CHORLEY go into tomorrow's clash with UniBond First Division high-fliers Leek with a doubt over last season's top scorer Danny Mills. "Danny played last weekend when he had flu," said boss Ken Wright. "He went straight back to bed after the game and has
AN inquest has been opened into the death of a maintenance engineer who died following an incident at Camelot Theme Park at Charnock Richard. Harry Mathews, 59, who worked at the amusement park, had been at The Gauntlet rollercoaster ride for about an
TWO armed robbers escaped with a large amount of cash in a bank ram-raid today. The men, wearing balaclavas and brandishing shotguns, grabbed the cash after reversing a stolen BMW into the side of the TSB bank, Market Street, Farnworth. Shoppers on the
AN ISLAMIC cleric being investigated by FBI agents for alleged links with Osama bin Laden DID live in Bolton. Sheikh Abu Qatada briefly made Bolton his home in 1993 after he had been granted asylum in the UK. But in an exclusive interview
WANDERERS have announced ticket sale details for three matches - Ipswich away, and Fulham and Southampton at the Reebok. Tickets for Wanderers' Premiership game at Ipswich Town on Sunday, November 18 are on sale until next Wednesday to season ticket holders
Ground: Villa Park Nickname: Villians Manager: John Gregory Current position: 3rd Players in: Bosko Balaban £6m (Dinamo Zagreb), Olof Mellberg £5m (Racing Santander), Peter Schmeichel Free (Sporting Lisbon), Mustapha Hadji £2.25m (Coventry City), Hassan
THE Old Trafford triumph behind him and the first target of the season safely achieved, Sam Allardyce has reflected on "what might have been?" as he embarked on the next phase of his Premiership survival mission. "We've got to forget Manchester United
PAUL Warhurst is old enough and wise enough not to need his manager to tell him to keep is mouth shut. In the week in which Newcastle boss Bobby Robson saw fit to warn his young striker Craig Bellamy to button his lip, the Wanderers' star acknowledged
WANDERERS have been warned that they will be facing potential Premiership champions at Aston Villa on Saturday. Villa midfield ace Lee Hendrie believes he has just pledged his future to a team that possesses the quality to mount a serious title challenge
SAM Allardyce talked today of the difficulty of bringing his derby heroes down off cloud nine. "Apparently no team has won their next Premiership game after winning at Manchester United," the Wanderers' boss pointed out ominously on the eve of tomorrow's
STEVE Banks will have two objectives when he makes his Premiership debut at Villa Park tomorrow - a clean sheet and a soiled shirt. The clean sheet would mean he had helped extend Wanderers' much-envied unbeaten away record as well as doing his own job
STEVE Banks will have two objectives when he makes his Premiership debut at Villa Park tomorrow - a clean sheet and a soiled shirt. The clean sheet would mean he had helped extend Wanderers' much-envied unbeaten away record as well as doing his own job
Winter underdogs unexpectedly warm to the task YOU could not get odds on red-hot favourites MGB before their match last week with sacrificial lambs Winter Hill. Yet by a combination of collective steely determination and at times ferocious assault, the
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FORMER Wanderer Andy Todd is looking for another club as Charlton prepare to face Liverpool at The Valley tomorrow. The defender has been transfer listed following a training ground bust-up with Dean Kiely, which left the goalkeeper sporting a black eye
WANDERERS fans are getting more optimistic about the chances of an upset at Villa Park according to our exclusive Guess The Score fun vote on the right The favourite result prediction so far is 1-0 to the Super Whites as they aim to build on their sensational
JOHN Gregory believes Aston Villa are more capable of making a title challenge this season than they were three years ago. Then they led the field for a short time only to fall away and finish a disappointing sixth. Villa are flying high in third spot
GOAL star Michael Ricketts was urged today to keep scoring and think of England. Sam Allardyce reckons it is only a matter of time before his top scorer's Premiership strikes earn him a call from Sven Goran Eriksson. "I think he should hang on for England
BOLTON Chess Club is appealing for junior players of any ability or age. Junior chess lessons started on Monday and will take place every fortnight from 7.15pm to 8.45pm at Bolton YMCA, Deansgate. Anyone interested in joining can go along on a Monday
A MOONLIGHT skinny dip ended in tragedy when a 33-year-old man drowned in the icy waters of a remote moorland reservoir. Mitchell Lee Bury disappeared without a sound as he and two friends swam the 250 yards across Wayoh Reservoir, Entwistle, near Bolton
CUSTOMERS at a Horwich supermarket had to duck out of the way of flying cucumbers when a chef practised for a world record. Noel Goulding is hoping to gain a place in the Guinness Book World of Records when he attempts to slice as many cucumbers as possible
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SECTION ONE P Pts Over Hulton B... 6 37.0 Deane C... 5 36.0 Rumworth B... 6 31.0 Rumworth D... 6 30.0 Tonge Moor B... 4 27.5 Over Hulton C... 5 25.0 Plodder Lane B... 5 22.0 Tonge Moor A... 5 20.5 Dunscar C... 6 19.5 Halliwell A... 5 17.0 Deane A... 5
A CASH-STRAPPED student bought a motorbike because she could not afford a car -- and has never looked back. Dr Jan Evans-Freeman, aged 44, of Westhoughton, is a lecturer in Electrical Engineering and Electronics at UMIST and a conductor of the university
THE father of a man jailed for burglary despite claims of flawed fingerprint evidence is campaigning for his freedom. Alan McNamara from Bromley Cross was jailed in June at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court. The 39-year-old from Highfield Road
