ALI Al-Habsi says his heart will be with Wanderers when they look to beat the survival odds on Sunday. The Oman international goalkeeper will be turning out at the DW Stadium for Wigan Athletic this weekend, having helped the Latics stage a miraculous
A BOLTON firm has won a top business award. Archive Solutions, based at Swan Lane Mill, Higher Swan Lane, Bolton received the Best Newcomer accolade at the City of Manchester Business Awards. It comes as the document storage and management firm announced
The Amir Khan fight has been cancelled but were you due to attend? If so, we want to hear from you. Call 01204 537270.
STACEY Kent never expected to become a musician, let alone a platinum selling jazz singer. As an American language student working towards a Masters degree in comparative literature, Stacey moved to Europe. In Oxford she met Jim Tomlinson - the man
RORY Bremner will make his first visit to Bolton on May 17, and the impressionist will be joined by a few friends. Jazz singer Ian Shaw and comedian Jo Caulfield will share the stage with Rory, in what the Mock The Week star describes as something
A MOTHER who feared for her own and her daughter’s life if they were deported to Bangladesh has won her fight to stay in Bolton. Farida Yeasmin, who has thyroid cancer, fled Bangladesh in 2006 after she says she endured years of abuse at the hands of
CAN’T Owen Coyle get it into his head that Ngog is not an out and out striker — yet he still plays him as one? Klasnic, who happens to be our top goalscorer, is sitting on the bench and is put on for the last 20 minutes. Klasnic must start on Sunday
I had never heard of the North West Infidels (NWI) until the report in The Bolton News (May 8). The story said 50 of them held a demonstration in Churchgate, whilst 100 members of Unite Against Fascism (UAF) held a counter demonstration in the town
THIS is an open letter to the players of Bolton Wanderers Football Club. Well, it is now down to one game. One game to preserve this club’s place in the Premier League. One game to show the Bolton fans that you have got what it takes to keep this club
A MIDWIFE who has delivered thousands of babies has won a prestigious national award. Carole Waterhouse, who works at the Royal Bolton Hospital, has been named the British Journal of Midwifery’s Community Midwife of the Year by the British Journal of
I NEVER thought I would ever say this, but Mr R Swindells is right in his summing up of our education system. I have supported Labour for most of my life, but that doesn’t mean that I agree with all that they have done. The comprehensive system has
why was there no end of season walkabout by our team after the match on Sunday at the Reebok? I think it is disgusting and a total letdown for all the fans who supported the team through thick and this season. We are the ones who have been there all
CLLR John Walsh OBE again spouts rubbish. The health watch dog monitor has raised serious concerns about the Royal Bolton Hospital Trust. How does he expect Cllr Morris and his board to get the hospital out of this mess when it his Cllr Morris and his
BOLTON Wanderers can avoid the drop according to the town’s leading figures. The Whites are facing a relegation crunch match on Sunday — the last day of the football season. The team must beat Stoke — and Queens Park Rangers must lose to Manchester
AN alcoholic died in Bolton town centre from health problems linked to his drinking, an inquest heard. Craig Morris, aged 40, of St Helens Road, Daubhill, drank up to nine pints of cider a day towards the end of his life and had been warned that his
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build homes on the site of a vandalised disused pub have been recommended for approval by Bolton Council planning officers. An application for 13 homes, a two-storey building with a convenience store and other uses at the site
BOLTON-born presenter Vernon Kay is to host a new sport-meets-entertainment TV show with a £100,000 prize. Sporting teams from across the UK will battle it out in front of a panel of celebrity pundits from the worlds of showbusiness and sport. Over
A VULNERABLE woman who was being cared for in a local authority-run home was repeatedly locked in her room by Bolton Council support workers, a court has been told. The woman, who suffers from a rare genetic disorder and has a history of self-harm, was
A STRUGGLING charity is one step closer to making ends meet, thanks to a £1,000 donation. Staff at St Luke’s homeless drop-in centre in Chorley Old Road, Bolton, were rallying round organising fundraising events because they were facing a shortfall of
BURGLARS are being warned that a police taskforce will be out to arrest them every morning. Officers are launching a crackdown on burglary and car crime as resources are put into tackling those areas. The crackdown is in addition to work already carried
SUSPECTED stolen caravans, a quad bike and asbestos have been seized by police following raids at a travellers’ site. About 70 officers raided the camp in Hall Lane, Moses Gate, yesterday morning. They seized three caravans, thought to be worth £15,000
A STRIKE involving hundreds of public sector workers all over Bolton will cause disruption today, union bosses say. Their claim comes as emp-loyers predict that the 24-hour strike will have “little impact”. The courts, the health service, University
BOLTON’S roundabouts will be transformed into picturesque meadows after a scheme to reduce bills for grass-cutting proved popular. Wild flowers will be planted next to seven major roads and roundabouts and in four parks following the success of the project
THE multi-million pound Bolton One complex is just days away from housing many of the borough’s health services. The health, leisure and research complex, which cost £31 million, has been created by a partnership between the University of Bolton, Bolton
OWEN Coyle isn’t ruling out Chung-Yong Lee making an appearance from the start of Sunday’s survival showdown at Stoke. The Wanderers boss has pleased with the South Korean winger’s progress since he returned to full training nearly a month ago. Chung-Yong
MOTORISTS are facing rush-hour delays on the A666 after a van lost its wheel. Police were called to St Peter’s Way, close to the exit with Raikes Lane, at 7.15am, after a van’s wheel fell off in the left lane. The left lane was temporarily closed while
BOLTON boxing sensation Amir Khan has spoken of his hurt and disappointment following the cancellation of his world light-welterweight title rematch against Lamont Peterson and says the American champion's failed drugs test proves he was "a cheat
