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• CCTV cameras to remain in Westhoughton for at least another two years

  14-11-2016 21:47
  
  CCTV cameras in Westhoughton will continue to be paid for by the town council for the next two years.
  
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• Police called after cabbie 'runs over' off-duty special constable in town centre

  14-11-2016 19:57
  
  A MINICAB driver was spoken to by police after allegedly running over two men in Victoria Square — one an off-duty special constable.
  
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• Michael Blake death: Three arrested over Bolton shooting - BBC News

  14-11-2016 19:27
  
  BBC News
  Michael Blake death: Three arrested over Bolton shooting
  BBC News
  Three people have been arrested in connection with the death of a man who was shot and abandoned in an alleyway after answering his door. Michael Blake, 28, died in hospital after neighbours found him near his Manchester Road home in Westhoughton, ...
  Three arrested in connection with death of Bolton dad shot in back of headManchester Evening Newsall 6 news articles »
  
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• Two men arrested on suspicion of murdering Michael Blake, who died after being shot in head

  14-11-2016 19:19
  
  THREE people have been arrested in connection with the death Michael Blake, who died after being found shot in the back in the head.
  
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• Crash at busy town centre junction

  14-11-2016 19:02
  
  TWO cars were involved in a nasty rush hour crash at a busy town centre junction this evening.
  
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• Man 'was racing car' when girl, 9, was fatally struck

  14-11-2016 18:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man accused of causing a nine-year-old girl's death in a car crash was racing against his friend at the time, a court trial hears.
  
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• VIDEO: Watch as car smashes into van during morning rush hour in Farnworth

  14-11-2016 17:29
  
  SHOCKING footage has been released of a serious rush hour car crash.
  
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• Ex-business associate of investment firm that took over Wanderers jailed for part in loan and mortgage fraud racket - The Bolton News

  14-11-2016 16:47
  
  The Bolton News
  Ex-business associate of investment firm that took over Wanderers jailed for part in loan and mortgage fraud racket
  The Bolton News
  A FORMER business associate of the investment firm that took over Bolton Wanderers has been jailed for his part in an extensive loan and mortgage fraud racket. Michael Collins, of Leigh Road in Westhoughton, was one of the minor conspirators in a ...and more »
  
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• Ex-business associate of investment firm that took over Wanderers jailed for part in loan and mortgage fraud racket

  14-11-2016 16:44
  
  A FORMER business associate of the investment firm that took over Bolton Wanderers has been jailed for his part in an extensive loan and mortgage fraud racket.
  
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• Huge power cut leaves nearly 1400 homes without electricity - The Bolton News

  14-11-2016 15:58
  
  The Bolton News
  Huge power cut leaves nearly 1400 homes without electricity
  The Bolton News
  A HUGE power cut in the west of Bolton left nearly 1,400 homes without electricity this morning. Electricity North West reported that 1,392 properties in the BL6 post code were without power this morning. Latest updates from the organisation suggests ...
  
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• Bradford Bulls 'forced' into administration - chairman Marc Green - The Bolton News

  14-11-2016 15:58
  
  The Bolton News
  Bradford Bulls 'forced' into administration - chairman Marc Green
  The Bolton News
  The Kingstone Press Championship club faced a winding-up petition by HM Revenue and Customs last month due to a tax dispute. "I have been talking to a number of serious investors and purely the pressure from HMRC has forced the club to be put into this ...and more »
  
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• Ashley Giles: Warwickshire want Lancashire director of cricket to return to Edgbaston

  14-11-2016 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warwickshire are keen on bringing Lancashire director of cricket Ashley Giles back to Edgbaston, where he coached from 2007 to 2012.
  
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• Teaching assistant is cut above - The Bolton News

  14-11-2016 14:35
  
  The Bolton News
  Teaching assistant is cut above
  The Bolton News
  TEACHING assistant Zena Young showed she is a cut above when it comes to fundraising. And her first class effort to raise money for Bolton Hospice was supported by her pupils at St James's CE Primary School, Daisy Hill, as she had all her locks cut off.
  
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• Teaching assistant is cut above

  14-11-2016 14:33
  
  TEACHING assistant Zena Young showed she is a cut above when it comes to fundraising.
  
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• PICTURES: Teaching assistant has head shaved during hospice fundraiser

  14-11-2016 14:33
  
  TEACHING assistant Zena Young showed she is a cut above when it comes to fundraising.
  
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• Battle of the Christmas adverts - which is your favourite? - The Bolton News

  14-11-2016 13:31
  
  The Bolton News
  Battle of the Christmas adverts - which is your favourite?
  The Bolton News
  The supermarket chain has joined this year's trend for upbeat adverts with an animated tale about a father who makes it home in time for Christmas, accompanied by the singing of actor and talk show host James Corden. Watch our festive TV ad and see ...and more »
  
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• Battle of the Christmas adverts - which is your favourite?

  14-11-2016 13:18
  
  THE battle of the Christmas advertisements is well and truly on. 
  
