BARBERSHOP group Cottontown Chorus missed out on being named the country’s best choir when it sang at the Royal Festival Hall in London tonight. The 50-strong choir from Bolton was one of seven taking part in the national finals of BBC Radio
A CHURCH was transformed into a winter wonderland forest of Christmas trees over the weekend. A magical festive atmosphere was enjoyed by 300 visitors to Birtenshaw Methodist Church, in Bromley Cross, when it held its third Christmas tree festival and
Bury were happy to settle for a share of the spoils at a frosty Moss Rose on Saturday. The Shakers might have snatched all three points after Macclesfield's Matthew Flynn was shown a second yellow card with 16 minutes remaining. But Alan Knill was content
FC United could not handle FA Cup giantkillers Eastwood Town as they went down 4-2 in the UniBond Premier League at Coronation Park. The Badgers, who shocked Wycombe out of the competition in the secound round of the famous trophy, were 2-0 up after
ATHERTON Collieries and LR’s hopes of climbing up the Premier Division suffered on Saturday with defeats for both clubs. Colls went down 3-2 at Winsford United, but were far from disgraced. The home side took the lead through Darren Connell before Craig
Amir Khan insisted his world-title aspirations had been revived by his explosive two-round demolition of Oisin Fagan at the London ExCeL. The Bolton star reacted to his crushing 54-second defeat to Breidis Prescott in September by claiming his 19th victim
Punk is not quite dead yet, as evidenced by the hardcore fans that made the effort to dress the part for this high-energy gig by The Damned at the Manchester Academy. Led by the menacing Dave Vanian, looking not unlike Gomez Addams and the irrepressible
BUNGLING thieves made off with just £5 when they targeted a white van. The three teenagers, who were all dressed in black, stole the cash from the unlocked van in Welbeck Road, Heaton, on Tuesday night. The youths were disturbed in the middle of the
Bolton's Amir Khan bounced to winning ways with a second-round stoppage of Oisin Fagan at the Excel Arena. The lightweight was fighting for the first time since being knocked out in the first round by Breidis Prescott in September. Fagan, a light-punching
