Bolton Scene First Summer New

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Bolton Scene First Summer New
Bolton Scene
The council newspaper for the Bolton family
First
World War
Commemorations
www.bolton.gov.uk
Issue 130
Summer
Fun
Autumn 2014
New
Eygptian
Gallery
planned
Pages 6-7
Events boost economy
Page 3
Page 12
BOLTON’S international
events
bring in thousands
of visitors and pay
in millions to the
local economy.
This summer
events
such
as
Ironman UK; British
Trans- plant Games;
and Bolton Food and
Drink Festival are
part of the council’s
strategy for promoting the borough.
Businesses
from
hotels and restaurants
to shops and transport
companies all benefit
from extra visitors
coming to the borough
and town centre.
More
information
about
what
has
happened this summer
can be found on pages 67.
• Although
summer
may no longer be with
us, there’s still more
to come with the
Christmas
Lights
Switch
On
in
November.
SUMMER FUN: (Above) TV chef, John Torode was the star of
the show at the Bolton Food and Drink Festival. Resident
Michaela Daubney tries out the steak and mushroom
doughnuts he cooked on stage. (far left) Still smiling Gareth
Price completes the tortuous climb up Sheephouse Lane
during this year’s Ironman (picture courtesy of Veronica
Sheppard); and (near left) the team from Leeds Little Livers
parade into the square for the British Transplant Games
opening ceremony
Su Sa E
nd tur ve
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– ya
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ay
in Bolton town centre
*
NCP car parks:
For more information visit www.bolton.gov.uk
ww.bolton.gov.uk
Deane Road, Topp Way, The Octagon
*Bank Holidays are also free
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Meet your
councillors...
Con
Con
Con
Astley Bridge
Surgeries:
Hilary Fairclough
01204 592024 or 336343
hilary.fairclough@bolton.gov.uk
John Walsh
01204 332216, 840118, 07836 363635
john.walsh@bolton.gov.uk
Paul Wild
01204 591824 or 331957
paul.wild@bolton.gov.uk
Fri 26 Sept and Fri 31 Oct, 6-7pm
Drummond Street Community Centre
Con
Con
Con
Bradshaw
Surgeries:
Mudasir Dean
01204 336493
Mudasir.dean@bolton.gov.uk
Walter Hall
01204 525257 or 332151
walter.hall@bolton.gov.uk
Fri 26 Sept and Fri 31 Oct, 7.30-8.30pm
Longsight Methodist Church Hall
Breightmet
Lab
John Byrne
Lab
Lab
Lynda Byrne
Surgeries:
01204 523141
lynda.byrne@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries:
Every Mon,
5.30-6.30pm
(by appointment
only – contact
01204 331039)
Kate Lewis
0750 5759297
kate.lewis@bolton.gov.uk
Sat 11 Oct and Sat 8 Nov, 10.30-11.30am
Breightmet Library, Breightmet Health Centre
Con
Con
Con
Bromley Cross
Norman Critchley
01204 594311
norman.critchley@bolton.gov.uk
David Greenhalgh
01204 335621 or 07813 386415
david.greenhalgh@bolton.gov.uk
Alan Wilkinson
01204 305934 or 336028
alan.wilkinson@bolton.gov.uk
Crompton
Please contact for details
Sufrana Bashir-Ismail
07875 383893
sufrana.bashir-ismail@bolton.gov.uk
Lab
Surgeries:Every Sat (except 20 Sept) 9.3010.30am Cobden Centre, off Wolfenden Street
Hanif Darvesh
0771 5048806 or 01204 336195
hanif.darvesh@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Please contact for details
Lab
Lab
Surgeries:
IT’S never too early to
be thinking ahead to
winter.
And with that in mind the
council will be holding its
third annual ‘Get Ready for
Winter’ event in Victoria
Square on Thursday 30
October.
The aim of the free event
is to give members of the
public advice about how to
keep safe and prepare for
the winter months.
There will be advice from
the council and its partners
about how to keep warm,
save money on energy bills,
maintain vehicles, and eat
healthily as well as to how to
keep safe on dark nights and
how to increase home and
£40m boost
for local
transport
Stuart Haslam
01204 332002
stuart.haslam@bolton.gov.uk
01204 523141
john.byrne@bolton.gov.uk
Get ready for winter
Guy Harkin
01942 811932 or 336256
guy.harkin@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Please contact for details
AROUND £40m has been
set aside from a new pot to
improve
transport
in
Bolton and Farnworth.
It’s part of around £350m
investment across five
years, which Transport for
Greater Manchester has
secured
from
the
government, for Greater
Manchester
The improvements will
see:
• bus priority measures on
No 8 bus route (BoltonSalford-Manchester) to
improve
frequency,
journey
times,
and
reliability
• development of a new
bus
interchange
in
Farnworth town centre
• upgraded bus shelters,
new bus lanes, bus gates,
and
junction
improvements
to
overcome known pinchpoints such as at Moses
Gate.
• It also includes a new
1km busway on disused
railway track between
Walkden and the A580.
personal security.
Participants will include
Greater Manchester Police;
Greater Manchester Fire
and Rescue Service; the
Environment
Agency,
United Utilities, Electricity
North West, the council’s
gritting, road safety and
waste management teams;
the Highways Agency, along
with voluntary agencies
such as Bolton Mountain
Rescue Team, North West
4x4 Response and Salvation
Army.
