AT a time when many airlines are cutting back on flights, British Airways has added a new direct journey to Venice from Manchester Airport writes Richard Mulligan The daily service, on an Embraer 145 jet, leaves Manchester at 8.40am, arriving in Venice
NORTH-west employers say schools are not preparing their pupils for the workplace adequately. Nearly 70 per cent of business leaders surveyed by financial advisers Grant Thornton Grant believe school leavers are not being equipped with the necessary skills
A BOLTON-BASED recruitment company is making a name for itself in Eastern Europe. Recruitment Zone Ltd, which has its headquarters in Chorley Old Road, brings highly-skilled workers to Britain and finds UK staff for construction and petro-chemical companies
WHEN British film icons insist on leaving London for good to live in New York because it's safer, we know the world has finally gone mad. Joan Collins, now aged 69, was raised in North London and, although she has homes in other glamorous parts of the
ON behalf of Jodie and her parents, I would like to say a big "thank you" to all the people and businesses of this area who have given us their time, donations and help for our appeal, as without you this would never have been possible. We set out in
"ASTONISHING", "unbelievable", "disgraceful" are the comments heard following the report of a planning meeting (August 28) concerning remarks attributed to Cllr Pauline Spencer, and I quote -- "I am fed up of hearing about this covenant. It's a story
I WAS glad to see the full page coverage of the Earth Summit (August 30). This summit is one of the most important ever to be held, because of the urgency of the problems facing us and the potential of achieving active solutions. However, your articles
SWITCHED-ON volunteers dedicated to rescuing Bolton's industrial heritage are saving a rare piece of equipment from the former Hick Hargreaves works. The electrical switchgear which stands in the now abandoned Soho foundry dates back to 1915. Amazingly
IT's time to give credit to teams at the bottom of the Bolton Evening News Naps competition table this week. For The Fitters, Beer Belly Bullock and Jacko's Donkey it has been a long time coming - their first winning choice! They are unlikely to make
WANDERERS fans face a public transport headache for the big clash at Old Trafford on Wednesday night, September 11. An anticipated rail strike means the last service via the back-up bus service to Bolton leaves Manchester city centre about 9pm - just
SAM Allardyce has looked ahead to the forthcoming clashes with The Big Three after the 1-0 success over Aston Villa and warned it will be difficult to repeat last season's amazing successes. Wanderers meet Manchester United away, Liverpool at home and
POLICE are not expecting trouble for Bolton Wanderers' clash against Manchester United next week. Nearly 1,000 tickets for the Old Trafford game on September 11 have been sold on the open market. Officers policing the match say they will treat it just
DAVID Beckham and Paul Scholes could be struggling to be fit for Manchester United's Old Trafford showdown with Wanderers at Old Trafford next Wednesday. They have both been ruled out of England's friendly against Portugal at Villa Park on Saturday after
ASTLEY & Tyldesley professional Bazid Khan has been picked to play for Pakistan A against Sri Lanka on September 14. It will be the first international honour for the talented 21-year-old who has just signed a new one year contract with the Bolton
MANCHESTER United's Bolton-based defender Gary Neville, who has targeted the Wanderers game for his comeback from a foot injury, is due for a reserve team runout tonight.
