WANDERERS boss Dougie Freedman admits he has wrestled with when to throw January signing Craig Davies into the first-team mix. The Wales international’s impact in scoring from the bench against Burnley on Saturday and helping turn the game around
A CAMPAIGN to improve parking in Blackrod has proved a success. More space for parking has been created following a campaign spearheaded by ward councillors Stephen Pickup, Ann Cunliffe and Lindsey Kell, who have been working with council officers
One-eyed Dale Cregan has dramatically changed his plea and admitted murdering two unarmed police officers in a gun and grenade attack. Cregan, 29, pleaded guilty to murdering Pc Fiona Bone, 32, and Pc Nicola Hughes, 23, during his trial at Preston
Two men who died after a collision in Boothstown have been identified. Robert Crooks, aged 33, and Scott Best, aged 27, had stolen an Audi S4 Quattro from Boscombe Gardens, in Farnworth last Thursday night. Minutes later they crashed in Leigh
JORDAN McLoughlin and Dean Hailwood hit hat-tricks as Turton atoned for the previous week’s frustrating draw at home to Ambleside United with an 8-2 triumph in the reverse Division One fixture. McLoughlin volleyed Turton in front on five minutes
BOLTON Under-15s maintained their impressive form in the Greater Manchester Schools’ League with a thrilling 4-3 victory against Salford at Broughton. George Miller (St James) scored twice in the first 15 minutes to put the Bolton boys in the driving
PENNINGTON stepped up their promotion challenge with an impressive 2-0 win at AFC Bury. Second in Division One behind runaway leaders Rochdale Sacred Heart, the Leigh side came off the back of a scrappy 2-1 win against bottom club Wilmslow Albion
THE league again suffered the effects of the weather with only five out of 12 games being played. Bolton Parks pitches were closed because of anticipated heavy snow, which never came, but overnight rain caused pitches to be waterlogged and unplayable
SAM Parkinson put in a five-star performance for league leaders Horwich Victoria, who came from 2-0 down after just four minutes to beat Rossendale Amateurs 7-4 at home. There was no contest for the man-of-the-match prize after Victoria striker
DAVID Ngog’s match-winning strike against Burnley gave a reminder of his capabilities in front of goal with an instinctive finish to seal a first Championship victory of 2013 for Wanderers. But his fifth goal of the campaign in his cameo off the
WANDERERS Under-18s lost a third successive Premier League Elite Group match at the weekend when they went down 2-0 at Southampton. David Lee and Tony Kelly’s charges started the game well and Saints stopper Will Britt made two excellent saves
THREE businesses have been unveiled as the latest patrons of Bolton Lads and Girls Club. Alan McNaughton, of AFM Property, Becci Martin, of Boo Consulting, and Stephen Jordan, of Dewhurst Torevell & Co, were welcomed at the club’s latest business
A TEAM of Bolton businessmen are gearing-up to cycle over the Indian Himalayas to support Bolton Lads and Girls Club. The team are training for the Man v Mountain challenge in July and hope to raise at least £50,000 to boost disabled amenities
THE Chinese calendar may just have entered the year of the Snake but for Wanderers’ Korean winger, Chung-Yong Lee, it is all about the year of the “Blue Dragon”. The 24-year-old, whose nickname is the English translation of his name, is back playing
A COUNCIL tax rise of 3.5 per cent and up to 50 more job losses have been approved by Town Hall bosses. Bolton Council’s ruling cabinet met yesterday to approve proposals aimed at saving £8.8 million over the next two years. The plans, which
A CAMPAIGN by Bolton Hospice and The Bolton News to raise £110,000 for the Hospice at Home team has almost reached its target. Contributions from generous readers, money raised from fundraising events and donations have brought the total to just
Wanderers 1 Bury 0 Jordan Melia (OG) by Jack Nolan WANDERERS' Under-21s comfortably beat Bury in the Manchester Senior Cup, even though the scoreline does not reflect that. In a game where Andy Lonergan kept a clean sheet, he only had
TRIBUTES have been paid to a 12-year-old girl who was found dead at her home. Jessica Jevons, a year eight pupil at St George’s RC High School in Walkden, died at her home in Mereclough Avenue, Walkden. Police and paramedics were called to
AN event to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Bolton-born writer Allen Clarke will be held this month. The local dialect author, who was born in 1863 and died in 1935, wrote poetry and novels as well as philosophical and political
A PODIATRIST appeared before a disciplinary committee after a string of allegations were made against him — including making a false entry on a form recording that he had treated a patient who had died months earlier. Peter Collins, who worked
A BOLTON peer has branded the Michael Gove’s decision not to scrap GCSEs as “humiliating”. The Education Secretary announced last week that he was reversing plans to scrap the qualifications in favour of a new Baccalaureate Certificate. But
PROTESTERS gathered outside Bolton Town Hall to voice their opposition to more funding cuts, which were agreed by Town Hall chiefs. A protest organised jointly by the Bolton branches of the Unison and GMB unions saw about 50 council workers joined
TWO men killed in a horrific crash are yet to be formally identified. An Audi S4 Quattro was stolen from Boscombe Gardens, in Farnworth, and minutes later crashed in Leigh Road, in Boothstown, on Thursday night. It hit parked cars and burst into
REPORTS of fighting, fireworks thrown into bars, attacks, abuse and even a lost dog have led to police being called to Bolton’s pubs and clubs hundreds of times over the last two years. New figures have revealed that between the start of 2011 and