The event links to the
national campaign launched
by the government in 2012
and help and information
will be available from
9.30am until 3.30pm.
Opening up
development
Improvements to the
routes and timetables of
the current local bus
network will include the
delivery of a new rapid
express bus service for
Bolton – Farnworth –
Walkden – Swinton –
Manchester.
The work also aims to
improve links between
Walkden and Farnworth
town centres.
WORK is under way to open up the
vaults of the Market Place.
The shopping centre is undergoing a
£15m refurbishment by new owners
Moorgarth Group.
Plans include the building of a nine
screen cinema, operated by The Light
Cinemas, with a capacity for 1200 seats
and the development of 30,000 sq ft of new
restaurant space, creating seven to eight
restaurants by opening up the vaulted
basement.
Remembering
start of war
SERVICEMEN and
women, past and
present commemorated the outbreak,
100 years ago, of the
First World War.
They were joined by
councillors and officers,
residents,
and
representatives from
other organisations in a
service
of
remembrance.
The
main
commemoration on 4 August saw
a service, the laying of
wreaths, and a two-minute
silence
attended
by
several hundred people on
Victoria Square.
The service coincided
with
the
British
declaration of war 100
years ago.
Other commemorations
included a civic service at
Bolton Parish Church the
day before; and a candlelit
ceremony in the grounds
of the church on the
evening of Monday 4, as
well as commemorations
around the borough.
Centenary events also
took place at Bolton
Library and Museum with
a living history actor and a
talk by historian Charles
Sandbach about ‘Ordinary
Heroes of the First World
War’ and exhibition at
Horwich Heritage.
Remembering fallen, (top) Reverend Canon Matt Thompson and the Mayor of Bolton,
Cllr Martin Donaghy and other dignitaries commemorated the outbreak of the First Word
War and (bottom) the Mayor and the Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester, Warren
Smith laid wreaths at the war memorial flanked by cadets and members of the armed
forces
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Message from the
Leader of the Council
THE fantastic weather we’ve had
this summer has helped bring
record numbers of visitors to our
events this summer.
You can find out more about
these on the centre pages.
I was especially pleased that
Bolton
hosted
the
British
Transplant Games, which saw 750
competitors, plus huge numbers of
their families and friends, coming
to Bolton to compete for medals in
dozens of different sports.
The
opening
ceremony
was
a
terrific
occasion,
with
spectators
to welcome
teams from
54 different
hospitals
across the
UK.
The
excitement
has
continued
Councillor Cliff Morris
our
with
biggest ever Food and Drink
Festival taking place during the
Bank Holiday weekend.
The event has grown and was
even larger this year: it now runs
across eight different venues in the
town centre.
The mix of great food, drink and
entertainment was enjoyed by
more than 150,000 visitors, and
there really was something for
everybody.
The new Children’s Marquee
was another exciting development
to the festival – the demand for the
marquee was enormous, with
almost 3000 tickets to see
Children’s TV favourite Katy
Ashworth selling out within hours.
And the great summer isn’t our
only cause for celebration.
I’m delighted the investment the
council continues to make in the
education of our children and
young people is really paying off.
The GCSE and A level results
which came out last month show
that Bolton’s results are improving
at a faster rate than the national
average.
I hope that the great results
from our schools and colleges are
maintained so that as many of our
young people as possible can make
the most of the
job
opportunities
as
business
investment
increases and
developments
get under way.
The
new
University
Technical
College being
built on the site
of the old Holts
Mill complex
on Deane Road
will help to
make sure we
equip students
with vital engineering, science and
technical skills.
These will help them secure
modern, well-paid jobs and
increase the prosperity of the
town.
Bolton
town
centre
developments are picking up pace.
It has been very exciting to see the
hole cut through the floor of the
Market Place recently as work
gets underway to open up the
vaults and turn them into a range
of food and drink venues.
They will bring an exciting new
flavour to the existing mix.
It means that the council’s aim of
bringing visitors to the town linked
to developing what we have to offer
is starting to pay off.
Help us make a difference to a local child that will last a lifetime
“Without Home-Start and my volunteer, I don’t think I would
be here anymore, and my children would be in care.”
We recruit and train volunteers to support
families with young children by visiting them
in their own homes for 2 hours a week.
Home-Start volunteers provide a listening ear
or practical support such as meal planning,
routines, reading to the children, going to the
park or finding out about services.
We are looking for volunteers who have a
friendly and caring attitude as well as an
understanding of the pressures of parenting
and family life. High priority is given to the
training, support and supervision of volunteers
who undertake a 30 hour training course prior
to volunteering.
To find out how to join us, please contact us
below:
Tel: 01204 362786/381873 Email: admin@homestartbolton.org.uk Visit our website: www.homestartbolton.org.uk Follow us on Twitter @homestartbolton
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Meet your
councillors...
Lab
Lab
Lab
Farnworth
Surgeries:
Jean Gillies
01204 332131
jean.gillies@bolton.gov.uk
A NATIONAL scheme for free
school meals is being rolled out
in Bolton at the start of the
school year.
Asif Ibrahim
01204 336884
asif.ibrahim@bolton.gov.uk
The government’s new scheme,
Universal Infant Free School Meals is
being rolled out in all Bolton’s primary
schools at the start of the new term.
