A MAN is fighting for his life after being hit by a car outside a railway station. Emergency services were called to the incident, in Leigh Road, Westhoughton, at about 7.15pm on Thursday evening. The collision – involving a pedestrian and
A CANNABIS farm has been discovered in Daubhill. Police said they were initially called to reports of a man with a machete. Officers turned out to Brandwood Street and entered a property where they then found a cannabis farm. Residents reported
A GROUP of travellers has been moved on from an illegal encampment in the Hulton area. Police on patrol in Bolton South said they had moved a camp that had been set up on a car park in Salford Road. The travellers were said to have been residing
FUNDING has been pledged to enable dozens of young people from a Harper Green estate to go on a Christmas excursion. Bolton Council has confirmed that it will give £750 over to the Flower Estate Residents Association to organise the annual event
DAVID Wheater recently paid a special visit to long standing fan Frank Wadsworth to put a smile on his face during a period of ill health. Eighty-three-year-old Frank, who has been supporting Wanderers for 77 years, has spent most of that time as
A wholesale review of Britain's railways has found that problems which lead to a raft of delays and cancellations this Summer came down to engineering work in Bolton. Seamus McDonnell reports. ELECTRIFICATION through Bolton was at the centre
THE family of a schoolgirl who was bludgeoned to death with a cricket bat have set up a petition to keep her killer behind bars. Lauren Pilkington-Smith was found battered to death near at her home in Leigh by her grandad in July 2005. Kieron
WHEN it comes to health, we never seem to get it right, do we? Health experts want us to take more responsibility for our own wellbeing. When we do, they either shift the goal-posts or issue dire warnings about overdoing it. Now the Fitbit has
IS this the coolest kids' playroom in Manchester? Complete with a large screen disco lights, a popcorn dispenser, drinks fridge, karaoke machine and table football, the space is every child’s dream and was created above the family garage by Worsley
A police car parked on a double yellow line in Bolton town centre has been issued with a parking ticket. The car was spotted on Coronation Street outside the NCP Octagon Theatre Car Park on Thursday afternoon. Half of the vehicle was parked
A TECHNICAL glitch that affected thousands of customers of a major high street bank has now been resolved. Earlier today Barclays warned that their customers may face technical problems when trying to access online and telephone banking services
THESE two photographs of familiar places in Astley Bridge will no doubt bring back memories for many of our readers. The top picture shows Asda well before it was modernised. When it was built in Astley Bridge, on the site of a mill, it was much
STEPH Houghton, the wife of Bolton Wanderers defender Stephen Darby, has thanked well-wishers after her husband’s diagnosis with motor neurone disease. The England international posted a message of appreciation on her Instagram account after news
BOLTON’S two tallest chimneys were once the one at Barrow Bridge and the Blinkhorn’s chimney said to be, at one time, the tallest in England. Barrow Bridge, which was part of the Ainsworth bleach works, stood 306 feet high and was built in 1863.
TODAY’S Looking Back photograph shows a well used Bolton road. This is Tonge Moor Road at its boundary with Bradshaw in a photograph taken in 1976. The road has always been a popular route into Bolton Town Centre from Bradshaw and Harwood and
THIS picture shows a very familiar town centre square. Victoria Square was clearly a popular place to take a well earned rest from shopping or work back in 1966. So much has changed in our town centre that it often takes a couple of seconds to
KIRK Brandon is in reflective mood as he prepares to bring Spear of Destiny to Darwen next week. The show at the Library Theatre will include songs from the band’s debut album, Grapes of Wrath, which was released 35 years ago. Kirk formed Spear
BOLTON Hospice have launched an innovative Facebook group for health professionals to access advice and resources in the palliative and end of life care field. This group is for people working in palliative and end of life care in different settings
THE upper floors of the museum are home to more than just Egyptian artefacts, new homes have been created for the modern art and natural sciences collections. Crescent and collections manager Sam Elliott showed The Bolton News around the spaces
A TEN-year-old super sleuth has been hailed a hero after she traced her school’s stolen minibus following a break-in. Year Six pupil turned Sherlock after she was greeted at school one day with the news that there had been a burglary and the minibus
FOR more than 25 years DJ Paulette has been one of the most influential music figures in the country. Now the former Hacienda regular can add the title ‘artist’ to her list of achievements with the opening at the weekend of a special exhibition
A PENSIONER who eats ten sausage rolls a day was horrified to find that his packet only had nine. Tony Francis has been a regular purchaser of the snacks from his Aldi supermarket at Boundary Road in Portslade, in Brighton. But when the 74-
STEPH Houghton, the wife of Bolton Wanderers defender Stephen Darby, has thanked well-wishers after her husband’s diagnosis with motor neurone disease. The England international posted a message of appreciation on her Instagram account after news
