LEGENDARY rock band The Moody Blues are embarking on a 14-date UK tour throughout June that will take them up and down the country. Relaxing at his home in the south of France, Justin Hayward is neither moody or blue, and as lead singer, guitarist
BOLTON-based darter Ross Smith felt he let his supporters down with a third-round defeat at the UK Open at the Reebok on Friday night. The 24-year-old from Tonge Fold lost 9-7 to Dutch star Jelle Klaasen in the tournament dubbed ‘The FA Cup of
A PENSIONER who went missing in Astley Bridge has been found safe and well. Greater Manchester Police said 74-year-old Terrance Gilligan was reported missing after he was last seen near McDonalds in Waters Meeting Road in Astley Bridge. Bolton
DARTING superstar Phil Taylor loves visiting Bolton for the UK Open darts tournament – and it is hardly surprising with yet another title yesterday. The 16-time world champion has now won the event on five occasions and appeared in tfour finals
So Smithills Comprehensive School will be no more by September. After more than half a century of serving the community as a local authority school, it is to be run by a group of people calling themselves ConcertEd. The only person who has
I AM writing in support of Mrs Stott about G5 ward at the Royal Bolton Hospital. I have just come home after a week of excellent care there. The staff were great, nothing was too much trouble. My operation went well, my room was clean and first
I SHOULD like to support what David Johnson said in Monday’s letters pages of June 3. I feel this ungodly legislation on same-sex marriages has been introduced by stealth and steam-rollered through the Parliamentary process without proper discussion
PAUL Richardson says he has come up with a brilliant idea — to extend Bolton Market across Moor Lane bus station when the bus station is relocated. Sorry, Paul. I put this suggestion forward in two letters on these pages, one on January 13, 2011, and
THE Reebok Stadium has seen more than its fair share of FA Cup drama over the years – no wonder, then, it has become the home of the darting world’s equivalent. The UK Open was back in Bolton over the weekend, 10 years since it first landed in
MARVIN Sordell believes England's Under-21s cannot blame their disappointing European Championship showing on the star names left behind. Defeats to Italy and Norway mean that today's match with hosts Israel becomes a dead rubber for Stuart Pearce's
A PENSIONER is missing in Astley Bridge. Greater Manchester Police said 74-year-old Terrance Gilligan was last seen near McDonalds in Waters Meeting Road in Astley Bridge. Bolton Mountain and Rescue helped search for the man in Astley Bridge
HIGHLIGHTS of a Bolton music festival can now been seen in an online video. In April, a number of bars in Bolton held an event called B Festival in aid of the Ashlee Meecham Making Dreams Come True charity and Derian House Children’s Hospice
KEVIN Davies has announced that he will put plans for his testimonial into top gear once he sorts out which club he will be playing for next season. The former Wanderers captain has had a benefit game approved by the Football League and must now
MARVIN Sordell could only watch from the bench as England’s Under-21 went crashing out of the European Championships. The Wanderers striker was dropped from the team to face Norway but Stuart Pearce’s young lions slumped to a 3-1 defeat that means
WANDERERS’ approach to player recruitment and analysis is set to get a Premier League-style makeover. The summer of change at the Reebok has already seen a total overhaul of the club’s medical staff, and that is now set to spread into the scouting
WHEN Matt Burtonwood heard that Wanderers had agreed a deal with payday lenders QuickQuid to be their new principle sponsor, he was one of the first to sign an online petition to voice his displeasure. But, equally, when the club dropped a bombshell
THUGS viciously attacked and robbed a taxi driver and left him for dead in the street. Police have launched a major investigation to find the yobs who assaulted the 29-year-old victim in Vernon Street, Farnworth, at just after 11pm on Friday (June
SUN SEEKERS went quackers by the river during an action-packed duck race. For the last 20 years, members of Turton Rotary Club have staged the annual event, allowing supporters to buy a plastic duck and race it against other ducks on a picturesque
SHOPPERS were all smiles as they met Batman, Darth Vader and The Power Rangers. But it was not the set of a new action movie — it was a smash-hit sci-fi day at The Market Place shopping centre on Saturday (June 8). Hundreds of sci-fi lovers
AN EMERGENCY meeting has been called to discuss plans to build a huge wind turbine. The proposed turbine — at Meadow Barn Field, off Slack Lane in Bradshaw — will measure 45 metres up to its tip. This will make it taller than the famous Christ
AN evening of music and comedy has been staged at The Octagon to raise money for its refurbishment project. The theatre has to raise £100,000 for a refurbishment project. Local legend Bernard Wrigley delighted audiences with his unique brand
A PARTY atmosphere came to Bolton as thousands of fans enjoyed a night of darts. Despite the hot weather, some people dressed from head to toe in an array of fancy dress costumes while the drinks flowed at the UK Open, in the Reebok Stadium’s Premier
FARNWORTH Town Hall has undergone a £1.3 million make-over. Bolton News reporter CHARLOTTE DOBSON takes a look inside the newly refurbished landmark building. BRIGHT, airy and ready to serve the community — Farnworth Town Hall has finally been
A COUPLE who first met at a Bolton ice rink are celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. Dorothy and Eddie Atkinson met at Alnor Hall in 1959 and, after getting engaged in 1961, tied the knot two years later at Bolton Parish Church on June
A HORWICH church blighted by vandalism is being given a helping hand by a group of kind-hearted choristers. St Elizabeth’s Church in Cedar Avenue was targeted by thieves in January when the door handle was broken off during an attempted break-in
YASMIN Qureshi has waded into the debate on A&E waiting times — claiming they have trebled since the coalition came to power. The Bolton South East MP was speaking during a House of Commons debate introduced by Leigh MP and shadow health secretary
