CALL it blind faith or send for the strait-jacket, but I have looked into my crystal ball and can see us getting out of this mess by going unbeaten until the end of the season. Yes, I appreciate this is a big call to make considering what we
NATHAN Blake has urged Wanderers to persevere with skipper Kevin Davies if they want to win their fight against relegation. After watching his former club draw blanks in their last two games against Fulham and Newcastle United, the former
Bolton-based independent telecommunications company Comms Consult, has completed an installation of the Mitel 5000 Communications Platform (CP) for personal injury specialist firm, Bott & Co in Wilmslow, Cheshire. Requiring a system which offered a
A BOLTON telecoms firm has become the sponsor of the SME of the Year category in this year’s Bolton and Bury Business Awards. Comms Consult is an award-winning communications consultancy which designs, supplies and installs a range of communication
RESIDENTS have launched a battle to stop a housing estate being built on green land near their homes. Peel Holdings have submitted a planning application to build 191 houses on Spen Moor, on the border of Radcliffe and Bury. The site
I AM not ashamed to admit that I have shed a tear to some Hollywood Blockbusters in my time. But when I (and a friend who came with me) were holding back the tears at more than one point in Marco Players' One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest you know the
retirement from the Mayor’s Office at the end of March I was overwhelmed by the kindness of friends and colleagues and I would like to say thank you for the wonderful gifts and good wishes. During my service with the council, I was fortunate
THANK you Mr Crook (“Well done over Moss Bank Park”, April 16). A lot of effort is going into this park of late. It is being achieved by the council, staff and volunteers and it shows. Shortly, the rock garden will be reopened — it has long
IN the council chamber and in The Bolton News, Tory councillor Martyn Cox has pointed out that the Labour Party does not have a monopoly on compassion and he is right. It is interesting, however, that he does associate compassion with Labour.
A LASTING tribute will be made to a dedicated youth worker who helped to change the lives of hundreds of young people. Christine Partington, aged 66, spent many years working and volunteering with the Wellfield Project, in Deane, before she
A MILL will be “burned” 200 years after a town’s landmark was destroyed by rebels. A three-day festival will take place this weekend to mark the 200th anniversary of the burning of Westhoughton Mill. A year long research project has taken place
RESIDENTS who live near a death crash accident blackspot will be given a speed camera by police so they can keep an eye on motorists who drive too fast. The stretch of the A666 Bolton Road between Bolton and Darwen was the scene of a triple
ON the 60th anniversary of Nat Lofhouse’s famously brave goal for England — which earned him the nickname the Lion of Vienna — Wanderers fans will raise funds for a statue of the Wanderers legend by walking from Preston North End’s ground
HUNDREDS of parents were left disappointed after they failed to get their child into their firstchoice primary school. More than 500 children missed out on their first choice school and 170 did not get into any of their three choices. Education
BOLTON has elected its youngest youth MP. And 11-year-old Lydia Wolstenholme, from Astley Bridge, has big plans to improve things in the town. Record numbers of young people — 14,620 — voted in the elections as to who would represent them for
AN elderly man suffered burns to his hands and elbow after a blaze broke out when he fell asleep with a pan of food on the cooker. The 80-year-old was woken by his smoke alarms after the pan caught fire. He tried to move the pan but spilt
MORE than £2 million worth of drugs has been seized from Bolton’s streets in the past nine months. Police have also taken more than £700,000 in cash from suspected criminals since the Bolton Residents Against Drugs (BRAD) campaign was launched
UNEMPLOYMENT leaves many people devastated. But being out of work for Chris Byrne was a catalyst to launch his own firm, Aspiration Blinds. Now, the 37-year-old has launched his blind and shutter business, complete with a website, and says trade
RE, expanding “The Bonk” nature reserve. The welcome news that Westhoughton’s Hall Lee Bank Park has become a new nature reserve is very good news for the area. As the main wildlife corridor through what is now a largely developed area, it emphasises
PUBLISHING the tanker drivers’ possible earnings of £45,000 a year was done to turn opinion against them, ie they can’t grumble earning that much. After causing chaos by only threatening to strike, they should hire Max Clifford as their union
THE Bolton News stated on April 13 that the Royal Bolton Hospital’s accident and emergency department was not meeting the target of seeing a patient within four hours’ waiting time. You also stated that the Bolton Walk-in Centre was included
YOUNG unemployed people have been challenged to prove they are not lazy — by signing up to a new course to help them find work. Under the slogan “Wakey, Wakey — someone as talented as you really ought to be working” the campaign by Bolton charity
A BLAZE ripped through the roof of a house after a cannabis farm caught fire. Neighbours escaped from their homes in Tig Fold Road, Farnworth, at 7.10pm on Tuesday. The occupier of the semidetached house was out when the blaze took hold. The
AN angry lover smashed the window of a car belonging to a man his partner was having an affair with. Bolton Magistrates’ Court heard Wayne Whalley had gone to watch football and was expected home at 7pm on March 31. But he returned home an
ONE of the most popular sporting events in the North West will double up as a celebration of the Queen’s Jubilee and the Olympic Games. Horwich Racing Festival gets under way on June 14 and to celebrate the memorable year, organisers are appealing
