I AM currently compiling a book aimed at the thousands of people who are part of an extended family. If you're a step-parent or step-child and have an interesting story to tell, I'd love to hear from you. Your experiences might be positive and rewarding
HAVING been privileged recently to watch Sir Paul McCartney in Concert on BBC1, I feel compelled to put pen to paper. With all the current sadness, and unrest in our world, what a heart-warming thing it was to see a "legend" bringing tears of joy to all
I WAS born in Bolton, grew up there, went to Wolfenden Street School and the Bolton Municipal Secondary School in Great Moor Street. I was baptised, confirmed and married in All Soul's Church in Astley Street -- which brings me to the reason for this
THE Guide Dogs for the Blind Association thanks all the readers who supported our challenge to enter the "world" of Lord of the Rings, for the recent spectacular, cycle-fundraising adventure challenge in New Zealand. In fact, we are so delighted with
I AM concerned that Christopher Garritt has been excluded from Derby High School, Radcliffe Road, Bury, simply for having a mohican-style haircut (April 17). The headteacher Alyson Byrne regards all "extreme haircuts" as "not acceptable". Certainly the
Bolton Town Centre Manager Cathy Savage with her fortnightly briefing from the Town Centre Company YOU should be noticing some improvement to the town centre with renewal of the popular seating on Deansgate between The Royal Bank of Scotland and Waterstones
BOLTON Association chairman John Charlson has warned that too much cricket could damage the health of the local league. There has been concern for some time that regular Saturday and Sunday matches are starting to dull the appetite of some players. In
FEAST OF ST MARK ANZAC DAY - Commemorates 1915 Gallipoli landing of Australian and New Zealand troops in the First World War. 1599 Oliver Cromwell was born in Huntingdon. He became Lord Protector of England - Britain's first and only dictator. 1792 The
GOLBORNE Cricket Club's open day takes place at the club on Saturday starting at 10.30am. The day consists of a trial match, player registration, introduction to senior players and a questions and answers session. Junior coaching takes place on Tuesday
I WAS wondering if it would be at all possible to make a request to your readers on behalf of the Support Our Soldiers campaign. My name is Karen Webster and my son is currently serving in the Gulf. Obviously the first two weeks of the war were an extremely
THERE has been no need to remind Arsene Wenger and his French players of the talents of Wanderers midfield star Youri Djorkaeff. He may be Le God to Wanderers fans but it is the nickname most of France know him by that will keep the Gunners on guard in
BLOOD Donor sessions will be held in Bolton on Wednesday, April 30, also Wednesday, May 7, at Walker Memorial Hall, Ridgeway Gate; in Leigh on Thursday, May 1, at St Joseph's Church, Chapel Street, and in Farnworth on Tuesday, May 6, at Trinity Methodist
WHAT the Mayor of London failed to do -- Bolton's Mayor did! Ken Livingston refused to celebrate St George's Day in the capital, but Cllr John Walsh pushed the boat out and had two celebration events -- a coffee morning at St George's Craft Centre, and
TV heart-throb Vernon Kay shows off his wheelie skills as he urges men to saddle up and help beat cancer. Looking at home on a bike, the tall former model produced some flashy moves for the cameras in London's Regents Park. Dressed in dazzling white trainers
BLOOD Donor sessions will be held in Bolton on Wednesday, April 30, also Wednesday, May 7, at Walker Memorial Hall, Ridgeway Gate; in Leigh on Thursday, May 1, at St Joseph's Church, Chapel Street, and in Farnworth on Tuesday, May 6, at Trinity Methodist
A KNIFEMAN who kidnapped a Bolton businesswoman and forced her to drive to Leeds has been caught on camera. Detectives are studying video footage of the man who bundled the 46-year-old into her own car as he held a knife at her throat. He then forced
BEAUTY queen Sherene Fogg is set to represent Bolton in the Miss Great Britain contest next month. All thanks to her mum! The former runner-up in the Bolton Evening News 'Girl of the Year' competition will be taking to the catwalk with the cream of the
A ONCE popular Westhoughton Park is being revived and turned into a nature reserve. The formal gardens of the historic Hall Lee Bank Park have long disappeared but now a massive community effort is being organised to give the Park a new life. The park
I WOULD like to thank local cricket top man Ray Eccleshare for declaring in Tuesday's Bolton Evening News that the town's grass roots game will disappear in five years. Ray was following a theme that I raised here a couple of years ago that something
SO the only players in the running for PFA Player of the Year are ones who stick the ball in the net. Alan Shearer, James Beattie, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Paul Scholes, Gianfranco Zola and Thierry Henry are all worthy contenders after brilliant personal
SOME of the best new comedy talent is in Preston next month. The Stand and Deliver Comedy Club, at the University of Central Lancashire's students union venue hall, is holding its first ever comedy weekender starting on May 2. When the club opened its
NEARLY 5,000 young people in the borough are entitled to vote for the first time in the local elections. And the Electoral Commission is urging those in Radcliffe to make their voice heard so they get a say in how Bury is run. Spokesman Nicole Smith said
