GIVING Bolton youngsters aged 13-plus free condoms is a practical response to help cut teenage pregnancies that’s working. Sadly, teens no longer seem to fear the wrath of their parents as an effective form of contraception. So it’s fortunate that
THE soaps may continue to reflect the more upsetting elements of life today without the light relief of past comedy storylines but it would be unfair not to mention one current acting performance. Lesley Dunlop has been remarkable in Emmerdale –
WE don’t always realise the effect inspirational teachers have on young minds and ambitions. At the end of the school year, though, when some of these very special teachers retire it’s a good opportunity to take stock of their contributions. These
JUDGING by the latest example of trolling, there are some very nasty individuals sitting at home spewing out bile over the internet. Police are, fortunately, now involved in the rape and other violent Twitter threats made to two women who successfully
SORRY to sound like I’ve just put t’whippets in t’ yard but was it Southern bias that stopped telly coverage of our brilliant Ironman UK? This annual drama has it all – sporting excellence, athletes of all ages pushing themselves to the limit and
SIX years ago this week, an ordinary Warrington dad confronted a gang of youths vandalising his wife’s car. The outcome left Garry Newlove, a loving father of three daughters, lying fatally injured amid a baying mob and his family’s life torn apart
IT’S a terrible condemnation of parenting in Britain today that half of the country’s 12 million children have rotting teeth or are at serious risk of tooth decay. And before you start shaking your head and tell yourself that it’s disgraceful this
A LUCKY punter in Bolton is sitting on an unclaimed £1 million EuroMillions lottery ticket. The National Lottery said someone who bought a ticket in Bolton has won £1 million in the EuroMillions millionaire raffle draw on July 26. The draw
PARTY leaders David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband are backing The Bolton News’s campaign to bring jobs to Bolton. This exciting new initiative, called Action 4 Jobs, will be officially launched next week and aims to give you all the information
A SURVEY by employment law consultancy Peninsula Business Services has revealed the habits which bosses and co-workers find the most annoying. Alan Price, group director, said: “Workers should leave their bad habits at home. “Taking your shoes
I LIVE in Belmont and regularly travel over to Horwich to see family and friends via Rivington. On May 2, I brought to the attention of Chorley Council the amount of spray-painted graffiti that appeared on the road in support of contestants competing
MAY I commend your paper’s comment/editorial of Tuesday, August 6. The prospective Tory Parliamentary candidate for Bolton West, Chris Green’s, comments are misinformed, uncaring and insensitive. He is correct in his statement that food banks
Cllr Henderson’s reply to my letter over food banks has missed the point I was making. I am not denying there is not a need for food banks in our society, but I do question the validity of some of the claimants, and I also question how the definition
In 2010 Bolton council issued a press statement saying that all roadside memorials, which were left to honour those who had died on the roads of Bolton and its boroughs, would be removed and flowers could be placed at a special memorial in Queens Park
WANDERERS have been drawn away from home to Tranmere Rovers in the second round of the Capital One Cup. The Whites won on their last trip to Prenton Park in the same competition in 2009, with Mark Davies scoring the decisive goal. All ties
A THIEF who snatched a woman's handbag before fleeing on a bike has been caught on CCTV. The man was pictured from behind last month after grabbing the 60-year-old's hand bag at Bolton bus station, but now new CCTV images have been released by
MIDFIELDER Jay Spearing is undergoing a medical at Bolton Wanderers today after the Whites agreed a fee with Liverpool for his permanent transfer. The 24-year-old has been a target for boss Dougie Freedman this summer after a successful loan spell
A CAR crash in Lostock has left a woman and her four-month-old baby needing hospital treatment. The accident happened At 8.45am this morning, when a grey Mercedes A170 overturned near the junction between Chorley New Road and Beaumont Road.
