IWISH to express my disgust at the Bolton Library Authority's decision to open Harwood Library for an experimental period on Sundays. The main victims of Sunday trading are the children, particularly if they belong to a one-parent family and that parent
at Old Trafford Lancashire first innings Chilton c Ambrose b Taylor ...6 Sutcliffe c Davis b Lewry ...38 Loye c Montgomerie b Martin-Jenkins ...144 Law not out ...163 Hooper lbw Lewry ...33 Schofield b Taylor ...1 Chapple b Lewry...14 Hegg not out...26
LANCASHIRE welcomed back Peter Martin for the opening day of their championship match against leaders Sussex at Old Trafford this morning. Martin replaces Steven Crook as Lancashire look to gain revenge for their only defeat in the four-day game this
BATTING INN NO HS R Ave G Garner (Eger)... 22 6 *137 1002 62.63 M Bennison (Walk)... 22 8 *122 876 62.57 Wingfield (Brad)... 22 5 *137 984 57.88 Morris (Gnmt)... 22 3 *114 1010 53.16 P Rayment (Heat)... 23 6 *101 887 52.18 Klinger (Walk)... 24 4 154 962
A CHORLEY artist is set to receive the superstar treatment in Barcelona after securing an exhibition to show off his work in the Spanish city. Iain Cant, 35, is one of four artists who have been awarded grants to show off their brush strokes in the place
A TEENAGER left with a "Jekyll and Hyde" character after a road accident 10 years ago, has been awarded damages of £3 million. Kyle Sutton, who is now 16, has been left with the mental age of an eight-year-old and suffers severe behavioural problems,
Ground: The Riverside. Manager: Steve McClaren. Nickname: Boro. Current position: 19th The season so far: Fulham (a) lost 3-2; Arsenal (h) lost 4-0; Leicester (a) drew 0-0; Leeds (h) lost 3-2. Last time out: Boro 2 (Nemeth 59, Juninho 62), Leeds Utd 3
at Old Trafford Lancashire first innings Chilton c Ambrose b Taylor ...6 Sutcliffe c Davis b Lewry ...38 Loye not out ...110 Law not out ...65 Extras...6 Total (for 2)...225 Bowling: Lewry 12-3-50-1; Taylor 19-6-54-1; Martin-Jenkins 13-4-42-0; Mushtaq
WE apologise to readers and newsagents for any inconvenience caused by the late delivery of copies of yesterday's Bolton Evening news. This was caused by a major mechanical problem at our printing plant.
A MATTRESS was set on fire at an upstairs flat in Campbell Court, Moses Gate. Fire crews quickly brought the fire under control just after 8pm last night. No one was at home at the time. Police are investigating.
THIEVES attempted to ram raid a security depot in Kearsley using a van they had stolen at gunpoint from Prestwich. The white Transit was crashed into a wall at Securitas UK's regional office on Lyon Road industrial estate in Springfield Road, at about
A 21-YEAR-OLD man has appeared in court accused of the murder of his five-week old daughter. Andrew James Ashurst, of Formby Avenue, Atherton, was brought before Manchester Crown Court yesterday. He is accused of killing baby Leah Marie Aldridge in December
TUTORS at Bolton Institute are urging people to sign up for a unique psychology course. The Access to Psychology and Life Sciences course -- the first of its kind in the country -- begins at the end of this month and is designed to be a stepping stone
A WOMAN will have to be rehomed after a fire swept through the block of flats where she lived, destroying the upper floors. Firefighters spent nearly four hours controlling the blaze which started in a derelict first floor council flat on Meadowside Grove
NEEDY children in Eastern Europe will be receiving shoeboxes filled with gifts this winter thanks to a charity's Operation Christmas Child Appeal. Last year almost 6,500 shoeboxes were filled by donors from Bolton and Bury under the Samaritan's Purse
PLANS have been unveiled to transform Westhoughton's crumbling market hall. Westhoughton councillors were presented with two schemes to revive the market's fortunes at a meeting with the borough's market directors. Councillors agreed in principal to a
BUSINESSES in Westhoughton are being invited to join a new trade body to revive the town's ailing centre. It is hoped the chamber of trade style forum will help business owners to make the town into a successful retail centre to stop the exodus of shoppers
RESIDENTS in Westhoughton have called for speed humps on their estate to avoid a tragedy. Parents on The Pungle have made a plea to councillors for traffic calming measures because they say traffic dangers are increasing. They say children playing in
MEMBERS of the David Lloyd Leisure sports club in Bolton will be pulling in the pounds for the AXA PPP Healthcare and Sir Steve Redgrave Charity Row challenge. The challenge will encourage members to keep fit while raising money for the charity which
