Bolton news

• Outrage as adverts placed in front of poppies on Chorley New Road

  10-11-2018 20:12
  
  POSTERS advertising the launch of a new development in Horwich were tied to lampposts in front of poppies ahead of Remembrance Sunday.
  
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• Bristol City 0-1 Preston North End: Callum Robinson's goal enough for visitors

  10-11-2018 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Callum Robinson's eighth goal of the season is enough to give visitors Preston three points at Bristol City.
  
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• Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Rotherham United: Hosts get late point despite Marek Rodak heroics

  10-11-2018 19:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Dominant Blackburn come from behind to draw after finally finding a way past inspired Rotherham keeper Marek Rodak.
  
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• Exeter City 2-3 Blackpool

  10-11-2018 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Blackpool progress into the second round of the FA Cup thanks to three first-half goals at Exeter City.
  
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• Morecambe 0-0 FC Halifax Town

  10-11-2018 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  FC Halifax earn an FA Cup first-round replay after a brave display against League Two Morecambe.
  
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• Accrington Stanley 1-0 Colchester United

  10-11-2018 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  On-loan midfielder Daniel Barlaser scores the winning goal as Accrington knock League Two Colchester out of the FA Cup.
  
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• Assistant police chief warns drivers after three die in crashes across region

  10-11-2018 19:02
  
  A WARNING has been issued to drivers after three people, including an eight-year-old girl, died in five separate serious collisions in 24 hours across Greater Manchester.
  
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• Burnley in 0-0 draw with Leicester City

  10-11-2018 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Leicester City and Burnley draw 0-0 on an emotional day at the King Power Stadium where the Foxes club chairman and four others are remembered.
  
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• Northern rail cancellations to hit travellers on Sunday

  10-11-2018 18:09
  
  PASSENGERS hoping to take advantage of trains returning to Bolton on the weekends have been hit by further problems after a raft of cancellations were announced.
  
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• Police seize trio of vehicles after tax and drug offences

  10-11-2018 17:51
  
  POLICE teams seized three cars in two separate incidents in Deane this morning.
  
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• Police seize trio of vehicles after suspected tax and drug offences

  10-11-2018 17:51
  
  POLICE teams seized three cars in two separate incidents in Deane this morning.
  
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• Two cars damaged in Little Lever collision

  10-11-2018 17:40
  
  TWO cars were damaged in Little Lever last night following a collision, according to eyewitnesses.
  
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• Pupils put their best foot forward to help

  10-11-2018 17:35
  
  CHILDREN at Bridgewater School raised over £2,500 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association with a sponsored run while dressed in pyjamas and wellies.
  
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• Two taken to hospital after car crash at major junction

  10-11-2018 17:30
  
  TWO people were taken to hospital after a collision at a major junction.
  
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• COMMENT: Are you doing your bit to make Bolton succeed?

  10-11-2018 17:00
  
  We're made of stern stuff in Bolton.
  
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• Pupils create a Ribbon of Poppies

  10-11-2018 16:12
  
  NINE primary schools across Farnworth volunteered to take part in the ‘Ribbon of Poppies’ project launched with the aim of covering the UK in a ‘carpet of crimson’ to remember all those who served in the Great War.
  
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• WEEKEND WALKS: Take a tour of Anglezarke

  10-11-2018 16:11
  
  EVERY year a wreath laying service is held on Armistice Sunday at the little stone memorial in Lead Mines Clough. Local rambling groups attend, a fitting tribute at the site of a Wellington bomber air crash on the moors in 1943.
  
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• Staff and shoppers back new Market Place openings

  10-11-2018 16:07
  
  THE news of fresh arrivals at the Market Place has been welcomed by staff at the shopping centre.
  
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• Westhoughton-based building contractor in refinance talks after administration rumours

  10-11-2018 16:00
  
  BOSSES at a building contractors are reassuring people that the business has not entered administration.
  
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• Cheers! Pubwalk organisers raise £18,000 for Bolton Hospice

  10-11-2018 15:46
  
  MORE than £18,000 has been raised by the ‘10 Miles 10 Pubs’ event for Bolton Hospice this year.
  
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• Morecambe: Rod Taylor & Graham Howse named co-chairmen of League Two club

  10-11-2018 15:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Rod Taylor and Graham Howse are confirmed as co-chairmen of League Two club Morecambe.
  
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• LOOKING BACK: Classic cars stuck in the snow

  10-11-2018 15:14
  
  THIS picture will be a delight to many of us with fond memories of cars of a certain vintage. A Ford Anglia and a Hillman Imp are among the vehicles stuck in slow moving traffic as snow and slush brought misery to Chorley New Road on a February morning back in 1969.
  
