A MOMENT of magic from Hatem Ben Arfa swung the game for Newcastle United and may have done untold damage to Wanderers' survival hopes. Owen Coyle had set his side out to contain at St James' Park, and after 73 minutes the gameplan had worked perfectly
KEVIN Davies starts at Newcastle United as one of three changes made to the side that lost to Fulham on Saturday. The skipper makes his first appearance in Owen Coyle's Premier League starting 11 since February 11, replacing David Ngog up front. Chris
MARCOS Alonso had a day to forget against Fulham – but Owen Coyle has backed his young defender to learn from the experience. After finishing the previous weekend’s game at Wolves with his first goal in English football, Damien Duff ensured there was
DAVID Wheater can’t wait to lock horns with Newcastle United’s terrible twosome Papiss Cisse and Djemba Ba. Considering Wanderers had just been completely undone by Fulham, the ex-Middlesbrough centre half's words ahead of his return to the North East
WHAT a fantastic budget for the people of this country! The Chancellor of the Exchequer has been really wonderful helping everyone, as I am sure you will all agree. The government will cut £10 billion from the Welfare Bill — well they only pay
GRETAR Steinsson is poised for a recall as Owen Coyle tries to muster an immediate response from his side at Newcastle United. The Icelandic defender is likely to come in at right-back, with Marcos Alonso making way from the back four that finished the
I WRITE to ask you to convey my thanks and those of All Ranks of 159 (Colenso) Battery Royal Artillery to the people of Bolton, Bury and Westhoughton who have donated items to be placed into gift boxes sent to us during our six month deployment to Afghanistan
I AM working in the community providing a service to residents in the Bolton area who are hard of hearing and have, or need, a NHS hearing aid. The project is in conjunction with The Royal Bolton Hospital’s audiology department and Action on Hearing Loss
YOUR correspondent Mr O’Connor (The Bolton News, April 5) clearly subscribes to the doghandler school of childrearing. You know, the sort of people who still believe that children, wives and carpets should be beaten regularly. The question he and his
VOTERS in Bolton are being warned time is running out to register to vote in the local elections. This year’s election will be held on May 3 but the deadline to register to vote, or to apply for a postal vote, is on April 18. And would-be
ARTWORK by Bolton Hospice patients is going on show in a new exhibition at Bolton Museum. To celebrate the hospice’s 20th anniversary, the exhibition is looking back over the past two decades, whilst showcasing work from cur- rent and former
ARSONISTS target- ed a derelict Victori- an pub — just days after plans were submitted to build 13 homes and a con- venience store on the site. Firecrews from Hor- wich and Bolton Cen- tral were called to the blaze inside the for- mer Greenwood Arms,
A MAN is “lucky to be alive” after his car crashed into two trees on Crompton Way. The road was closed for an hour after the smash, at 2.10am on Sunday. The man, in his 20s, is thought to have lost control of the Seat he was driving on the corner of
SCHOOLS in Bolton could close as teaching unions voted to step up industrial action over pensions, pay and work loads. The National Union of Teachers (NUT) passed a resolution at its annual conference in Torquay, seeking fresh walkouts as early
A MAN was left with burns to his hands after trying to put out a blaze in his living room. Firefighters are urging people not to try to put out fires them- selves but to dial 999 and evacu- ate the building. The 29-year-old man suffered minor burns
A GRANDMOTHER, a teenage boy and a 10- year-old girl had to be rescued from Riving- ton Pike in three separate walking accidents. Bolton Mountain Rescue Team were called out to Rivington Pike twice on Good Friday and once on Easter Saturday
MIRACLE man Fabrice Muamba is set to be told this week he can resume his football career with Bolton Wanderers. The astonishing news comes just three weeks after the 24-year-old midfielder suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch at Tottenham
NIGEL Reo-Coker wants defeat to Fulham to be a wake-up call for Wanderers in their relegation fight. The wheels fell off in spectacular style for Owen Coyle’s side on Saturday, when they were beaten soundly 3-0 by Fulham after three consecutive victories
OUTSIDE the Reebok, the loving tributes from fans around the country to Fabrice Muamba are showing signs of wilting – but Wanderers must make sure their fight against the drop doesn’t go the same way. Three weeks on from the raw emotion that followed
