Staff retailing-to-credit checking group GUS said each of its key businesses had reported their highest-ever results as it posted a 15pc increase in pre-tax profits to £406 million. The company said catalogue retailer Argos, credit checking arm Experian
MORE staff at Bolton Community College have gone to the top of the class after passing a management course. Twenty of the college's mangers have completed an Association of Colleges endorsed management development programme. This follows on from the 37
CHORLEY are hoping to increase attendances at Victory Park with a 'bring a mate, double the gate' when Stocksbridge Park Steels are the visitors in the resumed First Division programme on Saturday. The club has targeted the match against the South Yorkshire
EMAP Performance, which broadcasts Key 103 and Magic 1152 from Manchester, has announced its intention to add rock channel Kerrang! Radio to its airwaves as OFCOM advertised a new radio licence for the city. The move follows Manchester trial broadcasts
From the Evening News, November 18, 1904: AT Wigan, during the hearing of a case in which a young man named John Blackledge, of Spring Street, Wigan, was yesterday charged with using threatening language to Police Constable Wadsworth, allegations were
CHORLEY'S firefighters are on a mission to visit every home in the borough to save lives. Officers from the Weldbank Lane station will spend the next few months knocking on around 60,000 doors throughout the borough and posting leaflets which explain
LAGER louts are to be made to sign contracts promising good behaviour as part of a ground-breaking police initiative to eliminate trouble caused by drinkers at a Chorley pub. Punters at the Clayton Brook, Great Greens Lane, will be given a lifetime ban
LOYALIST terror chief Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair is coming to Bolton following his release from jail in the New Year. The convicted terrorist wants to be at the side of his wife Gina who is fighting cancer. Previously Adair, aged 40, had pledged to return
THIS was a general view of the service bay at the new Austin depot of Southern Brothers Ltd in Manchester Road, near Orlando Bridge, in July, 1956. In the foreground is an Austin A 105 just delivered from the factory. The growing company had outgrown
2,347BC: Noah's Ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat, after 150 days of consecutive rain. Noah was then said to be aged 600. 1477: William Caxton issued the first dated, printed book from his printing press in Westminster - it was Dictes or Sayengis
A FRESH appeal for information has been made after two masked men threatened staff at a newsagents in Westhoughton with a knife and a large stick. The offenders, who were wearing balaclavas, entered the shop in St George's Avenue and grabbed a handful
THE monthly paper collections in Blackrod have come to an end. Volunteers from St Katharine's Men's Fellowship Group have been carrying out the village collections for more than 20 years, but they have now been taken over by recycling company Paperchase
TOP radio gardener Roy Lancaster is returning to his roots to help to mark Bolton Institutes achievement in being awarded university status. The Bolton-born horticulturalist, broadcaster and author is guest speaker at a special evening tomorrow. Mr Lancaster
A VIGIL to remind people of the impact of HIV and Aids is to be held in Bolton. It will be at Bolton Parish Church on Wednesday, December 1 - World Aids Day - to highlight the effect the disease has in Bolton and around the world. The service, organised
THE multi-million pound transformation of Bolton's Trinity Street railway station will not begin until next year because of delays in the delivery of lifts. The £2.5 million revamp of the town centre station and bus interchange was scheduled to have started
THE headteacher of a vandal-plagued primary school says she could be forced to spend thousands of pounds on extra security following a series of attacks. Teachers and pupils at Brandwood Primary School in Daubhill were left shocked after hooligans smashed
THE kind-hearted people of Bolton will be out in force on Friday to raise cash for the BBC's Children in Need with a variety of wacky stunts. At Leigh Paints, staff will be holding a custard pie event with senior management being pelted with pies while
NICKY Hunt was caught in the crossfire as England U21 captain Glenn Johnson was controversially sent off in the friendly in Spain. Johnson, who has already been booked, wasordered off in the 70th minute for sarcastically applauding German referee Franz
SAM Allardyce and Jose Mourinho face the tough task of assessing the conditions of no fewer than 25 returning internationals before they put the finishing touches to their plans for Saturday's Premiership showdown at Stamford Bridge. Wanderers had eight
BOLTON Lads Club boxing section took seven boys to Scotland for a return match with Kinross Boxing Club at the weekend and finished with four winners as well as raising over £1,000 for the Gemma Feeney cancer charity fund. Light heavyweight Michael Holt
LEIGH RMI are pinning their hopes on Geoff Lutley to turn their season around. The former coach at Bury, Macclesfield and Mossley will take the reins of the ailing Conference side from Phil Starbuck, who resigned this week after 14 months at the helm.