TICKETS for the Reebok live screening of Wanderers' derby duel with Manchester United next Wednesday are now being sold at the club's Superstore. Admission to the "beam back" is £5 for all seats with a £2 tariff for use of the car parks. Tickets can also
TWO Wanderers' youngsters have received international recognition. Michael Byrne has been named in the Wales U-21 squad for their European Championship qualifier in Finland on Friday and Michael Gillan has been given a place in the England squad for an
ONE of Westhoughton's best-loved sons has been honoured in a hall of fame for local sporting legends. A portrait of the late Wanderers' star, Tom Woodward, has been hung in the town's library alongside other sporting heroes, such as Francis Lee. It was
LAUGH all you like over the name Posh and Becks have chosen for their latest offspring. But you'd be hard pressed to find better modern role models. Together, the couple are glamorous and social butterflies. But they are also loving parents in a settled
latest model YOU don't necessarily expect to find "hunky" and "pensioner" in the same sentence, but that certainly applies to 61 year-old Harrison Ford. Not only is he still making blockbuster films, but he's landed Ally McBeal cutie Calista Flockhart
THE new research that claims that Ecstasy may not be dangerous is deeply insulting to the parents of youngsters who have died from the drug. Researchers at Liverpool University and an American professor claim the adverse effects of Ecstasy could be imaginary
KEITH Jolley continued his recent excellent form in the Bullough Tankard Medal at Turton last Saturday. Following his win in the premier competition of the club (the First President's Cup) earlier in the month, he ran out an easy winner by a margin of
LATEST scores from Lancashire's four day match with Warwickshire are available from the official Lancashire County Cricket site. Click HERE
FAST-GROWING insolvency practitioners Ratcliffe & Co have opened a corporate finance department as part of the firm's expansion plans for 2002. Ratcliffe & Co -- which also has offices in Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle upon Tyne and Preston -- moved
THE £500,000 transformation of a school has been delayed by three months. Work was due to start at Thomasson Memorial School, Heaton, over the summer holidays with plans for two new play areas, but only the initial stages of work has been started, and
A 58-YEAR-OLD man is fighting for his life in hospital after a road accident in Wigan. The man was crossing Ellesmere Road in Worsley Hall when he was in collision with a Ford Transit. He suffered extensive injuries and is in intensive care at Wigan Royal
FIREFIGHTERS from Farnworth turned out to what they thought was a house fire late last night -- and found a man burning rubbish in his garden. They arrived at an address in Tyldesley after worried neighbours saw a plume of smoke just after midnight. A
FIREMEN were called to rescue a teenager stranded 20ft up a tree. The 13-year-old had been playing with pals in Bank Lane, Little Hulton. Although his friends managed to climb down the tree, he became stuck for about 20 minutes last night. Firefighters
TWO teams landed 20-1 shot Tissifer in the 2.45 at Newmarket to get within touching distance of the leaders in the Bolton Evening News Naps competition. Both Sandusky Walmsley and G.Jeez moved into the top ten, but leaders Caught Napping are still the
WANDERERS' chairman Phil Gartside fears a low attendance for the England Under 21 international at the Reebok on Friday will be embarrassing. And he thinks it could wreck any prospect of the stadium being selected to stage any future prestige games. Chief
JEFF Hibbert (Turton) and Michael Cull (Bolton) representing the Bolton Le Moors Rotary Club, reached the District final of the 16th National Rotary Golf Championships, for the third consecutive year. They won in 2000 and lost last year. This year the
IVAN Campo has booked a 10-day trip to Sweden for a course with Wanderers' new fitness 'guru'. The Real Madrid centre-back, who joined the Reebok ranks on Saturday, has spent the last four days in Spain sorting out personal affairs and returned to Bolton
HEATON v FARNWORTH SC Heaton won by 50 runs Heaton P Hunter b Glover ...1 M Hobbiss c Hipwood b Barton ...45 G Carson b Glover ...0 S Booth c Murphy b Glover ...4 B Cliff c&b Barton ...5 C Lawson b Barton ...0 D Jones not out ...58 A Bradshaw b Raynor
THE U18 Division kicked off with new boys Fives Athletic from Salford drawing 3-3 with Leigh's Bedford Rangers. Craig Gardner from the penalty spot and with a stunning shot from 25 yards put Bedford 2-0 up but it did not take long for Fives to level.
