A HORWICH shop assistant is in line to win a Shop Assistant of the Year title - and a Vauxhall Corsa car. Katherine Shakeshaft, who works at the Late Shop in Winter Hey Lane, is one of 10 finalists in a competition run by United Norwest Co-operatives
DEVELOPERS seeking to re-locate Bolton dog track have looked at five sites. As reported in the Evening News recently, the Raven Group from London is seeking planning permission for a £10m leisure and entertainment centre at Raikes Park, Manchester Road
DETECTIVES are hunting two teenage boys who indecently assaulted a 10-year-old girl as she played in a street in Great Lever yesterday. The little girl was approached by the boys, aged 13 or 14, in Cecilia Street at around 6pm. They indecently assaulted
BOLTON schools have been warned that swingeing cuts are looming. Three per cent - £3.2 million - will be chopped from this year's education budget, the biggest spender in the council. And the situation could worsen, warned officers yesterday. Since 1991
THE long search to find a new site for Bolton's traditional town centre funfair has hit another hitch. Council chiefs thought they had finally reached agreement for the fair to be held on the Octagon surface level car park, off Great Moor Street, between
KAYLEIGH Horrocks has one desperate wish . . . to join her friends at school - any school. For Kayleigh, who celebrates her fifth birthday in two weeks, cannot get a place at a school within walking distance of her Farnworth home. So she is currently
A FORMER Bolton heavyweight boxer proved yesterday that brains and brawn do mix when he proudly collected a degree. Peter Freeman retired in 1978 after an eight year professional career and was the only British fighter to meet Olympic gold medallist Leon
GAIL Dootson is living testimony to the expertise and professionalism of a North-west medical team who gave her a new lease of life. Gail, 28, has undergone revolutionary treatment and beaten the odds after cynics gave her little chance of recovery. Since
SIR: After seeing Portillo on television and reading his assumption that any young Englishman (British) would be willing to die in battle for England and the monarchy, I say what a load of rubbish. Let him interview the young homeless, jobless and people
SIR: Does Horwich Council really want to be the first town in England to introduce a dog registration scheme - more bureaucracy? We pay our Council Tax, we pay our Television Licence, we tax our cars, now do they want to penalise dog lovers and owners
THE announcement by leisure chiefs that there will be no council-funded firework displays this year will impress local people like a damp squib. Not only has the traditional Leverhulme Park Bonfire Night display been extinguished, but events in Westhoughton
25 YEARS AGO GALES which swept the North early today hurled sections of the wooden stand at Radcliffe Cricket Club over a wall, badly damaging two old people's bungalows. THE body of Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte has been found, and Canadian police
AIDAN Davison, Wanderers' patient understudy goalkeeper has emerged as a surprise international candidate. Northern Ireland boss Bryan Hamilton is running the rule over the Sedgefield-born reserve team regular, who qualifies to play for the Irish by virtue
THE Bolton College Guidance Centre in Manchester Road has been awarded the prestigious ISO9002 certificate. It followed a quality assessment by ISOQAR Ltd. The Guidance Centre received the award for "the provision of professional careers guidance and
COMEDIENNE Victoria Wood brought a smile to the faces of Bolton students yesterday as she was honoured. The former Bury Grammar School pupil was made an honorary fellow of Bolton Institute as education and health students were given their degrees and
BOLTON wildlife groups have welcomed news that Red Moss at Horwich has now been officially confirmed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The moss, which is proposed as a waste tip site by Bolton Council, was notified as a SSSI in January after a
FIREWORK displays have gone up in smoke because cash-starved Bolton Council says it can't afford them. There will be no traditional Bonfire Night display in Leverhulme Park this year. And events at Westhoughton and Horwich have also been scrapped. Leisure
ICE skating stars of Blackpool's hot ice show have opened a new world for Horwich woman Mrs Doreen Burgess. For 22 years Doreen has suffered from agoraphobia and claustrophobia and rarely ventured out of the house. But since her first visit to the ice
LEIGH are hot on the trail of one of the Cook Islands top stars. Coach Ian Lucas was so impressed with the performance of the player in last night's Emerging Nations World Cup game at Hilton Park, that he immediately opened negotiations. Lucas confirmed
NEIL McDonald's move to Preston could be back on. The Wanderers midfield man, whose transfer to Deepdale broke down three weeks ago after talks about personal terms, is hoping the deal can be revived. Preston had hoped to buy time by taking the former
SHEFFIELD United are tracking Bury's transfer listed star Tony Rigby. Blades boss Dave Bassett has had the Shakers' revitalised midfielder watched since he destroyed the Yorkshire side in their recent Coca-Cola Cup clash. The creative 23-year-old has
WANDERERS RES 3 NEWCASTLE RES 1 FABIAN de Freitas struck a two-goal reminder of the finishing power he believes is tailor made for the Premiership last night. The Dutch striker, struggling for form and fitness at first team level, inspired Wanderers Reserves
