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VOTE: Chronic overcrowding on Bolton’s trains 'may never be tackled'

6:00am Tuesday 9th February 2010

CHRONIC overcrowding on Bolton’s trains may never be tackled, transport chiefs admitted last night.

MPs' 'golden goodbye' payments suspended

11:05am Tuesday 9th February 2010

The "golden goodbye" payments for Bury North MP David Chaytor and two other MPs facing criminal charges over their expenses will be suspended until legal proceedings are over, Commons Speaker John Bercow has said.

Cycling soldiers to raise money for Amy charity

FUNDRAISERS: The soldiers in Iraq will be cycling on a static bike to help the Amy Leigh Barnes Foundation

2:50pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

SOLDIERS in Iraq are getting on their bikes to raise money for a charity set up in memory of a murdered Bolton model.

Big Clean-Up crew nets 200 tonnes of rubbish

CLEAN SWEEP SUCCESS: Street cleaning vehicles work to clean litter from the streets of Horwich as part of Bolton Council’s Big Clean-Up

1:20pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

MORE than 200 tonnes of rubbish has been collected from the streets of Bolton as part of the post-thaw Big Clean-Up.

Correct name may now go on war memorial

11:50am Tuesday 9th February 2010

FOR nearly 90 years, Private Thomas Leech has been remembered for his sacrifice — by the wrong name.

Midnight charity walkers put their best foot forward

Midnight charity walkers put their best foot forward

11:10am Tuesday 9th February 2010

HOSPICE staff donned their pyjamas in the middle of the day to launch their biggest fundraising event of the year.

Police slammed for £100,000 ‘story sessions’

10:21am Tuesday 9th February 2010

POLICE bosses have been criticised for spending £100,000 on “storytelling sessions” for 200 top officers, while hundreds of beat bobbies face the axe due to a lack of cash.

Shoppers dig deep for hospital garden

Shoppers dig deep for hospital garden

10:25am Tuesday 9th February 2010

CANCER patients will enjoy an improved outside space thanks to Rotarians and shoppers.

Pupils are up for the cup

WEMBLEY DREAMS: From left, St Mary’s Primary School, Horwich, pupils Ethan Moughan, Jake Watkiss, Freya Morris and Erin Martin with Lofty the Lion and the FA Cup outside the Reebok Stadium

10:10am Tuesday 9th February 2010

FOOTBALL fans followed in the footsteps of their heroes as they lifted the FA Cup at the Reebok Stadium.

Ignore begging family, say police

9:50am Tuesday 9th February 2010

POLICE have urged members of the public not to give money to beggars who have been going door-to-door for handouts.

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IT is unbelievable that so many people complained that the side roads had not been gritted and refuse was not collected during the worst Arctic-type weather for 30 years. They seem to lack common sense. − R Swindells, Bolton

It would cost us so much more to clear all roads »

SO, Bolton at Home’s tenants are now to be encouraged to vote for a proposal which involves transferring the ownership of their houses from the local council to Bolton at Home, on the basis that this is the only way in which future funding for modernisation and improvement can be guaranteed  − Peter Johnston Former Chairman, Bolton Council Housing Committee, 1980-86 Kendal Road Bolton

Another ‘shoddy privatisation’ »



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