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A number of roads will be closed in coming days whilst manhole repairs take place.

A CONMAN who dressed himself in a high viz jacket and swindled a vulnerable disabled man out of cash has been jailed for 21 months.

A CONMAN swindled and threatened a disabled Bolton pensioner just weeks after he was released from prison for doing the same to another victim.

Christmas is coming to Bolton in the form of markets and Santa sleighs.

A TRIBUTE night in memory of Boltons funniest man will be held tomorrow night.

Police spotted a black Ford Focus in Gaskell Street off Chorley Old Road. The driver tried to escape from police patrols where it was chased into Johnson Fold. The car was then abandoned in Shackleton Grove where the driver tried to escape of foot, police say. Police used GMP dogs to chase the driver where they were detained on Knott Lane. Police say the car was therefore seized with the driver also arrested. A GMP Traffic spokesman said: "Ford Focus sighted Gaskell Street. Makes of...

A LIFELONG Bolton Wanderer’s fan has recreated the Burnden Park ground on a video game in memory of the 33 people who died in the ‘forgotten disaster’ of 1946. Matthew Rushton, 25, from Johnson Fold, came up with the idea last year after finding out his great-grandfather attended the tragedy that day. Thirty-three Bolton Wanderers fans were crushed to death, and another 400 injured, in the FA Cup sixth round tie between Bolton and Stoke City - making it Britain’s deadliest stadium...

TRIBUTES have poured in for Vera Latham of Bolton, who passed away on February 18 at the age of 92.

THE family of a Bolton teenager who suffers from a crippling skin condition are raising money for a summer house and hot tub to aid with his…

VOLUNTEERS from across Bolton embarked on a huge clean-up of a local nature reserve after The Bolton News highlighted the problems anti-social behaviour was causing at the popular county park. And the chairman of the friends group which looks after it praised The Bolton News War on Litter campaign which is urging people to keep Bolton tidy so people can enjoy a cleaner, greener place to live. In recent months Seven Acres County Park in Breightmet has been targeted by young vandals, who...