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Drivers reminded to ‘BAG IT, BIN IT!’ and keep roads tidy as the Olympic Torch comes to the UK

As the Olympic Torch relay gets underway this weekend, the Highways Agency is calling on road users to help tackle roadside litter and ensure that England’s motorways and major roads provide safe and pleasant journeys during the summer of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The Highways Agency will continue to clear up roadside litter in the run up to the Olympics and start of the torch relay and is asking road users and local residents to take pride in where they live and to dispose of their litter responsibly. Clearing litter from busy roads such as motorways puts workers at risk and costs money and time that could be far better spent.

Date published: 17/05/2012

Robbery at Bolton hotel

Hotel staff were threatened by men carrying weapons during a robbery in Bolton.

Shortly before 8.25pm on Sunday 13 May 2012, two men armed with an axe and knife entered the Travelodge on River Street, jumped over the reception counter and threatened two staff.

They stole a small amount of cash and escaped through a nearby subway and along Castle Street in the town...

Date published: 17/05/2012

Information wanted after fraud crimes

Police are appealing for information after a number of similar fraud crimes across Manchester.

At around 1pm on Wednesday 15 February 2012, a 40-year-old man was approached by two men as he walked through The Rock, Bury and was asked whether he wanted to buy an Iphone or laptop.

The victim sat inside a silver Vauxhall Vectra where he was shown both items and agreed a...

Date published: 17/05/2012

Tax refunds come early this year

Around three million taxpayers will start to receive tax refunds from next week, two months earlier than last year, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) confirmed today. This is because the annual reconciliation of Pay As You Earn (PAYE) for the tax year 2011/12 is starting earlier than ever before.

Up to 3.5 million taxpayers who have overpaid tax will receive an average repayment...

Date published: 14/05/2012

Farnworth Firefighters caught up in explosion in yard

AT 1.06am on Saturday 12th May 2012, fire crews from Farnworth station were sent to reports of a fire on Cross Street, Farnworth.

When the crews arrived they could see a fire in the yard area of a commercial premises. One crew scaled a wall to gain access to the yard and investigate the fire.

Unfortunately, shortly after, an explosion occurred and four fire-fighters...

Date published: 14/05/2012

Tyldesley man stabbed after party row - dies in hospital

The 23-year-old man was taken to hospital with stab injuries to his body, he died later.

He was attacked on Rutland Road just after 3am.

Police were called and discovered the victim with serious injuries.

The attack happened after the victim had been involved in an a row with another man outside a house on nearby Devon Road where a party was being held.

Date published: 11/05/2012

Bolton MP urges residents to take a free financial health check

Bolton West MP Julie Hilling has called on local residents to have a free financial health check from the Money Advice Service.

The Money Advice Service is a free, independent service, established by the government and funded by a levy on the financial services industry.

The service provides advice about managing debt, planning for retirement and features online tools to...

Date published: 11/05/2012

Bolton pallet manufacturer convicted after fingers severed

The 27-year-old lost three fingers on his left hand, down to the second knuckle, while working at Frank Hill Ltd on the Scot Lane Industrial Estate in Blackrod. The firm was prosecuted after a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found there was no guard on the saw and the worker had not received training on how to use it.

Manchester Crown Court heard the worker,...

Date published: 09/05/2012

Three-hundred people were evacuated from Debenhams in Manchester

THREE-hundred people were evacuated from Debenhams in Manchester City Centre this morning after a small fire broke out in the service area of the shop.

Three fire engines from Manchester Central and Salford were called to the Market Street store at 11.02am.

Crew Manager Don Roberts said: "A small fire had broken out to the electrical wiring of a circuit board in a...

Date published: 27/04/2012

Chip pan fire leaves woman in hospital

A Bolton woman has been taken to hospital after a chip pan fire in the early hours of this morning.

Fire crews from Bolton were called to Brookland Grove in Smithills at 3.57am but the fire was out when they arrived.

A 28-year-old woman, who was suffering from smoke inhalation, was given oxygen by trauma technicians while other firefighters carried out a Home Safety...

Date published: 27/04/2012

Police officer seriously injured following collision, Bolton

Police are appealing for witnesses after a road traffic accident in Bolton.

