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  • The Anniversary Celebration

    Five years have passed, how time raced along, Our parish social is still going strong. Our getting together in the nicest way, For some lonely soul it can make a day. A grand cup of tea, a chance for a chat, What after all is better than that? Raising

  • Janice search

    DOES anyone know a lady by the name of Janice Cowan. She should be about 36 by now. I would love to get in touch with her to update our history. She lived in Swinton. I come from Walkden and went out with her for a while back in 1988/1989. Please get

  • Why not let wardens fight crime

    PERHAPS the admirable work undertaken by the traffic wardens in Bolton, who ensure that the letter of the law is adhered to, could be directed towards the council chief's call for "crimefighters". With the eagerness that the wardens have shown in ensuring

  • Crossing could be dangerous

    I DO a lot of driving around Bolton town centre and am very concerned about the new pelican crossing on Bridgeman Place. I don't know whether or not it has been hurried since the recent fatal accident or if it was already planned. Driving down Trinity

  • Our brushes sweep clean

    IN reply to John Swanson's letter about the New Bury Estate. If he had taken the time and trouble on his visit back to New Bury from Canada, I am sure he would have found that not all the people in New Bury have untidy gardens and homes, and yes, some

  • Thanks for giving us a voice

    ON February 19 a 'looked after' young person's conference took place at the Reebok Stadium. The conference was called "Will You Listen" and was all about the views that young people who live in foster or residential care had about the local authority.

  • BEN OPINION: We're helping smokers to stub it out

    BOLTON may have the unwanted status of being third highest place for lung cancer deaths in the North-west, but it also appears to have one of the most effective services in the region to help smokers quit. The health authority's smoking cessation service

  • This sport has no defence

    I AM sorry to disappoint your correspondent P Osbourne ('Let's hear the Tory lines on fox hunting' - BEN, February 22), but as one of those challenged in his recent letter I am unable to provide a credible argument in defence of bloodsports. After hearing

  • Pop group took four hours to 'set up'

    I AM writing in reply to Julie and Tom Walsh's letter of February 26 about the band 'Inverted Pyramids'. I came to the conclusion that the band was not up to standard after having to endure four hours of pre-band set-up, repeated attempts to get a sound

  • Is 50p tax rise worth it?

    IN reply to Councillor Kilcoyne, you do get quite a lot for 50p a week council tax rise... I would ask him why Bolton Metro housing department likes to waste public money? I am not a council tenant, so why do I keep receiving Bolton Metro Tenants News

  • LETTER: Sort it out!

    I FEEL I have to write regarding the treatment we are getting as season ticket holders, and the apparent lack of concern for its supporters that the club is showing. The matter was brought to a head at the recent Blackburn home game on February 24, when

  • Gordon Sharrock's Reebok Diary

    WANDERERS are smarting after their 4-1 thrashing by Blackburn but the mood in the Reebok camp is defiant. "Blackburn have the games in hand but we have the points in the bag," Sam Allardyce insists. "We're still in a good position," says Colin Hendry.

  • LETTER: Nice day out, poor game

    I AM writing to you about the home game with Grimsby. It was the first time I'd seen the Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium, I enjoyed it and it won't be the last time I'll see them. But for the game -- rubbish. The defence was alright, but it was the keeper

  • Fayed's Fulham dream

    FORGET Fulham's poor pulling power (current average 14,289) Mohamed Al Fayed has no intention of failing in his bid to establish London's Cinderella club as a major Premiership force. He's already put his money where his mouth is, bankrolling successive

  • We can bounce back - Frandsen

    WANDERERS could not have a tougher test of their character as they bid to bounce back from last week's derby drubbing - or could they? Fulham away looks a daunting challenge but, for a team that boasts a better record on the road than on their own patch

  • We've put pressure on ourselves

    IT was the game that should have seen Wanderers' test Fulham's Championship credentials. Two weeks ago Sam Allardyce was looking at a home run that would have turned tomorrow's top of the table clash into a decisive six-pointer. The pressure would have