FURIOUS residents are demanding that Bolton Council seals off a public alleyway in Little Lever which they say is a vandalism hot-spot. The calls have come after vandals hurled gloss paint over fence panels along the alley linking Newmarket Road with
ATHERTON Collieries can make up for their disappointing start to their North West Counties League campaign with two home fixtures this weekend. On Saturday Curzon Ashton are the visitors and on Monday night high fliers Clitheroe are at Alder House, 7.45pm
ATHERTON LR booked a semi-final place against Hindsford with a 4-2 win over Tempest. LR bagged two early goals through Liam Boden and Ian Gibson but Tempest were given a lifeline through Clint Hibbert and, after Lee Patterson made it 3-1, hit back through
ERIC Ranicar realised the ambition of a lifetime when he won his first national title in the British Veterans Marathon Championships in Wolverhampton. The Bolton Harrier was victorious in the Over-55 category in an impressive time of 2 hours 51.23 and
DAVE Townsend was the first Horwich RMI Harrier home in last Saturday's Rufford 10K, the latest Central Lancs Grand Prix race, finishing an excellent fifth. He was closely followed by Andrew Neary only one place behind. Steve Barlow (18th) and Albert
THE LANCASHIRE GMC Super League is now in progress. The Bolton men's team who now play in the Third Division needs players. The team at the moment are playing at the Moonlight Club, St George's Road, but will shortly transfer for the time being to the
SUPPORTERS of Manchester's Victoria Baths will be casting their votes in the BBC's Restoration project final this weekend. The Turkish baths will win £3m towards being restored if it beats off nine other sites to win Sunday's live final on BBC Two.
A 14-year-old boy had a lucky escape last night when he plunged through a glass skylight in the roof of a Farnworth school. The teenager, who survived with only minor cuts and bruises, is believed to have been running with friends along the roof of St
A SHOPLIFTER has been banned from entering large parts of Bolton town centre and its stores for five years after a court was told his long history of crime. Simon Felton, of Seymour Road, Astley Bridge, is the latest criminal to be served with an Anti
HISTORIC Smithills Hall is not just the favourite haunt of heritage lovers -- it is also reputedly home to a host of ghosts. And soon, for the first time, visitors will be able to enjoy themed ghost evenings examining the Grade One-listed building's spookier
AS the recently retired headteacher of Wolfenden School, which on September 1 this year amalgamated with its neighbour Chalfont School to form the new Valley School, I would like to write these lines. The old Wolfenden School will not appear in the Autumn
LANCASHIRE Cricket Board are running an ECB Level One coaching course at Withins School, Bolton over five Sundays. The course is for men and women over 17, interested in coaching in schools and cricket clubs. It lasts from October 5 to November 9 between
ON Saturday, July 18, 1964, a storm, said to be the most intense ever recorded in Bolton hit the area. Between 10.15am and 11am, 2.8 inches of rain fell, almost as much as the average for the month. The storm was so severe that no one could man the recording
UNDER 13 P W D L Pt Farnworth... 13 10 2 1 22 Egerton... 13 9 3 1 21 Bradshaw... 13 9 2 2 20 Horwich... 13 8 2 3 18 Heaton... 13 7 4 2 18 Astley Bridge... 13 7 4 2 16 Westhoughton... 13 7 4 2 16 Tonge... 13 6 2 5 13 Farnworth SC... 13 4 3 6 11 Little
BATTING Inns NO HS Runs Ave Sarkar (SV)... 24 10 134 1335 95.36 Khan (A&T)... 27 5 *163 1668 75.82 Mahmood (LH)... 22 4 *143 1123 62.39 Fitton (Elt)... 28 5 101 1293 56.22 D Hamilton (Cli)... 27 8 *99 1043 54.89 P West (Ath)... 20 4 133 742 46.38
BRUNO N'Gotty has given Wanderers a boost as they bid to kick start their season at the Reebok. The big French defender has made a rapid recovery from a hamstring injury and is set to return to his familiar right-back role against Middlesbrough's multi-faceted
P W D L F A Pts Arsenal... 4 4 0 0 10 2 12 Man Utd... 4 3 0 1 7 2 9 Portsmouth... 4 2 2 0 7 2 8 Man City... 4 2 1 1 8 5 7 Chelsea... 3 2 1 0 6 4 7 Birmingham... 3 2 1 0 2 0 7 Fulham... 3 2 0 1 7 5 6 Southampton... 4 1 3 0 3 2 6 Blackburn... 4 1 2 1 11
THE SECOND Round of the Lancashire Amateur Cup. Games to be played September 27: Old Boltonians v Royton Town; Collegiate OB v Leigh Athletic; Wythenshawe Amateurs v Quarry Bank OB; Old Mancunians v Radcliffe Amateurs; Highfield Utd v Remyca Utd; Denton
