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Bolton Anglers are holding a Bailiffs Meeting at The Anglers Club, Rishton Lane on Tuesday February 1. All Bailiffs are asked to attend.

EIGHTEEN months ago I left Bolton to live in Taipei, Taiwan. I wondered at the time that my new home might not be quite so developed and clean as my home in Bolton. However, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that rubbish is collected seven days per

I AM writing on behalf of Campbell Community Group with reference to the council's latest plans for waste collection. It is hard to believe that the council firstly emphasises the need to clean up the streets of Bolton. This was fully supported by the

THE item about Farnworth watches given for service in the 1914-18 war led to a telephone call from Frank Peake of Farnworth. Frank tells me he still has the Waltham pocket watch which was given to his grandfather, Augustin Neary, after he returned from

A boundary mystery is exercising reader John Williams of Farnworth. He has always felt that the Unity Brook is the boundary between Clifton and Kearsley, rather than the one in place near Jonathan's barber's shop which cuts right across Manchester Road

1596: Sir Francis Drake died at sea off Panama. 1807: London's Pall Mall became the first street in the world to be lit by gaslight. 1829: Body-snatcher William Burke was hanged in front of a huge crowd. 1908: The London Playhouse Theatre opened. 1932

A LANCASHIRE weaver who was banished to Australia for taking part in the struggle for workers' rights is to have his life recreated on the internet. Thomas Holden, a loom weaver from Westhoughton, lost his livelihood when the growth of big mills crushed

25 years ago from the Evening News January 28, 1980 THE heaviest snow of the winter caused mayhem in Bolton yesterday afternoon as thousands left work early to try and make a quick getaway. Roads were littered with abandoned cars as many decided to try

Despite the plunging temperatures of late, one or two hardy souls still need their fishing fix. None more than Bob Fearnhead who relishes the colder weather in his search of small silver fish from his beloved Doe Hey. A hat-trick of wins made it a flying

PROTEST group Fathers 4 Justice will be campaigning in Bolton town centre on Saturday. They will be handing out leaflets around Victoria Square. Some campaigners will be dressed in superhero costumes such as Batman and Spiderman. Spokesman Mike Wiffen

HOMEOWNERS who replace their house numbers with fancy names could be putting their lives at risk. Ambulance chiefs believe vital minutes are being lost as ambulance drivers search for addresses but cannot see house numbers. A spokesman for Greater Manchester

RAILWAY enthusiasts can see their passion unravelled on the big screen when a film extravaganza comes to town. "Railways Remembered" film The Post War Years will be shown at Trinity Church, Market Street, Bolton, on Saturday, February 15. Events featured

TWO school friends put their best feet forward to raise money for victims of the tsunami disaster. Sophie Clarke and her friend Rebecca Hamer, both aged 11, raised £467 by staging a sponsored run around Smithills Hall Country Park. They were inspired

THE result of a strike ballot by hundreds of thousands of council workers will be known on March 9. The threat of a pre-election strike by workers in a row over pensions came a step closer when the country's biggest union announced the ballot. Unison

THE Mysterious Bog People are coming to Manchester. A ground-breaking exhibition charting more than 14,000 years of cultural history will open at the award-winning Museum of Science next month - the only UK date. It will contain more than 400 artefacts

AN 18-year-old youth has been given an on the spot fine of £80 after he admitted buying alcohol for under age children. The teenager was seen by police with the group of 14 and 15 year-old boys and after questioning he admitted buying them 40 cans of

A HORSE owner is asking passers-by to keep a look out for trespassers who have targeted her animals. In the latest incident, a miniature horse was injure in a foolish prank just days after undergoing an operation. Catherine Millls, aged 45, of Radcliffe

NEW businesses look set to rise from the site of the former Horwich Castings buildings. Paul Nolan, a director of specialist chartered surveyors Nolan Redshaw, said discussions and ideas for the 120,000 sq ft site were at a very early stage, but that

SAM Allardyce will ring the changes for the Oldham cup tie, as he did at Ipswich in the last round, taking the opportunity to rest a number of first team regulars ahead of Tuesday's Premiership game at home to Spurs. Jay Jay Okocha and Gary Speed have

KHALILOU Fadiga is being tipped for an international recall after making a remarkable comeback from his heart problems. The Wanderers' midfielder, who is expected to be in the starting line-up against Oldham in the FA Cup on Sunday, could be back in the

