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How Dean Holdsworth's rescue act ended up as a nightmare at Bolton Wanderers

PRECIOUS few of the 555 days Dean Holdsworth co-owned Bolton Wanderers lived up to the very first.The club had been minutes from administration, perhaps worse, as a winding-up petition from the Inland Revenue worth more than £2million drew to a dramatic

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Council 'not to blame' for controversial housing plan appeal

TOWN hall chiefs say they are not to blame for the approval of a controversial housing estate plan, hitting back at an MP's 'simplistic' criticism. Bolton West MP Chris Green said last week that the Government's decision to overturn Bolton Council's

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RECAP: Bolton Council meeting - homelessness and cuts to police on agenda

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Anderson deal could have quick embargo impact for Wanderers

WANDERERS could make a late dash to come out of a transfer embargo after Ken Anderson completed a deal to become sole owner today. The club chairman announced his company, Inner Circle Investments, had sealed an agreement with liquidators Quantuma

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9 spiders you're probably going to see a lot more of in September

It's spider mating season, and they're already starting to make their way inside your house. (WARNING: contains pictures of spiders) Sightings of spiders often peak from September as males of many species reach adulthood and venture into homes

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VIDEO: Footage shows moment drink driver causes crash at busy town centre junction

SHOCKING footage shows the moment a drink-driver speeds through a red light before crashing into the back of a taxi at a busy town centre junction. Police have released the video of the crash, which took place at the junction of Trinity Street

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Fed-up club-goers create new app to transform your nights out

IT started out as a joke, but now a Walkden man and his two friends are hoping to revolutionise Manchester's night life.After Craig Davies and his friends Craig Gidley, from Sale, and Stephen Powell, from Oldham, found themselves fed up waiting in

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Wanderers Under-18s dumped out of Lancashire Youth Cup by Wigan

WANDERERS Under-18s suffered a first-round exit in the Lancashire FA Youth Cup at the hands of Wigan Athletic on Tuesday.Nicky Spooner's youngsters lost 5-2 away from home with Latics teenager Mwiya Malumo netting a hat-trick for the hosts.Wanderers

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Five arrested after robbers armed with sledgehammer and crowbar target shop

FIVE people have been arrested after armed robbers targeted a shop in Atherton. Shortly before 12.35pm on Tuesday, three men wearing balaclavas burst into the McColl's shop on Car Bank Street, leaving a fourth man in a Vauxhall Vectra outside.

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WATCH: The video of Ainsley Harriott in Bolton that's clocked up half a million views

CELEBRITY chef Ainsley Harriott whipped up a storm at Bolton Food and Drink Festival — thanks to his funky fruit-inspired song. A video of the star singing and dancing with a mango and coconut has gone viral, clocking up a staggering 536,000 views

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Positive sporting journey of rounders

MY team has just finished its season in the Bolton Ladies Rounders League. We’ve had a brilliant time – but we didn’t win a match. I was one of just a few adults with a very young group of new players, unfortunately at a standard that was just

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Do you recognise this familiar area pictured in two different decades?

THESE pictures show a part of Bolton that many of you will be immediately familiar with.It is Bury Road in Breightmet seen from two different directions and in two different decades.The top picture shows workmen busy at the junction of Milnthorpe Road

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When houses were within walking distance of town centre

IT is not so long ago that private houses were within walking distance of Bolton town centre and that includes the now more industrial Waterloo Street.Peter Hampson says he used to live in George Arthur Street which ran behind and parallel to Waterloo

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Town’s history explored in special exhibition

WHEN the Aspects of Howfen exhibition is launched at Westhoughton Library on Saturday, September 23 it will be opened by one of Westhoughton’s best-known and loved characters — Tom Newton MBE. Tom is “Westhoughton through and through" explains

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Plans to expand luxury car dealership site

A LUXURY car showroom wants to expand its Bolton base.The Porsche dealership in Manchester Road wants to buy up part of the public highway next to the site in order to create more parking spaces.The company says that it has ‘specific requirements from

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Emergency timetables released for rail strike

EMERGENCY timetables for railway replacement buses during upcoming strike action have been released. Members of the RMT union who work for Northern Rail are set to strike on Friday and Monday. %collection(id="1258", show_captions="yes")

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Holdsworth thanks fans while confirming resignation from all positions at Bolton Wanderers

