Bolton news

• Tickets still available to see world class band at mayor's remembrance concert

  08-11-2018 20:02
  
  A BAND which has won plaudits for its performances across the UK and abroad, will be playing a central role in the town’s remembrance commemorations.
  
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• Lancashire hospital patients to get discharge date in 24 hours

  08-11-2018 19:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The scheme aims to significantly cut unnecessary time spent on hospital wards during winter.
  
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• Major police restructure will see Bolton cops centralised

  08-11-2018 19:01
  
  CHANGES are being made to the way police officers operate as part of a major force restructure.
  
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• COMMENT: Shift changes could see police doing more with less

  08-11-2018 18:40
  
  THE police are trialling a new shift pattern in Bolton as part of a major reorganisation in the area.
  
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• 12-year-old girl sexually assaulted in Primark - police want to speak to this man

  08-11-2018 18:30
  
  POLICE investigating after a 12-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in a clothing shop have released an image of a man they want to speak to in connection with the incident.
  
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• 12-year-old girl sexually assaulted in Primark - man identified

  08-11-2018 18:30
  
  POLICE investigating after a 12-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in a clothing shop have identified a man wanted in connection with the incident.
  
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• Criminals praised for helping put up poppies across Bolton

  08-11-2018 17:32
  
  OFFENDERS doing Community Payback have fixed more than 500 ornamental poppies to lamp posts across Bolton as part of Remembrance Sunday commemorations.
  
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• Edgworth fire: Farm staff ordered out of burning barn

  08-11-2018 17:29
  
  FARM staff were ordered to leave a burning barn by firefighters today.
  
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• Edgworth fire: Barn full of logs ablaze at farm

  08-11-2018 17:29
  
  SEVEN fire engines and crews are battling a blaze in Edgworth.
  
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• Colin Hendry: Premier League winner plays for Blackburn pub team Moorgate FC

  08-11-2018 17:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Ex-Scotland captain and Premier League winner Colin Hendry turns out for Blackburn pub team Moorgate FC.
  
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• MP steps up opposition to fracking

  08-11-2018 16:02
  
  MP Yasmin Qureshi has demanded the government calls a halt to its plans to allow fracking to continue in the region after minor earthquakes were recorded by operators, Cuadrilla.
  
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• EXPLAINED: What does your poo say about you?

  08-11-2018 16:00
  
  This week we revealed that Bolton is leading the way into poo research.
  
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• Is steeplejack Fred in this picture?

  08-11-2018 15:31
  
  FOLLOWING our mystery photograph three weeks ago which showed second year students from Bolton School of Art sketching outside and antique shop on Newport Street in November, 1953, we were contacted by reader Graham Holstead, 79, who reckons he knows the names of some of the boys in the photo and thinks the great Fred Dibnah could be among them because he was in that class back in the year the photo was taken.
  
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• Bowling alleys boon in Bolton

  08-11-2018 15:03
  
  TEN pin bowling in Bolton has made a series of technological innovations which has made it a thoroughly modern offering to its 21st Century devotees.
  
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• POO TRANSPLANTS: Why Bolton is number one when it comes to number 2s

  08-11-2018 15:00
  
  IT MIGHT sound foul, but the Royal Bolton Hospital is leading the way when it comes to poo.
  
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• No foul play as town pioneers poo research

  08-11-2018 15:00
  
  IT MIGHT sound foul, but the Royal Bolton Hospital is leading the way when it comes to bowel health.
  
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• Councillors decorate Bury Road with poppies

  08-11-2018 15:00
  
  TONGE with Haulgh and Breightmet's Labour councillors came together last weekend to put poppies up along Bury Road which runs between their two wards.
  
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• Bolton leads pioneering work into 'poo transplants'

  08-11-2018 15:00
  
  IT MIGHT sound foul, but the Royal Bolton Hospital is leading the way when it comes to poo.
  
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• Holiday giant's summer 2020 programme launched FIVE MONTHS early

  08-11-2018 14:50
  
  Eager holidaymakers can already book summer 2020 breaks after the UK's largest tour operator launched its programme five months earlier than normal.
  
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• Audi seized after uninsured driver found with drugs and foreign licence in Bolton

  08-11-2018 14:41
  
  A DRUG driver has been arrested after being found with cannabis and failing a roadside drug's test.
  