I love weekend's like this one as there's stacks of good racing to watch and it's FA Cup weekend - what more do you need? writes Fred Done Punters looking to steal a march on the value with their antepost bets on the Cheltenham Festival this week have

WHY do some managers persist in playing players out of position? Sven-Goran Eriksson reckons Shaun Wright Phillips can do a job for England on the left. No he can't. If Eriksson has had Wright-Phillips watched properly he will have seen the Manchester

BECOMING the number one in the world is becoming a bit of a curse to England's cricketers. A couple of years ago Michael Vaughan was briefly ranked number one batsman in the world after a brilliant tour of Australia. It has been downhill all the way since

BOLTON Under 15s play their first game of the New Year when they take on Wigan at Sharples School on Saturday(10.30am). The Under 15s are still in with an outside chance of honours in the league but they are behind with their fixtures. Tameside head the

HOT-SHOT striker Steve Foster returns for Radcliffe Boro, aiming to shoot down play-off rivals Whitby Town. The former Blackburn Rovers trainee, who has fired 22 goals this season, will come back into the side after serving out a one-match suspension

DANNY Swailes will be re-united with his old Shakers team-mates on Saturday. The newly-accquired Macclesfield Town defender, who made 175 appearances at Gigg Lane, will relish the challenge of Saturday's game when Macclesfield take on Bury in Coca Cola

OUR bins have been emptied weekly since before I can remember. We talk about progress, what a joke. I remember when the bin man used to come into your yard, pick up your bin, empty it and then place it back in YOUR yard with the lid on. I can just see

RAISING people's standards of living would help them give up smoking, Health Secretary John Reid said this week. He said it would take more than a ban on smoking in public places to make people quit the habit. Smokers also needed to eat healthier and

A BOLTON bar will be echoing to the shound of calypso beats and dancing feet. Bailey's, on Higher Bridge Street, will be hosting a Caribbean evening to raise funds for the tsunami victims on Saturday, February 5, from 8pm. An entrance free of £1 will

UK COAL bosses will give a presentation on their plans for Cutacre tip at a meeting on Monday. Officials will explain at the Heaton and Lostock Area Forum how they intend to transport nine million tonnes of coal from the controversial colliery in Over

AN AIRLINE recruitment fair is taking place at Manchester Airport on Monday. About 1,000 vacancies including permanent, temporary and full and part-time positions will be advertised at the event, being held from 10am to 3pm in the Atlantic Suite at Terminal

AWARD-winning restaurant San Marino, in Belmont Road, Bolton, is running a fund-raising evening on Monday to buy a water tank for a village in a tsunami-hit area of south Asia. Tickets cost £30 for a buffet and jazz entertainment. The former Bolton Evening

CHARITY for the homeless Shelter is looking for people to scale Scafell Pike, Snowden and Ben Nevis in one weekend. For more information call 0845 458 4590, visit the website www.shelter.org.uk/threepeaks or email send-for-it@shelter.org.uk

RESIDENTS are predicting a serious accident if traffic bosses ignore their pleas to put the brakes on motorists. Neighbours from the Campbell Community Group in Farnworth say they have been campaigning without success for speed calming measures for the

A LANCASHIRE weaver who was banished to Australia for taking part in the struggle for workers' rights is to have his life recreated on the internet. Thomas Holden, a loom weaver from Westhoughton, lost his livelihood when the growth of big mills crushed

A GUNMAN alleged to have terrified two homeowners on their doorsteps told a court he had heard voices in his head. John Devaney threatened the people with an imitation firearm following a drink and drugs session after his girlfriend jilted him, a court

SOME readers of the Bolton Evening News may recall previous visions of the town's future. In the 19th century a processional route from the Town Hall to the Parish Church was pondered, but never pursued. Many will recall proposals in the Shankland Plan

WHEN keen Bolton amateur sportsman Graham Holt collapsed with a serious back injury, he felt he would settle for being able to take up walking. Two years later, after microsurgery and many hours of physiotherapy treatment, he not only returned to playing

UNIQUE experiences and gifts that cannot usually be bought are being sought by a charity which helps hundreds of local patients each year. The Brain and Spinal Injury Charity (BASIC) was started by Bolton businessman Derek Gaskell after his wife Dorothy

A CITY banker nicknamed The Walrus was being sentenced on Friday for pocketing an insider-trading fortune. Asif Butt, aged 35, was supposed to prevent information leaks at Credit Suisse First Boston. Instead he rigged bets on the stock market with the

