CRICKET: Andrew Flintoff has turned down the England and Wales Cricket Board’s offer of an incremental contract and instead plans to travel the world as a freelance player. The all-rounder retired from Test cricket at the end of the Ashes series but,
MARTIAL ARTS: Karate and kickboxing specialist Jordan Band reached the final of the sport’s US Open in Florida. The 14-year-old purple-belt, who trains at the North West Warriors gym in the former police station on Castle Street, Bolton, was up against
FOOTBALL: Bolton Under-15s failed to make a winning start to their Greater Manchester Schools’ League campaign when they went down 9-3 to rivals Bury at Harper Green School. The first half was evenly contested with Bury having the better of the early
CRICKET: South African Hendro Puchert has been confirmed as Clifton’s professional for 2010, replacing Adil Nisar who has moved to Farnworth. Hendro deputised for Nisar when he went back to Pakistan for personal reasons in April and took four wickets
RADCLIFFE Borough threw away a two-goal lead to be defeated 4-2 at Garforth Town in UniBond Division One North tonight. Mark Drew and Tom Brooks put Boro 2-0 up after just 13 minutes, but the home side roared back through Darren Thornton (2), Luke Woodall
CYCLE SPEEDWAY: Astley & Tyldesley enjoyed a superb 95-45 win over Heckmondwike in a Northern League encounter at Gin Pit. For the second Sunday running, Heckmondwike could field only four riders and the outcome was never in doubt. For A&T, both Dariusz
A CONTROVERSIAL pole dancing school is moving premises — because business is booming. Jess Norris, aged 16, converted her parents’ living room into a fitness studio with four poles and runs classes on week nights and Saturday afternoons. Neighbours
A TRAFFIC campaigner has become so disgruntled with Bolton Council that he is going to stand as a candidate in next year’s local elections. Mark Campion, of Blenheim Road, Breightmet, is taking action because his pleas for extra traffic calming
THE man behind a Facebook group set up following an illegal rave in Rivington claims police cannot stop it happening again. John Thompson, aged 17, helped revellers to get past a police road block into the event on Saturday night. More
PSYCHIATRIC staff at the Royal Bolton Hospital knew there was a risk of a patient harming himself while on home leave, an inquest jury has ruled. Retired lecturer Michael O’Hara hanged himself while at home on the day he was due to return to
FIVES Athletic hammered Beechfield United 4-1 to pick up their first victory of the season in Division One of the Manchester League. Fives had the better of the play and were well worth their half-time lead thanks to a goal from Matt Little. Fives continued
HUNDREDS of local people took part in the Bolton Evening News Sponsored Summer Slim-In, in August 1979, to raise cash for hospital equipment in the fight against asthma. Slimming clubs, firms and individuals acquired sponsors to help us raise
A man has been arrested in connection with a knifepoint robbery on a taxi driver in Astley Bridge. A 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of robbery on Wednesday September 9. At about 1.45am on Sunday September 6, a man got into a taxi in
10 YEARS AGO From the Evening News September 15, 1999 TWO multi-million pound out-of-town shopping schemes which could create 800 new jobs could fail to get further than Bolton’s planning councillors tomorrow. They are a £35 million shopping and
1649: Titus Oates, English Anglican priest and fabricator of the “Popish Plot” in 1678, was born. 1830: At the official opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, Britain’s first railway fatality occurred when MP William Huskisson stepped from
AS a boy, Lee Harris was convinced he could take a lesson better than his teacher. Now, as the head of a newly opened Bolton academy school, his track record suggests he was correct. Mr Harris has the top job at the new St Catherine’s CE Academy in
A NATIONAL stop smoking campaign which features a Bolton boy has been officially launched. Cole Lonsdale appears in new TV adverts and on posters designed to encourage parents to quit smoking. It is hoped that the 10-year-old’s thoughts
A BOLTON-based healthcare business, which already exports to 46 countries, has set up a new unit to expand down under. Vernacare, which makes infection prevention and human waste disposal products, now has a dedicated business section to expand its business
THE women behind the successful Bright Futures nurseries in Little Hulton and Green Lane, Bolton, have opened up another business. Debi Douglas and Angela Bibby have set up the Total Impact Training and Conference Centre in a large building at the back
A BOLTON-born baker has risen to the top of his profession in the industry’s equivalent of the Oscars. Colin Lomax, who learned his trade at Greenhalgh’s and Hampsons, received the British Baker Special Award for Services to the Industry at the annual
TWO local beer festivals are going ahead despite the recession — thanks to the generosity of local businesses. The Edgworth Real Ale Festival is back for its fourth year later this month, and will be followed by the Bolton Beer Festival at the Bolton
The families of two teenagers who died following a collision in Bolton have paid tribute to them. Jade Pickering, aged 16, and Atishia Guye, known as Tia, also 16, died after the car they were travelling in collided with a coach on Sunday.
