A ROAD in Breightmet has been closed for essential maintenance work. Blenheim Road, which has been described by local residents as being in a poor state, is being resurfaced by Bolton Council. It is expected to be open again sometime next week.
A RENAULT Megane was set on fire in the early hours of this morning. Firefighters were called to the blaze on Bentley Hall Road, Bury at midnight. They were at the scene for an hour.
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a shed fire behind a shop in Atherton. It happened at 11.45pm on Friday night behind Coats and Casuals in Market Street.
More than 700 jobs could be created in Bolton town centre after development plans for the former Odeon cinema site were approved. The plans include an 11-storey, 84-room hotel; 50, one and two-bed apartments; and a retail and office complex. The huge
TWO smoke bombs were put through letterboxes at homes in Farnworth today. The terrified occupants called the fire brigade in the early hours when their smoke alarms went off. The first bomb was put through a letterbox of the home of a disabled man in
Police killer Harry Roberts, who was arrested in a flat in Bolton after going on the run after shooting three London policemen in 1966, can seek a judicial review over a failed parole bid. Roberts, 71, is serving life for the killings in Shepherd's Bush
Former Wanderers manager Sam Allardyce has made an astonishing attack on Wanderers chairman Phil Gartside, in a report today. He claims Gartside is "sad and bitter" about his former manager's departure from the Reebok Stadium. Allardyce told The
A man was stabbed in the head with such force in a town centre street attack that the knife bent under the pressure, a court heard. Pathologist Charles Wilson told the jury at Manchester Crown Court that Rabid Amin's skull was chipped during the attack
A woman, aged 97, was robbed in her home by a man posing as a water worker. The pensioner answered the door of her home in Manchester Road, Walken, at 7pm on Thursday night and was confronted by a man saying he wanted to check her water supply. He then
Three men were arrested after reports of a man wielding a rifle in public. Police were called to Arlington Street, Great Lever, yesterday morning after being alerted by a concerned member of the public. About 15 officers, including members of Greater
Masked men smashed their way into two houses during terrifying raids in Bolton. The gang, armed with crowbars and wrenches, demanded the keys to high-powered sports cars in the incidents. Police believe they had driven around the town before targeting
SAMMY Lee's chances of signing Liverpool striker, Djibril Cisse, appeared to have been scuppered last night, when the French striker was on the verge of signing for Marseille. Cisse's agent claimed a deal had been agreed between the clubs and that the
Arsonists are believed to have set fire to a derelict mill twice. They set fire to cardboard at 11am yesterday and returned at 5pm to light another blaze at the mill on Hanover Street.
THE waistlines might be a little thicker and the hairlines a little further back, but the dressing room banter will be as good as it ever was when Wanderers' Masters team go into action tonight at the MEN Arena. Nine former Whites are preparing to pull
Parents are being urged to put their children into rear-facing safety seats until they are three or four years old. According to Volvo's investigations, a forward facing child seat provides around 80% better protection than if no child restraints are
SMOKERS are being urged to give up their habit by Bolton South-east MP Dr Brian Iddon as the ban on lighting up in public places edges nearer. Dr Iddon was among MPs who voted for the ban which comes into force on Sunday and will make pubs, restaurants