OLD Boltonians and Bury Grammar School had to settle for a 1-1 draw after an exciting clash in the Premier Division. The home side had the better of the the first half, kicking with the wind and had several good efforts on goal which produced three brilliant
Own goal blow for Athletic A SECOND half own goal was enough to propel Royton Town to the summit of the Premier Division with a 1-0 away win at Leigh Athletic. A ding-dong encounter at Oakwood Farm saw Wilmslow Albion and Atherton Town each take a point
1860: The first weather forecast appeared in The Times. 1870: Emperor Napoleon III, nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, was deposed and the Third Republic declared in France. 1885: The world's first cafeteria opened in New York. 1886: Geronimo, Apache chief
THE national crisis in vetting school staff is also affecting workers in hospitals, care homes and social services departments trying to recruit foster carers, it emerged today. The Association of Directors of Social Services (ADSS) said the backlog in
PEOPLE in Lancashire will soon be able to watch council meetings from the comfort of their own homes via the Internet. The council will be the first in the country to broadcast all its meetings on the Internet.
THE body of a 37-year-old cyclist has been found floating in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The alarm was raised by a passer-by who saw the body last night in Halsall, near Ormskirk. The rider's mountain bike was still on the towpath. Lancashire police
AN uncle was punched and kicked to the ground after going to the aid of his niece. Bolton Crown Court heard how Sean McKay's eight-year-old son and other young children screamed in terror as he was attacked by a group of five or six young men. The trouble
A MAN died days after a minor hernia operation at the Royal Bolton Hospital, an inquest was told. Frank Allen, aged 60, of Bridge Street, Horwich, recovered and was allowed home after the operation in October 2001. But a few days later his bowels stopped
THE £500,000 transformation of a school has been delayed by three months. Work was due to start at Thomasson Memorial School, Heaton, over the summer holidays with plans for two new play areas, but only the initial stages of work has been started, and
BOLTON MP Brian Iddon is planning to join hundreds of people wearing their favourite football kit for Shelter later this month. Strip 4 Shelter is the UK's largest annual football-focused fund-raising event, where people across the county wear their football
MANCHESTER, flush from the success of the Commonwealth Games, may soon be crowned the favourite visitor destination in the North-west. The city has been shortlisted for the top regional tourism award after a recent survey by the North West Tourist Board
BOLTON Wanderers fear their hopes of staging England representative games could be jeopardised by a poor crowd for Friday's Under 21 international. Although the games is not being televised, ticket sales have been slow for the England-Yugoslavia friendly
BUSINESS and insurance law practice Keoghs has appointed Chris Gee as director of finance. Mr Gee, aged 34, who lives in Didsbury, joins the Bolton firm from SSL International, a global healthcare supplier in Oldham, where he was the UK financial controller
ONE of Bolton's longest-serving pharmacists, Ruth Shaw, has retired from Hunt & Marsden in Tonge Moor Road after 36 years. Colleagues and friends held a surprise party at the shop and she was presented with flowers, chocolates, wine and other gifts
BOLTON businesses are being offered online business coaching as part of a new network. The scheme, "Minding Your Own Business", has been set up by local accountants Cowgill Holloway. It is the first of its kind in the region and aims to drive the tired
CONGRATULATIONS to Mrs Iris Stott -- the Bolton grannie who has emerged as a grade A student at the age of 71. Her top mark in a GCSE English course just proves that it's never too late to learn, or excel. Good luck in your further studies, Iris -- you
IN order to stop further deterioration of our once-proud parks, Cllr Stuart Lever is suggesting bringing back park rangers. The "parkie" of old was much prone to phrases like "ger off those flower beds or I'll leather ya!" This may be over the top, but
A MOBILE police station is to go into Bolton's worst drug hotspots to track down dealers on their doorstep. Bolton Council and the police have put in an order for the portable station after getting a £42,000 grant from the Home Office. The station will
I HAD the considerable displeasure of witnessing an act of great cruelty on a visit to a popular fishing spot near your office on Saturday. A group of people were engaged in a fishing contest. I could not believe that this hideous and grotesquely cruel
