By Jack Sharratt LifeBridge ASEND Bolton attended the service in Victoria Square, in front of the town hall, to remember those who fought and died in wars. Everybody who attended the service had 2 minutes silence to think about the loved ones we have lost. Many people came along and the emergency services turned up...
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Manchester Arena bombing – one year on
On this day in 2017, terror came to Manchester in the most grotesque and terrible way imaginable, with children and young adults targeted by a suicide bomber as they left Manchester Arena at the end of an Ariana Grande concert. Britain and our European neighbours have been the victims of terrorist attacks on numerous occasions...
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A CITY UNITED
On Monday 22nd May, twenty-two innocents were murdered and more than sixty injured at Manchester Arena. Happy young concert-goers and relatives there to meet them afterwards were slaughtered in a deliberately targeted, unspeakably evil act. Many of the injured remain critically ill and for some the injuries will be life-changing even after they cease to...
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Illicit Worlds of Indian Dance review by Luke Jennings
Classical Indian dance meets Bollywood drag in a night of tradition and subversion. Akademy was founded in 1979 to promote the understanding of South Asian dance in Britain, and in Illicit Worlds of Indian Dance, an event curated by writer and ethnomusicologist Anna Morcom, the organisation leads us into some of the art form’s more...
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UK partners with India for Technology & Knowledge Summit 2016
In October 2016, a first ever high-level business and academic delegation will come from the United Kingdom to participate in the 22nd edition of Technology Summit which is an annual flagship event hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in partnership with the Department of Science and Technology. This was announced in New Delhi...
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Children in Need
A record £32.6 million was raised in this year’s BBC Children in Need appeal, with over £2.5 million of that being raised here in the Northwest. Former Bolton Wanderers star Fabrice Muamba, who survived after his heart stopped during a cup tie at Tottenham Hotspur in 2012, was part of Gareth Malone’s all-star choir, performing the Children in Need single Wake...
Black History Month
Smile of Hope’ celebrated Black History Month with anAfrican buffet dinner and entertainment at the Genting Casino in Bolton on October 31st. Supported by Bolton at Home, Forever Manchester and Bolton Community and Voluntary Services (CVS) The Smile Of Hope is a project that aims to raise awareness and promote integration and unification of...