BOLTON’S ‘grotty’ and ‘atrocious’ Poundstretcher store enjoyed an increase in footfall after featuring in a television programme on Monday night about the company. In Channel 4’s Saving Poundstretcher, former Poundworld boss Chris Edwards visits
A HIT and run driver from Bolton has been jailed for wrecking the career of a top female surfer who he mowed down on a pelican crossing. Gary Scholes, who was working in Devon, was rushing from a pub on a Friday night and had already had a series
A SECTION of Lower Bridgeman Street in Bolton town centre remains closed off after a car smashed into some scaffolding. A white Seat Leon hit a black Range Rover, causing it to veer off the road into the scaffolding tower, police said. A cordon
ONCE a busy, thriving shopping centre Harwood Precinct has been confined to the local history books. This photograph from around 1974 shows just how popular the little precinct was with local people. Today a supermarket stands on the spot the
A 10-year-old boy was left with cuts to his face and head after a concrete block was thrown through his window. Mark Buckley was at his home in Lords Stile Lane, Bromley Cross, when he heard an "almighty bang" and rushed into the living room to
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of a man last seen in Bolton are offering £50,000 for information two years after he was last seen. Michael Martin from Salford was first reported missing two years ago tomorrow – Monday, August 8 2016 - and
MEMBERS of Bolton Mountain Rescue were presented with a special cheque this week in recognition of all their work on the Winter Hill fire. The donation of more than £1,300, made by the McColls Stores Community Support Programme, came after recommendations
Free Schools are funded by the government. They are not run by the local council and have more control over how they do things. They are "all-ability" schools, so can't us academic selection processes like a grammar school. Free schools
WYEVALE Garden Centre raised £1,050 in three weeks for Bolton Mountain Rescue Team (MRT). Caroline Lancashire, who works at the garden centre in Wigan Road, Bolton, organised a raffle to raise funds for the MRT in recognition of their efforts towards
A STRAY cinder destroyed a shed and nearly wrecked a caravan. The drama happened just after 10pm in the rear garden of a house on Trafford Drive, Little Hulton. Mr David Edwards, 31, was burning wood in a metal bin when a cinder landed on the
TWO cars were destroyed in a suspected arson attack in the early hours of today. Fire crews were called to Railway Street opposite the train station at 1am after a car believed to be deliberately set alight spread to another vehicle. Watch
IT doesn’t feel like five minutes since Stelios was raiding into Premier League penalty boxes and scoring goals in a Wanderers shirt. Kevin Davies, Jussi Jaaskelainen, Ivan Campo, Jay Jay Okocha, to name but a few more – all modern day Bolton legends
BOLTON, Bury and District Football League side Walshaw Sports Club won an inaugural inter-league competition against sides from the East Lancashire Football Alliance. Called the North West Champions League, it featured 18 under-15s teams predominantly
LUKAS Flannery and Thomas Leonard brought back a gold and a silver medal from the national trampolining championships. The individual success capped a successful few weeks for South Bolton Trampoline Club who qualified to represent the North West
WANDERERS fans have been warned to expect a busy few days as the transfer deadline approaches. Ken Anderson said yesterday “several” players could yet be added to Phil Parkinson’s squad, who made a fine start to the season with a 2-1 win at West
SUPPORTING the creation of LGBT-friendly retirement homes and tackling domestic abuse in the LGBT community will be part of the focus of a new role in Greater Manchester. Carl Austin-Behan, former Lord Mayor of Manchester and the first to be openly
LAST year 4,751 children took part in 142 visits to places of worship across the borough. The visits were organised by Bolton Interfaith Council and pupils from primary and secondary schools, Special Education Needs groups and community groups like
A PROLIFIC burglar was caught when he left blood at the scene of his crime. Bolton Crown Court heard how Michelle Parkinson had been away from her flat in Manchester Road, Great Lever on the weekend of May 25. But when she returned on the Sunday
