Bolton news

• Blackpool: Owen Oyston reiterates sale offer to Valeri Belokon

  26-10-2018 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Blackpool owner Owen Oyston claims former director Valeri Belokon has refused his offer to takeover the club.
  
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• Bolton-based bakery's mince pies named 2018 champions

  26-10-2018 20:02
  
  BOLTON-based firm Poundbakery have proved they are not mincing their words by being named 2018 Mince Pie Champions.
  
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• Ellie-May Minshull-Coyle: Flatmate denies toddler death involvement

  26-10-2018 19:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Connor Kirby told a court that he helped build a "cage" bed but did not tie Ellie-May Minshull-Coyle up.
  
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• Fracking in Lancashire suspended following earthquake

  26-10-2018 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Cuadrilla has halted drilling just 11 days after it won a court battle to allow work to start.
  
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• Jimmy Carr announces Blackburn date

  26-10-2018 18:31
  
  JIMMY Carr is heading back to Blackburn next year with a brand new tour.
  
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• Megan Lee: Pair guilty of girl's takeaway allergy death

  26-10-2018 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Allergy sufferer Megan Lee's father warned food shops not to "play Russian roulette with precious lives".
  
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• Gang who flew drones carrying drugs into prisons jailed

  26-10-2018 16:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Seven men who used drones to fly more than £500,000 worth of drugs into prisons are jailed.
  
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• Four people trapped in lift at leisure centre

  26-10-2018 16:41
  
  FOUR people had to be rescued after becoming trapped in a lift at a leisure centre.
  
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• Phil Parkinson: Bolton boss 'holds head high' amid poor form

  26-10-2018 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Bolton Wanderers boss Phil Parkinson insists he can "hold his head very high" as he defends his record at the club.
  
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• INQUEST: Man found hanged by ex-partner

  26-10-2018 16:32
  
  AN INQUEST has opened into the death of a man who was found hanged at his home.
  
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• Sam Vokes: Burnley striker signs new deal at Turf Moor until 2021

  26-10-2018 16:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Burnley and Wales striker Sam Vokes signs a new three-year contract at the club, running until 2021.
  
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• Traffic tailbacks after lorry blocks road

  26-10-2018 16:08
  
  MOTORISTS are being warned of major traffic congestion in Astley Bridge after a delivery lorry broke down outside Asda.
  
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• Midfielder swaps delivering pizzas for a deal at Morecambe

  26-10-2018 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Morecambe sign ex-Walsall midfielder Florent Cuvelier on a three-month deal, ending his need to deliver pizzas.
  
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• Gritters at the ready tonight as council braces for cold snap

  26-10-2018 15:14
  
  AS temperatures plummet tonight the council has announced it will be providing a full gritting route this evening.
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after three injured in library stabbing

  26-10-2018 13:18
  
  A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after three people were stabbed inside Atherton Library.
  
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• Man arrested after three injured in library stabbing

  26-10-2018 13:18
  
  A MAN has been arrested after three people were injured following reports of a stabbing at Atherton Library.
  
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• Postpartum psychosis: 'I was losing touch with reality'

  26-10-2018 13:08 via bbc.co.uk
  A mother who had postpartum psychosis says the illness led to her "losing touch with reality".
  
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• Tony Mowbray: Blackburn Rovers boss set to make first return to former club West Brom

  26-10-2018 13:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray says he still has a fondness for West Bromwich Albion on his first return to his old club.
  
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• Fears missing fence near museum puts children in danger

  26-10-2018 12:01
  
  THE son of a man who helped save a girl who fell off a cliff is worried that the accident will repeat itself more than 20 years later due to the poor condition of a fence.
  
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• Man guilty of 'ferocious' Blackpool pub murder

  26-10-2018 11:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Simon Marx, 42, died on holiday in Turkey the day after he was attacked in a Blackpool pub.
  
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• Sing-song as pensioners enjoy a party

  26-10-2018 11:11
  
  MORE than 40 local pensioners enjoyed a sing-song when a tea dance was held at St Catherine's Hall in Highfield Road, Farnworth in November, 1981. The senior citizens were guests of the Highfield Hall Community Association, which organised the event. The organisation was trying to involve everyone in its organisation ahead of the opening of a new headquarters at Highfield Hall Farm in March 1982.
  
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• Fourth man arrested and another charged with attempted murder in connection with house fire

  26-10-2018 10:10
  
  A FOURTH man has been arrested following a house fire in Leigh and another man has been charged with attempted murder.
  
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• Fifth man arrested and another charged with attempted murder in connection with house fire

  26-10-2018 10:10
  
  TWO further men have been arrested following a house fire in Leigh and another man has been charged with attempted murder.
  
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• Winter funding from government is 'too late' says hospital

  26-10-2018 10:01
  
  A GOVERNMENT health handout this late in the year is not good enough according to Bolton’s health bosses.
  
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• COMMENT: Stories so vital in filling in history's blanks

  26-10-2018 10:01
  
  STORIES are so important.
  
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• As town's roads are slammed for pollutants, report reveals asthma shock

  26-10-2018 09:30
  
  MILLIONS of visits to A&Es for asthma every year across the globe may have been triggered by polluted air, according to a study.
  
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• What does the future hold for Bolton town centre?

  26-10-2018 08:02
  
  THE dramatic fall in Debenhams’ fortunes is of particular concern to Bolton, after the council announced a £1billion ‘masterplan’ to transform the town centre.
  
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• Peaceful message for war centenary

  26-10-2018 07:43
  
  AS this November 11t will be the 100th anniversary of the ending of World War One, there is a danger that the ceremonies that accompany it will be used to endorse the militaristic culture in which we are still enmeshed.
  
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• 'Complete confidence' that Market Place would cope with Debenhams closure

  26-10-2018 07:05
  
  COUNCIL chiefs say they have complete confidence that Market Place bosses will have plans in place to deal with the possible closure of the Debenhams store.
  
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• Box office smash with Octagon refurbishment

  26-10-2018 07:05
  
  PROGRESS to refurbish Bolton’s theatre marches on.
  
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• Winter is coming and Bolton is ready

  26-10-2018 07:04
  
  WINTER is coming . . . and it's time to prepare!
  
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• Not guilty plea for man charged with having large knife in street

  26-10-2018 07:02
  
  A MAN has been charged with possessing heroin, having a large combat knife in public and driving dangerously while disqualified.
  
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