Bolton news

• Cheers to beers as pub gets MP's vote

  25-09-2018 19:26
  A PUB which has only been open six months has won its way into the hearts and palates of its locals.
  
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• Help for Stoptober quitting

  25-09-2018 19:01
  EVERY year smokers endeavour to cut down or quit in October.
  
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• Iconic band Metallica to perform in Manchester

  25-09-2018 18:04
  ICONIC heavy metal band Metallica will be taking to the stage at the Eithad Stadium next summer.
  
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• How to beat being tricked by fraudsters

  25-09-2018 18:01
  A cold-calling fraudster can sound very convincing, but there may be some warning signs that could help you spot that someone is about to attempt to steal your cash.
  
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• Bingo firm launches search for singing superstars with £2,500 prize

  25-09-2018 17:29
  A BINGO company in Bolton has launched a search to find the top singing superstars in the town.
  
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• Giant mural to commemorate Mark E Smith painted on chippy

  25-09-2018 16:39
  A GIANT mural of punk legend Mark E Smith is being painted on the side of a chippy in Prestwich.
  
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• Fire breaks out in a town centre flat

  25-09-2018 14:50
  FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze which broke out in a town centre flat this afternoon.
  
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• Former garage to be turned into trampoline club

  25-09-2018 14:11
  A TRAMPOLINE club is all set to bounce into the future after getting the go-ahead to use a former vehicle-repair shop as its base.
  
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• Music night for charity set up in memory of arena victim

  25-09-2018 13:03
  THE TRAGEDY of the arena bombing affected many lives but one family is determined some good should come from it.
  
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• Bury football supporter dies at match

  25-09-2018 12:37
  A BURY FC supporter has died after being taken ill during Saturday’s match against Carlisle United.
  
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• Gang turf war: 6 jailed for more than 20 years over shooting

  25-09-2018 12:11
  A TURF war between two rival gangs escalated to such an extent that a car was shot at, a court was told.
  
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• Woman hits out at Thomas Cook after being left 'humiliated' over her strawberry allergy

  25-09-2018 12:09
  A TEENAGER has hit out at a travel company after they threatened to leave her in Greece because of an allergy to strawberries.
  
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• Social media abuse of MPs is increasing, shows research

  25-09-2018 12:02
  MPs are facing increasing levels of abuse from trolls using social media such as Facebook and Twitter to attack them, recent research has shown.
  
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• New leisure centre leaves disabled swimmer in the dark

  25-09-2018 12:01
  LACK of lighting outside Horwich’s new leisure centre is robbing a partially sighted swimmer of his independence, says his dad.
  
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• Disabled swimmer's plea over darkness at Horwich Leisure Centre

  25-09-2018 12:01
  LACK of lighting outside Horwich’s new leisure centre is robbing a partially sighted swimmer of his independence, says his dad.
  
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• Threats and abuse made MP 'fear for her safety'

  25-09-2018 12:00
  Yasmin Qureshi, MP for Bolton South East, took to the witness stand to make a impassioned plea for courts to treat threats to MPs seriously, in the aftermath of the murder of Jo Cox in 2016.
  
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• Centre providing home comforts for kidney patients

  25-09-2018 11:01
  A NEW regional centre is helping local people who need dialysis or intravenous nutrition treat themselves at home to improve quality of life.
  
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• 11-year-old girl fighting for life after being hit by car

  25-09-2018 09:42
  AN 11-YEAR-OLD girl is fighting for her life after she was hit by a car in Great Lever.
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of drug driving after car crashes into office building

  25-09-2018 08:47
  AN OFFICE building has been left with a gaping hole in its wall after a car ploughed into it.
  
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• Car crashes into town centre office building

  25-09-2018 08:47
  A CAR has crashed into an office building in the town centre.
  
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• Bolton Council 'on track' to make £12.5m savings target

  25-09-2018 07:03
  BOLTON Council is “on track” to make the £12.5m savings needed to balance its two year budget which came into effect from April 2017.
  
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• LETTER: Bolton should distance itself from free schools

  25-09-2018 07:02
  AT the September meeting of Bolton TUC, the proposed free school for children on a greenfield site in Great Lever was unanimously opposed by delegates representing thousands of trade union members across the town.
  
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• Arts and culture thriving in Bolton as stars of stage and screen voice concerns about arts education

  25-09-2018 07:02
  AS stars of stage and screen called for every child to have "access to the arts", a school in Bolton is ensuring young people in the borough enjoy and benefit from the enrichment such subjects bring.
  
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• Sculpture of Bolton teenager destroyed by armed police because it 'undermined Islam'

  25-09-2018 07:01
  A SCULPTURE of a Bolton-born teenager has been destroyed by police armed with axes, concrete saws and ropes.
  
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• Oceanic sculpture of Bolton teenager destroyed by armed police

  25-09-2018 07:01
  A SCULPTURE of a Bolton-born teenager has been destroyed by police armed with axes, concrete saws and ropes.
  
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• Mountain challenge for teenage rookie climber

  25-09-2018 07:01
  A TEENAGER has completed the gruelling ‘Three Peaks’ mountain challenge – having never climbed a mountain before.
  
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• Foundation moves to support mental health in hospitals

  25-09-2018 07:01
  MEMBERS of the Al-Khair Foundation successfully raised £500 for a local mental health cause.
  
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• Building society puts best foot forward for sock appeal

  25-09-2018 07:01
  A BOLTON building society is hoping to turn October into Socktober with people donating new pairs of socks and other items to help support homeless people.
  
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• NATIONAL: 'It could have killed me' - ride-on toy pushed off bridge onto granddad

  25-09-2018 07:00
  A GRANDFATHER is recovering after suffering a horrendous head injury when a ride-on toy was pushed off the top of an underpass onto him.
  
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• Hospital staff to strike over fair pay row

  25-09-2018 07:00
  HOSPITAL staff will go on strike in a protest over pay.
  
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• Former Tesco to be demolished for new health centre and library

  25-09-2018 07:00
  A FORMER supermarket looks set to be knocked down to make way for a new health centre and library.
  
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• Ex-drug dealer waged abusive online campaign against MP

  25-09-2018 07:00
  SOCIAL media makes it easy to communicate people around the world. But Bolton South MP Yasmin Qureshi called in the police after receiving abusive and threatening messages on Facebook. MATTHEW CALDERBANK reports
  
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• Contaminated blood inquiry opens 40 years after patients infected

  25-09-2018 07:00
  AN INQUIRY into how the blood of thousands of people was contaminated with Hepatitis C and HIV has opened.
  
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