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A PUB which has only been open six months has won its way into the hearts and palates of its locals.
EVERY year smokers endeavour to cut down or quit in October.
ICONIC heavy metal band Metallica will be taking to the stage at the Eithad Stadium next summer.
A cold-calling fraudster can sound very convincing, but there may be some warning signs that could help you spot that someone is about to attempt to steal your cash.
A BINGO company in Bolton has launched a search to find the top singing superstars in the town.
A GIANT mural of punk legend Mark E Smith is being painted on the side of a chippy in Prestwich.
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze which broke out in a town centre flat this afternoon.
A TRAMPOLINE club is all set to bounce into the future after getting the go-ahead to use a former vehicle-repair shop as its base.
A BURY FC supporter has died after being taken ill during Saturday’s match against Carlisle United.
TODAY’S picture shows Rothwell Street wash house in Bolton back in 1937.
A TURF war between two rival gangs escalated to such an extent that a car was shot at, a court was told.
A TEENAGER has hit out at a travel company after they threatened to leave her in Greece because of an allergy to strawberries.
Yasmin Qureshi, MP for Bolton South East, took to the witness stand to make a impassioned plea for courts to treat threats to MPs seriously, in the aftermath of the murder of Jo Cox in 2016.
LACK of lighting outside Horwich’s new leisure centre is robbing a partially sighted swimmer of his independence, says his dad.
MPs are facing increasing levels of abuse from trolls using social media such as Facebook and Twitter to attack them, recent research has shown.
A NEW regional centre is helping local people who need dialysis or intravenous nutrition treat themselves at home to improve quality of life.
AN 11-YEAR-OLD girl is fighting for her life after she was hit by a car in Great Lever.
BOLTON triathlete James Scott-Farrington's has a 2020 vision – to compete in the Ironman UK in his home town.
WELL, the 2018 cricket season is at an end and I know our fixtures secretary will be glad so he can have a well-earned rest.
THE league had a one-hundred-per-cent winning record in the Lancashire FA Sunday Trophy at the weekend.
AN OFFICE building has been left with a gaping hole in its wall after a car ploughed into it.
GOALS from Dennis Politic and Stephen Duke-McKenna gave Wanderers a deserved 2-0 victory against Leeds United.
IN the third week of play in the Bolton and District Table Tennis League the Ramsbottom Music Festival clear up from the weekend means the derby match between Ramsbottom's A and C teams will have to be played at a later date.
MEMBERS of the Al-Khair Foundation successfully raised £500 for a local mental health cause.
HOSPITAL staff will go on strike in a protest over pay.
AS stars of stage and screen called for every child to have "access to the arts", a school in Bolton is ensuring young people in the borough enjoy and benefit from the enrichment such subjects bring.
AN INQUIRY into how the blood of thousands of people was contaminated with Hepatitis C and HIV has opened.
An open letter to Cllr Cunliffe, Executive Member for Children's Services
A FORMER supermarket looks set to be knocked down to make way for a new health centre and library.
A BOLTON building society is hoping to turn October into Socktober with people donating new pairs of socks and other items to help support homeless people.
BOLTON Council is “on track” to make the £12.5m savings needed to balance its two year budget which came into effect from April 2017.
A TEENAGER has completed the gruelling ‘Three Peaks’ mountain challenge – having never climbed a mountain before.
A GRANDFATHER is recovering after suffering a horrendous head injury when a ride-on toy was pushed off the top of an underpass onto him.
SOCIAL media makes it easy to communicate people around the world. But Bolton South MP Yasmin Qureshi called in the police after receiving abusive and threatening messages on Facebook. MATTHEW CALDERBANK reports
A SCULPTURE of a Bolton-born teenager has been destroyed by police armed with axes, concrete saws and ropes.
NEWLY-PROMOTED Horwich Ladies' first team kicked off their Greater Manchester League Division Two campaign with a 3-0 victory at Bury second team.
BOLTON Hockey Club men's first team got their season off to a flying start with a 3-0 victory at Fylde.
ATHERTON Collieries got the better of long-standing rivals Runcorn Linnets, spurning several chances but running out 3-2 winners.
THE BSF Over-35s Football League tables have a decidedly uneven look after three weeks due to postponements and open dates.
AN ONGOING payment row between Wanderers and three former players could mean the club is unable to register new signing Lloyd Dyer ahead of this weekend’s home game against Derby County.
WANDERERS have moved to snap up free agent Lloyd Dyer after receiving the news Sammy Ameobi will be out of action for another six weeks.
