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• St Patrick's Day: 8 places you can celebrate in Bolton - The Bolton News

  16-03-2016 23:29
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  St Patrick's Day: 8 places you can celebrate in Bolton
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  THURSDAY is a day of celebration for the Irish and everyone who loves all things Irish. Over the years St Patrick's Day has become an international celebration, and will see revellers painting Bolton green, white and orange. Popular venues around the ...and more »
  

• BBC journalist dies on way to a story

  16-03-2016 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A BBC Radio Lancashire journalist dies while driving to cover the last day of the fracking inquiry.
  
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• Championship Digest: Phil Brown in Bolton frame, Redknapp linked with Jordan, Hull to scrap season tickets and more - Huddersfield Examiner

  16-03-2016 19:41
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  Championship Digest: Phil Brown in Bolton frame, Redknapp linked with Jordan, Hull to scrap season tickets and more
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  Phil Brown has been linked with the vacant manager's job at Bolton Wanderers - according to the Guardian. The Southend boss is apparently one of the favourites to take charge at the Macron Stadium after Neil Lennon left by mutual consent on Tuesday.
  

• 'I did not rape vulnerable man in Kwik Fit car park' bar manager tells jury

  16-03-2016 19:36
  
  A BAR manager has denied raping a vulnerable man — telling a jury the two had consensual sex.
  
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• Bolton health bosses welcome sugar tax in fight against childhood obesity - The Bolton News

  16-03-2016 19:35
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  Bolton health bosses welcome sugar tax in fight against childhood obesity
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  HEALTH bosses in Bolton have welcomed news that a new tax on sugary drinks will be introduced to combat childhood obesity. Chancellor George Osborne made the surprise announcement in his budget speech yesterday and said the £520 million the new ...and more »
  

• Bolton business community reacts to budget measures - The Bolton News

  16-03-2016 19:20
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  Bolton business community reacts to budget measures
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  BOLTON'S business community has reacted to a range of new measures outlined in yesterday's budget announcement. Tax cuts, new saving options and a freeze to fuel duty meant that many local bosses had reasons to be hopeful. Tom Rosillo, operations ...and more »
  

• All the details for Phil Gartside memorial service at Bolton Parish Church

  16-03-2016 18:46
  
  A MEMORIAL service will be held tomorrow for former Bolton Wanderers chairman Phil Gartside.
  
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• St Patrick's Day: 8 places you can celebrate in Bolton

  16-03-2016 18:38
  
  THURSDAY is a day of celebration for the Irish and everyone who loves all things Irish.
  
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• PCs sacked for selling road crash data

  16-03-2016 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A husband and wife who were serving police officers are sacked by Lancashire Constabulary for selling road crash details.
  
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• Bolton business community reacts to budget measures

  16-03-2016 18:24
  
  BOLTON’S business community has reacted to a range of new measures outlined in yesterday’s budget announcement.
  
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• Bolton health bosses welcome sugar tax in fight against childhood obesity

  16-03-2016 18:20
  
  HEALTH bosses in Bolton have welcomed news that a new tax on sugary drinks will be introduced to combat childhood obesity.
  
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• New Sugar tax can't hide a bitter taste for council chiefs with fears of funding shortfall

  16-03-2016 18:02
  
  A NEW sugar tax on soft drinks took centre stage in George Osborne’s 2016 budget announcement — but town hall chiefs fear the Chancellor’s latest plans could leave a bitter taste in the mouth.
  
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• Every school in Bolton forced to cut ties with the local education authority - The Bolton News

  16-03-2016 17:12
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  Every school in Bolton forced to cut ties with the local education authority
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  EVERY school in Bolton will be forced to break away from local education authority control and become academies in the biggest shake-up since the introduction of comprehensive education. The radical change would bring to an end Bolton council's ...and more »
  

• Every school in Bolton forced to cut ties with the local education authority

  16-03-2016 17:10
  
  EVERY school in Bolton will be forced to break away from local education authority control and become academies in the biggest shake-up since the introduction of comprehensive education.
  
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• BUDGET 2016: Sugar, schools and savings - what the budget means for you

  16-03-2016 15:42
  
  The Chancellor has outlined a whole heap of new measures In his budget announcement — some of which will need a good deal of deciphering. ​We have attempted to put together a list of some of the key points from today’s speech that could affect you.
  
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• Police called after man urinates inside Bolton Magistrates' Court

  16-03-2016 15:32
  
  POLICE have been called after a man urinated inside Bolton Magistrates Court.
  
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• Large police presence seen in Bolton while force helicopter circles town

  16-03-2016 15:06
  
  A LARGE police presence has been spotted in Bolton town centre and the force helicopter seen circling above the town.
  
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• Fracking 'will ruin tranquil fields'

  16-03-2016 14:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shale gas extraction would turn "tranquil fields"' into "industrial installations," anti-fracking campaigners tell an appeal hearing.
  
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• Budget 2016 – live updates and coverage

  16-03-2016 13:40
  
  We bring you live updates from the Chancellor's 2016 budget announcement as well as local reaction on how the people of Bolton will be affected.
  
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• Bolton hockey players to celebrate 100 years of the women’s game in the town

  16-03-2016 12:08
  
  HOCKEY players in Bolton are holding a special celebration to mark 100 years of the women’s game in the town.
  
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• Stolen motorbike dumped after being ridden dangerously and crashing

  16-03-2016 12:07
  
  A RIDER and pillion passenger fled after dumping a stolen motorbike.
  
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• Pair of 'racing and reckless' Mercedes cars crash on A666

  16-03-2016 11:04
  
  TWO cars crashed after allegedly racing one another on the A666 St Peter's Way.
  
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• Students have a ball as they prepare for mayoral gala evening

  16-03-2016 10:45
  
  STUDENTS have been having a ball as they help with the preparations for one of the biggest highlights in Bolton's social calender.
  
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• Warm welcome in Bolton for man taking on 1,000 mile challenge for the homeless

  16-03-2016 10:39
  
  A CAMPAIGNER walking from Land's End to John'O Groats has brought his fundraising challenge to Bolton.
  
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• Brown favourite for Wanderers job after Lennon exits

  16-03-2016 10:16
  
  PHIL Brown may have to force the issue at Southend United if he is to be the new manager of Bolton Wanderers.
  
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• PICTURES: Netherlands National Circus arrives in Bolton

  16-03-2016 07:11
  
  THE circus has come to town!
  
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• Historic martyr footprint attraction 'a trip hazard' reveals council health and safety report

  16-03-2016 07:09
  
  TOWN hall chiefs considered moving one of the town’s most famous historical landmarks — because it is a trip hazard.
  
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• Ex police and army veterans go undercover in Bolton black market cigarettes probe

  16-03-2016 07:09
  
  UNDERCOVER teams have been buying smuggled and fake cigarettes in and around Bolton as part of a crackdown on the tobacco black market.
  
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• Council turns to one of its own to steady ship after shock departure of chief executive

  16-03-2016 07:09
  
  IN NOVEMBER Bolton Council was stunned by the news that its newly appointed chief executive had walked away from his job after just five months.
  
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• Everything you need to know about Bolton Sci-fi Comic Book Fair

  16-03-2016 07:08
  
  SUPERHEOROES both little and large are invited to Bolton this weekend for a day of sci-fi fun.
  
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• Holdsworth on Lennon departure: 'It was a difficult decision — now fans need to get behind the badge'

  16-03-2016 07:00
  
  NEW Whites owner Dean Holdsworth yesterday rung the changes at the Macron Stadium — making what he said was a "difficult decision" to part ways with manager Neil Lennon.
  
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