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  • Round the clubs

    TURTON has supported the cancer charity "The Hall of Fame" for many years. There are two events to establish the club's representatives, one for all club members and the other for seniors. Last Saturday was the first of the two, and the winner goes

  • BGA to tee off at Hindley Hall

    BOLTON Golf Association's first competition of the season will be held at Hindley Hall on Saturday, April 21, when a fourball betterball strokeplay competitionwill be held. Draw is: 7.30: W Laverty (Bol) 1/T Aspinall (GtL) 12, D Durose (Bol) 2/R Constantine

  • Burnden runners

    BURNDEN Roadrunners are inviting new members to join for the coming season. The Smithills-based running club are small but active, and offer a friendly welcome to anyone who is interested in getting involved - whether they are new to the sport or seasoned

  • Bolland tops great day out for Horwich

    EASTER Saturday's Rivington Pike Fell Race, Horwich RMI Harriers annual classic fell race and the second oldest in the country, dating back to 1882,, saw many great performances by the host club on the 3.25 mile, 700 feet ascent course. This year's first

  • I won't step back, vows Alex

    ALEX Matvienko is predicting another war as he prepares to go head-to-head with Ryan Ashtworth. The Great Lever middleweight will be hoping to continue his 100 per cent record in his seventh professional fight at Altrincham. And the 28-year-old, dubbed

  • Jamie in fight of his career

    JAMIE Moore has admitted he will have to produce the best performance of his career to beat Sebastian Lujan and keep alive his world title dream. The British light-middleweight champion will take on the world-class Argentinian at Altrincham Leisure Centre

  • Atherton Charity Cup

    Hindsford (Res) 0 Lads Club 2 CUP holders Bolton Lads Club struggled to dominate the game until they went ahead with a penalty awarded by the assistant referee. Bolton continued to struggle into the second half, with the home side putting them under

  • Meeting of fans federation

    The next meeting of the Northern Division of the Football Supporters Federation takes place on Sunday in the Sponsors Lounge at Hyde United FC. The meeting is free to attend and everyone is welcome to go and discuss any football related issue. Fans

  • New coaching kit for U-11s

    Barclays has come to the aid of Astley & Tyldesley CC by donating a complete set of coaching kit and equipment. The award to Astley & Tyldesley CC Under-11s, was made as part of the £30 million grassroots sports programme, Barclays Spaces for Sports.

  • Squad appeal

    AFC Farnworth are on the lookout for new teams and managers to boost their ranks. The club require coaches for some of their existing sides, and would welcome teams aged under-7s to under-18s from outside to play under their umbrella. Anyone interested

  • French tour challenge

    FRANCE club St Maur are appealing to a junior under-11s team to enter their annual football competition on June 10. Full board would be provided and the club hope to make it an annual exchange. The club is based in the centre of France, near Chateauroux

  • Cricket camp

    FARNWORTH Social Circle will be holding its annual early season cricket camp between May 30 and June 1. ECB coaches will be in attendance, including club professional Timothy Reece. Girls and boys aged between seven and 14 are welcome to attend. Anyone

  • Pervert teacher jailed

    A HISTORY teacher who held a secret meeting with a girl he called his princess' after grooming her in an internet chatroom has been jailed. "Sexual predator" Kenneth Chapman showered the 14-year-old with gifts before taking her out for a pub lunch and

  • Miracle baby Charlie

    WEIGHING less than a bag of sugar, baby Charlie Glover came into the world an astonishing four months early. The tiny tot, who was born at the Royal Bolton Hospital on February 6, weighed only 1lb 4oz. Her parents, Janice Snalam and Michael Glover,

  • Wonderdrug mum is now ‘cancer free’

    A BREAST cancer patient who fought for the right to be treated with Herceptin has had her final dose of the wonderdrug. Amanda D'Argue, a mother of two from Radcliffe, became the second woman to be cleared for the treatment last year. Herceptin can

  • HARRY LOFTHOUSE

    In early 1915 more than 300 young men from Bolton volunteered and joined the 15th Battalion The Welch Regiment (The Carmarthenshires). They went by train to Kinmel Camp near Rhyl in North Wales, and after training, to France. My grandfather 20304 Pte

  • DOROTHY DANIELS of 11 Greave, Romiley, Stockport, SK6 4PU

    I am researching the Bretherton family and would like to contact anyone who has any information about my grandfather John Bretherton, who was a miner, born around 1898. He lived on Bolton Road, Westhoughton, with his wife Mary Alice (Leach), and daughters

  • SHEILA GALLAGHER

    is looking for her cousin Joseph Connor, who was brought up in Melrose Avenue, Leigh. Anyone who knows of his whereabouts please contact her, as she would love to hear from him. Tel: 01777 872486 harrynewrow@aol.com

  • Memorial day set for July

    A DATE has been set for the controversial Genocide Memorial Day in Bolton. In January, Bolton Council scrapped the town's annual Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony in favour of an inclusive day for all faiths later in the year. It has now been announced

  • Anglers are caught hook, line and sinker

    ANGLERS caught fishing without licences have been ordered to pay a total of £1,000 in fines and costs. Environment Agency bailiffs caught eight men fishing without licences during checks at Bradshaw Fisheries and Church Garden fisheries in Harwood last