At 12.40am on Thursday 26 April 2012, a police officer in a marked police van was driving along Crompton Way, Bolton, responding to reports of a disturbance in Halliwell. Prior to the junction with Almond Street, the van collided with a tree.

An officer, responding to the same incident, saw...

Date published: 26/04/2012

Funeral of Jack Stanley takes place in Littleborough

The funeral of a British soldier who died more than two months after being injured in Afghanistan has been held in Greater Manchester.

Cpl Jack Stanley died on 8 April at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

The 26-year-old Queen's Royal Hussars' soldier, from Bolton, was wounded in a blast caused by a bomb on 3 February.

Cpl Stanley's funeral service was held at...

Date published: 26/04/2012

Rio Smedley: Man charged with Bolton toddler's murder

A man has been charged with murdering a two-year-old boy in Bolton. Daniel Rigby, of Somerset Avenue, Tyldesley, Wigan, has been charged with his murder.

Greater Manchester Police said a post-mortem examination found Rio had suffered severe abdominal injuries.

Greater Manchester Police said the 22-year-old was due to appear before Bolton Magistrates' Court on...

Date published: 26/04/2012

Fire crews called to overturned car

FIRE crews from Farnworth and Atherton were called to an overturned car on Manchester Road in Tyldesley at 6.33pm on Sunday, April 22.

When they arrived, a 31-year-old man, a 26-year-old woman and a nine-month-old baby had freed themselves from the car.

Crews made the car safe before Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service trauma technicians checked the baby, who was...

Date published: 26/04/2012

Bolton toddler murder probe - man quizzed

Detective Superintendent Jon Chadwick said: "The investigation is in the early stages and a dedicated team of detectives will be working to establish exactly what happened."

The toddler has been named locally as Rio Smedley. His mother Kirsty Smedley is said to be in her 20s and is pregnant by the man now under arrest, who is not the dead boy's father. She also has a...

Date published: 25/04/2012

Education reforms threaten food school food standards, says David Crausby MP

Local Member of Parliament David Crausby is calling for the Government to makes sure that standards for school meals are met across all types of school.

Regulations introduced in 2007 set out simple standards for school food and, in particular, required school lunches to positively contribute to a young person’s nutritional requirement. However, the Coalition Government...

Date published: 25/04/2012

Royal Bolton Hospital targets not met

Royal Bolton Hospital waiting time targets for accident and emergency patients have not been met, a health watchdog has found.

Monitor (indendent regulator) has asked the Bolton NHS Foundation Trust to produce an action plan to deliver "sustainable improvements".

A&E waiting times and delays in referrals for treatment were highlighted as two significant issues.

The...

Date published: 23/04/2012

Manchester - Pregnant dog and puppy stolen

A pregnant dog and another puppy worth thousands of pounds were stolen by heartless thieves during a break-in in Ringway.

It happened at their owner's home on Sunbank Lane in south Manchester between 1pm and 4.30pm on Friday 20 April 2012. The thieves are believed to have scaled the house and forced their way in through an upstairs window.

After ransacking the house,...

Date published: 23/04/2012

Bolton MP supports local bakeries in the fight against Pie Tax

David Crausby

Bolton North East MP David Crausby has added his name to a petition against the Government’s plan to charge VAT for freshly baked savoury food, including pies, pasties and sausage...

Date published: 22/04/2012

Wigan landlord sentenced over gas safety risk

A Wigan landlord has been prosecuted for putting the life of a tenant at risk by falsifying a gas safety document.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) took legal action against Terence McBride after it discovered he had changed the dates on the record for an annual gas safety check to suggest it was still valid.

Trafford Magistrates’ Court in Sale heard his tenant...

Date published: 22/04/2012

Robbers armed with a sledgehammer stole jewellery from a pawnbrokers in Leigh.

It happened at the Harvey and Thompson store on Bradshawgate at about 5.20pm on 12 April 2012.

Staff were locking up at the end of the day when three men wearing helmets and balaclavas arrived on a motorbike.

One of the men remained with the bike while the other two got off and used the sledgehammer to smash a glass panel in the door, given them access to the...

Date published: 21/04/2012

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