MY next book "The Long Patrol" is due for publication by Mainstream Publishing of Edinburgh in the autumn of 2003. It will reveal the hitherto untold story of the thousands of British Servicemen and women who served in Germany as part of the occupying
AS your readers will be aware, a Bill was placed before Parliament earlier this year to ban hunting. The majority of people in the country welcomed this move to ban an outdated, barbaric activity. Their will was reflected by MPs, who voted by a 211 majority
LATEST scores from Lancashire's four day match with Warwickshire at Old Trafford are available from the official Lancashire County Cricket site. Click HERE
POLICE officers are to patrol school playgrounds this week in a crackdown on truancy, bad behaviour and bullying. Two police officers will spend part of their duties at Hayward, Withins and Deane schools. The police presence will form part of a Government
A PREMATURE baby born so tiny he could only fit into dolls clothes, today celebrates his first birthday. Baby Cameron Wilson weighed in at little more than a bag of sugar when he was born three months early. And he has beaten all the odds to reach his
WANDERERS Travel Club are putting on extra coaches to cope with extra demand from fans travelling to Old Trafford on the evening of a scheduled rail strike. Fans are being advised to book early - £6 for members, £8 for non-members - by phone on 01204
TICKETS for the Reebok live screening of Wanderers' derby duel with Manchester United next Wednesday are now being sold at the club's Superstore. Admission to the "beam back" is £5 for all seats with a £2 tariff for use of the car parks. Tickets can also
WANDERERS Travel Club are putting on extra coaches to cope with extra demand from fans travelling to Old Trafford on the evening of a scheduled rail strike. Fans are being advised to book early - £6 for members, £8 for non-members - by phone on 01204
IVAN Campo has booked a 10-day trip to Sweden for a course with Wanderers' new fitness 'guru'. The Real Madrid centre-back, who joined the Reebok ranks on Saturday, has spent the last four days in Spain sorting out personal affairs and returned to Bolton
WANDERERS' TV fans left without pictures for most of the final 20 minutes of the Aston Villa clash on Sunday are finally being offered some recompense writes Chris Sudlow Initially, Sky TV's live Pay-For-View viewers were only told the company was "looking
WHILE every parent in the country is still horrified about the deaths of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, I wonder if the action of Wendy and Paul Duvall is really the right way forward. The couple from Reading in Berkshire are having an electronic micro-chip
ONE of Westhoughton's best-loved sons has been honoured in a hall of fame for local sporting legends. A portrait of the late Wanderers' star, Tom Woodward, has been hung in the town's library alongside other sporting heroes, such as Francis Lee. It was
IT was very brave of 43-year-old Jamie Lee Curtis to pose in a top magazine in a sports bra and unflattering briefs. The actress wanted to show that the body which graced the films Perfect and True Lies and was a watchword for fitness and the gym-honed
CHAMBER of Commerce East Lancashire has secured an agreement with B&Q to bring 11 of their buyers to the region for a major product-sourcing event at Blackburn Rovers' ground on Friday. Recent "Meet the Buyer" events with Somerfield supermarkets have
STATESIDE Foods, the Westhoughton-based chilled pizza manufacturer, has announced the appointment of a new national sales manager. Steve Wood will be managing Stateside's major accounts in food service and manufacturers. The eventual target for Steve
TRAVELLERS using Manchester Airport will soon be able to get their vaccinations done by popping into Terminal 1's NHS Walk-In Centre. The travel vaccination service starts on September 9. Anyone due to travel should phone the NHS clinic and book an appointment
TRUMETER Company at Radcliffe is celebrating its 65th anniversary. The privately-owned manufacturer of mechanical and electronic counting, timing and measuring equipment has also been accredited to the international quality management system standard,
A TOUCH of France will arrive in Ramsbottom this weekend. The town, more famous for its historical Dickensian connections, is to play host to a three-day Indoor French Market. From Friday until Sunday, Ramsbottom Civic Hall will be packed with everything
