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  • Man arrested in hit and run inquiry

    A MAN has been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run incident which left a pensioner in a critical condition. Iris Dixon, aged 80, remains in hospital after being run over by a van in Market Street, Little Lever, last Thursday. A police spokesman

  • Drunk teenager gets stuck in treehouse

    A DRUNKEN teenager had to be rescued by firefighters after she got stuck in a tree house. Crews were called to Grosvenor Street, Kearsley, at around 9pm on Friday night when the 16-year-old girl got stuck after drinking too much

  • Families evacuated in gas blast fear

    FAMILIES had to be evacuated from their home because firefighters feared an arson attack would cause a gas explosion. Vandals set light to a pile of fly-tipped furniture, toys and rubbish in the back garden of a derelict house in Beechcroft Avenue, Breightmet

  • Busy weekend for mountain rescue crews

    MOUNTAIN Rescue crews and the North West Air Ambulance were deployed when a car and motorbike crashed in Rivington. Bolton's Mountain Rescue team sent three Landrover ambulances from its Ladybridge Hall base at around 12.30pm yesterday. However, the