£16M School Places Plan

BolThe council newspaper for theton Bolton family www.bolton.gov.uk Scene Issue 145 June 2018 Election results The count for the local elections in Bolton has taken place. The make-up of Bolton Council is now as follows: • Labour 31 • Conservative 19 • Farnworth & Kearsley First 3 • Liberal Democrat 3 • UKIP 3 • Other 1 Full results for each ward can be found on our website – www.bolton.gov.uk Meet your councillors – see page 2 100 years of voting THE new woman Lead- er of Bolton Council, Cllr Linda Thomas un- veiled a memorial to Mary Barnes OBE, to commemorate the Farn- worth suffragist and campaigner for equal rights and 100 years since women were al- lowed to vote. Also pictured at the unveiling are the family of Mary Barnes with members of the Farn- worth community and councillors who organised the memorial and a family fun day. The Representation of People Act gave the vote to women over 30 who held £5 or property or had husbands who did, and all men over 21 years old. See page 7 £16m school places plan ated, equating to 1,145 bridge, St Joseph’s RC, and is currently consult- While there are pres- MORE than 1000 demand for places as large numbers of pri- secondary places over- and Westhoughton. The ing with local primary ently enough places for secondary school mary school pupils all to accommodate ris- council, working with schools to explore op- Reception age children places are set to be progress and trans- ing numbers of Year 7 to Diocesan and Academy portunities to create ad- who require a school created as part of a fer into secondary Year 11 pupils. partners, is being al- ditional capacity. This place, it is expected that £16 million expan- In addition to Turton, lowed to draw upon its could result in the crea- demand will increase for schools. Turton HS is the following schools funding allocation up to tion of over 400 addition- older primary age pupils. sion plan. already increasing its have now agreed to 2020 by the Department al primary school places The council still re- Bolton Council is capacity having ad- working with seven create extra classroom for Education. at a cost of around £4.5 quires an extra £1m to mitted additional pupil cover all places as £1m schools in the borough space, Canon Slade, The council is also million, by drawing upon numbers last year. Sharples Academy, proposing to increase future funding from the has already been used to expand their capac- Initially, 229 further Thornleigh Salesian, primary school places Department for Educa- to increase extra special ity due to increasing Year 7 places will be cre- Essa Academy, Lady- where demand is high tion. needs places. 2 Bolton Scene Meet your councillors...

Astley Bridge Farnworth Horwich and Blackrod Rumworth

Hilary Fairclough Jean Gillies 01204 332131 Susan Baines Ebrahim Adia 01204 336343 or 07814378406 [email protected] [email protected] 01204 332371 [email protected] Surgeries: Sat 2 June and Sat 7 July, [email protected] 10.30-11.30am at Farnworth Town Hall (use Surgeries: Please contact for details Con Lab Please contact for details Con the rear door) Lab Surgeries:

John Walsh Paul Sanders Ann Cunliffe 01204 332375 Ismail Ibrahim 01204 332216, 840118, 07936 084393 [email protected] 01204 337636 07836 363635 Surgeries: Sat 9 June and Sat 14 July, 10-11am [email protected] [email protected] at Blackrod Library. For issues in Horwich please Please contact for details FKF Con [email protected] Surgeries: Please contact for details Lab contact me for an appointment Lab Surgeries:

Paul Wild Maureen Flitcroft Stephen Pickup 01204 337078 Shamim Abdullah 01204 591824 or 331957 07936 084393 [email protected] 07392 108236 [email protected] [email protected] Surgeries: Sat 2 June and Sat 7 July, 9.30- [email protected] Please contact for details 10.30am at Horwich Library and Sat 9 June and Sat 2 June, 10am to noon at High St

Con FKF Surgeries: Lab Surgeries: Lab Sat 14 July, 10-11am at Blackrod Library Library. To arrange an appointment please call Surgeries: Fri 29 June and 27 July, 6-7pm at Drummond 07392108236 or email at shamim.abdullah@ Street Community Centre bolton.gov.uk Bradshaw Great Lever Horwich North East Smithills

Mudasir Dean Mohammed Ayub Joyce Kellet Roger Hayes 01204 841008 01204 336493 07838 119522 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Surgeries: Please contact for details Surgeries: Sat 16 June, 10-11am at the Parish Lab Lab Con Lib Dem Church of St. Margaret’s Halliwell, Lonsdale Rd

Stuart Haslam Mohammed Iqbal Kevin McKeon 01204 692115 Douglas Bagnall 01204 385096 01204 335620 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Surgeries: Sat 2 June and Sat 7 July, Surgeries: Please contact for details 9.30-10.30am at Horwich Library Con Lab Lib Dem Lab Jackie Radcliffe Madeline Murray Richard Silvester Carole Swarbrick 07935 835771 01204 694092 01204 467914 01204 492967 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Lab Con Ind Lab Surgeries: Please contact for details Surgeries: Sat 16 June, 10-11am at the Parish Church of St. Margaret’s Halliwell, Lonsdale Rd Surgeries: Fri 29 June and 27 July, 6.30-7.30pm at Surgeries: Please contact to make an appointment – Harwood Methodist Church Hall, Longsight surgeries are at Park Lodge, Green Lane, BL3 2HP

