Dog graduates from fire service training academy

6:00am Wed 19 Jun 13

THE fire service’s latest four-legged recruit is now ready to help save lives after passing a rigorous testing…

Hero firefighter given his own specially brewed beer

7:00am Wed 19 Jun 13

HERO firefighter Steve Morris has been given his own specially brewed beer — to thank him for saving lives.

Runners paint hard-hitting messages on their bodies

7:00am Wed 19 Jun 13

BOLTON runners told cancer exactly what they thought of it — by posing for defiant photos in a bid to get more…

Historic Egyptian beauty inspires Bolton woman

7:00am Wed 19 Jun 13

LOOKING at a copy of the famous bust of Nefertiti in Bolton Museum’s Egyptology Department made Joyce Tyldesley…

Councillor to hold surgeries via Skype

7:00am Wed 19 Jun 13

IS there an issue in your neighbourhood that you would love to raise with your local councillor — but you cannot…

Woman tried to smuggle heroin into prison - in her pocket

6:00am Wed 19 Jun 13

A WOMAN tried to smuggle heroin into Forest Bank prison — by hiding it in her jeans pocket.

Multi-million pound new academy 'requires improvement'

6:00am Wed 19 Jun 13

AN academy has suffered a blow after the education watchdog told school bosses it needs to improve — only weeks…

Tesco 'committed' to building new supermarket in Little Lever

6:00am Wed 19 Jun 13

SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has dismissed rumours that plans to build a new store in Little Lever have been scrapped.

Police commissioner Tony Lloyd campaigns for Horwich election

6:00am Wed 19 Jun 13

VETERAN Labour politician and Greater Manchester crime commissioner Tony Lloyd hit the streets of Horwich in…

'I don't own a bike and I couldn't swim 50 metres - but I did an Olympic triathlon'

6:00am Wed 19 Jun 13

FEW people who cannot swim more than 50 metres and do not own a bike would think it was a good idea to sign up for…