WIGAN Warriors boss Brian Noble has called on his men to back up their encouraging form with consistency as they prepare to visit fourth-place Wakefield Wildcats on Sunday afternoon. Noble is looking for his men to put together a winning run on the back
Amir Khan has admitted that he is not yet ready for lightweight king Juan Manuel Marquez. Khan, who flies out to Los Angeles this weekend to begin his preparations for his world title fight against Andreas Kotelnik at the O2 Arena on June 27, also reiterated
Francois du Plessis says James Anderson is up there with the world’s best after firing Lancashire to an eight-wicket victory in the County Championship match at Sussex on Friday. Anderson completed career best match figures of 11-109 from 51 overs,
STONECLOUGH swept aside Bolton County with a 4-2 win to march into the semi-final of the Atherton Charity Cup. But the Kearsley villagers did not have it all their own way as the Bolton side took an early lead thanks to a disputed penalty on five minutes
ELLIOTT Bennett has called for Bury to look after themselves before worrying about their rivals for League Two promotion. Victory over Gillingham on Saturday afternoon would put the fourth-placed Shakers in a strong position for automatic promotion
A BRONZE statue is to be erected as a memorial to the hundreds of miners who lost their lives in Bolton’s worst pit disaster. Westhoughton Town Council has commissioned Jane Robbins — the artist who created the Fred Dibnah statue in Bolton — to sculpt
STAFF at the Asda supermarket at Middlebrook have given a boost to patients at The Christie cancer hospital. They raised £520 from a sponsored walk at Rivington in February, which was boosted by an additional £330 from Asda’s Middlebrook store and the
A HERO firefighter is reaping the benefits of the thousands of pounds the people of Bolton raised for a fire service charity. Steve Morris suffered serious burns when he battled through flames in a bid to rescue a family from a house fire in Great Lever
A friend and a brother of a man found dead inside a Bolton flat have paid tribute to him. Patrick Floyd, aged 43, was found with a fatal stab wound inside the flat on Chapman Street, shortly after 7.40pm on Tuesday April 14. In a statement, Patrick's
A YOUNG radio star has been snapped up by Bolton FM. Former Canon Slade pupil, Carl Hartley, has forged a career in local radio — presenting shows on Lakeland Radio, Rugby FM and The Bay, in Lancaster. The 26-year-old has been tempted
A SOLDIER from Westhoughton has been on a gruelling training exercise in Kenya to prepare him for deployment to Afghanistan. Private James Edwardson, aged 21, is a combat medical technician with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He took
GREEN fingered youngsters are busy digging deep in their own herb and vegetable garden. Children from St Bede CE Nursery, Morris Green, have been given their own patch on the school allotment. Every week, four children are given the responsibility of
KEVIN Davies believes three points against Aston Villa will guarantee Wanderers’ Premier League safety. Back-to-back defeats at Portsmouth and Chelsea have left Gary Megson’s side casting a few nervous glances over their shoulders. They are six points
A TOWN council is searching for two local heroes. Westhoughton Town Council awards civic medals each year and is looking for nominations for this year’s awards. People who have provided more than 20 years’ service to Westhoughton in any field, such
BURGLARIES are still on the increase across Greater Manchester, despite an overall drop in crime. Quarterly crime figures released by Greater Manchester Police show that there were 751 more victims of domestic burglary between October and December, 2008
MARK Radcliffe finds it hard to believe that anyone would buy his book. The modest, Bolton-born radio DJ counts David Bowie among his friends and is one of the few people to have shared a cheese flan with Kate Bush. Now these exploits
A MILLIONAIRE businessman accused of attempted rape told a court that he and his alleged victim enjoyed rough sex. Anthony Atherton, known as David, told the court he had previously paid his alleged victim up to £500 for rough sex, and she
WOULD-BE thieves smashed a kitchen window but fled empty handed. The vandals struck at a house in Padbury Way, Breightmet, between 1.30pm on Sunday and 8am on Monday. They smashed the bottom corner of a window while trying to force it open but failed
MORRIS dancers will be in Horwich this weekend to celebrate St George’s Day. The Horwich Prize Medal Morris Men will take to the streets tomorrow for the annual St George’s parade. It will start at The Crown Hotel at 10.15am, moving to Brownlow Road
