Did you witness a robbery in the Dukinfield area of Tameside? Police are appealing for information after a man threatened staff at Martins Bakery in King Street on Saturday 20 April 2019. Shortly after 2:30pm the offender entered the shop with a knife and demanded
A former Leicestershire Police Special Constable who threatened to burn down a family’s house has had his sentence increased after intervention by the Solicitor General, Robert Buckland QC MP. Shahib Asan, 23, engaged in a lengthy course of threatening conduct towards former family friends. This
Free sanitary products will be offered to girls in all primary schools in England from early next year, under plans announced today by the Department for Education. The Government committed to provide access to free sanitary products in England’s secondary schools and colleges in last
GOOD Friday will see firefighters from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) join Bolton Mountain Rescue Team to help keep people safe and prevent moorland fires from breaking out. Crew members will be present in Rivington on Friday, April 19, 2019, talking to members
A new website dedicated to mental health services for young people in Bolton was launched this week. The microsite has been co-produced by NHS Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Bolton’s Healthy Minds Youth Project, and aims to combat the stigma around mental health. Healthy Minds Youth
An academic from The University of Manchester has won a 2019 Guardian University Award – which recognise the inspiring and groundbreaking projects that UK universities have worked on in the past year – for her website exploring the untold stories of the migrants who have
Classic cinema meets high octane contemporary action. Local Sheffield-based independent film maker, Theo Cane Garvey, is set to screen his new feature film, Unit Eleven, for cast, crew and press, this April. The much anticipated film is a tour-de-force of gritty, self-financed cinema, and is
A Salford man has been jailed after sexually assaulting and raping a girl. It can now be reported that Lee Hodgins, (29/05/73), of Walker Road, Eccles, was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court Crown Square on Monday 18 March 2019 to 11 years in prison. He
The full list of political parties and individual candidates for Salford’s local elections has been published today. Candidates will stand for one seat in each of Salford’s 20 wards with a total of 104 candidates standing. Returning Officer, Jim Taylor said: “This is an opportunity
Bolton College and Bolton Wanderers Community Trust (BWCT) have forged an exciting partnership that will bring an elite Football Academy to young people in the North West. From today, 15 to 18 year olds can apply at Bolton College for a full-time place at the