BLACKBURN Rovers’ deputy chief executive Paul Hunt has been sacked after calling for Steve Kean's dismissal as manager. The 44-year-old, who worked for seven years as head of corporate sales at Wanderers, was dismissed after a letter he wrote in December
STUART Holden is confident Wanderers will succeed on survival Sunday – but has pledged his future to the club regardless of their plight. The US international will be one of the near 3,000 anxious visitors making their way to the Britannia
JUSSI Jaaskelainen has dropped the biggest hint yet that he will continue his long association with Wanderers and stay beyond this summer. The Big Finn, whose contract runs out in July, has slipped out of the first-team picture since his
TELEVISION viewers know him as Smug Roberts. Stand-up audiences know him as Smug Roberts. But Andy Wilkinson has a simple message to get across — he is not Smug Roberts. The 51 year-old earned the ironic name after facing down a chairperson in a meeting
A YOUNG shoe shop worker travelled to Africa to see first hand how her unwanted shoe appeal helped some of the world’s poorest people. Amy Coward, aged 23, who works at Clarks in Crompton Place, organised an appeal to collect unwanted shoes, recycle
BOLTON boxer Amir Khan has a new team in his corner. Absolute Media, based in Horwich, will be working with Amir to raise his profile and build up his brand. The former Light-Welterweight Champion of the World had hoped to win WBA and IBF titles when
YOUNGSTERS will enjoy a right Royal celebration to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. St Bartholomew’s CE Primary School in The Fairways, Westhoughton, will host the party on Friday, June 1, for 500 children from the school, along with pupils from St
THE date of May 3, 2012, could end up going down in infamy. I say this because, unfortunately, for the majority of people in Bolton, Labour still have a majority. I wonder how much damage Cllr Cliff Morris and his acolytes will cause to Bolton in the
ARE you funding long term care from your own finances? Whether your local council will be able to help you depends on where you live. According to a Which? report, more than half of local authorities in England and Wales don’t keep records of the people
WHAT is going on at the Royal Bolton Hospital? A couple of weeks ago we were informed that targets for waiting times in A&E and for consultant appointments had been missed and now we are told that the Royal Bolton will no longer be able to deal with
THE recent spate of horse deaths has prompted me to write this letter. A recent survey has found that a total of 420 horses have been raced to their deaths in recent years. This is further evidence of our out-dated class system lusting after money and
I WAS so pleased to read about St James Primary School, New Bury, being complimented on being brought back to the standard of teaching that is required. But I would like to say that Mr Bonner, who has been acting head for quite a long time, has worked
IT was great see the Lib Dems getting a good hiding in Bolton's local elections. This was only to be expected and I am sure they will lose out in more local elections. It is entirely their own fault, as before the last election Nick Clegg was coming
WITH reference to Trevor Bonfield’s letter “Check the facts” (April 13) it seems to me the truth hurts. I would like to point out to Mr Bonfield that it is not my fault that many of the Green Party/movement’s environmental policies are very similar to
WE strongly object to the new Tesco being built in Little Lever. Being a resident here we can foresee the implications it will have on the traffic and cause accidents to occur. There is already a Tesco in Little Lever selling exactly the same stuff
IN view of an unfortunate juxtaposition of my letter with a letter from Councillor Morris, I feel it is necessary to apologise to him. I wrote that letter some time ago when it appeared that the swimming session for the disabled on Thursday afternoons
JANE Lavender trots out the same tired old arguments we hear every election time as to why people should vote. While the actions of her great, great grandmother, who campaigned for the right of women to vote, should, of course, be applauded, Jane has
RE: Hospital Trust concerns. Recently I was in the Royal Bolton Hospital. I am 82-years-old and cannot fault the treatment I received. All the nursing staff are on the go all the time and nothing is too much trouble, despite the fact they are meeting
BOLTON’S new NHS bosses have promised to improve the town’s health at their first meeting. The borough’s new health board, Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has met for the first time after replacing the Primary Care Trust. And chairman of Bolton
THE Royal Bolton Hospital has been named as one of the nation’s top 40 hospitals. It made the shortlist for The CHKS 40 Top Hospitals scheme, which celebrates excellence in hospitals based on 23 performance indicators. These include safety, clinical
A HUGE amount of cash was seized during dawn drugs raids in Bolton. Officers from the tactical aid unit targeted three homes in morning raids in Heaton. At one house, in Park Road, they found £27,700 in cash and a small amount of drugs, believed to
BOLTON celebrities are getting behind the Wanderers ahead of their crucial game against Stoke City on Sunday. The team need to beat Stoke, and hope that Queens Park Rangers lose when they play Manchester City, in order to stay in the Premier League.
DRUG driving laws are to be toughened, just over a month after a speeding driver was jailed for killing his friend in a horror smash after drinking and taking cocaine People caught behind the wheel and under the influence of drugs could be jailed
LITERATURE, theatre and playwriting will be explored at a literary day at The Barlow Institute in Edgworth. Workshops and productions will be led by well-known local experts, including Octagon artistic director David Thacker, children’s literature
ARMED robbers who carried out a terrifying knife raid in the home of two elderly women have been jailed. The two women, aged 65 and 72, were subjected to the shocking ordeal at 1.35pm on July 29. Two of the robbers repeatedly stabbed
A STRIKE could affect Bolton’s health services, job centres, the courts, the university and colleges, and some transport networks. Tomorrow’s 24-hour strike is a protest at the Government’s pension plans, which unions claim make workers pay more
BOLTON women’s refuge Fortalice is breaking ties with the Amy Leigh Barnes Foundation because of a dispute over how funding is spent. The Amy Leigh Barnes Foundation (ALBF) was set up three years ago to help victims of domestic violence after
A DANCE school has been ransacked by thieves who stole thousands of pounds of equipment. Bolton Dance and Performing Arts College has only been at its new premises in Weston Street, Great Lever, for two weeks. It is believed burglars struck between
TRIBUTES have been paid to a man who died after being stabbed in Tyldesley. Police were called to a house in Rutland Road shortly after 3am on Monday. Officers found 23-year-old Stuart Smith with serious stab injuries. He was taken to hospital but died
BOLTON pasties have attracted an A-list celebrity fan. BBC Radio Two DJ Chris Evans has hailed the pastry products made by Carrs Pasties as “to die for” after sampling one at a celebrity charity golf event. The One Show presenter has even offered
TOP scorer Ivan Klasnic could be waving goodbye to the Reebok this summer – but he looks unlikely to take up Croatian club Rijeka on their offer of a deal next season. It seems likely that the 32-year-old hitman, who leads Wanderers’ scoring charts with
BACK in December, set against the stormy scene of a Lancashire derby at Ewood Park, I somehow became embroiled in an on-air argument with a former England boss about Wanderers’ ridiculous injury list. I’m not quite sure how I got myself into
