth’s made way for Wilko on the corner

THE work of police officers, volunteers and investigative teams in keeping the region safe has been recognised. Greater Manchester Police Chief Constable’s STARS awards saw 13 teams and individuals honoured for their services over the past 12 months

FURIOUS residents have voiced their anger about fly-tipping after a dead rat was spotted in the street. Bin bags, tins containing food and even shoes have been spotted at the back of Blackburn Road, in Astley Bridge, where there are several takeaways

VILLAGERS fear that the problem of ‘horrendous’ speeding near their homes could lead to someone being killed. They say that dangerous driving and motorists using residential streets to race each other could result in tragic consequences. Potential

IN the recent past, the health of singer Cheryl was Cole and now was Fernandez-Versini has given fans real concern.In 2015, she was photographed looking pale and very thin. She later divorced Jean-Bernard and is now with former One Direction singer Liam

COUNCILLORS will be asked to show their support for new voter ID measures again tonight, after town hall bosses backed out of a government trial programme.The council voted in April to support a Conservative-led motion calling on Bolton to put itself

AWAY from the coughing and the P45 prank, Theresa May last week promised a possible move that will save hundreds of lives every year.She announced a consultation on changing the rules around organ donation which makes it easier for transplants without

PETER Kay’s brand new TV advert for Warburtons’ bread is not only very entertaining but also vintage Kay.It’s absolutely appropriate that the Bolton lad should be involved with promoting the iconic national company which started its life in Bolton and

ARE today’s youngsters “over-entertained” as we help them fill every minute?Radio and TV presenter Jeremy Vine thinks so and he also believes that they could benefit from experiencing boredom. Actually, I think he’s spot on.Jeremy, who has two daughters

NO-ONE rates us, we don’t care – a slogan which has to ring true for Wanderers if they are to stand any chance of escaping their forecasted fate this season in the Championship.While platitudes from the dressing room remain upbeat and both players and

EACH week police appeal to readers of The Bolton News for help finding wanted suspects. Kieran Doherty, aged 29, is wanted on warrant for failing to appear at court in relation to an offence of burglary. He has links Tonge Moor. Michael McCann