A FOOTBALL match has been organised in memory of a popular non-league player who died last month. The James Dean Memorial Trophy will pit a Chorley Old Boys side (featuring members of the 2014 NPL title-winning squad) against a Halifax Old Boys
BOLTON'S coronavirus infection rate in Bolton has dropped slightly again, figures show. Data released by the government reveal that the number of people per 100,000 in the borough who produced a positive Covid-19 test in the seven days up to June
MAGISTRATES have banned five men the roads after they were each caught drug driving. John Scurfield, who had taken cocaine and also had no driving licence or insurance, drove a Ford Fiesta on Moss Bank Way, Bolton, on October 19 last year. Scurfield
BOLTON residents shelled out more money in the pub when allowed back indoors, new figures suggest. But limits on social contact mean spending is still below pre-pandemic levels. Hospitality and pub industry leaders have written to Prime Minister
A LEIGH charity has pledged to raise £300,000 to fund university research into brain haemorrhage. The Natalie Kate Moss Trust was set up in 2012 following the sudden death of University of Manchester alumni Natalie Moss. She died from a brain
AN INDEPENDENT electrical wholesaler has moved into new premises in Leigh - allowing customers access to a larger range of products. LPD Electrical, which was founded in 1997, has established a trade and public counter on the Moss Industrial Estate
A CAR dealership in Bolton will see a share of a £300,000 investment to help reduce carbon emissions. Family owned Swansway Group, with car and van dealerships located across the North West and Midlands, including Swansway Honda Bolton, is making
Professor Paul Salveson is a historian and writer and lives in Bolton. He is visiting professor in ‘Worktown Studies’ at the University of Bolton and author of several books on Lancashire history Allen Clarke, born in Daubhill in 1863, was one
A HIGH school is creating a new memorial garden dedicated to people in the local community who have lost their lives. The garden will be at the heart of Westhoughton High, where it can be seen by all pupils, staff, and visitors to site. Hannah
WIGAN Council has been in touch with Bolton West MP Chris Green to see if Atherton can be included in their bids for a chunk of the government’s levelling up fund. Bids for all three Wigan Borough constituencies, including Leigh, will be submitted
WE all love a bargain and when it comes to buying a property you look for what hidden extras, mod-cons or features for the price and Hollin Hey Farm does not disappoint. It is on the market with Miller Metcalfe Prestige in Bolton for £950,000 but
A POPULAR town centre micro-brewery bar is opening a new tap house later this week as the business continues to go from strength to strength. Northern Monkey Brew Co., run by Liam Convery, Ryan Bailey, and Kevin Barber, and who's bar Northern Monkey
A MAN who claims he was on his way to a “medical emergency” involving his pregnant partner when he was chased by police has dodged jail. Kyle Atkinson, of Wigan Road, Leigh, was spotted driving with a faulty headlight when he was stopped by police
A round-up of cases dealt with by magistrates recently MAGISTRATES have ordered a man to do 80 hours of unpaid work after he burgled a chemist’s shop and assaulted a woman. John Waddington, aged 44, of Blackshaw Lane, Bolton, pleaded guilty to
The deputy vice chancellor of the University of Bolton has been awarded an honorary MBE. Dr Kondal Reddy Kandadi, who studied as a post-graduate student at the university, gaining a PHD, and rose through the ranks over the last 15 years to his
