Westhoughton’s only Labour councillor on Bolton Council has voted for plans to build on up to 2,000 more acres of green fields.

Police in Greater Manchester are taking an average of almost 16 HOURS to respond to burglary calls, new figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have revealed.

Here are this week’s roadworks to watch out for in Westhoughton.

The new road from Platt Lane to Chequerbent roundabout should have opened in June but now Persimmon Homes have asked Bolton Council to alter the planning condition to delay the opening of the new road due to “health and safety concerns”.

More than 100 bags of litter were collected by volunteer residents around Westhoughton in March.

The 2024 local elections are almost upon us, so here are your Liberal Democrat candidates for Westhoughton this year.

More chunks of masonry have fallen from Westhoughton Library.

Some 2,000 spring bulbs have been planted across Westhoughton with the help of schoolchildren.

The Big Spring Clean is back in Westhoughton and residents are being urged to get involved to keep our streets tidy.

An evening of music and entertainment has raised £1,000 for two Westhoughton charities.

The Liberal Democrat team in Westhoughton knows just how annoying it is for motorists to drive over pothole-riddled roads. That’s why we’re campaigning to get as many of them fixed as possible.

More than 60 residents took part in life-saving defibrillator training in January.

Westhoughton railway station is closed for one week, starting this Saturday 10 February, whilst Daisy Hill station also faces three weekends of closures.

Some of the worst potholes on St George’s Avenue are to be filled, after complaints by Liberal Democrat councillor Neil Maher.

Liberal Democrat town councillors have frozen Westhoughton council tax payments for the FIFTH year running.

Goalposts in two Daisy Hill locations have been replaced thanks to your Liberal Democrat councillors.

The public parks of Mexico have “better facilities for their dogs than we do for our children”, Westhoughton councillor David Wilkinson has said.

The number of patients waiting more than four hours in Bolton’s A&Es has risen by 86.4% compared with four years ago, Liberal Democrat analysis of House of Commons Library research reveals.

Residents are angry that Labour-run Bolton Council is planning to dim street lights across Westhoughton despite several after dark assaults.

Bolton at Home bosses have been accused of having a “callous disregard for the safety of older people” after they refused to grit the streets outside their homes.