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FIREFIGHTERS spent just under an hour tackling a large quantity of rubbish which was set on fire in Lightbounds Road, Bolton, on Monday night at 8pm.

A MAN aged 83 was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation and slight burns after a chip pan fire at his home in Deane Church Lane, Bolton. The fire, at 7pm on Monday night, caused serious damage to the kitchen.

A TEENAGER held a knife to a woman’s throat and threatened to kill her, before demanding she perform a sex act on him. Matthew Webb was just 17 when he subjected the woman to the horrific attack on July 29 last year. On Monday, he pleaded

A HONDA Accord car was set alight in Farnworth. Firefighters were called to Presto Street at around 6.35pm on Saturday. The blaze had been started in the back of the car and fire crews managed to put it out before it spread to the rest of the car.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a flat in Wildbook Road, Little Hulton, to put out a kitchen fire after a pizza was left in the oven for too long on Sunday night.

A VEHICLE examiner said damage to cars claimed to have been involved in an accident was not consistent with reports of the crash. John Sutcliffe, who inspects vehicles that have been involved in accidents, gave evidence yesterday at the trial of Musharaf

A COOKER was destroyed in a kitchen fire at a house in North Avenue, Highfield, Farnworth, after food was left in a grill pan on Sunday night. A woman was given oxygen but declined hospital treatment.

A 28-year-old man is in police custody on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman was shot in the eye with an air weapon. The woman, who is aged 18 and has not been named by police, was shot at her home, in Oram Street, Bury, just before noon

THE safety record of a major junction that was the scene of a fatal crash involving a police officer has been defended by a Bolton Council highways chief. Calls for safety signs to be erected at the crossroads of Crompton Way and Blackburn

A MAN and a woman accused of robbing a pub with a machete have appeared before Bolton magistrates. Stephen Michael Cox, aged 26, of no fixed address, and Angela Littler, aged 31, of Beverley Road, Heaton, are both charged with attempted armed robbery

A BANK worker was dragged by her hair and threatened with a gun during a terrifying armed raid. Two men wearing balaclavas burst into Lloyds TSB in Bolton Road, Walkden, brandishing shotguns and demanded money. One grabbed a woman employee and forced

AUSSIE prospect Aaron Mooy might be thousands of miles away from home – but he is loving every minute of life in Bolton. Former Academy chief Chris Sulley spotted the 18-year-old, who has been tipped as an outstanding prospect by Wanderers’ youth team

A FAMILY are adding an extra sprinkling of festivity to their community this Christmas — by placing a postbox for letters to Santa in their garden. Paul and Dawn Heald are inviting children to post their wish list to Father Christmas in the box at the

YOUNGSTERS from Bolton joined school children from across the North-west to celebrate Harvest and the work of a leading charity. Pupils from St John’s RC Primary School, Bromley Cross, visited St John’s Cathedral in Salford for the celebrations last

A ROBBER who snatched a woman’s handbag discarded it as a witness chased him. The thief approached a 53-year-old woman in Dingle Walk, Bolton, and became aggressive when she refused to give him her bag. But he fled when confronted. The incident happened

HIGH school pupils took to the stage to rock the audience. The annual production at Canon Slade was Schools Will Rock You, an alternative version of Ben Elton’s smash-hit Queen musical We Will Rock You. The cast belted out the songs

BOLTON’S Christmas Market will open this Thursday. Stallholders will set up in Victoria Square, offering a variety of fine food, drinks and unique gifts. One of the highlights of the four-day market will be a traditional Polish beer garden, which will

COUNCIL officials are celebrating after being presented with a prestigious award. Westhoughton Town Council has become a Quality Parish Council. The town’s deputy mayor, Cllr Barbara Ramsden, was presented with a certificate to mark the achievement.

A BANK worker was dragged by her hair and threatened with a gun during a terrifying raid. Two robbers wearing balaclavas burst into Lloyds TSB in Bolton Road, Walkden, brandishing shotguns and demanded money. One grabbed a female employee and dragged

SHOPPERS in Bolton town centre were urged to give unwanted pets a festive treat by helping a bus operator fill a double-decker bus with gifts. First Manchester teamed up with The Destitute Animal Shelter in Bolton to hold the collection in the town centre

A PENSIONER has been living in sub-zero temperatures without hot water or heating for a week. Frail Alice Clements, aged 70, has spent the last seven days wrapped in blankets, unable to wash, cook or sleep. Her central heating broke last Tuesday and

BOLTON Wanderers did brilliantly to win 4-1 at Sunderland, but I looked in vain for any recognition of the fact in the subsequent national newspaper coverage. All the pieces I saw were about the pressure on Sunderland manager Roy Keane — he resigned

AT just 18 years old, Marc White is barely old enough to remember Burnden Park but having just compiled the club’s first official quiz book he could certainly tell even the most seasoned fan a thing or two about the club. Despite his tender years, the

Officers from Greater Manchester Police have today served the first ever closure order on a "crack house" in Stockport. Following information provided by the local community, police working alongside Stockport Homes compiled a file of evidence and

