SIR: Writing as someone who has lived in Bolton all my life (nearly 23 years) I have to say that compared to Leeds, Bolton has very little to offer. Leeds has a larger, more exclusive shopping centre with individual shops as well as chains. Bolton council
A COUPLE cheated death last night after fire destroyed their flat in Bolton. Arthur Smith, aged 66, and Christina Cue, aged 53, woke to discover a blaze in their lounge which quickly engulfed their home with thick, poisonous smoke. Firemen today said
DETECTIVES believe they may have smashed a major car ringing operation after raids on addresses yesterday. A police team from Swinton CID recovered six stolen vehicles reported stolen throughout the North-west in a swoop on premises in Anson Street, Winton
BOLTON town centre is set for a long, hot, smelly summer...while sewer repairs are being carried out. Council chiefs have warned that there could be a prevailing pong during the 15-week programme of work. And motorists' tempers are also set to reach boiling
WHAT on earth are Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive, Railtrack and North Western Trains playing at? The three have pledged to work together to improve facilities at the long-waited overspill car park at Lostock station. But they seem to
HOSPITAL bosses are spending £200,000 to create 170 more car parking spaces. The move is aimed at stemming public criticism about parking problems at the Royal Bolton Hospital site. The new spaces are being created next to Redgate Way - the main road
A LEADING Chorley charity worker is due to appear in court on a fraud charge next month. Clive Yates - who has been prominent in Chorley Lions' fund-raising events - is accused of conspiracy to defraud his former employer Martin Brown Seafoods, Pisces
VOLUNTARY roadside drug tests are to get under way in the county as police try out new devices that will hopefully bring drug using drivers to justice. Lancashire Constabulary is one of four forces chosen to conduct the tests which are to run over a three-week
THE prestigious BBC Young Musicians 98 will be the stage for Bolton schoolboy Mark Almond when he plays in the National Brass Final of the competition tonight. An A-Level student at Bolton School, Mark, aged 17, has been playing the French horn since
LOCAL firms are about to hit the road to a blooming new style of sponsorship. Council highways chiefs are inviting companies to financially support Chorley's roundabouts. The town's technical and general services committee was told yesterday (Wed March
CHORLEY dance music duo Kush will give a special live showcase gig at the highly-acclaimed Feel club in Preston later this month. Music industry representatives are expected at the event, which is viewed as a big break for the talented duo - namely Ben
CHORLEY has become a supernatural centre for fans of the county's growing fascination with eerie events. The first meeting of the Lancashire UFO Society was recently held at Chorley Library - with some spellbinding footage of paranormal activity. Society
EAST CHORLEY is to benefit from a £30,000 cash injection to provide a new play area at Tatton Community Centre. The extra money has been handed to the local council from central government and is being seen as another success for the Renewal Area initiative
SIR: I indeed agree with Graham Baxter regarding Quidnunc. I miss the slot which was a font of knowledge and a means of settling arguments. B Howarth Alexandria Drive Westhoughton. Previous news story Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some
Chorley 0 Frickley Athletic 0 CHORLEY's first goalless league game of the season was not one which will live long in the memory. Indeed there have probably been worse matches than this at Victory Park but off hand, I can't think of one. The game began
LEIGH Centurions will today complete their third new signing in less than a week. The Division One strugglers will complete a free transfer deal with St Helens for 21-year-old stand-off or scrum-half James Arkwright. The former Leigh Miners youngster
Warrington Grange 6 Chorley Ladies 3 CHORLEY were walloped on Sunday and made to pay for some poor defending and lack of control in midfield. The game started at a hectic pace and Chorley conceded a goal within five minutes when a deflected cross presented
QUICK-THINKING factory workers sprang into action to grab a man after a stolen car was involved in a horrifying head-on crash on a busy Bolton road. The man was held after a stolen Ford Orion car careered out of control and ploughed into a van on the
