TEN community groups from across the borough presented their projects at the Great Lever area forum meeting. These groups included Bolton Urban Growers, which works primarily with disadvantaged members of the community to help them learn how to grow
TWO young Farnworth chefs triumphed at a cookery competition. Alicia Bramwell and Abbie Davies, pupils at St James High School in Farnworth, were judged to be the winning pair at the MasterChef-style contest at Bury College. Students from high
Listen to The Bolton News sports writers discuss Bolton Wanderers on our weekly broadcast. This week, Marc Iles and David Pye give their opinion on all the hot topics at the Reebok Stadium ahead of the Yeovil game this weekend.
THESE shocking pictures show a dog that was so badly starved it had to be put down. Fly, a female lurcher, was said in Bolton Magistrates Court today to be the one of the worst cases ever seen by an experienced vet. Dog owner David Lowe, aged
THE latest craze to sweep social media is the no makeup selfie, and The Bolton News wants to see women – and men – across the borough bare all in aid of Cancer Research UK. A number of slap-free faces have been clogging up the news feeds of Facebook
JOSH Vela is on the verge of joining Notts County on a one-month loan. The Academy graduate has made just two first team appearances this season but had shown signs of rapid improvement in recent weeks for the development squad. A long-term
TODAY is "International Happiness Day", and we've spoken to experts from Action For Happiness, who have come up with 9 ways to make you a happier person. 1. GIVING IS GOOD FOR YOU When we give to others it activates the areas of the brain associated
I’VE just come back from a trip to New Zealand to see family. On the 10-hour flight from Auckland to Singapore, the man I sat next to didn’t leave his seat at all. He crossed my mind when I read about TV presenter Chris Tarrant suffering a mini
IT’S not an enviable claim to fame that in Bolton nearly one in five people have no qualifications. Statistics from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show the town has one of the worst records in the country for educational attainment with
THE idea of anyone, especially young people, being so depressed or traumatised they feel the need to self-harm has always been upsetting. Because of its very nature, we seldom hear of those involved in cutting themselves but now and then a story
FEISTY supermodel Naomi Campbell, now 43, says that being single wouldn’t deter her from having a child. Perhaps she’ll adopt like some other female celebs but, either way, one thing’s for sure: you wouldn’t want to cross her on the school-run. That
THE OVERTONES BRIDGEWATER HALL, MANCHESTER WHEN a sell-out crowd at the seated Bridgewater Hall is on its feet before the act even comes on, you know you are in for a good night. And The Overtones’ audience stayed on its feet for most of
A 60-YEAR-OLD man was battered over the head with a shovel and tied up during a terrifying robbery at his Leigh home. Three men burst into a house in West Bridgewater Street, Leigh, at about 7.30pm on March 6. They pushed the man to the floor
IT was great to see actress Lynda Bellingham receiving an OBE for her services to charity, and even nicer to see her looking so well. The 65 year-old actress, who shot to fame in TV’s Oxo adverts and who has forged a reputation as a talented actress
WHAT is the matter with people on the subject of breastfeeding babies in public? A young mum, casually and discreetly feeding her baby on a step while out and about is photographed by some critical troll who posts the pictures all over YouTube for
AN acclaimed stage and screen actress is urging people to speak up for the NHS as a witty and compassionate play exploring the UK’s best-loved and most fiercely debated institution comes to Bolton. Stephanie Cole, who appeared in Tenko, Open All
CONSERVATIVE party chairman Grant Shapps has said he stands by his controversial tweet about Wednesday’s budget as he was given a tour around Watson Steel Structures in Lostock — despite the backlash it prompted on social media. Mr Shapps is under
BOLTON’S Labour-run council has moved quickly to insist it has no plans to charge people for bin collections. The move comes after reports in the national newspapers indicated that Liberal Democrat education minister David Laws believes local councils
FIRE crews had to intervene when a machine at a Tonge Moor window manufacturer caught fire this morning. A machine that melts glue caught fire at about 5.25am on March 20 at Martindale’s in Union Road. The blaze caused some minor smoke damage
POLICE are hunting a man in connection with a burglary in Bury on March 4. Mark Evans, aged 39, is suspected to have burgled a house in Bolton Road, Bury. Evans has links to Breightmet, Farnworth and Great Lever, police said. Anyone with
