A SCHEME to improve transport links at Blackrod train station is moving full steam ahead. A government grant under the Rural Bus Challenge Initiative announced recently will see bus and taxi interchanges at the station improved. There will be better public
CHILDREN are risking death as they cling to the back of moving Bolton buses. Now worried bus company bosses are working with the police to try to put a stop to the daredevil craze before there is a tragedy. It mirrors past hairbrained antics in which
A GROUP of Bolton residents are raising their glasses and having "one for the road" this week to mark a milestone victory. The Bradshaw neighbours decided on a DIY solution when they were told a quagmire, unadopted side street leading to their homes would
TWO sisters who set up a hairdressing salon in their childhood home are finally calling it a day. Joan Nash and Carol Yates, who own Joan and Carol's on Stitch-Mi-Lane, Harwood, have decided to retire and sell their shop over 35 years after it was transformed
EDUCATION secretary David Blunkett gave a group of children an impromptu lesson in political history when he kicked off a pioneering Bolton project. The Government Minister taught the six Blackrod youngsters about namesake Black Rod when he opened the
DEAN Kiely believes his team are getting back to the Bury of old. The Shakers have been increasingly criticised for losing their battling edge this season, sparking skipper Chris Lucketti to launch a furious attack on the bad mouthers last week. They
WHY is it the coal and car industries appear to be the sacred cows of politicians? There is much wringing of hands when these industries are threatened with closure. British flagged merchant shipping has been reduced to fewer than 250 ships, and we a
I refer to the superstore, Old Hall Street, Kearsley and the letter from Cllrs Keating, Burrows and Spencer (BEN, March 2). First, I would like to say to the people of Farnworth and Kearsley, my colleagues and I attended the Government Inquiry although
LEIGH RMI entertain Guiseley tonight with the possibility of having two new faces in the squad. Manager Steve Waywell is expecting to sign Chorley's Tony Black and Steve Tobin from Stalybridge. Former Wigan Athletic player Black is a 26-year-old speedy
THE mind boggles at the number of people who are apparently tripping over pavements and potholes in Bolton town centre. Because the council has paid out an amazing £430,000 in the last seven years to claimants. Apparently it is not just in Bolton that
PAUL Warhurst is ready to return to the Bolton back four tonight as Colin Todd bids to check the slide that threatens to wreck his promotion hopes. The £800,000 centre-back, missing for five games with a hamstring injury, could get the call as Wanderers
A TRIBUTE to Dorothy Galvin is the highlight in the Spring Collection at St Joseph's Players. Celebration, showcasing two one-act comedies, honours writer, actress and director Dorothy, who was the driving inspiration behind the Leigh company for more
AFTER watching a clip of The Bill on Tuesday evening, and being very aware of the current crime rate which I find appalling, I felt compelled to write, I wonder if the person who is supposed to be looking after this country and the people in it, sees
A FORMER Bolton police chief who was awarded the Queen's Police Medal for his service has died in hospital. Former Chief Supt Bert Hoy - a police officer for 34 years - died at the Royal Bolton Hospital at the weekend after a long illness. Mr Hoy, aged
PENSIONERS have been sickened by a vandal attack which left their bowling clubhouse badly damaged. Members of Eagley Park Bowling Club, off Blackburn Road, near Eagley Way, were horrified when they found the clubhouse they maintain had been smashed just
THEATRE, MUSIC & DANCE NEW Rosemere AOS present Trial By Jury and HMS Pinafore, Albert Halls, 7.30pm. Tickets £8 and £6 concessions, tel: 364333. BOLTON Music Service activities include Bolton Youth Brass Band practising from 6pm-9pm and Bolton Intermediate
Runs until March 13. THE love story to end all others, the love that could never be, this is a tale older than time but still able, after all these years, to bring a lump to the throat. Sumptuous costumes and scenery transport the soul to a time of feuding
