Joe Harrigan

Reporter at Newsquest

Reporter for East Lancashire

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Articles

The names and faces of Bolton's most wanted

3 days ago | theboltonnews.co.uk | Joe Harrigan

5 1/1 Every week Greater Manchester Police ask readers of The Bolton News for help to find wanted suspects. THOMAS ROBERTS, 34, is wanted on recall to prison. DARREN WELSH, 54, is wanted on recall to prison. MOHAMMED KHAN, 43, is wanted on recall to prison. LEON TOTTEN, 34, is is wanted on recall to prison.
Former pub could be demolished to make way for major development

3 days ago | theboltonnews.co.uk | Joe Harrigan

4 1/1 A shuttered former pub could be set to be demolished with a new care home built in its place. If approved, the former Cotton Kier pub at The Valley Leisure Park in Eagley Brook Way, which closed in September 2023 after serving the public for nearly 24 years, will be demolished. In its place, a 66-bedroom residential care home for older people will be built.
Bolton financial firm taken over after finding 'right fit for the business'

3 days ago | theboltonnews.co.uk | Joe Harrigan

This comes after Chorley New Road based Whitewell Financial Planning was acquired by Sale based Suttons Independent Financial Advisors. The Bolton firm was founded back in 2008 by Phil O’Conner and now manages nearly £40M worth of clients’ assets, providing financial planning, investment and retirement advice. Mr O’Conner said: “There was interest from a number of parties, but I felt Suttons was the right fit for the business.
'Beautiful' new outdoor space created at historic youth club

3 days ago | theboltonnews.co.uk | Joe Harrigan

4 1/1 A “beautiful communal space” has been created outside Bolton’s most historic youth club by a group of dedicated volunteers. The 25 Virgin Media O2 volunteers started off with a simple garden tidy up outside Bolton Lads and Girls Club on Spa Road before moving on to a full-scale transformation.
Giraffe mask clad married couple tried to murder stepmother in 'frenzied attack'

3 days ago | theboltonnews.co.uk | Joe Harrigan

4 1/1 A husband and wife who were tracked down to Bolton after a “calculated and frenzied attack” on the man’s stepmother have been jailed. Wasif Hussain, 21, and wife Nabela Tabassum, 19, wore giraffe masks and attacked the woman with a knife and hammer at her home in Kings Norton, Birmingham on January 29 last year. The pair then fled the West Midlands, but police officers tracked them down to Bolton in the early hours of the following morning.
Major cash investment announced to 'clean up the borough'

4 days ago | theboltonnews.co.uk | Joe Harrigan

2 1/1 New street sweepers are set to be deployed across Bolton as part of a major cash injection to “clean up the borough.” This comes after a council budget meeting earlier this year approved plans to invest around £300,000 into its environmental services budget. At a meeting, the council cabinet member for the environment and climate change Cllr Richard Silvester approved using the money to recruit six new members of staff.
Murder suspect says he 'only threw three punches' at mother's ex-partner

4 days ago | theboltonnews.co.uk | Joe Harrigan

2 1/1 A murder suspect claims he “only threw three punches” at his mother’s ex-partner before he was later found fatally injured.
'Major parks and play areas' in line for £100,000s worth of repairs and improvements

4 days ago | theboltonnews.co.uk | Joe Harrigan

3 1/1 Three of Bolton’s biggest parks are set to benefit from £360,000 worth of investment between them. The money was allocated as part of Bolton Council’s budget earlier this year and is set to go to Moss Bank Park, Queens Park and Moses Gate Country Park along with various others.
Speed sign still flashing at 'school which has been closed for six years!'

4 days ago | theboltonnews.co.uk | Joe Harrigan

2 1/1 A speed limit sign is still flashing outside a school that has been closed for six years, town hall heard. At full meeting of Bolton Council earlier this week heard how flashing signs showing speed limits of 20mph were being seen at schools outside normal times and at weekends. The signs have usually been intended to slow down traffic during times of the day when pupils have been going to and from school.
Three men in court ahead of major 'preparing acts of terrorism' trial

4 days ago | theboltonnews.co.uk | Joe Harrigan

3 1/1 Three men have appeared in court ahead of a major trial into an alleged terrorist plot connected with police raids in Bolton. Walid Saadaoui, 38, Bilel Saadaoui, 36, and Amar Hussein, 52, were all charged with terrorism related offences last year in connection with a suspected plot in the North West of England. The three men have appeared before Birmingham Crown Court for a hearing ahead of a trial expected to take place this autumn.