Bolton news

• Lydia lifts Blackpool beauty queen title

  01-08-2018 20:01
  A STUDENT has lifted the coveted Miss Blackpool 2018 title . . . except she's from Horwich!
  
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• Appeal to trace 32-year-old from Radcliffe

  01-08-2018 18:50
  POLICE are appealing for help in finding a 32-year-old from Radcliffe.
  
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• Fire minister thanks Winter Hill heroes

  01-08-2018 18:28
  BRITAIN'S fire minister has visited Lancashire firefighters to say thank you for the work done during the Winter Hill blaze.
  
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• Police officers face gross misconduct charges after suspect was hospitalised

  01-08-2018 17:48
  POLICE officers are facing gross misconduct proceedings after a man was seriously injured during an arrest in Bolton.
  
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• Tommy Robinson facing fresh hearing after winning contempt of court challenge

  01-08-2018 17:34
  Former English Defence League (EDL) leader Tommy Robinson is facing a fresh hearing over an allegation that he committed contempt of court by filming people in a criminal trial and broadcasting footage on social media.
  
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• MACRON REBRAND: Five things you might not know about Wanderers' stadium rebrand

  01-08-2018 15:56
  Bolton Wanderers' surprise new sponsorship deal with the University of Bolton has sparked a huge response.
  
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• MACRON REBRAND: Readers react to surprise new name for Wanderers' home

  01-08-2018 15:27
  SURPRISE news that the Macron Stadium is to be renamed the University of Bolton Stadium has sparked a huge response from readers.
  
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• FIRE crews attending mill blaze

  01-08-2018 15:17
  FIRE crews from Bolton Central station are in attendance at a mill blaze.
  
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• Council serves notice after group of travellers arrives in field behind St Stephen's Primary, Kearsley

  01-08-2018 14:30
  COUNCIL officers have served notice on a group of travellers who arrived in a playing field in Kearsley yesterday evening.
  
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• Blackburn bigamist jailed after wife discovered second marriage during divorce

  01-08-2018 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Haroon Lorgat's second wife found he had been secretly married to another woman when she filed for divorce.
  
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• Hundreds of passengers hit by cancellations after gardener cuts train signalling cable

  01-08-2018 13:44
  HUNDREDS of train passengers were left stranded yesterday after Northern was forced to cancel around 10% of its services through Bolton.
  
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• Public transport was so important decades ago in the town

  01-08-2018 11:27
  PUBLIC transport in Bolton has always been well used and many of our readers had no other form of getting around when they were young.
  
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• Memories of bustling market now long gone

  01-08-2018 10:15
  ONCE a bustling market filled with shoppers buying from the many lively stall holders, today Farnworth Market no longer exists.
  
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• Lancashire County Council accounts query over £50m loan

  01-08-2018 10:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The auditors warned the county council's finances were at a "tipping point".
  
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• Historic court home is vacated after almost a century of justice in the town

  01-08-2018 10:00
  WHEN Bolton Magistrates’ Court closed its huge front doors and locked them for the last time it marked the end of an era.
  
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• A time when mills were the mainstay of employment in our town

  01-08-2018 09:53
  MILLS in Bolton were once the mainstay of employment for most local families.
  
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• Picture special: Wanderers over the years

  01-08-2018 07:40
  BOLTON Wanderers has a proud history and is one of the country's most famous football clubs.
  
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• MACRON REBRAND: Picture special of Wanderers over the years

  01-08-2018 07:40
  BOLTON Wanderers has a proud history and is one of the country's most famous football clubs.
  
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• University's historic links with Wanderers

  01-08-2018 07:04
  IT is a fact little known to the hundreds of students who walk back and forth through the University of Bolton’s grounds every day that they are treading on a little piece of Bolton Wanderers’ history.
  
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• Macron Stadium to be renamed University of Bolton Stadium

  01-08-2018 07:04
  THE Macron Stadium, the home of Bolton Wanderers Football Club, is to be renamed the University of Bolton Stadium.
  
