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RESIDENTS and councillors have called for action to tackle anti-vaxx graffiti that has been spotted around Bolton.

Scott Hill and the damage he caused A DRIVER smashed into two parked cars, leaving them write-offs, after leading police on a chase through residential streets at more than 90mph. Scott Hill fled across gardens and into a house but was tracked by the police helicopter and arrested. At Bolton Crown Court he asked to be jailed after telling Recorder Ciaran Rankin that he would be unable to comply with any community order. Recorder Rankin obliged and 29-year-old Hill, who smiled and laughed as he was led from the dock, was sentenced to 12 months in prison. Richard Haworth, prosecuting,...

The vaccination and testing drive continues in Bolton this weekend as the town battles back against the Delta variant of coronavirus.

ENHANCED testing will be rolled-out in Farnworth, Plodder Lane and Great Lever from this weekend to combat rising infection rates in the borough. Alongside the ongoing vaccination drive, enhanced testing is an essential part of the strategy to bring local rates under control. It requires everyone living, working or studying in a specific area, who does not already have symptoms, to take a Covid-19 test. Successful programmes have already focussed on Deane, Rumworth, Halliwell and Central Bolton. Teams will be out on Saturday delivering information leaflets on vaccination second dose...

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 You’d have to be of a certain age to remember Bolton’s ‘other’ railway, which ran from Great Moor Street station, now part of Morrison’s car park. It was the terminus for two lines – the Leigh and Kenyon Junction line, via Chequerbent, and the route to Manchester via Walkden and Little Hulton. The Leigh line opened as early as 1828 and pre-dates even the Liverpool and Manchest...