AFTER a near washout of the fixtures in the opening week, it got much better over the weekend. Dobbies B have a 100 per cent record in Division One, but they left it late in their 2-1 victory over Daten on Sunday. Daten scored in the first half and Dobbies
STONECLOUGH will have revenge in mind when they take on Rochdale Sacred Heart in the second round of the Lancashire Amateur Shield next month. The West Lancashire League side beat Collegiate Old Boys 3-1 on Saturday to set up a repeat of last season’
A TEENAGER has been arrested in connection with robbery of a taxi driver at knife point. Officers arrested a 19-year-old in Heaton on Thursday on suspicion of robbery following an appeal in The Bolton News last week. He has been bailed pending further
POACHERS who use cruel and illegal methods to kill deer are being hunted by police. Twelve poaching incidents have been reported in Rivington, Belmont and Anglezarke over the last year, and police say the problem will increase as the Christmas season
IN response to a resident’s concerns over the provision of weekend cover for Bolton at Home customers with stairlifts, we are happy to clarify that support is in place 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week, 365 days-a-year. Customers who need to report any
IT IS interesting to learn that there are at least two strong supporters of Deborah Dunleavy’s campaign to take over as MP for Bolton North. Yet it seems that, in their eyes, no critical comment is to be tolerated. In reply to Ms Kirk Robinson, I
ON the Your Views page on Wednesday, September 9, we carried a photograph of George Formby with his wife Beryl and a man we said was Grand Theatre musical director Joe Hill, the name written on the back of the picture. We would like to thank the several
FRED Shawcross, in his column on Friday, gave an excellent précis of the modern problem facing us, namely the vicious circle of inbreeding and cultivation of degeneration within society. I am not sure, however, if his proposed solution of the signed
THE death of the five-year-old boy who was shot in the head while playing in a garden with his family and friends is a terrible tragedy. But how many more tragic deaths, serious injuries and lucky escapes are we going to read about before all guns are
A STUNNING hat-trick from Gaz Whiteside helped Bolton Wyresdale pick up their first victory of the season in the Lancashire Amateur League. Whiteside, back at the club after a brief spell at Turton, celebrated his call-up to the interleague squad with
I AM in total agreement with every excellent, intelligent word written by Andrew Fraser, “Angered by garage ‘hats off’ idea” (September 14). For a garage, or anyone else for that matter, to assume religious headgear is okay, yet other forms of protective
I RECENTLY returned to driving after six years, following a stroke. I had to learn to drive in a different way with an adapted car. The accelerator is on the left and I have a ball to operate the steering wheel, with the controls from the steering
THE Government is proposing radical reforms to the support offered to the elderly in need of care. The Government says pensioners cost £14.7 billion in 2007 and it wants to divert pensioners’ state benefits to pay for their care. A green paper —
NO team was ever relegated and no team ever won the championship in the first month of the season — but that didn’t make it any less crucial that the Wanderers won at Portsmouth on Saturday. With no points from three games it was no surprise
DID they listen about Bolton Market Hall? No! Did they listen about the swimming pool? No! Will they listen about Cutacre? No! Once again, Bolton Council will sell its soul and our land to the developers — who will drain the blood
I WOULD like to share my anger, upset and disappointment at the decision made by the headmistress of my son’s school. This week he came home with a letter regarding the harvest festival. To my horror, the letter stated that she would like the children
A PENSIONER is believed to have strangled his wife and then hanged himself. Police were called to Whiteside Avenue, Hindley, at 5pm on Thursday following reports of concerns by neighbours for the welfare of the two residents. The bodies of John Darbyshire
GARY Cahill has been challenged to show he is the complete package by adding more goals to his game. The Wanderers centre-half’s stock has never been higher after being drafted into the England squad by Fabio Capello and scoring a last-minute
LANCASHIRE'S chances of winning the Pro40 League Division Two title are all but over after Monday night’s 27-run defeat at the hands of Glamorgan at Cardiff. Chasing 220 to win, the Lightning, who almost certainly had to win their last two games to stand
ATHERTON LR go into their FA Cup first qualifying round replay at Congleton Town with the incentive of knowing they can secure a home tie in the next round. The winners of Tuesday night’s all-Vodkat NW Counties League tie will entertain the winners of
CHILDREN are using flower power to raise money for the Marie Curie Nurses Appeal. Youngsters from primary schools across Bolton will contribute to the campaign, which has a target of £200,000, by nurturing daffodils into bloom. The charity, which is
A HUGE haul of fake DVDs and CDs was seized when police and trading standards officers raided a shop in Bolton. Officers took away thousands of counterfeit discs, believed to be worth tens of thousands of pounds, in large plastic bags when they swooped
BOLTON-born Radio 1 star Sara Cox has announced she is pregnant with her third child — via social networking site Twitter. The 34-year-old DJ, who already has two children — one-year-old Isaac and four-year-old Lola — also told listeners that her and
BOLTON shied away from tabling a bid to become the UK capital of culture because senior figures felt the town “was not quite ready”. But Bolton Council says it will give it its best shot once regeneration projects have been completed by 2013
THE credit crunch has claimed one of the oldest restaurants in Bolton town centre, which has called in the receivers following a significant drop in customers. Italian restaurant Tiggis has been a familiar face in Bradshawgate for the past
A SCHOOLBOY who was struck by a car as he tried to cross a busy road in Westhoughton remained in a critical condition last night. Kristien Dunnington, aged 11, was hit by a Renault Clio in Wigan Road, near the junction with Wearish Lane, at
BUS drivers picketed outside their depot as they staged a second day of strikes. Passing car drivers beeped their horns and gave the thumbs-up gesture in support as more than 60 First bus drivers refused to work for the second time in four
MATT Taylor has urged Wanderers to push on after finally banishing their away day blues at his old club Portsmouth. The Whites claimed their first win on the road since November 2008 and their first three points of the season thanks to Gary Cahill’s