  • Third birthday

    THE PDSA animal charity shop in Bury will be celebrating three years of successful trading on Monday. The shop on The Rock is holding an anniversary coffee morning at 11am. More details and information on how to become a shop volunteer on 0161 763 1044

  • Bug closes medical wards

    FOUR medical wards at Leigh Infirmary have been closed to new admissions following a stomach bug alert. Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust bosses said an outbreak of highly contagious CDT virus at the hospital meant 18 patients had to wait on trolleys. The bug

  • When her ex-partner called

    UNWANTED visitor Brendan Cawley refused to accept police advice to leave his ex-girlfriend alone. Bury magistrates heard how the 34-year-old turned up one afternoon at his former partner's home in St Andrew's Road, Radcliffe. Mr Nicholas Beckett, prosecuting

  • Waste away scheme!

    A FREE pre-bookable refuse collection service is to be introduced in Bury from April 1. It will be for bulky domestic waste with up to six items being collected at any one time. The scheme will replace the popular but limited service provided through

  • Race on to find on-line school science boffins

    THE race is on to find the country's best young science brains and Bolton schoolchildren are being invited to take part. The Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) has announced the launch of its annual Science Race programme for schools

  • Appeal tops £5,000

    JUST four weeks after its launch the Bolton Busting Breast Cancer appeal has topped the £5,000 mark. A delighted Appeal Manager Denise Morgan, of the Cancer Research Campaign, pictured above, says that she has been "overwhelmed" by the response to the

  • Residents reassured after development lime scare

    RESIDENTS worried about their health after workmen sprayed lime have been told they are now safe. Environmental health chiefs made an investigation into the spreading of lime at the development on the site of Bolton Wanderers' former Burnden Park ground

  • Pupils set for sport action

    YOUNGSTERS in Blackrod are looking forward to all sorts of sports events in an action-packed PE week. Pupils at Blackrod County Primary school will be taking part in most sports during the week dedicated to physical education between March 19 and 23.

  • Heroin addict tried to swallow drug packets

    WHEN police burst into Stuart Sharple's house they found him desperately trying to swallow a plastic packet of drugs. Police had gone to Settle Street, Great Lever, Bolton, with a search warrant and found him in the kitchen trying to swallow the drugs

  • Readers back BEN campaign

    A MASSIVE majority of readers have backed the Bolton Evening News call to name and picture a young criminal who has terrorised a Bolton suburb. An overwhelming 95 per cent of BEN readers gave support to our campaign in an exclusive phone poll -- with

  • Pharaoh treasures come to the Reebok

    THE Reebok Stadium will be transformed into a corner of ancient Egypt next month when a glittering exhibition hits town. Tutankhamun and the Treasures of the Pharaohs will take visitors back 5,000 years to the time of the pyramids and the Sphinx. Featuring

  • Cautious green light for scheme

    A £220,000 scheme to facelift a busy rural road has been given a cautious welcome by residents in Egerton. Work will start for eight weeks on Monday to strengthen the carriageway and refurbish pavements on a stretch of Blackburn Road - the main link road

  • £5,000 fines warning

    RAMBLERS face fines of up to £5,000 if they go on countryside footpaths in Leigh and Wigan. Wigan council chiefs have imposed a ban on anyone walking along farm footpaths, canal towpaths or any of the country parks including Pennington Flash in Leigh.

  • Ramblers slammed as footpaths plea fails

    RAMBLERS and joggers from the Bolton area are defying foot-and-mouth restrictions. Now North West Water officials have put up signs banning the use of several local footpaths after requests for co-operation failed. The ban includes paths near Lower Rivington

  • Women at the top

    BOLTON'S biggest employer is taking the lead in tackling male domination of top jobs. The council has set itself the radical target of at least HALF its chiefs -- defined as those earning £30,000 or more a year -- being women by 2010. Adverts for the

  • Stunner Rachel insists: Dad must give me away

    A BOLTON topless beauty has spurned the chance to get married on a Jamaican beach so she can walk down the aisle with her dad. Page Three stunner Rachel Travers cancelled plans for a £2,500 wedding in Montego Bay after her dad Mel said he couldn't leave

  • FROM the Bolton Evening News, March 4, 1991.