A MAN has denied raping and indecently assaulting a girl over a three-year period. Tony Bethell, aged 39, is alleged to have started indecently assaulting the girl when she was 12 and continued until she was 14. Bethell is alleged to have offered her
FIREMEN made a citizens' arrest on a suspected arsonist in Bolton town centre late last night. A 37-year-old woman was detained as she walked through Victoria Square. Fire crews doused half a dozen bin fires outside shops in Knowsley Street. Cardboard
ITis time to give credit to teams at the bottom of the Bolton Evening News Naps competition table this week. For The Fitters, Beer Belly Bullock and Jacko's Donkey it has been a long time coming - their first winning choice! They are unlikely to make
MANCHESTER United and Arsenal will both be without their combative captains when they face Wanderers in crucial Premiership games over the next fortnight. United must go into next Wednesday's Old Trafford derby without their under-fire skipper Roy Keane
CYBERFANS of Peter Kay have been logging on to the Bolton comic's official website -- only to find it is not working. The site -- peterkay.co.uk -- tells fans only that the webname has been registered but it does not divulge any titbits of information
Hull KR 18, Leigh Centurions 12 by Mike Hulme ADAM Bristow could find himself in more disciplinary trouble after last night's controversial ending to Leigh's first defeat in 12 games. Leigh's Aussie skipper, sent off for a high tackle only last Sunday
Southport 4-2 Leigh RMI by Martyn Hindley LEIGH'S hopes of first points away from Hilton Park were dashed in controversial fashion at Haig Avenue. Steve Waywell's men were well in control of the first half until the start of stoppage time when Peter Thomson
A NEW initiative will ensure Bolton firefighters have the skill to deal with casualties if they arrive at an incident before paramedics. Greater Manchester Fire Service hopes to have at least one crew member trained as a trauma care technician on every
THE BGA have made the draw for the Jack Taylor Trophy inter club foursomes matchplay. Draw is: Dunscar v Chorley; Hindley Hall bye; Breightmet v Deane; Bolton v Gt Lever & Farnworth; Old Links v Harwood; Westhoughton bye; Horwich v Turton; Regent
BOLTON Golf Association Juniors were pipped at the post by rivals South Lancashire in the Lancashire inter-regional final at Mytton Fold, Whalley. The morning foursomes were a close affair with Bolton losing 4-2, three of the matches decided on the 18th
POLICE chiefs from across the country are meeting in Blackpool for a major conference on drugs. Among the topics to be discussed are the Government's new strategy on cannabis and the problems of hard drugs such as crack cocaine. The two-day conference
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to help hospital staff recognise the signs of domestic violence. Staff at Queens Park Hospital in Blackburn have been told that, nationally, on average, a woman is killed by a violent partner or ex-partner every three days
A TOUCH of France will arrive in Ramsbottom this weekend. The town, more famous for its historical Dickensian connections, is to play host to a three-day Indoor French Market. From Friday until Sunday, Ramsbottom Civic Hall will be packed with everything
A 58-YEAR-OLD man is fighting for his life in hospital after a road accident in Wigan. The man was crossing Ellesmere Road in Worsley Hall when he was in collision with a Ford Transit. He suffered extensive injuries and is in intensive care at Wigan Royal
WALLSUCHES Reservoir is still up for sale, despite a "phenomenal" amount of interest in the site. Since the six-acre reservoir, off Chorley Old Road, came on the market, estate agents Miller Metcalfe have received more than 100 inquiries about the privately-owned
OLDER people in Bolton are to benefit from a £30,000-a-year Lottery award which should make their lives better, improve home safety and reduce their chances of ending up in hospital. The money, from the New Opportunities Fund, will be used to help people
A MAN suffered a stroke and was in a coma for three weeks after being attacked by two brothers, a court heard yesterday. Frank Cheetham, who is in his 50s, was punched and allegedly kicked unconscious following an altercation with Aaron and Damon Fairhurst
HORSE riders, off-road cyclists and walkers will soon be able to enjoy a new national trail that runs through Bolton. The Bolton Feeder Route links with the Pennine Bridleway Trail in Rossendale, passing though Rivington and Smithills. The route has been
DARCY Lever CC A made it a league and cup double when the Section A side beat Rupert Ladies A to clinch the Chadwick Club. Rupert batted first and lost seven batters quickly, but the remaining four settled in and took their score to 77 runs with Ann Truffas
