THE Queen will not abdicate in 2005. Rugby ace Jonny Wilkinson will be back on form and injury-free, and an environmental event will panic Governments into action. These are just a few of the predictions of Foulsham's Original Old Moore's Almanack * for
BRITONS moved by the scale of the south Asian disaster have pledged millions of pounds to the relief effort, as the death toll passed 100,000. The plight of the millions left homeless by the giant waves has touched the hearts of the British public, with
BOLTON'S pioneering Bully Free Zone has won a national award for its work with young people and their families. Representatives from the Palace Street charity, including two young people and their dads, collected the Community Care Award at ceremony in
A MOTORBIKE enthusiast suffered minor burns after a fire broke out in his garage. The blaze occured at around in Lord Stile Lane in Bromley Cross. Firefighters were called to extinguish the blaze after the 51-year-old man spilt petrol onto the garage
MOTORISTS face a high level of disruption in Tonge and The Haulgh in the new year as work is carried out to upgrade traffic signals and crossing facilities at a number of locations. Bolton Council's engineering department will work along Bury Road affecting
YOUNG people affected by alcohol and drugs during the New Year period are being urged to contact a mentoring project for support. The Rap project was set up in Bolton to provide support and advice for wayward youngsters through adult role models. Eight
TWO solid granite plant pots have been stolen from outside a Bolton residential home. The pots, worth about £100 each, were taken from The Bakewells Residential Home in Junction Road, Deane. They are four feet long, made of granite and have flowers in
KHALILOU Fadiga has confirmed that he never doubted he would return to football after collapsing during the warm-up before October's clash with Spurs. The 29-year-old had to be stretchered from the Reebok pitch while unconscious after the incident, which
WANDERERS are to fight a charge of improper conduct against Tal Ben Haim for his part in the incident which has earned Waye Rooney a three match ban. The FA charge against Haim relates to his alleged exaggerated reaction to what was only minimal contact
JAY Jay Okocha says Wanderers have been sussed by their Premiership rivals. The Reebok skipper believes the recent downturn in fortunes has been caused by other teams getting wise to the Whites' style. And he says the players must rise to the challenge
BOTH the benefits and drawbacks of success have been revealed to Wanderers in 2004. This time last year a top half finish would have been considered a huge success for a club simply happy to be in the Premiership. But the phenomenal achievements of the
Bolton School's junior boys have confirmed their status as the best in their field when it comes to chess. The school dominated the Association of Junior Independent Schools' championships, winning the team competition and having winners in each of the
CHILDREN at Belmont Primary School are celebrating after moving into two brand new classrooms. The £350,000 extension was funded by Blackburn with Darwen Council, while the Ryecroft Lane school paid £20,000 towards new computer equipment. This is the
SO how was your Christmas then? Did you embrace the season in the usual, traditional way? Not sure? Check the waistband of your clothes. Tighter than a week ago? In fact, forget that. If you've done it properly, most of you will be reading this from the
EXTENSIVE television coverage of the Olympics in Athens has provided me with a useful new word - "overpumped." This was the term a commentator used when a weightlifter made a complete mess of his jerk, snatch or whatever after he had pratted about making
I am certainly not the only person in the UK who finds the staging of the London arms fair during the week of the second anniversary of "nine-eleven" an event bordering on insanity. The timing, at the very least, calls into question the sensitivity of
IF it were possible to be an optimist and a pessimist at the same time, then I would fit those descriptions. It's impossible to be both according to the English Dictionary, as they are complete opposites. Hoping for the best and expecting the worst. However
ATHERTON Collieries have a full strength squad to choose from for their clash with St. Helens on Monday. Colls haven't been playing well in recent weeks and are hoping to end their barren run with a win with a squad that is fresh and raring to go. Kick-off
RADCLIFFE Boro take on high-flying Hyde United on Saturday at Stainton Park, kick-off 3pm. The Tigers are currently third in the Unibond Premier table, with 44 points from 22 games. Their attack is spearheaded by the league's leading goalscorer, former
WIGAN manager Paul Jewell believes transfer target Andreas Johansson could bolster the Latics push for promotion. The 26-year-old midfielder, who plays for top Swedish side Djurgarden, has been watched by the Coca-Cola Championship outfit for some time
A £27,000 a year specialist HIV and AIDS worker is to be appointed in Bolton to help prevent the shocking rise of the disease. Town hall bosses are taking action after it was revealed that there has been an 87 per cent rise in HIV cases in the borough
ALL patients suffering from cancer in Bolton during October were seen within two weeks. The target, set down by the Government, is for 98 per cent of cancer patients to be seen within a fortnight, and the Royal Bolton Hospital reached 100 per cent. They
TEENAGERS and young adults are being told to quit smoking - because it makes them less attractive. A survey, carried out by the NHS Smoking Helpline, revealed that smoking is the single biggest turn-off for 18 to 35-year-olds in the North-west. More than
A SUPPORT service for victims of crime counselled and gave advice to nearly 200 people over the festive season in Bolton. Bolton Victim Support Service revealed that Greater Manchester Police referred 187 reported cases of crime to them between Christmas
A HUGE circus big top was raised in under five minutes on Thursday as the world famous Cirque de Soleil came to town. A team of around 100 clowns, entertainers and technicians battled to lift the 2,500-seater tent on the troupe's final return to Manchester