Breightmet Halliwell Hulton Tonge with the Haulgh

John Byrne 01204 337878 or Cliff Morris Diane Parkinson Martin Donaghy 07917072264 01204 336329 or 331094 07799592604 01204 336239 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Surgeries: Every Mon, 5.30-6.30pm, by Lab Lab Con appointment only Surgeries: Please contact for details Lab

Linda Thomas Shafaqat Shaikh Nicholas Peel Adele Warren 07775007853 [email protected] 01204 332090 or 07879 891129 01204 459949 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Lab Lab Surgeries: Please contact for details Surgeries: Please contact for details Lab Con Akhtar Zaman 07392 108252 Toby Hewitt Debbie Newall 07980 962826 07857 649806 Elaine Sherrington [email protected] 01204 391092 [email protected] [email protected] Surgeries: Tues 3 April, Breightmet Library, [email protected] Lab Con Breightmet Health Centre, Breightmet Fold Surgeries: Please contact for details Lab

Lab Lane – please ring for an appointment Surgeries: Our next ward surgeries will be at Bolton Town Hall. Surgeries: First Monday of every month at Tonge UCAN Please contact Members Secretariat office on 01204 331094 for centre. Please contact for an appointment an appointment Bromley Cross Harper Green Kearsley Westhoughton North and Chew Moor

Norman Critchley Hamid Khurram Julie Pattison Martyn Cox 01204 594311 [email protected] [email protected] 01204 331190 [email protected] Surgeries: Please contact for details Surgeries: Please contact for details [email protected] Lab Con FKF Con Surgeries: Please contact for details David Greenhalgh Susan Haworth 07415509103 Mark Cunningham Christine Wild 01204 335621 or 07813 386415 [email protected] [email protected] 07977 516192 [email protected] Surgeries: Please contact for details Surgeries: Please contact for details [email protected] Con Lab UKIP Con Surgeries: Please contact for details Nadim Muslim [email protected] Champak Mistry Liam Irving 07824363013 Zoe Kirk-Robinson 01204 397522 or 331320 [email protected] 01204 331020

Con [email protected] Surgeries: Sat 9 June and Sat 14 July [email protected] at 10.30-11.30am at Kearsley Mount Con Lab Surgeries: Please contact for details Lab Please contact for details Surgeries: Please contact for details Cottage, St Johns Fishers Surgeries: Crompton Heaton and Lostock Little Lever and Darcy Lever Westhoughton South

Hanif Darvesh Robert Allen Rees Gibbon David Chadwick 01942 818526 0771 5048806 or 01204 336195 01204 451341 or 335096 07738 493122 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Surgeries: Sat 2 June, 10.30-11.30am at Westhoughton Town Hall Lab Con Lab UKIP Please contact for details Surgeries: Guy Harkin Andrew Morgan Sean Hornby David Wilkinson 01942 811932 or 336256 01204 331019 07583 725578 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Surgeries: Please contact for details Con Lab UKIP Surgeries: Please contact for details Lib Dem

Bilkis Ismail Anne Galloway David Evans Anna-Marie Watters 07766 443052 [email protected] [email protected] 01204 335516 [email protected] c/o Bolton Town Hall, Bolton BL1 1RU [email protected] Lab Lab Lab Con Surgeries: Please contact for details Surgeries: Please contact for details Thurs 21 June, 5.45-6.45pm, at St Andrews Surgeries: Surgeries: Please contact at area forum meetings or contact direct Methodist Church, Tonge Moor Rd and Thurs 12 July, 5.45- 6.45pm, at Cobden St Community Centre, 22 Felton Walk Bolton Scene 3 What your council tax has to pay for Message NO one likes receiv- ing a bill, but it helps Band A bill of £1,130.67 from the if you know how your money is being spent. £45.30 (4%) Your council tax £116.20 (10.27%) GM Mayor, fire services, new Leader GM Police funds a wide range spatial framework consultation of services that we all rely on throughout £395.60 (34.98%) our lives such as: £71.07 (6.28%) Adult Social Care and Public Health Central Support costs such as finance, For thousands of old and disabled • Caring for children, the legal services, information, technology etc people needing care such as home care elderly and other vul- or residential, plus public health nerable people including those disabilities £152.81 (13.51%) • Children’s services, such Levies paid to other authorities Band Waste disposal, transport, and Councillor Linda Thomas as schools, children’s £ A £201.02 (17.77%) land drainage delivered by Children’s Services centres, before and after Greater Manchester For thousands of children in care need Ambitious plans to radical- school clubs and youth safeguarding, fostering and adoption, ly improve our town will be services also support for schools and children’s driven under new leader- centres and other services ship by a reduced Cabinet, • Maintaining and repair- but with councillors rep- ing roads and bridges £56.46 (4.99%) resentative of many are- Development and Regeneration/Housing as of the borough coming • Leisure facilities includ- Development across the borough, support £92.21 (8.15%) together to deliver both a ing swimming pools, for housing, employment and skills Environmental Services challenging and exciting sports centres and parks For emptying bins, repairing roads, street lights, cemeteries, parks agenda. Our vision will continue • Providing libraries and to raise the profile of our art galleries town, encouraging new Band D bill of £1,696.00 businesses, more shops • Keeping Bolton’s streets and local jobs, which must clean £67.95 (4%) improve everyone’s chanc- £174.30 (10.27%) GM Mayor, fire services, new es and bring more money GM Police spatial framework consultation into the town to share with Part of the council tax you every area. pay also goes to the Great- We will be consulting er Manchester Police and £593.40 (34.98%) more widely with residents, Crime and Fire and Rescue £106.61 (6.28%) Adult Social Care and Public Health businesses, councillors, services. Central Support costs such as finance, For thousands of old and disabled staff and our many part- Some money is also paid legal services, information, technology etc people needing care such as home care or residential, plus public health ners, who together will help out to other organisations us to achieve this ambition such as the Passenger to continue to radically Transport and Waste Dis- improve our town for all posal Authorities. £229.21 (13.51%) sections of the community

