LATEST: The recent heavy snowfall has resulted in all bin collections for Westhoughton being suspended this week, the council has told us. This will mean that Westhoughton residents will have to wait until next week, on the 28th December, for a grey bin collection only. Recycling collections for beige and burgundy bins will commence on [...]

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 [...]

The green bin collection service in Bolton has been cut back by the Labour-run council. The Labour Executive Member on Bolton Council for Cleaner, Greener and Safer has decided to reduce the Green Bin collection for a third of the year, instead of fortnightly collections in December, January, February and March, there will a monthly [...]

Good news for environmentally-conscious women with discarded bras! There’s a new recycling point coming to the Bolton Road car park for all your unwanted bras. It’s Bolton Council’s latest idea to increase the recycling effort because research has found the average woman has 6 unused bras, perhaps because they are ill-fitting. A family-run company is [...]

Shutters on the Westhoughton offices of Bolton West MP Ruth Kelly have been pulled down in an embarassing u-turn. The new offices sparked controversy when shutters were put up over the windows – despite the Wilbraham Street location being in a conservation area. The shutters were removed after it was decided that enforcement action could [...]

The office of Bolton West MP Ruth Kelly is at the centre of a controversy – over new shutters that have been installed at the premises. Kelly’s office is in Wilbraham Street, at the junction of Wigan Road and Market Street, which falls within a conservation area.

Locals were left stunned when a huge fence was erected around a green field they overlooked. Residents of Collingwood Way have battled against developers who want to build houses on the green field site. But developers decided to put up the huge fence which spoils the view – and for no apparent reason.

Overgrown trees on Oxlea Grove and Greenfold Lane are to be removed finally. It comes after a long delay to the proposed work, which was first suggested back in 2006.