Biker dad dies just weeks after pal killed in road crash

7:42am Thursday 9th July 2009

A WIDOW spoke last night about the pain of losing her husband in a motorcycle accident.

Schoolboys burned in cigarette horror

7:44am Thursday 9th July 2009

TWO schoolboys were engulfed in flames when one of them accidentally threw a cigarette butt at a petrol can.

Ummah Welfare Trust – Apology

6:10am Thursday 9th July 2009

In an article published on 1st January 2009 entitled “Bank closes account of charity linked to Hamas”, we suggested that the Bolton-based charity Ummah Welfare Trust may have indirectly helped to fund Hamas, which has been branded as a terrorist organisation by Israel, the USA and the EU.

VOTE: Anger at plan to axe charity shop

10:00am Thursday 9th July 2009

OXFAM is pulling out of Horwich after 45 years in the town.

Tourists hit back at hotel charging

7:00pm Thursday 9th July 2009

A HOTEL complex which accused a group of Bolton School pupils of setting fire to a bar has a track record of charging for “damage”, tourists have claimed.

Oarsmen up for charity challenge

6:20pm Thursday 9th July 2009

ENTERPRISING adventurers got more than they bargained for when they set about the challenge of rowing three lakes in under 24 hours.

Labour wanted me out, claims councillor

2:10pm Thursday 9th July 2009

BOLTON’S longest-standing councillor has launched an astonishing attack on the leaders of his own party, who he claims tried to axe him.

Views needed on disaster memorial

1:50pm Thursday 9th July 2009

PEOPLE in Westhoughton are being invited to view and comment on plans for a memorial to remember the 344 men and boys killed in the Pretoria Pit Disaster nearly 100 years ago.

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