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• Sri Lanka v England: Keaton Jennings scores first century since debut

  08-11-2018 14:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Keaton Jennings ends his long wait for a Test century to put England in a formidable position in the first Test against Sri Lanka.
  
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• NATIONAL: Prison officer accused of sexual activity with prisoners

  08-11-2018 14:18
  
  A prison officer has appeared in court accused of failing to perform his duty, by engaging in sexual activity with prisoners in his charge.
  
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• Blind 103-year-old former prisoner of war will be oldest veteran at cenotaph

  08-11-2018 14:17
  
  A blind 103-year-old former prisoner of war will be the oldest veteran to march at the Cenotaph as the nation marks the centenary of Armistice.
  
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• £700,000 plans to bring Bolton landmark back to life revealed

  08-11-2018 14:10
  
  A TRIO of Bolton brothers are hoping to give one of the town’s historic landmark buildings a new lease of life.
  
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• REGIONAL: New £44k job to live at ancient Lancashire retreat

  08-11-2018 14:03
  
  A £44,000 a year job will involve living at a historic Ribble Valley 'retreat house' leading a new evangelical mission.
  
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• Horwich school unearths buried treasures dating back more than 100 years

  08-11-2018 13:45
  
  TWO time capsules have been unearthed one the site of a former primary school building – with one dating back 122 years.
  
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• Motorcyclist left with serious injuries after collision with van

  08-11-2018 13:10
  
  A MOTORCYCLIST was left with serious injuries after a crash in Bolton.
  
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• Major Bolton road reopens after police respond to incident

  08-11-2018 13:10
  
  A MAJOR Bolton road has reopened after an incident at lunchtime.
  
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• The books that have cooked up a storm since the sixties

  08-11-2018 12:01
  
  From the Sixties to today, these books have shaped both what and how we eat, says food editor Ella Walker.
  
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• Hospital 'runners' deliver prescriptions to speed up patient discharges

  08-11-2018 11:00
  
  PATIENTS are often delayed leaving hospital due to having to wait for prescriptions.
  
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• Bolton hospital appoints 'runners' to speed up patient discharges

  08-11-2018 11:00
  
  PATIENTS are often delayed leaving hospital due to having to wait for prescriptions.
  
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• Stinger halted car thief's 84mph chase

  08-11-2018 08:02
  
  A DANGEROUS driver's seven mile police chase ended when police punctured his tyres.
  
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• Car thief led police on terrifying 84 mph chase across Bolton

  08-11-2018 08:02
  
  A DANGEROUS driver's seven mile police chase ended when police punctured his tyres.
  
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• Brazen thief who led police on terrifying 84 mph chase across Bolton

  08-11-2018 08:02
  
  A DANGEROUS driver's seven mile police chase ended when police punctured his tyres.
  
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• Thief stole sister's engagement ring to fund drug addiction

  08-11-2018 07:04
  
  A THIEF who stole an engagement ring, left to his sister by their mother, has been jailed for six months.
  
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• Thief stole sister's engagement ring

  08-11-2018 07:04
  
  A THIEF who stole an engagement ring, left to his sister by their mother, has been jailed for six months.
  
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• MP slams GM Mayor over regional asylum seekers letter

  08-11-2018 07:04
  
  CHRIS Green, the MP for Bolton West, has hit out at the Mayor of Greater Manchester over his letter to the Home Secretary blaming the Government for the region's high levels of asylum seekers.
  
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• MP slams Andy Burnham over asylum seekers claim

  08-11-2018 07:04
  
  CHRIS Green, the MP for Bolton West, has hit out at the Mayor of Greater Manchester over his letter to the Home Secretary blaming the Government for the region's high levels of asylum seekers.
  
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• MP calls for inquiry into mis-sold leasehold homes scandal

  08-11-2018 07:04
  
  SIR David Crausby, MP for Bolton North East, has called for the Government to launch an inquiry into the mis-sold leasehold homes scandal.
  
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• Family fought off corner shop robber

  08-11-2018 07:03
  
  A FAMILY fought off a robber who tried to steal cash from their shop's till.
  
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• Face of the thug who subjected family to shocking robbery

  08-11-2018 07:03
  
  A FAMILY fought off a robber who tried to steal cash from their shop's till.
  
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• Brave family fought off corner shop robber

  08-11-2018 07:03
  
  A FAMILY fought off a robber who tried to steal cash from their shop's till.
  
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