The charts right shows Levies paid to other authorities Band and raise its profile. No one how much money goes to Waste disposal, transport, and £ £301.53 (17.77%) land drainage delivered by D must be left behind. each service per year if you Children’s Services Greater Manchester For thousands of children in care need We understand how the live in a Band A or Band D safeguarding, fostering and adoption, £200 million worth of gov- property, for example. But also support for schools and children’s ernment cuts has left many no matter which Band you centres and other services of our communities reeling. are in the percentage going This, plus harsh welfare re- to each service is the same. £84.69 (4.99%) forms and increase of many Development and Regeneration/Housing working families using food Development across the borough, support £138.31 (8.15%) banks, are all signs of how for housing, employment and skills Environmental Services tough life is for many. Aus- For emptying bins, repairing roads, street lights, cemeteries, parks terity has hurt parts of our town much more than oth- ers and we need to help them get back on their feet Where does the council’s money come from? whilst not forgetting each part of the town has its own Money from council tax is only part of the council’s budget. The council also gets money as a grant from the government and from aspirations to be clean, business rates but does not decide how much is set. From 2017/18 the council is able to keep all of the business rates gathered in green and safe. the borough, and by 2020 government funding will have reached zero. We are facing a future where people expect more and yet our funding from

150 147 Government funding 120 Council Tax government will decrease (incl Centrally Retained Business Rates) to zero. We will be depend- ent totally on Council Tax and Business Rates to fund

120 120 all our services for our thousands of elderly, dis- 111 105 abled and vulnerable chil-

100 102 dren in our care as well as 103 emptying our bins mending 90 100 the roads and keeping the 81 streets and parks clean.

70 94 I began life working in my

91 local community more than 60 89 30 years ago and it is very 87 fulfilling. As a mum of four 43 and grandma of eight, what I would expect for my own 30 80 family is what I want for the 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 Bolton Family right across (£m) (£m) (£m)1 (£m) (£m) (£m) (£m)2 (£m) (£m) (£m)1 (£m) (£m) (£m) (£m)2 the borough.

1 2013/14 introduction of the Local Council Tax Support Scheme which reduced our Council Tax property base 2 Locally retained business rates changes in 2017/18 with introduction of 100% business rates 4 Bolton Scene What does the council do for me?

We received 1,199 complaints for Trading Standards to investigate last year We empty 13.3m bins every year

We issued 2,399 licences last year such as taxi driver applications and street trading

1564 books are borrowed every day from our libraries

More than 1m people visited one of our leisure centres last year

More than 1m visitors to our libraries and museums last year 317 miles are covered every time we do a full route grit

We carried out 830 1,200 older people received a visit requests for pollution last year to plan with them how they can last year inspections live independently in their own homes

More than 11,000 children and young 757 food hygiene inspection s people received social care help last year are carried out last year

We helped 3,127 people with advice about housing We register 9,316 births, civil last year marriages and deaths last year ...and much more!

