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Hero fireman’s return home suffers a setback

8:00am Monday 22nd December 2008

HOPES that hero firefighter Steve Morris would be home for Christmas have been dashed.

Anger as three Bolton schools are set to become academies

Pupils were among the anti-academy protesters outside Bolton Town Hall before the meeting which decided the fate of the three schools

7:40am Wednesday 17th December 2008

TOWN hall chiefs have decided to turn three schools into academies, sparking shouts of “shame” from protesters.

Three Bolton school closures: More details

NEW START: Hayward School, in Great Lever, could be replaced by an academy under the Bolton Council project

4:00pm Tuesday 16th December 2008

Three Bolton schools are to close and reopen as private sector-backed academies, it was revealed today.

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Bolton girl, 2, in dress blaze terror

Mum and daughter after the blaze scare

7:10am Monday 15th December 2008

A TODDLER screamed in terror when her dress caught alight as she played near a fire.

Road campaign leads to Bolton danger junction improvement

8:30pm Sunday 14th December 2008

A JUNCTION is to be marked by Bolton Council after a driving instructor called for a review of “dangerous” crossroads.

Darts match for injured Bolton firefighter

5:10pm Tuesday 9th December 2008

A DARTS match is being held in aid of a firefighter who was seriously injured when he tried to rescue a family from their arson-hit home.

3,000 Bolton residents reject plans for academy

Executive member for children’s services councillor Ebrahim Adia receives a petition from Alan Johnson, front right and members of Bolton Anti-Academy

7:50am Friday 5th December 2008

CAMPAIGNERS have dismissed council findings that people are in favour of a controversial academy school in Great Lever after collecting thousands of signatures opposing the plans.

Fire victim's parents bid to grant her wish

6:00am Monday 24th November 2008

THE parents of a girl who died after arsonists struck at her grandparents’ home have vowed to grant her biggest wish — by having another baby.

Council turns down call for meeting on academies plan

1:10pm Friday 7th November 2008

TEACHING unions have called for more meetings with council chiefs to address concerns over the borough’s plans to open two academies in Bolton.

Bolton firefighting hero pieces together blaze trauma

11:40am Thursday 6th November 2008

HEROIC firefighter Steve Morris has spoken for the first time about the night he tried to rescue a family from their arson hit home.

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Many accidents involving children are the fault of the children themselves, either through arrogance, like the secondary school pupils crossing the roads, or the younger children not taught better ways to deal with traffic and copying the “bigger” children in the way they cross the road.  − Readers Letter

Not all accidents are the motorist's fault »

I would have thought that shipping the stuff abroad, which in itself involves burning fuel, is just a movement of the problem. Surely, the idea of recycling is that you deal with your own mess as you make it, on your own doorstep.  − Readers Letter

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