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  • Police told to 'stop moaning about cuts and be more efficient'

    The police should ‘stop moaning’ about cuts and ‘live within their means’ a councillor – and former GMP worker – has said. Salford politician Robin Garrido, who worked for the force as a civilian for eight years, said officers need to start ‘organising

  • REVEALED: The 10 most expensive homes ever sold in Bolton

    AFTER looking at how house prices have chanced across Bolton over the past 20 years, today we look at the most expensive residential properties ever sold in the area. SEAMUS MCDONNELL reports. THE most expensive single home sold in Bolton in the

  • Plans approved to bring youth centre back into full use

    PLANS to revamp a community centre and bring it back into use have been approved. Proposals would see a new lobby and reception area built, and a carpark extended to increase the number of parking spaces from eight to 18 at Farnworth Community and

  • Plans agreed for 115 homes on former university halls site

    OUTLINE planning permission on the construction of 115 new homes on the site of a former university halls of residence has been agreed. The estate would include 17 affordable homes and would take the place of the Hollins Halls, in Radcliffe Road

  • Big Bolton Ball - what it's all about and how to get tickets

    TICKETS are still available for what promises to be Bolton's charity event of the year. The Big Bolton Ball will be held for the first time on Saturday, November 3. Bolton Hospice and Bolton Lads and Girls Club are collaborating for the first

  • Youths smoking in nursery grounds alerts emergency services

    YOUTHS were spotted smoking in the grounds of a nursery in Horwich. Firefighters and police were called out to Croft House Nursery in Bridge Street at about 9pm last night. Police were called because it was thought a group of youths had been

  • NATIONAL: Mad cow disease found on farm

    A CASE of BSE has been identified on a farm in Aberdeenshire, officials have said. Restrictions have been put in place at the unnamed farm as an investigation is carried out into the source of the animal disease Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy,

  • Increase in vehicle crime leads to police warning

    AN INCREASE in crime involving vehicles has been reported. Police in Heaton say a number of people have reported having their licence plates stolen, among other criminal activity. Officers sent out a warning on Tuesday, asking people to "remain

  • Police seize £33,000 of illegal tobacco and fraudster jailed

    A FRAUDSTER living a "very successful" lifestyle has been imprisoned for 20 months after £33,000 of illegal tobacco was found during a raid. Michael Wallace, aged 58, of Tyldesley Old Road, Atherton plead guilty to seven offences under the Fraud

  • Concern over missing man with early onset dementia

    POLICE are searching for an elderly man who went missing from a Bolton care home. Leonard Sellers, aged 78, is suffering with early onset dementia and was last seen at the home on Chorley New Road. He is described as a white male of medium build

  • New Highway Code launched after shock bike death figures

    THE GOVERNMENT has launched a review of the Highway Code in an effort to increase safety for cyclists. Transport minister Jesse Norman announced plans yesterday to rewrite the guidelines for how drivers interact with pedestrians and bike riders

  • Keep your hats on – Full Monty is in town

    HOLD on to your hats, the Full Monty is bursting into town. For one night only five strapping men will wow the audience with their dance moves and the rest. Anita Mckay is holding a Balls to Cancer event at the start of next month where the main

  • Massive fees hike for parents at closure threat nursery

    PARENTS are facing a 20 per cent hike in fees and paying for extras in a bid secure the future of a popular nursery ­— which a year ago was under threat of closure. Harvey Nursery, in Great Lever, will charge for meals, snacks and nappies under

  • More Bolton children leaving school overweight

    MORE children are leaving school overweight ­— but the numbers classed as severely obese has fallen. Over four per cent of children leaving primary school were found to be severely obese and overall more than an third of children in Bolton aged

  • PICTURES: Cows descend on pensioner's garden

    A PENSIONER was given the shock of her life as she sat down to enjoy a cup of tea in her conservatory. June Hayes, aged 86, was startled by a large black cow roaming past her window, followed by another, and another — she said she wasn't experiencing

