Archive | Homepage - The Bolton News

On this day: Lancashire Archive

Lancashire Archive

• Raid-hit bank is to close

  A BANK in Ramsbottom hit by a £100,000 armed robbery earlier this month is being forced to close its doors for good. read more

• Star ratings for Wanderers in Burgas

  WHO starred - who didn't read more

• Don't get carried away - Jewell

  WIGAN boss Paul Jewell is urging his buoyant players not to get carried away as they head into Sunday's Barclays Premiership derby with Wanderers in ninth place. read more

• Fans united over a great trip

  FANS young and old, and from all walks of life joined together in celebration. read more

• Raiders break into pub

  ARMED robbers broke into a pub while the landlord was asleep. read more

• Draw on Tuesday

  THE draw for the group stages of the UEFA Cup will take place in Switzerland on Tuesday, at 11am. read more

• M & S wins Middlebrook battle

  MARKS & Spencer has won its battle to open a new store at Middlebrook. read more

• Raiders break into pub

  ARMED robbers broke into a pub while the landlord was asleep. read more

• Animal Rights protest in precinct

  From the Evening News, September 29, 1995: A PROTEST against a major toiletries manufacturer was organised by Bolton and District Animal Rights yesterday. read more

• Impatient drivers killed my two cats

  RECENTLY my partner and I once again had to dig a grave in our garden and bury our beloved Siamese cat Winnie, who, like her friend Dobbie, was killed by a motorist on Tottington Road in Harwood. read more

• Road humps are pointless and costly

  I WAS furious when I received yet another proposal from Bolton Council to impose a chicane and road humps along Cherwell Road and nearby cul-de-sacs. read more

• Children need somewhere to play sport

  I HAVE read some of the letters both for and against the Holland Nurseries football pitch proposals. read more

• Vandals get away with desecration

  I WAS very angry and disappointed to read in Monday's Bolton Evening News that no one is to be charged with the damage they did to my daughter's grave, and to all the other graves destroyed at Farnworth Cemetery. read more

• Who takes pills for neighbbour's headache

  AS the fluoride issue has surfaced again, I would like to ask the pro-fluoride lobby one question: If their next-door neighbour had a headache from too much beer the night before, would they take tablets to cure their neighbour's headache? read more

• Softly-softly not working

  SO, Home Secretary Charles Clarke proposes that community jails should be built near prisoners homes, and they should be given instant cash benefits on release. read more

• £100m town revamp gets green light

  A NEW £100 million shopping, leisure and luxury apartment development in Bolton town centre has been given the go-ahead by planning chiefs. read more

• Advice to stop the net threat

  FIRMS are being invited to get wise to the dangers posed by email and internet abuse. read more

• Welcome figures for hotel group

  DEVERE Group, the owner of the DeVere Whites hotel at the Reebok Stadium, has announced positive trading figures for the past year. read more

• Relief all round as cash - and glory - looms

  BOLTON Wanderers are returning triumphant from their first European excursion on Friday - hungry for more. read more

• Holders through to Tuesday's draw

  HOLDERS CSKA Moscow are one of the 40 teams in the draw for the UEFA Cup group stage following the completion of the first round on Thursday night. read more

On this day: Lancashire Archive