Bolton news

• Police investigating racism claims by Love Island's Mike Boateng

  23-01-2020 19:45
  
  POLICE have revealed that five officers were investigated over claims made by former bobby Mike Boateng who is appearing on this season's Love Island.
  
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• Staff left 'shaken' after knifepoint raid at Bolton Betfred - The Bolton News

  23-01-2020 19:02
  
  Staff left 'shaken' after knifepoint raid at Bolton Betfred  The Bolton News
  
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• Staff left 'shaken' after knifepoint raid at Bolton Betfred

  23-01-2020 19:02
  
  A MAN raided a Bolton betting shop in broad daylight wielding a knife.
  
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• Breakdown on M60 closes two lanes causing long delays

  23-01-2020 18:42
  
  A BROKEN-DOWN car on the M60 has caused long delays for commuters.
  
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• Opening date of Trafford Centre Primark revealed

  23-01-2020 18:16
  
  SHOPPERS will be pleased to learn that the date for a new Primark to open in the Trafford Centre has been revealed.
  
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• Police hunt dangerous arsonist who escaped from prison

  23-01-2020 17:49
  
  POLICE are hunting for a man who is wanted for escaping from prison.
  
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• Woman sent to police cells after flytipping bed and fridge in backstreet

  23-01-2020 17:30
  
  A PROLIFIC flytipper has received the toughest sentence to date in Bolton for the offence ­— and even had to spend the weekend locked up in the cells ahead of her court appearance.
  
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• Railway engineering work means ten days of train disruption

  23-01-2020 17:07
  
  TRAIN passengers have been warned that engineering work will cause problems for ten days this spring.
  
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• Bolton Wanderers football club's Junior Whites meet Bolton Wanderers Brazilian players Mario Jardel and Emerson Thome

  23-01-2020 17:00
  
  Can you spot anyone you know on this picture of Bolton Wanderers’ Brazilian players Mario Jardel and Emerson Thome with members of the Junior Whites in 2003?
  
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• Man bailed after 16-year-old raped in Rochdale

  23-01-2020 16:50
  
  A MAN has been bailed after being arrested on suspicion of raping a 16-year-old girl in Rochdale.
  
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• Teen Mitchell McGivern jailed for 21 years for bike crash murder

  23-01-2020 16:08
  
  A TEENAGER has been jailed for a minimum of 21 years – after deliberately driving his car at a motorbike, before crashing into a pump at a petrol station.
  
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• Morrisons to axe 3,000 manager jobs and hire more shop staff

  23-01-2020 14:53
  
  Morrisons is to axe around 3,000 managerial roles across its stores as part of a restructure which will see it create more shop floor jobs.
  
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• Matrix Challenge to test teenagers' technology skills

  23-01-2020 14:40
  
  Teenagers have the chance to show off their cyber skills in this year's Matrix Challenge.
  
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• CCTV issued as police investigate 'violent' assault on man

  23-01-2020 14:14
  
  CCTV images have been released by police after a man was "violently" assaulted at a bar in Bury town centre.
  
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• Bolton town hall will be lit up to celebrate Brexit on January 31 - The Bolton News

  23-01-2020 13:21
  
  Bolton town hall will be lit up to celebrate Brexit on January 31  The Bolton News
  
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• Bolton town hall will be lit up to celebrate Brexit on January 31

  23-01-2020 13:21
  
  BOLTON Town Hall will be lit up red, white and blue as the bells chime at 11pm on January 31 to celebrate Brexit.
  
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• This dog food has been urgently recalled over salmonella risk

  23-01-2020 13:20
  
  DOG owners have been urged to check and return dog food found to contain salmonella.
  
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• 'I do not know how they survived it' — car ploughs into listed house

  23-01-2020 13:08
  
  A "GAPING hole" has been left in the front of a Grade II listed home after a car ploughed into it.
  
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• Coronavirus: what is it and should I be worried?

  23-01-2020 12:15
  
  A NEW virus is causing severe lung disease in China and has already killed 17 people.
  
