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PLANS for 255 homes on mostly green belt sites along with a £2.6m restoration of the Bolton and Bury Canal have been unanimously thrown out.

A SECTION of motorway has been closed in Bolton due to a "police incident."

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DRIVER: Louie Cheetham A DRINK driver who nipped to the shops to buy cigarettes led police on an 80mph van chase through the streets. Louie Cheetham tried to escape officers after they spotted a Transit Connect as it accelerated aggressively on Manchester Road, Bolton, in the early hours of May 30. Mark Stephenson, prosecuting, told Bolton Crown Court how the van pulled into a petrol station but then drove away fast towards Farnworth. Instead of stopping when police activated their blu...

Professor Paul Salveson is a historian and writer and lives in Bolton. He is visiting professor in ‘Worktown Studies’ at the University of Bolton and author of several books on Lancashire history For thousands of Bolton children it was the most exciting time of the year, at least next to Christmas. ‘Bolton Holidays’ – or ‘Wakes Week’ - in the 1950s and 1960s was the fortnight when Bolton emptied, with thousands of families heading for the Lancashire seaside resorts, mostly Bla...

AREAS and venues in Bolton popular with young people have been linked to a higher than average number of coronavirus cases.

THE sacrifice made by Alice Thomasson will be honoured in a monument to the fallen. Alice a resident of Moses Gate who in 1917 determined that ‘she wanted to do her bit’ for the war effort was the only woman from Bolton to die in active service in World War One. The Friends of Moses Gate received the green light from planners to create the monument at Moses Gate Triangle, junction of Egerton Street and Bolton Road. The structure will be dedicated to those from the area who served in...

CHILDREN at a nursery in Kearsley will benefit from a new outdoor area thanks to the brilliant efforts of the local community. Around 15 volunteers came together to create a forest school area for toddlers at Grosvenor Nursery School and Day Care Centre. All materials were donated by local groups to the new forest garden - a part of the nursery which has been void for years due to lack of funding and manpower. Daniel Eden, a parent governor, said: “There were people from Friends of Gr...

Old English bulldog Violet A MAN has been left "devastated" after his dog was stolen from his temporary home in Bolton. Thieves broke into Bodeane Rostrons temporary caravan home on Atkinson Farm on Chorley New Road at around 2.30pm on Thursday and took his old English bulldog Violet. Since then Mr Rostron, 35, has been searching desperately for his beloved dog and has been told that Violet, who is aged months and has a lilac tri merle colour, has been moved to several locations and has b...

The site has been subject to a number of police operations in recent weeks. Police have been contacted for a response. Emergency vehicles were lined up outside the Gypsy and Traveller Site in Hall Lane, near to Moses Gate Country Park, and a helicopter was also scrambled. It is understood police were carrying out a search of the campsite. Police search travellers site on April 11, 2020 One resident who didnt want to be named said: "I saw the police at 3pm and there were a lot more...