A FORMER English teacher at Bolton School is one of the directors of a new £205m media company with big ambitions. Iain Aiken, aged 51, who taught at the school between 1968 and 1971, is now on the board of Newsquest Media Group - the owner of 129 UK
A SLEEPING man was saved by his alert neighbours who dialled 999 when they spotted smoke pouring out from under the front door of his flat. Fifty-year-old Mr Ray Evans of Wardley Square, Tyldesley, had left the pan on the cooker, and only awoke when the
HEALTH watchdogs are concerned about a 24 hour GP service in Bolton. The service will operate from Lombard House, at the junction of Chorley Old and Chorley New Road, and will be an emergency consultation centre. It is aimed at reducing the pressure on
ENVIRONMENT Minister Robert Jones has denied Bolton Council claims that new legislation makes it more difficult to remove illegal gypsy camps. In November last year Bolton Council officials met angry Little Lever residents who were complaining about repeated
A WOMAN from Westhoughton created a stink - after raw sewage filled the bath of her holiday apartment in Lanzarote. Lisa Quigley said gurgling noises, a bad smell, a shower which would not drain and a toilet bowl which filled to the top were just some
FORMER Warwickshire star Brian Lara stroked 119 for Trinidad and Tobago in the second innings of his first match since controversially withdrawing from West Indies' tour of Australia last month. Lara lifted Trinidad to 255 for six in pursuit of their
A FARNWORTH woman has slammed Camelot after she was told to fill in a form to claim a cash prize of just £1. Sharron Knott, 35, bought an instant lottery ticket for £1 from a newsagent near her workplace on Longshaw Drive in Little Hulton. But when she
BOLTON'S latest sheltered housing scheme, a partnership development between Bolton Council and Anchor Housing Association, has been launched. The scheme, at Thurstons, Wigan Road, Westhoughton, follows a partnership stretching back to 1988 when Rushey
WIGAN beat the cream of soccer and the rest of British sport to scoop two top awards last night. Coach Graeme West fended off the challenge of top soccer managers to land the top boss award while Va'aiga Tuigamala was named top Honorary Brit brushing
SIR: I am somewhat surprised at the things that are happening within our Police Force and at the magistrates courts. For example some of the reports in the BEN: January 12 Drugs/weapons - Drugs and adapted weapon found in man's home. Defendant fined a
THE whole Saturday North West non-league programme was wiped out by the weather at the weekend. But there was local interest in the draw for the quarter-finals of the Lancashire ATS Trophy which saw Radcliffe Boro come out of the hat second yet again.
Dick Whittington, Harwood Hams, Christ's Church, Harwood. Further performances on February 2 and 3 EVERY panto needs a good audience. Harwood Hams could not have asked for better than the enthusiasts who needed little encouragement to shout, sing and
IT sounds like a sick joke. Schools and playgroups may now buy politically correct dolls including a deaf ballerina who wears a hearing aid, a one-legged ski-instructor and a blind man with a white stick. But Labour-run Derby City Council are taking this
BOLTON Institute has appointed 27-year-old Georgeene Eastwood as Marketing and Public Relations Officer. Blackburn-born Georgeene, who lives in Sedgeley Park, Manchester, has joined the Institute's Marketing and External Relations Unit from Manchester
THE hunt is on for a new Chief Executive of Bolton Bury Training and Enterprise Council - at £55,000 to £60,000 a year plus benefits. The position is vacant following the departure of Geoff Critchley, who resigned for personal reasons in November, 1995
Wigan 74 Bramley 12 IT was lambs to the slaughter as cup kings Wigan imperiously brushed aside little Bramley yesterday. The RL giants began the defence of their Silk Cut Challenge Cup title with the easiest of ties and despite the Yorkshiremen's spirited
SIR: The Royal Mail, like all services has gone to pot, as the saying goes. On January 16 I received three letters: the first class one from London took eight days to reach me; the second class ones from London and Bradford took six days. Last year some
25 YEARS AGO PRINCE Michael of Kent was injured today during trials for the world four-man bobsled championships at Cervina, Italy. He was dragged half-out of his overturned sled for 300 yards before he righted it. He was picked up at the finishing line
A BLIND pensioner who fell down her stairs suffered multiple fractures and severe hypothermia after lying helpless in freezing conditions for almost 12 hours. Miss Nora Wilcockson, 76, who was only wearing a thin nightdress, tumbled down 15 steps at her
ELECTRICAL retailer Colourvision has been served with an order by the Office of Fair Trading banning it from offering credit facilities. The Liverpool-based company and all its subsidiaries, including Colorvision (JB) Ltd of Bolton, have had their credit
BOLTON'S emergency casualty unit was stretched to the limit over the weekend treating hundreds of patients who 'fell' victim to the icy conditions. There was barely standing room as people with broken limbs crammed into Bolton Royal Infirmary's casualty
RESIDENTS in Horwich are up in arms about the state of private recycling plants in the town. They claim dust blows around from mounds of waste and also from unsheeted lorries on the roads. During a protest walk against the proposed tip, across Red Moss
BOLTON professional Tony Knowles made a brief appearance at the Royal Welsh snooker championship in Newport on Saturday when he was whitewashed 5-0 by world number 110 Gerard Greene. Knowles, the former world number two, was beaten in just 87 minutes
AN OLD soldier from Bolton is appealing for Gulf War veterans to help with the merging of two major armed forces associations. Colonel George Robinson, 77, of Firwood Fold, Tonge Moor is life-president of the local branch of the Gulf Veterans and Families
FOUR youths feeling the cold ordered a man to hand over his coat, worth £100, in Deansgate, Bolton, last night. The man, who was uninjured, walked to Bolton Central police station to raise the alarm. Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some
BURY are facing a hectic promotion run-in - and it is threatening to get worse, writes NEIL BONNAR. From next weekend the Shakers are scheduled to play twice a week for the next four weeks with the postponed fixtures at Scunthorpe and Rochdale crammed
WANDERERS' were hit by more bad luck today as FA Cup opponents Leeds United celebrated a triple boost. The postponement of Saturday's fourth round Roses clash will make key men Tony Yeboah and Richard Jobson available for a tie they were set to miss.
