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• Bomb disposal team called after 'device' found in Farnworth

  24-01-2018 20:36
  THE bomb disposal team has been called out after a ‘device’ was found at a property in Farnworth.
  
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• Roseacre Wood fracking: HGV routes to proposed site 'unsafe'

  24-01-2018 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Councillors voted unanimously to back concerns over proposed lorry routes to Roseacre Wood.
  
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• Kidnap sentence 'not too lenient'

  24-01-2018 18:55
  A GANG who left a 16-year-old tied up in woodland in a bid for a £2,000 ransom payment avoided having their sentences increased.
  
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• Manchester Victoria station to close to trains during Easter weekend

  24-01-2018 18:24
  RAIL users in Bolton are set to be hit by more disruption when Manchester Victoria station closes to trains over the Easter Weekend.
  
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• Holocaust Memorial Day: ceremony at Bolton Town Hall - The Bolton News

  24-01-2018 18:24
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  Holocaust Memorial Day: ceremony at Bolton Town Hall
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  YOUNG and old gathered to commemorate victims of genocide around the world, for Holocaust Memorial Day. The Mayor and Mayoress of Bolton, members of faith groups, Bolton Council and pupils from schools across the town, attended a special ceremony in ...and more »
  
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• Holocaust Memorial Day: ceremony at Bolton Town Hall

  24-01-2018 18:24
  YOUNG and old gathered to commemorate victims of genocide around the world, for Holocaust Memorial Day.
  
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• Michael Devlin: Preston deny Hamilton's claim over transfer agreement

  24-01-2018 17:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Preston say there is no agreement in place over the transfer Michael Devlin after Hamilton claim the centre-half will talk to the English club.
  
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• Council to reconsider ban on halal meat in schools

  24-01-2018 16:40 via bbc.co.uk
  A need for "wider consultation" halts a planned ban on unstunned halal meat in Lancashire schools.
  
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• London transport investment 'more than double north's'

  24-01-2018 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  A think tank says the north is "underfunded" but the government claims its figures are "misleading".
  
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• £4m Greater Manchester cash pot following terror attack

  24-01-2018 16:23
  THE Government will provide an additional £4 million in funding for Greater Manchester following last year's terror attack.
  
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• Farmer forced to shoot two dogs attacking his sheep

  24-01-2018 16:04
  A FARMER has told how he had no choice but to shoot and kill two dogs who were attacking his livestock.
  
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• Market Walk: Chorley Council to resume extension scheme

  24-01-2018 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Chorley Council are to resume a paused project to extend the town's Market Walk shopping centre.
  
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• Farmer who failed to tell tragic tipper truck driver about overhead power lines is sentenced by a court

  24-01-2018 14:51
  A FARMER who failed to warn a tipper truck driver about overhead power lines has been sentenced to a conditional discharge by a judge.
  
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• The golden days of the Hippodrome Theatre remembered

  24-01-2018 07:07
  THE Hippodrome in Deansgate, Bolton, played a large role in people's lives, judging by the wonderful feedback we received after publishing a picture of a 1961 'kitten heel' protest against its closure.
  
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• Dunkirk starring ex-Canon Slade pupil gets eight Oscar nominations

  24-01-2018 07:04
  CHRISTOPHER Nolan's war-epic Dunkirk, which featured a former Canon Slade pupil, has been nominated for the best picture Oscar.
  
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• Bolton taxi drivers slam 'shameful' proposals from operators as pay row continues

  24-01-2018 07:03
  TAXI drivers have slammed operators' 'shameful' proposal to increase radio rental charge as the row over pay continues.
  
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• Primary school goes from good to requires improvement

  24-01-2018 07:02
  THE executive headteacher of a primary school which has gone from good to in need of improvement stressed his staff are 'focussed on continuing to improve the outcomes' of children'.
  
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• Mindless vandals smash up three taxis leaving drivers unable to work

  24-01-2018 07:02
  MINDLESS vandals smashed up three private hire taxis causing around £2,000 and leaving drivers out of pocket and unable to work.
  
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• Fans pack Macron for Lifeline party

  24-01-2018 07:02
  AROUND 900 Wanderers fans and members of the Lifeline lotteries scheme packed into the Macron Stadium's Premier Suite for the club's annual party night.
  
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• Bolton's Most Wanted - January 24 2018

  24-01-2018 07:02
  Every week police ask readers of The Bolton News to help find the town’s most wanted
  
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• 11-year-old boy's bike stolen by teenage robbers

  24-01-2018 07:02
  AN 11-year-old boy was robbed of his bike and pushed into the road.
  
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• Youngsters show right road to drive

  24-01-2018 07:01
  IT is really important to turn the interest in cars that often obsesses the young into something positive.
  
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• Ukulele-playing veteran of Burma Railway dies aged 99

  24-01-2018 07:01
  TRIBUTES have flooded in for a ukulele-playing Second World War hero and a lifelong Leigh Centurions fan.
  
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• Offenders giving back to the community by helping at football club

  24-01-2018 07:01
  CRIMINALS have been giving back to the community by helping to clear up the grounds of a community football club.
  
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• Let's wish minister good luck in loneliness battle

  24-01-2018 07:01
  WE can only hope that newly appointed minister for loneliness Tracey Crouch proves effective in her new brief.
  
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• Helping wheelchair-bound individuals takes caring thought

  24-01-2018 07:01
  WITHOUT being confined to wheelchairs ourselves, most of us have no idea how challenging daily life is for those who are wheelchair-bound.
  
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• 'Happiest boy alive' inspires people with daily cancer battle

  24-01-2018 07:01
  LITTLE Ted Waring has endured more in his short two years than most undergo in a lifetime.
  
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• Fun Steph shows right attitude

  24-01-2018 07:01
  I JUST love BBC Breakfast TV business presenter Steph McGovern’s down-to-earth take on viewers who thought she was pregnant.
  
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• Churchill star to lead way at Oscars

  24-01-2018 07:01
  GARY Oldman as Second World War leader Winston Churchill in new film Darkest Hour looks set to make a real splash at the Oscars and all the other film awards this year.
  
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• Celebrities must maintain honesty

  24-01-2018 07:01
  CELEBRITIES have long trotted out that old hypocritical line about an “intrusive” media while at the same time shamelessly using the media to promote themselves.
  
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• Man refused taxi licence after trying to hire prostitutes

  24-01-2018 06:31
  A MAN was refused a taxi licence after it was revealed he had been cautioned by police for trying to hire a prostitute.
  
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• Serco announces Bolton office closure after plans to create service station are revealed

  24-01-2018 06:03
  A FIRM that employed 1,200 workers at its peak will be closing its Bolton office after plans were revealed to turn the site into a service station.
  
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