does for you visit www.bolton.gov.uk Bolton Scene 5 More jobs to Council chooses Farnworth largest site in Flying North West for GM Town Challenge visit FURTHER jobs have been A DELEGATION from secured for the Logistics Heathrow Airport has visit- North site in Bolton. ed the Logistics North site. Hardscape Products Ltd They were here as part will become the latest oc- of a nationwide tour to find cupier of a unit at the site, four sites to help with the expanding from its current airport’s expansion. base in Bolton. The manufacturing and It is the latest in a series distribution site in Over of new tenants – in Febru- Hulton, owned by Harworth ary developers Harworth Group plc, was put forward announced that it had as a possible construction agreed leases with North- centre for the new runway. ern Building Plastics Limit- Later this year all the ed and Vaclensa Limited for sites in the running will go and units. through a further process Other occupiers at Logis- to find the most suitable tics North include Amazon, sites. Aldi, Lidl, MBDA, Komatsu, The expansion project is Whistl, Costa and Greene WORK has started expected to deliver up to King, with over 1500 staff £16bn in economic benefits already employed on-site. on the multi-million and 15,300 jobs across the pound redevelop- North West. ment of Farnworth. Improvements to the junction of King Street and Market Street are part of the £1.9m Farn- At nearby Brackley councillors, businesses, Burnham, this spring. the region. worth bus station rede- Street repaving work has developers and commu- Bolton Council has The partners committed velopment project. also started as part of a nity groups discussed the nominated Farnworth for to creating a new vision for This work is expected to £450,000 scheme funded by challenges to unlocking the the Mayor’s Town Centre Farnworth and the council complete this June, when the council. potential of the town centre Challenge – a new initiative is planning further such the bus station is due to re- At the same time public when they met the Mayor of which strives to breathe events this summer. open. and private landowners, Greater Manchester, Andy life into areas across Church Wharf: key site developer named THE key developer who will lead the ating a distinctive residential neighbour- regeneration of Church Wharf has hood that brings together hundreds of new been announced. homes with high quality new public spaces Muse Developments will work on the as well as a new pedestrian route along the transformation of one of the five key sites River Croal. in the council’s billion-pound town centre Muse is aiming to submit a planning masterplan. application for a scheme by the end of the Plans for the brownfield site include cre- year. 6 Bolton Scene ou Can Foster in Bolton

It’s the one thing most people ask me when Can you do something they’re thinking about fostering, he says. incredible and help a What it feels like to bring someone new into your house. I understand why they’re asking but honestly local child in foster care you don’t notice after a while. I think becoming a foster achieve their ambition carer has made me a more patient person and that’s a great thing. The You Can Foster campaign is encouraging more people to come forward and foster for I think I must have been very impatient when I was their local authority. In Bolton we really need younger, he laughs. I’m not now, that’s for sure. more foster carers, especially for siblings and teenagers. If I was to offer one piece of advice to a new carer it As well as providing a loving home for children would be to make sure that you make the young person and young people in care fostering can be a genuine member of the family, says Sean. Once you rewarding for carers too. do that there is no longer a stranger in your home, and you’re building up trust with someone who’s probably Sean and Karen had previously fostered for a had very little trust in their life. It really does make all the private agency but transferred to Bolton difference. I know it has with us and the teenagers because they felt that only a Local Authority could offer them the professional support they we’ve looked after. needed when fostering teenage boys.

Sean recalls the first time he took a foster child into his house and says that it was really strange, no mistake, but after the first couple of weeks it became totally natural.

If you’ve got a spare room and some time to care for a child or young person get in touch with our team to find out more about whether fostering is right for you and your family.

Find out more at ounoste.ogolton, call us on 0800 10 1564 or search for us on Facebook as Foster With Bolton. Bolton Scene 7 Chorley New Rd School New look A £995,000 regeneration programme to enhance the town centre is underway. Work has started on the redevelopment opens in September project which will see new paving, street lighting and trees installed on Knowsley Street. New trees will also be planted along Oxford Street. An additional short stay parking bay will also be created on Knowsley Street, oppo- site The Market Place Shopping Centre - to help shoppers and visitors coming to the town centre. The Knowsley Street bus lane has also been closed to enable the work to take place. The whole scheme is expected to be complete by the summer and follows redevelopment work on Newport Street under- taken by the council.

Refurbishment fit for future WESTHOUGHTON Town Hall is to refur- bished. The multi-million pound project will look to continue to preserve and enhance the Market Street building to ensure that it WORK is progressing at pace on the site of the new families from the Rivington Chase housing development, which can continue to act as a base for important Chorley New Road primary school in Horwich. will be built on the site of the former Horwich Loco Works. local services for many years to come. Bolton Council is working with Wilmott Dixon to build a The school can currently accommodate 315 pupils and has a Work will include improvements to the modern, larger school which is due to open this September. one-form entry of 45 pupils. heating, ventilation and lighting within the The new school will become two-form entry with a view to in- building. Once the new-build is completed, the old school which sits next creasing its capacity to 420 pupils in order to meet the demand of It is anticipated that the building, which to it will be demolished. additional residents in future years. is currently home to Westhoughton Town The decision to build a new school was made in response to the Construction is expected to be completed by August, and pupils Council, will continue to be occupied need for extra primary school places in the area to accommodate will be welcomed into their new school from September 10. throughout the refurbishment period. Farnworth’s suffrage centenary celebrations CELEBRATIONS by recognises women who courage innovative projects During her 40 years’ service to Farn- Citizens Association which was former- Bolton Council and Farn- are exceptional role mod- that promote community worth Mary Elizabeth Barnes OBE, ly Bolton Suffrage Society. The Barnes worth community repre- els and who are making a involvement and make a JP, was the first woman councillor for family, which Mary married into, donated sentatives marked 100 positive impact on the local positive contribution to the Farnworth and was elected in 1922. land to the local community which is now years since the vote was community. lives of people in Farnworth She was a local magistrate and chair- Farnworth Park and in 1918 an Ash tree Entry forms and details and the surrounding areas. given to women. are available at Farnworth The fund is administered man and representative on a number of was planted there in her honour. It received £34,500 from Library Farnworth.li- by Bolton CVS and volun- committees, including Bolton Women the Government Equalities [email protected] tary and community groups Office Centenary Cities In addition, a Farnworth can apply for up to £1,000 Grant Fund. Suffragette Centenary by contacting the CVS on In the run up to the Fund Grants Programme 01204 546010 or at info@bol- event, Farnworth Library has been created to en- toncvs.org.uk. screened educational films about the suffragettes and events for young people themed about ‘an inspira- tional woman in your life’ or ‘a suffragette in your family’. As a lasting legacy and to remember all those who champion equal rights, a Mary Barnes Inspiration- FAMILY TREE: Descendants of Farnworth suffragist Mary Barnes OBE came along to al Woman of Farnworth the celebration at the marking 100 years since the Representation of the People Act Award was launched which A parade was part of the celebrations marking 100 years of votes for women Family fun at RNKDS K and RNMAN K in Bolton

