POLICE arrested two men in connection with a spate of robberies in Farnworth following morning raids. Officers swooped on three houses in an estate off Amblecote Drive, Little Hulton, at 7am today. Two men, aged in their 20s, were arrested
A HAUL of stolen goods, including two cars and a JCB digger, were seized when police raided a travellers’ site in Bolton. Around £40,000 worth of stolen goods were seized when 20 police officers swooped on the camp, off Hall Lane, Moses Gate
A MULTI-MILLION pound project to transform run-down streets could be back on the cards. The plan to bulldoze houses in the Union Road and Yates Street area in Tonge Moor and replace them with eco-friendly houses in a £7.5 million regeneration scheme
I AM writing to encourage people in the Bolton area to take part in World Cancer Research Fund’s (WCRF) “Go Banana’s on Fruity Friday” campaign. This year’s Fruity Friday on May 15 is set to be the biggest ever, but we can only do it with the help of
PEOPLE across Bolton have been subjecting themselves to weird and wacky ordeals as the town is gripped by Red Nose Day fever. The annual Comic Relief appeal kicked off yesterday with events ranging from scuba diving to imprisonment in the name
PEOPLE across Bolton have been subjecting themselves to weird and wacky ordeals as the town is gripped by Red Nose Day fever. The annual Comic Relief appeal kicked off yesterday with events ranging from scuba diving to imprisonment in the name
FURTHER to recent correspondence in the Letters pages, I would like to correct some of the stories which have been related regarding the Doffcocker Hotel. The Poor House mentioned stood roughly on the site of the present Doffcocker Hotel. Old photographs
A SPECIAL event is being held to find people who have got what it takes to join Bolton’s volunteer police force. The event is open to anyone interested in becoming a Special Constable and getting involved in policing their local community.
UNISON members from Bolton will travel to London at the end of the month to demonstrate for jobs, justice and climate change. The protest, on March 28, which is being supported by trade unions, charities and faith groups is being organised as G20 world
A DRUG dealer who made more than £53,000 has been ordered to repay £22,000 or face a further 12 months in jail. Police financial investigators found that Jason Bailey, who was caught by police in Bolton, had been siphoning cash to Jamaica as
Pupil George Shepard gives a big cheer for the red nose day celebrations at Ladywood School, Little Lever.
This photograph has been sent to us by Jean Kilcoyne from Thornton, Cleveleys, in the hope that it brings back some memories. It is a class photograph from Brownlow Fold School, Halliwell, dating from around 1947. Mrs Kilcoyne's late
GRETAR Steinsson wants to follow in the footsteps of his fellow countrymen and become a Wanderers legend. Iceland’s Gudni Bergsson, pictured below right, and Eidur Gudjohnsen, below left, will forever be remembered in Bolton folklore. The fans favourites
A MAN is appealing for help in raising money for Bolton Hospice. Paul Cunliffe, of Farnworth, is staging an event, featuring a Status Quo tribute band, after his friend Stephen White, aged 48, was treated there before his death last month. Mr Cunliffe
HOSPITAL chiefs in Bolton have vowed to make improvements after new figures from the Healthcare Commission showed it was scoring “consistently low” results in some areas of care for children. But the Royal Bolton Hospital is making mixed progress overall
THE English domination of this season’s Champions League proves that the Premier League is streets ahead of its European competitors, claims Gary Megson. The Wanderers boss reckons Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea’s impressive progression
RE: dog excrement on Higher Ridings, Bromley Cross. Being a fastidious dog owner myself, I feel justified in writing to you. I am disgusted at the dog owner/s who walk their dog on Higher Ridings, constantly leaving excrement on the pavement. The dog
WHEN it comes to solving a maths problem, you can count on Scott Wilson. The clever Smithills School pupil has won an award after making it into the top six per cent of secondary school pupils in the UK Maths Challenge. The 14-year-old
A STUDENT who sought sanctuary in Bolton after he and his family fled Afghanistan to escape persecution by the Taliban has been deported. Immigration officers snatched teenage Satnam Gurwara, a Sikh Afghan asylum seeker, from his family, who had settled
A HOUSING company has lost its fight for alterations to a single-lane access road at a new, mothballed housing estate. Bovis Homes stopped work at Smithills Glade, off Moss Bank Way, when it discovered other landowners controlled access to the site.
