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  • Survivors relive Winter Hill crash horror

    SURVIVORS of one of the region's worst air disasters returned to the scene of the tragedy on Winter Hill in December for an emotional reunion on the bleak moorland. More than 46 years after a plane carrying motor industry workers crashed on Winter Hill

  • Vicar's tsunami town fund call

    THE Vicar of Bolton is leading a call for the town to launch its own fund-raising appeal for the millions of people affected by the massive earthquake in South-east Asia. Canon Michael Williams wants to see a fund set up in the town as the death toll

  • Whites fan's charity novel

    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

  • Blaze in bedroom

    FIREFIGHTERS used a bucket of water to put out a blaze at a house in Thrush Drive, Bury, on New Year's Eve night after carpet and clothing in a bedroom caught fire.

  • MU annual meeting date

    THE annual general meeting of the Mother's Union in Harwood will take place later this month. The meeting will be held at Christ's Church, Harwood, on January 19, at 7.30pm.

  • Family escapes car crash

    A COUPLE and their three children were unhurt after their car crashed into a wall in Belmont Road, Bolton, on Friday night, after the driver swerved to avoid a cat. Robert Stott, aged 43, his wife, Jane, aged 39, and their children clambered out of the

  • Man attacked at door to flat

    DETECTIVES are investigating an attack on a man who was slashed across his legs and hit with a hammer by two masked men. The 33-year-old sustained injuries to his leg after the assault in Hilden Street, The Haulgh. He answered the door to his flat and

  • Cars destroyed as vandals spark garage blaze

    VANDALS are being blamed for a suspected arson attack on a garage which destroyed two cars. Firefighters were called to the repair garage at Highfield Industrial Estate, on Highfield Road, Little Hulton, after residents reported a car had been set alight

  • Dementia group in DVD plea

    A SUPPORT group has launched an urgent appeal for help to produce a DVD which will provide extra reassurance for people with dementia. Simple recorded messages from carers and loved ones are being created by a group from Thicketford Community Centre,

  • Darts ace on target for Gemma

    A TOP darts player will take part in a charity event in aid of cancer victim Gemma Feeney. Kevin Painter will be aiming for the bullseye at the Beaumont Arms pub when he takes on pub regulars and challengers in the fundraiser on Wednesday. Mr Painter

  • Joanne's charity jungle trek

    A BOLTON woman is celebrating her safe return from the jungle, having successfully completed a trek for charity. Joanne Aungier, aged 35, of Sharples, travelled to Thailand for the expedition, which she undertook in aid of Henshaws Society for Blind People

  • Home remedies for runny nose

    COLD sufferers in Greater Manchester are still using their favourite home remedies to maintain good health during the flu season. According to a survey, the most used common home remedy - cited by more than half of respondents (56 per cent) - is honey

  • It's a gypsy's life

    THE lives of gipsies, travellers and show-people is depicted in a new exhibition running at Bolton Museum and Art Gallery. As well as presenting a general history - both national and international - of these people, it focuses on present-day local stories

  • Youth group's screen test

    THE Phoenix Youth Theatre is offering the opportunity for someone to become the next Stephen Spielberg! As part of its New Year strategy the youth group plans to offer a crash course in film and television making. Anybody between 11 and 25 can join the

  • Cricket chief aids quake effort

    THE chairman of a Bolton cricket club, who is remaining in Sri Lanka to help the massive aid effort, is acting as an English interpreter assisting with the distribuition of supplies to the crisis hit country. Ron Fallows, from Astley Bridge Cricket Club

  • Refs should give Davies more help - Sam

    SAM Allardyce has called on referees to give Kevin Davies more protection. The Reebok boss says opposition defenders are being allowed to snuff out the threat from his main striker by illegal means. Allardyce is concerned by what he calls the battering

  • Bolton Snooker League

    THERE is a League Meeting on Tuesday, January 4, at Rumworth Labour Club, staring at 8pm. Details of the Individual, Three-a-Side, Knockout Semis, Masters Quarter Finals and the Jim, Worsley Quarter finals will be ready for distribution. Pairs entry forms

  • CCTC bid to trap school vandals

    THREE youngsters are being hunted in connection with a vandal attack on a Farnworth high school which caused £1,200 worth of damage. Police have released pictures of the attack in which stones were hurled through windows in the hope that Bolton Evening

  • Chaos as cars queue to tip festive waste

    A HUNDRED cars jammed the roads around a Bolton tip as people queued for hours to throw away their festive rubbish. The traffic queue on the sliproad leading to the Raikes Lane tip backed on to St Peter's Way, causing chaos for hundreds more motorists

  • MU annual meeting date

    THE annual general meeting of the Mother's Union in Harwood will take place later this month. The meeting will be held at Christ's Church, Harwood, on January 19, at 7.30pm.

