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Teenage armed robber is locked up

5:57am Tuesday 16th March 2010

A NINE-YEAR-OLD boy pleaded for his life as robbers broke into his home and bound him and his mother with tape.

Bullet fired at car window

SEALED OFF: A police cordon in Holmeswood Road, Great Lever

6:00am Tuesday 16th March 2010

A CAR windscreen was shattered by gunfire as two groups of men clashed in Bolton.

Delegation in London bid to ban EDL rally

6:03am Tuesday 16th March 2010

A cross-party delegation will today meet a top Home Office official as part of a bid to get Saturday’s planned English Defence League rally banned.

Man sentenced for child porn

6:31am Tuesday 16th March 2010

A man who claimed he sought solace in internet pornography after his sex life ended became addicted to it, a court heard.

Probation work is paying off, says head of service

PAYBACK TIME: Offenders on probation work in Bolton

6:22am Tuesday 16th March 2010

CRIMINALS sentenced to short jail terms would be better carrying out community service, the head of Bolton’s Probation Service has said.

Town pupils will be first to study diploma in public services

6:15am Tuesday 16th March 2010

BOLTON schoolchildren are to get the chance to study early for a job with the emergency services.

Fundraising walkers will be real stars

6:16am Tuesday 16th March 2010

ORGANISERS of a charity walk in aid of St Ann’s Hospice are planning to reward the highest fundraiser with their own star.

Town ‘will benefit from city region’

6:17am Tuesday 16th March 2010

BOLTON only stands to benefit from becoming part of a new Greater Manchester city region, according to the town’s council leader.

Health centre earns praise from the Secretary of State

vip visitors: From left, Health Secretary Andy Burnham, MP David Crausby and Ann Melmoth, knowledge and e-service manager at the Breightmet Health Centre, Bolton

6:19am Tuesday 16th March 2010

HEALTH Secretary Andy Burnham yesterday revealed that people in Bolton could soon be able to choose which GP they use.

Gas repairs to end next week

6:20am Tuesday 16th March 2010

REPAIRS to gas mains close to Royal Bolton Hospital are expected to be completed by the end of the month.

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How people can justify a continual law breaker mystifies me. Funny enough, it’s not just one law he has broken, but quite a few. If this was someone else who has not appeared in the paper, would these writers/moaners be up in arms like now? I somehow doubt it. − Name supplied, Darcy Lever

Jail was a fit punishment »

As many Northerners fight to keep a roof over their heads, politicians have second and third homes. Human and wild animals are being deprived of their basic needs — a place to live. − A Cartmell, Bolton

Wildlife deserves more respect »



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