SHAKERS boss Andy Preece has received another hammer blow before tomorrow's home clash with Peterborough - Chris Billy is likely to be out for at least a month, writes STEVE CANAVAN. Last year's player of the season was stretchered off against Brentford
LEE Childs, still only 19, is close to becoming the first man to claim back-to-back triumphs in the National Championships since Tim Henman in 1997. Childs overcame second seed Jamie Delgado yesterday when the former champion retired at 6-2 and 4-1 down
THE Bolton Arena is being tested for the first time this week - and it is passing with flying colours. The National Tennis Championships are almost half way through and the players are enjoying the new venue. Nearly all have been complimentary, including
TWO armed robbers escaped with a large amount of cash in a bank ram-raid today. The men, wearing balaclavas and brandishing shotguns, grabbed the cash after reversing a stolen BMW into the side of the TSB bank, Market Street, Farnworth. Shoppers on the
Fred Done's exclusive weekly betting column THIS weekend sees the Breeders Cup meeting at Belmont Park in America. All the big names will be there for the richest race meeting in the world. Aiden O'Brien and Godolphin are sending their top stars such
DOROTHY SHARPLES (b 1919): THE thing about the 40s was the snow. The terrible snow. January 1940 it started. Friday night. An' it carried on snowin' all weekend an' it never stopped. That Friday, a friend had come home with me from the mill, an' she had
EDITH IBBOTSON (b 1932) Edith Ibbotson explains how she coped with her job as a telephonist in the 1960s -- in spite of her blindness. I'd never really much wanted to be a switchboard operator. If we're talking about burning ambitions -- an opera singer
GARETH Farrelly has told Sam Allardyce he is ready and more than willing to return to frontline action at Villa Park tomorrow. The Wanderers' boss says he will choose between the Dubliner and Djibril Diawara, who both figured in a midweek reserve team
BUSINESS leaders in the UK face the most punishing work regime in Europe according to a report. The report, "Time, your life, your business" and commissioned by Lexmark, the business printer manufacturer, reveals how UK CEOs are expected to sacrifice
JOHN Gregory's signing of Peter Schmeichel was today hailed as "inspired" by Aston Villa director and former England manager Graham Taylor. Taylor believes that the former Manchester United goalkeeper is one of the captures of the season after being signed
RUTH Kelly MP will be taking time out from her high-powered Treasury job -- for a spot of ironing. She has agreed to act as a volunteer at the Horwich Help the Aged Shop, Lee Lane, on Saturday, October 27, as part of the national Make a Difference Day
A TRANSPORT service for Bolton's elderly and disabled has been handed the keys to a mini-bus, courtesy of Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority. Bolton Community Transport depends on volunteers and provides low cost transport for residents
WHEN Jujitsu black belt Paul Melnicenko is not brushing aside opponents he is brushing up on his artistic skills. Now, the 45-year-old from Breightmet, who admits to being a "Sunday artist", has his own exhibition in the Albert Halls, Bolton. And, true
GANGS of teenagers running wild have prompted calls for night-time curfews on the streets of Radcliffe. The teenagers are terrorising traders in Coronation Road with a campaign of vandalism and threats. Now some business owners say they may shut up shop
ADVENTURER Eddie Corley was on the trail of the ancient Incas in the Peruvian Andes, but instead he found the trail of the awesome Trotters at 11,000ft. During his dream holiday to Peru, Eddie, aged 64, of Bradshaw Brow, Bradshaw, was on holiday high
A HEROIN addict who admitted 27 house burglaries involving more than £4,000 worth of property was jailed for 18 months. Daniel Hayes took police on a tour of properties he had burgled, pointing out the houses, garages and sheds he had broken into. In
IT WAS doubles all round at a Bolton town centre pub when three of the nation's favourite TV celebrities popped in. But keen-eyed punters at the Pack Horse Hotel, Nelson Square, would have spotted that it was not the real deal but a night of lookalike
CRICKETERS moved into second place in the Premier Division on the strength of their 6-3 win against Ramsbottom C. Lostock, who beat Hilton A 5-4, are now third -- both the moves are at the expense of Horwich Hilton A who drop to mid-table. Trebles in
A BOLTON business counsellor has raised thousands of pounds for charity by walking in Peru. Ross Bullock, aged 50, a business counsellor with Bolton Enterprise Services, has raised £2,500 to date for the Children's Hospital Appeal Trust by taking part
A WOMAN alleged to have glassed a neighbour in the face said the man had punched her hard, knocking out a tooth. Susan Tuke said the blow to her face had left her traumatised and she had no recollection of the actual fight. She denied deliberately glassing
A CORONER warned a suspect at an inquest into the death of an Atherton pensioner that he may still face charges. In recording a verdict of unlawful killing, coroner Aidan Cotter hit-out at key-witness Christopher Aspey who failed to turn up to give evidence
VICTORIA Davies beat sixth seed Anne Keothavong to reach the women's singles final. The 29-year-old from South Wales had already ousted two of Britain's top players in Helen Crook and Elena Baltacha, and added hot young prospect Keothavong to her list
A STAR has been born - and the people of Bolton have been lucky enough to see it happen. Alex Bogdanovic may look as though he has just left school (and in actual fact he has) but it betrays a cold inner belief and a desire to make it to the top. And
LEIGH RMI will find themselves £20,000 better off and in with a chance of drawing a Football League club if they can see off Worksop Town in the final qualifying round of the FA Cup tomorrow. The winners of the Hilton Park tie will receive a £20,000 windfall