Sat 14th uly from 7.30am and Sun 15th from 12noon, ueens Park Sun 15th uly from 1pm, Bolton Town Centre Live music, high ropes challenge, lawn games and face painting DJ, running, boxing ring, cycling, gymnastic, netball and smoothie bikes

oe n suot ts es tnts n ve un t ou ee l events. www.visitbolton.com 8 Bolton Scene New Mayor takes up office opment of the town. She She has been the cabinet THE environment and worked as a weaver for a member for Housing and ecology are dear to few years and she said Bol- Anti-Poverty from 2017/18 the heart of the new ton’s success was built on Cabinet member for Hous- Mayor, Cllr Elaine the backs of mill workers ing, Highways and Procure- Sherrington. and led to the development ment 2015/17. In her executive role of other industries. She was Vice-Chair of a few years ago in Recy- When she married at 20 Greater Manchester Waste cling and Waste she was she moved away from Bol- 2013/15. ton to have a family. She She was Executive Mem- known as the ’bin lady’ returned in 1979 to run ber for Cleaner, Greener, and her well known say- the Busin and Sundowners Safer 2011/12 Adult Servic- ing was ‘reduce, reuse, nightclubs. The Busin had es from 2009/11; Cleaner, recycle’ an early night on a Tuesday Greener, Safer 2008/9, and During her year of office which was Bolton’s only Recycling and Waste Man- celebrations will take place punk rock club. This was agement 2006/8. to mark the end of the First run by Prav and Dill who She has also been a gov- World War, and also the were collecting funds for ernor at several schools 100th Anniversary of the the Socialist Workers Party. since 1987. She has been Representation of the Peo- In 1984 she opened up her Chair of Governors at ple Act 1918. first residential home, and Moorgate for the last 10 The act gave the vote to she ran nursing and resi- years and has seen it grow all men over 21 years of dential homes until 1993. in size to become an out- age, and women over 30 In the years that followed standing school. who have property over £5 she looked after her elderly Cllr Sherrington’s char- or if they are were married relatives. ities for the year will be their husbands had £5 or Cllr Sherrington was al- Bolton Lads and Girls Club, over in property. ways a keen supporter of Bolton Hospice, the Young “It was the start of de- the Labour party and after Persons Housing Scheme mocracy for ordinary peo- having stood unsuccessful- and Fortalice. ple and the beginnings of ly in Bromley Cross in 1998, Councillor Sherrington equality,” said Cllr Sher- she was elected to serve said ‘It is both an honour rington. the old Tonge ward in 1999. and privilege to have been In her Mayoral Year Cllr After re-organisation this asked to be Mayor. I will Sherrington would also ward became the Tonge do my best to uphold the like to remember the work with the Haulgh ward in duty that so many excellent of mill workers, who were 2004 which she has contin- Mayors have done before fundamental in the devel- ued to serve up until today. me.’

Glowing reports for Bolton Cares Five Star Service

BOLTON’S servic- provides short break care es for some of the for adults with learning difficulties, and The Res- borough’s most vul- pite House, which provides nerable people are short break care for adults celebrating after a with mental health issues, continuous run of pos- were also rated as ‘good’. itive government in- In all five reports, staff were singled out for praise spection reports. by the CQC, service users The Extra Care housing and their relatives. service provided by Bolton Bolton Cares is a not- Cares was recently rated for-profit company, wholly as good following an inspec- owned by the council, which tion by the Care Quality provides a range of care Commission (CQC). and support for adults in This followed hot on the the community including: heels of good ratings for supported living services, both the Shared Lives and outreach, disability day Supported Living services care, older adults’ day care, which are also run by Bol- extra care services, short ton Cares. break care, and the shared Earlier this year, both FIVE STAR: Bolton Cares has been rated ‘good’ in all five services rated by CQC. The Shared Lives service (pictured) enables adults to lives service. live as part of a family environment for short or long-term placements. Mere Hall View, which Bolton Scene 9

Recycling this Summer World Cup BB with arty friends and Top tip: family Put any drinks bottles and cans in your burgundy bin. Top tip: Any left over food can be recycled in your green bin.