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• Bolton scaffolder crowned wrestling world champion

  10-11-2018 15:12
  
  A SCAFFOLDER from Little Lever has been crowned the middleweight world champion in catch wrestling.
  
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• What happened to beauty queen Judith?

  10-11-2018 15:01
  
  RECENTLY we featured a teenage beauty queen who was turning heads back in 1979 at competitions across the country.
  
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• Bolton's UKIP leader blames crime rate on police priorities

  10-11-2018 14:01
  
  BOLTON’S UKIP leader has written to the Home Secretary about policing in the town following a Special Report by The Bolton News.
  
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• Community payback supervisor's top award

  10-11-2018 13:03
  
  COMMUNITY payback supervisor Mark Pimblett has been awarded a prestigious certificate for his work supervising offenders on unpaid work.
  
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• 1,500 jobs could be created if greenbelt development is approved

  10-11-2018 12:01
  
  UP to 1,500 jobs could be created at a new industrial estate in Westhoughton proposed by the company behind Logistics North.
  
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• REGIONAL: Teenager dies and another in critical condition after a collision

  10-11-2018 11:35
  
  A teenage boy has died and another remains in a critical condition following a collision in Oldham.
  
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• Can you identify unknown Bolton soldier laid to rest after 100 years?

  10-11-2018 11:01
  
  DEFENCE Minister Tobias Ellwood has called on Bolton residents to help identify the remains of a First World War soldier laid to rest in Belgium on Tuesday.
  
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• Fire causes 'severe damage' to Chinese takeaway

  10-11-2018 10:34
  
  A FIRE broke out in a Westhoughton retail park this morning.
  
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• COMMENT: Dignity and compassion on this most important of anniversaries

  10-11-2018 10:24
  
  THIS weekend, we should pause and take time to remember those who gave their lives fighting in conflicts across the world.
  
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• World War One: Trees planted to honour fallen footballers

  10-11-2018 10:17 via bbc.co.uk
  League football was suspended during World War One, but what became of the North West's star players?
  
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• PROPERTY OF THE WEEK: Another £1m pad goes on the market

  10-11-2018 10:01
  
  MANY people have an idea of what a £1 million house should look like ­— and this is it!
  
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• Ukrainian community to gather to commemorate anniversary of tragedy

  10-11-2018 07:05
  
  BOLTON’S Ukrainian community will gather next weekend to commemorate the 85th anniversary of one of the darkest periods in the nation’s history.
  
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• Thrilling night of jazz coming to iconic restaurant

  10-11-2018 07:04
  
  AN ICONIC Bolton fish and chip restaurant is to kickstart the festive season with an evening of thrilling modern jazz.
  
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• School's 'river' of poppies

  10-11-2018 07:04
  
  A STUNNING river of poppies is flowing through a Farnworth school to commemorate the end of the First World War.
  
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• Remembrance Day parades across Bolton

  10-11-2018 07:04
  
  HERE'S a reminder of what's happening and where on Sunday:
  
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• Remember them: Remembrance Day parades across Bolton

  10-11-2018 07:04
  
  HERE'S a reminder of what's happening and where on Sunday:
  
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• Modern jazz night set for Bolton fish and chip shop

  10-11-2018 07:04
  
  AN ICONIC Bolton fish and chip restaurant is to kickstart the festive season with an evening of thrilling modern jazz.
  
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• Two new shops open for business at Bolton's Market Place shopping centre

  10-11-2018 07:03
  
  TWO new shops have opened for business in Bolton town centre, giving the borough’s shopping scene a welcome boost.
  
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• Trackside treats approaching station

  10-11-2018 07:03
  
  WEARY commuters will be greeted by carols and mince pies as plans to transform Bolton train station take another step forward.
  
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• Mince pies and carols for Bolton commuters

  10-11-2018 07:03
  
  WEARY commuters will be greeted by carols and mince pies as plans to transform Bolton train station take another step forward.
  
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• Victoria's Bolton connection

  10-11-2018 07:02
  
  AN exhibition about Victoria Wood is the most popular event Bury Museum has ever staged, but the comedy legend had a number of important links with Bolton too, writes Neil Brandwood.
  
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• Exploring Victoria Wood's Bolton connections

  10-11-2018 07:02
  
  AN exhibition about Victoria Wood is the most popular event Bury Museum has ever staged, but the comedy legend had a number of important links with Bolton too, writes Neil Brandwood.
  
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• World War One: The forgotten hero MP

  10-11-2018 01:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The Recording Angel memorial commemorates all of the MPs, peers, parliamentary staff, and their sons whose lives were lost during the Great War.
  
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