    ON a high after an impressive 1-1 draw at Tranmere, which stretched their unbeaten run to 22 games, Wanderers are enjoying a free week - a chance for Mark Patterson and Stuart Storer to recover from injuries. But it's the calm before the storm with eight

  • Man arrested after blade attack on Good Samaritan

    POLICE have arrested a man three months after a Good Samaritan was slashed across the face as he went to help an elderly burglary victim. Sean Brazendale needed more than 100 stitches after the attacker lashed out with a knife as Mr Brazendale went to

  • Security service!

    A CRIME-plagued proprietor has met business security experts from Bolton Council to discuss his shop's future. Alan Fairclough, owner of A and M second-hand shop on Tonge Moor Road, agreed to talks after the BEN told how vandals and thieves targeted his

  • Saha's thumbs up from World Cup hero

    ENGLAND World Cup winner and Fulham legend, George Cohen, can hardly wait to see his beloved Cottagers take their place in the Premiership. And, in 24-goal top scorer, Louis Saha, the hero of 1966 reckons they have the firepower to hit the heights in

  • BEN plays key role in national youth newspaper

    THE Bolton Evening News's award-winning youth newspaper projects are making history with the launch of a national publication for the UKYP (United Kingdom Youth Parliament). Pioneers at the BEN were approached to work with MYPs (Members of the Youth Parliament

  • RADCLIFFE AND DISTRICT

    POOL LEAGUE WILL all Fifth and Sixth Division Captains please note that the Clarence Hotel have dropped out of the League, while the Hark to Dandler have been disqualified from the League (Note 13). Delegates Meeting, Monday, March 5, 8.30pm start at

  • Countryside cancellations

    DUE to the outbreak of foot and mouth disease, some of the Bolton Countryside Service events have been cancelled for health and safety reasons. The cancelled events are as follows: Wednesday March 14, Head for the Hills with the Bolton Countryside Service

  • TUESDAY

    LEISURE, SPORT, KEEP FIT BOLTON Excel, Lower Bridgeman Street, tel: 334456: 50+ bowls, 10am-12 noon; circuits, 6pm-7pm and 7pm-8pm. HORWICH Leisure Centre, Victoria Road, tel: 334488: main pool, 7am-5.30pm; small pool, 3pm-5.30pm; main pool drop in session

  • BOLTON & DISTRICT CONSERVATIVE SNOOKER LEAGUE

    SECTION ONE P Pts Adlington... 21 116.5 Tonge Moor B... 20 106.0 Rumworth D... 20 104.5 Rumworth B... 21 104.0 Tonge Moor A... 20 94.0 Smithills A... 21 91.5 Rumworth A... 21 88.0 Bradshaw A... 20 86.0 Deane C... 20 82.0 Dunscar C... 21 77.6 Breightmet

  • Killer may have taken little boy to murder scene

    KILLER DJ Paul Sharpe may have brought his victim's little boy back to the murder scene where his mum lay dead upstairs, if forensic scientists' timings are correct. Pathologists believe the 28-year-old mum was strangled mid afternoon on Friday, October

  • Prison for thug who hit out with pint glass

    A MAN who struck another in the head with a pint glass has been jailed for 15 months. Bolton Crown Court was told that Michael McKewon claimed he had forgotten he was holding the glass when he hit out. McKewon had been drinking inside the Astley and Tyldesley

  • This time it's worse than the plague of '57

    AS BOLTON farmers brace themselves for the spread of the foot and mouth outbreak, a retired Lostock farmer has been remembering the outbreak of 1957 - which was first identified at his farm. But despite the anguish and heartbreak of the farmers at the

  • On their way home?

