HOSPITALS in Greater Manchester could save nearly £22m by reducing avoidable emergency admissions to the national benchmark, a new report says This is the second biggest potential saving across all regions in the country, the Dr Foster analysis
INITIAL plans for up to 690 homes on Brackley Golf Course have been waved through by Bolton Council. Developer MHE Investments have bid to create a “sustainable, safe and attractive” community on the course in Little Hulton, which closed down in
POLICE recovered a car after the driver ‘played hide and seek’ with traffic cops. The black BMW 318 was driving in Bury Road on Friday morning. It passed a police car and then went down some back streets before officers caught up with it.
AN ANNUAL free festival will take place at Moss Bank Park next weekend. Party in the Park will run from 10am to 4pm on Sunday June 30. The event will feature entertainment from local musicians and primary schools. There will be inflatable
THE latest hyper-local party to spring up in Bolton has been stopped in its tracks. An application for a political party under the name of Bolton People First has been rejected by the Electoral Commission. The "incomplete" application was submitted
A FAMILY with young children was spotted having a barbecue on moorland, causing firefighters to issue fresh warnings ahead of the one year anniversary of the devastating Winter Hill fires. Despite ‘no barbecues’ signs posted on the gate which the
BUSINESSES are being asked to sponsor swift boxes to give the iconic summer birds a helping hand. Swifts make an epic 6,000 mile journey from Africa in spring, to bring up their chicks in the UK. But for many, the chance to lay their eggs can
OSCAR winning director Danny Boyle has backed Robert Pattinson as the next James Bond. The Radcliffe-born filmmaker had been in the directing chair for the upcoming Bond film but quit last year, blaming "creative differences". Daniel Craig will
SHOCKING footage has been released of a masked man robbing a store in Little Hulton. The CCTV images show a man carrying a large knife around a shop, with a balaclava covering his face. One of the images also appears to show the man reaching
TWO women whose deaths have been linked to the listeria outbreak at UK hospitals have been named. Enid Heap, 84, died at Manchester Royal Infirmary on May 6 with her family at her bedside, Manchester Coroner's Court heard on Friday. The "linked
DANNY Baker will return with a new podcast after being sacked by the BBC over an allegedly racist tweet about the royal baby. The broadcaster said the twice-weekly podcast, which mirrors his former BBC Radio 5 Live show, will start in 2020. Baker
Q. Can I split my business into parts which are all below the VAT threshold and therefore avoid registering for VAT? A: Essentially you are describing artificially splitting a business, and there is legislation in place to prevent this practice
THE region is set for a miserable end to the weekend, with a warning in place for thunderstorms. The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for Greater Manchester and Lancashire. They have warned stormy conditions may bring torrential rain
The caption on this picture from 1982 reads: Athletes from St Joseph’s School, Horwich, have swept all before them this season and here they are with some of the trophies they have won. Among their successes were Bolton girls’ athletics championships
A rising Horwich baseball star is set for a whirlwind few weeks. Travis Harfield, who spends the majority of his time playing in London, is set to get a taste of the big leagues when America’s Major League Baseball comes to town before then jetting
A STAGE show seeped in mystery will be the send-off for a Methodist minister as she moves on to pastures new. The Westhoughton Methodist Amateur Dramatic Society (ADS) will be performing a murder mystery as their special thanks to Rev Lesley Dinham
A NEW service is being launched to support the estimated 1,190 young people in Bolton caring for a family member or friend who has a disability, physical illness or needs extra help. The new Young Carers Service will be run by Bolton Lads and Girls
CAMPAIGNERS were "overwhelmed" by the council's decision to cut its support for the Hulton Park development at an upcoming government hearing. Councillors voted for the town hall to spend as little as possible when it defends plans to build 1,036
FOUR-LEGGED friends will be spending the day alongside their owners at offices around Bolton today. And if you're taking part, we'd love to see your pictures. Bring Your Dog to Work Day, which aims to raise money for welfare charities All