AN all-day board gaming event will be held in Horwich on Sunday. People will travel from all over the north west to take part in the session at St Mary’s Church Hall, from 10.30am to 10pm. Entry is £3.50 per head, including food, and anyone
YOU have to hand it to the Glovers - they conjured up some late drama in a midweek draw at Wigan – but when it comes to last-gasp action, Wanderers have been there, done that, and got the T-shirt. Five goals flew in during the last eight minutes
A FAMILY of five were evacuated from their Astley Bridge home after a microwave caught fire. A man, a woman and three children were in bed upstairs at a house in Pinewood Close when their smoke alarm sounded. Fire crews tackled the blazing
CREATIVE youngsters with designs on success swapped the classroom for the boardroom. Children from Ladybridge Primary School travelled to the Reebok Stadium to pitch their business ideas. The young people designed their own football T-shirts
A PROLIFIC thief will be sentenced for repeatedly targeting B&Q. David Chadwick, aged 42, of Tonge Moor Road, Tonge Moor, will be sentenced on Wednesday, March 26, at Bolton Magistrates Court. He has been charged with stealing drills from
THE Horwich Heritage Exhibition entitled School Memories of the 1940s and 1950s will run for the next two months every weekday afternoon from 2pm to 4pm and on Saturdays from 10am to 12.30pm. More than 70 people visited the opening event which
A FARNWORTH couple have got the go-ahead to extend their property above their garage. Mr and Mrs Patel applied to erect a first floor extension in Leyton Close to create new living space and to build a single-storey extension to create a store
YOUNG fundraisers at Westhoughton High School will be putting their best foot forward in aid of Sport Relief. Years seven and eight will be taking part in the sponsored one-mile run tomorrow. Other lessons will take on a global theme with children
A KEARSLEY man has been sentenced for failing to tell the Department of Work and Pensions he was in employment. Brian Fenna, of Birch Road, admitted the crime, which took place between January 7 and June 28 last year. Bolton magistrates sentenced
DOGS for the Disabled in Atherton is appealing for volunteers to help raise funds. Registered speakers are needed to give talks to local community groups about the work of the charity and full training is given as well as support sourcing venues
BOLTON School will be holding its first myCOACHSwimming Clinic with 1996 Great Britain Olympic captain Alan Rapley on April 27. The myCOACH Triathlon Swim Clinics and Training Camps are designed to help swimmers improve their technique and skills
BOLTON town centre will host an Easter Eggstravaganza event on April 19, from 10am to 3pm. Families can join in with an Easter egg hunt or visit Dr Zoolittle and his creatures, including Easter chicks, bunny rabbits, meerkats, snakes and hissing
PREPARATIONS for Blackrod’s annual Scarecrow Festival are gathering pace. The showpiece event will be held on July 5 and 6. All registrations for people wanting to enter a scarecrow have to be in by April 1. For more information, call 01204691575
ACTRESS Maxine Peake has loaned her Boltonian tones to a reading of a collection of poetry. Small Town Chase is the first book of poetry by Nick Power, from band The Coral, known for singles including 2005’s In the Morning. The collection, published
UNEMPLOYMENT across Bolton has fallen over the past year by an average of 0.83 per cent, new data has shown. Figures released by the Office of National Statistics yesterday show almost 1,500 fewer people claimed job seekers allowance in February
CALLS for the government to do more to support grassroots football have been stepped up by MP for Bolton South East David Crausby. He wrote to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to ask what steps it was taking to get more people involved
TURTON Rotary Club raised £5,600 at a charity night for Kidz2gether — a local organisation set up to help children with autism. The event, at Dunscar Conservative Club, was attended by more than 130 people and hosted by local radio DJ Phil Sayer
A BAKE-OFF is set to be held in Bromley Cross for the third year. The competition, which will coincide with the Food and Craft Fair at the village hall on March 29, has three age categories — under-eights, eight to 14 and 15 and over. Rosettes
A CHARITY fundraiser is being held next month to raise money for mental health charity Mind. The event will see an evening of clairvoyance hosted by international spiritualist and medium David Taylor. Tickets for the event, which starts at
BOLTON School old boy Phillip Taylor gave current pupils an insight into the field of engineering. Mr Taylor left Bolton School in 1968 and in 1972 joined British Steel and became a process metallurgist after convincing the firm to put him on a
A COFFEE morning is being held for people to find out more about the benefits of using real nappies. It will be at the Malt, The Met, Bury, from 10.30am on Tuesday, organised by Bury Family Support and Nappy Library. P14 lead 2nd par delete
