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Call for residents to set up community hub

3:00pm Monday 6th July 2009

RESIDENTS are being urged to help create a community hub on their estate.

Busker whips up frenzy in the name of science

Communicating: David Price in Victoria Square

2:40pm Monday 6th July 2009

THERE was a new busker in town on Saturday. And it was not David Price’s singing which drew the crowds in, but rather the weird and wacky science experiments he conducted in Victoria Square.

New Roary TV role for comic star Peter Kay

2:00pm Monday 6th July 2009

After the success of his singing alter ego Geraldine, Bolton TV star Peter Kay is taking on another female role — this time for a children’s animation.

Health software firm buys out Australian company

12:00pm Monday 6th July 2009

HEALTHCARE software developer Ascribe is buying Australian company iClinix for an undisclosed sum.

Spirit of town shines at day of festivities

PEACE RAP: Pupils from Mytham School perform at the festival

11:20am Monday 6th July 2009

Faiths and cultures were celebrated with music, song and dance in a day of festivities.

Jenny fulfils grandmother’s dying wish to help hospice

10:10am Monday 6th July 2009

A YOUNG woman who promised her dying grandmother that she would raise money for Bolton Hospice will this week stage a massive fundraising event.

Orchestra in tour of twin town concerts

10:04am Monday 6th July 2009

MUSICIANS from Bolton’s Youth Orchestra are teaming up with their counterparts from Germany and France to perform a special concert in the Albert Hall this week.

Investigation over hoax email to the council is shelved

9:41am Monday 6th July 2009

POLICE have shelved an investigation into claims that someone sent Bolton Council a hoax resignation email in the name of an Astley Bridge councillor.

Joshua’s got the recipe for success

TOP TEAM: Joshua Glicklich with school dinner chef Philip Ogden and their fish dish

9:50am Monday 6th July 2009

YOUNG Joshua Glicklich fought off competition from thousands of Bolton children to come up with the perfect school dinner.

Families devastated by crematorium vandalism

ACTION CALL: Jaya Wishram at Overdale, Bolton with her mum Purbai Bhimji Vishram

9:30am Monday 6th July 2009

POLICE and council chiefs are working to step up security at a crematorium following a wave of attacks by yobs.

Race for Life - thousands turn out for run to raise cash for cancer charity

Limber up: Women taking part in the morning race warm up before the start of the 5km run

8:25am Monday 6th July 2009

THEY came in their thousands. Many had their own stories of sadness and celebration — but all had one aim in mind as they gathered at Leverhulme Park for this year’s Race for Life — to raise money to beat cancer.

Park cafe is destroyed in early hours blaze

DESTROYED: The remains of the cafe in Moss Bank Park after the blaze

8:14am Monday 6th July 2009

AN investigation is under way after fire ravaged a cafe in the grounds of a popular park.

Teen mums and dads given wider support

8:18am Monday 6th July 2009

TEENAGE mums-to-be are getting more support earlier in their pregnancy, thanks to a new scheme.

Sun shines as scarecrows come out to play in village

Clowning around: Kensie Jackson, aged four, with her scarecrow at the festival

8:02am Monday 6th July 2009

THE sun shone for the first time at the Blackrod Scarecrow Festival.

Horseback police join crackdown on yobbish behaviour

7:40am Monday 6th July 2009

MOUNTED police were drafted into Farnworth’s trouble-plagued areas as part of a new crackdown on anti-social behaviour.


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