RESULTS, attendances - and how the league position has changed 16/08/03 Manchester United, away; Lost: 0-4; League position: 20; Attendance: 67,647 23/08/03 Blackburn Rovers, home; Drew: 2-2; Position: 16; 27,423 26/08/03 Portsmouth, away; Lost: 0-4;
BOLTON Wanderers are bracing themselves for a battle to keep Jay-Jay Okocha. Sam Allardyce says he is aware that his captain is speaking to other clubs and can do little to stop him turning his back on Wanderers, if he gets a better offer. "He hasn't
BEALEY Community Hospital at Radcliffe is to have an extra four beds thanks to a £500,000 investment from Bury Primary Care Trust. The beds are to be housed in a new intermediate care service unit. The hospital has provided care for elderly patients since
Charlton 1, Wanderers 2: KEVIN Nolan has clinched yet another vital Premiership victory for Wanderers at The Valley which puts Wanderers up to eighth and within sight of a European place The Carling Cup finalists gave Charlton's post-Scott Parker era
A MAN was fighting for his life today following a road accident in Bolton town centre. The 62-year-old pedestrian suffered serious head and internal injuries after he collided with a car as he crossed Bradford Street at its junction with Radcliffe Road
A FORMER air stewardess is flying high -- after becoming Greater Manchester Police's 8,000th officer. Police Chiefs launched a huge recruitment drive 12 months ago to attract an extra 900 police officers into the force by March. And they have reached
AMERICAN-style citizenship ceremonies for immigrants will be held in Bolton for the first time later this year. More than 600 people in the borough will be lining up to become British citizens by pledging their allegiance to the country at public events
BBC bosses are putting their weight behind new Breakfast Show DJ Chris Moyles -- and say he is likely to recapture the listeners lost during Sara Cox's reign on the show. The latest figures show Radio 1 as a whole lost nearly half-a-million listeners
GUDNI Bergsson will have to settle for a place in front of the television when Wanderers go for glory in the Carling Cup Final next month. The former Reebok captain -- now working as a lawyer in his native Iceland -- is in the middle of a barrister's
HUNDREDS of warehouse workers at a Sainsbury's distribution centre have voted to accept a pay offer. More than 600 employees at the Haydock centre, which supplies the firm's Trinity Street supermarket in Bolton, took part in the ballot after taking strike
A MAN who masterminded a £6 million blackmail campaign against American Express was finally trapped in an undercover FBI sting. Kulwant Singh resorted to attempted extortion after he failed to sue the international banking company for £14 million, the
MAN in thenewsJay-Jay Okocha scored the 1000th goal in the African Nations Cup to add to Joseph Yobo's opener and Osaze Odemwingie's late brace as Nigeria kick-started their tournament with a comprehensive 4-0 win over South Africa in Monastir. Super
THE Carling Cup is not the only trophy Kevin Nolan has his sights on this season. The young midfielder has not only played a major role in helping Wanderers reach their first major final for nine years, but he has also been hitting top note on the touchline
AT 35 and with a World Cup winners' medal on the mantelpiece, Youri Djorkaeff could be forgiven if he chose to sit back and live on the memories and the rewards of a glittering football career. He could easily have done that six years ago when he helped
A SCHOOL has been designated a specialist college in science -- with royal approval. And now Sharples School is to get space-age laboratories to transform it into a centre of learning for the community. The Hill Cot Road school in Astley Bridge has been
ANGELA Kelly takes a personal look at the week in cyberspace in Bolton: On Saturday, councillors finally killed off Cllr Guy Harkin's suggestion to change Bolton's name back to Bolton-le-Moors, originally suggested amid general howls of derision from
A SCHOOL is to hold open day for grandparents and senior citizens. Turton and Edgworth Methodist primary school are inviting grandparents and other pensioners to the school on Wednesday, February 11. They will be able to sit in classes, look at the technology
MOTORISTS who drive while holding a mobile phone will be fined by police in Greater Manchester as the two-month grace period comes to an end. Drivers in Bolton and across the rest of the county will be handed £30 fines. If the matter goes to court, people
THE funeral of a man who died in a car crash which left seven other people injured will take place on Wednesday. Michael Jones, aged 32, died when his Peugeot 306 collided with a Vauxhall Cavalier on Belthorn Road, near Blackburn, last Sunday afternoon
HUNDREDS of warehouse workers at a Sainsbury's distribution centre have voted to accept a pay offer. More than 600 employees at the Haydock centre, which supplies the firm's Trinity Street supermarket in Bolton, took part in the ballot after taking strike
SO, you think this week's weather has been bad . . . the reality is that we simply do not have winters like we used to. A quick glance through the Bolton Evening News' Looking Back picture archives reveals that winters of yesteryear were much worse than
COUNCIL homes in areas with a high fire risk are to have mains-linked smoke detectors installed. The Higher Folds estate in Leigh is one of the areas with the highest rates of fires per property in the region. All council properties are fitted with smoke
A LAY preacher who sexually molested two girls has had his jail term cut by almost a third. Francis Fletcher, aged 66, of Twist Lane, Leigh, was jailed for three-and-a-half years at Bolton Crown Court last September. At the last minute he pleaded guilty
THE minarets of an Islamic education centre could soon be a feature of the Westhoughton skyline. Plans have been submitted to build a religious college including a mosque for students on farmland to the north of the M61 at Wingates. Drawings show the
THE North-west Air Ambulance is moving closer to Bolton to help save more lives. The emergency helicopter is to start using new landing sites across the region so it can react quicker to major incidents. In the past, the air ambulance had used its only
OWEN Hargreaves is determined to play in the Premiership one day but has ruled out following in his father's footsteps and playing for Bolton Wanderers. The England midfielder -- still a key player in the Bayern Munich team -- takes special interest in
DWIGHT Pezzarossi could become the first Guatemalan player to play in the Premiership after joining Wanderers from Communicaciones for the rest of the season with a view to a permanent transfer. The 24-year-old striker impressed Sam Allardyce during a
