Bolton MP defies own government over 'smoking ban' vote
A Bolton MP has opposed his own leader’s proposed “smoking ban” for anyone born after 2009.
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Joe Harrigan was appointed chief reporter of The Bolton News in 2022 having previously been a senior reporter for the same title. He specialises in covering crime and court, Bolton Council and in-depth special reports and investigations. Joe was previously a reporter for the Lancashire Telegraph, covering Blackburn with Darwen, Accrington, Pendle and Burnley and has trained with the BBC Shared Data Unit. He also writes for the Bury Times, Oldham Times and Messenger Newspapers.
Joe Harrigan was appointed chief reporter of The Bolton News in 2022 having previously been a senior reporter for the same title. He specialises in covering crime and court, Bolton Council and in-depth special reports and investigations. Joe was previously a reporter for the Lancashire Telegraph, covering Blackburn with Darwen, Accrington, Pendle and Burnley and has trained with the BBC Shared Data Unit. He also writes for the Bury Times, Oldham Times and Messenger Newspapers.
A Bolton MP has opposed his own leader’s proposed “smoking ban” for anyone born after 2009.
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A proposal to let a developer delay opening a new road around a major housing scheme has provoked objections.
Every week police ask readers of The Bolton News for help to find wanted suspects.
Just under nine in 10 Bolton children have been offered a place at their first-choice primary school.
Campaigners and trade unionists will come together in the heart of Bolton this month to commemorate people killed at work throughout the ages.
Bolton will be paying more than £20M over the next year for home and community care services, with the figure set to rise further still.
The rebuilding of a much-trailed bowling club could be include spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on a “whole new facility".
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