WANDERERS have announced their long-awaited season ticket prices, with savings of around 10 per cent on last year’s prices. The club is offering the chance to watch all home games after and including the October 7 meeting with Blackpool for £216
A 12-YEAR-OLD boy was grabbed by the neck while walking through a park in a terrifying attempted abduction in Blackburn. Detectives are now appealing for help after the incident which took place in Corporation Park, Blackburn. Officers were
AN arrest has been made after reports of a man in the street armed with a sword. Police were called at around 12.30pm today to Scot Lane, Aspull, to residents' reports of a man brandishing a sword. The incident is not terror related, according
A reward of up to £100,000 has been offered for information leading to the recovery of a tiara described as a "national treasure" was stolen from an art gallery. The Portland Tiara was stolen from the Welbeck Estate between 9.45pm and 10pm on November
POLICE found a stolen motorbike behind some wheelie bins. On Monday, PCSO Thornley and PC Bolton were on a foot patrol in Halliwell when they found the bike. In a post on Twitter, GMP Bolton Central wrote: “Checks conducted and vehicle had been
AN autumn musical extravaganza has been organised by Create Bolton - the charity which promotes the arts through Christianity. The event takes place at The Hawthorns on A6 at Blackrod on Friday, September 20. Topping the bill will be The Nick
CLOSURES are in place on the M6 this afternoon after an accident involving three vehicles. Delays of around half-an-hour are reported on the northbound carriageway between junction 21 at Woolston and junction 21a at Croft following the crash, which
This old fashioned shop interior was taken at Wood and Co in Victoria Square during 1957. Shortly after this picture was taken the business moved to Fold Street. Wood and Co was a wholesale tea and coffee merchants which closed in 1968 after more than
AN aspiring young doctor from Bolton has been jailed after becoming a "money mule" and helping to launder thousands of pounds stolen from an elderly flood victim. It was in October, 2016, that two persuasive fraudsters - never traced - duped the
PRIME Minister Boris Johnson is to present MPs with a way out of an enforced holiday by giving them another vote on holding a general election before a final decision to prorogue Parliament is taken. – What will happen in Westminster today?
LOVE island's Amy Hart has opened up about her biggest regrets about appearing on the show and finally addressed rumours she's feuding with her co-stars. The former air hostess went through a tumultuous time in the villa; jumping straight into
HEALTH officials are warning people not to vape until they determine the cause of a severe respiratory illness, which has killed at least five people and hospitalized many more. Officials in the US are investigating more than 450 possible cases
PIERS Morgan has said he will turn up to his old secondary school wearing a skirt after a row over the school's new gender neutral uniforms. The Good Morning Britain the presenter, who attended the sixth form of the Priory School in Lewes, raged
WANDERERS have confirmed new signing Joe Bunney was involved in a road traffic accident at the weekend which has left him with broken ribs and collarbone. It has emerged that the footballer was involved in a serious collision in the Preston area
A CRASH involving a car and a lorry caused police to close one lane of a major street this morning. The collision, which happened around 8am, left the two vehicles heavily damaged and officers were forced to move them. Police blocked a lane
DARKNESS descended on Bolton on Friday as the Alma Inn took a venture into the blacker side for night of uncompromising extreme metal. The Bradshawgate pub was ravaged by crushing sounds from one of Lancashire’s promising young metal outfits and
A BOLTON quizzer walked away with a quarter of a million pounds on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. And Julian Aldridge could even have gone one further - correctly answering the half million question - but after he'd decided to quit while he was
A POPULAR magazine run by a young entrepreneur is set to change its name. Xplode Magazine was started by Bolton's Saeed Atcha in 2011 when he was just a teenager but the publication is set for a major switch. From Friday, September 13, Xplode
PROMOTERS of an awards scheme are offering free energy for a year as their top prize. Bolton-based Love Energy Savings is behind the Best of Britain Awards, now in their sixth year. Some of the leading lights of the energy industry, such as
BOLTON Wanderers Supporters’ Trust chairman Terrence Rigby says he anticipates a more “mature” relationship with new ownership than with previous incumbent Ken Anderson. Following a positive meeting between trust members and Wanderers new chair
ADMINISTRATORS say a series of inter-company debts are behind the £40million collapse of a Bolton property empire. An investigation into the demise of Harewood Associates, run by Peter and David Kiely, has also cast serious doubts over the likelihood
JAMES Weir believes Wanderers can press the reset button on their season this week. With new management and ownership in place and nine new signings settling into the squad, there is a very different vibe at the UniBol ahead of this weekend’s trip
SLEEP was in short supply on Tuesday, August 27 as the EFL deadline had passed and they had issued the notice to withdraw Bolton Wanderers’ membership of the league and the Administrators were threatening liquidation if no deal could be reached.
FARNWORTH are still alive in the Premiership title race, but captain Simon Booth accepts it is only just. Leaders Walkden suffered their first league defeat of the season on Saturday, against Kearsley, when a victory would have seen the defending
A ONE-BEDROOM house in Deane is to be transformed into a beauty salon offering laser hair removal and other treatments. A change of use application for 327 Deane Road has been approved by Bolton Council. The application was submitted by Mohammad
A BUSINESS coach from Bolton and 13 fellow adventurers paid tribute to a well-respected colleague with a trek up Britain’s highest peak. Paul Limb took part in the Kent Rhodes Challenge, in memory of the 49-year-old who died of cancer on his 49th
A FORMER car firm boss from Leigh has been given a six-year directorship ban after a probe into his company’s spending. Jack Whittle has been issued with the disqualification by the Insolvency Service following the collapse of Bamber Bridge based
INITIATIVES to clean up the borough’s streets, parks and air have been on the council’s agenda in recent months. Local Democracy Reporter JOSEPH TIMAN looks at the latest proposal. A TOTAL of £1.5m is set to be spent by the council to make the
FREIGHT businesses have urged councils across Greater Manchester to rethink their proposal to charge lorries and vans a daily fee in a bid to tackle harmful emissions. The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has described the benefits of Clean Air
HERITAGE chiefs who objected to an historic train yard being knocked down to make way for a new road have criticised the council out for not considering his alternative proposal. Stuart Whittle, chairman of Horwich Heritage, complained to the council
THE Mayor of Bolton was happy sitting down on the job when she officially opened a new dental clinic in the borough. Cllr Hilary Fairclough was able to see first-hand what the new Synergy clinic in Blackburn Road was all about. The surgery has
ATHERTON insist the job is only half complete after securing promotion back to the Bolton League’s Premiership despite not bowling a ball on Saturday. Their immediate return to the top flight was secured in bizarre circumstances at Darcy Lever
SOME of the most disadvantaged and needful people living across Bolton will benefit from a huge cash boost of £746,000. Refugees and asylum seekers, unpaid carers and those who are isolated are among the deserving causes which have been given a
MORE than 40 per cent of Bolton’s African community have been verbally abused, according to a new survey investigating hate crime. A hate crime study has revealed shocking new statistics about the abuse and violence suffered by Bolton’s African
A FORMER soldier who was injured in a training exercise exaggerated his disability in order to fraudulently claim benefits. Paul Dewhirst, aged 46, from Astley, was pensioned out of the Army in May 1994 and applied for a range of benefits.
A CHARITY which offers free holidays for families affected by childhood cancer has received a boost from Bolton workers. Harry's Holiday Hangout was established in memory of Harry Griffin Brown, who died in 2015 after a five-year fight with neuroblastoma