CREATIVE youngsters in Bolton are being called upon to highlight the importance of road safety by creating their own short animated film. Figures show that 55 child pedestrians and cyclists were injured on Bolton's roads in 2012. The RAC has
A LOSTOCK resident has applied for planning permission to build a first floor extension on the side of his house. Bardi Lesi is looking to complete the building work on his property in Ainscow Avenue, with materials he says will match the existing
BOLTON Hospice is still looking for brave participants who can take the heat to take part in a new fundraiser. The Firewalk involves a walk across 20ft of hot coals on Friday, March 28, at Bolton Golf Club. Registration is £20 and all participants
A THEOSOPHICAL society is inviting new and existing members to its next meeting. The Bolton Lodge of the Theosophical Society will meet at 2.30pm on Sunday when Philip Wade will lead a "Spheres of Light Workshop" at Bank St Chapel Schoolroom in Crown
BOLTON Crafts Association is staging its monthly market in the The Last Drop Village from 11am to 4pm on March 30. Crafts and gifts will be sold on more than 45 stalls including handmade and unique gifts. There will also be a free jewellery demonstration
A POLICE helicopter was used to help search for a missing child. The helicopter hovered over Daubhill and Deane between 8.15pm and 9.30pm on Tuesday. The seven-year-old girl, from Daubhill, was found “safe and well” at about 9.15pm. It
TICKETS are still available for this year’s May bank holiday music festival. Tiger Fest will take place at the White Tiger in Horwich where music lovers can enjoy listening to 12 hours of top music from the likes of Two Weeks Running, Purge, Trapped
CHILDREN aged five to 11 are invited to make dinosaur Easter egg cards and handle objects from the collection at Bolton Museum from 2pm to 3pm on April 15.
PRIMARY school pupils and teachers in Bolton could see their school feature in picturesque Slumbertown. The fictional town is the home of the SleepSeeker family and its creators, bed specialists Slumberdown, are inviting children from across Bolton
MECCA Bingo wants to put up a new banner on the railings outside its premises in Ormrod Street. The company has applied to Bolton Council to install a series of signs including a PVC banner.
A TALK by Harwood resident Mike Cresswell entitled “By a Leafy Rose” will be given to the Turton Local History Society at its monthly meeting on Wednesday March 26. The event is at Longsight Methodist Church Hall, Harwood, at 7.30pm.
TOWN centre motorists may be disrupted by roadworks on Sunday. Transport for Greater Manchester will be carrying out work on signal detector loops in Trinity Street which will result in the closure of one lane, near to the junction with Crook Street
A TOWN centre road will have one lane closed today as Bolton Council carries out maintenance work. The council will be carrying out work including street cleaning and grass cutting in Topp Way and the lane closure will take place at off-peak times.
ATHERTON Town kicked off this year’s Bolton Hospital Cup with a 4-1 penalty shootout victory over Atherton Collieries after the game finished 1-1 at full time. The Manchester League Division One side shocked their North West Counties League Division
A WESTHOUGHTON farm has applied to build four new stables off Chorley Road. Brinsop House Farm is also looking for permission to create a tack room or hay store. Officers at Bolton Council will now examine the proposal, and residents can share their
ONE of Bolton’s Euro MPs has won an award for his environmental work. Liberal Democrat Chris Davies has been named MEP of the Year at the Brussels equivalent of the Oscars. Davies gained the prestigious award for his role in promoting major
A FIRM specialising in helping struggling businesses is on the lookout for new talent for its rescue missions in Bolton and the M62 corridor. Business Rescue is out to attract a franchise holder for what it believes it has identified as a niche
BOLTON’S Mercedes-Benz dealer has won a prestigious award from the German manufacturer good servicing. The Blackburn Road outlet has helped Marshall Mercedes-Benz of Lancashire and The Lakes to win the luxury car maker’s service and parts team
THE dismantling of our town is almost complete. Welcome to Kearsley, population around 11,000 and public amenities disappearing before our very eyes. If anyone is thinking this is just another cheap shot at Bolton Council, please allow me to offer
RE Bolton Council's decision to ban e-cigarettes in council buildings. Can I ask the council whether this ban can make the obvious extension to Shisha bars? Granted, these are not council owned. But for the council to continue to support Shisha
I WOULD like to question Cllr Cliff Morris’ judgement on the raising of the council tax. Why? Knowing how hard the people of Bolton are finding it to pay their bills. He decided to reject the money on offer from the Government and put the council