OUTRAGED sixth formers at Westhoughton High School have entered the debate surrounding a controversial statue. The teenagers were horrified when the sculpture of a mother and child was taken down from Ditchfield Gardens in the town. They accused older
SICK thieves burgled a dead man's flat just hours after his body was taken away. Former builder Francis Lyons, 59, died at his home on Knight Street, Bury. But when his family arrived the day after his death to put his affairs in order, they found a window
LOTTERY grants totalling nearly £400,000 were announced for projects in BURY today. Bury Metro Council for Voluntary Service will use £246,780 to set up a community furniture recycling service for people who have been homeless. And the Rachel House Trust
TRAINED tourist guides will be offering a selection of tours over the next five months, looking at past and present events in Bolton Town Centre. Locals and visitors to the town will have the opportunity to find out more about the area from the professional
BOLTON Strings Together Ensemble present their fifth concert on Saturday starting 11am at Somerset Road United Reformed Church, Heaton. Tickets are £1.50 (concessions £1) and all proceeds will go to Christian Aid. There are two string orchestras with
SIR: Thank you for the letter telling me I was a winner in one of your competitions. I enter quite a few of the competitions the paper publishes and I find them quite interesting. Being a pensioner the numerous competitions give me opportunities in my
HI-TEC firms in the North-west have been urged to recruit skilled workers being made redundant by Via Systems in Whitefield. The appeal was made by Bury South MP Ivan Lewis after he visited the firm on Monday in the wake of the American owners' announcement
Good Friday allus used to be A very special day T' pike had stood forever And we went up anyway. But once a year we gathered At, what seemed like, crack of dawn Outside Lee Cong then trooped up there, On each Good Friday morn. I can't recall it raining
SIR: Farnworth has more than its fair share of problem residents. My wife and I have spent most of our lives here, in community work of various types. Betty's value to the town has been recognised by a medal from the Queen, a community service award from
HORWICH carnival will carry on with the same queen as last year - because nobody bothered to enter this year's contest. The other three female members of the carnival royalty and the new page boy were decided by a panel of local luminaries. But the thorny
TWO Bolton pensioners expected to find companionship when they went into a retirement home to spend their twilight years. But Ellis Clarke, 88, and Emily Greenhalgh, 86, found something better . . . love. Now the sweethearts plan to celebrate their engagement
A HORWICH woman carried out a daring night raid to rescue abused dogs. Pat Graham, of George Street, led a contingent of animal lovers, who plucked the greyhound-type dogs from "appalling" conditions at a site in Derbyshire. Pat, who runs the Lexus Greyhound
A 45-bedroomed extension at the Holiday Inn next to the Reebok Stadium at Horwich was being considered by Bolton's planning councillors today. But council officers are recommending that planning permission should be refused because it would be too close
THE biggest Crompton Lodge in Moses Gate Country Park has been drained while vital maintenance work is carried out using environment-friendly techniques. The work is being carried out as part of a phased programme of restoration to the lodge edges which
Wanderers Reserves 1, Huddersfield Reserves 3 WANDERERS Reserves went down 3-1 to relegation threatened Huddersfield Town at Hilton Park last night. Everything seemed to be rosy for Bolton who started brightly and took a deserved 11th minute lead through
A LOCAL company has recognised an "elite" band of employees who have service of 25 years or more. Ductwork manufacturers Senior Hargreaves held the annual meeting of its 25 Club at the New Pack Horse in Bolton. There were 40 members present, including
A NEW fact-packed information booklet for young people has just been launched in Bury called 'What Now 98.' The free 116 page book covers everything from education to employment and training, Europe, family and relationships, to health, housing justice
By Nicola Mott A VOLUNTARY youth worker from Bolton will be hoping to raise hundreds of pounds for a cancer charity when he takes part in a daring abseil - in memory of his grandad. Lee Baldwin has decided to join in the Cancer Research Campaign's sponsored
THE huge Lottery cash boost secured by the Willows Resident and Community Board is well deserved. A community project was started after the shooting of schoolboy Dillon Hull. People were determined to create a better and safer environment in which children