A YOUNG Chorley farmer has collared what could be a world record price for a talented sheepdog he reared from a pup. Border collie Floss fetched 4,100 guineas (£4,300) after owner Tom Lawrenson, from Brindle, put her up for auction in North Yorkshire.
YOUNGSTERS had a taste of the spotlight when they got the chance to perform with up-and-coming pop group Glitzzi Girlz. The trio, who met at an audition in London in January, put on a show for pupils at St Mary's Primary School, Deane, as part of a three-week
RETIRED teachers Alan and Joan Stirk learned to love Bolton when the Geordie couple came to live in the town in 1990. Alan liked walking on the West Pennine Moors near their Egerton home and Joan enjoyed visiting local attractions, especially the town
RESIDENTS near a new off-licence are up in arms over children they say are pestering them to buy booze. Neighbours of the new Bargain Booze store in Bury Road, Breightmet, say they are constantly harangued by under-age youngsters asking them to buy alcohol
TALENTED Connor Galston's artwork has earned him a showing in the Tate Gallery - and on children's BBC show Blue Peter. The 11-year-old came second in a national art competition, which led to his work being displayed at the prestigious Tate Gallery in
Social Services in Bolton have been awarded top marks for the second year running. The department has retained its three-star rating and is now joint third in the countrys social services performance league table. Bolton Council is the only one in Greater
LIVERPOOL football legends including Kevin Keegan and Kenny Dalglish joined hundreds of members of the public for the funeral of former England captain Emlyn Hughes on Wednesday. Dozens of former footballers mingled with Hughes's family and friends to
DAVID Illingworth, last year's national president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, has been appointed to the new role of chairman of the profession's North-west Regional Board. The board will co-ordinate and enhance the activities of the three
Lynne D'Arcy, managing director of tenanted and managed pub company Burtonwood plc, is to be the next Chairman of the CBI North-west when Geoff Muirhead steps down. Since her appointment in 1995, the business has seen continuous year-on-year growth with
A BOLTON bottling company has celebrated its 40th birthday by winning the biggest contract in its history. Krones UK Limited, which employs 90 people at the Wingates Industrial Park in Westhoughton, has struck a multi-million pound deal with Irish company
HAROON Khan continued his winning streak with a unanimous points win over Oldham Boys boxer Ashley Mayoh at the New Bury and Farnworth Boxing Club show,which was held at Farnworth Vets' Club. It was the third successive win over Mayoh for the 13-year-old
NOMINATIONS are being sought for the accountant of the year. The Institute of Chartered Accountants' Outstanding Achievement Award is presented annually to a chartered accountants for exceptional merit in any field of endeavour. The deadline for nominations
I HAVE had an interesting e-mail from 67-year-old Joan Green in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, about a garage in Churchgate, Bolton. Joan, who was a Bottomley before she married, tells me she has never been able to find any old photographs of Churchgate showing
Old soldiers stood shoulder to shoulder with people whose loved ones are in Iraq at the moment. The Last Post signalled the start of a two minute silence, at 11am, as the town fell silent to remember the fallen of two world wars and other conflicts. Dignitaries
EIGHTY firefighters fought for eight hours to put out a blaze at an industrial site in Adlington. The fire destroyed three units and damaged three more at the site in Brook Street on Thursday night. The cause of the blaze is unknown, but it is not being
GOPEDS and Buzzboards are expected to be on the wish lists of hundreds of children in Chorley this Christmas. But excited youngsters who are lucky enough to receive one of the powered scooters, should also remember to include the road tax, MOT, insurance
STARTING a new school is a scary experience for anyone -- but it's even more difficult if you have travelled halfway around the world and English is not your first language. When siblings Vanessa Assis, 14, and Cleber Filho, 12, moved to Chorley this
RECYCLING rates for households in Chorley are more than double the UK average and council chiefs have scooped two national awards for their efforts. It was revealed in the Citizen last week that waste management bosses plan to ensure even more waste is
