NATURE lovers have been busy clearing poisonous bushes from the grounds of a reservoir. Bolton Conservation Volunteers have cut back overgrown rhododendrons from the grounds of the Anderton Conference Centre on the banks of Lower Rivington Reservoir.
A CAFE has been given the go-ahead to erect a canopy covering its outdoor seating area despite objections from a neighbouring business. Tiffany's, in Victoria Square, Bolton, was given permission by Bolton Council's planning and highways committee to
PLANS to reduce a busy two lane stretch of ring road down to one lane have divided supporters and critics. Labour councillors, heeding the advice of highways officers, say the scheme will reduce accidents and not increase journey times. But Tories have
A DECISION to reduce Crompton Way from two lanes to one has been branded "ridiculous". Council officials want to cut the road - one of Bolton's busiest - down to one lane in both directions for a half-mile stretch between its junctions with Tonge Moor
Calls for traffic calming measures on a rat-run road have been thrown out by Bolton Council. People living in Molyneux Road, Westhoughton, wanted to see measures installed to slow down speeding cars that use the road as a shortcut. They voiced their
THE congregation of a Bolton church has raised £82 for The Bolton News Garden of Tranquillity appeal. Worshippers at Breightmet Methodist Church in Bury Road, Breightmet, collected the money - which will go towards renovating the gardens at Bolton Hospice
PRESTWICH lawyer and amateur dramatic buff Heather Fletcher will appear this month in the second series of the BBC 1 legal drama New Street Law. The drama chronicles the lives of two rival barristers' chambers in the heart of Manchester. A delighted
THE University of Bolton has decided to close its Chadwick Campus and rehome the various departments at its Deane Road site. Not before time we say. The Chadwick Street campus has had its day and was looking tired. University bosses are right to
AMBITIOUS plans have been unveiled to bring the University of Bolton's two centres together on one campus on the outskirts of the town centre. Over the next two years, £8 million will be ploughed into new buildings and a new students union complex.
NEARLY 30 local retail jobs have been saved after childrenswear chain Adams was brought out of administration. The jobs in stores in Bolton, Bury and Leigh are among 3,200 nationwide that escaped after the Nuneaton company was bought by entrepreneur
SAM Allardyce reckons the Premier League's bumper new television contract priced him out of up to 30 deals in the transfer window. The Wanderers boss says the £2.7billion TV package that comes into play next season caused hysteria in the relegation zone
