The Latest Breaking News from Bolton

Sophie Willan's real-life Bolton childhood experience with drug addiction that inspired hit BBC show

“I found being from my background and experience has a glass ceiling"

Manchester Evening News · Feb 16, 2022

Police investigating attempted rape of woman in hotel are looking for this man

The woman met up with the offender in Bolton town centre before the attack, police said

Manchester Evening News · Feb 16, 2022

Amir Khan vs Kell Brook: Where will Saturday’s grudge match be won and lost?

Bolton-born Khan and Sheffield’s Brook go head to head in Manchester this weekend.

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2022

Bolton snowboard star Huw Nightingale explains why leaves Winter Olympic debut with head held high

Nightingale, 20, finished sixth alongside world champion Charlotte Bankes in Saturday's bonkers boardercross event

Manchester Evening News · Feb 13, 2022

Seaside resort for ‘Bolton holiday people’ blighted by a shooting, dodgy fortune tellers and escaped monkeys

Tourists flocked to the Figure of Eight Park, but ‘bad smells’, gun drama and the arrest of a ‘fish oil stained’ man led to its demise

Manchester Evening News · Feb 13, 2022

'There is misery and uncertainty': Bolton Ukrainian community's fears for friends and family amid rising Russia tension

An emergency appeal has been set up to try and raise funds for medicines, food and other resources for families in Ukraine.

Manchester Evening News · Feb 12, 2022

Bolton Ryder Cup one step closer to reality as prestigious rival venue pulls out of the running

The Government are set to submit a bid to the European Tour in April

Manchester Evening News · Feb 11, 2022

Snowboard star Huw Nightingale pinpoints positives after memorable Winter Olympic debut

Nightingale, from Bolton, revelled in his maiden outing on the Beijing slopes and is already setting his sights on Milano Cortina in four years' time

Manchester Evening News · Feb 11, 2022

The two crumbling Greater Manchester hospitals that were 'fit for the Victorians... but not fit for us'

"You can't just retrofit buildings like that. They need fundamentally rebuilding if you're going to make them workable"

Manchester Evening News · Feb 11, 2022

Shopkeeper 'tries to flee' as police find 1,000s of cigarettes shop's electric drop-down hidey hole

Officers raided two shops in Bolton yesterday

Manchester Evening News · Feb 11, 2022