A FOUR-year-old boy has been taken to hospital after being injured in a crash involving three cars. The smash happened on De Havilland Way in Horwich near to the junction of Lostock Lane at 6.45pm. The boy, a back seat passenger of a
WHEN you count the likes of Axl Rose and Chrissie Hynde amongst your fans, you know you’re doing something right, and 10CC certainly did things right. The original band might have split up some time ago, but their music just had to be kept alive, and
From time to time we read about how badly our local hospital is doing ; no problem about that ! It is useful to receive outside 'assessments' and 'advice' if things remain persistently unsatisfactory or sub-standard. Curiously the criteria
OWEN Coyle reckons Kevin Davies is coming into top form at the perfect time to save Wanderers’ season. Hailing his in-form skipper, who scored both goals at Sunderland, the Whites boss insists the 35-year-old can patch himself up and lead the line against
SAM Ricketts believes the point gained at Sunderland could yet prove priceless in the relegation run-in. Kevin Davies’s brace ensured Owen Coyle’s men didn’t come back empty-handed from the Stadium of Light, even though the balance of play suggests they
OWEN Coyle is calling on Wanderers fans to pull together and roar the Whites on to safety. Victory in Wednesday night’s crucial home clash with Spurs would see the Whites pull clear of the relegation zone with two games to play. And after hailing the
MIRACLE man Fabrice Muamba took to Twitter at the weekend to thank fans for their support and to support his teammates. It is the first time the Wanderers star has tweeted since his collapse during Bolton’s FA Cup quarter-final at Tottenham
A RESCUE package is being drawn up in a bid to keep open Bolton’s Remploy site. The electronics factory, in Manchester Road, which employs 42 disabled people, is due to close after the Government announced last month that it was axing subsidies
CANCER sufferers and their families can get information about local services on a new Facebook page. Bolton Cancer Patients and Carers Consultative Group has launched a Facebook page where people can find out about services, support and treatment
A WATCHDOG has slammed Bolton Council for “significant failings” in its planning procedures — which led to a £31,500 compensation payout. The council is having to make the payment to one resident after his neighbour was wrongly granted planning
A BOLTON nightclub facing a licensing review for disorder has brought in new doorstaff, many of whom have military or police backgrounds. The new staff at Vogue in Bradshawgate say they will focus on calming rather than aggravating problems.
TWOmen snatched a dog tied up outside a shop in Little Hulton because they felt sorry for it, magistrates in Manchester were told. John Armstrong, aged 22, and John Gorman, aged 39, thought 18-month-old Scooby had looked dishevelled, said their
THE parents of a teenager who died with his best friend in a road accident have opened a new relatives’ room in Royal Bolton Hospital. Jonathan Sharples and Daniel Harrison were killed when the Ford Ka they were travelling in struck a tree in
A YOUNG Post Office worker who cheated her bosses out of £8,000 has been spared jail. Leanne Chrystal, aged 20, of Peel Street, Bolton, used the computer system at a Wigan sub-post office to steal the cash over eight months before she was caught
DAMAGE worth tens of thousands of pounds was caused when a BMW overturned and crashed into five new Mercedes on a forecourt in Bolton. The driver of the white BMW is believed to have lost control in Blackburn Road, at 2am on Saturday. As
IF Wanderers are going to drag themselves out of this mess then they might want to take a leaf out of the book of their battle-hardened skipper, or a fearless young man nearly half his age. Kevin Davies has been here before. He knows the score. And he