NEW businesses look set to rise from the site of the former Horwich Castings buildings. Paul Nolan, a director of specialist chartered surveyors Nolan Redshaw, said discussions and ideas for the 120,000 sq ft site were at a very early stage, but that

THE wording of the referendum on the European Union has been released - and the campaign for hearts and minds, in advance of votes, is on. On Wednesday, it was revealed that the question would be: "Should the United Kingdom approve the treaty establishing

Regarding the story about the council hoping residents will recycle more of their rubbish themselves. In what may I ask? We the residents of Douglas Close, Horwich, have asked the council endless times for a green box and bin. What do we get? Not enough

I AM writing to express my concern at the planned changes to waste collection. I, along with every other Bolton resident, pay council tax to cover this service. Is this Liberal council willing to pay extra funding to remove waste left by fly tipping and

I WOULDN'T have a problem with having my household rubbish bin collected once a fortnight. We are a family of four and this week my bin is only half full and I could probably survive another week. This is because we re-cycle. However I would like to say

I WAS horrified to read in your newspaper that Bolton Council is planning to halve the number of refuse collections across the Borough - particularly as I would have thought I would have been told if that was the case! I hope you will allow me to give

EDUCATION chiefs, politicians, business leaders and students are celebrating as the new University of Bolton finally came into being. Cherished university status was granted to the Bolton Institute in April last year. And on Thursday the Privy Council

OLDHAM skipper Dean Holden will be cursing his luck if he has to sit out Sunday's FA Cup tie at Boundary Park. But a few weeks off with a sore ankle is nothing compared to the unlucky break that wrecked his chances of captaining Wanderers. Holden was

A SECURITY operation will be mounted by police in Manchester from Sunday until next Wednesday to coincide with deputy Prime Minister John Prescott's summit on Sustainable Communities being staged in the city. G-Mex, the Manchester Conference Centre and

BOLTON Institute on Thursday officially became The University of Bolton - ending months of speculation over its name. The UK's newest university was granted the official status last year after a long battle by students and staff. The Privvy Council has

IN December, 9.1 per cent of people who had appointments at the Royal Bolton Hospital did not attend. The figure was highest in the paediatrics department, with a non-attendance rate of 11.8 per cent.

A SALE held by the Friends of the Bolton Stroke Unit at Bolton Centenary Canopy on January 22, raised £415 for the unit. The winner of the teddy bear, whose name was Petra, was Mrs Larkin, of Farnworth.

REVELLERS enjoyed "the craic" at Bolton Irish Centre, and managed to raise a cash for disaster relief. More than 100 members and guests at the Lever Street centre attended an evening of entertainment that raised £1,600 for the tsunami emergency relied

AN AIRLINE recruitment fair is taking place at Manchester Airport on Monday. About 1,000 vacancies including permanent, temporary and full and part-time positions will be advertised at the event, being held from 10am to 3pm in the Atlantic Suite at Terminal

HOMELESS charity Shelter is looking for Bolton people with stamina and a head for heights for a strenuous charity event. The Three Peaks Challenge will be held over one weekend in May when volunteers will scale Scafell Pike, Snowden and Ben Nevis - the

AWARD-winning restaurant San Marino, in Belmont Road, Bolton, is running a fund-raising evening on Monday to buy a water tank for a village in a tsunami-hit area of south Asia. Tickets cost £30 for a buffet and jazz entertainment. The former Bolton Evening

A NEW exhibition opens at Bolton Museum, Art Gallery and Aquarium on Friday based on Islamic geometric patterns. In Carved Earth, artist Halima Cassell fuses her Asian background with her fascination for African pattened work and architectural geometry

SLIMMERS have been sticking to their New Year's resolutions by handing over all their Christmas chocolates. The 200 members of the Weight Watchers group in Horwich have lost 45 stones between them since the end of the festive period. And they showed they

POLICE have arrested a man for allegedly throwing a bucket of manure over Euro MP Robert Kilroy-Silk. The UK Independence Party member was arriving at Manchester High School for Girls, along with Bolton MP Ruth Kelly, when the attack happened. The incident

UNIQUE experiences and gifts that cannot usually be bought are being sought by a charity which helps hundreds of local patients each year. The Brain and Spinal Injury Charity (BASIC) was started by Bolton businessman Derek Gaskell after his wife Dorothy

A BOLTON primary school has been given top marks by a Government Inspector for fostering excellent racial relations between pupils. A report published by Ofsted found that the teaching at Clarendon Primary School, helped pupils from a variety of ethnic