NEW boy Craig Dawson believes competition for places at Wanderers can bring out the best in everyone ahead of the crucial Championship run-in. The 22-year-old centre-back put in a man-of-the-match display on his Whites debut as Dougie Freedman’
AS a ratepayer, I feel that I am getting less and less for my council tax money and paying more for the privilege. My bins are emptied less, I cannot walk to the bus stop unless I wear wellington boots. Most of the crossing places in town are
NO-ONE has a good word to say for the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy. It has too often failed to constrain fisheries ministers from taking short term decisions to permit overfishing. In consequence, our fish stocks are depleted and Europe now imports
I WAS reading the front page story on Friday, February 8 (“Tell us if the cuts hit you”), about the Clinical Commissioning Group’s intention to set up a group to monitor the effects of spending cuts on patient care at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust and
LAST Tuesday, February 5, there was a snowfall of 2cm in our avenue and the grey bins and green bins were emptied. Why were the burgundy bins and beige bins not emptied? On Bolton Council'’s website there was information that the burgundy and beige
NORMALLY, I wouldn’t respond to such an “off the wall” tirade as Steve Jones’ letter, February 4, but my letter of the January 29, explaining why the council cannot set an illegal budget was somehow translated by Steve Jones into my support for the
A MOTHER died after “severe” force was used to plunge a knife into her neck, a court heard. Kelly Davies, aged 31, was found stabbed at her home in Queen Street, Farnworth, in June last year. Her young daughter was standing close to her body
A PASTRY chef is being treated in hospital for burns after a gas explosion at a restaurant. Ed Stanley, aged 28, was working in the kitchen at Suzanna’s in Little Scotland, Blackrod, when the blast happened at about 3.45pm on Sunday. A spokesman
PRIOR to the last election, the Labour government announced plans to bring in laws enforcing dog owners to have their dogs microchipped. This seemed good sense, considering that thousands of people were injured each year by dogs. After the
A GREATER Manchester police officer will go on trial accused of trying to pervert the course of justice by making false statements against a protester at a political rally in Bolton. PC Alan Glover, aged 31, is said to have provided false or misleading
AN elderly man’s next of kin are being urged to come forward. Vincent Davies died at the Royal Bolton Hospital, on February 7, aged 84, and staff are appealing for Mr Davies’ family or friends to come forward. Mr Davies had been in the hospital
A BOLTON firm which makes paper products that help hospitals fight superbugs has been visited by healthcare experts to see how it works. Vernacare makes disposable personal hygiene products, using mainly recycled newspaper, for hospitals and care
THE memory of a much loved lecturer will live on at the primary school he attended. Bolton College students have built a new educational play area at St Stephen’s (Kearsley Moor) CE Primary dedicated to their teacher Norman Mort who died last year
A SHOPLIFTER who stole a £99 television from a Bolton supermarket has been sentenced to four months supervision by Bolton magistrates. Paul Adamson, aged 34, of Chorley Old Road, Bolton, pleaded guilty to taking the television from the Morrisons
BOLTON Euro MP Paul Nuttall has written to the borough’s three MPs urging them to take action over pay day loans. The move follows a recent report by insolvency trade body R3, which claimed that potentially five million British adults are tempted
A FAMILY-RUN hairdressers in Bolton has been shortlisted as one of the top salons in the country. John-Lee Guy Hair in Deansgate was nominated for the Best Hair Salon category in the English Hair and Beauty Awards by their clients. The team
NURSES at the Royal Bolton Hospital are taking part in a pilot scheme to work two shifts per day instead of three in a bid to save £1.5 million. Staff will work three 13-hour shifts per week instead of five 7.5-hour shifts. Bolton NHS Foundation
A THIEF who stole a handbag from the bar area of the Star and Garter pub in Bolton town centre on October 26 last year, has been given a conditional discharge for 12 months by Bolton magistrates. Terence Howarth, aged 24, of Dovedale Road, Bolton
YOUNGSTERS took a leap into the world of university at a creative writing workshop — about superheroes. Pupils from Kearsley Academy attended the Comic SMART at Manchester Metropolitan University. It was led by Rachel Webb, a post-graduate
CALLS have been made for better traffic calming at an accident blackspot after a motorcyclist crashed into some bollards. It is believed the man tried to overtake a car in Wigan Road, Westhoughton, on a scooter when he hit the lamppost and then
BOLTON Hospice is looking for teams to take part in the Ultimate UK Three Peaks Challenge to raise funds for the charity. Participants will scale the peaks of Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon over a 24 hour period, on June 1 and 2. Vintage
THE dreaming spires beckon for Worsley sixth former Bethan Murray, who is set to join her brother and sister at Oxford University. Bethan, a student at Withington Girls’ School, has received a conditional offer to study Material Sciences at Corpus
A MOTORIST who failed to stop after damaging a garden wall in Woodfield Street, Bolton, on Boxing Day has been sentenced to do 200 hours unpaid work by Bolton magistrates. Darren Sharpe, aged 42, of Woodfield Street, was driving a Lexus car when
WHITES defender Marcos Alonso could be a summer target for former Wanderers boss Sam Allardyce at West Ham United. The 22-year-old is out of contract at the end of the season and was heavily linked to a move in last month’s transfer window.