Noel Spencer
01204 793800 or 336833
noel.spencer@bolton.gov.uk
Sat 4 Oct and Sat 1 Nov, 10.30-11.30am
Farnworth Town Hall
Great Lever
Mohammed Ayub
07838 119522
mohammed.ayub@bolton.gov.uk
Lab
Surgeries: Tue 7 Oct and Tue 4 Nov, 5.30-6.30pm
Great Lever Community Centre, Bradford Road
Mohammed Iqbal
01204 335620
mohammed.iqbal@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Please contact for details
Lab
Lab
Free school
meals expand
Madeline Murray
01204 694092
madeline.murray@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Please contact for details
It sees Key Stage 1 pupils in Reception,
Year 1 and Year 2 receiving a healthy
standard school meal every day free of
charge.
In Bolton Key stage 2 pupils (ages 7-11)
will pay the normal price of a school meal
of just £1.25 per day. The English average
is more than £2 per pupil per day and
Bolton’s are believed to be the lowest
priced in the country. The council was the
first to introduce free school meals, back in
2008, for all reception class pupils.
School meal menus are nutritious and
meet strict regulations, as well as
reflecting different tastes and cuisine from
all over the world. Meals focus on fruit and
vegetables and contain ingredients which
are sourced ethically such as free range
eggs and Fairtrade products.
The price promotion has seen almost
3000 extra pupils tucking in to a school
meal each school day since 2009. It means
64% of pupils benefit from a healthy school
meal whilst the England average is only
49%.
“We’ve been investing in healthy,
affordable meals for several years now,”
said Councillor Linda Thomas, Deputy
Leader of the council.
“Our school kitchens are in a good
position to serve the extra meals because
we invested in improved kitchens and
facilities to cope with the country’s highest
uptake of school meals thanks to our
discounted rate.”
New tech school to open
Halliwell
Cliff Morris 01204 338329 or 331094
Lab
cliff.morris@bolton.gov.uk
Next ward surgery will be at Bolton Town Hall.
Please contact Members Secretariat on 01204 331094
for an appointment.
Lab
Lab
Linda Thomas
01204 332090 or 07879 891129
linda.thomas@bolton.gov.uk
Please contact the Members Secretariat office for a
surgery appointment on (01204) 331094.
Akhtar Zaman
07980 962826
akhtar.zaman@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Please contact for details
Lab
Mike Francis
01204 336331
michael.francis@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Please contact for details
Lab
Harper Green
Seat vacant
Champak Mistry
01204 397522 or 331320
champak.mistry@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Please contact for details
Con
Con
Con
Heaton and Lostock
Surgeries:
Robert Allen
01204 451341 or 335096
robert.allen@bolton.gov.uk
F. Alan Rushton
01204 64597 or 335146
frank.rushton@bolton.gov.uk
Colin Shaw
01204 844489 or 331958
colin.shaw@bolton.gov.uk
Please contact at area forum meetings or
contact direct
A NEW £10m school for 1419 year olds will open in
September
2015,
specialising in science,
technology,
engineering
and maths.
UTC Bolton will be on the
University of Bolton’s town
centre site off Deane Road.
It will prepare students
for careers in medicine,
dentistry,
pharmacy,
health, and engineering,
and students will be much
in demand.
UTC Bolton will be
purpose built with state-ofthe-art
facilities.
Employers are helping
design the classrooms and
laboratories. Students will
work on projects provided
by
employers.
Every
student will also have a
Making the most
of later life
KEEPING active is key to
living
a
longer
and
healthier life.
Volunteers tend to live
longer. Research shows it
lessens symptoms of pain
or heart disease and helps
protect against stress and
depression
and
is
particularly beneficial for
older adults.
Age UK Bolton works
with, for and on behalf of
people over 50 in Bolton
since 1947. It works with
independent active older
people and those who are
frail and more dependent.
Loneliness is one of the
biggest factors affecting
older people – one million
people over 65 and half of
people aged 80 plus say
they feel lonely all the time.
Age UK Bolton has
services to help – a
Befriending
Service;
monthly afternoon tea with
entertainment and return
transport;
handyman
service; activities such as
yoga, and arts and crafts;
and internet discovery
workshops.
Services are supported
by income from a range of
products and services
tailor made for those 50
plus: home; travel and car
insurance plus funeral
plans
and
energy
packages.
If you are interested in
the services, activities,
products or volunteering
contact Pat or Sandra on
01204 382411 or email
postmaster@ageukbolton.
org.uk
guaranteed 50 days’ work
experience per year.
Applications should be
made by 31 January to the
council for entry to Year 10
and to UTC Bolton for
entry to Year 12. To find out
more
visit
www.utcbolton.ac.uk
Introduction
of Universal
Credit
UNIVERSAL Credit is
replacing certain benefits
in Bolton this summer.
You don’t need to do
anything if you’re already
claiming any benefits –
be
told
when
you’ll
Universal Credit will affect
you. At the moment
Universal Credit does not
affect
families
or
pensioners.
Universal
Credit
replaces:
• Jobseeker’s Allowance
• Housing Benefit
• Working Tax Credit
• Child Tax Credit
• Employment
and
Support Allowance
• Income Support
Universal Credit can be
claimed online via the
government website www.
gov.uk/apply-universalcredit
Customers can also
contact a Universal Credit
helpline on 0345 600 0723 if
they have any questions or
their
circumstances
change.