ROMEO and Juliet, perhaps the most famous and best-loved of all Shakespeare's plays, takes the audience on an unforgettable journey of high passions, secret liaisons and fights to the death. It also makes a classic ballet, which will be presented at The
1687: The first Huguenots set sail from France for South Africa to escape religious persecution. 1695: A window tax was imposed in Britain which resulted in many being bricked up. 1720: Charles Ed ward Stuart - Bonnie Prince Charlie, the "Young Pretender
MRS Alice Cook of Mealhouse Court, Atherton has sent me a copy of a piece she wrote several years ago which gives a flavour of the times and mentions Atherleigh Hospital, a former workhouse demolished in 1991. Here is an extract: "After the Second World
10 YEARS AGO From the Evening News December 31, 1994 BOLTON'S 20,000 council house tenants face a rent rise of around £2 a week in the New Year. Councillors will also hold a special meeting next month to decide how they are going to deal with a double
A FLAGSHIP furniture store will open in Salford next year to create 80 new jobs. West Midlands firm Cousins is launching a multi-million pound showroom near Salford Quays. Building work on the new store is due to begin in 2005 which will open its doors
STRESSED out Bolton parents who would welcome help with their difficult children are being sought by a TV company for a new programme. Baby and childcare expert and best-selling author Gina Ford is having her childcare methods put to the test in a month-long
NORTH-West commuters are facing travel misery following an announcement that a rail firm is cutting its services. Central Trains will run fewer services from January 1 when an existing overtime agreement with ASLEF runs out. The company has yet to publish
THE sweet smell of success of the railways in attracting the highest number of customers since 1959 could go to the heads of some passengers. The TransPennine Express company is bringing in scented seat headrests on their services which run into Manchester
POLICE would like to speak to the driver of a car which drove past the scene of an attempted robbery. A man fled empty handed after he tried to steal cash from the back of a car parked at the junction of Crow Lane and Bridge Street, Ramsbottom, at 11.45am
Drink-driver John Thomson has been banned from the road for 16 months. Thomson, aged 49, of Abbott Croft, Westhoughton, pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol at Blackpool magistrates after police spotted him driving his Mercedes erratically. A
BOLTON'S traditional town centre Christmas fair has opened after narrowly escaping the axe. Youngsters tested their nerve on a variety of rides in Cheadle Square including the Twister, Freak Out and Side Kick. The 10-day fair had faced being cancelled
A CAMPAIGN to encourage people to recycle their old mobile phones and chargers in aid of charity is being backed by the Mayor of Bolton, Councillor Prentice Howarth. Collection points will be established in Bolton town centre - at Crompton Place Shopping
A NEW service has been launched in Bury to help users of hard-core drugs. The White House Project has been set up by Bury Council to offer alternative therapies for people taking stimulants. It is aimed mainly at addicts taking drugs such as ecstasy,
TWO youngsters were special guests at a film night in Manchester organised by the National Blood Service. For Beth Morris from Ringley, it was a chance to up with old friend swimmer Adrian Turner at the event at the Filmworks cinema. Beth, aged eight,
THE BBC has been forced to remove a logo from a Little Britain sketch about two projectile vomiting racists after a complaint from the Women's Institute. In the award winning comedy series two characters named Judy and Maggie appear under a "WI" logo
BOLTON'S traditional town centre Christmas fair has opened after narrowly escaping the axe. Youngsters tested their nerve on a variety of rides in Cheadle Square including the Twister, Freak Out and Side Kick. The 10-day fair had faced being cancelled
A PRE-CHRISTMAS crime crackdown netted 24 criminals in a week. Police mounted operations across the town to foil street thieves, burglars and car criminals, looking to prey on shoppers, houses and cars. The arrests included 11 for burglary, 11 for car
A GROUP of girls from St Bernard's RC Primary School, Ladybridge, Bolton, were so touched by a demonstration held at their school by Francis House Children's Hospice, that they decided to help raise funds. Special badges were sold around the school and
THIS friend of mine lives in a town far away from Bolton. They call him Billy No-News because he refuses to buy a local paper and thinks he can learn everything that is relevant to him from television, radio, the internet and people telling him things
LEIGH RMI hope a new year will bring a new lease of life for the ailing club and help ease manager Geoff Lutley's worries. What better way to kick-start a disastrous season, which has brought them just one win, than with three points at fellow-strugglers
SPRING has sprung several weeks early in a Farnworth garden. Jim and Judith Higson have enjoyed seeing their garden bloom for the past 25 years. But this year, they were amazed to find their daffodils had decided to flower a little early . . . just before
TWO more wards have been closed to admissions at the Royal Bolton Hospital after patients and members of staff reported symptoms similar to the winter sickness disease. Medical wards B3 and C2 were closed after eight patients on each, and two members
BOLTON Council is to spend £50,000 on measures to protect a a valuable piece of art. CCTV cameras and security lighting are to be installed to monitor Barbara Hepworth's "Two Forms (Divided Circle)" sculpture when it returns to Bolton early in the New
A BOLTON Wanderers fan has turned his experiences of watching the Whites into a novel in aid of charity. Kevin O'Hara spent three years writing his debut book "Tell Someone?", which tells the story of a fictitious Bolton Wanderers fan called Liam O'Sullivan
RESIDENTS are being given the chance to shape the future of an eagerly-awaited community centre in Stoneclough. Talks have been scheduled for January that will allow campaigners to have their say on proposals for a 218-home development, along with a community
