Labour’s handling of our waste has been described as a ‘farce’ by local councillor Julia Silvester. Julia has blasted Labour’s town hall chiefs for their mismanagement of bin collections in Bolton. They changed the system, which left thousands of people without a bin collection for WEEKS. The fiasco worsened when snowy and icy conditions swept [...]

GMPTE is advising passengers to expect disruptions to public transport services to continue today, due to the severe frost. Most bus services are operating, but main roads continue to be the best served routes. Metrolink services are running but with delays. Rail operators will continue to operate as full a service as possible. Disruptions in [...]

Several collection points have been set up around Westhoughton where refuse collectors will take your household rubbish as part of an emergency operation. It comes as bin lorries are unable to safely get around Westhoughton’s streets and so bin collections next Monday have been cancelled. The announcement comes quickly after Westhoughton South ward councillor David [...]

Frontline council services will continue to be disrupted throughout tomorrow (Thursday) because of the heavy snow that has fallen. Updates will be posted to this website when we get them, and to our Twitter and Facebook. You can also discuss the bin collections on the discussion board in Facebook. The council has issued the following [...]

Public transport is still being heavily disrupted throughout Greater Manchester, with the latest travel updates from 4.30pm posted below. GMPTE has issued a series of bulletins with the latest travel updates, which we have been posting on this page. Check back to our website throughout the day for more updates or go to www.gmpte.com LATEST [...]

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 [...]

  Residents and road users are being asked for their views on winter gritting in Bolton. In light of last winter’s difficult conditions, Bolton Council is reviewing its approach to gritting, and wants feedback on its service. A survey asking people for their views on the policy is available online at www.bolton.gov.uk/wintergritting or call the consultation and [...]