Universal Credit is paid
differently from current
benefits. It will be paid once
a month, usually into your
bank or building society
account. You can get more
information about this
www.gov.uk/how-to-haveyour-benefits-paid.
If you live with your
partner and both claim
Universal Credit you will
receive a single payment
that covers both of you.
Any help you get with
your rent will be included in
your Universal Credit
payment and you will then
pay your landlord yourself.
Contact
the
Money
Advice Service www.money
adviceservice.org.uk to get
help
budgeting
and
planning for Universal
Credit.
Age UK
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has moved
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tailor-made for the over 50s, including:
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Bucking the
national trend
EXAM results in Bolton are again above the
national average.
At A Level the number of A* grades achieved has
improved on last year’s results by 2.2% - a greater rate
than the national average.
The number of A* to B grades has also increased by 0.7%,
which has bucked the national trend, while our overall pass rate
of A* to E is the same as the national average at 98%.
At GCSE level more than 68% of pupils gained five or more A*
to C grades, with almost 60% of pupils achieving five or more A*
to C grades including English and Maths.
Councillor Kevin McKeon, Cabinet Member for Schools, said: “I
would like to congratulate the teachers and students for their
hard work in achieving such fantastic results. I would also like to
thank the parents and families who have supported the students
through their exams. It really is a collaborative effort with
everyone involved. Everyone should be very proud to see our
young people celebrating today.”
Share your views about
health service changes
WITH
consultation
about health services
(Healthier
Together)
under way the NHS
Bolton
Clinical
Commissioning Group
(CCG) wants to hear
your views.
The
idea
behind
Healthier Together is for
everyone to get the best
care wherever they live in
Greater Manchester.
The main change is
improvement to high risk
surgery, where a patient’s
best chance of survival is to
see a consultant who
regularly performs the
procedure they need. With
a limited number of
surgeons, the proposals are
to focus the best 24/7 care
for this surgery in four or
five sites with teams
working together across
hospitals.
The
Royal
Bolton
Hospital could be one of
these specialist centres
and the final decision will
be made once the public
have had their say.
Primary care delivered
in GP practices is already
evolving to meet the
changing needs of patients
and the CCG is working
with Bolton Council to
make health and social
care more joined up.
The consultation will run
until 30 September. During
this time, the CCG will be
speaking to local groups
and attending events to talk
about
the
proposed
changes. To find out more
and share your views, visit
www.healthiertogethergm.
nhs.uk
or
www.boltonccg.nhs.uk. If
you’re on Twitter, look out
for #BestCare and follow
@BoltonCCG
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Council
tackling fraud
THE council is working with government
inspectors to tackle fraud.
Information, held by the council, about
people is shared with the Audit
Commission, which compares the details
with information provided by other public
bodies. It will, for example, identify if a
person is working and claiming housing
benefit to which they are not entitled.
The checks are a legal requirement to
make sure that the council is making the
best use of public funds.
The details sent are of people who:
• are employed by the council
• are registered for Council Tax
• are on the Electoral Register
• claim housing benefit
• live in private care homes supported by
the council
• receive personal budgets
• are blue badge holders
• submit insurance claims against the
council
• are market traders
• are taxi drivers
• apply for personal licences to supply
alcohol
• hold residents’ parking permits or
• receive payments from the council
The information is shared in a secure
way through a protected website. If the
details match between different public
bodies then a further investigation is
carried out – no assumption of fraud, error,
or any other explanation is made until the
investigation reports.
For further information go to
www.bolton.gov.uk/ datamatching or
contact the Group Auditor, 01204 336298.
Kevin McKeon
01204 692115
kevin.mckeon@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Sat 4 Oct and Sat 1 Nov,
10-11am Horwich Library
Lab
Richard Silvester 01204 467914
richard.silvester@bolton.gov.uk
Con
Phil Ashcroft
01204 335618
phil.ashcroft@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Please contact for details
UKIP
Diane Parkinson
01204 331094
diane.parkinson@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Please contact for details
Con
Hulton
Surgeries: Mon 13 Oct and Mon 10 Nov from
7pm before the meeting of Horwich Town Council
Horwich Public Hall
Alan Walsh
01204 431746
alan.walsh@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Please contact for details
Kearsley
Lab
Derek Burrows 01204 335231
derek.burrows@bolton.gov.uk
Lab
Carol Burrows 01204 335231
carol.burrows@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Sat 4 Oct and Sat 1 Nov, 10-11am
Prestolee Community Centre, Church Road,
Prestolee, and 11am and noon St Stephens
Church, Manchester Road
Fri 26 Sept and Fri 31 Oct, 6-7pm
Kearsley and Farnworth Labour Club,
Longcauseway
Lab
Liam Irving 07985674470
liam.irving@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Sat 11 Oct and Sat 8 Nov 10.3011.30am Kearsley Mount Cottage, St Johns
Fishers RC Church
Lab
Anthony Connell
01204 576432 or 331108
anthony.connell@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Sat 11 Oct and 25 Oct,
10.30-11.30am St Matthews Church House
David Evans
01204 332086
david.evans@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Please contact for details
UKIP
Lab
Little Lever and Darcy Lever
Paul Richardson
07815 678640
paul.richardson@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Please contact for details
GOLD MEDALS: Pictured (above) winner
of the men’s race France's Cyril Viennot crosses the finishing line, and (above, right) is
Tamsin Lewis the winner of the women’s race (pictures courtesy of Getty Images)
TENS of thousands
of spectators lined
the streets of Bolton
and Lancashire, and
cheered from the
banks of Leigh’s
Pennington Flash for
this year’s Ironman
UK.
