Bolton news

• Keep your Elf on the Shelf game strong with our new ideas

  03-12-2019 19:30
  
  IF you have children – or even just know someone who has little ones – then there is every chance that you have heard about the Elf on the Shelf phenomenon.
  
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• Will you get more money? The changes to Universal Credit in 2020

  03-12-2019 19:04
  
  MILLIONS of people could see a boost to their bank balance in the New Year, with Universal Credit and other benefit payments set to increase for the first time since 2016.
  
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• LETTER: Helping people find NHS help

  03-12-2019 19:00
  
  May I respond to the recent article ‘Councillor faces backlash for boobs and babies comment’.
  
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• Bolton gritters will be out tonight to tackle icy roads

  03-12-2019 16:00
  
  GRITTERS will be out in full force tonight, with crews expected to cover a 317-mile route.
  
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• Christmas Pie Avenue and Spanker Lane: 35 of the UK’s silliest street names

  03-12-2019 15:54
  
  THERE And Back Again Lane, Ha-Ha Road and Titty Ho have been named among a list of the funnier roads Brits live, work and travel on.
  
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• Celebrations advent calendar accused of 'ruining Christmas'

  03-12-2019 15:43
  
  The makers of Celebrations advent calendars have been accused of 'ruining Christmas'.
  
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• LETTER: Unite against terrorism

  03-12-2019 15:30
  
  The events of last Friday with the London Bridge terror attack has sadly claimed two young lives and devastated their families.
  
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• Hike the Pike returns: Santas raise thousands for Bolton Hospice

  03-12-2019 14:52
  
  HUNDREDS of participants donned Santa and elf costumes to brave the harsh cold of Rivington in a hike for Bolton Hospice.
  
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• Hundreds go to Asian wedding venue day

  03-12-2019 14:40
  
  A POPULAR Asian wedding venue enjoyed its first open day ­— with fireworks and Arabian bands galore.
  
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• 'Humble' Bolton teacher awarded for amazing work with the blind

  03-12-2019 14:37
  
  A QUALIFIED teacher of the visually impaired from Bolton, who developed an immersive workshop has won a Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) See Differently Award.
  
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• BBC DJ won't play The Pogues' Fairytale of New York

  03-12-2019 13:40
  
  A BBC radio presenter is calling for Christmas classic Fairytale of New York to be banned from the airwaves - for being an 'offensive pile of down market chav bilge'.
  
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• LOOKING BACK: Local police meet Hayward school pupils in 1990

  03-12-2019 13:30
  
  Today's picture from The Bolton News archives shows PC Martin Gundlach with some of the pupils he met when hevisited Hayward School as part of Police Week in 1990.
  
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• Why we're taking a stand against fake newspapers

  03-12-2019 13:20
  
  TODAY all our Newsquest titles have printed an open letter from local media publishers to party leaders Jeremy Corbyn, Boris Johnson and Jo Swinson.
  
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• Christmas films to watch at the cinema including Home Alone

  03-12-2019 12:40
  
  Christmas films are one of the best things about this time of year.
  
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• Peaky Blinders among 2019 trends for Christmas Jumper Day

  03-12-2019 12:38
  
  KNITWEAR fans rejoice as Christmas Jumper Day 2019 is edging closer.
  
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• The new rules which mean your card could be declined for no reason

  03-12-2019 12:00
  
  NEW rules being introduced to crack down on fraud could lead to your card being declined more frequently - even if there are funds in your account.
  
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• Police asking for help tracing dead man's family

  03-12-2019 11:41
  
  POLICE are asking the public to help trace the family of a man in Bolton.
  
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• Just announced: Diana Ross adds second Manchester date

  03-12-2019 11:41
  
  DIANA Ross has a
  
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• Meet the powerlifting vicar who shed five stone 'repping for Jesus'

  03-12-2019 11:00
  
  A POWERLIFTING vicar is spreading the word with weights after finding an unexpected home for his faith.
  