A crash on the M60 anti-clockwise in causing severe delays on the motorway network around Bolton. Two lanes are closed and queueing traffic on M60 anticlockwise at J13, congestion on M61 southbound to J3 (Kearsley Spur), on M60 to J18 M62/M66 (Simister

A man and a woman have been charged after customers tackled an armed robber in a Bolton bar. Police were called to the Firefly on Chorley New Road just after 3am on Saturday following reports of the robbery. Minutes later one of the customers

FORMER Bolton Wanderers manager Sam Allardyce will officially open a new-look sports complex today after it underwent a £65,000 refurbishment. Allardyce, known to fans as Big Sam, will unveil the revamped Johnson Fold complex this afternoon

WHILE many of us — me included — are inclined to be a tad negative about modern life occasionally, there has been a truly inspiring demonstration of local enthusiasm in one area of Bolton. Members of the Hunger Hill Action Group have shifted more than

BURGLARS escaped with almost £19,000 worth of watches and electrical equipment. The thieves carved out the wood around the lock and handle of the back door at a terrace house in Canada Street, Halliwell, between 4pm and 10.30pm last Monday.

A drunk driver who killed a father and son after smashing into their car as he drove at speeds of up to 120mph on the M62 has been jailed for eight years. Imran Hussain, aged 32, of Como Avenue, Bradford, was also given a 15-year driving ban

Footage of a Greater Manchester man wanted for breaching his licence has been placed on Youtube. Kevin Matley, aged 29, of Cranbourne Road, Trafford, breached the conditions he was set on release from prison on April 2. He was in prison

MANY of us share the concerns of the Fire Brigades Union about the Government’s plans for new regional fire control rooms. The aim is to replace 46 centres with nine regional operations, including one in Warrington that will serve the whole of the North-west

King of the Jungle Joe Swash has pledged his charity money from I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! to the anti-knife crime campaign in memory of Ben Kinsella, his spokeswoman confirmed. Swash played Mickey Miller in EastEnders and is friends with

A COMMUNITY fund set up in Bolton aims to inject more than a quarter of a million pounds to help local groups in need. Business will be asked to support to building a pot of cash worth £258,000 that will be dished out to community and voluntary

In the fanzone before the game there were mixed views as to how the Wanderers would perform against Chelsea. Could we continue our good string of results and upset the odds and beat Chelsea, or would we revert back to how we’d played before Novmeber.

A POST Office counter clerk who stole almost £167,000 which he blew on flash cars and a “lavish” lifestyle has been jailed for two years and four months. University student Mohammed Patel, aged 20, of Hill Cot Road, Astley Bridge, Bolton, bought

SOME of you might remember that I wanted to attend the Bradshaw Area Forum meeting held at Harwood Library last month. As it happened, something else cropped up and I was needed elsewhere. I was keen to see how Bolton Council’s re-vamped local democracy

YOUNGSTERS will stay safe by being seen. Pupils at St Peter Smithills Dean CE Primary have been presented with high visibility safety jackets courtesy of bakers Warburtons. The super luminous jackets will be worn by children as they

The bmibaby Elite Ice Hockey League has confirmed that an All-Star Spectacular will be held at the Coventry Skydome in February 2009. All ten clubs in the bmibaby Elite League will be represented in a North v South format. Last season's League Champion

The City of Manchester Stadium was transformed in to a sparkling Christmas wonderland for Key 103’s annual Jingle Ball - and two stars from Bolton helped add to the atmosphere. More than 800 guests were wined and dined in a glittering

IT is normally associated with Hollywood stars and the latest blockbuster movies. But on Sunday mornings Vue Cinemas at the Middlebrook Retail and Leisure Park is transformed into a church. Life Ministries, an independent 21st Century church, uses Screen

EVERY generation finds that progress leads to an entirely new range of problems. On two mornings last week I discovered that a hard frost had sealed the lid of my grey wheelie-bin very effectively indeed. Maybe I could have found an instant solution

Cardiff Devils 2 Phoenix 1 (after overtime). A tough weekend for the Manchester Phoenix saw them pick up three points from their travels to Belfast and Cardiff. Following on from Friday's impressive win over the Giants, the Phoenix took the Devils

PROUD parents listened to a special festive treat at Canon Slade School when an orchestral Christmas concert was staged. Bolton Youth Orchestra and Bolton Junior Youth Orchestra played in the Millennium Chapel at the school in Bradshaw Brow. The event

Today we have another picture for the train-spotters out there. Engine 48745 (what we used to call a “Big Eight” although I have no idea why) waits to cross St Helens Road, Bolton at, as we can see quite clearly, Daubhill. The original caption simply

10 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, December 8, 1998 Life-saving emergency phones stolen from the homes of vulnerable people in Bolton have turned up for sale at a car boot sale. Housing chiefs were furious when they heard that special Careline

A FATHER and his 12-year-old daughter had to be freed after becoming trapped in a lift. Firefighters were called to an apartment block in Bradshawgate, Bolton, at 9.30pm on Saturday and freed the pair who had been trapped for 15 minutes.

