Kevin Davies will be available for the Boxing Day game at Sunderland, despite Wanderers and the Premier League believing he was due to serve a one-match suspension. Disciplinary charts suggested Daviess yellow card in the 4-0 win at Everton on Saturday
CRESTFALLEN captain Kevin Nolan has issued an apology to the 5,000 Bolton fans, who saw their team miss out on a place in the semi-finals of the Carling Cup. Wanderers crashed out at the JJB Stadium on Tuesday night, when they were on the receiving
YOUNGSTERS and their parents are campaigning to save a play area from being sold for development. A 259-named petition has been handed in to the Mayor of Bolton, Cllr Frank White, against the proposed sale of Ulleswater Street field, Halliwell.
WAS shocked to read the article about plan to extend the pedestrian area from Deansgate, down Churchbank to the St Peter's Way underpass in Bolton Daily council civil servants drop off their cars in residential areas near to town and also stores car parks
I FEEL I have to reply to Allan Ramsay's letter of Wednesday, December 14, in which he suggests I should have considered the potential for driver distraction when I advocated a massive piece of public art for the town back in August, 2002. All I can say
WHAT a fantastic performance by Westhoughton High School with their Christmas play "Sleep Comrades Sleep". It told the story of the Pretoria Pit disaster on December 21, 1910, in which 344 men and boys were killed. This was a piece of history which happened
I THINK that once they have given some thought to the circumstances being experienced by their tenant, Mr David Barnes, who is faced with eviction as a result of his mother passing away, and the complexities of tenancy rights (Anna Youssef, December 14
A MEMORIAL service took place on Wednesday to remember the 344 men and boys who died in one of Britain's worst mining disasters. They were killed on this day in 1910 when a huge gas explosion tore through Pretoria Pit, in Westhoughton. The day shift had
THE "sadistic" killer of a seven-year-old boy whose body was dumped in a wheelie bin has been told he will spend at least 25 years behind bars. Ronald Mariner stabbed his girlfriend's son, Ryan Mason, five times before battering him with a hammer in February
A CANDLE display highlighting the fact more than 1,000 children in Manchester are homeless this Christmas took place in the city on Tuesday. Shelter organised the candlelit display with a light for each of Manchester's 1,141 children who are homeless,
ANGRY teachers and governors at two Bolton primary schools have rejected claims that they have cancelled Christmas. A DJ on radio station Capital Gold broadcast the claim that St Michael's School in Great Lever, and Red Lane Primary in Breightmet, were
BUSINESS owners are being urged to apply for grants to increase security. The East Bolton Regeneration fund is offering grants of up to £3,000 for small and medium firms to bolster security at premises. The fund will pay for up to 70 per cent of work
A FAMILY-of-eight from Leigh has scooped more than half-a-million pounds in the National Lottery. The syndicate will now pick up a cheque for £530,000 from Camelot chiefs. Their identity is being kept a secret until the money is handed over but it has
A MEMORIAL service took place on Wednesday to remember the 344 men and boys who died in one of Britain's worst mining disasters. They were killed on this day in 1910 when a huge gas explosion tore through Pretoria Pit, in Westhoughton. The day shift had
A CHRISTMAS Crackers quiz is being held every weekend at the Hall i' th' Wood Museum in Bolton. Numbered crackers have been hidden all over the museum and, by finding them, visitors will be able to answer the questions on the museum's Christmas Crackers
PLANS for a 33ft-high mobile phone mast on green belt land have sparked protests. Telecoms giant T-Mobile has submitted an application to Bolton Council to build a phone mast on land adjacent to Great Lever and Farnworth Golf Course club house in Plodder
A TWO-year-old girl who went missing from a day centre in Leigh was found safe and well on Tuesday afternoon. The girl 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 went to 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
ONE of the top independent hospitals in the country has a state-of-the-art operating theatre, thanks to a firm of Farnworth engineering specialists. The London Clinic asked Howorth Airtech, based on Lorne Street, to design and construct its newest and
