The University of Greater Manchester, formerly the University of Bolton, has ranked 102nd out of 130 in the UK, according to recent figures ...

The family of a young woman who died on a mental health ward have raised concerns over her care. Jodie Leigh Bailey was just 25 years old when she died on Valentine's Day in 2022. Ms Bailey was ...

Fatalities on the roads of Bolton are reducing, but there is still more work to be done. Greater Manchester Police set up Operation Classify at the beginning of 2024, which aims to reduce serious and ...

The Horwich Clean Up brigade relies on donations from the public and so enlisted the help of United Utilities, which supplies water to the whole North West for help. The volunteers met with United ...

Plans for a new house in Blackrod have been approved – nearly 20 years after being rejected. The plan for the two storey house beside 462 Manchester Road, Blackrod, was put before the planning ...

The owner of a bungalow in suburban Chorley has been told they can demolish and replace their home with a wider and taller version – in spite ...

BBC crews will be filming in Blackburn Road, between Darwen and Bolton, on Wednesday (June 18). A spokesperson for Blackburn with Darwen Roads said a sign labelled "Welcome to Cumbria" will be erected ...

Banking on Climate Chaos report found a shift in direction after fossil fuel financing had been decreasing over the previous four years.

G7 leaders have described Iran as “the principal source of regional instability and terror” as conflict rages in the Middle East. The conflict between Israel and Iran has been top of the agenda at the ...

Bolton Council has applied to a court to enforce a notice on a group of Travellers residing on a leisure centre car park.

Continuing our occasional reminder of some of Bolton’s ‘lost’ pubs, this photo is from March 1993 and shows The Duke on Deane Road in ...

Pensioners took to the town centre to show “the best of Bolton” in support struggling carers. The campaign by the Bolton and District Pensioners Association marked National Carers Week, aiming to ...