A BOLTON church is campaigning for the release of two Christian missionaries who have been charged with sedition in the West African state of The Gambia. David Fulton, aged 60, and his wife Fiona, aged 46, were arrested last Saturday and have

Thieves stole thousands of pounds worth of cigarettes during a burglary in Leigh. At about 1.15am on November 30, two men broke into Heaton Off Licence on Kirkhall Lane. The pair stole a large amount of cigarettes and some vodka before escaping

SNOW fell on Bolton and, as happens every so often, chaos ensued on the roads. Our fragile travel system clogged up, causing widespread disruption all over town to schools, businesses and health services because individuals were not able to get to work

A BLOOD-splattered car containing a kitchen knife was found abandoned in the middle of a road in Bolton. The discovery was made by firefighters at 4am yesterday morning when they discovered a blue Ford Fiesta. The crew was on its way

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Albert Halls, Bolton THE Albert Halls production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a brilliant family show sprinkled with some fairytale magic. Producer Duggie Chapman and a superb cast — supported by

THERE is a phrase about best laid plans, not that you would have mentioned it to a furious Gary Megson after the game on Saturday. The Wanderers boss had drilled his side on how best to tackle Chelsea’s multi-millionaires only to see hours of hard work

RAY Wilkins revealed Chelsea were up for a scrap when they arrived at the Reebok. The Blues sealed their sixth consecutive victory at Wanderers courtesy of early goals from Nicolas Anelka and Deco. And the Chelsea assistant believes

ARSONISTS set fire to an empty house. Firefighters were called to a mid-terrace house in Mere Street, Leigh, at 4am yesterday. Arsonists had broken in and set two fires in the lounge and a first-floor bedroom. The blaze was put out before it could

SCORES of people lined the streets and got into the festive spirit to watch the Mayor of Horwich turn on the town's Christmas lights. Cllr Tom Farmer, together with Mayoress Donna Hardman, had the honour of flicking the switch at Friday’s annual event

THE Conservative Party has chosen a local ward councillor as its candidate to fight for the Bolton South-east seat in the next General Election. Cllr Andy Morgan was yesterday adopted by the officers and members of the Bolton South-east Conservative

manufacturers are being urged to enter their “Oscars”. The quest to find the UK’s best manufacturing businesses has begun and local companies are being encouraged to enter the Manufacturing Excellence Awards 2009 (MX 2009). Companies are being encouraged

SKIPPER Kevin Nolan wasn’t crying over spilt milk after summing up Wanderers 2-0 defeat to Chelsea. Howard Webb – the referee who sent off Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo last week for a deliberate handball – appeared to miss another blatant case

KEVIN Davies remained defiant that Wanderers would not slip into reverse after Saturday’s defeat against Chelsea. Gary Megson’s men remain in the Premier League’s top 10 despite the 2-0 reverse at the Reebok Stadium. The Whites have lost on each occasion

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a flooding house in Walkden. Crews from Farnworth were called by a resident in Chestnut Avenue at 11.45pm on Friday because water was flooding into his home from the empty house next door. Firefighters stopped the flooding

IT was full steam ahead for Christmas in Moss Bank Park when Santa called in on the Toyland Express. Excited children wrapped up against the cold and got into the festive spirit by taking a trip on the miniature railway to visit Father Christmas as he

SOME of the region’s top firms are heading to Bolton to help local youngsters choose the right career path. More than 70 organisations are coming together to give schoolchildren the chance to get a taste of the world of work, with interactive and hands-on

In the fanzone before the game there were mixed views as to how the Wanderers would perform against Chelsea. Could we continue our good string of results and upset the odds and beat Chelsea, or would we revert back to how we’d played before Novmeber.

A BOLTON company has offered a lifeline to customers who have paid deposits to a kitchen manufacturers which has collapsed. One hundred and forty workers at Westhoughton-based Bernstein Holdings Group, known as BGH, were sacked on the spot last week

A DENTISTS in Deane was targeted by a thief who stole £57. The thief forced open shutters at the back of the surgery before getting into the office between 1.30pm on Friday, November 28, and 4pm on Sunday, November 30.

THE number of firms and workers seeking advice on redundancies and lay-offs reached a six-month high in November, according to the advisory service Acas. Almost a third of the 60,000-plus calls to the Acas helpline last month were about redundancy, lay-offs

THIEVES broke into a truck and stole tools. The thieves forced open the lock of a Mitsubishi L200 in Back Baldwin Street, Bolton, between noon and 1pm on Wednesday. They stole a Honda generator, a strimmer, and two drills made by Dewalt and Ryobi, with

A beauty salon has clinched a deal with Bolton Arena to stay located at the popular Horwich leisure facility. Bolton Arena and Aura are celebrating a deal that will see the beauty specialists remain within the Horwich venue on a permanent basis. Aura

SCOTT Quigg says he still has a lot to learn after easing to a points victory over Romanian Gheorghe Ghiompirica in Wigan. The rising star from Bury stretched his 100 per cent record to 11 victories on Saturday night, but he says he still can still improve