PROSTITUTION tolerance zones being set up in Liverpool will be monitored by council leaders in Bolton - but there are no plans as yet to follow the city's example. There have been numerous discussions on setting up an official tolerance zone in Bolton's

TWO violent carjackings could be linked, say police. Detectives are investigating two attacks within 20 minutes of each other in Salford and Bury on Tuesday night. At 6pm, two offenders fled after trying unsuccessfully to get into a Subaru Forester which

TWO young musicians raised £600 for a community church with a wacky collection of their own songs and sketches. Mark Attwood, aged 22, and James Lister, aged 21, held the "Two Men and a Piano' show at Bolton Arts Centre to collect cash for St Andrew's

SAM Allardyce has hit back at the critics who have condemned El-Hadji Diouf and questioned Wanderers' handling of the controversial Senegal striker. The Reebok boss has been angered by the personal nature of the criticism following Monday's 1-0 win at

SAM Allardyce recalled painful memories of the past as he prepared for an FA Cup showdown with his old mate, Brian Talbot. They will be rivals at Boundary Park on Sunday, but 14 years ago they were the victims of a famous giant-killing that almost wrecked

EDUCATION chiefs, politicians, business leaders and students are celebrating as the new University of Bolton finally came into being. Cherished university status was granted to the Bolton Institute in April last year. And on Thursday the Privy Council

WHY all the fuss about El-Hadji Diouf? Players dive all the time and nine times out of 10 the media turns a blind eye. Trying to win penalties by foul means has happened for the last 30 years and will go on for another 30 because nothing will ever be

IT'S Challenge Cup action for Atherton LR and Atherton Colls - with both sides facing tricky Third Round ties this weekend. Paul Greenacre and Tom Murphy are cup-tied for LR's home game against St Helens Town (kick-off 3pm) after figuring in the competition

GEOFF Lutley is hoping his new Leigh RMI faces will make a big impression, starting with a much-needed victory over York City. Since the Leigh RMI boss took the reins in November he has seen his side crash out of three cup competitions and earn just one

Air Miles Manchester League Premier Division: Atherton Town v Monton Ams; Breightmet United v Old Alts; Dukinfield Town v Prestwich Heys; East Manchester v Islam M/S; Stockport Georgians v Leigh Athletic; Wilmslow Albion v Royton Town; Wythenshawe Ams

Children exposed to passive smoking on a daily basis face more than triple the risk of lung cancer in later life compared to youngsters who live in smoke-free environments, research has revealed. The massive study, involving more than 303,000 non-smokers

HOMELESS charity Shelter is looking for Bolton people with stamina and a head for heights for a strenuous charity event. The Three Peaks Challenge will be held over one weekend in May when volunteers will scale Scafell Pike, Snowden and Ben Nevis - the

CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating after hearing that one of Bolton's best-loved war memorials has been protected from developers. Dunscar War Memorial has been granted Grade II listed status after a personal plea from Bolton North-east MP David Crausby to Culture

BOLTON certainly has some champion children! Nominations have already started to come in for the competition to highlight some of the borough's brighest, bravest and best youngsters, revealing some remarkable individuals who could easily end up as winners

A MOTORWAY junction in Whitefield has the highest level of nitrogen dioxide pollution in the north west, a study has revealed. Levels of the pollutant at Junction 17 of the M60 are almost twice the target set by the Government, according to a new report

A DEVASTATED teenager has been told he could lose his eye after shards of glass shot into his face. Doctors are to operate on the 17-year-old boy after he was tragically caught up in street fighting outside the Three Pigeons pub in Astley Bridge. The

AN ALLEYWAY that is attracting drug users and illegal motorbike riders should be sealed off, according to residents. The ginnel that runs around the former Lorival manufacturing works in Little Lever has become a gathering point for yobs in the village

RAILWAY enthusiasts can see their passion unravelled on the big screen when a film extravaganza comes to town. "Railways Remembered" film The Post War Years will be shown at Trinity Church, Market Street, Bolton, on Saturday, February 15. Events featured

RESIDENTS living near a burning coal mine slag heap have been told they can discuss possible compensation pay outs with the local authority. Wigan Council says it should have begun putting out the underground fire at Broomfield Tip earlier than it did

A TWO-DAY music festival will rock Bolton this weekend. Local bands are getting together to raise money for the victims of the tsunami which struck in South-east Asia on Boxing Day. Groups playing at Horwich Leisure Centre include WhateverEND, The Kiss