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VIDEO: Callous thief steals charity box from pub - before finishing his pint
SHOCKING CCTV footage shows the moment a callous thief stole a charity box in a pub, then finished his pint before leaving. The film shows the drinker reaching over and fiddling with the chain that attached the charity box to the bar in The Albion
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Lord Sugar tweets advice for sweet-toothed visitors to this year's Food Festival
LORD Alan Sugar encouraged those with a sweet tooth to check out his protégé's cake stall during this weekend's Food and Drink Festival. The Apprentice boss tweeted that Alana Spencer would be in town with her Ridiculously Rich cakes business during
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Northern leaders on 'high horses' with rail demands, says Bolton's Tory MP
TOO many Northern politicians are on their ‘high horses’ demanding new transport investment, according to Bolton’s Tory MP. Chris Green attended today's Northern Transport Summit in Leeds, where the region’s leaders warned that an outdated, expensive
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Rail chiefs admit trains may NOT run along Bolton line from Bank Holiday, after mains burst damage
TRAINS may not begin running through Moses Gate railway station from Bank Holiday Monday due to safety concerns, rail bosses have admitted. The collapse of the embankment following a water burst near the station last week and the closure of the
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After tragedies here and at home, Greek star is positive for future
STELIOS Giannakopoulos has seen two of his great loves go through hardship since hanging up his boots. Back home in Greece, football fell to its knees as financial and political crises hit hard. Against all logic they had lifted the European
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Ex-Wanderers star Jussi Jaaskelainen to help aspiring keepers
ASPIRING goalkeepers are being invited to a specialised training camp run by former Wanderers coach Fred Barber. Top talent from around the North West aged eight to 18 can enrol for the session, which will be held from 9.30am to 4pm at Westhoughton
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TV and sports stars face off in game for Manchester Arena attack victim
TWO sporting legends will be back on the pitch to support a father who suffered life-changing injuries in the Manchester terror attack. Former Bolton Wanderers star Kevin Davies and ex-England cricketer Ronnie Irani are captaining two celebrity
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PICTURES: 50+ images from the exciting encounter between Bolton and Sheffield Wednesday
Take a scroll through these images and relive Wanderers first win at the Macron this season, even though it was the Carabao Cup . Wanderers would have had nightmares had they spurned a three-goal lead given to them by Dorian Dervite, Adam Armstrong
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Driver spared jail after appeal from family of the man he killed
A DRIVER who killed a much-loved member of the community was spared jail after a request from the victim’s family. Callum Smedley, aged 29, of Wigan Road, Westhoughton, was sentenced at Bolton Crown Court yesterday for causing death by careless
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Facebook hit by massive outage in Europe - but here's how to fix it
FACEBOOK appears to have been hit by a serious outage. Many users are reporting that they are unable to access the social networking site, or pages are not displaying correctly. Many users are met with the following message when trying to access
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Bolton's Maxine Peake replaces Victoria Wood as patron of children's charity
BOLTON actor Maxine Peake has become patron for children's charity Jessie's Fund.The star takes over the role from her Dinnerladies co-star Victoria Wood, who held the position for 17 years until her death last year.Founded 22 years ago, Jessie
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Class Photo: Do you recognise any of these youngsters from 1937?
WHEN this photograph was taken the youngsters sitting proudly with huge smiles on their faces were unaware of the horrors shortly to be heaped on them. Here we see a happy band of class mates from Bradshaw School in Bolton in 1937. Just two
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Have you seen him? Appeal to trace wanted man
POLICE want help tracing a man who is wanted in connection with a number of offences including making threats to kill. Dale Stuart Stanley, aged 23, is from Leigh but has links to the Bolton and St Helens areas. He was is wanted in connection with seven
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REVEALED: The number of crimes that went unsolved in Bolton last year
MORE than 80 percent of burglaries and thefts committed in Bolton last year went unsolved. Figures show that 85 per cent of burglaries from a house have not been solved along with 88 per cent of burglaries at non-dwelling properties. Around
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Thieves attempt to steal cricket club safe by pulling it with car
THIEVES attempted to use a car to steal a safe from a cricket club. Egerton Cricket Club chairman David Fairclough was awoken in the early hours of Sunday morning by phone calls from the alarm company and the police telling him there had been a break-in
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LOOKING BACK: Pre-pedestrianisation in Victoria Square
THESE photographs show a very important and much loved part of our town.Here we have the centre of Bolton seen from two very different angles.The top picture shows a view of the magnificent Bolton Town Hall back in May 1962 — Thursday May 3 to be exact.As
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'Tripe, cow heel and offal' - The unusual old shops of Bolton
OUR readers have fond memories of a Bolton town centre in times gone by.Many of the shops and businesses in and around the centre are well remembered and much missed.Margaret Billington remembers “Toggs”, which another reader asked about in a recent article
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WHERE'S THIS? Enter our weekly nostalgia competition
LAST week’s picture showed a spot on a major route into Bolton town centre.Stuart Manning was quick off the mark to tell us that the answer is the bus terminus for the number 34 bus in Chorley New Road, Heaton.“Several buses used to do shorter journeys
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Town centre pub to re-open with new name
A HISTORIC town centre pub is set for a new lease of life when it reopens.The Brass Cat, in Churchgate, closed in January for a refurbishment and will reopen today, as The Churchgate. A group of local businessmen bought the pub last year and operated
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Most welcoming UK theatre? The Octagon of course
BOLTON’S Octagon Theatre has the chance of another prestigious award – and it’s all up to us.The town centre venue is in the running for the title of the UK’s Most Welcoming Theatre and this is being decided by public vote.Chief executive Roddy Gauld
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Why not take your holiday accommodation with you!
