TWO 10-year-old girls who went missing in the Hulton area have been reunited with their parents after a community effort to find them. It is understood that the girls had become lost on footpaths around Beaumont Chase. Residents then launched
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a first floor flat in Cable Street in Bolton are a fault developed with a boiler causing it to set alight. Crews were called just after midnight on Saturday after the smoke detector sounded and raised the alarm.
WHEN the curtain falls on the final show of the tour of Blood Brothers at Manchester’s Palace Theatre there won’t be a dry eye in the house.And it won’t just be because of the emotional nature of Willy Russell’s hit show nor the fact that the cast who
NURSES delivered a special talk to sixth form students who celebrated International Midwives Day with them this week.Bolton Sixth Form College works with the Bolton NHS Trust to provide vital workplace know for students as part of its Futures Academy.Midwives
BOLTON’S Tory chief has called on Labour to appoint more opposition councillors to important town hall positions in recognition of last week’s election result. The controlling group saw its majority slashed to effectively one seat after voters
GREATER Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has reacted to criticism that he is not doing enough.He was responding to comments from local opposition party leaders who felt his first year in power had produced very little for Bolton. Mr Burnham said he had been
UNION bosses have confirmed another round of train strikes will take place later this month.Northern customers were already hit by action this week when members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) boycotted services.However, ongoing disputes
AN ESTRANGED husband smashed his way into his wife's home and attacked her as she lay in bed with their children.Elyas Saddique became furious when she would not let him into her home in the early hours of the morning and so kicked the back door in
I WOULD like to thank Cllr Jean Gillies for all her help in resolving the problem of trees being cut down in Ivanhoe Street.Network Rail cut down nearly all the trees beside the track near our houses in February and we were devastated because there was
A CINEMA rolled out the red carpet for some very special guests.Homeless people from across the town were invited to a free showing of Avengers: Infinity War at Cineworld, The Valley on May 2, where they were also provided with free popcorn and drinks.The
NOT one but three local schools are in the running for the country’s top education awards.A trio of schools have been shortlisted for the prestigious TES Schools Awards 2018.Andy Done, deputy headteacher at Masefield Primary School in Little Lever is
SIR David Crausby MP has vowed to continue fighting to get a better funding deal for schools in his constituency.Writing on his website he says schools will not be hit as hard as they might have been due to Labour putting pressure on the government.But
I think it is time Mrs May got a bit of steel in her back bone and stood up to Barnier and his Irish puppet who, as far as I can see, are the only ones who want a hard border. The Irish president should cast his mind back a few years and remember how
WHEN is Bolton council going to get its act together on litter?My wife and I park near Aldi every Sunday to go to town and have a coffee. What a dump it is round there — Dingle Walk is an absolute disgrace there are industrial bins flowing over into the
A MEMORIAL fund set up after a 19-year-old died from cancer has almost reached £80,000 just 10 years after his death.Dean Thompson, who lived in Horwich, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma,bone cancer, in April 2007.He received treatment at the young oncology
THE go-ahead for plans to extend a high street pub's outside seating area has been welcomed.The Robert Shaw in Westhoughton applied for the extension as well as to create new boundary walls and a new access from Marsden Street.The proposal for the
A FIGHTER from Bolton has found Thai kickboxing glory after winning a national title belt.Andrew Bakewell, aged 32, has been training in the sport since he was 13 years old but had taken a six-year period away from competition before this year.He was
RIVINGTON rocks – and that’s official!Families raised £153.23 for charity at Rivington Rocks’ delayed Easter event which saw people get together to paint, find and hide rocks.The encounter took place at Rivington Hall Barn on Monday and organisers say
THE hero of Wanderers’ miraculous escape from relegation has vowed to keep on playing for a good while longer.Aaron Wilbraham - whose goal against Nottingham Forest last weekend secured Bolton’s Championship position for next season - is one of a dozen