RECENTLY, residents in Bradshaw Road have become concerned about the speed of vehicles. Last year Bolton Council renewed worn road markings from Slack Lane up to the Bury boundary. They then surface-dressed this road and had to do the road markings
MAY I reply to Steve Kenyon’s letter “Women Could Speak” (March 12). He says I suggest women be silent in the congregation. “No”, that is St Paul’s quote at Corinthians. St Paul’s first letter to Timothy also says: “Let women learn in silence,”
A REPORT into the police handling of domestic abuse complaints offers a chilling window into the violent relationship between murderer Daniel Rigby and Kirsty Smedley — which ultimately cost little Rio Smedley his life. The toddler had been left
RIVINGTON Pike was mired in controversy this week when it was lit up red to promote Chorley - here are some facts about the pike that you might not know. The pike derives its name from the Old English ‘hreof’ plus ‘ing’ meaning the rough or rugged
THEY may only be 17 but pals Sam Steele and Ross Gibson are already cutting it in the world of movies. The A-level students are up for a prestigious award for their short film Unarmed Combat — which was filmed and produced while the two were revising
A CUSTOMER who witnessed a tense stand-off as a man brandished a gun in a pub has spoken of her relief that no one was hurt. Six people were arrested after the incident in The Claremont Arms in Halliwell Road, Halliwell, on Monday night. The
BOLTON Magistrates Court has been saved after the Department for Justice confirmed there were no immediate plans to shut it. The court in Le Mans Crescent was threatened with closure last year as part of a cost-cutting exercise by The Manchester
A STUDENT given the gift of life has helped to raise more than £300 for Kidney Research UK. Adam Bhaiji, aged 17, hosted a fundraising day at Canon Slade School, in Bradshaw, where he is a pupil, to mark World Kidney Day, a global awareness event
EYE specialists at the Royal Bolton Hospital have been invited to assess Team GB’s alpine skiing team at the next Paralympics in South Korea. Consultant ophthalmologist Jeff Kwartz, specialist orthoptist Alison Wilson and specialist optometrist
NICOLA Johnson will take on the Midnight Memories Walk for the second time this summer — in memory of her mum. Pat Liptrott died of lung cancer in February last year, aged 70, after receiving nearly two months of care from Bolton Hospice. Now
PLANS to transform Bolton town centre and make it more "family friendly" at night may reduce drink-related admissions at the Royal Bolton Hospital, a leading consultant has said. Dr Kieran Moriarty, a gastroenterologist specialising in alcohol-related
IT started out as a scene straight from an Anthony Horowitz novel. Children arriving at school discovered that one of their teachers, Nick Howarth, had disappeared and there was police tape around the computer suite. But all was not as it seemed
A CLASSIC car rally, last held eight years ago, is making a comeback to Bolton to raise money for the mayor’s charity. So far 50 vehicles of all ages and makes — including Fred Dibnah’s Land Rover — have been signed up for the classic car run which
IT IS not every day you stumble upon a live performance being staged by one of the world’s greatest rock bands in one of the greatest cities. But that is exactly what happened to sixth-formers at Rivington and Blackrod High School when they took
THEY say a picture paints a thousand words, but for Bolton photography student Matt Longworth’s prize-winning image, you only need three — starry, starry night. The 21-year-old University of Bolton student, from Manchester, finished runner-up in
FIRE crews had to intervene when a machine at a Tonge Moor window manufacturer caught fire this morning. A machine that melts glue caught fire at about 5.25am at Martindale’s in Union Road. The blaze caused some minor smoke damage to the rest
DETECTIVES investigating the death of Marc Jepson in Farnworth have charged a third man in connection with the incident. Vikas Hussain, aged 25, of Leverhulme Avenue, Great Lever, has been charged with perverting the course of justice. He has
WANDERERS are keeping their fingers crossed but look to be over the worst of the sickness bug that sabotaged plans for last weekend’s home defeat by Brighton. Dougie Freedman is hoping to have a full squad available for training tomorrow, with
FORMER Southampton youth team skipper Andy Robinson has emerged as a surprise target for Wanderers. Dougie Freedman is considering offering a deal to the 21-year-old central midfielder, who is on the verge of leaving St Mary’s. The youngster
A BAR worker has been fined for serving an underage teenager during a police and council sting. Police joined forces with licensing officers at Bolton Council to carry out test purchases at bars and clubs in the town centre. The operation involved
