Bolton news

• Driver rams police and leads officers on high-speed chase

  09-12-2019 21:10
  
  A VAN driver led police on a chase through Westhoughton after ramming one of their vehicles.
  
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• Police want the public to take counter-terror training

  09-12-2019 20:49
  
  THE POLICE are asking members of the public to take a special training course to help spot terrorists.
  
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• LETTER: Boris Johnson's cancelled visit to Westhoughton

  09-12-2019 19:00
  
  PEOPLE are right to demonstrate against Boris Johnson's racist remarks about Muslim women 'looking like letter boxes' or black people 'with watermelon smiles'. They are also right to question the chronic underfunding of public services including the NHS.
  
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• Hunt for man after woman sexually assaulted on train

  09-12-2019 18:05
  
  POLICE are hunting a man after a woman reported being sexually assaulted on a train.
  
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• Chris Green changes stance on burka ban

  09-12-2019 18:00
  
  BOLTON West general election candidate Chris Green has changed his opinion on whether Muslim women should be allowed to wear the burka in this country, which emerged after an interview last week.
  
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• Police search for next of kin after death of 85-year-old man

  09-12-2019 16:06
  
  AUTHORITIES are looking for the next of kin of a man who died at his home last week.
  
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• Broken-down train causes long delays between Bolton and Preston

  09-12-2019 15:43
  
  A BROKEN-down train has blocked railway lines between Bolton and Preston, causing long delays.
  
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• Bolton Hospital on 'black alert' as NHS pressures increase

  09-12-2019 15:33
  
  IT has been revealed that Bolton Hospital has declared a Black Alert as staff try to deal with hundreds of patients and a severe lack of beds.
  
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• Touching Christmas advert pays tribute to our amazing midwives

  09-12-2019 15:28
  
  A TOUCHING new Christmas advert has been paying tribute to midwives who work tirelessly over the festive period.
  
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• Police hunt Bolton man who skipped court over fraud charges

  09-12-2019 14:55
  
  POLICE are appealing for information on a man wanted over fraud charges.
  
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• Serial rapist Joseph McCann sentenced to multiple life sentences

  09-12-2019 14:10
  
  Serial rapist Joseph McCann has been sentenced at the Old Bailey to multiple life sentences
  
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• Serial rapist Joseph McCann given multiple life sentences

  09-12-2019 14:10
  
  Serial rapist Joseph McCann has been sentenced at the Old Bailey to multiple life sentences.
  
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• Bolton youngsters in good health

  09-12-2019 13:30
  
  Today’s picture from The Bolton News archives shows ambulance crew members Derek Cartwright, left, and David Atherton, explaining their job and how the equipment they use works to a group of Bolton children in 1992.
  
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• Morrisons is giving out free wonky carrots for Rudolph

  09-12-2019 13:15
  
  MORRISONS supermarkets across the UK will be giving away 125,000 paper bags of wonky carrots to customers who want to leave out refreshments for Father Christmas and his reindeers on Christmas Eve.
  
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• Batten down the hatches! Met Office warns of 60mph winds

  09-12-2019 11:50
  
  THE morning commute is looking pretty miserable for workers tomorrow, Tuesday.
  
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• Bee Network: Green light to transform roads through Bolton

  09-12-2019 11:00
  
  Major decisions are set to transform the way we travel around Bolton. SEAMUS MCDONNELL looks at the latest plans for the Bee Network set to change the face of the town.
  
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• Uber driver was watching porn while parked on hard shoulder

  09-12-2019 10:46
  
  A TAXI driver has been reported for a variety of offences after being spotted parked on the motorway hard shoulder watching porn.
  
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• Why 21,000 Bolton women are still missing smear tests

  09-12-2019 10:00
  
  A DECADE after TV star Jade Goody died from cervical cancer, more than 21,000 women in Bolton have missed their test for the illness.
  
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• Cyclist taken to hospital after being hit by car in Moss Bank Way

  09-12-2019 09:50
  
  A CYCLIST was taken to hospital after being hit by a car in Johnson Fold.
  
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• Special constable follows footsteps of proud police parents

  09-12-2019 06:00
  
  GREATER Manchester Police has welcomed 21 new special constables.
  
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• 'Oversubscribed' school to expand by 150 pupils

  09-12-2019 06:00
  
  THE best performing school in the borough is set to expand by 150 pupils over the next five years as plans for its future have been approved.
  
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• "I know where your kids go to school" - Kidnapping duo jailed over terrifying robbery

  09-12-2019 06:00
  
  A KIDNAPPER who attacked two shopkeepers with an axe handle and threatened to set two of his robbery victims on fire has been given an 18-year sentence by a judge.
  
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• First-time entrepreneurs open new fashion brand in Bolton town centre

  09-12-2019 06:00
  
  BOLTON has welcomed a new fashion store thanks to a group of first-time entrepreneurs.
  
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• Farnworth 'flood risk' houses approved after plans revised

  09-12-2019 06:00
  
  PLANS to build 30 houses at a "neglected" site near a reservoir have been allowed to go ahead after concerns over flooding caused months of delays to the development.
  
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• Boris Johnson blames "bully boys" for Bolton no-show

  09-12-2019 06:00
  
  BORIS Johnson claims “bully boy” protesters in Bolton are to blame after he was forced to cancel his visit to the town amid security concerns.
  
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