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• MACRON REBRAND: University's historic links with Wanderers

  01-08-2018 07:04
  IT is a fact little known to the hundreds of students who walk back and forth through the University of Bolton’s grounds every day that they are treading on a little piece of Bolton Wanderers’ history.
  
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• MACRON REBRAND: Home of Wanderers to be renamed

  01-08-2018 07:04
  THE Macron Stadium, the home of Bolton Wanderers Football Club, is to be renamed the University of Bolton Stadium.
  
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• Vice Chancellor: 'Partnership with Wanderers will offer students new opportunities'

  01-08-2018 07:03
  "STUDENT satisfaction with their course and the services offered by a university should always be a number one priority.
  
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• new three-storey homes could be built on site of Bolton bungalow

  01-08-2018 07:03
  A BUNGALOW could be demolished to make way for new housing.
  
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• Musicians support med student seriously injured in climbing accident

  01-08-2018 07:03
  MUSICIANS raised more than the roof at the annual Battle of the Bands competition at Bolton School.
  
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• MACRON REBRAND: Why vice-chancellor welcomes the partnership

  01-08-2018 07:03
  "STUDENT satisfaction with their course and the services offered by a university should always be a number one priority.
  
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• For The Christie and St George!

  01-08-2018 07:03
  A MUSICAL spectacular held at the Victoria Halls raised £3,100 for The Christie hospital.
  
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• Apprentice stars announce they will have baby boy

  01-08-2018 07:03
  APPRENTICE stars have announced they are expecting a baby boy — who they described as their ‘little miracle’.
  
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• Andy Burnham endorses project to promote equal opportunities

  01-08-2018 07:03
  THE Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has endorsed a project to promote fairness and equal opportunities in the investment and savings sector following the President’s Club Dinner scandal.
  
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• Roof repairs planned for 132-year-old church

  01-08-2018 07:02
  AN AGE-OLD church that is home to dozens of community groups and an 80-strong congregation is undergoing repair works to preserve it for years to come.
  
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• Poignant sculptures to be placed across Bolton to mark 100 years since end of First World War

  01-08-2018 07:02
  POIGNANT sculptures are to be placed around the borough to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War.
  
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• Horse set to make full recovery after three-hour rescue

  01-08-2018 07:02
  A HORSE 'with a heart of gold' is making a good recovery after sinking into thick mud up to his neck.
  
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• Victoria's mental health battle helps us all

  01-08-2018 07:01
  IF you have a broken leg or something people can see it’s much easier for others to understand and empathise.
  
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• Top of the class at a remarkable school

  01-08-2018 07:01
  CONGRATULATIONS to young Mason Coucill on not missing a single day of school during the past seven years.
  
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• The heatwave offers a touch of karma for holidaying families

  01-08-2018 07:01
  THERE’S a touch of karma about one of the side-effects of the last fabulous two months of hot weather in this country.
  
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• How about a month off social media?

  01-08-2018 07:01
  SOCIAL media is a fascinating, worrying, remarkable tool of the modern age that is probably far too influential for its own good.
  
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• Good rating for school — but the achievements of children have fallen

  01-08-2018 07:01
  A PRIMARY school has maintained its overall good rating — but the achievements of pupils has fallen.
  
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• Fire-fighting efforts rightly earn recognition

  01-08-2018 07:01
  IT’S good to see the Ironman Foundation recognising two Bolton-based groups whose work has been rightly highlighted recently.
  
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• Behaviour in theatres has deteriorated

  01-08-2018 07:01
  HAVE you noticed how people’s behaviour in theatres has deteriorated in the last few years?
  
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• MACRON REBRAND: What Wanderers can gain from their university link-up

  01-08-2018 07:00
  WANDERERS’ tie-up with the University of Bolton looks set to extend way beyond the name on the front of the stadium.
  
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