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DAY TWO: Bolton Food & Drink Festival
8:59pm Well it's been another busy day here at the Bolton Food and Drink Festival and tomorrow is set to be another cracker
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Cars crash at busy junction
TWO cars were involved in a crash at a busy junction.Emergency services were called to reports a blue Volkswagen Golf and a black Volkswagen Passat had collided near the junction of Blackburn Road and Crompton Way at about 7.40pm last night.Nobody was
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Find out what adventures young people have been up to this summer
ARCHERY, cooking, arts and crafts are only some of the free activities young people across the borough have been enjoying over the summer holiday.Four-to-17-year-olds have been enjoying summer fun, despite the weather, thanks to Bolton Council's Play
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PICTURES: New cafe serves up slice of town's best homemade cakes
A NEW cafe is showcasing some of the best homemade bakes in town.Rose Berry, who owns the newly-opened Dessert Cafe in The Vaults with husband Steven, has been delighted with customers’ response to their locally-sourced coffee and cakes. The cafe, next
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'An actor's life for me!' Les Dennis on being Uncle Fester in the Addams Family at the Lowry
LES Dennis is sitting in the bar at the Lowry, a broad grin on his face, the light glinting off his bald head.The fully-shorn look is something Les has been sporting for the past five months as he tours the country with the hit musical The Addams Family
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Young people 'should be proud' to call Bolton home
A YOUNG people’s charity says that labelling Bolton a ‘nothing of a town’ will damage the next generation.Saeed Atcha, founding CEO of Xplode Magazine, has intervened to reassure its young cohort of volunteers, following criticism of the town in a Guardian
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Discovery of guns after disturbance 'very worrying'
The discovery of guns in a street has been labelled 'very worrying' by a councillor. As reported, police were called to a disturbance in Sharman Street, Burnden, in the early hours of Wednesday morning. An investigation was launched and a large
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See the amazing chocolate sculpture of Queen Victoria in town centre
CELEBRATIONS paying homage to the Market Place shopping centre’s Victorian heritage are taking place this weekend.To coincide with the return of the Bolton Food and Drink Festival, the centre is hosting its own weekend food event packed full of free events
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Man attacked couple with sword in their own home
A MAN who injured his victims with a sword has been jailed. Reece Lonsdale, of Chedworth Crescent, Little Hulton, used the weapon to hit a woman and her male partner, causing a deep gash to each of their heads. On November 2, the 24-year-old
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50 bags of cannabis waste cleared from beauty spot
AROUND 50 bags of waste believed to be from the production of cannabis were dumped at a local beauty spot. The rubbish was flytipped at Smithills Estate, in the area near Smithills Dean Road and Coal Pit Road on Tuesday morning.The Woodland Trust, which
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Business leaders say town has 'massive future' after anger at Guardian article
BOLTON has a ‘massive future’, according to businesses angered by a national newspaper story which painted it as a ‘nothing of a town’.Vertu Motors chief executive Robert Forrester, whose family is from Bolton, has led a £12 million investment in two
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Parkinson hopes to resume transfer chase next week following ownership issues
PHIL Parkinson hopes he will be free to make progress on the transfer front in the final week of the window.Though boardroom complications have put plans on hold for the last five days the Wanderers boss still wants to add at least one new face to his
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'Tha Hangman' is firmly in Conor's corner
IT is the most anticipated fight in history, and boxing fans are split on who will come out on top tonight.In the unprecedented big-money bout Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor will do battle in the early hours of tomorrow morning.Both men divide opinion
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REVEALED: Inside new town centre wine and cocktail bar
DRINKERS can now enjoy a tipple at a new town centre wine and cocktail bar.The Cave, in The Vaults at the Market Place Shopping Centre, is now open for business and hoping to please customers with a special menu over the Bank Holiday weekend.Manager Chris