    EDUCATION chiefs have warned that school children in Bolton may have to be sent home if industrial action by two of the country's largest teaching unions spreads to the borough. More than half a million pupils in Greater London are facing the prospect

  • Minister backs missile mission

    DEFENCE secretary Geoff Hoon was a popular man when he visited a Bolton factory on Friday. The government decision he announced last year to arm the RAF's 232 Eurofighters with the £1 bn Meteor missile system has helped safeguard the future of the Matra

  • Smokers stub it out thanks to town health team

    A DRIVE to help Bolton smokers quit is on course to meet its ambitious target despite what a leading doctor described as a "hairy" year. The health authority's smoking cessation service will have succeeded in helping 200 people cast aside their cigarettes

  • 'Ejector seat' man tells of lucky escape

    A PASSENGER thrown through the sun roof of an out-of-control car had unfastened his seatbelt just seconds before the car hit a lamp-post. And today, Andrew Hunt, 27, said his action saved his life. Mr Hunt, of Duncombe Road, Great Lever, was in a Ford

  • United gear up for Anfield joy

    FACT: United don't need 15 points to win the Premier League. REASON: Neither Arsenal nor Liverpool will win all their remaining games to make that 81 point target neccesary writes Chris Sudlow PREDICTION: They'll be singing: "We've won the Football League

  • Forward thinking Bury

    BURY boss Andy Preece has only one message for his players at the moment: Get the ball to the strikers! Preece is desperate to make the most of loan pairing Jon Newby, from Liverpool, and Crewe's Colin Camb because he believes they are capable of scoring

  • HORWICH & DISTRICT GAMES LEAGUE

    DARTS Results -- Bay Horse 12 Schooner Inn 6; Barnstormers 16 Reform Club 2; Crown Hotel 14 Vic & Albert 4; St Mary's B 13 Vic Tavern 5; Squirrel Hotel 10 Black Bull 8. P W D L Pts St Mary's B... 15 14 0 1 187 St Mary's A... 15 12 0 3 185 Crown Hotel

  • Muppet's plea

    I'M looking for Chris Lonsdale, aka Muppet, and anyone else from from The Swan's cellar rock disco heyday. I was better known as Mik Quo back then. Also, anyone who went to Deane Grammar School back in the late 70s, especially Paul Norris, aka Noz, and

  • Pothole danger

    I WOULD like to ask why it is so hard to keep Beaumont Road pothole free? I need to drive down it almost every day, so I know where all the potholes are, but I've had to find out the hard way. It makes me wonder where our road tax money is going. These

  • Well done Elizabeth

    AS we frequently read and hear negative reports about young people it was refreshing to read on Wednesday about the young assistant manager, Elizabeth King, at the Olde Man & Scythe pub. Her obvious calmness and ability to cope so well with such a

  • Griffiths appeal

    I AM researching Griffiths family History and would like to hear of any descendents of Robert (Bob), Tom, Ernest, Ivor, Arthur, Nellie or Annie Taylor who were in the Bolton area in the 1930s & 40s. I believe these people were born and raised near

  • Constituency deserves better than 'part-timer'

    LABOUR must be worried about the electoral chances of part-time local MP Ruth Kelly, if her recent burst of activity has been anything to go by. Last year she couldn't even be bothered to turn up and vote in Parliament in support of her Ministers, and

  • More praise for hospital

    ON Tuesday, February 20, I had the unfortunate duty of taking my daughter to the accident and emergency department at the Royal Bolton Hospital and my wife and six-year-old son came with us. Fearing a long evening in front of us we entered the hospital

  • Progress on shops crime

    WE are glad that Bolton shopowner Alan Fairclough has agreed to think again about quitting the area after his Tonge Moor Road premises were repeatedly targeted by thieves and vandals. He was considering leaving Bolton because of his negative experiences

  • No referendum for Lib Dems' tax rise

    AT the Council's Budget Meeting on February 28, Liberal Democrat councillors proposed an amendment which expressed 'disgust' at Bolton's controlling Labour Group. This was for proposing an increase in Council Tax of 5.8pc without consulting the public

