theboltonnews.co.uk media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place theboltonnews.co.uk in the centre. We have seen it on 10 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is theboltonnews.co.uk biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place theboltonnews.co.uk in the centre. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is theboltonnews.co.uk left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place theboltonnews.co.uk in the centre. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Centre.
Is theboltonnews.co.uk reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for theboltonnews.co.uk are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What theboltonnews.co.uk has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with theboltonnews.co.uk’s own report linked underneath.
Patrick Stewart, the British actor famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in 'Star Trek' and Professor Charles Xavier in 'X-Men', has died at the age of 86. His death was announced by his family.
theboltonnews.co.uk reported it asStar Trek and X-Men actor Sir Patrick Stewart dies aged 86, statement confirms (opens theboltonnews.co.uk in a new tab)
Russian forces attacked nine regions across Ukraine, leading to widespread power outages and damage to homes, with at least 15 people injured. The strikes occurred as Ukraine abandoned an energy truce with Russia and amid concerns over US support.
theboltonnews.co.uk reported it asRussia strikes nine Ukrainian regions as strain grows between Zelensky and Trump (opens theboltonnews.co.uk in a new tab)
Katie Zacharia, President Trump's new press secretary, has stated she is a lawyer. An investigation found no record of her being licensed to practice law in any US state or Washington D.C. She told reporters she passed the bar exam when she moved to China.
theboltonnews.co.uk reported it asNew White House press secretary defends legal background and short briefing (opens theboltonnews.co.uk in a new tab)
Novelist Sally Rooney's books will no longer be supplied in the UK by her publisher, Faber. Rooney stated that fulfilling publishing contracts in the UK could now constitute a serious criminal offence due to her support for Palestine Action, a group banned in the UK.
theboltonnews.co.uk reported it asSally Rooney’s books withdrawn from UK over support for Palestine Action (opens theboltonnews.co.uk in a new tab)
Hassan Kariem, a teacher at Wesley International Academy, died after falling from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia. Police stated he was ejected from the ride and struck other patrons before falling. Six Flags temporarily closed nine similar roller coasters.
theboltonnews.co.uk reported it asNine rides closed as investigation launched into fatal theme park incident (opens theboltonnews.co.uk in a new tab)
The British Home Secretary confirmed a public inquiry into the October 2025 Heaton Park synagogue attack that killed Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby, noted the attacker was shot dead, eight arrests were made and a co‑perpetrator received a life sentence.
theboltonnews.co.uk reported it asPublic inquiry announced into Heaton Park synagogue attack deaths (opens theboltonnews.co.uk in a new tab)
Three Australian appellate judges have rejected activist Uncle Robbie Thorpe's bid to prosecute King Charles III for alleged genocide. Thorpe plans to pursue the case at the International Criminal Court after exhausting domestic legal options.
theboltonnews.co.uk reported it asBid to prosecute King Charles III reaches international court (opens theboltonnews.co.uk in a new tab)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced he had spoken with Donald Trump and they agreed to meet in New York. Zelensky also thanked Trump for a visit by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Kyiv. The meeting is expected to occur during the UN General Assembly.
theboltonnews.co.uk reported it asAndy Burnham heading to New York for talks with Donald Trump at UN summit (opens theboltonnews.co.uk in a new tab)
Actress Hayden Panettiere, 36, was found dead in her Greenville, South Carolina apartment on 16 August 2026. Police and the coroner’s office reported no signs of foul play. Her father confirmed her death in a statement to ABC News, and tributes followed from co-stars and fans.
theboltonnews.co.uk reported it asHeroes, Nashville and Scream star Hayden Panettiere dies aged 36 (opens theboltonnews.co.uk in a new tab)
Ed Miliband met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington to discuss security, Ukraine and Gaza, while ignoring questions about his past criticism of Donald Trump as 'racist' and 'misogynistic'. The White House had reportedly expressed concerns over Miliband’s appointment.
theboltonnews.co.uk reported it asMiliband ignores questions about past views on Trump during Washington trip (opens theboltonnews.co.uk in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
Who owns it
- Newsquestunknowndirect owner
- GannettMedia Conglomerateparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Stretford, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
- Official site
- theboltonnews.co.uk
- Seen publishing on
- theboltonnews.co.uk
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 10
- Reports listed
- 10
- We could read
- 0
- First seen
- 4 August 2026
10 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 0 we could open, not on everything it published.
A blindspot is measured against one side of the spectrum. theboltonnews.co.uk is rated centre, so there is no side for it to be counted against and we publish no figure here.
Across the 10 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of theboltonnews.co.uk: its report arrived a median of 24 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 5 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 6 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as theboltonnews.co.uk, also publishing from United Kingdom, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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