A Royal Navy veteran is on a mission to find every war grave in the borough and honour his fallen comrades. Ian Thomas, 59, is the chairman of the Bolton Royal Naval Association and came up with the ...

Church Street cuts a long way through the eastern side of Westhoughton and is lined with several houses and businesses. Cllr Wilkinson said that the road needed to be “properly filled in” to make sure ...

A teenager stabbed a man with a “significant kitchen blade” just months after being released under investigation in connection with a ...

Fran Ireland, 45, from Ramsbottom, was on a trip to Turkey in 2022 when her partner and two daughters noticed an unusual mole on her upper body ...

US President Donald Trump said that Israel has agreed on terms for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza and warned Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen. Mr Trump announced the development on ...

Cameras fitted in offenders’ homes and “smell detectors” to catch out drug use in and outside of prison could be introduced as new technology to monitor criminals and curb reoffending. Tech companies ...

Sir Keir Starmer will face a grilling from MPs on Wednesday as he attempts to repair relations with his backbenchers.

The number of NHS operations carried out in private hospitals or clinics has hit a record high, according to new analysis. Data from the Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) show that ...

Childhood obesity has risen to “alarming” levels, academics have said as they called for action to prevent unhealthy lifestyles setting in among babies and toddlers. Experts said that a child’s ...

Compensation payments will increase up to tenfold from July 2 for problems such as low pressure, disruptions to supply or sewer flooding.

Europe sizzled in its first major heatwave of the summer on Tuesday, as Barcelona recorded its hottest June in more than a ...