  • Peter Kay: 'Thanks for all the letters'

    OVER the last few weeks I have been constantly and repeatedly overwhelmed by all the letters that have been sent regarding myself and 'Phoenix Nights'. Many of them defended me and spoke up for the series. To everybody who took the trouble to write: "

  • Sealed off: Ollerton Fold Farm, Withnell

    COULD this epidemic of foot and mouth have been imported through our European partners' negligence? It's well known that this virus has recently been affecting the Indian sub-continent and South Africa, and that the virus could have entered our country

  • Pals who want to keep in touch

    MICHAEL Norris, Suzanne Carol -- you went to St Gregs, Farnworth. Are you out there? Get in touch. Frank Hunter frank@terworth.co.uk Farnworth Fishers DOES anyone remember the Fishers from Farnworth? I'm Michelle, went to St James CE school from 1978

  • We're no further forward over animal hospital

    I AM writing to answer the letter from Mrs Hannah Sutcliffe, Press Assistant for the PDSA (BEN, Feb 16 -- 'Animal Hospital Project in Town'), which was in reply to my letter printed on February 7. I wish to draw her attention to the following points:

  • Daft to believe by-pass nonsense

    REGARDING my view concerning the controversial A5225 by-pass, our SWAN press officer Tommy Howarth (no relation, but a lifelong neighbour and friend) was quite right to redress the balance and other SWAN members have their own views. I first heard about

  • Pitch is fair game for party politics

    ON Thursday, February 22, I attended a Planning Meeting at the Town Hall, as I had objected to the siting of the all-weather pitch at St Joseph's School, Horwich. I went in believing in democracy and freedom of speech, but came out thinking the system

  • Margaret MUST EAT to stay alive

    LUCKY-to-be-alive Margaret Ainscow beat one of the world's rarest diseases - and piled on the pounds when she was FORCED to eat to stay alive. Now, fully recovered, she wants to fight the flab to bring in vital cash for Bolton Hospice. When Margaret,

  • The Price. The Octagon. Runs until Saturday, March 24

    THE mass of furniture suspended above the Octagon stage for this production looked heavy and past its best. I must admit, feeling slightly under the weather as I did, to fearing the same adjectives could be applied to The Price. Happily, the sheer quality

  • Building torched

    ARSONISTS set fire to an out-house next to an industrial premises in Bolton at 11.20pm last night. A brick building in Bridgeman Street was set alight causing the fire to spread to a nearby warehouse owned by Esen Plastics Ltd. Firefighters had to isolate

  • At the gallery

    A SERVANT to Two Masters is staged at The Lowry in Salford from March 7 to 10. Carlo Goldoni's comic masterpiece dates back to the Eighteenth Century, and this production has been brought up to date by Lee Hall, screenwriter of Billy Elliot. It is co-produced

  • Murder case: Man arrested

    ARMED officers carried out a dawn raid on an address in Bury to arrest a man in connection with the murder of a Blackburn man. Police swooped on a house in Bond Street yesterday. A man was arrested and taken under armed escort to Lancashire Police headquarters

  • Mike's hike and chat

    Mike Cresswell, well-known local walker and writer of the popular BEN series Mike's Hikes, is presenting a talk and showing nearly 500 slides illustrating a walking route in Northumberland. The event is on Tuesday, March 13 at 7.30pm at the Victoria Hall

  • Search for hearts of gold

    THE British Heart Foundation is looking for walkers willing to get their feet wet on a seven mile sponsored walk. The walk will take place during British Heart Week on Saturday June 16th, from Arnside at 1.30 pm. The fun event will help raise funds to

  • Hotline for council homes

    A NEW hotline will match Bury homeseekers with vacant council properties. Bury council has set up the new telephone service in a bid to fill empty houses and flats across the borough. The authority's housing spokesman Cllr John Smith said: "While in some