A WOMAN is fighting for her life after falling 40 feet from a mill building. Emergency services were called to the incident at Holden Mill, off Blackburn Road in Astley Bridge, at about 12.50am this morning. Officers say that the woman, who
PEOPLE living close to a recycling centre were warned to keep their windows and doors closed this morning after a blaze broke out. Firefighters were called to the fire involving a “quantity of recyclable waste” at J Dickinson & Sons, in Station
THE landscape has changed since Wanderers were last in League One. There are new grounds to visit, old rivalries to renew and a whopping 5,335 miles to travel for the 23 trips between August 3 and May 3. Here's a run down of what the Whites
A MYSTERY benefactor who came to staff’s aid at the peak of the wage crisis to has been identified as local businessman, Michael James. The Bolton Wanderers Community Trust issued a statement yesterday confirming that they made emergency payments
YOUNG people have been learning how to stay safe on the roads while on their bikes. Year Six boys at Bolton School have been taking part in a cycling proficiency course through Bolton Council's Bikeability scheme. Bikeability aims to ensure life-long
THIS week’s delve into the picture archives at The Bolton News has unearthed this photograph of the Little Lever Cricket Club team that were crowned Bolton League champions in 1995. There is no information accompanying the picture so we would like
IT is his first full season as first-team captain, and Oliver Sutcliffe seems quietly confident about Heaton’s chances of success. The Lower Pools side are hot on the heels of Association Division leaders Atherton ahead of tomorrow’s crunch match
SMASH hit musical Madagascar Jr can be enjoyed at Adlington Community Centre tonight and tomorrow. Staged by Adlington Music and Arts Youth, it tells the story of a group of friends who escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find
A MUM has hit out after her son was banned from going on a £400 school trip to Morocco over a prank gone wrong. Amir Hussain, 16, had just finished his final day at Eden Boys’ School in Wolfenden Street on Monday when a group of lads started messing
BOLTON leaseholders trapped in "feudal" contracts have voiced their concerns to the shadow housing minister. The national scandal, described as "PPI on steroids", has hit the borough hard as two of its constituencies are among the top 10 in the
More than half-a-million people have signed a petition against plans to scrap universal free TV licences for the over-75s. SAIQA CHAUDHARI reports ANGER at the BBC’s move to scrap a universal scheme to provide free TV licences to the over-75s
A FRUSTRATED Daubhill resident feels let down by the council, claiming that duvets and bags of rubbish have been piled up in his back street for three months. Adil Patel, who lives in Venice Street, said the problem is at its worst in Back St Helens
THE inspirational women of Bolton and across the North West will be celebrated at a glittering awards ceremony this weekend. The Inspire Women Awards 2019 will take place at the University of Bolton Stadium on Saturday. Hosted by BBC North
AN MP has backed a campaign to boost the weekday train service connecting the Bolton to a prosperous rural market town. Sir David Crausby believes that doubling the frequency of trains between Blackburn and Clitheroe to two an hour would be good
A MAN died after taking a cocktail of drugs because “he never understood that there was a different life out there”. Sean Whitehead died aged 45 after years of taking heroin and crack cocaine, heard Bolton Coroners Court yesterday. Mr Whitehead
FUNDING for sexual health services is being cut by more than £100,000 over the next twelve months by Bolton Council, while rates of sexually transmitted infections are on the rise in the area. The council awarded Bolton NHS Foundation Trust a three-year
BOLTON'S Light Cinema has collected more than 1000 donations for refuge charity Fortalice, just weeks after launching a collection box in its foyer. The cinema say they have been overwhelmed by the gifts, which include everything from toiletries
CONSIDERING she was still doing keep fit well until she was 98, it's no wonder that Annie Roberts was still fighting fit when she celebrated her 107th birthday yesterday. Born just months after the Titanic sailed, and still thriving at a time when
