THE wife of a Bolton garage owner has vowed to stand by him after he was jailed for indecently assaulting a teenage girl. Keith Knowles, aged 60, who owns an MOT station on Hanover Street, Bolton, was sent jailed for 12 months and ordered to sign the
IT looked like he'd never been away: Franck Passi was into his midfield stride as easily and effectively as anyone in Wanderers' pre-season programme. The fact that he'd been released at the end of last season didn't seem to matter to the French general
KEVIN Ball has seen the dawn of a new season well over a dozen times in his successful career. But even at the tender age of 35 and now with his fourth club, Burnley's new arrival is just as excited about the prospect of running out with the newly-promoted
IN his day, Sam Allardyce used to knock the stuffing out of some of the biggest and best strikers in the game. So it was no surprise to see him knocking the wind out of Tommy Horridge's sails when he turned up on his doorstep with two season tickets -
FEELING the heat? Hot, stuffy atmospheres make you sluggish and fed-up. So, here's one great idea -- your own Personal Air Cooler! Air care specialist Mountain Breeze have created this stream of cooled air to revive and refresh. The compact little machine
LOOKING for a curry in a hurry? Cheat with a bought curry sauce and meat from a leg of lamb! This clever recipe from the New Zealand Lamb people is ideal when you've got guests at short notice, or want to make a tasty meal anytime. Preparation time is
When you're just a kid and some doddery old soul is searching for the right word (and it's usually something very simple), you've no patience. Of course, when you're going into the doddery area yourself (or you're just having a bad memory day), it's a
DO you leave your home in the capable hands of friends, relatives or neighbours when you go on holiday? Most of us do. And your trusted key-holder may well be brilliant at those everyday essential tasks like feeding the cat or dog, switching on the lights
THE day of judgement arrived in Bolton's attempt to win the Britain in Bloom competition. After months of potting, planting and pruning, leading horticultural experts David Jones and Bob Sweet arrived to decide if Bolton's blooms were the best of the
FORMER mineworkers from Bolton who are claiming compensation for chest diseases allegedly caused by coal dust, face a huge 30-page questionnaire to complete. British Coal insurers IRISC, who have set the questionnaire, are returning incorrectly completed
TOP Bolton dancer Kate Pomfret has won a scholarship at one of the country's most prestigious dance schools. The scholarship, for the Laine Theatre Arts in Epsom, Surrey, is a dream come true for the dedicated 20-year-old from Egerton. Kate has been dancing
The Chernobyl children and their trip organisers enjoying their visit to the Water Place CHILDREN from Chernobyl had a splashing time at the Water Place in Bolton as part of their special month-long trip. The children, aged between 10 and 13, arrived
THE Redmayne Bentley Bolton Association Under 15 team clinched a place in the semi-final of the North-West Interleague Competition with a 24-run win over the Saddleworth League. The Association were inserted on a damp wicket and collapsed to 48 for 6.
GREENMOUNT are looking to re-sign professional Saeed Anwar for next season. The Pakistan all rounder has been a revelation to the club helping them to their first ever Hamer Cup win last week when he hit 78 not out and picked up five wickets. The week
BOLTON Harriers Girls were crowned champions of Division Two in their final match of the McDonald's Young Athletes League in Stretford. Over the three matches Bolton accumulated a total of 803 points closely followed by Horwich with 794 points. Sam Aspen
Harriers women show true grit in final win Undaunted: The winning Bolton Harriers Ladies team BOLTON Harriers Ladies section travelled to Barnsley for the last fixture in their North of England women's league fixtures. With earlier victories they were
DESPITE the wet conditions on Wednesday night, 179 runners competed in the final race of this year's Horwich Jubilee Four-Mile Road Race series. Immediately before the race all the runners observed a minute's silence in memory of Cyril Hodgson, one of
