A FEW weeks ago I wrote about Keith Harris who eventually became a joint winner in the Bolton Hospice Biggest Loser Challenge. Since then I’ve had many comments on how he lost nearly three and a half stone in 11 weeks. He decided to join the
A GREGGS shop in the centre of Farnworth has shut. The bakery, in Brackley Street, closed its doors for the final time on Thursday. A sign displayed in the shop’s window reads: “Sorry we’re closing on 18th April, but you can visit your nearest
IT used to be that news itself was interesting enough, but it seems that we have moved on. Nowadays, the reaction to what’s going on locally, nationally and globally appears to be more engaging to people than the original news itself. The public
IT'S wonderful to see Bolton's big heart on show again today. In today's paper we feature at story about a campaign by Al-Khair Foundation's Bolton branch raising thousands of pounds for some of the world's most disadvantaged people. Thanks to
WHEN it comes to beauty industry ingredients, clay is nothing new. As well as being used to fashion pots and crockery, the sludgy stuff has been part of skincare regimes for thousands of years, dating back to Roman spas. Roman author Pliny the Elder
AS THE sunny weather continues the fire service is reminding people to take care to avoid a situation like last summer. Moorland on Winter Hill above Bolton caught fire last summer and the intense blaze lasted more than a month. Greater Manchester
A SPLIT tree has closed Moss Bank Way this morning while contractors cleared the route. The beech tree is thought to have split part way up its trunk because of the hot weather we have been having. The road was closed at about 10.30am Bolton-bound
SPEEDING drivers could be foiled by residents wielding handheld speed cameras as part of a new scheme. Community speed gun testing could come to Bolton, meaning concerned homeowners would be able to catch drivers going over the limit. Farnworth
PLANNERS have agreed to a project which would see a temporary high school constructed on disused land. The new King’s Leadership Academy would be made up of pre-built blocks on the site former Hayward School, off Freshfields Avenue, which was demolished
PHIL Parkinson hopes Wanderers can now regroup after hitting rock-bottom. Relegation was confirmed by a club record 27th defeat of the season, inflicted by an Aston Villa side destined for the Championship play-offs. Prospective new owner Laurence
BOLTON Hospice is wants even more people to hop on board their Midnight Memories Walk 2019. During Easter weekend anyone who signs up to the walk will receive a free pair of flashing pink bunny ears. Mignight Memories is an annual walk through
WORK by Royal Bolton Hospital's doctors has been shortlisted for two national awards. Dr Sue Greenhalgh, Consultant Physiotherapist at the hospital has been working with a team to improve knowledge of a rare condition called cauda equina syndrome
A NEW children’s care home has been praised by watchdog inspectors. The Care Quality Commission rated Sonning Drive good at its first inspection since registering with them in May 2018. Sonning Drive near Hulton Lane, cares for up to two children
AMIR Khan believes his reunion with trainer Virgil Hunter has given him the belief he can upset the odds and become a world champion again in New York tonight. The 32-year-old Boltonian takes on undefeated American Terence Crawford at New York’s
A GANG led by teenagers, which targeted select cars on quiet housing estates across Lancashire, drove away with vehicles totalling £500,000, a court heard. Young burglars and car thieves, one as young as 15, worked in teams, trying front doors and
AN HISTORIC school house could find a new lease of life as a set of 15 apartments. The Old School House in Lea Gate, Bradshaw, started life as a school for neighbouring St Maxentius Church in Bolton Road in the late 19th Century. It became
JUST over 100 parents failed to get their child into a school of their choice, figures reveal. Figures released by Bolton Council for National Primary Offer Day show that 96.54 per cent of children were allocated a place at one of the three schools
THE inspirational story of Bolton Suffragette will be celebrated by composer and singer Louise Jordan in a show coming to Bolton. The Hard Way — the name of recounts the life of self-taught self-made Hannah Mitchell, who was born in 1871 into
A HOSPITAL patient was left lying in his own faeces and with infected feet after his bandages went unchanged for weeks, his son claims. Martin Crompton, 49, from Bromley Cross, was admitted to the Royal Bolton Hospital last month after he developed
A BURLESQUE club is providing a community to women struggling with depression and other health issues. Paula Cornwall, 57, thought she would never walk again after being hit by a car two years ago, breaking her ankle. A lifelong dancer, Mrs Cornwall
TALKING about her mental health was "the hardest thing" a Bolton teenager had ever done. Katie Langin, 18, is one of a group of teenagers who have helped create a new mental health website for people like them. Katie sees the Child and Adolescent
AN ANGRY son threatened to slash his step-father with a knife and burn his house down after being kicked out after the death of his mother. Liam Harris, 27, shouted “I will slash you” while waving a knife and “I will burn the house down” at his
OUR picture of a pub regulars’ holiday to Majorca triggered some vivid memories for reader, Derek Entwistle. Derek, pictured middle left on the picture above, was one of the Saddle Inn regulars who hit the headlines back in February, 1975.
BOLTON Wanderers visited a food bank to spread some Easter joy. After donating some Easter eggs to the children’s ward of Royal Bolton Hospital earlier in the week, they visited Storehouse Pantry in Johnson Fold on Thursday afternoon. Wanderers
