So the saying goes, life imitates art, and this can definitely be said for Paddy McGuinness' input on Top Gear tonight. With Freddy Flintoff self-isolating, it was left to Paddy and co-host Chris Harris to test drive the best British cars for £2,000
BRITISH music icons Elbow and Simply Red will headline two of the extra five nights at next summer's Lytham Festival it has been revealed. Simply Red will take to the stage on Wednesday, July 6 with Bury's finest, Elbow, headlining the following
Children in Year 7 and above should wear face coverings in communal areas in schools and colleges as part of measures to slow the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant, the Department for Education has said. In a media statement, the Department
It was time to put the woollies on as we battled the bitterly cold Storm Arwen to get to the Unibol stadium to watch the beleaguered Wanderers take on the Robins from Cheltenham and battle against our own injury storm. There was good news waiting
IAN Evatt has high hopes that Xavier Amaechi will continue his stay at Wanderers into the New Year. Talks have already begun with Hamburg to extend the winger’s loan until the end of the season. Amaechi broke his metatarsal in pre-season but
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is to be celebrated with a new 50p coin launched next year, the Royal Mint has announced. The coin will feature the number 70, representing the number of years of the Queen’s reign in 2022, with her cypher framed within
A police investigation is underway into a fight which left one person needing hospital treatment, it is understood. Part of Lever Street, Little Lever, was cordoned off overnight as emergency services attended. The police tape was lifted today
Actress Lindsay Lohan has announced she is engaged to boyfriend Bader Shammas. The Mean Girls star, 35, shared the news on Instagram with a string of black and white photos in which the couple are cuddling and she is showing off a diamond ring.
Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said mandatory mask-wearing will return to shops and public transport on Tuesday, as he told families to plan for Christmas “as normal” despite new rules to combat the Omicron coronavirus variant. He said on Sunday
Amir Khan looks set to fight Kell Brook in Manchester in February. Ben Shalom, the chief executive of promoters Boxxer, says an official announcement of the all-British clash is expected tomorrow. Shalom told talkSPORT: “It’s no secret, for
Two motorbikes have been seized by police in Bolton. Yesterday Greater Manchester Police officers from the Bolton North Neighbourhood Team responded to a sighting of a stolen bike. Whilst at the location they discovered an additional bike suspected
EXPECTATIONS had been checked by an unprecedented run of first team injuries at Wanderers; this was meant to be a cold winter of discontent. Without MJ Williams, Amadou Bakayoko, Josh Sheehan, Gethin Jones and the like, the frailty of Ian Evatt
A 39-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and assault after emergency services were called to a road traffic collision on Bolton Road at the mini roundabout. A 92-year-old woman, who was inside
WANDERERS (4-2-3-1). JOEL DIXON…6. Smart stop from Sercombe early on but won’t be happy that May’s first goal slipped under his body and undid some of his solid work. LIAM GORDON…7. Clear as day that he is playing on his wrong side
A 20-year-old male has been charged following the theft of a vehicle in Bury. On Friday evening, officers from Farnworth Neighbourhood Team located a Skoda Octavia on Cartmel Crescent in Tonge Moor, which had been stolen from Bury on November 20
IAN Evatt felt Wanderers were not far away from scoring a landslide of goals against Cheltenham at the UniBol yesterday. The Bolton boss claims Ricardo Santos was wrongly adjudged offside when he turned in George Thomason’s deflected shot with
One casualty has been taken to hospital after a severe road traffic collision this morning and road closures have been put in place. Emergency services were called to White Horse Grove, Westhoughton, at 5:13am where a BMW had crashed into a bungalow
PEOPLE from Bury and beyond have developed a taste for Shazia's Street Food, which this year is celebrating five years of dishing up home cooked authentic Indian food - and the empowerment of women. Shazia Ansari threw a special party for her team
The Phoenix Knights of Harmony sang for two hours on Friday to help raise funds for Children In Need and gave shoppers at the Asda Astley Bridge store a delightful performance. Christine Baldwin, the Bolton Asda store community champion, said:
A BRADSHAW man has uncovered some great photographs of memories of Bolton and surrounding areas throughout the years. John Preston has got in touch with Looking Back asking for readers help in identifying the photographs. He said: “The first
THE hey-day of the country railway station is captured in this early-1960s photograph on the Bolton to Blackburn line. We published an article in 1985 saying the same station was ‘reduced to an unmanned halt with a simple shelter for passengers
YOU are in for a rare treat for our Property of the Week, as we have picked out a period family home which was made by combining two stone cottages together. This is a charming property which has three receptions, three bedrooms, two bathrooms
THE Bolton News reported about council chiefs being accused of ‘dropping the ball’ after it emerged it missed the deadline for submitting an £16m 'levelling up' funding bid for the town centre Crompton Place development. Our article revealed that
TODAY the Bolton News is proud to launch the annual Bolton Lions’ Toy Appeal to ensure ALL local children will have something to smile about on Christmas morning. The Bolton Lions have run this vital appeal for the past 38 years, helping thousands
A ROUND-UP of cases dealt with recently A SHOPLIFTER stole £50 worth of alcohol from the Asda supermarket on Blackburn Road, Bolton on January 31. John Sloane, aged 40, of Shrewsbury Road, Heaton, pleaded guilty to committing the offence. He was
Bolton Hospice are encouraging local schools and businesses to get out their jolliest jumper and join in with their Jolly Jumper Day on Friday 17th December. The hospice would like people to wear their favourite festive knits in return for a small