SALFORD Council has been praised for its efforts in regenerating the city by a team of inspectors from the Audit Commission. Planning officers were applauded for improving the local environment. Inspectors said the council had worked well to improve the
MINI mania hit Bolton last night as a convoy of more than 60 of the much-loved cars took to the streets. The procession of Minis attracted maximum attention as they set off from the town centre blaring their horns. The colourful convoy was put together
A NEW artifical turf bowling green will be laid at a Bolton club thanks to a cash boost from Sport England. Bolton Flat Green Bowling Club based at Leverhulme Park will receive a £122,000 grant towards providing the new green. The club, working in partnership
TWO Bolton firms and a theatre were today celebrating after picking up accolades at a prestigious IT awards ceremony. Lostock-based Dabs.com scooped first prize in the E-trading category at the North-west E-commerce Awards in Haydock yesterday. There
IWAS disgusted at the graffiti on the lions, and the girls responsible should be found and made to clean the mess. Why should we have to pay for the cleaning. I also thought they were the lowest of the low to disfigure a mentally handicapped person. (
WELL, what a surprise. It has taken them years to finally get there but Withins School has finally been threatened with being placed in "special measures" together with Deane school. The teachers and staff at Withins and Deane deserve medals not brickbats
ROSE Hill Congregational Church at Great Lever put on a show titled "Christmas Fair" in November, 1970, and the cast, shown here, were members of the Sunday School.
1440: Eton College was founded by Henry VI for 25 poor and needy scholars. Prefects were warned to look out for "ill-kempt heads, unwashed faces, foul clothes". 1818: Richard Gatling, American inventor of the revolving battery gun, was born in North Carolina
CLIFTON beat Atherton by 25 runs to win the first Bolton Association Under-9s knockout final. Clifton scored 241 with Dean Morris top scoring with 19 and Atherton's Matthew Gough taking two wickets. Atherton hit 216 with James Hatton scoring 13, Adam
From the Evening News, September 12, 1903: THE fund opened by the Mayor of Bury to alleviate the distress prevailing in the town owing to the depression in the cotton trade now amounts to £580, and includes subscriptions of £50 from the Mayor, £25 from
P W L D8 D6 D1 BP Pts Walkden... 24 16 1 4 2 1 36 401 Westhoughton... 24 12 6 1 4 1 43 316 Bradshaw... 24 10 4 1 5 4 50 292 Greenmount*... 24 8 6 4 5 1 65 284 Horwich... 24 10 6 1 4 3 38 273 Kearsley*... 24 9 9 2 3 1 53 266 Farnworth SC... 24 7 8 4 3
SECOND TEAMS Atherton (11pts) 165 all out, Mark Parry 53, Michael Tomlinson 50, Edgworth (13pts) 165-5 dec, Rob Dobie 73 n.o, M Brooker 5-41. Match tied. Darcy Lever (4pts) 134-8 dec. Geoff Stockton 37 n.o John Howells 3-40, Adlington (20pts) 135-5 John
FOR a man who celebrates his 50th birthday next Thursday, Walkden's Bernard Reidy is showing no signs of taking his foot off the accelerator. In fact, quite the reverse. Following his well-documented exploits at Old Trafford a fortnight ago, it was his
THE smile on Ibrahim Ba's face tells Sam Allardyce that the Frenchman is unlikely to have been permanently scarred by his tortuous time with AC Milan. Ba was finally freed from his Italian nightmare yesterday when he received international clearance to
EMERSON Thome put almost two years of frustration behind him today and spoke of his twin ambitions - to steer Wanderers to Premiership security and extend his career by as much as six more years. Nicknamed The Wall, the Brazilian centre-back has what
WANDERERS have reduced admission prices for the Carling Cup Round Two home game against Walsall on Wednesday, September 24. Unreserved seats for the East and West stands will be priced £12 for adults and £6 for concessions and are now on open sale. Tickets
SAM Allardyce expressed a sense of sadness today as he reflected on the Michael Ricketts affair. "I don't think he ever realised what we did for him," the Wanderers' boss said, looking back on the events that led to the 24-year-old striker's January exit
THIRTY years after the first equal pay legislation women still earn almost £100 less per week than men in Bolton, according to a leading trade union. Figures released this week by the GMB union show that the average full-time gross weekly pay for women
A MAN's body has been found at a house in Radcliffe. Paramedics were called to the house in Woolsey Road shortly before 11pm and found a 29-year-old man. He is believed to have died from an overdose.
