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Fears over youth club

10:40am Friday 5th June 2009

FREE transport to a Horwich must be provided for youngsters in Blackrod if their club is forced to close, town councillors say.

Digital switchover advice for elderly

10:44am Wednesday 3rd June 2009

AWARENESS sessions are being held about the television digital switchover.

Hay store plan

10:41am Wednesday 3rd June 2009

A BUILDING to store hay and straw could be built in Blackrod.

Objections to stable block plan

10:17am Wednesday 3rd June 2009

PLANS for a stable block have been recommended for refusal because town councillors say it is too large.

Help church realise its pipe-dream

appeal: Choir member George Hibbert and former choir member Ivy Speak with donations for St Katharine’s Church

4:00pm Wednesday 20th May 2009

MUSIC-lovers from a popular church have exciting plans in the pipeline — but need supporters to literally put their name down.

Home fire scare

10:06am Friday 15th May 2009

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a house in The Folds, Blackrod, at about 2pm after electricity cables melted and gave off smoke.

Children’s centres to open in all districts

PLAY TIME: Amy Mulvaney with her children, Kayden and Lela, at the Orchards Children’s Centre in Farnworth

1:40pm Friday 8th May 2009

A CHILDREN’S Centre will be operating in every part of the borough within the next 12 months to ensure youngsters in Bolton have the very best start in the life.

Turning lorries spark junction traffic fears

10:10am Wednesday 29th April 2009

TOWN councillors in Blackrod want to meet with highways experts over traffic problems.

Tributes to the queen of darts

TROPHY LADEN: Ada Shepherd, who used her darts skills to raise thousands of pounds for charity

3:30pm Thursday 23rd April 2009

BOLTON darts doyenne Ada Shepherd, who used her skills with the “arrows” to raise thousands of pounds for charity, has died at the age of 78.

Charity ladies night

9:14am Tuesday 21st April 2009

A PAMPERING ladies night will take place in Blackrod on Thursday.


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