A TODDLER who spent months in and out of hospital has been chosen to front a national campaign promoting the product that helped her. Rebecca Gallagher, two, from Lydiate Lane, Eccleston, will become the face of the Thank Goodness for Goats campaign which
WITH just a month to go until supporters of a domestic violence campaign march through Chorley streets, a local survivor has spoken about her experiences at the hands of a violent husband. Seven years ago, Sarah escaped an 11-year-marriage during which
SCHOOLS will be able to force pupils to undergo body searches if teachers believe they are carrying knives, under government plans announced. Headteachers will be given the freedom to use metal detectors to search teenagers they suspect are hiding weapons
AN INQUIRY into how a prisoner was murdered by his racist cellmate is opening after a four-year battle. Zahid Mubarek, aged 19, was killed in February, 2000, the night before his scheduled release from Feltham Young Offenders Institution in London. Last
PUBLIC sector workers in Bolton say they aim to keep up the pressure on the Government after travelling to Westminster to protest against plans to change their pension arrangements. Members of UNISON met Bolton West MP Ruth Kelly this week s part of a
TWO youths have admitted shooting at two guards at Daisy Hill railway station, Westhougton. The youths aged 16 and 17, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before Bolton magistrates yesterday and admitted two counts of firearms offences, assault
BOLTON Mountain Rescue Team is benefiting from a grant that has paid for new 28 new life jackets - including one personally tailored for the team's dog, Chi. The £945 grant from Bolton Council means each member of the volunteer-run team now has their
TWO enterprising teenagers helped to raise nearly £1,000 for Pendlebury Children's Hospital after they organised an Irish night. Danika Pendlebury and Natalie Carey printed tickets and T-shirts for the night held at St Osmund's church hall in Breightmet
SIX 'Santas' who are angry that 10 Christmas trees will not take their usual pride of place around Bolton, made their feelings known last night. Six Tory councillors - Paul Brierley, Diana Brierley, Walter Hall, Alan Wilkinson, Donald Carr, Norman Critchley
WANDERERS fans travelling to Saturday's game at Chelsea have been warned to be aware of closures on London Underground that could seriously disrupt their journey to Stamford Bridge. There will be no District Line trains between Whitechapel and Earls Court
ADLINGTON and Capital head the John Smith's Farnworth Winter Rounders League, each with a perfect record from their first five matches. On Sunday, however, something will have to give when the two sides meet in their top table clash. Adlington took a
HIGHWAY bosses will unveil a third bid to make a notorious accident blackspot safe. They plan to introduce safety measures in Belmont Road, Bolton, which has been the scene of a number of serious accidents in recent years. The proposals are aimed at reducing
SPORTING heroes from Bolton's past and present are among the latest names to be nominated to appear on the 85ft golden Spirit of Sport sculpture to be put up near the Reebok Stadium. Letters have been flooding into the Bolton Evening News office since
A ROW has broken out between Bolton Council and residents in Little Lever after a field which was dedicated to the public was fenced off and leased to a sports club. Bolton Council has erected a two-metre high fence around the Mytham Road playing field
IT was the day that the heavens opened and Bolton wept. A favourite son was gone. But thousands turned out in relentless rain to show that Fred Dibnah will never be forgotten. The only great pity was that Fred himself was not there to see it because he
BOLTON'S Olympic silver medal boxer Amir Khan will open the Bolton Hospice Christmas fair on Saturday at 11am. Attractions include Jukalo the clown, children's lucky dip, face painting, henna body painting, cakes, artwork and antiques and Christmas cards
SARA Cox is returning to Radio 1 five months after giving birth to her first child. The 29-year-old has decided not to go back to the Drivetime slot because she wants to be home in the evenings to put little Lola Anne to bed. The DJ will host a Saturday
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