Bury 0, Stoke City 0 MUSIC lover Chris Kamara was left singing the blues by off-key Bury. The new Stoke boss revealed his secret weapon to beat the drop is a dressing room ghetto blaster. But he is about as impressed by his players' preferred style of
SUCCESSFUL marketing on a shoestring is the subject of a Bolton and Bury Chamber of Commerce seminar to be held on Tuesday. The speaker will be Gordon Jones of Gregory-Jones Marketing Communications. It starts at 9am at Commerce House, Bolton, and the
SIR: We refer to B Collison (Your Views, February 2). Bolton Council did not close down the Clinic, that was the Health Authority. The Police Station at Kearsley had nothing to do with Bolton Council at the time it was closed, as at that time Kearsley
THE leader of Bolton Council today defended the authority's fight to repossess land which had a mosque on it. Cllr Bob Howarth said the legal battle was not directed at a religious group, but said that it was "a matter of recovering land being occupied
A MAN suffered horrific facial injuries after being brutally beaten on a night out by a vicious gang of thugs. The 29-year-old - who does not want to be identified - was glassed across his face before being repeatedly punched and kicked by up to 10 men
TRIBUTES have been paid to former Bolton police chief Alan Sewart, who died suddenly on Monday at his retirement home in Easingwold, Yorkshire. During a long police career Mr Sewart, aged 69, reached the rank of Chief Inspector in the Bolton force in
THE owner of a Rottweiler which attacked a milkman has sparked more fury by defending his dog's actions. Gareth Lowerson, aged 29, described his pet Max as docile and said the animal was "just doing its job" when it savaged Jack Roberts' hand. He said
A NEW plant to make oil from wood may soon be set up in Bolton It may not be on the scale of wine from water, but a Lancashire company aims to demonstrate how wood and other vegetable solids can be turned into oil. The natural process is currently used
THE managerial changes at Manchester City are unlikely to prevent Peter Beardsley making his debut against Ipswich at Maine Road tonight. The former England international left Wanderers for a month's loan with the Blues yesterday after being transfer-listed
A HOME furnishings company is to provide more than 100 jobs in Bolton's Tonge Valley. Arthur Sanderson and Sons Ltd, which makes and distributes home furnishing products, is relocating from Lecturer's Close, Bolton, safeguarding 80 jobs. And it plans
A BOLTON comprehensive school is taking a lead role in a bid to stamp out smoking among pupils. Turton High School is educating pupils about the consequences of starting to smoke and then getting hooked. "It is not that we feel Turton has a bigger problem
Anybody out there had a panic attack? It's a terrifying feeling, like a monster on your back. I was queuing up in Tesco's, for a lovely big black pudding, When the fear struck up inside of me, I knew I must get running. I thought - "I must go to the doctors
A BOLTON MP says seven Bolton men who face jail after making a gay sex video should not have been prosecuted. Brian Iddon told the BEN that the group - dubbed the Bolton Seven - should not be imprisoned and has slammed the decision to take them before
PRINCESS Anne has turned down an offer of £3,000 to open the new Hollywood Bowl in Horwich, it was revealed today. The Princess Royal was asked to perform the opening ceremony by owners Bass Leisure Entertainments. She would have been given the cash to
THERE'S no escaping council cuts. It's a sobering thought that even when we have drawn our last breath, the Council will be hovering still to collect its increased fees for burying or cremating us. That is if they have not priced themselves out of the
SIR: Many of your readers are probably not aware that disabled people are already having their benefits cut. Government spokespersons persistently assure us that disability benefits are under review and that no decisions will be taken until the end of
RESIDENTS in a sleepy suburb of Bolton woke up today wondering whether Posh Spice and David Beckham would soon be their neighbours. Homeowners in leafy lanes around Dobb Brow, Westhoughton, are more used to washing their cars or walking the dog than the
A BUSINESSMAN is fuming after an expansion plan he says could create 100 new jobs has been held up by a dispute with a watchdog body. Peter Hutcheon's Lostock firm CD Pages Ltd is locked in a dispute with the telephone and fax regulator ICSTIS - The Independent
THE BEN said that people wanted to get on the buses to Middlebrook and at last they are being given the chance to do just that. From March 28 the 539 service from Bolton Bus Station will be extended to incorporate the multi-million development. It's not
INTRIGUED shop assistants at Bolton's Debenhams store are trying to find the owner of the Egyptian bank note which was handed in at the weekend. And a Bolton World War Two romance could well be linked to the unusual find. For stuck on the one pound note
BURY South MP Ivan Lewis presented NVQ certificates in playwork to successful candidates. Mr Lewis was celebrating an out of school childcare partnership which has been working behind the scenes since August 1994. It includes Bolton and Bury Training
WANDERERS' state-of-the-art Reebok Stadium is set to launch Bolton's international rugby league career in the autumn. The Reebok has been earmarked as the venue for one of a three Test series against New Zealand in November. Although plans for the Kiwi
SIR: I refer to the article about St Gregory's RC Church from Mr McFarlane recently and agree with everything he said about preserving this beautiful church. I, as an old parishioner of St Gregory's, residing in Our Lady of Lourdes Parish which is a beautiful
BOLTON Council should not throw in the towel yet over the Sunday trading issue in the Market Hall. It's a pity that the vast majority of stallholders have chosen to opt out of the situation. We believe if the traders have stuck together and remained open
Radcliffe Boro 0, Altrincham 1 RADCLIFFE Boro's relegation blues worsened last night by a single goal home defeat by Altrincham. A crowd of 333 saw the visitors to Stainton Park settle the game with the only goal after just five minutes. Jason Astley
SIR: I totally agree with Brendan Doherty regarding old comedy programmes screened during better times. I don't know whether he has Sky TV or not, but some of these old programmes like Please, Sir and Nearest and Dearest, have been recently screened on
A TERRIFIED family fled their council house after burglars ransacked it and they were pestered by drug addicts. Lynne Griffin and her two children moved into the house in Ainsdale Road, Great Lever, only two weeks ago. Lynne says she had been warned that
GREGGS North West have appointed Karen Bates as area manager for its shops in the Bury and Rochdale region. She began her career with Greggs as a Saturday girl in 1985 and has spent the last five years as area manager with Birmingham-based Braggs, a division
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, February 17, 1973 HOLIDAYS in Spain are going to cost more this summer - and holidaymakers will have less in their pockets to spend. This follows yesterday's upvaluing of the peseta, which effectively makes the pound
SIR: 'When will they ever learn?' aptly fits Bolton Council's stance over Birtenshaw farmland. The Council's old chestnut "We turned it down - the Minister allowed it" was given a new twist by Cllr R Howarth at a council meeting. "We turned it down and
A BOLTON councillor has been ousted from the Labour Party for three months. Council colleagues decided to withdraw the party whip from Tonge ward Cllr Paul Perry following complaints that he attacked a campaigner protesting at town hall cuts. They made
A LOCAL firm of chartered accountants and business advisers has been awarded an important franchise. Barlow Andrews, of Chorley New Road, Bolton, has been chosen by national accountancy network Horwath Clark Whitehill Associates to provide accounting
