A MECHANIC has spoken of the moment he tackled armed robbers who had raided a newsagents. Michael Lardner was working at Railway Motors Clutch Centre, in Church Street, Westhoughton, when he noticed two men behaving suspiciously at around 4.10pm
PROTESTS from another university have led to the cancellation of a raunchy publicity stunt promoting masters degree courses at Bolton University. Page Three girl Rhian Sugden was due to streak semi-naked through a crowd of undergraduates to encourage
THERE was no more uplifting a sight than Eduardo scoring that “beach” of a goal – as Arsene Wenger described it – in Arsenal’s FA Cup victory over Burnley. What a way to signal a successful recovery from the most horrific of injuries, producing such
PUPILS at Bolton Muslim Girls School have been casting their votes in this year’s Youth MP elections. Now the town’s young people are eagerly awaiting Thursday’s results of who will represent the borough in their own Parliament. The
THE recession could mean many sports clubs could lose sponsorship deals, according to a Bolton firm of insolvency specialists. Many football, rubgy and cricket clubs could face an uncertain future when sponsorship deals run out. According to Tenon,
A nine-try blitz from Westhoughton made sure the Panthers never got a look in in a one-sided affair and put the Lions firmly in the driving seat to lift the NWC League Division Two title. Tries from John Quinn, David Parkinson and Jayden Sandford
THE injury-hit Mets suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Higginshaw. The Bolton side ended the match with just 12 players on the pitch as they went down at home. “We finished up with 12 men on the pitch, two injured at the side and three in A&E.
BOLTON’S town centre redevelopment plans will be showcased before an international audience in the south of France. The £1.2 billion town centre masterplan is expected to bring around 16,000 much-needed new jobs to Bolton during the next 10
BOLTON’S brilliant first-half display was enough to see off a determined challenge from a physical Garstang outfit. Two converted tries from Danny Joseph and a penalty from Guy Lovgreen gave Bolton a commanding 17-0 lead at half-time in North Lancashire
GARY Megson has warned Kevin Davies that he may have to continue sacrificing his central striking role until the club can find reinforcements in the summer. The skipper has scored a Wanderers career-best 10 goals this season, a feat made all the more
GOLDEN couple Edward and Sylvia Smith, who met at the Wigan Empress dance hall in 1956, have just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They were married at St James’ Church, Daisy Hill, 50 years ago. Mr Smith, aged 72, used to visit the famous
MANCHESTER League club, Fives Athletic, is organising a legends match to celebrate its 40th anniversary. The showpiece match will take place at the club’s home ground at Harriett Street in Walkden on Sunday, March 29. The event is expected to feature
A MOTORIST has been fined £120 after being caught speeding in Chorley New Road, Bolton, in October. A speed camera recorded Wesley Dyson, aged 31, of Tonge Moor Road, Tonge Moor, driving at 46 mph in a 30mph limit. He pleaded guilty to the offence and
REGULAR travellers along Chorley Old Road, Bolton, took a great deal of interest in the roadworks between the Crofters and St Luke’s Church. For some time, workmen were busy on this western highway and there had been much speculation as to
ONE of the North West’s leading conference and exhibitions venues, the De Vere Whites Hotel’s Premiere Suite, has had a £250,000 facelift. The 2,000 square metre venue, which has hosted Amir Khan professional boxing matches and new car launches, has
10 YEARS AGO From the Evening News March 11, 1999 ARSONISTS dumping and then torching cars at secluded beauty spots in the Rivington area are warned they will be spotted. North West Water, which owns most of the land around Rivington, is so concerned
CHEW Moor Brook suffered heartbreak in the final of the LFA County Cup. Liam Carr put the Bolton side deservedly ahead at the County Ground, Leyland, after 20 minutes when he broke clear and finished expertly. They wasted two good chances before
Dave Hutchinson says: "I am trying to trace an old friend of mine who, last time we met, was named Kath Wilcox, nee Heaton, she lived on Arnold Street in Halliwell. I though she had moved right away from the area but then I'm sure I spotted her
HORWICH Market is set to close after a £20,000 study failed to come up with ways to save it. Consultants were paid to identify ways to keep a market in Horwich, but Bolton Council said none of their suggestions would work. Now, after
IF you attended Whitecroft School during 1954 to 60, come along to our seventh annual school reunion and meet yoru friends that you may not have seen in years. It will take place at our usual venue, Smithills and Heaton Conservative Club, Chorley Old
A MOTHER has been fined by magistrates after her 15-year-old son flew to Pakistan for three and a half weeks without his school’s permission. Bolton magistrates heard how Sheraz Ahmed’s parents sent a note to George Tomlinson School, Kearsley. saying
SCHOOLGIRL Beth Morris’s dream of taking the trip of a lifetime to compete in the World Transplant Games could be dashed unless supporters dig deep to help. With just five months to go before she is due to fly to Australia, Beth, aged 12, of
GLAMOROUS hairdresser Hannah Miles, pictured above, is a cut above the rest. The Bolton beauty wants to carve out a career in modelling and the 21-year-old is off to a flying start with a full page spread in men’s magazine FHM. Hannah, who is style
GARY Megson hopes lessons were learned both on and off the pitch during last Wednesday’s defeat at the Britannia Stadium. While the manager is calling for immediate improvement from his Wanderers squad, who lost with a whimper in the Potteries seven
FARNWORTH Canary returned to the top of the Premier Division with a 5-1 victory over bottom-of-the-table Deane FC. Canary are a point ahead of Gibraltar Rock who have two games in hand and had no game on Sunday. Third-placed Smokies Farnworth have also
MARCO Antonio Barrera has warned Amir Khan he is making a terrible mistake. The Bolton lightweight takes on the Mexican legend at the MEN Arena on Saturday night. Khan is hoping victory will help him take a major step towards becoming a world champion
