POLICE are appealing for information to help catch the burglar who shot a brave Bolton man in a bungled raid yesterday. Geoffrey Shannon, aged 55, was shot in the shoulder during a struggle with the burglar who was brandishing an air pistol. As reported
THE Euro 96 football championships will see a record number of soccer fans using Manchester Airport. This month, nearly 30,000 football fans from 11 different countries are expected to pass through the terminals to see teams compete at Old Trafford, Anfield
NEO-NAZIS from Britain and the rest of Europe will attempt to exploit any violent incidents at Euro '96 to spread their creed of race hate. Extreme right wing groups have traditionally used football as a recruiting ground for their organisations. Some
PLANNING councillors yesterday turned down a massive Westhoughton housing scheme . . . for a second time. They refused permission for Redrow Homes to build 183 homes at Edges Farm off Leigh Road at Daisy Hill. Councillors were warned by planning officers
BOLTON soccer yobs could be teaming up with hooligans in other clubs across Greater Manchester in a bid to wreck next month's Euro '96 Championships. Football hooligan expert Peter Brighton says gangs of yobs from clubs including Bolton, Oldham, Wigan
TEDDY the guide dog no longer has to go out to spend a penny when he accompanies his owner, Roy Almond, to Bolton College. The college has provided him and his fellow guide dogs with their own customer designed loo at the Manchester Road Campus. The news
PETER Brighton has made a detailed study of football hooliganism over the years and makes regular contact with yobs in Britain and abroad. The problem, which was once the scourge of the 1970s and early 80's in Britain, is now seeing something of a mini
SIR: I am writing to you again about people playing football in the street. For the last few months, we have had football games constantly being played by children the front/rear/one side of our house. The local police have said to me that they are not
SUPERSTAR steeplejack Fred Dibnah CAN build a replica mine head in his back garden, planning councillors have finally agreed. Earlier this month Fred was at loggerheads with council chiefs calling them a "lily livered lot" when they labelled his garden
SIR: I am writing in response to Mr Crausby's letter (Viewpoint, May 21). Mr Crausby raises a number of points about hospital services for elderly patients and the closure of Bolton Royal Infirmary which require comment and clarification. While respiratory
Lovely cards and fancy cakes, These small things a birthday make People show how much they care And this special day with those you share. Cards say, mother, nana, wife I count my blessings for this loving life And then a tear comes in my eye For those
LABOUR has accused the Tories of running scared over a Bill to allow disabled people to use Government cash to tailor their own personal care schemes because of the intervention of Bolton MP Peter Thurnham. The Government has been defeated twice over
BOLTON'S Euro MP Gary Titley gave his full backing to efforts to crack down on hooliganism during a recent debate at the European Parliament. Mr Titley believes co-operation between police forces across the continent is the key to dealing with the problem
LABOUR prospective parliamentary candidates will be warned this weekend that complacency could hamper their election prospects. Senior members of the party's general election strategy team, including manager Peter Mandelson MP, will address a conference
IT was a cry from the heart when Ron Taylor, the head of Dunblane Primary School, told Lord Cullen's inquiry into the massacre, that for the life of him, he could not understand why people should wish to keep guns at home. His plea for stricter gun controls
A TOP judge has ordered a police investigation after key witnesses in a Bolton attempted murder case retracted their statements. Manchester's Recorder, Judge Rhys Davies QC, said: "This is the kind of situation the court is regrettably familiar with.
THE Government and Labour today joined forces to oppose Euro plans to slash Britain's fishing fleet by almost a third. Ministers and opposition front benchers warned they will block such moves until Brussels cracked down on continental pirates who use
SIR: The members of the Arthritis Care Bolton Central Branch would like to thank the management and staff of Sainsbury's Store, Bolton, for allowing us to collect at the store on May 3 and 4. We would also like to thank the public for their generosity
SIR: I refer to Glenice Newsham's letter on May 27 regarding the delivery of the BEN. May I point out that in the main it is the paper boys and girls who deliver the BEN in all weathers. My son works for Mr Darji and he turns up every morning and night
LEIGH may be well out of the running in the Division Two promotion race but can still have a big say in the final shake-down. Unbeaten leaders Hull KR are the visitors to Hilton Park on Sunday knowing that their 20-match winning league run is under threat
SIR: As a mother of a pupil at Woodside Senior School I am disgusted that they would even consider closing the sixth form. My daughter needs all the help she can get to enable her to get a job when her school time is up. Through no fault of their own,
SIR: On Saturday June 15, Vision Aid, the Bolton based charity supporting blind and visually impaired children, will be holding a street collection in Bolton town centre, and I would appeal to your readers to support our efforts by acting as collectors
ARSONISTS started a fire which badly damaged a disused social club last night. The firebugs broke in and set light to rubbish in the kitchen of the Tyldesley Bowls and Social Club on Wells Street, Tyldesley. Flames spread along timber cladding on the
A PETROL station attendant was held at gunpoint last night while a raider helped himself to cash from a till. The robbery happened at 7pm yesterday at the Telegraph Service Station in Manchester Road in Kearsley when a woman attendant was threatened with
ACCORDING to Peter Brighton, a researcher who has contacts in gangs in Britain and abroad, Bolton soccer hooligans could be teaming up with yobs from other clubs across Greater Manchester in an attempt to wreck the Euro 96 Champions. And he has warned
From the Evening News, May 31, 1971 FILM star and war hero Audie Murphy has been killed after his private plane disappeared while he was flying to a business meeting. Murphy, 46, the most decorated American serviceman of the second world war with 24 decorations
