Plans have been submitted to open up a fast food take away on Church Street. The application is for the vacant shop next door to the Washeteria and opposite the greengrocers. The applicant – Mrs Shoshtari from Bury – has claimed the shop as been empty for two years and no one wants to use [...]

People in Bolton are being given the chance to raise public transport issues face-to-face with the managers responsible for running their services this weekend. Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA) is hosting a Transport Operator Surgery on the central platform of the town’s Moor Lane Bus Station on Saturday 2 February, between 11am and 1pm.

Plans for a new car park for Daisy Hill railway station have been delayed AGAIN. The new car park, which is desperately needed to alleviate pressure on Mabel Street, has become the centre of a legal ping-pong game between Labour-run Bolton Council and the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA). The much-needed car park was [...]

New street lights have been installed on Peel Street, thanks to ward councillor David Wilkinson.

Plans for state-of-the art new cricket grounds in Westhoughton have been given the go-ahead.

Local campaigner David Wilkinson is demanding road safety improvements on Wigan Road. Residents who live on the road all the way from the Cricketer’s Way junction to the Westhoughton boundary at Hart Common are fed up with the speed and volume of traffic along the road. They have told David about the lack of any [...]

The market that was once the pride and joy of Westhoughton has been CUT IN HALF by Labour bosses. Half of it has become the biggest store cupboard in town… and it comes with a hefty price tag of £120,000. Under the latest plans by Labour town hall chiefs, half of the market is being [...]