The 10th anniversary
of the event was the
biggest yet with 2000
competitors taking part.
It’s the sixth time Bolton
has hosted one of the
toughest sporting events
in the calendar.
The athletes took to the
waters of Pennington Flash
for the 2.4 mile swim,
before setting off on the 112
mile bike ride through the
West Pennine Moors and
Lancashire countryside.
They then finished off
running a full marathon
through
Horwich
and
Bolton finishing in Bolton
town centre.
France's Cyril Viennot
won the men’s race in a
combined time of eight
hours 44 minutes while
Tamsin Lewis from London
won the women’s race in
nine hours 52 minutes.
Martin Selby was the first
Boltonian home, finishing
in 10 hours 49 minutes.
Welcoming the games family
HUNDREDS of athletes
from across the country
gathered in Bolton to
compete in the British
Transplant Games.
The
2014
Westfield
Health British Transplant
Games was the largest
ever held, with 752
registered athletes, from
54 hospital teams. All the
competitors
had
undergone a transplant
operation and they were
supported by around 2000
family
members
and
supporters. It also included
a team of donors, and a
team from Australia.
The games promotes
organ donation to increase
the number of people on
the
Organ
Donation
Register,
and
gives
athletes who have had a
SPORTS STARS: Hundreds of athletes paraded through Bolton town centre at the
opening ceremony of the games
transplant, the chance to
compete in a range of
sports.
During the course of four
days the athletes of all ages
from young children to
those who have retired,
competed for medals in a
wide range of events,
including track and field,
swimming,
badminton,
fishing, tennis, and snooker.
TASTY TREATS: (top) Michael Caines and the Mayor of Bolton, Cllr Martin Donaghy launched this
year’s Bolton Food and Drink Festival, and highlights included (above) festival regular James Martin;
(above right) Bolton’s Debbie Halls Evans with compere Paul Crone in the Market Place Marquee, and
(bottom) CBeebies’ star Katy Ashworth entertains younger visitors to the festival
The event, as ever, was a
big boost to the local
economy.
From presentations from
TV
celebrities
John
Torode, Michael Caines,
Gino
D’Acampo,
and
James Martin to more than
100 food and drink stalls
there was something for
everyone to enjoy.
The
Market
Place
Marquee feature the best
of local cooking talent
Debbie Hall-Evans, Aiden
Byrne, Andrew Nutter,
Sean
Wilson,
Aazam
Ahmad
and
Jackie
Kearney
demonstrated
their skills, along with
Worsley Park Marriott
Hotel and Country Club
chefs, John Wilkinson; and
Tom Gardner, executive
head chef at Renaissance
City
Centre
Hotel
Manchester.
And for young food fans,
CBeebies favourite Katy
Ashworth
provided
entertainment, and the
cast from the Octagon
Theatre put on free
performances of Peter Pan
and Wendy in a children’s
zone, with a giant marquee.
The
Crompton
Place
shopping centre hosted
free children’s activities
including magic shows and
cookery classes.
Bolton Food and Drink
Festival is organised by
Bolton
Council
and
sponsored by Bluemantle,
Market Place Shopping
Centre, Stateside Foods,
and the University of
Bolton. Partners included
Bolton Market, Crompton
Place Shopping Centre,
Kro Bar, Marriott, ISG,
Agilisys, and The Octagon
Theatre.
Lab
Lab
Lab
Smithills
Lib Dem
More than ‘153,000
people from around the
country came to the
four-day
foodie
spectacular featuring
celebrity chefs, a large
speciality food and drink
market, and free street
entertainment during
the
August
Bank
Holiday weekend.
Rosa Kay 01204 397760 or 336504
rosa.kay@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries:Sat 4 Oct and Sat 1 Nov
10-11am Emmanuel Church Hall
Roger Hayes 01204 841008
Lib Dem
Joyce Kellett
01204 331094
joyce.kellett@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Please contact for details
Surgeries: Every Saturday between 10.30am and
noon; please contact Members Secretariat on
01204 331094 to make an appointment.
Andrew Martin
07890 880053
andrew.martin@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Please contact for details
Lib Dem
Lab
Lab
Horwich North East
Carole Swarbrick 01204 492967
roger.hayes@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Sat 21 Sept, 10-11am Chorley Old
Road Methodist Hall. Tue 8 Oct 7.30-8.30pm
Church Road School. Sat 26 Oct 10-11am Chorley
Old Road Methodist Hall
carole.swarbrick@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries:Sat 21 Sept, 10-11am Chorley Old
Road Methodist Hall. Tue 8 Oct 7.30-8.30pm
Church Road School. Sat 26 Oct 10-11am
Chorley Old Road Methodist Hall
Tonge with the Haulgh
Martin Donaghy
Lab
Surgeries: Sat 4 Oct and Sat 1 Nov, 9.30-10.30am
Horwich Library. Sat 11 Oct and Sat 8 Nov,
10-11am Blackrod Library
Lab
BOLTON town centre
was filled with an
exotic mix of taste,
smells, and sounds
this summer for the
annual Food and
Drink festival.