  • Walk cancelled

    BURY Countryside Service has cancelled its "Great Outdoors" event which had been scheduled for later in the month. The event was due to take place on Saturday, March, 24, meeting at Burrs Country Park at 1pm. However, the planned route of the guided walk

  • Latest in lifts

    BURY Town Hall is to improve access for disabled people and those with mobility problems with the installation of a new lift. The eight-person capacity lift was commissioned to improve access to all areas of the Town Hall and will run in tandem with the

  • Airport passengers' sandwiches and chococate shock

    PASSENGERS flying out from Manchester Airport today were having meat sandwiches and chocolates taken off them because of the foot and mouth crisis. All meat and dairy products are banned from being taken abroad following a directive from the Ministry

  • Life's looking good for Martin

    A BOLTON man who had been unemployed before turning his life around has been shortlisted for a prestigious award. Martin Ellison has been nominated for the Achiever of the Year 2000 run by the Rathbone charity. The 36-year-old had not worked for six years

  • Outbreak squad is battle ready

    ENVIRONMENTAL Health staff have been busy preparing disinfectant to help with possible future outbreaks of foot and mouth. The staff, who are on stand-by following outbreaks in nearby Withnell and Great Harwood, will be ready should the problem spread

  • Drug dealer jailed

    A DRUG dealer who absconded during his trial but was later arrested has been jailed for five and a half years. As the sentence was delivered yesterday his shocked partner shouted at the judge: "Are you mad giving me five and a half years?" David Leonard

  • Union calls off farm conference

    THE North-west branch of the Transport and General Workers' Union has cancelled its annual Agricultural Conference in light of the foot and mouth crisis. The conference was due to take place at the T&G's regional head office in Salford on March 17th

  • Bar owner cleared of assault charge

    A BAR owner accused of a vicious midnight attack in Bury against a former employee was found not guilty by a jury on Friday. Denis Bosicek claimed he was battered by his former employer Terence Grady and another man, Juan Larez. Larez had absconded half-way

  • Cash boost for pupils' after-school club

    Pupils join the after-school club A SWINTON primary school is to get a new out-of-school club after sharing in a £61,789 grant. Moorside Primary will get the club thanks to money from the new opportunities fund which is being used to create 216 new childcare

  • Anglers hit, too, as lodges are closed

    BOLTON Anglers Association has closed eight of its lodges because of the foot and mouth crisis. The club says that although fish are not affected by the virus, the closures are a necessary precaution as many of the lodges are close to farmland. The move

  • Victory in pension fight

    A FORMER army medic has won his 30 year fight to be awarded a war pension. He believes his victory could pave the way for way for veterans of World War Two, the Gulf War and other conflicts. Leonard Griffiths, aged 55, from Higher Fold, Leigh, has finally

  • FROM the Bolton Evening News, March 4, 1996.

    GUDNI Bergsson scorer of the goal that earned Wanderers a 1-0 win at Leeds on Saturday is told by Colin Todd he must stay at full-back rather than his preferred centre-back position "for the good of the cause" The Elland Road triumph - their second successive

  • FROM the BUFF, March 6, 1976.

    A GARRY Jones goal in the 69th minute, earns Wanderers a 1-1 draw at Blackpool. Ian Greaves' side fails to produce promotion form but it's a battling point, all the more creditable after losing skipper, John Ritson, with an early injury. Wanderers still

  • Man jailed for storing gun

    A VULNERABLE young man was pressured into letting a criminal store a sawn-off shotgun and ammunition in his house. When police searched John McAllister's house they found a sawn-off shotgun and two cartridges wrapped in a disposable nappy. They also found

  • FULHAM

    Ground: Craven Cottage. Nickname: Cottagers. Manager: Jean Tigana. Top scorer: Louis Saha 24. Last six results: Gillingham 0, Fulham 2; Burnley 2, Fulham 1; Fulham 1, Forest 0; Barnsley 0, Fulham 0; Fulham 1, Sheffield Utd 1; QPR 0, Fulham 2. Last time

  • Drivers toying with the lives of toddlers

    DRIVERS are putting children's lives at risk by mounting a pavement outside a Farnworth play group at speeds of up to 30mph. And parents are calling for traffic restrictions on narrow Nelson Street to stop the lines of parked cars causing the problem.