TWO women were taken to the Royal Bolton Hospital after a carelessly discarded cigarette set fire to the attic at their home in Green Lane, Great Lever, last night. The two women were given oxygen by firefighters and taken to hospital as a precautionary
WANDERERS star Mike Whitlow supported a charity football match when staff at a Bolton TV and video retailers took on their suppliers. A team from TV and Video Direct, in Knowsley Street, faced staff from JVC at the Reebok Stadium in aid of children's
EVERYONE is invited to a free fun day at Farnworth Park on Sunday. Entertainment for all the family is on the cards at the Bolton Road venue from noon. Music, face painting, clowns, a circus workshop and a host of fun rides, trade and craft shows and
A TEENAGER suffered a head injury and two broken wrists when he fell off the back of a taxi in Bolton. The 17-year-old had climbed on to the boot of the private hire Toyota Carina as it set off along Blackburn Road near to the junction of Water Meetings
SWIMMERS from Bolton have raised more than £3,800 by taking part in the Butlins National Swimathon. Fund-raisers took to the water at Horwich Leisure Centre and the Esporta health and fitness club. Together, the swimmers raised £3,838 for the Macmillan
WOMEN from around the Bolton area were bowled over at a special charity night at Middlebrook this week. The women-only event at Hollywood Bowl gave the girls the run of the bowling lanes. And the evening also included hand massages and make-up advice
FIREFIGHTERS rescued a shop worker after she got her hand trapped in a cash box for more than an hour. Sue Cheetham, aged 38, of Martin Grove, Kearsley, was cashing up at at B&M Retail in the Market Precinct in Farnworth when she realised the total
A COURSE is being held for people who are interested in joining the police force but are concerned about making the application. The 10-week course is designed to prepare candidates for the recruitment process within Greater Manchester Police as either
FLAGS were lowered at Bolton fire stations yesterday, two years on from the Twin Towers terrorist attacks shocked the world. Brigade flags were flown at half-mast from 8am to honour the memories of the 334 firefighters and 2,500 civilians killed. Since
ADULTS who want to continue with their education are being asked to consider Open University courses. The OU is offering a range of opportunities to those who want to get back into studying from degree and diploma courses to programmes designed as gentle
SMOKE alarms are being fitted to homes on one of Leigh's largest housing estates. Wigan and Leigh Housing and Greater Manchester Fire Service are introducing mains-linked smoke detectors to council homes at Higher Folds and Worsley Mesnes after fire service
AN amateur dramatic society in Bolton today issued an urgent plea for the public to help them locate an unusual set of props for their latest production. The problem is that the correct props would have to be around 64-years-old. St Philips AODS, based
A FAMILY'S American dream is set to be featured in a documentary series about Brits carving new lives for themselves overseas. Kay and Paul Kirby, and their children Matthew and Gemma, are planning to sell everything and swap Chew Moor, near Westhoughton
ATHERTON have turned the title chase upside down for the second time in two seasons. On the last day of last season they beat Walshaw to enable Spring View to win the league and on Sunday they beat leaders Little Hulton to open the door for Walshaw to
Match Drawn Westhoughton S Parker c Massey b Richards...41 O Pilkington c Massey b O'Rourke...4 Smith c Venn b O'Rourke...69 A Coates b Richards...2 R Parker c O'Rourke b Richards...15 M Crookson c Shepley b O'Rourke...3 M Atherton c Massey b Richards
LEIGH RMI travel to Gravesend tomorrow desperate to get their season back on track. The Railwaymen started brightly with eight points from five games, but have lost their last two home games. "We made a bright start and recent results have taken the shine
FRIDAY Nationwide Division Two Hartlepool v Grimsby (7.45pm) SATURDAY Barclaycard Premiership Arsenal v Portsmouth Blackburn v Liverpool Bolton v Middlesbrough Charlton v Man Utd Chelsea v Tottenham Everton v Newcastle Southampton v Wolverhampton Nationwide
LAST week's winner of the Founders Darts KO was once again Wayne Merrick, beating Mick Daniels in the final. Losing semi finalists were Ray Hunt and Jack Fletcher. Tonight's draw 9pm, £1 entry.
