Bolton news

• Murder accused 'found workmate attacking woman'

  14-03-2018 20:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Two men deny raping and murdering Quyen Ngoc Nguyen, whose body was found in a burning car.
  
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• Old pictures of the Bolton to Blackburn railway line

  14-03-2018 18:05
  WE continue our look at old railway photographs with a focus on the Bolton to Blackburn line.
  
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• Bolton rockers The Attic Doctors go continental with gig at Paris' Le Truskel

  14-03-2018 17:44
  A BOLTON rock band are going continental as they head to France for their first headline European date.
  
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• First developer involved in £1billion transformation of Bolton town centre revealed

  14-03-2018 17:16
  THE first lead developer involved in the £1billion regeneration of the town centre has been revealed.
  
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• Talented young musicians from across town delight in first night of Bolton Music Service Presents

  14-03-2018 17:04
  A HOST of talented choirs, bands, ensembles and soloists took to the stage in the first night of Bolton Music Centre Presents 2018.
  
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• Toys R Us to close all its stores

  14-03-2018 15:50
  TOYS R US is to shut all 100 of its UK stores after administrators failed to find a buyer for the collapsed retailer, resulting in the loss of 3,000 jobs.
  
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• Jim Bowen: Comedian and former Bullseye host dies at 80

  14-03-2018 15:07 via bbc.co.uk
  He became a national TV favourite thanks to the darts-based game show, which ran for 14 years.
  
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• Winner of Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes visits Bolton

  14-03-2018 13:35
  THE star of the Astronauts: Do You Have What It Takes will be in Bolton today to encourage others to aim high.
  
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• Police find £2000 in cash, knife and drugs after searching speeding car

  14-03-2018 10:06
  TWO men were arrested after police uncovered £2000 in cash, a knife and drugs in a car.
  
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• Pensioner led to safety by daughter after smoke fills her Astley Bridge home

  14-03-2018 09:39
  A PENSIONER was led to safety by her daughter after smoke from a smouldering chip pan filled her home.
  
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• Renowned physicist Professor Stephen Hawking dies aged 76

  14-03-2018 08:36
  Renowned British physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, one of the world's finest scientific minds, has died at the age of 76, a family spokesman said.
  
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• Five English councils to adopt integration plans

  14-03-2018 07:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Bradford and Blackburn are among the councils given help to improve integration and community relations.
  
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• Westhoughton 'sticks to its guns' as town council opposes 58-home Hartley's Farm development

  14-03-2018 07:03
  COUNCILLORS have pledged to 'stick to their guns' as they objected to a 58-home plan for the second time.
  
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• Thief steals sentimental jewellery while woman celebrates Mother's Day

  14-03-2018 07:03
  AN ELDERLY woman is offering a reward of £1,000 for the return of sentimental jewellery she has had for more than 60 years.
  
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• Royal Family pilot who flew Princess Diana's body home from Paris to give talk in Bolton

  14-03-2018 07:03
  A FORMER pilot who flew members of the Royal Family across the world will be giving a talk in Over Hulton this week.
  
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• Deliver us from evil! Postie turned film maker releases horror movie

  14-03-2018 07:03
  A BOLTON postman delivers the mail…but he’s also hoping to deliver a cinematic shocker.
  
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• Council’s plea to Chancellor

  14-03-2018 07:03
  THE council leader has said councils are ‘screaming with pain’ as budgets are squeezed.
  
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• Burglar steals charity boxes raising money for terminally ill children

  14-03-2018 07:03
  A BURGLAR broke into a pub before swiping charity boxes raising money for poorly children.
  
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• Bolton's Most Wanted - March 14 2018

  14-03-2018 07:03
  Every week police ask readers of The Bolton News to help find the town’s most wanted:
  
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• Bikers hurl abuse at dog walkers in Moses Gate Country Park before covering them in mud

  14-03-2018 07:03
  A WOMAN was abused by a gang of bikers before they splattered her in mud after she tried to spot them riding in a Bolton park.
  
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• Scheme helps to keep hundreds of people safe from domestic abuse

  14-03-2018 07:02
  MORE than 200 people have potentially been saved from domestic abuse in Greater Manchester in the last year thanks to a scheme that allows people to get information about a person they are in a relationship with.
  
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• Parents’ fears over teaching assistant jobs

  14-03-2018 07:02
  PARENTS have voiced their fears about the loss that more than 10 teaching assistant posts would have on their children’s education.
  
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• Masterplan moves closer as Wayne Walker demolition continues

  14-03-2018 07:02
  THE first sections of the former Wayne Walker meat store have been torn down as work continues on the prominent town centre site.
  
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• Bus services shake-up includes new link to the Logistics North site for workers

  14-03-2018 07:02
  MORE people will be able to take advantage of new job opportunities at a flagship employment hub after transport bosses extended a bus link to the site.
  
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• Boxing Day floods washed microplastics out of most of Bolton's rivers — but at a cost to the seas

  14-03-2018 07:02
  THE Boxing Day floods in 2015 almost emptied some of Bolton's rivers of microbead pollutants by washing them towards the sea.
  
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• Bolton UKIP leader to appeal after being named and shamed on Government list for 'breaking minimum wage laws'

  14-03-2018 07:02
  THE leader of the Bolton UKIP group is to appeal after he was one of nearly 180 employers named and shamed for failing to pay the minimum wage.
  
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• Bolton travel staff help Bury play centre for children with autism

  14-03-2018 07:02
  TRAVEL agents are raising vital funds for a charity-run play centre which has provided a sanctuary for the store manager’s autistic nephew.
  
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• Would you decline a recline?

  14-03-2018 07:01
  IF there’s one thing that blights air travel it’s reclining seats.
  
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• We are living in a time of massive intolerance

  14-03-2018 07:01
  WE are living at a time of massive intolerance by various sections of society.
  
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• Town centre crime fight success story is good news

  14-03-2018 07:01
  IT’S entirely right that a scheme that has helped to reduce violent crime in Bolton town centre by almost a third has gained national recognition for its work.
  
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• Older people embracing the internet

  14-03-2018 07:01
  A VERY heartening piece of research from Lancaster University shows another side of the allegation that many older people shun the online world.
  
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• Don't play the blame game, Jim

  14-03-2018 07:01
  COMEDIAN Jim Davidson is undoubtedly a very sharp man with quick wits and lively repartee.
  
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• A bit of cake is no bad thing

  14-03-2018 07:01
  NOW I’m all for healthy eating and tackling obesity levels (well, I definitely am now I’m on a diet).
  
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• Employee who was treated like a daughter stole from her bosses

  14-03-2018 06:06
  A BUSINESS couple have spoken of their devastation after an employee they treated like a daughter swindled them out of thousands of pounds.
  
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