Breightmet News RSS Feed


Kind-hearted strangers makeover mum's home

Kind-hearted strangers makeover mum's home

10:00am Monday 29th June 2009

A DISABLED mum and her two children are enjoying their new home — thanks to the kindness of strangers.

Art with a sense of place

DESIGN TEAM: Withins School pupils Demi Smith and Jessica Sinnott with artist Tracy Fenton

2:40pm Friday 26th June 2009

YOUNG artists are to make their mark on Breightmet’s new health centre using the area’s name as inspiration.

Crash girl, 15, is starting to recover

8:35am Friday 26th June 2009

A TEENAGER who was struck by two cars is starting to recover in hospital.

Withins staff to go down Memory Lane

4:10pm Tuesday 16th June 2009

PRESENT and former staff members of the soon-to-be-closed Withins School in Breightmet will be going down Memory Lane next month.

Playing grid makes maths fun

4:50pm Friday 12th June 2009

PUPILS at a Breightmet primary school are jumping for joy — and running, counting and hopping — for their new playground game.

Vandals damage new play area before it opens

NEW PLAY AREA: The equipment installed in Leverhulme Park as part of the £1 million Bolton scheme

8:01am Friday 12th June 2009

A NEW play area has been vandalised before it has even been completed.

Family suffers break-in shock

CELEBRATION TIME: Angel-May with parents Caroline MacDonald and Mark Ottley

12:10pm Thursday 4th June 2009

BURGLARS have raided the home of a severely disabled baby.

A tale of town’s motor industry

BACK IN TIME: Tram tracks and motor vehicles compete for space in Bradshawgate, Bolton, in 1929. The photograph features in Mr O’Connor’s book, pictured inset

11:30am Thursday 4th June 2009

BRITISH motor traders may be having a tough time, but a local historian is offering a fascinating insight into the glory days of the car in Bolton.

Appeal to find family of man found dead

10:40am Wednesday 3rd June 2009

POLICE are appealing for the family of a man to come forward after he was found dead at his home in Toronto Street, Breightmet.

‘Assault’ victim left with a broken jaw

11:08am Tuesday 2nd June 2009

A MAN suffered a broken jaw following a fight in a car park.


Local advertisers


Local Information

Enter your postcode, town or place name

House prices »   Schools »   Crime »   Hospitals »