A personal view by Peter Stafford WALKING off the Horwich ground last Sunday I was asked by a spectator whether or not Saeed Anwar's outstanding figures had ever been equalled in any previous Hamer Cup final. Judging from the expression on his face and
A READER who now lives in Arnside has sent me a photograph of 'damaged tarmac' (one of the now infamous potholes in our roads!) in Barcroft Road, Bolton. 'I wonder if you or any of the residents now living in the road realise its significance,' writes
BOLTON ART CIRCLE, exhibitions, third Sunday of the month, art fair in the Penny Farthing Suite at The Last Drop. 11am to 4pm. Ring Bolton 847607. ROYAL ARMOURIES MUSEUM, Leeds. Open from 10.30am to 5.30pm. Adult prices £4.90, children/concessions £3.90
MEN ARENA, Manchester. October 5 to October 8, Disney On Ice, Jungle Adventures. Tickets £8.50 to £22.50. Also, Monday October 23 and Tuesday October 24, Robbie Williams. Friday, Nov 3, Iron Maiden, tickets £20. Saturday, Nov 25, Tom Jones, tickets £25.50
FAMILY FUN RUN/WALK, Bolton Adult Placement and Brindle Lodge Group family fun run/walk, Saturday September 9, 11am start from Leverhulme Park, Athletics' Stadium, Long Lane, Bolton. Choice of around two mile course (runners, joggers and walkers) or short
LEISURE, SPORT & KEEP FIT SUNDAY DEANE Leisure Centre, Junction Road, Deane, tel: 334432: public swim, 9.30am-1pm; fun swim, 1pm-3pm; ladies only swim, 5pm-6pm; men only swim, 6.05pm-7pm; aerobics, 4pm-5pm. FARNWORTH Leisure Centre, Brackley Street
FROLICKING bar staff are sampling the high life as they cool off -- in a paddling pool perched 30ft on a pub roof! Staff at the Swan Hotel refuse to get in a flap when the weather is hot. They just take a dip in their 5ft deep, 760 gallon, paddling pool
THE famous Burnden Park pitch where Bolton Wanderers scored their most famous victories will in the next few weeks become -- a car park. Builders are finally to move on to the famous site at Burnden Park to begin a major re-furbishment programme. The
CAFE owners are ready to turn Bolton into a continental-style coffee haven. The prospect of creating a thriving coffee culture akin to Manchester's trendy Deansgate appears to have received the thumbs-up by the majority of cafes in the town. That news
THE former Lostock Open Air School is due to be bulldozed in the next few months. The final chapter will be written in the history of a school dating back 130 years when a planning application to build homes is approved. The plans by Warrington-based
MANCHESTER APOLLO, Manchester. Lou Reed, Thursday September 7. Tickets £25 and £20. Kd Lang Wed, October 11. Tickets £25 and £22.50 on sale now. Also, Saturday October 28, A1, tickets £15. The Saw Doctors, Saturday December 16, tickets £13.50. Ring 0161
THE WRIGHTS ARMS, Belmont Road, Bolton. For details of all events ring Bolton 811206. BULLS HEAD PUB, (Bottom Bull), Bury Road, Bolton. Live bands Fridays and Saturdays, 9pm. Ring Bolton 523855. WAGGON & HORSES, Westhoughton. THE ANTELOPE, Manchester
BLUE CAT CAFE, Shaw Rd, Stockport. Ring 0161 432 2117. BURY JAZZ SOCIETY, Mosses Community Centre, Cecil St, Bury. Ring 0161-761 2079. COTTON TREE HOTEL, Prince St, Bolton. Ring 520237. EAGLEY JAZZ CLUB, Eagley Sports Club, Bromley Cross, Bolton. Ring
ASTLEY Bridge Junior Football Club are holding a fun day this Sunday. The main attraction will be a charity match, in which Sam Allardyce, Phil Brown and Dean Crombie will play. In addition, there will be a penalty shoot-out, tombola, barbecue, bar and
THE Bolton Evening News this afternoon takes a step into the future by going back in time. Remember those "live" Wanderers match reports in The Buff which proved so popular for generations of fans? The Buff used to be on sale outside Burnden Park within
As Wanderers and Burnley go head-to-head, MARC HIGGINSON previews the game's biggest individual battle, between midfield lynchpins Per Frandsen and Kevin Ball. When Wanderers ran out to face Burnley, there were many individual battles all over the park
THE numbers are daunting, distressing and potentially depressing. Wanderers kick off the new season today with EIGHT members of their first team squad sidelined and without no fewer than NINE of the squad that performed so valiantly in the Play-offs in
SATURDAY MICHAEL Ricketts steals the show at Wanderers beat Bury 2-1 at Gigg Lane in their first pre-season friendly on home soil. The summer signing wins the penalty Per Frandsen converts to open the scoring then scores the second with a cool finish.