  • Dancing group makes plea for sponsors

    THESE young dancers are hoping to "tap" into a new sponsorship deal. The Dinky Dots Majorettes group needs funds to buy uniforms and a sound system for its young members. Almost 40 girls, aged between three and 16, train twice a week in baton twirling

  • Brakes put on speed change

    A CONTROVERSIAL proposal to lower the speed limit on a section of Crompton Way in Bolton has been put on hold. The current 40mph limit was due to be slashed to 30 as part of work which also includes a section of the busy road being reduced from two lanes

  • Fire service campaign to target arsonists

    ARSON accounts for three out of every four fires tackled by Greater Manchester Fire Service with the bill totalling an estimated £37 million a year. This month the fire service is running a campaign to highlight the dangers of arson, with posters showing

  • Awards for women who took on yob

    TWO neighbours who took on a drug-dealing yob who was blighting their lives - and won - have received awards for their efforts. Lillian Wignall and Sandra Wyatt were petrified when the junkie was moved into their block of flats in Halliwell. His home

  • Promising student is jailed for drug dealing

    A PROMISING student who hoped to become a lawyer was today beginning a six year and eight month jail sentence for drug dealing. Bolton Crown Court heard how Ahmed Bhana, aged 19, of Hopefield Street, Daubhill, was studying for A-levels at Bolton College

  • Apartment block plan is rejected by council

    PLANS to replace a former doctors' surgery with nine apartments have been rejected by councillors. St Vincent's Housing Association wanted to build a three-storey building of nine two-bedroom flats at the site in Stoneclough Road, Kearsley. Bolton Council's

  • Agency lauded by No 10

    PRIME Minister Tony Blair is holding up a recruitment firm as a shining example of a family friendly employer. Linda Taylor Associates, which is based in Bolton with an office in Swinton, is being used as a case study on the Prime Minister's website

  • Big Sam answers Regenda’s call

    Sam Allardyce was on hand to take the first customer calls at the new head office of Regenda Housing Group. The Bolton Wanderers manager helped staff celebrate the opening of the customer call centre at Enterprise Business Park, Middlebrook. The centre

  • Drummers needed to play to the same beat

    YOUNGSTERS are being invited to march to the same beat to promote community cohesion. Teenagers of different faiths, religions and races in Bolton are being sought to work on a drumming showcase. The group of up to ten youngsters, aged 14 to 16, will

  • The Royal Bolton Hospital is set to balance its books

    THE Royal Bolton Hospital will end the financial year in the black, without help from outside bodies, for the first time in half a decade. Bosses have made millions of pounds worth of savings and settled an £8.5 million historic debt. But hundreds of

  • ‘Councillors must be paid a full salary'

    A LEADING Bolton Liberal Democrat has called for all councillors to be paid at least £20,000 a year to work as full-time professionals. Cllr Martyn Cox, member for Horwich and Blackrod, has decided not to stand for re-election in next month's local poll

  • Blood Brothers, aged 20, are back at Opera House

    CRITICALLY-acclaimed musical Blood Brothers celebrates its 20th anniversary by returning to the Manchester Opera House from next Monday until April 28. Few musicals have received quite the praise that Willy Russell's Blood Brothers has. Hailed as "one

  • Hotline set up to help shop the blue badge cheats

    A TELEPHONE hotline for people to shop blue badge disabled parking fraudsters is now open. Drivers and pedestrians are being urged to contact the Bolton Council parking services number to report parking cheats who are using disabled permits that do not

  • Show your support for jubilee ball

    ONLY the parents of disabled children really understand the demands and complete lifestyle involved in such care. In this borough, there is a remarkable track-record of parents helping themselves and supporting others which endures today. Birtenshaw

  • Make your vote count

    THERE was bound to be outrage about the BNP fielding a candidate here in next month's local elections. Unfortunately, the candidature in the Tonge with The Haulgh ward prompts the racists to step into the limelight (you know, those people who start critical

  • Yobs leave bitter taste for diners

    MINDLESS idiots in Horwich for some reason think it's fun to upset diners in the area's restaurants. This is a pity because Horwich has long been a mecca for successful eating establishments and regularly draws customers from distances. In fact, its

  • Trouble may be in store for NSPCC

    THE NSPCC is buying into trouble with their suggestion that shop assistants should help parents with unruly children. No-one likes to be shopping when children start to kick off, and parents are often frustrated by such bad behaviour under these circumstances

  • Religion still important to many

    IT'S good news that St Peter and Paul's Church in Pilkington Street on the outskirts of Bolton town centre will remain open for at least another year. Churches of most denominations have gone through a rough patch in the last decade or two as changing

  • Careful Heather, reality is just around the corner

    THE Americans are currently going cray-zee about Heather Mills' dancing skills on the US version of "Strictly Come Dancing". You might argue that it says more about them than it does about her, although - standing a long way back - her physical skills

  • Much to save in our dying town

    I'M not a Boltonian by birth but I've lived here for more than 30 years and it's a place I call home. So it must be a cause for concern for thousands of other residents with greater claims on it than I to see the town centre slowly dying from neglect