BOLTON Magistrates Court is overcrowded and outdated and should have been replaced years ago. The fact that it is run with efficiency is a tribute to its officials and magistrates. But the news that there is going to be a wait of at least three years
BOLTON schoolkids are being given expert tuition in martial arts during special self-defence classes. Pupils from Withins High School, Breightmet, today began the first of a series of pioneering lessons to be held over a seven week period. The classes
PLANS to introduce year-round paintballing in Horwich have been splattered. Clive Linney, of Eccles-based Paintballing HQ, had wanted permission to open a range off George's Lane, seven days a week. But a Government inspector threw out his appeal against
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, March 27, 1973 BOLTON is starting 'twinning' negotiations with an important French town. The name of the possible twin is being kept secret at the moment. Bolton's Town Twinning Sub-Committee has been aiming for a town
MUMS and dads in Bury are being urged to take advantage of free part-time child places for four-year-olds. Information about who is eligible will be circulated in libraries, doctors' surgeries, health centres and supermarkets, to make sure that people
THE National Federation of Builders is cracking down on "cowboys". Measures include a new Code of Practice and tougher membership criteria. The Fair Deal Contract between federation builders and their customers will help overcome disputes and avoid costly
WANDERERS have made a dramatic deadline day swoop to sign former England winger John Salako from Premiership rivals Coventry City. Colin Todd wrapped up the deal this morning for the 29-year-old wide man he hopes will provide the ammunition for his survival
SIR: I write in response to your readers' overwhelming support in defence of Ruth Kelly's second pregnancy. In leaping to the defence of Ms Kelly, these vociferous defenders of working mothers have completely missed the whole point of Mr Cooper's criticisms
A BOLTON woman claims the decision to scrap a midwifery service in Halliwell has caused an outcry among local people. Mrs Farhat Hussain said she was speaking on behalf of many Asian women in the area by calling for the service to stay. Halliwell midwifery
A 41-YEAR-OLD council worker is giving cancer notice to quit by running in the 1998 Flora London Marathon on April 26. Keith Winstanley of Coppull Road, Chorley, is doing the strenuous run in order to raise cash for the Cancer Research Campaign. He decided
North Manchester 14 Chorley RUFC 8 CHORLEY'S promotion prospects suffered a setback with an unexpected defeat by a much improved North Manchester side. Had Chorley emerged victorious, they would have been almost certain of going up at the end of the season
A SHORT seminar on "Business Opportunities for Cleaner Engines" is being held in Bolton on Tuesday between 4pm and 7pm. The event is being organised jointly by the Bolton Environmental Technology Initiative and the Bolton Environmental Forum at the Bolton
CHORLEY'S Mormon temple is set to be inundated with inquisitive visitors as it opens its doors and secrets to the public. Tour bookings for a series of May open days soared in excess of 50,000 within 48 hours of the opening of the long awaited hot-line
TODAY the Chorley Citizen, tomorrow the New York Times! Ah well, I can dream - but during a recent jaunt across the Atlantic, I decided to turn a vacation into a busman's holiday and, thanks to the wonders of e-mail, set up a visit to one of the world's
THIS week Chorley's MP Lindsay Hoyle talks about his concern over our local ambulance service, the latest on the campaign by tragic tot Alex Rae's mum, investing in families, the Bankside Centre and the Anti-Hunting Bill. Chorley Ambulance Service: I
A COMMUNITY project sparked by the murder of Bolton schoolboy Dillon Hull today received a huge lottery cash boost. A donation of more than £100,000 will help build a new community centre on the Deane estate where the five-year-old was shot to death.
A GERMAN self-made millionaire is coming to Bolton to teach residents how to turn themselves into 'Richard Branson' money-spinners. Bodo Schafer, aged 36, is currently involved in 100 money seminars all over Europe and will appear at the Last Drop Hotel
Here at the Bolton Evening News we are compiling a supplement remembering that great day when Bolton Wanderers beat Manchester United to win the FA Cup in May 1958. Have you any memories of that great afternoon? Were you at the match? Or perhaps you were