IF you've never sampled Pimm's, you've never lived! The drink which seems to suggest tennis clubs and balmy summer days is perfect as a thirst-quencher, in good company. It's not elitist these days, either. Pimm's is great in the garden, served in a big
YOUR bedroom used to be just the place where you slept. Now it's likely to be one of the most attractive and functional rooms in the house. And this style revolution can be firmly placed at the feet of people like "Changing Rooms" designer Linda Barker
THE Tory party's prospective parliamentary candidate for Bolton South-east has hit back at the push to ground British Airways' Concorde fleet. Haroon Rashid, who works for BA as a customer service executive at Heathrow Airport, has been involved in talks
THE streets of Bolton will play host to a little extra traffic next week in the shape of a glittering chariot which will herald the opening of a new arts and culture centre. The finishing touches are now being put on the celebrations that will accompany
WANDERERS had to settle for a point on the opening day of the new season as Burnley came from behind in a keenly contested Reebok derby. Denmark international Per Frandsen celebrated his return by giving Sam Allardyce's injury and suspension-hit side
SAM Allardyce. Phil Brown and Dean Crombie are hoping to be back in playing action tomorrow. The Wanderers trio are scheduled to be appearing in a charity football match at a fun day organised by Astley Bridge Junior Football Club at Eagley Sports Centre
A BOLTON businessman is fuming after being landed with a £1,000 bill for a few inches of pipe and a meter. Stuart Lever said water firm North West Water had sent him the estimate to connect a converted flat to the mains water supply. But Mr Lever claims
PARENTS who want their little ones to be "armed" to the milk-teeth can still find an arsenal of realistic looking toy guns all over Bolton. Despite a publish backlash against "aggressive" toys which persuaded even giants like Woolworths to stop selling
GREAT LEVER COMMUNITY CENTRE, Bradford Road, Bolton. Thai Boxing Tuesday eves 7pm-8pm. Thai Boxing for children Saturdays, noon to 1pm. Ring Bolton 522568. EAGLEY SPORTS AND LEISURE CLUB, Hough Lane, Bromley Cross. Yoga classes, Thursdays, 8pm-9.30pm.
Leigh RMI 2 Lancaster City 1 UNIBOND Champions Leigh RMI lifted the Peter Swales Challenge Shield with a 2-1 victory over Challenge Cup winners Lancaster City at Hilton Park last night. There was no David Lee but there was no shortage of "big-named" players
Battle royal in trial race RADCLIFFE AC's 6.5 mile trail race was won by the super-veteran from Wrekin AC, Paul Muller -- but only after an eyeballs-out battle with Salford Harrier Robert Jackson. The Salford man constantly surged ahead, only for Muller
WALKING off the Horwich ground last Sunday I was asked by a spectator whether or not Saeed Anwar's outstanding figures had ever been equalled in any previous Hamer Cup final. Judging from the expression on his face and from his general demeanour I would
25 YEARS AGO SEX should be banned from cigarettes advertisements under a voluntary code announced today. Cigarettes must not be seen to make people better lovers, more courageous, more relaxed, or better at their jobs. Tobacco may be natural, but smoking
OCTAGON THEATRE, Bolton. Ring Bolton 520661. PALACE THEATRE, Manchester. Ring 0161 242 2524. OPERA HOUSE, Manchester. From Sat, Aug 19 to Sat, Nov 11, The Phantom of the Opera. Tel 0161 242 2524. LIBRARY THEATRE, Manchester. Ring 0161 236 7110. FORUM
WHEN a couple of weeks ago I mentioned the Evans family, who at one time - before many of them moved to Coventry, starting in 1936 - made up the entire Daubhill Temperance Band. It brought back memories to reader Albert Booth,who remembered John Evans
HORWICH RMI CLUB, Chorley New Road, Horwich. Friday September 15, King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys. Ring Bolton 468085 (9am to 5pm) or Bolton 468911 (6.30pm to 9pm). MOSES GATE HOTEL, Farnworth. GYPSY'S TENT, Deansgate, Bolton. BULLS HEAD, Bury Rd,
The Jurrasic exhibition at Bolton Museum ARC GALLERY STORE, Oldham Street, Manchester. Mon to Sat 10am to 6pm. Sun noon to 5pm. Adm free. Ring 0161 831 7454. ASTLEY CHEETHAM ART GALLERY, Trinity Street, Stalybridge. Open Mon to Fri (not Thurs) 1pm to
A PENSIONER from Farnworth has finally been taken seriously after leading a one-man campaign against bus fumes for three years. Andrew Chattlin, aged 72, of Bridgeman Street, wants drivers to switch off their engines when stopped at Farnworth bus station
A NIGHT out for two men enjoying a Christmas Eve drink with their friends turned to horror when they were both slashed with a knife in an unprovoked attack. Graphic video footage from a CCTV camera in the Three Crowns pub in Little Lever showed alcoholic
BOLTON'S Hindu community is leading the way after a groundbreaking decision by religious leaders to encourage followers to sign up as organ donors. This week the town will be awash with sound and colour as members of the Shree Swaminarayan Gadi faith
A FORMER Bolton Evening News reporter who went on to play a vital role in the Second World War has died. Eric Hall Morland, aged 81, died suddenly in France. Mr Morland, who was born in Tonge Moor, was educated at Bolton School and then joined the BEN
TELL us about your gardens, and some of the unusual items you put there, we asked readers. And you've responded with some delightful detail! This week, we feature two more local gardens. If YOU have a garden that attracts attention and praise, write and