A STUDENT has reached his goal to raise the thousands of pounds needed to compete in the Deaflympics this summer. Paul Mills is a step closer to achieving his ambition to play for the Great Britain team after having raised the £3,000 necessary
Conservative councillors in Astley Bridge have organised a special meeting tonight to discuss changes to local bus timetables. The meeting has been organised by Cllrs John Walsh, Hilary Fairclough and Stuart Lever and will take place at the Starting
IN reply to Mr O’Connor concerning the design of a mini-roundabout in Green Lane (Letters, April 22), I would say this. If a bus or a lorry can negotiate it, any car driver who has difficulty must be totally incompetent. These roundabouts are designed
THE Royal Bolton Hospital has some of the best stroke services in the country, according to a national audit. New figures show the trust is fourth out of 214 participating hospitals in the report and second in the North West, behind Fairfield
ALISTAIR Darling is now going to put a tax rate of 50 per cent on all those who earn more than £100,000 per annum. Does this mean that MPs will be taxed at this rate? I ask because when the figures constantly show that our MPs are earning more than
HERE we go again — headlines: budget targets rich with new 50 per cent tax rate. What a laugh, the backbone of this country, who are lucky enough to have a job, must pay up even more to get their beer, cigs and petrol. The rich can wait a year to pay
I READ about Beaumont Road, Bolton, (Letters, April 15) with interest, and agree with the writer. As you can see from the picture used, the road was nearly empty, and when the photo was taken in 1964, it was known as the “Learners’ Road”. My father took
BOLTON is set to get more of a say in its own future after the Government announced it would be handing more power to the town and its neighbours. Chancellor Alistair Darling announced, as part of his budget speech to the House of Commons,
DANNY Shittu and Ricardo Gardner are making a late bid to prove their fitness in time to face Aston Villa. Gary Megson will make his final decision today on whether to include the pair in his squad, as Wanderers attempt to earn the three points that
WITH reference to Phil Platt (Letters, April 13) regarding a “grot spot” off Headingley Way, Great Lever. I am pleased to report this has now been cleaned up and the difference is amazing. I am not sure who is responsible for this — the council via
REGARDING the war on potholes: Higher Market Street, Farnworth, has not been resurfaced for quite some years between King Street and the Black Horse. The council resurfaced from Moses Gate to King Street, but has never improved the rest of the length
FURTHER to the recent letters in The Bolton News, I would like to mention that Scouts across the country celebrate St George’s Day on the nearest Sunday to April 23. This year, Bolton East and Bolton North Districts are holding their annual parade at
I WOULD like to take this opportunity to “thank” the person who found my handbag on the B&Q car park on Saturday, April 11. Shame you couldn’t have handed it in to the staff there. But don’t worry, within half an hour of losing it, my credit and debit
POLICE swooped on three suspected drug dens in early morning raids. Officers targeted three homes in Oxford Grove, Beatrice Road and Lawn Street, Brownlow Fold, at 6.45am. They smashed through windows in the co-ordinated operation targeting
IT gave me a little amusement to notice that Mr Malcolm Pittock is now using the more accommodating “international humanitarian law” since I reminded him that he had misquoted the Nuremberg Declaration. His letter (Letters, April 16) is quite wrong when
THE number of unemployed people in Greater Manchester rose by six per cent to 76,100 last month. The rate of growth slowed when compared to the 12.5 per cent increase seen between January and February. Vacancies reported to the area’s Jobcentre Plus
POLICE and fire officers have now lifted a safety cordon put in place after a fire in Louisa Street, Halliwell. Officers were called to the area by the fire service at about 9.45pm last night. A garage containing what was thought to
BINGO hall chains such as Bolton-based Buckingham Bingo have been hit by tax rises from Chancellor Alistair Darling’s budget. Despite VAT on playing bingo and other forms of gaming being scrapped, any gain was more than wiped out by a rise in bingo duty
