12+ hour, 23+ min ago   (518+ words) Residents are being urged not to let their guard down as darker nights return and winter approaches. The warning was issued at a neighbourhood watch meeting following a spate of break-ins in the area last year. Chris Oakes, chair of…...

22+ hour, 28+ min ago   (220+ words) Four people were injured following a crash at a Bolton roundabout which saw one car overturned on Sunday (September 13) afternoon. Emergency services were called to a roundabout at the junction of Chorley New Road and De Havilland Way in Horwich…...

4+ day, 29+ min ago   (387+ words) Bolton Council has issued an update following a traveller encampment appearing on a park, just weeks after a previous group left. The encampment arrived at New House Farm playing field, near Blenheim Road in Breightmet, at around 7.30 pm on Wednesday,…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (378+ words) Christopher Hoyle was brought before Bolton Crown Court (Image: Phil Taylor) A sex offender “took away a sense of innocence, trust and safety” from his then 17-year-old victim, lying about his age and name. Christopher Hoyle, now 38, denied his crimes…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (292+ words) A cordon was in place in Breightmet (Image: NQ) A man has been taken to hospital after a fire broke out at a ground-floor flat. The incident happened on Swinside Road in Breightmet, Bolton, at around 6pm on Wednesday, September 9, prompting…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (144+ words) A man has been fined and given penalty points for speeding. Patrick Hayhurst, of Crescent Avenue, Farnworth, was caught driving at 61mph in a 50mph zone on the A666 St Peter's Way Southbound, between Bradford Street and Raikes Lane off-slip, on Saturday, October…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (546+ words) An abusive father burned his six-year-old son with a lighter and spoon “to stop him sucking his thumb”, a court heard. The father, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his son, already had a record of violence…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (40+ words) LIVE - House cordoned by police after man left needing hospital treatment The Bolton News RECAP on updates as House in Breightmet cordoned off by police Our live feed has now finished. - This has been happening for the past few hours....

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (43+ words) RECAP - Area taped off at Bolton town centre supermarket with police on scene The Bolton News RECAP - Area taped off at Morrisons at Blackhorse Street Our live feed has now finished. - Police have currently taped off an area off Blackhorse…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (305+ words) A Bolton woman who made false rape allegations against 10 innocent men has had her prison sentence increased. Stacey Sharples, 31, from Farnworth, was originally sentenced to four years and six months in prison. But this was raised to seven years after…...