Sunathing Summer in the garden holidays Top tip: Top Tip: Be sure to wear plenty of sun cream, When your holidays are booked you can when the bottle is finished recycle it in recycle the brochure in the beige bin. your burgundy bin.

Remember NO plastic packaging, polystyrene trays or plastic bags in the recycling bins

To order your recycling bins visit www.bolton.gov.uk/loverecycling

Follow us at: @Recycle for Bolton @Recycle4Bolton 10 Bolton Scene Horwich Festival of Racing Theatre TOP road cycling and funding athletics returns to Horwich this summer with the Horwich Fes- boost tival of Racing. THE multi-million pound The festival runs over redevelopment of Bolton’s two days with a fantastic Octagon Theatre has re- line up of both competitive ceived a £450,000 boost and fun activities for the from six local, national and whole family. regional charities. It’s a multi-sport event The Foyle Foundation enabling beginners, enthu- and the Garfield Weston siasts and elite athletes to Foundation have each do- take part in a series of races nated £100,000. including cycle road racing, The £9.87 million Octagon road running, unicycling, Reimagined project will ex- sprint orienteering, fun run Programme of Events pand and refurbish the the- and cycle, under 14s duath- atre, improve access and lon and over 18s team and Tue 12 June 2018 7.30pm Horwich Mini Tour: Liverpool Castle Trail Race extend its community work. individual triathlon. The Wolfson Founda- It is the home of the Brit- tion has pledged £50,000 ish Masters running and Wed 13 June 2018 7.30pm Horwich Cycling Club/HFoR Hill Climb (16 years plus) and Bolton’s Sir James & walking National Cham- Lady Scott Trust has given pionships; the North West Fri 15 June 2018 7.30pm Horwich Mini Tour: Pigeon Tower Fell Race £30,000. These are added to NHS Tri, the National Uni- donations totalling £145,000 cycling Championship and Sat 16 June 2018 12.00pm Fun Swim Run from The Oglesby Charita- an Elite Grand Prix. ble Trust and The Granada 1.00pm Horwich Festival of Racing Club Challenge Triathlon Foundation. NHS Friends and Family Triathlon 3.00pm The grants are the lat- 7.00pm Emerson Cycle Race Cat 3/4 est to the theatre’s capital 8.00pm Emerson Horwich Grand Prix Cycle Race (30 laps E/1/2/3/ categories) appeal to raise £1.5 million towards the £9.87 million Sun 17 June 2018 9.45am USN Bolton Arena Youth Cycle Races total. 10.00am Sprint Orienteering (off circuit) 10.45am British Masters Athletics Federation 5km Walking UK Championships 10.50am British Masters Athletics Federation 5km Running UK Championships 11.30am Youth Cycling Relay (7-11 years teams of four) 12.20pm Horwich Mini Tour: Joseph Holt Horwich Open 5 km run 1.05pm 6th British National Unicycle Road Race 1.50pm Sprint Orienteering Final 2.25pm 1 Lap Cycling Street Race (6-15 years) 2.45pm Bolton at Home 1 Lap Fun Run (including fancy dress) judging of fancy dress at 2.15pm on Public Hall steps 3.15pm 1 Lap Fun Cycle 3.35pm Age Related Handicapped Criterium Cycle Race

For further information about the weekend please go to www.horwichfestivalofracing.co.uk

£431.8m from Bolton’s tourism BOLTON’S tourism • The Bolton Food and industry generated Drink Festival - 260,000 £431.8m for the town visitors. • Ironman UK Triathlon 2016 the latest available and Ironkids - more than £431.8m figures show. £3m to local economy. The 2016 results are • Bolton Museum, Aquar- 6.6m visitors a 2.7% increase on the ium and Archive in Top previous year’s figure of 10 most visited in Greater £420.4m. Manchester. The figures are the latest • The Octagon Theatre, available and have been Bolton’s historic halls - researched by the Scarbor- Smithills Hall and Hall 2015 ough Tourism Economic i’th’Wood, and Moor- £420.4m Activity Monitor (STEAM). garth’s £23m transforma- It uses a range of data tional refurbishment of 6.5m visitors sources including: hotel the Market Place Shop- occupancy rates; surveys, ping Centre have also and visitor figures. drawn visitors into the The growth is also attrib- town centre. uted to popular attractions • Bolton also has a good such as Bolton Museum, supply of hotels and bed £ £ An extra Aquarium and Archive and breakfasts which at- £11.4m which was in the top ten tract visitors throughout £ most visited attractions in the year. FESTIVAL SUCCESS: Events such as Bolton Food and Drink Festival have helped to bring Greater Manchester. an increase in visitors Bolton Scene 11

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES AND RESTRICTIONS THE BOROUGH COUNCIL OF BOLTON ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION (SPECIAL EVENTS) ACT 1994 THE BOLTON (IRONKIDS AND IRONMAN EVENTS) (TEMPORARY CLOSURES, RESTRICTIONS AND SUSPENSIONS) (NO.60) ORDER 2018

