RELEASED while Dennis is out on a UK tour with Andy Fairweather Low, this is amazingly his first solo album recorded in a proper studio. As the lead singer with Dr Hook, Dennis was part of one of the most successful bands of the 70’s and 80’s, and
AHEAD of their re-master and reissue campaign of their entire back catalogue, American Progressive Metal band Savatage has released a 2CD anthology. Featuring re-mastered classics and new acoustic versions of three tracks recorded by main man Jon Oliva
FOLLOWING his series about China and India, Paul Merton has been casting his eye on some of our European neighbours in this 2CD release. The recent six-part Channel Five series took out intrepid explorer to Germany, Ireland, Italy, France and Spain
WATERLOGGED pitches forced the postponement of Atherton LR’s home game against St Helens Town in the Vodkat NW Counties Premier Division, and the First Division derby between Daisy Hill and Atherton Collieries. LR travel to bottom club Ashton Athletic
A TEENAGE girl was raped after being dragged into an alley in Farnworth last night. The 16-year-old victim was walking along Fern Street at about 10pm when a stranger grabbed her. As detectives continued to interview the girl today in an effort to
TRADE unionists have stepped up their fight against plans to transfer Bolton’s council housing stock. They have organised a public meeting to discuss what they say are the pitfalls of the proposed transfer. The Future of Housing in Bolton
A TEENAGE yob who drove a woman from her home with a torrent of homophobic abuse has been jailed. Jordan Greer, aged 18, was found guilty of using threatening, abusive or insulting words with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress at
THE Mayor and Mayoress of Bolton, Cllr Norman Critchley and his wife, Delyse, will attend the unveiling on Monday of a memorial to a community campaigner. The stone, on land in The Haulgh, is a tribute to Walter Scott, who died last year and campaigned
YOUNGSTERS skipped, skipped and skipped for charity! Classmates at Ladybridge Primary took part in a skipathon in aid of the British Heart Foundation. And on Wednesday the whole school took to the playground to skip for as long as they could. Teacher
YOUNGSTERS at a Farnworth nursery have spent the week raising money for Bolton’s year-long Marie Curie appeal. High Meadows Day Nursery’s fundraising culminated in Mini Pots of Care Day, which saw youngsters decorate pots containing daffodils, the charity
PEOPLE in Bolton are being given the chance to grill Conservative leader David Cameron next week. The Tory leader will be in town next Friday for the Cameron Direct event, in which he will answer unprepared questions set by residents on the
LITTLE Michaela Ashworth still wakes up every day with a smile on her face — despite needing surgery to correct a rare life-threatening heart defect. Doctors discovered eight-month-old Michaela’s problem during a scan about three weeks before
DRUG users in Bolton are putting their lives in peril by experimenting with a new “legal high”. The use of mephedrone, more commonly found in plant food, is worrying public health experts as little is known about the dangers it poses.
MILLIONS of pounds worth of work to repair Bolton’s crumbling road network will start tomorrow. Last month, Bolton Council’s Executive agreed to spend an extra £3 million to tackle the significant increase in the number of potholes and general