GLASSES galore have been donated to the Royal Bolton Hospital for a charity mission to Africa. Nearly 1,500 pairs of spectacles have been handed in after an appeal was featured in The Bolton News. Eye specialist Paddy Gunn will travel
MOST teenagers spend their 16th birthday at the cinema or bowling alley with pals. But for Kirill Webster his special day will take him on a real “high” as he takes to the skies for his first solo flight. Kirill, a pupil at Turton High School, Bromley
A COURAGEOUS young woman who lost her fight with cancer has had her name immortalised at the hospital for which she raised tens of thousands of pounds. Gemma Feeney’s name appears in the Tree of Hope, which is made up of brass branches and leaves. It
GARY Megson has warned Wanderers they must not to read too much into Fulham’s form on the road. The Cottagers travel to the Reebok on Saturday without an away victory since the final day of last season. Despite the winless streak, the
Cardiff Devils 4 Phoenix 3 Manchester Phoenix travelled home from South Wales on Thursday night with nothing to show from their two games against the Cardiff Devils, having gone down 4-3. Speaking after the game, Phoenix player coach Tony Hand said
STUDENTS in fancy dress have been painting Bolton red to raise money for Comic Relief. About 50 Bolton Sixth Form students dressed as Superman, a sleep walker, the Blues Brothers, a pirate and in other costumes for a sponsored walk in the town centre
A LEADING Bolton company was part of an elite group of major exporters taken to a secret location to meet Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Leighs Paints directors, Paul Clayton and Roger Williams, met at a hotel in Manchester before being taken
I AM not sure that I understand all the questions that Mr Isherwood (Letters, March 5) is asking about the policy of Stop the War. But I hope the following will be of help. Yes, Stop the War and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament work closely together
GENEROUS readers of The Bolton News have donated cash and equipment to a riding school for disabled children, which was ransacked by thieves. A gang stole £20,000 worth of specially adapted leather saddles from Miller’s Nook Riding School in Lostock
I WRITE to show my distaste at the protests made by Muslims in Luton in which they held up banners slandering our brave soldiers. This is truly sickening, and the Bedfordshire Police should be ashamed of themselves for letting it go on. Our resolve
A BISHOP has called on parishioners to help fight crime and combat the scourge of costly metal thefts at Bolton’s churches. And residents living near the town’s holy buildings are being asked to join a new Church Watch scheme in response to
LEIGH boss Neil Kelly has warned his Centurions they will have to generate their own atmosphere when they kick off their league programme at Sheffield’s Don Valley Stadium on Sunday. Centurions go into the Eagles clash on the back of a 15-try demolition
I WAS not in the best of moods before I read the letter from Anthony Boddy, Recession to change this country forever (Letters, February 19) but after reading it, I was positively suicidal. Mr Boddy predicts doom and gloom for us all, with our towns and
I SALUTE the people of Luton for taking to the streets to applaud the achievements of the Royal Anglian Regiment in Iraq. It is appalling that their parade was marred by the words and actions of a stupid minority who abused them as they marched. The
ATHERTON LR take on FA Vase semi-finalists Glossop North End at Crilly Park tomorrow brimming with confidence after reaching their first major target of the season. Rovers showed their squad strength and resilience when they came from behind to beat
COMIC Relief captured the imagination of Bolton folk, as red nosed revellers dreamed up every conceivable way of raising cash for famine relief, in 1988. Bolton North Sixth Form College chose a manic sponsored bed push and our picture shows them in full
10 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, March 13, 1999 A MOTHER’S Day present almost ended up costing a woman more than £300 when she dropped the cash in the Market Hall. But a kindhearted shop assistant spotted the money and went out of her way to make
POLICE have carried out three raids in Little Hulton in connection with robberies in Bolton. Two people have been arrested and are due to be questioned by detectives. More soon.
DEPENDING on whether your glass is half full, or half empty, the two sides on view tomorrow are either embroiled in a relegation dogfight or dark horses in the race for Europe. There might be more glamorous fixtures in the Premier League calendar this
WHILST agreeing with Iain Camick about pubs facing closure due to the smoking ban (Letters, March 10), I have to add my twopenneth. If pubs had fitted adequate and reliable extractor fans years ago we would probably not be facing this situation
A CONTROVERSIAL new film shot entirely in Bolton for just £10,000 is causing a stir. Seeing Smoke is a feature-length production about a man falsely accused of abusing a young boy and the affect this has on the man’s life. The film is directed
IN response to the individual who contributed “British jobs policy would only backfire”, (Letters, March 2), I would be very interested to see the statistical evidence to support their claim that there is a larger exportation of British labour than importation
GARY Megson wants to raise the desperation stakes at the Reebok to ensure his side guarantee their Premier League survival. Wanderers host Fulham tomorrow looking to put considerable distance between themselves and the bottom three with a fourth successive
WANDERERS boss Gary Megson refuses to accept his side would be safe if they beat Fulham on Saturday. Should they emerge successful this weekend, the Whites would move on to 36 points – a total that has been enough to stave-off relegation in four of the
LEGENDARY boxing promoter Don King says he loves the people of Bolton and wants to visit the town that produced Amir Khan. The flamboyant American multi-millionaire was at the Radisson Edwardian Hotel in Manchester yesterday to promote his
WALSHAW and Ladybridge go head-to-head in the Under-13s final of the Lancashire FA County Cup tonight. The game is being held at Leyland’s County Ground and kicks-off at 7pm. All spectators are welcome.
WHEN will the UK Independence Party stop treating the people of Bolton as fools? Neil Johnson claims that UKIP MEPs oppose measures like the taxes on waste imposed by the EU Landfill Directive (Letters, March 3). This will come as a surprise to many
LEIGH Genesis will be hoping fate deals them a better hand when they travel to Bradford Park Avenue tomorrow. Injuries and suspensions left interim manager Lee Doherty with only 13 available players for Tuesday’s trip to Kendal Town where a 2-0 defeat
Residents in Deane are concerned after a second gas leak on their street in three months. Engineers attended the leak on Thistleton Road on Friday after reports from local residents that they could smell gas outside their homes. In December
STEVE Haslam is determined to make the most of his opportunity in the Shakers first-team by helping the team to promotion. The 29-year-old defender has spent the majority of the season on the sidelines, and his outing against Morecambe on Tuesday night