COMPANY boss Chris Houghton swapped his business suit for chain mail, helmet and shield to celebrate St George’s Day in style yesterday. He spent hundreds of pounds recreating an authentic English knight’s mediaeval costume, including metal helmet, cross
aerospace leaders in the North West met yesterday to discuss progress of an £8 million programme to improve competitiveness in the industry supply chain. Nearly 150 representatives from all the major firms met in Preston to see how their Aerospace Supply
BARCLAYS Bank has also announced its intention to increase its lending by £11 billion to homeowners and businesses this year, a rise of six per cent on loan balances at the end of last year. The increase will be split equally between the housing market
THIS is the first behind-the barriers glimpse of work on Bolton Community College’s new £67 million campus. An aerial photograph shows how work at the Deane Road site is now well under way. The college, which is currently based in Manchester
DANNY Williams’ last-gasp winner means FC United will go into tomorrow’s nailbiting final day of the season knowing victory will all but guarantee them a play-off place. The super sub’s scrambled 89th-minute strike at title-chasing Ilkeston, coupled
FORMER Bolton Golf Association president David Wallace has died after a long illness, aged 61. He was a lifelong member of Old Links Golf Club, where he was captain in 1987 and president in 2001 and 2002. Wallace was a well known and highly respected
Leigh 16 Featherstone 30 NEIL Kelly’s Centurions scored two late tries to give Featherstone a run for their money last night. But it came too late to prevent the Yorkshire side claiming a victory that put them second in the Championship. The match
A NEW award has been launched by Barclays Bank aimed at seeking out people who turn their lives around by starting a new business. The bank is searching for men and women to enter its Government-backed Barclays Trading Places Awards, which recognises
FOLLOWING the programme, Panorama “May Contain Nuts” on Monday, April 20, which highlighted the importance of health and safety in the workplace, UNISON would like to take this opportunity to raise the awareness of Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28.
PREMIER League loan star John Welsh believes Bury are more than capable of winning their final two games of the season and securing promotion to League One. The 25-year-old midfielder, who is on loan at Gigg Lane from Hull City, has been impressed with
THREE wickets, including two in one over, from left-arm spinner Gary Keedy gave Lancashire a good chance of beating Sussex in their County Championship opener at Hove. The Red Rose county, who can thank James Anderson for another impressive display with
YOUNGSTERS at a Farnworth primary school took on the roles of world leaders. The Year Six pupils from Queensbridge Primary School were taking part in the Big Read initiative, which aims to promote reading around the world. Eight of the
10 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, April 24, 1999 TWO people were shot on the outskirts of Horwich this afternoon as two raiders tried to escape after an armed robbery in Lancashire. A woman motorist was also taken hostage as the two armed
POLICE are scouring CCTV footage in a bid to catch the yobs who defaced a tribute to Fred Dibnah in Bolton town centre. The sculpture, an 8ft tribute to the Bolton-born steeplejack who died in 2004, was targeted by vandals earlier this week. They covered
I DON’T know if the great JG Ballard ever visited Bolton during the later years of his life, or if occasionally he surfed the worldwide web and came across happenings in our town, chronicled daily by staff on this publication. There is no earthly reason
TURTON High School lost 50 years of teaching experience in August 1980. For as well as the departure of headmaster Mr John Rudd, whose retirement was reported in the Evening News, English teacher Mr Harry Lomax, from Turton also left before
FIRST we had “pay as you go” mobile phones. Now Rivington and Adlington Brass Band is to stage a series of “pay as you go” concerts. The events let the audience choose how much to pay for a ticket, depending on how much they liked the performance.
PERENNIAL Bolton Association strugglers Adlington and Golborne are hoping to build on promising starts to the season when they clash at Simpson Fields on Saturday. Both teams sprang opening day shocks, with Adlington beating 2007 title winners Edgworth
GARY Megson hopes Gary Cahill, Gavin McCann and Jlloyd Samuel will emerge as heroes and not villains when they face their former club on Saturday. The trio of old boys have failed to impress in three previous appearances against Aston Villa