A BENEFITS cheat was exposed by her own children during an interview with council staff, a court heard. Samantha Law, aged 36, of Netherfield Road, Great Lever, claimed thousand of pounds she was not entitled to after landing a job as a part-time cleaner
Bolton Lads and Girls Club honoured its members and volunteers at an awards ceremony. Certificates were awarded to youngsters who had benefited from the club’s mentoring scheme, which sees them paired-up with older people for help and guidance. There
WE take the role of Mayor very much for granted — but it is hard work. Blackrod currently has no-one available to fill the role this year. Cllr Graham Farrington was nominated but he has been town mayor three times before and wants to enjoy his retirement
A NATIONAL dose of financial hardship has driven many of us back in time when it comes to comfort eating. Asda has had a sudden surge in sales of retro items like Bisto gravy, Bird’s custard, Vimto, Fray Bentos pies and fish fingers. When the chips are
WELL done to all involved in Bolton’s conspicuously successful Fairtrade dealings. More than 50 stores and shops in the town now sell more than products made in Third World countries, and the movement’s Justicia shop in Knowsley Street does
GROSSLY fat people have become pariahs for the Noughties – sneered at in the street and generally disparaged. Fortunately, we can all happily continue fat-bashing because Government figures just released show that thousands of individuals are simply
BSF Over-35s League THE Bay Mare Strollers booked their place in the semi-final of the Sam Ashworth Trophy with a 3-2 victory over The Red Lion. The Lion took an early lead with a 30-yard stunner from Sean Lomax before the Strollers levelled
PETER Stringfellow should have been nationalised years ago. The 68 year-old club owner has just got married, in a sugar mill in Barbados, to beautiful 26-year-old Royal Ballet dancer Bella Wright and reckons this kills off the Lothario image he has carefully
WHAT sort of people are we now? A thug, accompanied by a photographer, throws a substance that could have been acid into Peter Mandelson’s face, calmly walks away and is given media time to boast and spout hate. We the public accept this sort of incident
THERE is a vast amount of unfairness in this world. For instance, how can certain people get away with things. Case in point. In Lostock, there is an encampment of travellers — note the use of the word “travellers”, this is in a sarcastic sense as once
AFTER reading the article in The Bolton News, “£14.1m for extra school places” (March 6), regarding the additional funding for Bolton’s primary schools, I would like to clarify a number of points. The decision to expand 19 primary schools in the first
I MUST respond to Paul Nuttall, “Green proposals open to question” (March 9), and make it clear that what he says about wind turbines is both misleading and untrue. Wind turbines are not useless. They are an invaluable, cost effective, safe source of
THE recent letter, “NSPCC still has an important role” (February 14), from Valerie Charles, one of the NSPCC’s assistant directors for Manchester, attempts to defend the NSPCC’s rather vague performance in the area of child protection. Fortunately for
HERE in the pages of The Bolton News we see the ineffectiveness of the legal system again. We are told about how this Government is getting tough on crime, how it has the power to take an uninsured car and crush it, how it is trying to deter drivers
WITH regards to the council inquiry launched into Cllr Sean Hornby’s conduct, my question is why? The councillor has already admitted his guilt to all the offences relating to his taxi scam, so why do his friends and colleagues feel the need to investigate
AS you become older, I think you have more time to get angry and irritated about things. My current gripes are: 1. Cars parked completely on the pavement outside fast food shops. 2. Ambulance sirens in the quiet early hours. 3. Outlaw taxi drivers
TWO gangs of masked raiders who struck in Farnworth within hours of each other were today being hunted by detectives. The robbers terrified staff and stole thousands of pounds in cash when they struck at a convenience store and a post office. The most
A RIDING school for disabled children has been forced to close after it was ransacked by thieves. The gang struck at Miller’s Nook Riding School in Lostock Lane, Westhougton, when owners Brian Howard and Kath Miller were away from the stables, which
DETECTIVES in Bolton are hunting a man following an allegation of rape. Chidozie Nwamara, aged 25, of Hamel Street, Great Lever, is wanted by police on suspicion of rape. On August 21, last year, police received a report of rape in the
A LILAC-themed party is being held to mark the 21st birthday of a young man who died from cancer. Jack Coleman bravely fought the illness for two years but died in January. He would have been 21 on April 1, and now his family have organised a party
I WRITE yet again regarding First Group bus services. On February 25, the 10.36pm bus from Moor Lane failed people yet again. Some people, if just missing the previous bus, had to wait almost an hour for a bus on a major route from Bolton to Manchester
ACCORDING to Home Office statistics, around two women a week are killed because of domestic violence. The case of the murder of Katie Summers, reported in The Bolton News on Tuesday, has brought that home to us. Would it therefore not make sense to
POLICE investigating a fatal house fire have re-bailed two people arrested on suspicion of murder. A 14-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man have been bailed until Thursday, April 30, pending further inquiries. The man was also arrested on suspicion of
JOHAN Elmander has been instructed to toughen up by his manager if he intends to hit the goal trail again. The Sweden international has scored just five times this season since a club record £8.2million switch from Toulouse in the summer. And while
A WOMAN was attacked in the street by two thugs who have left her too scared to leave her own home. The yobs struck shortly after 10.30pm on Sunday as the 33-year-old woman was walking in Manchester Road, Little Hulton, between the New Albion pub and
