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Who should go on Bolton’s new mural? Residents pick favourites — and 1 name dominates
Bolton certainly has more than its fair share of ‘notable’ figures, past and present.
Giant art pieces depicting beloved figures from the borough are about to be commissioned to brighten up the town centre ...
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A look back at life of legendary steeplejack Fred Dibnah amid calls for a mural
With calls growing for Bolton’s “famous son” Fred Dibnah to be honoured in new town centre murals, we’re taking a look back ...
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People living in Barrow–in–Furness and Lancaster have some of the most distinctive accents in the North of England. Despite being just 35 miles apart, people living in these towns sound surprisingly ...
The new T20 Blast contract which Liam Livingstone signed with Lancashire will keep him with the team for three years but it will end his first-class cricket career. He spent the past three years on an ...
Three pieces of public art reflecting a town’s storied past are to be installed. Planners in Bolton are set to approve plans this week for three sculptures in Westhoughton, paid for by developers. The ...
Meg Lanning, Australia's former captain, has joined Lancashire for this summer's Women's Vitality Blast. Lanning, 33, retired from international cricket in 2023, having captained Australia to five of ...
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Voices of the Victorians analysed in new Lancaster University research about northern accent development
The Barrow-in-Furness accent is very different from the rest of Lancashire and Cumbria because of an intense mixing and rapid population change in the late 1800s, says new research by Lancaster ...
Lancashire’s Labour MPs have called on Reform UK to guarantee that five care homes whose futures the party appeared to secure this week will not be privatised. Did you know with a Digital Subscription ...
Government plans to slash the number of police forces must not damage the relationship between local communities and the officers who serve them, the man who oversees Lancashire Constabulary has ...
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