DEAN Holdsworth hopes to see a swift resolution to ownership issues at Wanderers after confirming his resignation from all positions at the club today. The former striker was forced to give up his 37.5 per cent share at the Macron Stadium after

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Inter-club cycling hill climb series set to become annual event

THREE local cycling clubs are looking to make an inter-club series of races an annual event after a successful first year.Horwich Cycling Club, the Bolton-based Lancashire Road Club and Chorley Cycling Club got together to organise the new competition

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New four-step rule you should follow before calling police on 101

PEOPLE are being urged to think before they call 101 and help save police resources. Greater Manchester Police received 1.5million calls to 101 in the year leading up to July 2017 and has now launched a campaign to help make it more efficient.The force

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'Disgust' after youths trash shopping precinct

A BUSINESS owner has been left disgusted after vandals destroyed flowers and left piles of rubbish in a shopping precinct.Amy Wunderley, arrived at work in Market Street, Little Lever, at around 8am yesterday morning and found the shopping precinct a

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Drug driver caught with 2-year-old in car

A DRIVER was found behind the wheel of a car with a two-year-old child as a passenger while over the legal limit for drug driving.Traffic police pulled the Vauxhall over in Tonge Moor Road on Monday night. Officers initially stopped the car due the 2-

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Community walk held to 'bring people together'

PEOPLE from all walks of life took part in a five-mile journey visiting landmarks and places of worship around Bolton.About 50 people took part in the community walk that visited various locations around town.The walkers visited Bolton Parish Church,

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Period drama about Victoria is a crowning achievement

VICTORIA returned to our screens at the weekend for a second series surrounding royal couple Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. It’s been amazing how well the story of the Queen and her German prince has translated to prime-time TV because I’d always

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COMMENT: Bolton is NOT a nothing town

THE Guardian article describing Bolton as a “nothing town” was bound to cause ructions. Now, we’re back to all the doom merchants agreeing, happy to jump on the depression bandwagon insisting that Bolton is a declining town with no hope. How

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Forget pieces of slate or slabs of wood — give me a plate!

THANK goodness the trend of serving food on pieces of slate or slabs of wood is finally going out of style. Personally, I’m sick of having my meal on top of something off a building site – it doesn’t make the food look more appetising and is just

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Congratulations golden couple Jason and Laura on baby news

CONGRATULATIONS to sporting couple Laura and Jason Kenny on the birth of their son Albert Louie. They posted a lovely Instagram picture of the three of them with their two dogs in a very normal family scene. The likeable couple have had the golden

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An easy solution to railway problems

I AM no railway timetable expert, but if the railway line at Moses Gate is to be closed for up to six weeks, is it not possible to run trains from Manchester and the south to Kearsley or Farnworth stations and from Bolton northwards with a bus shuttle

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Thanks for making food festival such a success

THROUGH your paper, I would like to thank all the thousands of local people, and many from further afield, who came to Bolton over the four days of the Food and Drink Festival and made the event such a success. It looks as though we will have broken the

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Wanderers plan signings before deadline day despite boardroom drama

WANDERERS are insistent that despite the ongoing boardroom saga, they will be active in the transfer market during the last 48 hours of the window.Phil Parkinson has already laid down his marker, conceding the 4-0 defeat against Hull City accentuated

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How friends are helping dad left paralysed after arena terror attack

THIS group of pals are friends a father — who suffered life changing injuries in the Manchester terror attack — can certainly count on.Since the devastating bomb attack, friends — some of whom have not seen each other for many years — have got together

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Mets battle hard but lose out to leaders

BOLTON Mets remain rock bottom of North West Men's League Division Five but put in a spirited display in a 38-6 defeat against leaders Wigan Spring View.Hosting a midweek fixture for the first time in more than a decade, Mets were looking to improve

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Charity shop manager battles fear of heights - by flinging herself out of plane

A WOMAN decided to tackle her fear of heights in one of the most extreme ways possible - by flinging herself out of a plane. Joanne Kay, who is the manager of the MhIST charity shop in Moor Lane, Bolton, took the plunge on Saturday near Grange-Over-Sands

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Red carpet rolled out for awards night

THE teams who help to create magical theatre moments every day in Bolton are being celebrated for their hard work.From moments of drama and side-splitting laughter to transporting audiences to different worlds using modern technology or just a guest appearance

