12+ hour, 26+ min ago   (384+ words) Bolton Music Service is again leading the way in ensuring young people across Greater Manchester enjoy all the benefits and joy of performing. Bolton Council has approved a £4,750,129 grant for music education provision across Greater Manchester. The Arts Council Music…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (247+ words) Jeremy Clarkson’s partner says his decision to go public with his prostate cancer diagnosis has helped thousands of people. The former Top Gear presenter is in remission after revealing on the latest series of Clarkson’s Farm that he had been…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (546+ words) Jeremy Clarkson and Sir Stephen Fry are among those who have called on the new Health Secretary to “change the story on prostate cancer” and review the rules on testing. The Clarkson’s Farm presenter, 66, is in remission after revealing on…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (563+ words) Bolton's Amy Nuttall has landed herself the lead part in a dark new TV thriller based on a best-selling Graham Norton novel. The former Emmerdale and Downton Abbey star will play Carol Crottie in Forever Home, a six-part Channel 5 series…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (760+ words) The red carpet will be rolled out as the curtain rises for Bolton International Film Festival's 10th anniversary this month. As the Venice Film Festival draws to a close, movie buffs will be flocking to the town or the BAFTA, BIFA…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (405+ words) People who wish to experience the joy of singing within a choir are invited to join Local Vocals. Local Vocals, based in Westhoughton, is open to anyone aged 16 and over who wants to experience singing in a welcoming environment. No…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (326+ words) A former Coronation Street star has landed a new role just months after departing the ITV soap. Daniel Brocklebank played vicar Billy Mayhew on Coronation Street from 2014 to 2026. Brocklebank appeared on the ITV soap for the final time earlier this…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1159+ words) Few convicts have crimes to their name so despicable as to have earned two separate life sentences years apart. But for Paul Sharpe, now 56, the murder of a young woman at the turn of the millennium was not enough. The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (184+ words) A village scarecrow festival returned in style this weekend with families and participants of all ages taking part. The Tockholes Scarecrow Festival has become one of the Lancashire village’s most popular annual events and this year proved no different, while…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (274+ words) With spooky season all but upon is, the East Lancashire Railway's annual Halloween GhostTrains are preparing to to take to the tracks. Ghouls and ghosts are making a spine-tingling return from October 29 – 31 October, with tickets now available to book. This…...