A CANDLE display highlighting the fact more than 1,000 children in Manchester are homeless this Christmas is taking place in the city on Tuesday. Shelter has organised the candlelit display with a light for each of Manchester's 1,141 children who
EVERTON 0, WANDERERS 4: Kevin Davies bludgeoned Everton into submission and left their devastated boss David Moyes so bewildered that he didn't know what, or who, had hit him . . . or did he? The shell-shocked Everton boss was so staggeringly dismissive
EVERTON 0, WANDERERS 4: Kevin Davies bludgeoned Everton into submission and left their devastated boss David Moyes so bewildered that he didn't know what, or who, had hit him . . . or did he? The shell-shocked Everton boss was so staggeringly dismissive
HUNDREDS of Bolton residents have been sent letters telling them they could be taken to court for hoarding their rubbish - but it was all a mistake. Council chiefs said: "We hold our hands up, we are very sorry." They blamed a clerical error for
A TWO-year-old girl who went missing from a day centre in Leigh has been found safe and well on Tuesday afternoon. Corah Boyd was left at the Stonehouse Resource Centre on St Helens Road by her foster parents before going missing at about 1pm on Friday
A CORONER has raised concerns about a pedestrian crossing in Bolton town centre after the death of a pensioner. Alan Walsh wants officials to reconsider the junction of Blackhorse Street and Ashburner Street, where a puffin crossing is installed. The
STAFF at Bolton Magistrates Court went on strike on Tuesday in a pay dispute. It is the first national strike in the 800-year history of magistrates courts. Only one court in Bolton was expected to be sitting, dealing with priority cases. Other cases
A TWO-year-old girl who went missing from a day centre in Leigh has been found safe and well on Tuesday afternoon. Corah Boyd was left at the Stonehouse Resource Centre on St Helens Road by her foster parents before going missing at about 1pm on Friday
SENIOR members of Bury Council are in London on Tuesday to plead for more money to stave off redundancies. Seventy-five council staff face losing their jobs because of an alleged shortfall in funding. Bury Council says it is having to save £10m. The government
PLANS to build a new Bolton Wanderers football Academy will go before Horwich Town Council this week. The club has submitted outline proposals to build a sports pavilion with changing facilites and a car park with 55 spaces at Lostock Hall Farm in Ox
WANDERERS boss Sam Allardyce has told four of his senior players to stop making excuses - or get used to life on the bench. Midfielders Jay Jay Okocha, Kal Fadiga and Hidetoshi Nakata and striker Jared Borgetti have been frustrated at their lack of first
GARY Speed is determined to help Wanderers take a step nearer Carling Cup glory on Tuesday night - even if he only gets to cheer them from the substitutes bench. The veteran midfielder is one of the Premiership regulars most likely to stand down as Sam
PARENTS called for the full facts and figures before they made formal comments to the council about potential school closures or mergers. At the Prestwich Area Board residents, parents, governors and pupils demanded evidence to justify why the LEA was
WHITEFIELD Primary School has received an early Christmas present from Ofsted inspectors. Inspector Philip Jarrett gave a verdict of "outstanding" for the subject of English. The Victoria Avenue school was singled out as one of around 30 schools in the
SQUIRES GATE 1, ATHERTON LR 2: LR halted a run of seven league games without a win with a late, late show at School Road. Gate took a 17th minute lead when Lee Grogan's attempted clearance hit a defender and bounced back towards goal, allowing Chris Kairns
UNBEATEN League Two leaders Wycombe Wanderers are the latest team to feel the full force of the resurgent Shakers. The Buckinghamshire side had not tasted defeat in any of their 21 previous league matches. But they headed home licking their wounds after
ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman has been compiling his wish-list for Christmas. The Reds boss knows the value of strengthening his side if they are to continue to set the pace at the top of the Nationwide Conference. But Coleman admits he has
WANDERERS stars delevered festive cheer to children in the Royal Bolton Hospital on Monday. The first team squad were laden with presents as they visited the wards. It was the best medicine of all for the youngsters whose faces lit up at the sight of