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• 2016 set to be hottest year on record - The Bolton News

  14-11-2016 13:17
  
  The Bolton News
  2016 set to be hottest year on record
  The Bolton News
  This year is set to be the hottest year ever recorded globally, beating 2015's record temperatures, the World Meteorological Organisation has said. Global temperatures this year are approximately 1.2C (2.16F) above pre-industrial levels and 0.88C (1 ...
  
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• Huge power cut leaves nearly 1400 homes without power

  14-11-2016 12:43
  
  A HUGE power cut in the west of Bolton left nearly 1400 homes without electricity this morning.
  
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• Huge power cut leaves nearly 1,400 homes without electricity

  14-11-2016 12:43
  
  A HUGE power cut in the west of Bolton left nearly 1400 homes without electricity this morning.
  
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• Pleas to help save Bolton's stop smoking services - The Bolton News

  14-11-2016 12:40
  
  The Bolton News
  Pleas to help save Bolton's stop smoking services
  The Bolton News
  A BOLTON nurse is issuing an SOS call for people in Bolton to protect vital Stop Smoking Services in the the town. Jessica Turner, a former pupil at Turton High School, from Harwood, is lending her voice to Cancer Research UK's 'Don't Quit On Us' campaign.and more »
  
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• More than 1000 properties in Bolton without electricity following power cut - Manchester Evening News

  14-11-2016 11:05
  
  Manchester Evening News
  More than 1000 properties in Bolton without electricity following power cut
  Manchester Evening News
  A huge power cut in Bolton has left thousands of homes and businesses without electricity this morning. There are currently 1,392 properties affected at the moment in the BL6 postcode area, which covers parts of Horwich and Blackrod. An underground ...
  Huge power cut leaves nearly 1400 homes without powerThe Bolton Newsall 2 news articles »
  
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• Peterborough's kids hit rich form while Bolton live on the breadline - The Guardian (blog)

  14-11-2016 11:00
  
  The Guardian (blog)
  Peterborough's kids hit rich form while Bolton live on the breadline
  The Guardian (blog)
  Peterborough's 17-year-old Leonardo da Silva Lopes, right, has attracted interest from Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, and has 'an unbelievable future', according to his manager. Photograph: Alan Walter/Reuters. Ben Fisher at London Road. Monday 14 ...
  MATCH REPORT: Peterborough United 1, Bolton 0: Posh dare to dream after Smith stunner delivers impressive winPeterborough Telegraph
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• FUNERAL DETAILS: Anthony Axford - The Bolton News

  14-11-2016 10:40
  
  The Bolton News
  FUNERAL DETAILS: Anthony Axford
  The Bolton News
  THE funeral of Bolton businessman and local cricket enthusiast Anthony Axford will take place on Friday, November 18. The father of three died, aged 81, earlier this week. There will be a mass at noon at Our Lady of Lourdes church at the junction of ...and more »
  
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• Teenager accused of racially abusing of US army veteran on tram will stand trial

  14-11-2016 10:31
  
  A TEENAGER is to stand trial with two others accused of racially abusing a US army veteran on a Manchester tram.
  
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• Sentencing of rapist who attacked woman in woods delayed again

  14-11-2016 10:25
  
  A JUDGE apologised in court to a rape victim after her attacker’s sentencing hearing was adjourned again.
  
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• Sentence of rapist delayed again - The Bolton News

  14-11-2016 10:25
  
  The Bolton News
  Sentence of rapist delayed again
  The Bolton News
  A JUDGE apologised in court to a rape victim after her attacker's sentencing hearing was adjourned again. A jury found Lukas Slusarczyk guilty of raping a 29-year-old woman in woods at Crompton Lodges on April 2. A second sentencing hearing had to be ...and more »
  
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• Sentence of rapist delayed again (From The Bolton News) - The Bolton News

  14-11-2016 10:25
  
  The Bolton News
  Sentence of rapist delayed again (From The Bolton News)
  The Bolton News
  A JUDGE apologised in court to a rape victim after her attacker's sentencing hearing was adjourned again.and more »
  
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• Sentence of rapist delayed again

  14-11-2016 10:25
  
  A JUDGE apologised in court to a rape victim after her attacker’s sentencing hearing was adjourned again.
  
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• Appeal after incident with fire extinguisher in street - The Bolton News

  14-11-2016 10:09
  
  The Bolton News
  Appeal after incident with fire extinguisher in street
  The Bolton News
  A group of men are reported to have set off a fire extinguisher while aiming it at somebody and causing them injury. The incident happened on Sunday, November 6, near Betfred in Market Street. A spokesman for the police said: “We believe a female was ...and more »
  
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• POLICE WARNING: Using a mobile phone behind the wheel is same as drink driving

  14-11-2016 10:02
  
  DRIVERS who endanger other road users by using their mobile phone behind the wheel are being targeted in a pre-Christmas crackdown.
  
