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Youths suspected of starting fire outside old school
YOUTHS are suspected of breaking into an old school and then making a fire with various materials they found inside.Firefighters were called to the former Eden Boys School, in Cotton Street, Halliwell, just before 2pm today.They tackled a blaze outside
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PICTURES: Kearsley Scarecrow Festival: Which one was your favourite?
FAMILIES went on the trail of more than 130 straw people at this year’s Kearsley Scarecrow Festival. The event, now in its third year, featured an array of imaginative creations from residents, businesses, organisations and schools, dotted all
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WATCH: Families gather to see hundreds of butterflies being released in town centre
FAMILIES winged into Victoria Square this afternoon to watch hundreds of butterflies being released into the Bolton sky. Butterfly breeder Ray Sandiford brought along 300 red admirals to be set free outside the town hall. Mr Sandiford, from
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FULL STORY: Volunteers make gruesome discovery in park
A GROUP of conservation volunteers have told how they found what they believe to be human remains in a Bolton park. Members of Bolton North East Wildlife Trail (NEWT) were carrying out work in Leverhulme Park this morning when they made the discovery
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AS IT HAPPENED: Reports of 'human remains' in park
4:51pm We're going to close our live blog now. Keep an eye on the website for more updates. Here is a full round-up
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Little Lever boxer Jack Cullen makes it seven wins in seven pro fights
LITTLE Lever boxer Jack Cullen took his professional record to seven wins in seven fights on Saturday night.Middleweight Cullen, aged 23 and nicknamed Little Lever’s Meat Cleaver, beat Callum Ide with a technical knockout on the same Manchester Arena
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PLAYER RATINGS: Wanderers 0 Brentford 3
MATCH ratings and statistics from Saturday's 3-0 home defeat for Wanderers at the hands of fellow strugglers Brentford.WANDERERS (3-4-1-2)BEN ALNWICK 7REECE BURKE 4 DAVID WHEATER 6MARK BEEVERS 5MARK LITTLE 5JEM KARACAN 4JOSH CULLEN 4.5ANTONEE ROBINSON
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PICTURES: 100+ images from Wanderers home game against Brentford
WANDERERS set a new club record after a sixth game without a goal. The Whites now sit bottom of the Championship table without a win in their first nine outings. Heres all the action.
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Gun recovered in street after man thrown from car
POLICE have recovered a gun after a man was thrown out of a car.Officers were called to Kershaw Street, Bury, at around 4.20pm today (Saturday) to a report that a man sitting in the driver’s seat of a dark 4x4 car had a gun.It was reported to officers
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Warning attacks on firefighters could cost lives after substantial increase
FIREFIGHTERS in Greater Manchester have faced a 'substantial increase' in attacks whilst attending emergency incidents in 2017. People are also being warned not to make hoax calls to the fire services as it occupies time of valuable resources that
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ALAN HOUGHTON’S FAN’S VIEW: Bolton Wanderers 0 Brentford 3
IT seemed unusually quiet as we made our way down to the Macron.The Doombar deliberations were not so much full of tension as apprehension.We’ve made yet another poor start to the season but performances, if not results, have been improving recently with
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Wanderers running the rule over ex-Manchester United target
WANDERERS ran the rule over ex-Watford striker Ogo Obi again yesterday – and could offer him a permanent deal at the Macron. The 19-year-old was released at Vicarage Road in the summer but scored for David Lee’s Under-23s on Monday against Bristol
