HISTORY was made in June when Bolton joined the rest of the country in voting to leave the European Union.

Leave campaigners cheered at Bolton Arena when it was announced that 80,491 people had voted leave – a sizeable majority over the 57,589 remain voters.

The final result was that more than 58 per cent of those who voted in the borough opted for a Brexit.

The parents of a man killed by a dangerous driver said that there was still no justice for victims of road crime.

Geoffrey and Margaret Willis’s son Gareth, aged 29, was killed by a dangerous driver in 1999.

The bereaved parents spoke out after the death of Louise Wolstenholme who was killed by a careless driver, in Bow Street, Bolton.

Her killer Tinashe Chikoto was sentenced to 16 months in prison.

Shoppers spoke of their sadness that BHS in Crompton Place Shopping Centre would close down.

The store was among 162 across the country to close after administrators failed to find a buyer.

Bolton Wanderers also confirmed their new manager Phil Parkinson.

The 48-year-old was announced as Neil Lennon’s successor after a 12-week wait as the club headed into the third tier of English football for the first time since 1993.