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Live coverage of the local election 2024 results at Bolton Council through the night.
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Joe Harrigan was appointed chief reporter of The Bolton News in 2022 having previously been a senior reporter for the same title. He specialises in covering crime and court, Bolton Council and in-depth special reports and investigations. Joe was previously a reporter for the Lancashire Telegraph, covering Blackburn with Darwen, Accrington, Pendle and Burnley and has trained with the BBC Shared Data Unit. He also writes for the Bury Times, Oldham Times and Messenger Newspapers.
Joe Harrigan was appointed chief reporter of The Bolton News in 2022 having previously been a senior reporter for the same title. He specialises in covering crime and court, Bolton Council and in-depth special reports and investigations. Joe was previously a reporter for the Lancashire Telegraph, covering Blackburn with Darwen, Accrington, Pendle and Burnley and has trained with the BBC Shared Data Unit. He also writes for the Bury Times, Oldham Times and Messenger Newspapers.
Live coverage of the local election 2024 results at Bolton Council through the night.
Bolton’s new £40M medical institute has “come to life” with building work now finished.
A Bolton MP has urged the government to stop “carnage” in Gaza by pressing Israel not to attack what should have been a “safe zone.”
A drug dealer was caught with cocaine and heroin despite being arrested and released under investigation “not once, not twice” but three times.
A man has been arrested in connection with Class A drug dealing after police raided a house earlier today.
Two men were arrested amid a police investigation into “large scale drug supply” and “organised crime.”
A string of burglaries has been reported in the early hours of the morning last weekend.
Students at the University of Bolton have created a new trail of art works at one of the region’s most well-loved outdoor retreats.
A man who stabbed his ex-partner to death in front of her two children had been in the country “illegally for over 20 years.”
Every week police ask readers of The Bolton News for help to find wanted suspects.
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