Teenage girl reported raped in Moses Gate

7:50am Sunday 5th July 2009

AN investigation is underway after reports a teenage girl was raped in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Students' holiday nightmare

4:11pm Sunday 5th July 2009

STUDENTS from Bolton are understood to be among 10 teenagers who claim they were forced to hand over £1,000 in a row over alleged damage to a bar in Greece.

Unions join fight to save council jobs

4:00pm Sunday 5th July 2009

CARE workers are to lobby councillors next week in protest at Bolton Council’s plans to axe more than half of them as part of a bid to save £1 million.

£1m bid for new council houses development

2:20pm Sunday 5th July 2009

LAND has been earmarked for the first council houses to be built in the borough for more than a generation.

Prize is just the ticket for school funds

12:20pm Sunday 5th July 2009

AN executive ticket for four to see Manchester United take on Arsenal is up for grabs in an auction to raise money to transform the lives of some of the borough’s most vulnerable youngsters.

New look website for Bolton Council

9:40am Sunday 5th July 2009

BOLTON Council has launched its new easier-to-use website.

Abusive neighbour jailed for 70 days

8:30am Sunday 5th July 2009

A MAN who made his neighbour the target of a 12-month campaign of threats and intimidation has been sent to prison.

Tribute match to be held in memory of ‘fun loving’ Liam

4:00pm Saturday 4th July 2009

FRIENDS shocked by the death of a young Westhoughton man are to stage an annual football match in his honour.

Ballet premiere at college

12:10pm Saturday 4th July 2009

The prestigious English National Ballet will be premiering its new production on Saturday — at Thornleigh Salesian College.

Bethany’s a proper golden girl

11:20am Saturday 4th July 2009

BUDDING table tennis star Bethany Farnworth is celebrating winning a gold medal — and hopes more will follow as she bids to become a professional player.

MP makes UK medal plea

10:00am Saturday 4th July 2009

A BOLTON MP is calling on the Government to have the new Elizabeth Cross military medal manufactured in the UK.

Indian pipers to represent town in festival march

9:00am Saturday 4th July 2009

BOLTON’S rich heritage will be celebrated as part of a procession organised by Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller this weekend.

Trains ‘should be scrapped’ says MP

8:00am Saturday 4th July 2009

SOME of the over-crowded trains passing through Bolton are fit for nothing but the scrap yard, according to a local MP.

£1m drugs are recovered after swoop at lock-up

3:00am Saturday 4th July 2009

DRUGS with an estimated street value of more than £ 1million have been recovered in Leigh.

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