IT was a second trip to Shrewsbury in almost as many weeks, past Percy Thrower’s Garden Centre on a balmy August evening to see the Wanderers start on the road to Wembley, writes Alan Houghton. This time I went on the coach which arrived in good
MELISSA Dabrowski was at nursery school when she decided what she was going to do when she grew up. Later this month, aged 16, she will take a big step towards realising her ambition to be a jockey and to win the Derby. The former Canon Slade
ARTISTS showcased their work at a free exhibition in Bolton. The Python Festival, at the town centre’s newest art space — The Gallery at St George’s House, St George’s Road — featured items including sculptures, paintings, illustrations and photography
PROPERTY experts in Bolton have backed calls for reform of stamp duty, branding it an “unfair cash cow”. Under government regulations, property or land worth under £125,000 does not incur stamp duty, but there is a one per cent charge for deals
A PRIMARY school which has been battling low attendance for five years is celebrating after figures showed the rate was now above the national average. St Joseph’s RC Primary School has made tackling absence a priority after failing to meet the
DOCTORS wasted £3,667 after giving an elderly patient a liquid prescription when she could have been treated with much cheaper tablets. The 87-year-old woman’s annual prescription could have cost just £23. Dr Stephen Liversedge, a clinical
A RECYCLING project is giving unwanted items to families in need — and helping people back into work at the same time. The Bolton Neighbour hood Investment in Community Enterprises (NICE) is asking for volunteers to help with its pioneering new
A QUARTER of cancer patients in Bolton have complained that they have been given the bad news in an insensitive way by doctors. In a survey by Bolton Cancer Patients and Carers Consultative Group (BCPC), 27 per cent of respondents said they had
TRIBUTES have been paid to former Bolton Wanderers star Malcolm Barrass who has died at the age of 88. The former England international made 357 appearances for the Whites between 1945 and 1957. His son, Robert, said his father died after battling
A CHILDREN’S birthday party had to be evacuated from a house in Hindley Green after an electrical fault started a fire in the kitchen. Ten people were at the home, in Ashfield Avenue, when the oven caught fire on Tuesday. They called the fire
A PROJECT based on an old copy of the Bolton Journal listing casualties from the First World War has been given a major funding boost. Bolton charity Diversity in Barrier-Breaking Communications (DBBC) has been awarded £9,000 by the Heritage Lottery
ARTIST Marion Dutton’s historic Bolton home is a picture of inspiration for the scores of art fans who visit it to learn how to draw and paint. The 43-year-old art teacher, her husband John and their three children live in Dewhurst House on Blackburn
PLANS have been unveiled for a slurry pit in Blackrod. Bolton Council received a planning application on June 25 from John Dickinson of Gregory and Dickinson for the formation of the pit at Aberdeen Farm in Blundell Lane. Public consultation
WEEKLY food collections for some homes in Bolton and not others have been branded “discrimination” by one resident. Like thousands of others across Bolton, Christine McDermott, of Woodbine Road, Daubhill, puts her food waste in a green recycling
THREE children’s centres have been criticised by education inspectors, who branded them all as “inadequate”. An Ofsted team visited the Radcliffe centres, which support children under the age of five and their families, to check on their progress
PROPOSALS for tougher penalties for irresponsible dog owners have been welcomed by the Royal Mail. Last year it was revealed dogs bit 19 postmen or women on their rounds in Bolton in the 12 months up to the end of March, causing them to miss a
CUP hero Sanmi Odelusi admits he nearly gave up on his football dream after being rejected by QPR as a 15-year-old. Two goals in Tuesday night’s 3-1 win over Shrewsbury Town on his full debut for the Whites elevated the development squad regular
ROB Hall and Sanmi Odelusi have catapulted themselves into contention to face Reading at the Reebok this weekend. Dougie Freedman believes the young wingers, whose goals helped sink Shrewsbury Town in the Capital One Cup on Tuesday night, have
DOUGIE Freedman reckons fear of the unknown has prevented clubs in the Championship doing much business this summer. With Financial Fair Play rules active this season the Wanderers boss believes the uncertainty over the proposed financial punishments
BOLTON Council’s chief executive has been given an insight into the daily trials faced by the borough’s firefighters. Sean Harriss was invited to spend the morning with crews at Bolton Central fire station in Moor Lane, where he held a meeting
A CRICKET club has been targeted by criminals for the second time in a month. Burglars forced their way into a garage at Heaton Cricket Club and stole around £500 worth of tools, including garden strimmers and a lightweight Rotary lawn mower.
HEALTH bosses have warned Bolton’s obesity problems will have a “major impact” on life expectancy. The warning comes after a government study revealed an 11-year-old Bolton girl who weighs almost 23 stone was amongst the heaviest children measured