BUSINESS owners are being urged to apply for grants to increase security. The East Bolton Regeneration fund is offering grants of up to £3,000 for small and medium firms to bolster security at premises. The fund will pay for up to 70 per cent of work
ON the February 15, 2003, one million people were out on the streets of London in a last gasp attempt to stop the invasion of Iraq. The Prime Minister alluding to the huge protest said: "I rejoice that we live in a country where peaceful protest is a
A FAMILY-of-eight from Leigh has scooped more than half-a-million pounds in the National Lottery. The syndicate will now pick up a cheque for £530,000 from Camelot chiefs. Their identity is being kept a secret until the money is handed over but it has
BOLTON Mountain Rescue team took part in a training exercise with the new North-west air ambulance in Lever Park, Rivington. The new EC135 helicopter was bought after a generous benefactor gave £500,000 to the air ambulance charity. Operating from Blackpool's
PARTYGOERS are being warned to take care when catching a taxi during the festive season. Licensing officers at Bolton Council are advising people to check the vehicle is legitimate before they get in. Every taxi should hold a valid licence to operate
THE victim of a street attack saw his dreams come true when police arranged for him to meet his footballing heroes. Glen Morton, aged 59, from Halliwell, saw Bolton Wanderers training and met the team, thanks to police community support officer Mark Flannery
RESIDENTS will be given their say over plans to build a new Bolton Wanderers football academy. Members of the Lostock Residents' Association and the Lostock Residents' Group will be invited to join councillors in forming a new liaison committee. The club
WANDERERS 4-5-1 JUSSI JAASKELAINEN 6 Let down by his defenders on the two goals; good save from Francis second half. JOEY OBRIEN 6 Lots of endeavour; got forward a lot second half but was unable to affect the game. TAL BEN HAIM 6 Not entirely blameless
Kevin Davies will be available for the Boxing Day game at Sunderland, despite Wanderers and the Premier League believing he was due to serve a one-match suspension. Disciplinary charts suggested Daviess yellow card in the 4-0 win at Everton on Saturday
SAM Allardyce revealed the depth of his disappointment at seeing his Carling Cup dream shattered by Wigan hit-man Jason Roberts when he admitted: "I'd sooner have got knocked out of the UEFA Cup," reports Gordon Sharrock. Big Sam hoped this would be the
THIS is in response to Andrew Rothwells letter and the comments concerning evidence on why the Sukula family are here in Bolton. His remarks about 2,700 people signing the petition and them not knowing where the Democratic Republic of Congo is. The people
STEVE Jagielka is hoping to shake off a knee injury in time for Boxing Day, so he can sign off 2005 and with a bang. The Accrington Stanley wide man limped out of Saturday's 2-0 FA Trophy win over Conference rivals Altrincham after being hacked down by
WANDERERS stars delivered 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
ANGRY teachers and governors at two Bolton primary schools have rejected claims that they have cancelled Christmas. A DJ on radio station Capital Gold broadcast the claim that St Michael's School in Great Lever, and Red Lane Primary in Breightmet, were
A 17-year-old girl who gave birth to a murder victim's twins has made a new plea for help to catch his killers. Kirsty McIntosh, of Little Hulton, is preparing for her first Christmas with babies Matthew Thomas and Paul Stephen - but without boyfriend
DRUGS and violence are rife at a North-west prison, a damning report has said. Inspectors have uncovered a catalogue of shame at Forest Bank prison, Salford, which includes inmates throwing excrement at staff. It is the second time in three years that
MANCHESTER's X-Factor winner Shayne Ward launched his bid to be the Christmas number one by performing his single live in his home city. Ward, 21, sang That's My Goal before hundreds of fans - mainly teenage girls - at the Arndale Centre. The appearance
WANDERERS stars delivered 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
BOLTON MP David Crausby joined an RSPCA patrol to confront owners of neglected animals. During the patrol, Mr Crausby saw pets that were left outside their homes in the cold for hours, without food or water. The Bolton North-east MP accompanied
WIGAN ATHLETIC 2, WANDERERS 0: Wanderers' dreams of Carling Cup glory were dashed by two-goal Jason Roberts at the JJB Stadium on Tuesday night. The quarter-final defeat left manager Sam Allardyce "gutted" He added: "I would rather have gone out