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• Don't forget to send us your photos of tonight's ‘super beaver moon’

  14-11-2016 09:45
  
  AMATEUR stargazers will be looking to the skies this evening in the hope of seeing a ‘super beaver moon’.
  
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• Mystery couple donates money needed to transport children to Santa flight

  14-11-2016 09:37
  
  A MYSTERY benefactor has come forward to pay for transport to allow deserving children on board a special Santa flight.
  
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• Appeal after incident with fire extinguisher in street

  14-11-2016 09:31
  
  POLICE are appealing for information after an incident in Little Lever.
  
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• Appeal after incident with extinguisher

  14-11-2016 09:31
  
  POLICE are appealing for information after an incident in Little Lever.
  
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• UPDATED: Thieves blow up cash machine at service station before making off with money

  14-11-2016 08:34
  
  THIEVES blew up a cash machine at a petrol station before making off with the money box inside it.
  
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• Thieves blow up cash machine at service station before making off with money

  14-11-2016 08:34
  
  THIEVES blew up a cash machine at a petrol station before making off with the money box inside it.
  
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• Daredevil pensioner celebrates 73rd birthday with charity abseil - The Bolton News

  14-11-2016 07:07
  
  The Bolton News
  Daredevil pensioner celebrates 73rd birthday with charity abseil
  The Bolton News
  Joan Hall decided she would do a sponsored abseil, zip wire and crate climb in aid of children's cancer charity, Kidscan. She decided to undertake the challenge after being moved by a speech presented at her local Women's Institute in Bromley Cross.and more »
  
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• Veterans remember fallen colleagues at national memorial - The Bolton News

  14-11-2016 07:05
  
  The Bolton News
  Veterans remember fallen colleagues at national memorial
  The Bolton News
  VETERANS of the troubles in Northern Ireland travelled to a national site of remembrance to pay respects to colleagues lost in the fighting. Morris “Spud” Murphy, from Hall i'th Wood, Bolton and Joey Abbot, from Whitefield, died in 1974 in Belfast ...and more »
  
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• Painstaking investigation that brought down Bolton drugs gang - The Bolton News

  14-11-2016 07:05
  
  The Bolton News
  Painstaking investigation that brought down Bolton drugs gang
  The Bolton News
  CRIMINAL gang members from Bolton who flooded towns across Britain with hard drugs were brought to justice after a safe house was raided and their couriers arrested in sting operations, a senior officer has revealed. Inspector Simon Brooksbank, of ...and more »
  
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• LAMPPOST poppies made me feel emotional. Well done Bolton for a wonderful idea - The Bolton News

  14-11-2016 07:05
  
  The Bolton News
  LAMPPOST poppies made me feel emotional. Well done Bolton for a wonderful idea
  The Bolton News
  LAST Monday my husband had an appointment at Christie's hospital so we decided to return to our home in North Lancs via Bolton so we could visit friends in Egerton. We came to a stop at the traffic lights outside Asda and for the first time noticed a ...
  
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• Fundraising event a runaway success - The Bolton News

  14-11-2016 07:05
  
  The Bolton News
  Fundraising event a runaway success
  The Bolton News
  The University of Bolton staged the event as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Diamond Challenge, with staff, students and local businesses taking part to raise money for charity. The relay marathon is the first of its kinds at a UK university, with the ...and more »
  
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• Residents undertake own traffic survey to strengthen argument against Last Drop Village houses

  14-11-2016 07:03
  
  RESIDENTS opposing a planning application in Bromley Cross have taken matters in to their own hands.
  
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• Painstaking investigation that brought down Bolton drugs gang

  14-11-2016 07:03
  
  CRIMINAL gang members from Bolton who flooded towns across Britain with hard drugs were brought to justice after a safe house was raided and their couriers arrested in sting operations, a senior officer has revealed.
  
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• Cathryn says it with flour — as she bakes bouquet cakes

  14-11-2016 07:03
  
  IT wasn’t the Great British Bake Off which inspired Cathryn Howard to try her hand at baking — it was her son’s first birthday.
  
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• Veterans remember fallen colleagues at national memorial

  14-11-2016 07:02
  
  VETERANS of the troubles in Northern Ireland travelled to a national site of remembrance to pay respects to colleagues lost in the fighting.
  
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• Thief jailed after sneaking into bedroom of sleeping 7-year-old boy

  14-11-2016 07:02
  
  A THIEF has been jailed after burglars sneaked into a seven-year-old boy's bedroom as he slept.
  
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• Daredevil pensioner celebrates 73rd birthday with charity abseil

  14-11-2016 07:02
  
  A DAREDEVIL 73-year-old celebrated her birthday in a unique way.
  
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• Pleas to help save Bolton's stop smoking services

  14-11-2016 07:01
  
  A BOLTON nurse is issuing an SOS call for people in Bolton to protect vital Stop Smoking Services in the the town.
  
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• Fundraising event a runaway success

  14-11-2016 07:01
  
  A RELAY marathon was a runaway success.
  
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