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  • Dental dilemmas: What is root canal treatment?

    Q. WHAT is root canal treatment? A. Root canal treatment is a procedure used to treat a tooth when bacteria infect the nerve and blood vessels inside the tooth. This is also known as the pulp and can become infected following decay in a tooth

  • Sally Bolton: Breathing can help with workplace stress

    HEALTH and safety has long been a priority in the workplace. But over more recent years health and well-being at work is fast becoming a major priority for employers. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development carry out an annual survey

  • Fans organise fundraising walk for unpaid Wanderers' staff

    BOLTON Wanderers fans are being asked to turn out in force to support a fundraising walk for unpaid staff at the club. Next Saturday (May 25) supporters plan to walk from the old Burnden Park site to the University of Bolton Stadium, collecting

  • Driver arrested after car collides with four vehicles

    A DRIVER has been arrested after a crash involving five vehicles. Police and fire crews were called to a residential street in Great Lever last night. A car is believed to have collided with four parked vehicles in Woodgate Street. The Bolton

  • Keep tobacco off the streets

    PEOPLE who supply illegal tobacco ­— which often leads to children getting hooked on smoking ­— are to be targeted through a new campaign. The Keep It Out campaign aims to raise awareness of the harm done to under-18s and the wider community by

  • Reminder for parents to book the school bus

    PARENTS are reminded to book their child's place on a school bus for next year. Due to high demand, applications received before June 30 are more likely to be allocated a place. From this date onwards if a bus is fully allocated no further places

  • Share your memories of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing

    PEOPLE across the UK are being urged to share their memories and photographs of the Apollo 11 moon landing ahead of the historic event's 50th anniversary in July. The public are being asked to submit their personal accounts of the occasion, which

  • ‘Writing was on the wall’ says ex-Wanderers boss Coyle

    FORMER Wanderers boss Owen Coyle says warning signs of the club’s impending financial breakdown were present 12 months ago. Pay problems first hit the headlines last summer when Bolton’s players boycotted a friendly against St Mirren less than 24

  • Priest praying for success in triathlon challenge

    A CATHOLIC priest from Horwich is to face the holy trinity of the sporting world – a gruelling triathlon. Father Richard Howard, 41, will undertake the sponsored challenge in Southport on Sunday. It involves the St Mary’s Church priest swimming

  • Armed shop robbers jailed for 60 years

    AN ARMED gang who committed a series of terrifying robberies at convenience stores, a hotel and a travel agents has been sentenced to a total of more than 60 years behind bars. John Hardy, who was on the run from prison at the time, and his fellow

  • Grade-II listed town centre bank could be set for a refurb

    PLANNERS have received a proposal to renovate the interior of a Grade-II listed town centre bank. The Royal Bank of Scotland building in Deansgate could be subject to a revamp inside, in the basement and on the ground and first floors. The

  • Bags of soil 'smelling like cannabis' dumped on river banks

    MAJOR concerns have been raised over the environmental impact of a large pile of rubbish that has been dumped in the River Croal. More than 30 bags filled with soil — believed to be the remnants of a cannabis farm — have been deposited beneath