Maxine Wolstenholme

A QUALIFIED teacher of the visually impaired from Bolton, who developed an immersive workshop has won a Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) See Differently Award.

BOLTON Lads and Girls Club is trying to find local youngsters who have become “hidden” in society without work or support to offer them a way forward.

THERE was no stopping celebrations as people got on board to mark Lancashire Day.

CHILDREN and young people who had sacrificed some of their favourite things to help fund a new church building have decided to divert their funds to a greater cause — helping students who lost their belongings and their homes in the flats fire.

A GMP officer has paid tribute to his assistance dogs after a severe spinal injury while on duty left him with chronic pain.

MOST children in Bolton have been writing and rewriting their Christmas lists, dreaming of what will fill their stockings this Christmas. However, for many children in the area the day is not so joyous as reality sets in that there will be no presents under their tree.

BOLTON Lever Rotary Club and company Safestore have teamed up in a bid to get people to donate good quality, unwanted coats to keep the homeless and vulnerable warm this Christmas.

At the council the Conservatives have decided to combine two sets of monies, unwisely in my opinion.

IT'S time for brews and bacon butties again at Trinity Methodist Church in Bury Road, Tonge Fold.

A FOOTBALL club chairman has bemoaned the “nightmare location” of the council-owned pitch where they play matches.