The life and death of a first world war soldier from Bolton has been the subject of research for a Belgian historical society based in the town where he is buried. Nadine Dezaeytijd from the Historical Society of Ronse in Flanders wrote an article
A MOTORCYCLIST is recovering in hospital after being involved in a crash with a taxi in Breightmet. Police were called to the junction of Bury Road and Garstang Avenue shortly after 5.20pm on Tuesday to a report of a collision between a Silver
THE DEVELOPER behind the demolition-threatened mansions at Grundy Fold Farm has has had its revised proposals to build 50 new homes on the site of an old greyhound stadium approved by planners. Sparkle Developments,which is appealing against an
Coffee Mornings near you Grey Mare Inn, Tottington Road 28th Sept 10am to noon Bradshaw Cricket Tennis & Bowling Club, The Rigbys, Bolton Road 23 Sept 11am to 3pm RSVP: jmy280371@aol.co.uk Chapel Street, Horwich
ONE of Eddie Davies’s final acts was to bail Wanderers out of trouble as they hurtled towards administration. Official documents have surfaced this morning which confirm the Isle of Man-based businessman, who passed away on September 11, supplied
A MAN has died following a car crash in Leigh. At 2.20pm on Monday September 10 police were called to Market Place near to the junction of Lord Street following reports of a collision between a motorcycle and a pedestrian. Police, the ambulance
WITH her red hair and her Liverpool roots, Victoria Jones is often compared to Cilla Black, the legendary singer and presenter. This autumn she will reprise her role in Cilla and the Shades of the 60s which will show at the Albert Halls next month
WANDERERS suffered their first away defeat of the season at Middlesbrough on the occasion of Phil Parkinson's 100th league game in charge. George Saville and Britt Assombalonga did the damage for Boro, who move into second place in the Championship
FIREFIGHTERS have rescued a kitten that got its head trapped in some kitchen units. Crews were called to the incident at a property in Birkenhills Drive, in Deane, by the RSPCA at about 8.20pm last night. The kitten had climbed underneath the
HORWICH Harriers were very well represented at the Bolton Active Sports Awards ceremony where the club had five members shortlisted for awards. -Glynne Lever was nominated for coach of the year while his daughter Katie was up for the volunteer-of-the-year
A BUSY weekend of racing saw Lostock AC's Mark Liptrot head to Glencoe in Scotland for the final race of the 2018 Skyrunning world championships, the Glencoe Skyline. While bad weather forced the race organisers to use the bad weather course, the
BURNDEN women’s captain Gwen Kinloch put in the star performance at the English Half Marathon in Warrington. Kinloch finished eighth overall in the women's race and won the F55 category with a time of 1hr 33mins 18 secs. Paul Duke, Lee White,
GRANTED it is early in the season but it is shaping up to be tight in the top half of B Section of the Bolton Badminton League. Deane B are top of the table after a convincing performance in beating Sharples B 12-6 at the former's new home of Horwich
BUSINESSES in Farnworth town centre say they are on the brink of going bust after more than a year of roadworks has sent shoppers elsewhere. Farnworth has been subject to road closures since last August when Moses Gate railway bridge was badly
STUDENTS are being urged to take care whilst cooking by the region's firefighters. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has been called out to 62 cooking related fires at student accommodation since June 2013. To help prevent any further
WHETHER or not pupils should be allowed smart phones in school is quite a thorny topic currently. From this month, France has introduced a total ban and there are many who would like that in the UK. But some innovative teachers are using the technology
MONEY can't buy happiness so they say — but it certainly bought a few hours of delight for the audience of Half a Sixpence. The musical comedy — a film version of which starred Tommy Steele — was brought to the Octagon Theatre stage by Bolton
THE LID has finally been lifted and the seal broken on the multi-million pound transformation of Bolton’s Egyptian collection. MARY NAYLOR took a look behind the scenes of the exhibit which opens to the public on Saturday. A JOURNEY through
BOLTON Council’s children’s chief fears borrowing from future funding to expand the borough’s schools could leave the authority unable to meet demand further down the line. Town hall chiefs have successfully lobbied the government to allow it to
IT’S ironic that Bury Art Museum is the venue for a major exhibition about comedian, actor and writer Victoria Wood. That’s because as a Bury teenager, Victoria used to steal books from the building’s library as she was too chronically shy to ask
THIS week's rummage around the old photographs at The Bolton News has unearthed this picture of Little Lever School Under-14s from May 1989. The information with the photograph says the football team were winners of the Bolton Schools' Championships
PHIL Parkinson must be wondering what might have been as he travelled back from his 100th game in charge of Wanderers. As wretched in the first half as they were impressive in the second, Bolton have only themselves to blame for the game’s decisive