Peter St, Manchester Tel: 0161 833 3000 May: Thurs 15 (7.30pm / £13) - MIdge Ure Sun 18 (7.30pm / £10) - Justin Sullivan & Friends Thurs 29 May (7.30pm / £10) - Mary Coughlan June: Weds 11 (7.30pm / £18.50) - Blue Oyster Cult Aug: Weds 27 (7.30pm
ATHERTON Collieries have two games left to play, both of them at home and they need a minimum of three points to avoid relegation and that may not be enough. The task ahead could not be more difficult because top of the league Prescot Cables are the visitors
RADCLIFFE Borough's final league match at Stainton Park on Saturday (ko 3pm) against North Ferriby United is one they must win if they are to secure automatic promotion. Should they slip to third spot they will meet North Ferriby again at home next Tuesday
WIN, lose or draw, Leigh RMI fans will be nervously monitoring their radios this weekend as the Nationwide Conference comes to a nerve-jangling conclusion. Even if the Railwaymen are winners against already-relegated Kettering Town at Rockingham Road,
A LOSTOCK company is bidding to win a £150m defence contract which would safeguard more than 400 jobs. MBDA Missile Systems is competing with an American company for the order to provide precision guided bombs for the RAF. The contract -- to develop a
LANCASHIRE accents are to be recorded by researchers to help develop better speech recognition systems on computers. The sensitive systems are not picking up regional dialects, and tend only to decipher southern English. Engineers from the University
LADYBRIDGE FC have a limited number of places available to join their under 14s team for next season. A number of friendly trial matches have been organised over the coming weeks for the Central Lancashire Junior Football League team. Contact manager
EAGLEY won the West Lancs League's coveted Richardson Cup when they overcame champions elect Charnock Richard 2-1 at Leyland. Eagley should have gone in front on 20 minutes when Carl Grimshaw's close range effort was superbly saved by Charnock keeper
Risers: Hays up 2.75p to 86.75p Hopes of a rapid disposal of logistics division Shire Pharmaceuticals up 13p to 419p Perceived threat to Adderall from Eli Lilly fades Colt Telecom up 3.25p to 47.5p Reassuring 1Q trading update Chubb up 4.5p to 70p Hopes
Itook my two-year-old son to Moss Bank Park play area on Easter Monday at approximately 4.15pm. He slipped on the steps of the slide, bumped his nose and had a massive nosebleed. I was struggling with just one tissue and my son was distraught. A number
ARE the residents of Stoneclough, Ringley and Prestolee aware that they may soon have no Post Office? Plans are in the offing to demolish our Post Office and replace it with another road, to add more traffic to our already congested roads, very close
A GULF war hero is this week recovering in Cyprus after being struck down by a mystery virus. The proud parents of 19-years-old paratrooper Lee Foster were devastated on Easter Sunday when a Major from the British Military knocked on the door of their
A LOSTOCK company is bidding to win a £150m defence contract which would safeguard more than 400 jobs. MBDA Missile Systems is competing with an American company for the order to provide precision guided bombs for the RAF. The contract -- to develop a
REGARDING the sculpture by Barbara Hepworth. I recall at the time it was installed how some wag irreverently named it "Uzzle" and "Wattle". "Uzzle" go through it. "Wattle" go through it. Who was the guilty one? Elizabeth Mansley Carlton Avenue Deane
What are the chances of bringing back the Bolton Marathon? Running is now back as one of most popular participation sports as proven by the recent mass events, London Marathon had more than 100,000 applications and the Great North Run had all 38,000 places
PAUL Lacey of Horwich seems more than a little confused. In his letter (April 16) Paul says he is responding to my letter of April 14, regarding CCTV use and owner-occupiers. But my letter of April 14 was about the Royal Bolton Hospital! My letter regarding
I write in response to Richard Hudson's letter (April 23). I fully support the headteacher of the school with her action in excluding the pupil with the mohican haircut. All schools, particularly secondary schools, have codes of conduct for pupils to
LEST we forget, Saturday, April 26, is the 17th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. The death toll is still rising. Children born to this day are suffering from thyroid problems and subsequently dying. Underfunded hospitals are desperately dealing
ONCE more the front pages of the Bolton Evening News have highlighted yet another attack on a vulnerable and defenceless elderly lady in our society. How many more times are we going to read of these atrocities? I wonder if anything has been done about
I am writing to encourage your female readers to get their feet moving and take part in Cancer Research UK's Race for Life, a unique series of women-only 5 km walks or runs, sponsored by Tesco. This year marks the tenth anniversary of Race for Life and
WHO is playing - and where! ADLINGTON Professional: Matthew Taylor Captain: Eddie Haddon Prospects: The professional is starting his seventh season but there are no new additions. ASTLEY & TYLDESLEY Professional: Bazid Khan Captain: Simon Nicklin
YOUNG aspiring rugby players in Bolton have had their opportunities enhanced with the agreement from local Structural Engineering Company, William Hare to sponsor Bolton RUFC Junior section over a three-year period, to promote youth rugby within the Borough