Lab
Lab
Stephen Pickup 01204 337078
stephen.pickup@bolton.gov.uk
Ismail Ibrahim 01204 337636
ismail.ibrahim@bolton.gov.uk
01204 336239
martin.donaghy@bolton.gov.uk
Nicholas Peel
01204 459949 or 331178
nicholas.peel@bolton.gov.uk
Elaine Sherrington
01204 332398
elaine.sherrington@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Mon 6 Oct and Mon 3 Nov, 6-7pm Tonge UCAN centre.
Fri 19 Sept and Fri 17 Oct 5-6pm Trinity Methodist Church, Tonge
Moor
Westhoughton North and Chew Moor
Con
Surgeries: Sat 11 Oct and Sat 8 Nov, 10-11am
Blackrod Library. For issues in Horwich please
contact me directly to make an appointment
Dr Ebrahim Adia
01204 332371
ebrahim.adia@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Please contact for details
Martyn Cox 01204 331190
martyn.cox@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Sat 1st Nov 10.30-11.30am
Westhoughton Town Hall
Sean Harkin 01204 331094
sean.harkin@bolton.gov.uk
Lab
Lab
Ann Cunliffe 01204 332375
ann.cunliffe@bolton.gov.uk
Rumworth
Surgeries: Sat 11 Oct, 10.30-11.30am
Westhoughton Town Hall
Lab
Alan Bury
01204 330194
alan.bury@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries:Please contact for details
A taste of
summer
Christopher Peacock 07917643841
christopher.peacock@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Sat 27 Sept, 10.30-11.30am
Westhoughton Town Hall
Lab
Lab
Horwich and Blackrod
Challenge
of Ironman
Meet your
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David Chadwick 01942 818526
david.chadwick@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Sat 18 Oct, 10.30-11.30am
Westhoughton Town Hall
Lab
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Kevan Jones 01204 337969
kevan.jones@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Sat 4 Oct, 10.30-11.30am
Westhoughton Town Hall
Lab
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Anna-Marie Watters 01204 335516
anna-marie.watters@bolton.gov.uk
Surgeries: Sat 25 Oct, 10.30-11.30am
Westhoughton Town Hall
Westhoughton South
8 Bolton Scene
Give a little time and make
a big difference to the lives
of disabled children
Could you offer short break care to disabled
children and young people?
In your own home, or
sessional care with
young people in their
own homes or out and
about.
We offer training and
support. Our next 2 day course
runs Saturday 4 October and
Saturday 11 October.
Joining Bolton Shared
Care changes lives!
For more information call us
on 01204 337108 or come along
to see us at our information sessions
on Thursday 25 September at 11 – 1.30
or 5 – 6.30. The Castle Hill Centre,
Castleton Street, Bolton, BL2 2JW
Changes to
the council’s
Cabinet
A number of changes have
been made to the council’s
Cabinet membership and
portfolio responsibilities.
Councillor
Elaine
Sherrington has been
appointed Vice Chair of the
Greater Manchester Waste
Disposal Authority, so
Councillor Ann Cunliffe will
replace
Councillor
Sherrington on the Cabinet
and will be the Cabinet
Member responsible for
Public Health as part of the
Deputy Leader’s portfolio.
Councillor
Kevin
McKeon will now be the
Cabinet Member for the
retitled Education and
Schools portfolio as part of
the
Deputy
Leader’s
Portfolio.
The
‘safeguarding
children’ element of the
former
’Schools
and
Safeguarding
Children’
portfolio will now be the
direct responsibility of the
Deputy Leader, Councillor
Linda Thomas.
Work to the
One Stop Shop
WORK to the town
hall means that the
One Stop Shop is
until
closed
December.
It
means
that
alternative locations and
methods are available if
you would like to make a
payment or enquire
about services.
To pay for council tax,
business rates, housing
benefits
overpayments;
sundry debt payments:
Direct debit
You
can
make
monthly payments from
your bank account. You can
set it up online through the
council
website
www.
bolton.gov.uk
Online payments
If you have a credit
or debit card you can pay
online
through
the
council’s website. You will
need to have your bill and
credit or debit card ready.
Pay in person
You can also pay in
person at the Post Office or
any location showing the
Pay Point sign. You need to
take your bill with you so
they can scan the barcode
or swipe your card for
council tax payments.
Payments for stray dogs
can only be made in person.
By telephone
You can also ring
our automated telephone
service 01204 520233 or
01204 520244, which is
available 24 hours. You will
need to have your bill and
credit or debit card ready.
By post
You can pay by post
and your cheque or postal
order should be made
payable to Bolton MBC.
Write
the
account
reference number on the
back and cross it with the
words ‘A/C Payee’ and send
it to: The Director of
Finance, PO Box 4, Town
Hall, Bolton, BL1 1RX.
Bolton at Home
tenants
If you live in a Bolton at
Home property you can pay
by direct debit by calling
01204 328022 or 01204
328238; by calling the 24
hour service 01204 331634
and paying by debit or
credit card; paying online
at www.boltonat home.org.
uk; at the Post Office or
PayPoint outlet; or by
sending a cheque payable
to Bolton at Home Limited,
crossed ‘A/C Payee’ and
sent to The Director of
Finance, PO Box 4, Town
Hall, Bolton, BL1 1RX.
Other payments
Payments for other
services can also be made
in the temporary One Stop
Shop in the Central library;
online
at
www.bolton.
gov.uk; Post Office or
PayPoint location or by
post.