IT may not be everyone’s holiday choice but the fact is that caravans and motorhomes are making a comeback.Thanks to the rise of the staycation and the modern models - which are considerably more comfortable and more luxurious than their predecessors
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Will the population every forgive Prince Charles?
THE retirement of the Duke of Edinburgh from official duties was bound to prompt speculation about the standing of Prince Charles.Would he now become Prince Regent, possibly half-way to the Queen abdicating and him becoming king? Now, sources close to
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Strictly’s back – but do we recognise all the contestants?
IT’S come to something when the judges and the presenters on TV’s Strictly Come Dancing are more famous than any of the contestants.The 2017 celebrity would-be dancers have just been announced and most people would be hard-pressed to recognise the majority
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Why I feel uncomfortable about Channel 4's Child Genius programme
ALL parents want their children to do well whether it’s in their A levels or GCSEs or other exams in primary school.There is no doubt that hard work brings its rewards and I never cease to be amazed by the remarkable young people who achieve such high
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5 top foods to munch at Bolton Food and Drink Festival 2017
From Bavarian nuts to ‘hipster’ burgers, the flavours of the world are landing on Bolton’s doorstep this weekend. With a choice of more than 200 food, drink and craft stalls to visits, we have whittled down a few favourites to try out this weekend
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PICTURES: Latest progress on Bolton Interchange
THESE are the latest pictures of the Bolton Interchange as the £48million project nears completion.The images show the progress on the hub and reveals the sign that has been put in place.It was revealed at the end of June that the town centre site, at
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UPDATED WITH VIDEO/PICTURES: Inside Bolton's stylish new coffee shop
A NEW stylish coffee shop is bringing the cafe culture experience to the community it was designed to serve. Bridge Coffee, Bolton’s newest independent coffee shop, opened its doors yesterday, serving its first customers from 7.30am. The coffee
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Walkden T20 to get under way
WALKDEN Cricket Club's Twenty20 international tournament begins tomorrow night.The event will see matches on each weeknight with professional players forming sides representing a number of countries including England, Pakistan, Zimbabwe and a Rest
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Mum shares water with P&O ferry during English Channel relay swim
A MUM found herself sharing the water with a P&O ferry as she swam the English Channel as part of a six-strong relay team. Carol Lord and her five teammates covered the 21 miles between Dover and the French coast in 14 hours and six minutes
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Temple holds Universal Peace Prayers event to unite communities
A TEMPLE held a special Universal Peace Prayers event in the presence of spiritual leader Acharaya Swamishree Purshottampriyadasji Maharaj.The prayers took place at the Swaminarayan Gadi Mandir in Deane Road during the visit by the head of the Shree Swaminarayan
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School reunion: Were you among the friendly ‘class of 92’?
A FORMER Little Lever School pupil is hoping to tick everyone off the register at a ‘Class of 92’ reunion she has organised for next month. It is 25 years since Beccy Jones and her classmates left the Church Street school to head out into the big
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Student police recruits get to know the community
THIRTEEN new officers who are set to patrol the streets of Bolton have been getting to know the community they will be serving.Greater Manchester Police have taken on 98 student officers in their latest round of recruitment and 13 of them have been allocated
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Take up offer of master plan
IN the absence of their own master plan, the council and developers should adopt the plan drawn by Stuart Whittle which featured in The Bolton News on June 4 and has already been submitted to Bolton Council. Mr Whittle is a highly experienced town planning
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Bolton's 4 Most Wanted - August 23, 2017
EACH week police appeal to readers of The Bolton News for help finding wanted suspects. Justine Williamson, aged 46, is wanted for failing to appear at court for drugs related offences. She has links to the Halliwell area. Mark Mutry, aged
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A Wal-not whip! Get Trading Standards on the case
WELL, we have stood for the reduction of everything from Cadbury’s Wholenut to Toblerone but now manufacturers have taken the (extremely reduced) biscuit.Nestle is removing the walnut from the top off Walnut Whips to give us a quite different kind of
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Son of murderer took his own life, inquest hears
THE son of a woman who was jailed for murdering her husband took his own life, an inquest has found. Coroner Susan Duncan found that Dean Brewin died of asphyxiation at his home in Lindsay Street, Horwich on May 8 this year. Recording a verdict
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Not enough schools in Bolton are 'good or outstanding'
THERE are not enough good or outstanding schools in Bolton according to the borough's education chiefs.They say that the proportion of secondary schools judged at grade one or two is an area which 'requires further improvement'.More than 10
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GALLERY: Nelson Square through the ages
TODAY it’s one of Bolton’s main nightspots, teaming with pubs, clubs and bars.These images show Nelson Square as it’s evolved over the years, from the days it was flanked by hotels to when shops and offices were the predominant feature.Many of our readers
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Leaders hit back at newspaper's claim that Bolton is a 'nothing of a town'
FRUSTRATED town leaders have hit back at a national newspaper feature which has painted Bolton as a ‘nothing of a town’. The lengthy article in yesterday’s Guardian describes Bolton as being a declining town. “In fact, decline is a polite word