JAY-JAY Okocha will look good playing against Arsenal. But just imagine how good he would look playing for them. Sam Allardyce believes the only reason Jay-Jay's profile is not as high as the biggest players in the Premiership is because he plays for
A HOST of female celebrities are lining up to back Race for Life -- a woman-only event to raise money to help in the fight against cancer. Cold Feet star Hermione Norris, TV Presenter Lorraine Kelly, international athlete Sally Gunnell and the Cheeky
RESIDENTS in Blackrod are being asked their views on transport issues in a consultation exercise that will form part of a major new study aimed at improving travel in the area. The study -- which is being undertaken by Greater Manchester Passenger Transport
PLAYERS completed their season last Monday with the finals of the Bury District Table Tennis League end-of-season tournament and presentation of trophies at ELPM Social Club. The standard of play was high and the results were not without their surprises
Straight from the Horse's Mouth by Fred Done I FANCY Bolton to get a positive result at home to Arsenal on Saturday. Sam's team are solid at the back and have enough ammo in attack to trouble Wenger's men. The Wanderers are more than fairly priced up
I HAVE written many letters about crime in our society, but it just gets worse. The Government keeps harping on about it, but does nothing positive. Figures keep rising, particularly those relating to drugs and stolen vehicles The Government has lost
THE lead article in Wednesday's Bolton Evening News regarding the alterations to Beaumont Road took my mind back 40 years when, as an excited child of seven, I urged my father to go faster along said highway, as I found the burr of the tyres passing over
WITH reference to the Dame Barbara Hepworth sculpture. I think this fine piece should be in a situation where it can be touched and felt by the public. Fingers and hands, when they frequently come into contact with bronze or any metal, create patina which
WHAT comes first, 190 million chickens or an egg? Easter has come and gone, and we'll have chomped our way through £320 million worth of boxed chocolate Easter eggs. Great though chocolate is, did you know that that much cash could instead buy an astounding
FOR the first time in months other subjects than Iraq have started to dominate the news headlines. It was only last month (March 18) that two of our three local MPs (David Crausby and Brian Iddon) bravely defied the Labour Government in voting against
From the Evening News, April 25, 1903: MR. Chas. Price, of the Lancashire Road Roller Company, Altrincham, appeared at Bolton Town Hall this morning, and successfully contended that a steam roller was exempted by Act of Parliament from requiring a permit
LANCASHIRE hope Harbhajan Singh will go to Manchester to continue the rehabilitation programme on his injured finger, rather than stay in India. "We have offered him the opportunity to use the services of our medical team and are waiting to hear from
SATURDAY: Warburton's Bolton League: Walkden v Bradshaw; Astley Bridge v Eagley; Farnworth SC v Westhoughton; Tonge v Greenmount; Egerton v Heaton; Farnworth v Horwich; Kearsley v Little Lever. Anthony Axford Bolton Association: Blackrod v Spring View
A BURY soldier currently serving in Iraq is appealing for shoes for the country's poverty-stricken children. Private R. Taylor is currently deployed on Operation Talic in Iraq with the 187 Squadron, 23 Pioneer Regiment. In a letter from the Gulf to the
YOURI Djorkaeff has promised Wanderers fans there will be no relegation jitters next season -- if they can win this year's survival fight. The French midfield force believes the club has the playing strength to win this year's relegation fight and ensure
MORE than 65,000 young people in Greater Manchester who have turned 18 this year are being urged to use their first opportunity to vote in the local elections on May 1st. Bolton has one of the largest populations of 18 years-old voters in the region -
SAM Allardyce has warned Wanderers they must play it cagey against Arsenal at the Reebok. The Whites are ready to take on anybody after conceding just one goal in the last six Premiership games. But the boss is concerned that they will play straight into
WHAT is it about top level snooker that breeds the biggest bunch of bores in sport? The Embassy World Snooker Championships got underway for another painfully dull year this week and one look at its major players makes you wonder why they bother to stage
ONE-THIRD of Bury Council is up for grabs in the local elections next Thursday. Labour are defending 12 seats, the Conservatives three, and Liberal Democrats one. While no result is guaranteed, there are certain to be some new faces on the council: three
SHAKERS' preparations for the crucial promotion clash with Southend have been thrown into disarray by injury to key striker David Nugent. The teen ace has become a mainstay of the three-pronged Bury front line, alongside Jon Newby and Colin Cramb, during
THE oldest swinger in town -- Al Jolson impersonator Fred Coughlin-- has died at the age of 80, one year after his final performance. Mr Coughlin performed in front of thousands of people and raised cash for charities across the country. He died almost
THERE were neither shocks nor relatively close results in the Bury Royunders League First Division on Monday. Reigning champions, Fishpool A, stormed to an innings win from Bury West. Elton Vale B, beaten by Ramsbottom ladies in the cup last week, were