• Accommodation
building
Certificates,
notice applications and
planning applications can
also be paid for by credit
or debit card by ringing
01204 336000.
• For
bulky
waste
collections and large item
removal; grey bin; pest
control – you can pay for
these services by credit
or debit card by calling
01204 331634.
• A new licensing enquiry
point will be located in
the front of the Albert
Halls to pay to renew a
variety of licences.
• Parking Charge Notices
(parking tickets) can be
paid online, post office
and Pay Point locations,
by telephone 01204 520233
or 01204 520244.
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Register
to vote
WTHE way you register to
vote has changed.
The government has
changed the system and
introduced
a
secure
website for you to register.
You need to be on the
electoral register to vote in
elections and referendums.
Up to now, the head of a
household was responsible
for registering everyone
who lives at their address.
Each house received a
single form to do this, but
these will no longer be sent
out.
From
this
summer,
people registering to vote
in England and Wales will
register as individuals
instead, using a new, more
secure, online system.
Each person, who wants
to vote, is now responsible
for checking with the
council if they are on the
electoral register. To be
included on the electoral
register you should use the
website:
www.gov.uk/
register-to-vote
You can also use the
website to update your
name, address or other
details on the electoral
register. Registering takes
around five minutes and
you’ll need your National
Insurance number.
TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES – REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY
THE BOROUGH COUNCIL OF BOLTON
TOWN POLICE CLAUSES ACT 1847 SECTION 21
Notice is hereby given that the Borough Council of Bolton have
made an order under the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 Section 21,
to enable Remembrance Sunday Parades in Bolton, Horwich,
Blackrod, Westhoughton, Kearsley, Farnworth and Little Lever to
take place, the effect of which will be to temporarily close to
vehicular traffic the lengths of roads specified in Schedule 1 below
on Sunday 9 November 2014, from approximately 07:00 until
approximately 16:30.
During the period of the events the operation of on-street parking
places may be suspended at the sole discretion of the Council’s
Head of Highways & Engineering. An alternative route for traffic in
respect of the roads specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 will be via
Back Deansgate, Queen Street, Ashburner Street, Blackhorse
Street and Deansgate.
During the aforementioned periods all pedestrians and vehicles not
directly engaged in the staging of the events will be either prohibited
and or restricted from being in, or proceeding standing, waiting,
loading and or unloading, or otherwise remaining at rest in the
locations specified below.
SCHEDULE 1
TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES
BOLTON
Part 1:
Howell Croft North from Back Deansgate and Howells Yard to Le
Mans Crescent
Le Mans Crescent from Howell Croft North to Howell Croft South;
Howell Croft South from Le Mans Crescent to Ashburner Street;
Ashburner Street from Howell Croft South to Blackhorse Street;
Victoria Square (north side of the Town Hall) from Howell Croft North
to Old Hall Street;
Old Hall Street from Victoria Square (north side of the Town Hall) to
its cul-de-sac end;
Victoria Square (south side of the Town Hall) from Howell Croft South
to Coronation Street;
Coronation Street from Victoria Square (south side of the Town Hall)
to the property boundaries of 38 and 40 Newport Street;
Hotel Street from Victoria Square to Mealhouse Lane;
Mealhouse Lane from Hotel Street to Deansgate;
Deansgate from Mealhouse lane to Bradshawgate;
Bradshawgate from Deansgate to its southerly junction with Nelson
Square;
Nelson Square for its entire Length;
Nelson Street from St. Bartholomew Street to Thynne Street;
Thynne Street from its Nelson Street to Trinity Street;
Trinity Street from Thynne Street to Blackhorse Street;
Blackhorse Street from Trinity Street to Ashburner Street;
Bath Street from Clarence Street to St. Georges Road;
St. Georges Road from Palace Street to Duke Street;
Knowsley Street from St. Georges Road to Deansgate;
Deansgate from Millwell Lane to Ridgeway Gates.
Part 2:
Belmont Road from Lawson Street to Bar Lane;
Bar Lane from Belmont Road to Blackburn Road;
Blackburn Road from Bar Lane to Birley Street;
Birley Street from Blackburn Road to Holland Street;
Holland Street from Nell Street to Newnham Street.
Part 3:
Higher Ridings from Hardmans to Darwen Road
Darwen Road from Higher Ridings to Blackburn Road;
Blackburn Road from its southerly junction with Darwen Road to
Stanrose Close.
HORWICH
Part 4:
Ramsbottom Road from Chorley New Road to Victoria Road;
Victoria Road from Ramsbottom Road to Church Street;
Church Street from Victoria Road to Lee Lane;
Lee Lane from Church Street to Scholes Bank;
Scholes Bank from Lee Lane to Lever Park Avenue;
Lever Park Avenue from Scholes Bank to Darley Street;
Chorley New Road from Scholes Bank to Ramsbottom Road.
BLACKROD
Part 5:
Church Street from St. Katherines Drive to New Street;
New Street from Church Street to Manchester Road;
Manchester Road from New Street to Station Road;
St. Katherines Drive from Church Street to Latham Road.
WESTHOUGHTON
Part 6:
The Fairways from Templeton Close to Wigan Road;
Wigan Road from The Fairways / Cricketers Way to Church Street;
Church Street from Wigan Road to Lord Street;
Lord Street from Church Street to The Avenue;
The Avenue from Lord Street to Central Drive;
Central Drive from The Avenue to Bolton Road;
Bolton Road from Central Drive to Market Street;
Market Street from Bolton Road to Wigan Road/Church Street.