  • Two services better then one

    IT is right that a special remembrance ceremony will take place in Bolton for Genocide Memorial Day. Last year's decision to scrap the annual Holocaust Memorial Day in favour of an inclusive service for all faiths was ill judged, although we recognise

  • Road decision must have safety in mind

    IT is vital that the final decision over traffic calming measures on Crompton Way is the right one. Work to reduce part of the road from two lanes to one is already under way and is likely to be completed by the end of this week, despite opposition from

  • Increased costs for race day is not justified

    Following my enjoyable run in the annual Rivington Pike Race on Easter Saturday, an event involving hundreds of, mainly local, runners and watched by several hundred spectators, I am appalled to hear that this may be the last year of this traditional

  • BNP is getting to the point in local elections

    I write in response to the manner in which you reported the news regarding the BNP fielding various candidates at the forthcoming local elections. Using your editorial as a personal attack on a legitimate political party was incredible and might as well

  • Private hire drivers not to blame

    I AM at a loss to understand why anyone would complain to the Institute of Advanced Motorists about private hire drivers, or indeed about anything else. Every private hire car has instructions inside about making complaints, and also an identification

  • Leave the pigeons to live in peace

    IT is so sad that, in this day and age, certain members of the general public are driven by this compulsion to knock the pigeon. Get your priorities right. Are there not many more important issues that require our attention and concentration, which are

  • Taken for an expensive ride

    WE had an expensive ride to Bolton. My friend and I went to Bolton from Chorley, and were charged £6 each, no return. That was £24. We could have gone to Blackpool for that. Why is it costly going to Bolton on the buses? Mr J Anderton, Broadfields

  • Newspaper has the community at heart

    OVER a number of years, we have received an enormous amount of support from your most excellent publication. Both the reporters and photographers have been both supportive and considerate; also, to a large degree, they have been accurate in what they

  • New pool is something to shout about

    IN response to C A Wilson (April 7), I feel I just have to comment on the statement that the proposed swimming pool "will, in effect, be a facility for the University of Bolton", which the council should not have to pay for. Furthermore, the suggestion

  • Piles of rubbish spark residents’ health fears

    RESIDENTS say they are having to live next door to a rat-infested car park in Deane. Elderly tenants at sheltered accommodation in Runnymede Court say vermin are being drawn to the area by the piles of rubbish left in a neighbouring car park. Margaret

  • 209 police officers quit the force

    More than 200 police officers in Greater Manchester have resigned in the past three years. A survey of all British forces, including transport police and those in Scotland and Northern Ireland, was carried out by the journal Police Review. In figures

  • Gym is destroyed in sports centre blaze

    A fire has destroyed nearly half of a sports centre in Bury. Emergency crews were called to the Goshen Sports Centre in Tennyson Avenue. The gym was completely gutted and about £100,000 of sports equipment was wrecked. Police and fire investigators

  • Call to ban mobile phones in classrooms

    A LEADING spokeswoman for the region's teachers has called for a ban on mobile phones in the classroom. Karen Hopwood, of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), has backed government plans to bring an end to "cyber-bullying

  • Man is found dead in street

    A 61-YEAR-OLD man has been found dead in the street. Police launched an inquiry after the man's body was found by a passer-by on Bury Road, Breightmet, on Sunday. The death is not being treated as suspicious and will be referred to the coroner. The

  • Accident Group boss dies in car crash

    The former boss of a Manchester-based accident claims company who sacked his 2,500 staff by text message has died in a car crash in Spain. Multi-millionaire Mark Langford, the former head of personal injury insurance firm The Accident Group (TAG), was

  • Holy smoke, it's Jesus In India

    KEEPING it local this weekend are Jesus In India and their mates, who have arranged one of the best showcases of bands from Bolton and nearby you are likely to see this side of August. The event will take place on Friday at the Soundhouse, and admission

  • Attack victim regains consciousness

    A MAN who was left fighting for his life after an attack at a house in Farnworth has regained consciousness in hospital. The 33-year-old victim was found dazed and confused in Bolton town centre on Friday, a day after he is thought to have been attacked

  • Fire rescue hero praised

    A YOUNG dad was hailed a hero after fighting back flames and smoke to rescue a two-year-old boy. Darren Miller, aged 18, leapt into action when he discovered a neighbour's house in Fortune Street, Great Lever, was on fire. Mr Miller found toddler Keanu

  • We’ve done it!

    HOSPICE chiefs were celebrating today after The Bolton News' Garden of Tranquillity appeal hit its £100,000 target. Hundreds of personal donations, charity events and cash from companies have contributed to the hugely successful campaign, which will

  • Man in attack horror

    TWO masked thugs battered a man with a claw hammer in front of his terrified girlfriend as they walked home from the pub. Detectives hunting the men say the attack was "completely unprovoked" and believe it may have been a case of mistaken identity.

  • Prove me wrong, says Sam

    SAM Allardyce and his players have agreed to disagree over their Champions League prospects. For while the Wanderers boss insists that fifth in the Premiership is the best they can hope for, more members of his squad are subscribing to El-Hadji Diouf