  • Homelessness a priority for Andy Burnham

    THE Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is hoping to replicate the emergency provision over last winter in the coming months for homeless people across Greater Manchester. Last winter, the provision opened when temperatures dropped below freezing

  • Council committed to tackling 'scourge' of homelessness

    WHEN the matter of homelessness was discussed by Bolton Council in June the total number of people, which met that criteria was 553 for 2017/2018 up from 516 in 2016/2017. At that meeting, Cllr Nick Peel said the local authority was committed to

  • Coach Crouch wants Cherry and Whites to be more ruthless

    BOLTON chalked up four first-half tries to set up their fifth victory of the league season, beating hosts Tarleton 27-7 to sit handily placed in third spot in Lancashire Cheshire Division One. The Cherry and Whites were asked to play with the swirling

  • BURNDEN ROAD RUNNERS: Another weekend double for Ferguson

    BURNDEN’S Anne Ferguson picked up two victories last weekend. She won the F60 category at the first in the latest Red Rose Cross Country series at Leigh Sports Village with a time of 24mins 16secs and followed that up with the same prize at the

  • New exhibition reflects, life, nature and our environment

    ARTISTS have drawn inspiration from life and nature for a new exhibition opening this weekend. The Gallery at St George's House, in Bolton town centre, is showcasing the work of four Greater Manchester four artists, Kate Davies, Sarah Feinmann,

  • Theatre goers set sail to the South Pacific

    AUDIENCES set sail on a South Pacific adventure with a little help form Adlington and Music Arts Society. The hit musical, famed for its score including "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" was performed by the society in October 1981.

  • Songs from hit musicals to be performed in Bolton

    ENJOY the music and songs of The Greatest Showman, The Lion King, Les Miserables and many more favourite shows at a special concert. New Rosemere is staging A Celebration of Music on Saturday (October 20) at St Peter's Church, Halliwell in Church

  • Remembering the fallen at exhibition

    AN exhibition remembering those who fell in the First World will be held at a Horwich church. Photographs, diaries, letters and information about the 33 parishioner of St Mary's RC Church will form part of a display at the Chorley New Road Church

  • School field hit by vandalism after community clean up

    VANDALS have struck at a school field, damaging items that were installed by a local community group. Staff from the school returned to work on Monday and discovered that a planter had been damaged and a sign ripped down by unknown vandals.

  • Protest group appeals to Mayor to step into hospital strike

    NHS campaigners have called on the Mayor of Greater Manchester and local health chiefs to support striking hospital workers. Keep Our NHS Public has written to Andy Burnham and to Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) asking them to “step in

  • FLASHBACK: Did you play for five-a-side kings?

    THIS week's rummage around The Bolton News picture archives has unearthed this photograph of a St Stephen's and All Martyrs CE primary school team from May 1988. The information accompanying the picture says the team were celebrating with the trophy

  • Maxine Peake on politics, Peterloo and Corbyn

    BOLTON actor Maxine Peake has written a piece for The Guardian about her political upbringing and writing to a director to appear in the new film Peterloo. Peake, known for her TV roles in Silk, Shameless and this year's The Bisexual, wrote about

  • Serving up laughs for a good cause

    AMERICAN comediennes Salma Hindy and Yasmin Elhady will be showcasing their own very brand of humour at this year's Super Muslim Comedy Tour which comes to Bolton this month. The tour's hilarious line up also includes the UK’s very own Guz Khan

  • Be part of the plot of theatre's latest production

    THE audience will find themselves playing a part in the SS Simon and Jude Amateur Dramatic Society's next production. The society is holding a murder mystery evening on Thursday, October 25 and Friday, October 26. A short play during which a

  • Riotous comedy set to bring the house down

    IT'S hard to beat a comedy staged by the talented cast and crew at St Vincent's Dramatic Society. And audiences are in for a treat with the company's next production, Running Riot. The society has built up an enviable reputation for its comedy

  • Hobbs – unity and team spirit is vital at Whites

    JACK Hobbs is not prepared to settle for Wanderers merely treading water this season. The summer signing is determined their good work in the early stages of the season will not go to waste, insisting if they pull together the tools for success