KEARSLEY
Part 7:
Springfield Road from its junction with South Avenue to its junction
with Manchester Road;
Manchester Road from its junction with Springfield Road to its
junction with Bolton Road;
Bolton Road from its junction with Manchester Road to its junction
with Pilkington Road.
FARNWORTH
Part 8:
Gladstone Road from Bolton Road to Albert Road;
Albert Road from Gladstone Road to Brackley Street;
Brackley Street from Albert Road to the Asda Car Park entrance;
Brackley Street from the Asda Car Park entrance to Market Street;
Market Street from Brackley Street to Bolton Road;
Bolton Road from Market Street to Gladstone Road.
LITTLE LEVER
Part 9:
Mytham Road from Elm Road to Fletcher Street/Market Street/High
Street. (Coronation Square);
Fletcher Street from Mytham Road to Foundry Street;
Foundry Street from Fletcher Street to Market Street;
Market Street from Foundry Street to High Street/Fletcher
Street/Mytham Road (Coronation Square).
Dated 24 October 2014
M.J.Cox
Director of Environmental Services
The Wellsprings
Bolton BL1 1US
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Bolton Scene 11
2014
Bolton Life!
12 Bolton Scene
Bid for Egyptian
tourist attraction
BOLTON
Museum
has unveiled ambitious £1.8m plans to
build a new gallery to
house its worldrenowned
Egyptology collection.
The extension will
house
a
full-scale
reconstruction of the
tomb
of
Egyptian
pharaoh Thutmose III
— the only one of its
kind in the world.
The
council
has
submitted a bid to the
Heritage Lottery Fund to
fund the project.
The extension will be
created above the library
and museum building. The
tomb was built especially
for
the
Quest
for
Immortality
touring
exhibition in China which
includes many artefacts
from Bolton’s collection.
A decision is expected in
December.
Visitors will enter the
new Egyptology gallery
into what is now the
Wildlife on Your Doorstep
display — with those
exhibits being relocated
elsewhere in the museum
— and walk through into
the new extension before
exiting into what is now the
museum’s reception area.
Local
architect
Bradshaw Gass and Hope
is working on the designs.
To find out more, check
the blog on the Library and
Museum’s
website
www.boltonlams.co.uk.
,
Facebook, twitter and local
press.
There will also be a
chance to find out how the
exhibitions will change and
to see the plans for the new
gallery on Wednesday 26
November 2pm in the
Central Museum, meet at
Museum Reception.
ON SHOW: The plans for the new gallery with (inset) one of
the Egyptian exhibits from the museum’s collection
listed building consent,
including
public
consultation as part of the
planning process.
If granted permission
work would take around 12
months
starting
February/March 2015. The
Albert Halls will be closed
to the public during the
refurbishment
and
alternative arrangements
will be made for existing
room bookings.
Leader of the Council,
Councillor Cliff Morris,
Jig along to
hit musical
HIT high school musical
‘Grease’ is coming to
Bolton.
Bolton Catholic Music
and Choral Society (BCMS)
has assembled a very
talented young cast, who
have been hard at work
rehearsing
their
‘electrifyin’ dance moves
and hand jive during the
summer, to bring you the
original
high
school
musical, ‘Grease’, for its
premiere on the Albert
Halls’ stage.
The show features Barry
Gibb’s film opening song
‘Grease’, and all the other
unforgettable songs from
the hit film, including
‘You’re The One That I
Want’, ‘Summer Nights’,
‘Sandy’, ‘Greased Lightnin’,
‘Hopelessly Devoted to You’
(nominated
for
Best
Original song at the 1978
Oscars), and many more.
Exciting future for Albert Halls
COUNCIL bosses have
revealed exciting plans to
create
a
new
restaurant/bar
and
a
separate café in The Albert
Halls.
The new ventures will
form
part
of
the
refurbishment of the town
hall and will be a significant
investment in the town
centre. The proposals
include a ground floor café
which would open out into
an outdoor seating terrace
onto the square, catering to
daytime and early evening
trade.
There would also be
scope for a high end
restaurant/bar to welcome
evening
diners,
also
boasting
an
outdoor
terrace. Both units would
provide interested parties
with an opportunity to
occupy a prime town centre
location.
The town hall is a Grade
II-listed building and the
proposals will require
planning permission and
Events, sport, festivals, culture
said: “These new proposals
are extremely exciting for
the people of Bolton and are
an integral part of our plans
for
town
centre
regeneration.
“Creating a high end
restaurant and new café
within the town hall, and
making the beautiful Grade
II-listed building more
accessible to the public is a
bold step, but one we hope
will be embraced by local
residents and visitors
alike.”
- It was voted the ‘No. 1
Greatest Ever Musical’ and
is the highest grossing
movie musical of all time,
making major stars out of
John Travolta and Olivia
Newton John.
‘Grease’ has proved that
a musical love story, in film
or stage show, bursting
with denim jeans, black
leather jackets, hot rod
cars, cheerleaders, slick
hairstyles,
rock’n’roll,
teenage angst and young
romance is timeless and
universal.
It’s on at the Albert Halls
for six performances from
October 7-11 starting at 7.30
pm with a Saturday
matinee at 2.30pm. Tickets
are available from the
Albert Halls Box Office,
telephone 01204 334400 see below.