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• Michelle Keegan spotted filming Brassic in Bacup

  03-12-2019 09:20
  
  Residents in an East Lancashire town might have been left wondering what was going on as two enormous explosions occurred in the space of three hours on Monday night.
  
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• Mina Anwar to make Octagon debut as Shirley Valentine

  03-12-2019 07:00
  
  WEST End and TV star Mina Anwar will play Shirley Valentine in a new production of the classic comedy by Bolton’s Octagon Theatre.
  
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• Bi-curious man's 'sexual experiment' date through Grindr app ended in headbutt attack

  03-12-2019 06:33
  
  A DRUNKEN man who decided to experiment with his sexuality changed his mind halfway through an encounter with another man.
  
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• Christmas transplant wait for 332 people

  03-12-2019 06:04
  
  332 people across Greater Manchester are facing Christmas on the waiting list for an organ transplant.
  
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• Bolton West election: London Muslim group targets Tory Chris

  03-12-2019 06:02
  
  A LONDON-based Islamic group has targeted Bolton West candidate Chris Green as part of a social media campaign to oust 14 former Tory MPs in marginal seats.
  
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• Teen pulled machete on door staff after being thrown out of nightclub

  03-12-2019 06:00
  
  A TEENAGER who was thrown out of a nightclub and returned brandishing a machete has been spared jail.
  
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• Send your memories of Bolton Lads and Girls Club to celebrate its 130th birthday

  03-12-2019 06:00
  
  A YOUTH club that has been lifting up the children some of Bolton's most deprived communities for more than a century. Now the club is asking people to share their memories of evenings spent on its basketball courts and football pitches.
  
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• Pervert ex-PE teacher groomed 5 girls at Darwen Vale school

  03-12-2019 06:00
  
  AN ex-PE teacher, who had a string of sexual relationships with under-age girls from his school, is facing jail.
  
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• Nativity play pictures: the rules

  03-12-2019 06:00
  
  It’s the time of year that every parent relishes - watching their ‘little darlings’ perform in the school nativity play. The smartphone age meant that the show is often dominated by proud parents snapping eagerly away trying to capture the perfect picture. However, more recently school privacy policies have come into play, with some schools ruling that it is unacceptable to take pictures or videos of the show.
  
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• Hope for Justice's Susan Bannister speaks at Bolton School about modern day slavery

  03-12-2019 06:00
  
  YOUNG people found out how they could help stamp out one of society's most heinous of crimes in an important lesson delivered by one of their old girls.
  
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• Hope for Justice's Susan Banister speaks at Bolton School about modern day slavery

  03-12-2019 06:00
  
  YOUNG people found out how they could help stamp out one of society's most heinous of crimes in an important lesson delivered by one of their old girls.
  
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• Generation homeless: Shocking scale of child homelessness in Bolton revealed

  03-12-2019 06:00
  
  MORE than 100 children in Bolton were homeless and living in temporary accommodation in March, new figures reveal.
  
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• From broken to successful Bolton millionaire

  03-12-2019 06:00
  
  The CEO of a beauty clinic has spoken about how he turned his life around after going from a struggling sofa-surfer to millionaire.
  
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• Decision on Bradshaw Brow homes plan for park

  03-12-2019 06:00
  
  CAMPAIGNERS are “absolutely delighted” after a controversial housing plan was rejected by authorities.
  
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• Bolton mum's no-holds-barred blog lifts lid on motherhood

  03-12-2019 06:00
  
  A MUM with dyslexia and anxiety has opened up about how she deals with the daily struggles of motherhood in a blog.
  
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• Bolton General Election: environment and climate change

  03-12-2019 06:00
  
  THE UK declared a climate emergency this year. Local Democracy Reporter JOSEPH TIMAN speaks to candidates about their views on the environment.
  
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• Ambulance service named 'worst in the country' leaving more than 100,000 waiting

  03-12-2019 06:00
  
  MORE than 100,000 patients have been delayed by 30 minutes or more in the back of an ambulance in the North-West over the past three years, according to Labour figures.
  
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