  • Youth group's screen test

    THE Phoenix Youth Theatre is offering the opportunity for someone to become the next Stephen Spielberg! As part of its New Year strategy the youth group plans to offer a crash course in film and television making. Anybody between 11 and 25 can join the

  • Stitching up new markets

    TEXTILE companies in Bolton will be given an opportunity to break into new markets when nine trade and investment specialists from embassies and consulates in key overseas markets visit the UK for a briefing course. The visitors on February 8, at the

  • On this day January 01

    1772: The first travellers' cheques were introduced by the London Credit Exchange Company. They could be used in 90 cities. 1785: The Daily Universal Register was first published by John Walter. It was renamed The Times in 1788. 1881: The first British

  • Concrete rink was built for curlers by Alan Calvert

    MY fascination with the Bolton Curling Club produced a telephone call from local historian Denis O'Connor.. December 8, 1904, saw the 40th annual dinner of the Bolton branch of the Royal Caledonian Curling Club and more than 70 people turned up at the

  • Tenants face rent rise

    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 dose of Christmas

  • Friedns of Earth fight stadium plan

    From the Evening News, December 31, 1994: FRIENDS of the Earth have slammed a multi-million pound plan to build a football stadium and shopping complex at Red Moss in Horwich. Bolton environmental campaigner Dennis Watson says the organisation is opposed

  • Cash for junior doctors

    From the Evening News, December 30, 1994: CASH is being pumped into moves to reduce junior doctors' working hours. The North West Regional Health Authority looks set to share in a £64 million handout which has been set aside to help drive down doctors

  • Deane and Daubhill Pool League

    THERE will be a Delegate's Meeting at the Jolly Waggoner on Sunday, January 9, at 8pm. Sean Jennings Premier Section P W L D A Pts Beasts 9 7 0 59 31 75 Bay Mare 9 7 2 58 32 72 Patriots 9 5 2 54 36 66 Pike Bandits 9 3 3 43 47 52 Levers Arms 9 1 4 41 49

  • CCTC bid to trap school vandals

    THREE youngsters are being hunted in connection with a vandal attack on a Farnworth high school which caused £1,200 worth of damage. Police have released pictures of the attack in which stones were hurled through windows in the hope that Bolton Evening

  • M60 closed for jump threat man

    BOTH carriageways of the M60 motorway were closed at Whitefield for three-and-a-half hours early on Saturday as a man threatened to jump off a bridge. Traffic was diverted until the man, who has not been identified, was talked down by trained negotiators

  • Kittens take to the catwalk

    A CHARITY pet cat show, organised by the South Ribble Pet Cat Club, is to be held on Saturday, February 19, at Worden Sports College (formerly Worden High School), Westfield Drive, Leyland. The event is for non-pedigree cats and kittens or for rescued

  • Fewars for missing teenage girl

    POLICE fear for the safety of a 15 year-old girl missing from her home in Walkden. Georgia Chatterton suffers from depression and has been missing from her home on Kingsley Road since Wednesday, December 29. She left the house at 7pm and did not say where

  • Darts ace on target for Gemma

    A TOP darts player will take part in a charity event in aid of cancer victim Gemma Feeney. Kevin Painter will be aiming for the bullseye at the Beaumont Arms pub when he takes on pub regulars and challengers in the fundraiser on Wednesday. Mr Painter

  • They're playing it my way - Sam

    WHEN it comes to football ideas, Sam Allardyce is more a trend setter than a follower of fashion. You do not keep a modestly sized club like Bolton Wanderers up in the Premiership on a shoestring budget for four years without doing something different

  • Wanderers pressure finally pays off in Baggies fightback

    WANDERERS 1, WEST BROM 1: EL Hadj-Diouf hit home an 85th minute equaliser at the Reebok as Wanderers desperately avoided a seventh succesive Premiership defeat. It only confirmed Wanderers' second-half pressure which included seeing Jay Jay Okocha hitting

  • Radcliffe Pool League

    THERE will be a Delegate's Meeting on Monday, January 3, at the Masons Arms, Sion Street, Radcliffe, starring 8.30pm, for collection of third and final months subscriptions of £30, and return of Ladies/Mixed Doubles KO entrance forms and fees. Please

  • Hammond Domino League

    Sponsored by the Nam Ploy Thai Restaurant P W L F A Pt Anglers Club 15 12 3 133 +41 30 The Albert 15 12 3 118 107 29 Cattlemarket A 15 9 6 122 +19 27 Greyhound 15 10 5 114 +3 25 York Hotel 14 9 5 103 107 22 Cross Guns 15 7 8 115 +5 22 Little John A 14

  • Jewel hopes for some Swede success

    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

  • Car park closures blow for shoppers

    SHOPPERS heading for Wigan will find it more difficult to park. Several car parks are due to close as work starts on its showpiece Grand Arcade shopping centre. The closures will see the loss of 800 parking spaces but council bosses believe there are

  • Relatives say cemetery is insult to the dead

    MOURNERS claim a Bolton cemetery is an insult to the dead. Relatives who arrived at Overdale Cemetery during the festive period to pay their respects to loved ones said they were left disgusted by the Chorley New Road site. They say the paths were often

  • OBE for hospital man

    THE man who has the task of raising standards at the Royal Bolton Hospital has been honoured by the Queen. Chief executive of the Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust David Fillingham has been awarded a CBE for his services to the National Health Service. The award

  • Bolton man's amazing link to Statue of Liberty

    A NEW exhibition of little-seen photographs reveals in fascinating detail how the Statue of Liberty was built in Paris. But what is not quite as well known is the part a Bolton artist played in creating enthusiasm and support in America for the giant

  • Astley Bridge Darts League

    THE halfway point of the season is fast approaching with many of the merit tables now taking shape. Ian Roe (Halliwell A) is the front runner in Men Section One, with Joe Ellis (Breightmet Con Club) leading the field in Section Two. J Watson (P Potts)