WESTHOUGHTON actress Maxine Peake hit out at critics who accused her of hypocrisy. The Silk and Shameless star was the voice of an NHS campaign to recruit nurses for which the Mail on Sunday reported she was paid a four figure sum. In the past
A MAN who was annoyed when his friend would not answer his door, set fire to a lottery pamphlet and pushed it through his letter box. Bolton Crown Court heard how Brett Clarkson was at home in his fourth floor flat at Blackshaw House, Bolton, on
A RESERVOIR close to running dry is being replenished. Water is being pumped into Wayoh reservoir which is running dry — from a reservoir which is close by. Water company United Utilities have moved in pumping equipment in the popular beauty
A BOLTON entrepreneur has teamed up with a gold medal-winning Paralympian and the shadow minister for sport to support a national charity. Saeed Atcha, aged 21, CEO of Xplode Magazine has been appointed to the advisory council of the CareTech Foundation
PLACES for more than 200 primary school children might have to be found if a solution to a long running saga to find a permanent home for a free school cannot be found, education chiefs have warned. The Olive Free School opened at Ashton House,
A TRAMPOLINE club is hoping it will be bouncing into an exciting future if its plans for a new home get the go-ahead. Bolton Trampoline Club has submitted proposals to use a soon-to-be-vacated vehicle repair shop, in Farnworth, as its new base -
ON the morning of August 16, 1819, people from Bolton and Bury, along with tens of thousands of men, women and children from surrounding towns calling for parliamentary reform, came under attack. What became known as The Peterloo Massacre, has
A WESTHOUGHTON coffee company is relocating four miles to Over Hulton. rijo42 has signed a 15-year lease to move into a 20,344 sq ft plot at the multi-million pound business park Logistics North. The company, which supplies commercial coffee
A PUB landlord was knocked unconscious after ushering two drinkers out of his pub. James McLoughlin threw a punch at Derek Hulme, knocking him to the ground. Bolton Crown Court heard how the attacker then rang emergency services to admit what
A NATURE-ENTHUSIAST has submitted plans for a new wildlife observation centre. Alexander Samizadeh wants to install the hide at land adjacent to Bowling Green, off Blackburn Road, in Eagley Bank Conservation Area. A statement submitted with
A 10 mile walk with 10 pubs on the way would be an ideal Saturday for many. For the fifth year running Bolton Hospice's 10 Miles, 10 Pubs is returning. Visit justgiving.com and search '10miles10pubswalk' for more information and to register.
AN application to relocate a stable block has been received by planning chiefs. Currently five horses occupy loose boxes in the main stable building at Higher Heaps Barn, off Ringley Road, Stoneclough. A further three are housed in adjacent, free-standing
MAMMA MIA! Grab your Dancing Queen shoes and prove yourself a Super Trouper while raising some Money Money Money for a good cause. Astley Bridge Conservative Club is holding a night of Planet Abba to fundraise for Bolton Hospice in Chorley New Road
A “DISHONEST” taxi driver has been stripped of his licence after a committee was told he launched a tirade of verbal abuse at a passenger who questioned a fare. Bolton Council’s Licensing and Regulation committee revoked the driver’s licence with
SWALLOWING is not something we normally think about unless there is a specific problem. Yet, one in every 3,500 babies born each year in the UK will be affected by a congenital condition which affects the oesophagus – the tube through which food
HORWICH captain Brett Pelser has been praised by opposite number Cameron Murray after conceding their Hamer Cup semi-final at Kearsley on Sunday with the hosts needing just six runs on what was deemed a dangerous pitch at Springfield Road. Umpires
MULTI-million pound plans to build two new schools in Bolton have been revealed to meet an “urgent need” for classroom places. A 900-place secondary school could be built as early as September 2019, with a 420-place primary school opened the following
A WIDOW has been told she cannot erect the headstone of her choice in a graveyard in memory of her husband. Enid Mort, aged 79, of Bromley Cross, had been wanting to place a shiny black granite stone in the graveyard of St Ann’s Church in Turton
STELIOS Giannakopoulos says the hero’s welcome he got from Wanderers fans at West Brom on Saturday took him back to winning the European Championship with Greece. More than 2,600 supporters made the trip to see Phil Parkinson’s side make the perfect
