Bolton news

• Storage unit homes plan could go ahead despite council objection

  13-08-2018 21:31
  PLANS to knock down an old storage unit and build five new homes in its place could go ahead despite parish council objections.
  
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• New hope for people out of work with launch of job club

  13-08-2018 21:01
  A NEW job club has opened in Bolton to help the unemployed get back into work.
  
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• Neighbours rail against Tyrers Coaches for noise and dust

  13-08-2018 20:03
  NEIGHBOURS who have been plagued by disruption from a nearby bus depot say building work to erect a noise-dampening fence is causing them further upset.
  
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• Bolton doctor cleared of toilet spying after phone mishap

  13-08-2018 18:44
  A Bolton doctor has been cleared by a medical tribunal of spying on a man in the gent’s toilets.
  
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• REGIONAL: Hospital worker arrested over attempted murder of patient

  13-08-2018 18:22
  AN INQUIRY is under way after a hospital worker was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
  
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• Manchester mass shooting update: Shotgun was fired multiple times into crowd of revellers

  13-08-2018 18:11
  A SHOTGUN was fired "recklessly" at least twice into a large crowd of people at a Manchester street party following the city's Caribbean Carnival, police believe.
  
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• Student's Kilimanjaro climb efforts are top of the world

  13-08-2018 18:02
  A student from Breightmet raised more than £3,500 for a charity climb up Kilimanjaro this summer.
  
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• More room for tea at Edgworth Cricket CLub

  13-08-2018 17:25
  A CRICKET club more than 100 years old could be set to expand.
  
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• A-level Results Day 2018 ­— Advice and Information for students

  13-08-2018 16:53
  THURSDAY is D-day for students across Bolton who will be picking up their A-level results.
  
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• Tax office bags Preston fraudster's £70k poker win

  13-08-2018 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Convicted fraudster Adam Lulat was ordered to hand over cash he won in a Manchester poker tournament.
  
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• Benefits thief re-sentenced to curfew

  13-08-2018 15:36
  A BENEFITS worker who stole almost £4,500 which should have been paid to claimants has been re-sentenced after failing to do unpaid work.
  
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• Wash day was not an easy task for local women

  13-08-2018 15:31
  WASH days were certainly not every day for families in 1937.
  
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• Look back in time at town centre street

  13-08-2018 15:09
  A GLIMPSE of Westhoughton back in August 1960 can be seen here in today’s Looking Back photograph.
  
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• Burglar caught after leaving blood at the scene

  13-08-2018 14:58
  A BURGLAR who tried to break into a woman's home was caught after leaving his blood at the scene.
  
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• No new money for homelessness strategy, minister admits

  13-08-2018 14:12
  There is no new money behind the Government's flagship £100 million fund to eradicate rough sleeping within the decade, Housing Secretary James Brokenshire has admitted.
  
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• FIVE masked thugs violently smash BMW as child sits in back seat

  13-08-2018 13:51
  THESE pictures show the horrifying moment five masked men laid siege to a silver car, smashing its windows with baseball bats and metal poles as a young child sat in the back seat.
  
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• Grandma hits out at 'disaster' Benidorm holiday with 'too many Spaniards'

  13-08-2018 13:48
  A GRANDMOTHER has hit out at a holiday company for recommending her an unsuitable Benidorm hotel that had ‘too many Spaniards in it’.
  
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• Derek Jessop jailed for Blackpool historical child abuse

  13-08-2018 11:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Derek Jessop was jailed for 22 years for the attacks on eight girls aged between four and 12.
  
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• Multi-million pound expansion plans for Westhoughton High School

  13-08-2018 07:04
  A MULTI-million pound expansion of Westhoughton High School is expected to be give the green light today.
  
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• Top prize for young artist

  13-08-2018 07:03
  SIXTH-former Antonia Jameson certainly has designs on success.
  
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• SLIM BINS: Estates resemble "slums of times long past"

  13-08-2018 07:03
  GARDENS and estates in parts of Farnworth and Kearsley resemble "slums of times long past" according to a councillor who this week will be calling for larger bins to be reinstated for families who need it.
  
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• Headteacher retires after 44 years at the same school

  13-08-2018 07:03
  AFTER chalking up 44 years at the same school, Frances Lysyj closed the school gates behind her for the last time.
  
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• Family's anger after £160 goes missing in hospital

  13-08-2018 07:03
  A FAMILY are demanding answers from the Royal Bolton Hospital after £160 went missing from an elderly patient.
  
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• Dad hits out after teenagers are banned from supermarket

  13-08-2018 07:03
  A SUPERMARKET has been criticised for banning children under the age of 16 to enter during the evening without an adult.
  
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• Dad hits out after 16 year olds are banned from supermarket

  13-08-2018 07:03
  A SUPERMARKET has been criticised for its policy of not allowing children under the age of 16 to enter during evenings.
  
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• Blackrod's former mayor honoured with bench

  13-08-2018 07:03
  A MUCH loved former mayor and Blackrod community champion has been remembered with a memorial bench.
  
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• Generous Bolton businesses join forces to show support for family

  13-08-2018 07:02
  BOLTON businesses have come together to harness their competitiveness in aid of a good cause.
  
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• Dragons' Den star Theo Paphitis gives business a boost

  13-08-2018 07:02
  A BOLTON businessman is celebrating after his firm received a Twitter boost from celebrity retail entrepreneur Theo Paphitis.
  
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• WINTER HILL: Now the recovery

  13-08-2018 07:01
  AFTER 41-days firefighters have officially stepped down.
  
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• Why funnyman Kevin is still serious about medicine

  13-08-2018 07:01
  DR Kevin Jones may be billed as “the funniest man in medicine” but when it actually comes to medicine he is very serious indeed.
  
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• SPECIAL REPORT: Winter Hill - the long road to recovery

  13-08-2018 07:01
  AFTER 41-days firefighters have officially stepped down.
  
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• SPECIAL REPORT: Life will never return to parts of the moorland devastated by fire

  13-08-2018 07:01
  LIFE will never return to part of the moorland devastated by the Winter Hill fire.
  
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• Picnic bench afternoon tea comes to Astley Bridge café

  13-08-2018 07:01
  PICTURE-perfect picnic-bench afternoon teas have arrived at an Astley Bridge café.
  
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• Life will never return to parts of the moorland devastated by fire

  13-08-2018 07:01
  LIFE will never return to part of the moorland devastated by the Winter Hill fire.
  
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• Law firm makes its mark again

  13-08-2018 07:01
  BOLTON-based law Clough & Willis firm has retained its membership to the Law Society's Conveyancing Quality Scheme - the mark of excellence for the home buying process – for the sixth year running.
  
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• Hundreds of people sign petition to save Rock Hall

  13-08-2018 07:00
  CAMPAIGNERS calling on Bolton Council to renovate country park building are gaining hundreds of supporters with an online petition.
  
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• Hundred of people sign petition to save Rock Hall

  13-08-2018 07:00
  CAMPAIGNERS calling on Bolton Council to renovate country park building are gaining hundreds of supporters with an online petition.
  
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