If that formula is used to set next year’s fare increase, the cost of train travel will jump by 5.8%. Pressure group Railfuture recently told the PA news agency “it would be outrageous” if fares even ...

Atherton’s Olympic 800 metres champion Keely Hodgkinson admits she has found it “upsetting” to be out of action for more than a year.

The watchdog said the ad was likely to reinforce the offensive racial stereotype that black skin was problematic and that ...

The Hare and Hounds in Ramsbottom has been kitted out just in time for the new soccer season. The popular Greene King pub on Bolton Road West has had a six-figure refurbishment, transforming it inside ...

The NHS is encouraging more men to consider a career in nursing. Duncan Burton, Chief Nursing Officer for England, has encouraged male students to consider nursing and not be put off by outdated ...

A concerned farmer has issued a stark warning after witnessing scores of young people jumping from a bridge into dangerously shallow water ...

Toni is petitioning the government to change the law, so that parents of a disabled child who lacks capacity will automatically keep their right to advocate when they turn 18. As of the time of ...

More than 100 families have been helped by the annual free school uniform giveaway which took place on Monday and Tuesday.

Nearly £4M worth of works are set to being to restore a historic town hall building. Bolton Council announced this week that people passing by Westhoughton Town Hall on Market Street will soon be ...

Ramsbottom Concert Orchestra is looking for a narrator or actor to perform Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf at their concert on November 13, 2025. Rehearsals resume on Thursday, September 4, at ...

Astley Hall has been named a finalist in the 2026 Visit Lancashire Tourism Awards. The popular attraction, along with its Coach House and Park, has been shortlisted in the Small Visitor Attraction ...

Bolton Wanderers boss Steven Schumacher has looked back at his whirlwind introduction to life at the club with an opening match at Reading.