  • Heroin addict assaulted police officer

    WHEN police spotted heroin addict Brian Bibby they saw him drop a packet near a parked car and then run off. Police recovered the packet and discovered it contained a quarter of an ounce of heroin worth about £300 in £10 deals on the street. Four weeks

  • Jonathan mugged for his mobile

    A TEENAGER has told how his new mobile phone was stolen after he was kicked to the ground by a gang of muggers - the latest in a growing number of mobile phone muggings. Three thugs attacked Jonathan Savidge, 19, and ran off with his BT Cellnet phone.

  • Women hit out over jobs shock

    A GROUP of four women claim they were made redundant from a Horwich business just months after an electrical contractor bought the company promising to secure all the jobs. The women said they were taken into a room together and told to leave that day

  • Fatal crash driver fined

    AN accountant from Bolton died instantly after a BMW span out of control and collided head-on with his Vauxhall Astra on a remote moorland road. Yesterday BMW driver Rachel Smith was fined £1,000 after pleading guilty to driving without due care and attention

  • RESULTS

    Division One -- Brook B 2 Spread Eagle 5; Crofters B 7 Black Bull (Edgworth) 0 (w/o); Pineapple Bay Mare 2; Globe bye; HBSC 2 Crofters A 5; Cheetham (Sharples) 5 Craven Heifer 2; Chetham (Chapeltown) 3 Bowling Green 4. DIVISION ONE P W L F Bns Pts Crofters

  • SUNDAY

    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; fitness room, 7pm-8pm; football skills,

  • LOSTOCK SIX MILE

    ROAD RACE RESULTS: 1. Tony Rowlands (Horwich RMI Harriers) 31.44; 2. Paul Dugdale (Horwich RMI Harriers) 31.50; 3. Mark Laithwaite (Wigan Phoenix) 32.30; 4. Colin Rigby 32.32; 10. Paul Massey 33.33; 11. Anthony Hallahan (1st JM) 33.37; 18. Terry Orrell

  • Gift of life has inspired Matthew's donor appeal

    A SPORTY kidney transplant survivor is making excellent progress and urging people to save lives by become donors Twenty-year-old Matthew Rimmer of Brook Gardens, Harwood, was first diagnosed with Allports Syndrome when he was just two years old. His

  • Councillors face phone mast jibe

    THREE Bolton councillors have hit back at claims they have not done enough for residents fighting plans to erect a mobile phone mast in their community. But furious residents have countered by claiming that Tonge Ward councillors Nick Peel, Frank White

  • Factory workers in miracle escape

    WORKERS fled from a blazing Bolton factory -- just minutes before the roof caved in. Fire swept through underwear factory Delux Hosiery late on Friday afternoon after welders accidentally set the roof alight. Today the owner of the factory was reviewing

  • Grant gets the Royle approval

    PASS master Tony Grant can complete his transformation from Maine Road outcast to saviour, believes his manager. The 26-year-old is the surprise package of City's improving form, not least so because he was on the brink of dropping down a division after

  • Derby points crucial

    IT'S derby day in the Greater Manchester Schools' League next Saturday when Bury host Bolton at the Derby School, kick off 10.30 am. The two teams normally fare well in the schools' county league but this year's match is a bottom of the table affair.

  • Waywell's painful task

    LEIGH RMI's boss admitted that it was always a painful task releasing players who have served him well. Steve Waywell this week faced up to the difficult job of telling Neil Matthews his services were no longer required. The big striker has been a loyal

  • Learn from Jimmy Nichol

    IN the 1970s, along with two or three committee men, I ran Walkden Town AFC who played in the highly regarded Bolton Combination Premier Division. Our best season was when we appointed ex Walkers Institute FC player Jimmy Nichol as our Player Manager