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  • 17 year old jailed for eight years for two attempted rapes

    A boy who attempted to rape two women in the space of two months has been jailed for eight years. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to two charges of attempted rape. Manchester’s Minshull Street Crown Court

  • Concert for Remembrance pays tribute to Harry Goslin

    A SPECIAL Remembrance concert on Thursday paid special tribute to fallen Wanderers war hero Harry Goslin. The Vicar of Bolton Rev. Canon Dr Chris Bracegirdle led the act of Remembrance, while the night also featured the Lancashire Artillery Volunteer

  • Heroin found dumped on grass in Breightmet

    Heroin has been found dumped on an area of grass in Breightmet. GMP Bolton North posted on social media that PCSOs were approached by a member of the public this morning who told them that they had seen someone dump a package on the grass.

  • Mice forced closure of Trafford Centre restaurants

    Mice have been revealed as the problem which forced four Trafford Centre restaurants to close recently. Chaobaby, Tru Stree, Zizzi and Yang Sing Cathay closed last month after a visit from hygiene inspectors found the infestation. All have

  • Two arrested in connection with burglary

    Two were arrested this morning by police in connection to a burglary earlier this week. The Bolton North Neighbourhood team executed a warrant at a property on Blenheim Road this morning in connection to a burglary at a house in Breightmet on Wednesday

  • House taped off after 'mass brawl over £15'

    A HOUSE was taped off with a police presence outside after shocked residents woke to a mass brawl over “£15” in the early hours. Officers were at a property on the junction of Levens Drive and Newby Road Breightmet throughout yesterday. Neighbours

  • Toby Carvery roast dinners are now available on JustEat

    Toby Carvery has launched a delivery service for its roast dinners. It has partnered with Just Eat to offer deliveries at 62 of its 158 UK restaurants. The chain launched the service a year after it began accepting takeaway orders that customers

  • How military members can get free bus travel this weekend

    Stagecoach Manchester will commemorate Remembrance Sunday by offering free travel to all armed forces personnel and veterans across Manchester. All armed forces members with a valid military ID card and veterans wearing a veteran's badge will receive

  • Mothercare store launches 'everything must go' sale

    A massive closing down store is starting at Mothercare in Manchester today. The Manchester Fort Shopping Park store is launching an 'everything must go' sale. It was confirmed this week that Mothercare has gone into administration and all remaining

  • FLASHBACK: Did you play for Old Smithillians?

    THIS week’s delve into the picture archives at The Bolton News has unearthed this photograph of Old Smithillians football team from July 1988. The information accompanying the picture says the team were reigning Lancashire Amateur League Second

  • Looking Back: Bowling Green got a new look in 1988

    A new hexagonal bar was the main feature of the Bowling Green pub on Eskrick Street, Bolton following a major refurbishment in 1988. Raising a glass to the pub’s success were Jack Baxter, Greenalls regional estate manager (centre) with tenants Allan

  • Councillor ‘fuming’ after area forum cancelled

    FORUMS for local residents to air concerns about where they live have been postponed ­— because of the General Election. The move, which has left one councillor cross, means five area forums will be rescheduled and have been pencilled in for the

  • Wanderers must be four-midable, says defender Jake Wright

    MOMENTUM has been the watchword in the Wanderers camp since they toppled Fleetwood and showed their rehabilitation in League One continues apace. Jake Wright remembers the last time Bolton were on such a role, he was playing in the red and white

  • We'll win Bolton: Jeremy Corbyn

    LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn said he was confident his party could win back Bolton West in the December 12 General election. As well as taking the seat back from Conservative Chris Green, he said the party would take back control of the borough council

  • How family life has helped Danny Jones overcome anxiety

    SUCCESS may seem to come naturally to McFly’s Danny Jones, but for years he was plagued by anxiety. The musician - who’s also a judge on ITV’s The Voice Kids, first experienced it at 18, when his parents’ marriage broke up just as McFly hit the

  • Cannabis gang jailed for more than 37 years

    DETECTIVES unravelled a million-pound plot to grow cannabis "on an industrial scale" after raiding a non-descript terraced house. An investigation, sparked by an abandoned Toyota car, led officers to a property in Wellfield Road, Blackburn, where

  • Poppy stolen from roadside in ‘appalling’ act of crime

    Astley Bridge residents were left shocked when a thief took off with a poppy ahead of Remembrance Day. The poppy was displayed on railings at the crossroad of Bar Lane and Broad O’Th Lane before someone was pictured stealing the flower. The