LEIGH skipper Craig Dean is to play on despite needing major ankle surgery. Dean is back in full training five weeks after damaging ankle ligaments and could even make his return in Sunday's game at Rochdale. But he'll be playing on a wing and a prayer
I refer to an article on small shops competing with the Trafford Centre. Seven hundred and fifty small businesses needing help is just the tip of the iceberg. The manager of the Ellesmere Centre said, in an article about the effects of the Trafford Centre
CHRISTIE Hospital in Manchester has been working with volunteers and patients to develop pioneering ways of masking hair loss caused by cancer treatments. The techniques developed have proved so successful at Europe's largest cancer centre that the skills
MILLENNIUM party animals planning public music and dancing events are being warned to check if they need a licence to have a good time. Licensing officers are advising anyone intending to hold any kind of public music and dancing event to contact them
SHOPPERS tripping over pavements and potholes in Bolton town centre have cost council chiefs more than £430,000. The money has been paid out in compensation over the last seven years. Great Moor Street is the area where the most money has been paid out
A BOLTON bus driver's wife has described how her husband was attacked by three yobs who were terrorising his passengers. Roy Walker, 55, was injured as he struggled to restrain three youths who had started mindlessly pulling the inside of the bus apart
INTREPID cyclists from Bolton tackled treacherous ravines in a scorching desert - to buy life-saving machinery for the region's ambulances. The band of local pedal-pushers joined cyclists from across Greater Manchester in a mammoth 190-mile ride from
THE Radcliffe-based Oliver Ashworth Group has acquired an industrial valves and pipeline equipment distribution business in a deal worth £1.4 million. Walker & Staff of Billericay, Essex, which is part of Falcon Holdings Plc, supplies the water, pharmaceutical
THE Inland Revenue has annoyed local taxpayers by sending them incorrect £100 penalties for not submitting their returns in time. It is claimed that some business and personal clients who sent in their self-assessment forms BEFORE the January 31 deadline
Good luck to the organisers of the appeal set up to save the Derby Street Barracks in Fletcher Street. Many voluntary groups and associations will lose out if this venue is closed. Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting
THE newly formed Bolton Girls' Choir wants to sing the praises of any local firms or organisations willing to sponsor them. Currently the choir's parents support group work hard to raise money for the group through their own sponsored activities. The
BOLTON Barbershop Harmony Club are putting on the glitz with a star-studded show at the Albert Halls, Bolton on Saturday, March 27. As well as their own Cottontown Chorus, a leading men's Barbershop chorus, the club has assembled a top line-up of performers
By Angela Warhurst IF you've heard of Prader Willi Syndrome the chances are you'll know it as the medical condition where those who suffer from it can literally eat themselves to death. Prader Willi Syndrome is a complex medical condition which affects
WESTHOUGHTON town council is to think again before deciding whether to hold a referendum on the controversial Lee Hall planning application. Planning committee councillors last night deferred a decision until a full council meeting on March 22. The application
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, March 9, 1974 THE Mayor of Bolton, Ald. Henry Devenish, and Dr Jacques Maury, the Mayor of the French industrial town of Le Mans, today sealed the bond between the two towns. At the official town twinning ceremony in
Wednesday, March 10: Hooton, 182 Lee Lane, Horwich (5.30pm to 6.30pm). Sunday, March 14: Nash, 15 Devon Street (9am to 10pm); Landmark, 12 Chorley New Road (9am to 1pm and 2pm to 11pm); Cohens, 576 Blackburn Road (9am to 10pm); Hunt and Marsden, ASDA,
PORNOGRAPHIC materials are bringing God's word to the Philippines - the British and Foreign Bible Society has learnt - through a recycling programme. Trust International Paper Corp (TIPCO), in co-operation with the Bureau of Customs, has given recycled
THE driver of a motorbike has been arrested after failing to stop for police. Traffic officers said the biker was "clearly experienced." A male driver failed to stop in Knott Lane, Doffcocker, when pursued by police yesterday afternoon.
