Bolton news

• Rail strikes due in new year over RMT guards row

  20-12-2017 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  RMT members at six train operating companies plan a series of new year strikes.
  
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• Chorley New Road school bus crash

  20-12-2017 17:33
  A SCHOOL bus was involved in a crash in Horwich yesterday.
  
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• Decision to allow building of 300 new homes in Westhoughton labelled 'betrayal' and 'whitewash'

  20-12-2017 16:49
  A GOVERNMENT decision to allow 300 new homes to be built in Westhoughton has been labelled ‘a betrayal’ and ‘a whitewash’.
  
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• Harwood roofer dies after heart complications and cocaine use

  20-12-2017 16:37
  A ROOFER from Harwood died following ischemic heart disease and cocaine use.
  
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• More Northern Rail strikes to hit passengers in new year

  20-12-2017 16:29
  RAIL workers will stage a series of 24-hour strikes in the new year in the long-running dispute over the role of guards.
  
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• Cannabis farmers ordered to hand over more than £1 million

  20-12-2017 15:13
  THREE men who used a letting agency as a cover for a network of cannabis farms have been ordered to hand over more than £1 million or face more time behind bars.
  
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• Government accused of 'gambling with public safety' over police funding

  20-12-2017 13:19
  THE Mayor of Greater Manchester has accused The Government of ‘gambling with public safety’ after it announced police funding for next year.
  
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• Folds Road School: Do you remember Bolton's ukelele-playing teacher?

  20-12-2017 12:28
  WE recently featured stories about Folds Road School and, in particular, readers' memories of their time there.
  
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• When a well-known part of Bolton looked very different

  20-12-2017 12:24
  THESE photographs taken from our archives show very different views of a popular area of Bolton.
  
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• Were winters in the olden days really worse than now?

  20-12-2017 12:19
  WEATHER is always a popular topic among us Brits.
  
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• School gates mystery - were posts actually part of a long lost gymnasium?

  20-12-2017 12:16
  WE have featured much about Folds Road School gates in recent editions of Looking Back.
  
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• Our Design a Christmas Christmas Card winners revealed

  20-12-2017 12:10
  THE talented winners of the Bolton News Design a Christmas Card competition have been revealed.
  
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• Reception class pictures - Pikes Lane Primary, Ladybirds class

  20-12-2017 11:04
  THIS year we have re-launched our popular First Class feature.
  
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• Gas engineers travel further than Santa to keep us safe at Christmas

  20-12-2017 07:21
  EMERGENCY gas engineers are expected to cover more miles than Father Christmas this festive season, to keep gas flowing to the people of Bolton.
  
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• Transport of the North step closer to becoming first sub-national transport body

  20-12-2017 07:04
  TRANSPORT for the North is a step closer to becoming the first sub-national transport body in England.
  
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• Professor's Christmas pudding tuition at St Thomas of Canterbury Primary School in Bolton

  20-12-2017 07:04
  A LEADING food and wine expert has helped children to create the perfect Christmas pudding.
  
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• Manchester Arena bombing victims visit Disneyland with comedian John Bishop

  20-12-2017 07:04
  FAMILIES affected by the Manchester Arena bombing were treated to a festive day out at Disneyland Paris when they jetted off with comedian John Bishop.
  
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• Man whose cannabis farm was being robbed 'answered the door tied up in gaffer tape'

  20-12-2017 07:04
  A MAN was caught with a cannabis farm in his home after worried neighbours called police, fearing he was being robbed.
  
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• Horwich Day Nursery Christmas Fair raises £650 for Bolton Hospice

  20-12-2017 07:04
  HORWICH Day Nursery has held its Christmas fair and raised hundreds of pounds for Bolton Hospice.
  
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• Disused Cinder Hill Farm in Westhoughton could be resurrected

  20-12-2017 07:03
  AN old farm in Westhoughton that has been redundant for years could be resurrected.
  
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• Cinder Hill Farm in Westhoughton could be resurrected

  20-12-2017 07:03
  AN old farm in Westhoughton that has been redundant for years could be resurrected.
  
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• 12-year-old helps with Peel Lions toy appeal

  20-12-2017 07:03
  A 12-year-old model and musician helped his father collect presents for a charity toy fund.
  
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• 12-year-old collects presents for charity toy appeal

  20-12-2017 07:03
  A 12-year-old model and musician helped his father collect presents for a charity toy fund.
  
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• Westhoughton in the 1990s

  20-12-2017 07:00
  THIS week we take a look at Westhoughton during the 1990s.
  
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• The new tactics police are using to combat offenders from petty criminals to terrorists

  20-12-2017 07:00
  POLICE have sent a message to criminals that they 'are here, watching and that they will stop them' as a new project was launched in Greater Manchester.
  
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• St Matthew's CE Primary School children sing Christmas songs for festive shoppers

  20-12-2017 07:00
  YOUNG singers spread some festive cheer in Bolton Market.
  
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• Complaints of parking issues at Horwich Leisure Centre

  20-12-2017 07:00
  COMPLAINTS have been made about parking on streets around the newly opened Horwich Leisure Centre.
  
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• Bolton's 4 Most Wanted - December 20, 2017

  20-12-2017 07:00
  EVERY week police ask readers of The Bolton News to help find the town’s most wanted.
  
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• Bolton School want to recruit more foreign language teachers

  20-12-2017 07:00
  THE borough’s top performing school is helping to lead a drive to recruit more foreign language teachers, in a new independent state initiative.
  
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• Almost £400,000 of fraud is prevented

  20-12-2017 07:00
  ALMOST £400,000 of fraud was prevented in Greater Manchester in just eight months.
  
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• £400,000 of fraud prevented in Greater Manchester in just 8 months

  20-12-2017 07:00
  ALMOST £400,000 of fraud was prevented in Greater Manchester in just eight months.
  
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• Teenager kicked in the face over a £50 drug debt

  20-12-2017 06:33
  A DRUG taker ended up with a fractured jaw and eye socket after being kicked in the face over a £50 debt.
  
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• Baby died after being suffocated while 'co-sleeping' in mother's bed

  20-12-2017 06:00
  A MOTHER woke up to find her two-and-a-half-month-old baby dead in her bed, an inquest found yesterday.
  
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• Baby died after being suffocated while 'co-sleeping' in drunk mother's bed

  20-12-2017 06:00
  A MOTHER woke up to find her two-and-a-half-month-old baby dead in her bed, an inquest found yesterday.
  
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• Adrian Lewis crashes out of World Championship - The Bolton News

  20-12-2017 01:04
  The Bolton News
  Adrian Lewis crashes out of World Championship
  The Bolton News
  Two-time world champion Adrian Lewis was on the end of a major shock in the opening round of the William Hill World Championship after being beaten by Germany's Kevin Munch. Munch had to come through a preliminary contest on Tuesday to earn his match ...and more »
  
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