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Applications close in hunt for new council chief executive

APPLICATIONS are now closed in the hunt to find Bolton Council’s next chief executive.Current town hall boss Margaret Asquith announced in July that she will be retiring next March.She took over the post in November, 2015 when former chief executive Paul

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First 112 homes at Horwich Loco Works should be refused - town council

PLANS for the first 112 homes at the Horwich Loco Works have been shot down by the town council due to concerns about contamination and infrastructure. Bellway Homes' planning application went before the town's planning committee and members recommended

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Historic church goes on the market — priced at £550,000

A HISTORIC church has gone up for sale, priced at £550,000.The sale of Tottington Road Methodist Church, in Harwood, will help fund the building of a new multi-purpose community centre in Longsight.Harwood Methodist Church, formed in 2009 by a merger

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Fears for older patients being moved out of hospitals

FEARS for Bolton’s elderly patients have been raised over plans to get them home from hospital quicker.Christine Howarth from the Bolton Save Our NHS Group has told health bosses that negative statements about long-term hospital bed stays for the elderly

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Rise of café culture in Bolton

I LOVE the rise in the number of coffee shops and cafes around Bolton. We definitely live in a café culture in this country and stopping for a cuppa or a cappuccino while shopping or out and about is ideal for many people today. Last week,

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MP calls on Government to stop 'stalling' on use of animals in circuses

A VETERAN MP is calling for a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses.Sir David Crausby is one of 20 MPs from six different political parties to sign a motion in the House of Commons asking the Government to introduce a ban as quickly as possible.Six

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Secret of success for business celebrating huge growth in turnover

The team at Statuo, a Bolton-based digital agency, have plenty to celebrate this summer, having seen their business grow sharply, while launching numerous websites for their clients.Statuo is a true kitchen counter start-up, which was launched in 2015

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We should be proud of our town's achievement

IF you were amongst the record breaking 265,000-plus visitors who attended last weekend’s Food and Drink Festival, you will have experienced one of the biggest and most successful festivals in the country and we should all be justifiably proud of the

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Nothing done about road nuisance

WE live in Redcar Road in Little Lever and nearly every evening, but especially weekends, we have up to three trials type bikes blasting along the street and you can hear then coming along Aintree the exhausts are that loud.These roads are all 20 mph,

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GALLERY: Churchgate in the 1990s

THIS week we take a look at one of the town’s most famous quarters during the 1990s.These pictures reveal the many changes Churchgate has undergone in the last 20 years, but there are also several familiar sights.Indeed, this publication was once a fixture

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Time to tackle 'selfish and inconsiderate' anti-social behaviour

COUNCILLORS will be urged to tackle ‘selfish and inconsiderate’ crime and anti-social behaviour at a town hall meeting tonight.Cllr David Greenhalgh, Bolton’s Conservative leader, will put forward a motion at this evening’s full council meeting demanding

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New memorial to honour solider killed 80 years ago in Spanish Civil War

A MEMORIAL plaque will be unveiled next month to remember a Bolton volunteer who died fighting fascism in the Spanish Civil War. James Alwyn died at the Battle of Jarama, to the south of Madrid, in February 1937 and will now have his sacrifice

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Sammy gives Wanderers a much-needed injury booster

A RAY of sunshine has appeared for Phil Parkinson’s injury-hit squad with the news Sammy Ameobi is expected back in contention after the international break.The winger has yet to feature in a competitive game since signing on a free transfer from Newcastle

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Call to reimburse commuters with reduced fares during rail chaos

COMMUTERS should be given reduced fares during heavy rail disruption caused by a burst water main, say the town’s Liberal Democrats. No trains are running between Bolton and Manchester this week, after a section of Moses Gate bridge collapsed earlier

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Popular half marathon CANCELLED at short notice

HUNDREDS of runners have been left disappointed after Bolton’s community half marathon was cancelled at just two weeks’ notice. Organisers say that the run, which was due to take place on September 10, has been called off due to ‘escalating costs

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Bolton's 4 Most Wanted - August 30, 2017

EACH week police appeal to readers of The Bolton News for help finding wanted suspects. Scott Varley, aged 23, is wanted on recall to prison for failing to abide by his prison release licence conditions. He has links to the Horwich area. Lance