THE FINAL of the Halliwell Con Club Darts Knockout on Friday was won by Paul Williams, runner up was Ian Salisbury. Paul Baines and Dave Smith were the semi-finalists, and the Best Lady Prize was won by Jenny Nuttall. Sunday's final was won by Wayne Merrick
P W L F A Pt 3-in-a-Bed... 9 8 1 90 45 16 Jackie's Girls... 9 7 2 76 59 14 Lady Birds... 8 5 3 64 56 10 Carol's Girls... 9 5 4 70 65 10 KG's Girls... 9 4 5 60 75 8 Boardwalkers... 8 3 5 56 64 6 Lady Lodgers... 9 2 7 57 78 4 Kath's Girls... 7 0 7 37 68
DRUNKEN louts could have all their booze confiscated under new police powers that have come into force. Officers could previously only take opened cans and bottle from people in designated public no-drinking areas. They can now confiscate unopened drinks
SOME of the town's most rarely-seen treasures are being rescued from storage ahead of a major new exhibition at Bolton Museum and Art Gallery. More than 3,000 works of art are stored at the gallery, in Le Mans Crescent, but a relative shortage of display
A GRANDFATHER was killed after a banned motorcyclist ran into him, flinging him up into the air. Charles Victor Rushton, known as Vic, of Walker Avenue in Great Lever, Bolton, was crossing Manchester Road East in Walkden when the Yamaha R1 1000cc ran
CASH-strapped Bolton health chiefs are set to save hundreds of thousands of pounds a year by selling off a large slice of a redundant hospital site. The Primary Care Trust that runs the hospital is expected to have a budget deficit of £1.6 million by
DAMAGE totalling more than £100,000 was caused to Bolton schools in arson attacks last year, figures reveal. The attacks include vandals breaking into schools and starting fires by pushing burning materials through vents and extractor fans -- and even
POLICE are appealing for information following the murder of a 17-year-old student outside Manchester College of Art and Technology in Openshaw yesterday. The victim was from Oldham.
SOME of the town's most rarely-seen treasures are being rescued from storage ahead of a major new exhibition at Bolton Museum and Art Gallery. More than 3,000 works of art are stored at the gallery, in Le Mans Crescent, but a relative shortage of display
SAD Steve Coote is hoping to hang on to his place in the world's top 20 after making an early exit from the World Darts Trophy in Holland. The Farnworth ace began the event in confident mood, ranked at 13th on the planet, but came unstuck in a 3-1 opening
IN the Bolton Darts League the 30th Winter League will begin next month for ladies and men's individual sections. There will be Ladies and Men's Sections at the Moonlight Club, St George's Road and a Ladies Section at the Albert, Derby Street. Both venues
THE LADIES Individuals took place on Monday, September 8 at Rumworth & Hulton CC, with a turnout of only 18 ladies. Maria Bell (Looney Tunes) beat Natalie Jones (Dukes Girls) 3-1. The losing semi finalists were Denise Meanley and Janet Robishaw (Looney
THE LADIES 133s Competition will be on Monday at the Robin Hood, draw at 8.30pm, free entry. The following players have qualified: P Miller, A Hart, A Millership, D Meanley, M Bell, M Hall, A Power, N Power, Mo Taylor, J Philbin, J Wright, D Norris, I
