Bolton trampolining prodigy hopes £2K boost will bounce him to Florida tournament
A Bolton trampolining teen star is using crowdfunding to keep his Olympic dream alive – as his mum looks for £2,000 to send him to Florida.
Alan Henning memorial: Murdered aid worker ’embodied more Islamic values than all of Isis’
Religious and city leaders across Salford united to pay a touching tribute to murdered aid worker Alan Henning last night.
Battle of the brides: Lesbian couples in running for Manchester magazine’s Wedding of the Year award
Two lesbian couples are in the running for the regional title of Wedding of the Year, awarded by Manchester Wedding Magazine.
Bolton white goods business that rose from £1 pub bet to billion-pound enterprise expands into Europe
Billion-pound Bolton based company AO world is expanding to Europe six months ahead of schedule
Rare reaction killed Bolton Olympic star during routine operation that ‘is safer than driving on motorway’
A Bolton Olympic athlete unexpectedly died on a hospital operating table while undergoing a routine operation to ensure she couldn’t have any children – after suffering an ‘extraordinarily rare’ reaction.
Smiles better elsewhere? Trafford named happiest in Greater Manchester as region falls below UK average
It’s all doom and gloom across Greater Manchester as new statistics claim the region is below the UK average for happiness and life satisfaction.
‘Stop playing God’: Dogs’ Home fire boosts Bolton petition calling for tougher sentences on animal cruelty
An online petition calling for tougher prison sentencing against acts of animal cruelty is gathering pace in the wake of the fire at Manchester Dogs’ Home.
Do you have a dog? Bolton woman quizzed in 999 mix-up as heart attack husband’s life hung in the balance
A Bolton wife who dialled 999 as her husband was suffering a near-fatal heart attack was told to call the NHS’s non-emergency 111 service – where an operator asked her ‘do you have a dog?’.
Nitrous oxide investigation: Three Bolton clubbers hospitalised after inhaling ‘laughing gas’
Two men and a woman were admitted to the Royal Bolton Hospital after inhaling nitrous oxide and were said to be ‘recovering well’.
Student ‘dissatisfaction’ sees Manchester Uni slump two places in Times league table
Lancaster pipped The University of Manchester to the crown of the best university in the North West region, according to The Times and The Sunday Times annual Good University Guide 2015.
Finance watchdog warns customers to stop paying trio of Bolton debt firms – or say goodbye to your cash
A finance watchdog has warned 2,500 customers to stop paying three Bolton debt firms – or face losing their money.