A CANDLE display highlighting the fact more than 1,000 children in Manchester are homeless this Christmas is taking place in the city on Tuesday. Shelter has organised the candlelit display with a light for each of Manchester's 1,141 children who are
RADIO One DJ Sara Cox has split from her husband after four years of marriage. The 31-year-old former model from Bolton is said to be devastated after agreeing to break up with DJ Jon Carter. The couple - who have an 18-month-old daughter, Lola Anne -
PHOENIX Nights star Paddy McGuinness - Paddy the doorman - is heading to the Monaco Ballroom, Hindley, in the New Year as part of his first national solo tour "The Dark Side". Paddy's appearance at the revamped Monaco on Thursday, February 23, follows
A MAN has been ordered to pay £200 compensation to a policewoman he punched in the face during a struggle outside a nightclub. Gary McGlynn, aged 25, of Bank Street, Radcliffe, admitted assaulting PC Sharon McGorley after drinking 20 pints. Bury magistrates
CENTENARIAN Annie Brown celebrated her big 100 with a party for friends and family at the Old Vicarage Residential Home, Ivy Bank Road, Astley Bridge, on Monday. Mrs Brown was born and raised in Bolton, and lived in Sharples Avenue for 71 years with her
POLICE are continuing to hunt for a two-year-old girl snatched from a day centre in Leigh by her mother. Corah Boyd was left at the Stonehouse Resource Centre on St Helens Road by her foster parents. She was abducted at around 1pm on Friday by Miss Rebecca
RADIO One DJ Sara Cox has split from her husband after four years of marriage. The 31-year-old former model from Bolton is said to be devastated after agreeing to break up with DJ Jon Carter. The couple - who have an 18-month-old daughter, Lola Anne -
A FAMILY of four have been left homeless at Christmas after a hairdryer caught fire in an upstairs bedroom. Susan Tebay, aged 47, of Prestolee Road, Stoneclough, says she and her partner David Lowe, aged 52, are counting their blessings after escaping
PLANS to build a new Bolton Wanderers football Academy will go before Horwich Town Council this week. The club has submitted outline proposals to build a sports pavilion with changing facilites and a car park with 55 spaces at Lostock Hall Farm in Ox
WANDERERS stars delevered festive cheer to children in the Royal Bolton Hospital on Monday. The first team squad were laden with presents as they visited the wards. It was the best medicine of all for the youngsters whose faces lit up at the sight of
BURY South MP Ivan Lewis has slammed opposition politicians for "scaremongering" in the row over proposals to merge or close high schools. Mr Lewis, the Economic Secretary to the Treasury, labelled Liberal Democrat councillors "unscrupulous" and issued
FALLING temperatures have resulted in a rise in car crime in Greater Manchester. In just more than 20 days, 56 cars have been stolen as a result of motorists leaving their vehicles unattended with the keys in the ignition while defrosting. Three of these
POLICE are toasting the success of a campaign to outlaw illegal alcohol sales to children. 'Spy' kids have been used by police and trading standards officers to carry out test purchases of booze from around 50 off-licences and supermarkets across the
BURY assistant manager has challenged his players to lay off the Christmas turkey after out-lasting the runaway league leaders Wycombe Wanderers. The Shakers looked fresher and faster than John Gorman's side, and with a busy fixture schedule ahead, Miller
RE our council's obsession with erecting sculptures around the town, perhaps we could request one in front of the Town Hall. We could cobble together a few hundred grey bins, rising in the shape of one twisted finger, with stenching rotting rubbish cascading
A PANEL of influential MPs has handed the Bolton Evening News' Stub It Out campaign a major boost by labelling plans for a partial ban on smoking as "unfair, unjust and unworkable". The House of Commons health select committee also said a compromise to
Baby Aleisha home for Christmas THIS is the Christmas Aleisha Dickonson's parents thought she would never see. First, she was brought back to life at birth - and then had to spend the next 10 months in hospital. But this week, only two weeks after a life
SENIOR members of Bury Council were in London on Tuesday to plead for more money to stave off redundancies. Seventy-five council staff face losing their jobs because of an alleged shortfall in funding. Bury Council says it is having to save £10m. The
