A NUMBER of overgrown trees are to be completely removed this autumn on the council estate. The trees will be felled as part of a new scheme to manage trees that have got to big for the estate. Your street is affected by the work, and here we list which trees will get the chop. [...]

The road surface on Hindley Road has been resurfaced at long last. Your Liberal Democrat team had received numerous complaints about the terrible condition of the road surface from Wearish Lane to the Wigan boundary. Bolton Council finally agreed to carry out work and now the new road surface has been finished. Ward councillor Julia [...]

THE grass has been cut again on Hunts Bank after your Liberal Democrat councillors complained about the poor state grass cutters had left it in. We wrote to you the other day to tell you how we were shocked by the appalling state of the grass, and the mountain of cuttings that had been left [...]

The Cross Guns pub has reopened.

Grass cutting on Hunts Bank is shabby and appalling, says Liberal Democrat councillor David Wilkinson. Our photos published today show just what a mess Bolton’s Labour-run Council has made of cutting the grass verges outside the flats. The grass had grown quite long because of scaffolding which had been placed on the homes of residents. [...]

When Bolton Council replaced a decaying street sign for Hunts Bank, residents were shocked to find that they spelt the name WRONG. The council had spelt the street name as one word – “Huntsbank” – but after the mistake being pointed out by your Liberal Democrat councillors the signs were corrected. Ward councillor David Wilkinson [...]

Several new street lighting schemes have been introduced across a number of Westhoughton’s streets. Brand new lights have been installed on the following roads: Wigan Road at Hart Common Back Hart Street at Hart Common Coverdale Road Alma Road Bamber Croft The Liberal Democrat team has been campaigning for a number of years to see [...]

The yellow and white lines on Church Street and some side street junctions have been repainted by the council. The work was carried out after a request by Councillor Julia Silvester’s Liberal Democrat team as they had badly faded in parts. Julia said: “They look much better now, and will big a big help for [...]

A massive overhaul of the waste collection service will affect every home in Bolton from this month. Now Westhoughton’s household waste bins will all be collected on the same day – Mondays. Residents are to be informed by letter and leaflets will be stuck to bins informing people of the decision which comes into effect [...]

This Saturday the Liberal Democrats will be returning to Bournemouth for what will be our last Autumn conference before the General Election. We will be making it clear that if people want things to be different, really different, they should choose the party that is different – our Party, the Liberal Democrats. There’s only one party [...]