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Head for the Hills headliners Maximo Park 'excited' to play in Ramsbottom
GEORDIE alternative rock-band Maximo Park have spoken of their excitement after headlining Ramsbottom’s Head for the Hills festival on Friday night. Speaking to the Bolton News before their headline set on the Hills Stage, guitarist and lead
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REACTION: Ipswich Town 2 Bolton Wanderers 0
PHIL Parkinson found it difficult to find fault with Wanderers despite watching their wretched run continue at Ipswich Town. Sunk by two second-half goals from Cole Skuse and David McGoldrick, the Whites remain rooted to the bottom of the Championship
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Young television star gets to meet his Whites' heroes
A YOUNG boy who many eagle-eyed television viewers will recognise was given the opportunity to meet some of his footballing heroes.Jack Stanley - one of the stars of Channel 4's new documentary series ‘Educating Greater Manchester’ - met some of his
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MATCHDAY LIVE: Ipswich Town 2 Bolton Wanderers 0
4:56pm All over. 4:55pm
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Community centre damaged as youngsters start fire on football pitch
YOUTHS have damaged a community centre in Farnworth this morning while starting a fire in its grounds. Firefighters and police were called to New Bury Community Learning Centre at 11.15am after a small fire was lit on the football pitch. They
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QUIZ: Which former Wanderers striker are you? Test your Whites knowledge.
ON your way to Ipswich and at a loss for something to do? Tackle our tricky 20-question quiz and see how you rate.
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Shop damaged in car crash
A CAR had to be pulled from a doorway after a crash in the early hours of this morning. Firefighters were called to Nelson Street when a driver lost control of his car and slammed into a door of a flat neighbouring Tannery Hardware. The Toyota
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Man arrested following rape investigation in town centre
A MAN has been arrested in connection with a rape which saw part of Bolton town centre cordoned off. Shortly before 4pm on Thursday, police received a report that a 19-year-old woman had been raped the previous day. A cordon was put in place
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Do you remember road when it looked very different?
WE do not feature this part of Bolton town centre very often so thought it might be interesting to do so today.This is St George’s Road in a picture taken in April, 1984.At the time the Bolton Civic Trust had organised a “bold new venture” to help brighten
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School's six-classroom extension plan hailed as 'win-win situation'
THE proposed six-classroom expansion of a primary school has been hailed as a 'win-win situation' that will help to keep children in Blackrod. The plans submitted by Blackrod Primary School are for a two-storey extension at the rear of the school
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Dance couple who have appeared on Strictly are bringing back the glamour of ballrooms
DANCERS can experience the grandeur and glamour of the dance halls of a bygone era – thanks to a couple from Bolton.Strictly Come Dancing It Takes Two couple Philip and Kathryn Hurst from Westhoughton have transformed an early 1900s cinema into a ballroom
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Going global starts to pay off at Wanderers
WANDERERS’ efforts to spread the club’s word world-wide are starting to bear fruit.The International Football Programme has reported significant increase in the number of foreign-based teams looking for link-ups in the past 12 months, resulting in a brand
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Wanderers star dubbed 'Twinkle Toes' by Nat Lofthouse celebrates his 80th birthday
A former Wanderers star dubbed ‘Twinkle Toes’ by legendary team mate Nat Lofthouse has celebrated his 80th birthday Brian Riley, who turned out for the Whites in their famous sides of the 1950s marked notching up his eight decade with a special
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£28,000 car - one of only 700 in country - stolen
A RARE high-performance car belonging to a car enthusiast was stolen in the early hours yesterday after intruders broke into a house and stole the keys. Burglars struck at the property in Manchester Road, Burnden, just after 1am with owner Anthony
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Town's bid to reduce suicide rates to zero
BOLTON is aspiring to make suicides a thing of the past.Health bosses are setting out plans to reduce suicide rates to zero as they look to reform the way care is delivered in the town.At Thursday's meeting of the Health and Wellbeing Board of Bolton
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Escaped prisoner walked out of jail to see mum
A PRISONER who went on the run after learning his mother was ill with cancer has been sentenced to a further six weeks behind bars. Bolton Crown Court heard Dean Worthington had been serving a two year jail term for burglary and theft at HM Prison
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Maker of legal cannabis product hits out at problems selling oil
THE Boltonian behind the first North West company to produce legal cannabis has hit out at the problems faced selling the product. Lancashire osteopath Nick Tofalos has set up CBD One, a company selling cannabis oil. A former drama teacher
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Music and dance trust set up in memory of Olivia Campbell-Hardy
A TRUST has been set up honouring the memory of Olivia Campbell-Hardy, who was killed in the arena attack. Liv's Trust CIO will help support under 25s across Greater Manchester who have an interest in musical or dance education. Steve Goodman, Olivia
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How couple was rescued from clutches of Hurricane Irma thanks to connections back home
A COUPLE who were in Florida to celebrate their silver wedding anniversary when Hurricane Irma struck relied on their Bolton connections to survive the giant storm.John and Grainne Bradford were forced to flee their hotel in Miami Beach when the government
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Diana Vickers: 'I want to concentrate on acting'
SHE’S won a West End theatre award, had both a number one single and album, appeared in a number of high profile shows around the UK and yet Diana Vickers still has to prove herself.Now 26, the Accrington-born star admits that to may people she’ll forever
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Party on! 'Fexit and Kexit' group officially registered by the Electoral Commission
THE borough’s newest political movement has taken an important step in its bid to become a force at the ballot box.Farnworth and Kearsley First has been officially registered as a political party by the Electoral Commission.The group applied in July after
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"He has been so strong and such a fighter" - Tributes paid to Kyle Buckley who has died after four-year battle with rare form of cancer
MUM Carol Buckley said her brave son Kyle had been an inspiration after he lost his four-year battle with cancer yesterday.Kyle, aged 12, died with his family at his side at home at 5am yesterday. He had been fighting the rare muscle tissue cancer Alveolar
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INSIDE WANDERERS: Why the end of embargo won't mean a free-for-all
ANYONE expecting Phil Parkinson to go on a big shopping spree now Wanderers are finally out of embargo is going to be disappointed.We all rejoiced this week when the club confirmed it was free of the restrictions which had been in place for 630 miserable
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Parkinson hopes for brighter future at Wanderers after embargo is lifted
PHIL Parkinson admits the timing of Wanderers’ emergence from transfer embargo could hardly be better as his side face Ipswich Town this afternoon.News of the EFL’s decision to relax restrictions has been greeted with widespread relief at the Macron but