The Council has made an order, to enable the Ironkids and Chorley New Road, from Beaumont Road to De Havilland Way; Section L: Sunday 16 July 9am – midnight Ironman events to take place on the roads specified below, Section F: Sunday 15 July 10am – Midnight Chorley New Road, from St Georges Road to Victoria Road; between Monday 9 July 2018 and Tuesday 17 July 2018. All roads Chorley New Road, from Chorley Old Road / Chorley Street to Beaumont Spa Road, from Mayor Street to White Lion Brow; are in Bolton unless otherwise stated. Road; White Lion Brow, from Spa Road to Chorley Street; Section G: Sunday 15 July 10am – 5.30pm Chorley Street, from White Lion Brow to Chorley Old / New Road / St. TEMPORARY CLOSURES Park Road, from Chorley New Road to Mayor Street; Georges Road; Section A: Monday 9 July 6am to Tuesday 17 July at noon Mayor Street, from Park Road to Spa Road; Bark Street from Chorley Street to Knowsley Street; Victoria Square North for its full length; Section H: Sunday 15 July 9am – Midnight Knowsley Street from St Georges Road to Deansgate; Le Mans Crescent from Howell Croft North to Howell Croft South; Spa Road, from Mayor Street to White Lion Brow; Deansgate, from Knowsley Street to Howell Croft North; Section B: Friday 13 July 1am to Monday 16 July at noon White Lion Brow, from Spa Road to Chorley Street; Queen Street, Bolton from Cheadle Square (south side) to Ashburner Back Deansgate from Howell Croft North to Queen Street; Chorley Street, from White Lion Brow to junction Chorley Old / New Road Street: Old Hall Street North for its full length; and St. Georges Road; Deansgate from Howell Croft North to Knowsley Street; Victoria Square South for its full length; Bark Street, from Chorley Street to Knowsley Street; Barn Street, from Queen Street to Blackhorse Street; Coronation Street from Victoria Square South for 125m in a southerly Knowsley Street, from St. Georges Road to Deansgate; Section M: Sunday 16 July 10am – 5.30pm direction; Deansgate, from Knowsley Street to Howell Croft North; Park Road, from Chorley New Road to Mayor Street; Howell Croft North from Deansgate to Le Mans Crescent; Noel Street from St Georges Road to Bark Street Mayor Street, from Park Road to Spa Road; Howell Croft South from Le Mans Crescent to Ashburner Street; Pool Street from St Georges Road to Bark Street; Ashburner Street from Howell Croft South to Back Spring Gardens; Blundell Street from King Street to St Edmund Street; TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF CONTRA-FLOW BUS LANE St Edmund Street from Blundell Street to St Helena Road; Section N: Friday 13 July 1am – Monday 16 July at noon TEMPORARY CLOSURES (IRONKIDS) Duke Street from St Georges Road south to Bark Street; Blackhorse Street from Ashburner Street to Deansgate (southbound SATURDAY 14 JULY 2018 Back Bark Street from Noel Street to Knowsley Street; only); Section C: Saturday 14 July 6am - 1pm Deansgate from Howell Croft North to Knowsley Street; TEMPORARY NO WAITING (Both sides unless specified otherwise) TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF NO RIGHT TURN Back Deansgate South from Howell Croft North to Queen Street; Section I: Friday 13 July 1am– Monday 16 July at noon Section P: Saturday 14 July 6am – 1pm and Sunday 15 July 9am – Ridgeway Gates from Palatine Street to Deansgate; Victoria Square North for its full length; Midnight Palatine Street from Ridgeway Gates to Knowsley Street; Old Hall Street North, for its full length; St Georges Road (westbound) at Marsden Road / Topp Way; Knowsley Street from St Georges Road to Deansgate; Victoria Square South for its full length; Bark Street from Knowsley Street to St Helena Road. Coronation Street from Victoria Square South for 125m in a southerly TEMPORARY REVOCATION OF ONE WAY ONLY TRAFFIC direction; MOVEMENT TEMPORARY CLOSURES (IRONMAN) SUNDAY 15 JULY 2018 Howell Croft North from Deansgate to Le Mans Crescent; Section Q: Friday 13 July 1am – Monday 16 July at noon Section D: Sunday 15th July 6.00am – 9.30am Howell Croft South from Le Mans Crescent to Ashburner Street; Queen Street from Back Deansgate to Ashburner Street; Platt Lane, Westhoughton from North Road to Park Road; Ashburner Street from Howell Croft South to Blackhorse Street; Barn Street from Blackhorse Street to Queen Street Park Road, Westhoughton from Cricketers Way to A6 Manchester Road; Le Mans Crescent from Howell Croft North to Howell Croft South; A6 Manchester Road, Westhoughton from Snydale Way to Bolton Road; TEMPORARY ONE WAY ONLY TRAFFIC MOVEMENT Bolton Road, Westhoughton from A6 Manchester Road to Snydale TEMPORARY NO WAITING IRONKIDS Section R: Sunday 15 July 9.30am – 5pm Close; (Both sides unless specified otherwise) Scholes Bank, from Lee Lane / Crown Lane / Chorley New Road to the Chew Moor Lane, Westhoughton from Bolton Road to St John’s Road; Section J: Saturday 15 July 6am – 1pm Bolton/Chorley boundary. St John’s Road from Chew Moor Lane to New Tempest Road; Queen Street, Bolton from Back Deansgate South to 15m south of Permitted direction of traffic - Southbound; New Tempest Road from St John’s Road to Tempest Road; Cheadle Square (south side); Section S: Sunday 15 July 9.30am – 5.30pm Tempest Road from New Tempest Road to Rumworth Road; Knowsley Street from St Georges Road to Deansgate; Chorley New Road, from De Havilland Way to Scholes Bank. Rumworth Road from Tempest Road to Regent Road; Deansgate from Howell Croft North to Knowsley Street; Permitted direction of traffic - Eastbound. Regent Road from Rumworth Road to Chorley New Road; Chorley New Road from De Havilland Way to Scholes Bank / Lee Lane TEMPORARY NO WAITING IRONMAN Dated this 28 May 2018 / Crown Lane; (Both sides unless specified otherwise) De Havilland Way, from Chorley New Road to Mansell Way; Section K: Sunday 16 July 6am to 5.30pm Gerald Brough. Director of Place Scholes Bank, from Lee Lane / Crown Lane / Chorley New Road to the Scholes Bank, Horwich from Lee Lane to Heaviley Grove; Town Hall, Bolton BL1 1RU Bolton/Chorley boundary; Chorley New Road, Horwich from Lee Lane to Victoria Road / Beaumont www.bolton.gov.uk/trafficorders Section E: Sunday 15 July 6am – 5.30pm Road; 12 Bolton Scene

