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The police should ‘stop moaning’ about cuts and ‘live within their means’ a councillor – and former GMP worker – has said.
Police say they have found a body in the search for wanted man John Cowley.
AFTER looking at how house prices have chanced across Bolton over the past 20 years, today we look at the most expensive residential properties ever sold in the area. SEAMUS MCDONNELL reports.
PLANS to revamp a community centre and bring it back into use have been approved.
OUTLINE planning permission on the construction of 115 new homes on the site of a former university halls of residence has been agreed.
A QUICK-THINKING Scout has been hailed a hero for saving his mum's life after she suffered a stroke.
TICKETS are still available for what promises to be Bolton's charity event of the year.
YOUTHS were spotted smoking in the grounds of a nursery in Horwich.
TRAVELLERS who arrived at a site in Farnworth have been served with a removal order.
A CASE of BSE has been identified on a farm in Aberdeenshire, officials have said.
AN INCREASE in crime involving vehicles has been reported.
A FRAUDSTER living a "very successful" lifestyle has been imprisoned for 20 months after £33,000 of illegal tobacco was found during a raid.
POLICE are searching for an elderly man who went missing from a Bolton care home.
THE GOVERNMENT has launched a review of the Highway Code in an effort to increase safety for cyclists.
SUPER-sized bee sculptures which went on display around Manchester have raised more than £1.1 million at auction.
PARENTS are facing a 20 per cent hike in fees and paying for extras in a bid secure the future of a popular nursery — which a year ago was under threat of closure.
Enrique Inglesias brings his Hits tour to Manchester next week. Ahead of the show, the international superstar took time to answer a few questions.....
HOLD on to your hats, the Full Monty is bursting into town.
THE treatment of rough sleepers on the streets of Bolton has featured in this column before — and it is about the same homeless person.
MORE children are leaving school overweight — but the numbers classed as severely obese has fallen.
THE red carpet was rolled out in Manchester last night for the premiere of Mike Leigh's historical epic Peterloo, starring Maxine Peake.
A PENSIONER was given the shock of her life as she sat down to enjoy a cup of tea in her conservatory.
COMICS Paddy McGuinness and Peter Kay are among the record number of Bolton TV stars in the running for a gong at the National Television Awards 2019.
AN overturned lorry is causing congestion on the M60 during this morning's rush hours.
WHEN you have had a career spanning 54 years, you are bound to have a few stories to tell.
THE Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is hoping to replicate the emergency provision over last winter in the coming months for homeless people across Greater Manchester.
WHEN the matter of homelessness was discussed by Bolton Council in June the total number of people, which met that criteria was 553 for 2017/2018 up from 516 in 2016/2017.
RADCLIFFE FC's home attendances are showing encouraging signs of an increase.
BOLTON chalked up four first-half tries to set up their fifth victory of the league season, beating hosts Tarleton 27-7 to sit handily placed in third spot in Lancashire Cheshire Division One.
BURNDEN’S Anne Ferguson picked up two victories last weekend.
NHS campaigners have called on the Mayor of Greater Manchester and local health chiefs to support striking hospital workers.
ENJOY the music and songs of The Greatest Showman, The Lion King, Les Miserables and many more favourite shows at a special concert.
BOLTON actor Maxine Peake has written a piece for The Guardian about her political upbringing and writing to a director to appear in the new film Peterloo.
IT'S hard to beat a comedy staged by the talented cast and crew at St Vincent's Dramatic Society.
AUDIENCES set sail on a South Pacific adventure with a little help form Adlington and Music Arts Society.
THE audience will find themselves playing a part in the SS Simon and Jude Amateur Dramatic Society's next production.
AMERICAN comediennes Salma Hindy and Yasmin Elhady will be showcasing their own very brand of humour at this year's Super Muslim Comedy Tour which comes to Bolton this month.
