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Two arrested after crime spree gang steals £50,000 of jewellery
TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of a string of violent offences after £50,000 of jewellery and cash were stolen from various houses in Bolton during a week-long crime spree. The men, thought to be part of a gang, are believed to have stolen
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Bolton batman Josh Bohannon is nation's top run scorer
YOUNG cricketing sensation Josh Bohannon has become the country’s top run scorer at county under-17 level after scoring 950 runs in 14 games. Scoring almost double the second best batter, Farnworth Social Circle’s Bohannon helped Lancashire under
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Disabled boy reunited with stolen wheelchair
A DISABLED boy’s £3,000 wheelchair has been found just days after his distraught mother appealed for its return through The Bolton News. We reported last Saturday how 12-year-old Archie Parmenter’s custom-built wheelchair was stolen from the garage
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Former Prestons of Bolton boss died the day after he was moved out of specialist care ward
THE former boss of Prestons of Bolton died a day after hospital staff moved him out of a ward with superior nursing care, an inquest heard. Retired jeweller Andrew Duckworth died aged 63 in the Royal Bolton Hospital on June 4 after developing septicaemia
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Bomb fragments from 1916 zeppelin raid on Bolton on display in war museum
FRAGMENTS of bombs which killed 13 people in Bolton can be seen at a major World War One centenary exhibition. A nose cone and fragments of bombs dropped by the German Zeppelin airship L21 on Bolton in September, 1916, are on display at the Imperial
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Rare memorabilia from Bolton Wanderers' glory days on sale at auction
RARE memorabilia from the Bolton Wanderers glory days of the 1920s is up for auction. The collection belonged to the late Billy Jennings, who played left back for Wanderers in the golden decade they won the FA Cup three times. The shirt worn
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5 parties to contest Harper Green by-election after death of councillor
FIVE political parties will contest a by-election that has been called after the death of Labour councillor Asha Ali Ismail. Cllr Ismail, who represented Harper Green ward, died at the age of 34 after a battle with cancer. A by-election has
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Criminal threatened juror after bumping into her on way out of court
A CRIMINAL who threatened a female juror as she left court after convicting him has appeared before magistrates. At Bolton Magistrates Court Yusuf Farah pleaded guilty to threatening the juror and will be sentenced for the offence on September
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Pervert babysitter sexually abused two young girls
SISTERS sexually abused by their babysitter 35 years ago reported their ordeal to police after reading a court case about how he had ill-treated a dog. Jonathan Dickinson, prosecuting, told Bolton Crown Court how seeing Robert Midgley’s name brought
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Paedophile lured young girls to his home for sex after meeting them in park
A PAEDOPHILE had sex with underage teenage girls after meeting them in a Bolton park and luring them back to his home. Sulman Dar, who enticed the girls into his home with offers of alcohol last summer, had no remorse for what he had done, Bolton
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1,400 parking tickets in just one Bolton town centre street
DRIVERS were hit with more than 1,400 parking tickets in just one street in Bolton town centre last year, new figures show. Now traders and councillors say Bolton’s “over-zealous” parking wardens are putting off visitors to the town and harming
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CRAIG NELSON: Wembley debt has FA backed into a corner over England games
IT was hardly a surprise when FA chief Adrian Bevington revealed on Wednesday that all England matches would have to be played at Wembley for at least the next decade. When the national stadium was under reconstruction, and the spiralling costs
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Craig Davies is like a new player this season, says Dougie
CRAIG Davies continued his incredible career U-turn at Wanderers yesterday by scooping the club’s player of the month award. The battle-ram striker has scored twice in six starts this season, both from the penalty spot, and has been a rare highlight
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Medo in Sierra Leone squad after game gets go-ahead
MEDO Kamara prepares to face the Ivory Coast today in a game that came close to being abandoned because of the threat of killer virus ebola. The Wanderers midfielder joined up with the Sierra Leone squad earlier this week not knowing whether today
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Bolton Wanderers’ cash restrictions exposed: Club-by-club guide to rivals' summer spending
WANDERERS were one of only three Championship clubs who did not pay a transfer fee in the summer window, research from The Bolton News has uncovered. The massive gaps between the “haves” and the “have nots” in the second tier were emphasised with
