AS an ex-Boltonian living in the States, I came over recently to stay with relatives in Harwood. How shocked we were to see the state of the place. From Safeway to the park was filthy. And the stream was full of trollies. You could not see the water for
THE disgusting state of Bolton's roads is, we are warned, set to get worse. The council cannot afford to repair them. A few days later, however, we are told that the same council plans to spend £2.5 million on cycleways, funded by the National Lottery
FIRSTLY, the UK and USA were the war mongers and broke all international laws with regard to going to war. As such, we should be taken to trial and be made to pay for the loss of life, etc. If the reason was to stop terrorism, then why did the UK, up
THE body of an "inspirational" Bolton teacher, missing in the Asian tidal wave disaster, has been formally identified. West London Coroner's Court has opened and adjourned an inquest into the death of former Withins School teacher Susan Ford. She went
A POPULAR Bolton farm will play host to an Easter egg hunt on Sunday. Smithills Open Farm will open its doors for people to turn detective and track down chocolate eggs around the farm grounds and surrounding woodland. The farm in Smithills Dean Road
WANDERERS teenage striker Ricky Shakes has joined Bury on a month-long loan. The 20-year-old, who made his Whites bebut in the League Cup this season, had been on loan at Bristol Rovers but managed only two appearances for the Pirates. Bury also added
IS it any wonder Norwich City are bottom of the league when they can't tell the difference between Lofty the Lion and Bolton's players? The daftest story of the week was the Canaries players demanding Lofty change his shorts and socks last Saturday because
EL-HADJI Diouf can make you tear your hair out with his antics on a football pitch. But the Wanderers' on-loan striker is far from alone when it comes to annoying things in football. Paul Dickov and Robbie Savage can barely get through 90 minutes without
THERE is more than one big fixture on Saturday afternoon - and one thing is for sure, Alder House won't be a place for the squeamish. Local pride is at stake as struggling Colls take on the mid-table Laburnums, with the home side in desperate need of
BURY FC youth team coach Chris Casper is hoping Shakers fans get down to Gigg Lane to show their support for England's Under-19s when they take on their Swedish counterparts on Monday evening (7.30pm). The match will be England's second in a four-team
THE final traditional transfer deadline day for Football League clubs proved a busy one for the Shakers, who made two loan signings at the end of it. Manager Graham Barrow has swooped to bring in Oldham Athletic midfielder Danny Boshell and Bolton Wanderers
TWO teenagers have been sent to a young offenders' institution for a series of robberies at Metrolink stations across Bury. The boys, who cannot be named for legal reasons, are aged 16 and 17 and are from Crumpsall. They admitted the offences and were
A HIT-and-run driver who left a 22-year-old man for dead is being hunted by police. The victim was discovered lying unconscious in St Helens Road, Daubhill, by a police patrol car at 12.15am on Good Friday. It is believed he was hit by dark coloured,
AN historic clock tower at a former cotton mill is marking the passage of time again after being out of action for more than a decade. The clock at Eagley Mill in Bromley Cross, which now houses luxury apartments, has been restored by a management agency
A MAN has been charged with conspiracy to murder by police investigating the 2001 gangland killing of a drug dealer. James Thomas Jones, 29, of Sonning Walk, Cheetham Hill, was arrested on Wednesday and will appear at Stockport Magistrates Court on Saturday
Re: "Wind Farm will not be noisy" (March 22). Graeme McIver is indeed correct when he says if we don't install renewable energy NOW our planet will suffer catastrophic climate change. We can't go on eating what we eat, binning huge amounts of packaging
I WAS exasperated to read the letter from Graeme McIver, the Rossendale and Darwen Green Party candidate, on the subject of the proposed Uglow (or, should I say, ugly) wind farm beyond Edgworth. Not so, Mr McIver. Noise is a factor in these monstrous
I READ with delight Fred Shawcross's suggestion for a new political party comprised of people with old values. I am sorry he has not as yet come up with a name for the party. Might I humbly suggest the OFFS Party - the Old Farts FOR Smoking. I would also
A BOLTON woman today told how she got a text message from her scientist husband saying he was lost in the jungle 6,000 miles from home. John Gillatt, aged 55, was missing for five days in the Malaysian rainforest - but was eventually found safe and well
STEPHEN and Janet Worthington could soon become the first husband and wife team to represent England in the World Cup. But they will not be taking the field alongside the likes of David Beckham or Wayne Rooney . . . they will be competing in the tabletop
"FERNANDO Hierro is, without doubt, one of the biggest names in Spanish football. I firmly believe he can become a star in the English game." With those words, Sam Allardyce welcomed a true footballing legend to Bolton Wanderers. The date was August 2
IT'S about time people got off Sven-Goran Eriksson's back. The England coach has come in for more stick this week for organising an end of season tour to the United States and for picking Emile Heskey in his squad for the next two World Cup qualifying
BOLTON kicked off at 5.15pm last Saturday, 12.15pm against Arsenal the previous week, 8pm on a Monday night at Manchester City the week before that and 1pm the previous Sunday at Newcastle. Wanderers are no different to any other Premiership club in having
RADCLIFFE Borough have a huge Easter weekend ahead of them with two matches against teams from the top five. Radcliffe, currently ninth, have not given up on reaching the play-off zone. They start the weekend double header at Burscough, who are six points
THE news that our Town Hall bosses are to spend £2.5m on off-road cycle tracks will seem like "manna from Heaven" to the residents of Hulton Lane, and, I suspect, for many other residents living on or near our abysmal roads. May I presume that the majority
A POPULAR Bolton farm will play host to an Easter egg hunt on Sunday. Smithills Open Farm will open its doors for people to turn detective and track down chocolate eggs around the farm grounds and surrounding woodland. The farm in Smithills Dean Road
THE body of an "inspirational" Bolton teacher, missing in the Asian tidal wave disaster, has been formally identified. West London Coroner's Court has opened and adjourned an inquest into the death of former Withins School teacher Susan Ford. She went
CAMPAIGNERS are one step closer to getting a speed camera on a Radcliffe road which claimed the life of a local teenager. Bury Council has submitted an application for a speed camera on Bolton Road after a traffic survey. The news was hailed today by
STEPHEN and Janet Worthington could soon become the first husband and wife team to represent England in the World Cup. But they will not be taking the field alongside the likes of David Beckham or Wayne Rooney . . . they will be competing in the tabletop
Kirit and Meena Pathak are now said to be worth £51 million - a fortune built up from sales of their Patak's range of Indian foods. The couple, whose business is based in Leigh, appear in 43rd place in the Sunrise Radio Asian Rich List, the official national
A CRACKDOWN on binge drinking on the streets of Bolton has been launched over the Easter weekend. The aim is to prevent any outbreaks of drink-fuelled violence or nuisance. Troublemakers have been warned they will be arrested or fined if they try to cause