Bolton Life! Events, sport, festivals, culture Food Festival Feast of stars Ruth Doyle, Managing Sponsors are: Aldi; State- CELEBRITY chef Director at Aldi, added: side Foods, and Willmott James Martin will “We are so pleased to be Dixon. Partners include: once again star at supporting Bolton Coun- Arts Council; Bolton Mar- Bolton’s popular an- cil and the North West re- ket; Bolton Library and Mu- nual food and seum Services; Carrs Pasties; Greater Man- drink festival, Ten years – wow, chester Combined Au- notching up his thority; Octagon The- tenth appearance. that is really something. atre, and RRG Group Martin will be “It is a real honour and Ltd. joined by the god- I don’t say that lightly. Tickets for the celeb- father of TV chefs rity chef demos and the Ainsley Harriott, Bolton’s festival is special events are set baking queen Nadiya special. I’ve seen it to go on sale at the end Hussain, and Miche- grow year on year and of May. lin-starred Michael For updates, visit www.boltonfoodan- Caines at the four I’m proud to be a part of it. ddrinkfestival.com, day spectacular. follow Bolton Food and More than 267,000 James Martin Drink Festival page on visited the event last Facebook or @bolton- year, which is organised by gion at the” upcoming Food foodfest on Twitter. Bolton Council in associa- and Drink Festival for the Schedule of tion with Aldi, and holds the fourth year running. celebrity chefs: reputation of being the big- “Our local teams are • Friday, 24 August: gest and best food festival looking forward to sharing Michael Caines in the north. our products with the com- • Saturday, 25 August: The chefs will be cooking munity and visitors, and the Nadiya Hussain and hosting a series of spe- opportunity to work along- • Sunday, 26 August: cial events at the festival, side the impressive line-up Ainsley Harriott which will run from August of national and regional • Monday, 27 August: 24 to 27 this year. chefs.” James Martin Ironman UK voted UK’s best triathlon IRONMAN UK won gold in the Best choice for athletes with entries for the 2018 Triathlon Category at the 2018 Run- edition already more than 90% full. The The festival of ageing is coming to Greater Manchester between 10th edition in Bolton is expected to attract ning Awards. 2 - 15 July, it is a celebration of the positive and diverse images of It takes the title of best triathlon in the more than 2500 athletes from over 40 coun- UK, as voted for by athletes and members tries, providing yet another exciting chal- ageing of the public. lenge to competitors, bringing a festival The Running Awards recognises various atmosphere to the town where spectators Join us for the Bolton Launch Event on aspects in running, ranging from nutrition, are able to see some of the UK and world’s apparel, events, communities, technology best athletes take on the 2.4 mile swim, 112 3 July 2018 and more. mile bike and 26.2 mile run. IRONMAN UK beat competition from 11 As part of the IRONMAN UK weekend, 11am - 3pm at Victoria Square other shortlisted triathlons of varying dis- the world’s biggest IRONKIDS event, tances across the UK. IRONKIDS UK takes place in Bolton 14 The event celebrates ten years in Bol- July 2018, the day before the main event. ton this year after making the move to the For more information on the changes north west in 2009. and to enter, please visit the event website, The event continues to be a popular www.ironman.com/uk.

For more information about events taking place visit www.ambitionforageing.org.uk/festival

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GOLD STARS: Sam Brawn, Ironman UK Race Director (centre) receives the award from hosts Mike Bushell (left) and Paul Shanley, Tri247.com