Bolton news

• Top New Year’s honour for renowned physio

  27-12-2019 23:30
  
  A BOLTON-based physiotherapist has joined household names such as Olivia Newton-John, Sam Mendes and Clive Lloyd on the star-studded list of celebrities, academics and community heroes awarded in this year’s New Year’s Honours list.
  
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• Gamecock show returns to Ramsbottom for 175th year running

  27-12-2019 19:01
  
  BIRD enthusiasts are being urged to flock to Ramsbottom on New Years' Day to take part in the 175th annual gamecock show.
  
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• Full devastation of fire revealed as Farnworth business owners left devastated by 'explosions'

  27-12-2019 14:35
  
  A DEVASTATING fire has left business owners shattered as their work and memories have gone up in flames.
  
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• Amir Khan hits back at trolls criticising him for celebrating Christmas

  27-12-2019 14:02
  
  BOLTON boxer Amir Khan has hit back at critics after posting a festive family photo on Christmas Day.
  
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• Single dad scoops £1million on Lottery scratchcard

  27-12-2019 14:00
  
  A SINGLE father and chef who won £1 million on an online scratchcard said the win will change his life completely - but he still turned up for his Christmas shift at work.
  
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• Sharples pupils enjoy birthday treat

  27-12-2019 13:30
  
  IN 2003 Aaron Smith, celebrated his fifteenth birthday with a ride in a limo with his class mates. His mother Linda had arranged for the 30 foot Ford Lincoln Towncar to pick him and his friends up outside Sharples School and take them for a ride around town before dropping them off at home.
  
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• FREE hospital parking for some NHS patients and visitors - here's who gets it

  27-12-2019 11:52
  
  FREE parking for thousands of NHS patients and visitors will begin being rolled out in England from April.
  
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• Bolton pensioners will have to pay to keep 'free' travel

  27-12-2019 11:23
  
  From next year, people with concessionary bus passes across Greater Manchester will have to pay £10 to continue getting free tram and train travel.
  
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• Roads closed as crews tackle building fire in Farnworth

  27-12-2019 09:41
  
  Two roads are closed this morning after a building fire in Farnworth.
  
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• The law over organ donation is changing - time to have the conversation, says NHS

  27-12-2019 09:00
  
  A NEW law is coming next spring which means that all adults in England will be considered to have agreed to donate their own organs when they die unless they record a decision not to donate or are in an excluded groups.
  
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• Stingray born at Bolton Aquarium

  27-12-2019 07:00
  
  AN unexpected gift has made a real splash at Bolton Aquarium.
  
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• Police advise people to register gifts on database

  27-12-2019 06:08
  
  GREATER Manchester Police have advised people to register their new Christmas gifts on a property register.
  
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• Fire service issues Christmas electrical warning

  27-12-2019 06:08
  
  GREATER Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has reminded people of electrical dangers following Christmas Day.
  
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• Bolton Hospice unwanted gifts appeal

  27-12-2019 06:08
  
  BOLTON Hospice is asking for people to donate their unwanted Christmas gifts to them for events and activities they plan to run in the New Year.
  
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• Police caught more than 100,000 speeding in one year

  27-12-2019 06:00
  
  MORE than 100,000 people were caught for speeding offences last year.
  
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• Plans to build houses in farmland across Bolton revealed

  27-12-2019 06:00
  
  UP to five houses could be built on a Westhoughton farm if plans are given the green light at the town hall.
  
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• Family of boy with painful condition thank thousands who showed him ‘life is worth living’

  27-12-2019 06:00
  
  THIS year, the country was captivated by the story of a young boy from Bolton with a crippling skin condition.
  
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• Drug deaths in Greater Manchester rise as seizures halve over decade

  27-12-2019 06:00
  
  Drug deaths across Greater Manchester have increased over the last decade as number of seizures have halved.
  
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• Bolton Council signs off Westhoughton housing development

  27-12-2019 06:00
  
  A MAJOR development in Westhoughton, years in the making, is all set to go ahead as the final stage has been signed off by the council.
  
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• Appeal after tip worker left in hospital with broken jaw

  27-12-2019 06:00
  
  COUNCIL bosses have condemned threats and violence toward tip staff after a worker was left in hospital.
  
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• Abusive partner strangled victim

  27-12-2019 06:00
  
  A MAN who attempted to strangle his partner before bombarding her with threatening text messages and emails has been jailed for 35 months.
  
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