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• Victoria Derbyshire Show to come off air 'because of costs'

  23-01-2020 09:36
  
  BOLTON presenter Victoria Derbyshire's BBC show is coming off air 'because of costs', the broadcaster's media editor has said.
  
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• Shots fired at house and car on Henry Street, Leigh

  23-01-2020 09:30
  
  SHOTS were fired at a house and a car yesterday evening, Wednesday.
  
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• Bolton will 'bong for Brexit' - and town hall will turn red, white and blue - Manchester Evening News

  23-01-2020 09:00
  
  Bolton will 'bong for Brexit' - and town hall will turn red, white and blue  Manchester Evening News
  
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• Queuing traffic and delays on M61 in Bolton after crash - The Bolton News

  23-01-2020 08:50
  
  Queuing traffic and delays on M61 in Bolton after crash  The Bolton News
  
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• Queuing traffic and delays on M61 in Bolton after crash

  23-01-2020 08:50
  
  DRIVERS are experiencing delays on the M61 after a crash near Junction 5 for Bolton and Westhoughton.
  
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• How Bolton boss Keith Hill intends to improve Dennis Politic's game - The Bolton News

  23-01-2020 08:00
  
  How Bolton boss Keith Hill intends to improve Dennis Politic's game  The Bolton News
  
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• Stacey Halls at Bolton Library to speak about her new book

  23-01-2020 07:01
  
  AUTHOR Stacey Halls behind the spellbinding bestseller The Familiars will be at Bolton Central Library to speak about her captivating new novel The Foundling.
  
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• Dismay over loss of ‘beautiful woodland’ in Farnworth

  23-01-2020 06:10
  
  A RESIDENT has expressed his dismay at the loss of a “beautiful area of mature woodland” in Farnworth ­— likening it to the devastation caused by the bush fires in Australia.
  
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• Boost for 183k China travellers

  23-01-2020 06:07
  
  MANCHESTER Airport has celebrated the New Year by developing a closer link to Shanghai, benefitting nearly 200,000 who fly there by other means.
  
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• Town making steps to ending stigma

  23-01-2020 06:06
  
  THE attitudes and stigma towards sexual identity and the LGBTQIA+ community have come a long way in the last few decades. But, just how much more work is needed in the Twenties? Daniel Hopkins reports.
  
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• New Farnworth Post Office gets MP's seal

  23-01-2020 06:05
  
  THE new Farnworth Post Office will be officially opened tomorrow.
  
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• New Bolton MP's 'Brexit day' call

  23-01-2020 06:05
  
  NEW Bolton North-East MP Mark Loganhas won a promise from the government that itwill consider an annual Brexit celebration.
  
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• Bolton MP Yasmin's tower block repair VAT plea

  23-01-2020 06:05
  
  THE government has been urged to exempt remedial works to remove cladding from high-rise buildings from VAT in the wake of the fires at Grenfell Tower and The Cube.
  
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• Speeding driver spared jail after road death

  23-01-2020 06:01
  
  A GRIEVING daughter has welcomed a court's decision not to jail a speeding driver who killed her 80-year-old dad as he crossed a road.
  
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• Paddy McGuinness back in the driving seat for Top Gear after conquering fear of flying!

  23-01-2020 06:00
  
  BOLTON comic Paddy McGuinness will be back in the driving seat at Top Gear returns on Sunday.
  
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• Calls for high level police meeting to tackle car crime in Little Lever

  23-01-2020 06:00
  
  CALLS for an "urgent" meeting with police has been made after a rise in car crime.
  
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• Bolton's Ironman contest named as top sporting event for 2020

  23-01-2020 06:00
  
  A HEALTH and wellness editor has named Bolton's Ironman in her four of the best sporting events to sign up to.
  
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• Bolton jewellery robber's jail term was 'too lenient'

  23-01-2020 06:00
  
  LAW lords have ruled that a robber who broke a jeweller's nose during a £25,000 raid on his shop was treated too leniently.
  
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