ONE of the biggest decisions in sport is the appointment of a new coach – and the pitfalls of getting it wrong can prove a costly affair. Not just financially, but on the field of play a change can have as damaging an effect as it can boost fortunes
GRIEVING friends of 16-year-old Aleysha Rothwell, who was found hanged at her home in Breightmet on Thursday, held moving a vigil for her in Breightmet tonight. About 300 people came together outside the Home Bargains shop in Bury Road before walking
VERNON Kay is one of the hot favourites to take over as co-host of Strictly Come Dancing - after it was announced that Sir Bruce Forsyth was stepping down as presenter of the hit BBC One series. The Bolton star would join his wife Tess Daly on
A WANTED man from Bolton has been arrested in Cyprus py police investigating a gun-running operation. Louis Larsson, aged 28, of Fossgill Avenue, Bradshaw, was wanted in connection with an ongoing firearms investigation. A European arrest warrant
HE may have found the back of the net three times in his last four games – but Huddersfield’s goal-den boy Nahki Wells has failed to impress Dougie Freedman. The Wanderers boss feels the former Bradford City striker has struggled to live up to
OLD Boltonians got the better of Lancashire Amateur League Premier Division rivals Little Lever 3-2 in the Hospital Cup. League leaders Old Bolts fell behind on seven minutes when a John Burke corner deflected in off a defender. In an open
X FACTOR hopefuls can audition for the next series of the show this month – right here in Bolton. The Market Place shopping centre is down as one of 34 mobile audition dates where producers for the ITV1 show will be scouring the country to find
A CHARITY comedy night headlined by Colin Manford is being held in Horwich next week — and the younger sibling of TV comic Jason hopes it will be the first of many Bolton gigs as the brothers prepare to find a permanent venue in the town for their
A CHEESE thief who refused to carry out a drugs test when asked by police must pay a fine and costs of £255. Elwyn Jones, aged 51, of Bromwich Street, Bolton, admitted stealing nine blocks of cheese, worth £22.50, from Iceland, at Bolton Magistrates
A HALLIWELL man has been banned from entering two Bolton branches of bookies William Hill for a year. Phillip Markland, aged 30, of Bardon Close, will not be able to visit outlets in Oxford Road or Newport Street after a hearing at Bolton Magistrates
A FIRE broke out in the empty ground floor of a house in Hartington Road, Heaton, at 1.40am yesterday. Firefighters believe squatters had broken in and started a rubbish fire. The fire caused minor smoke damage.
A BLIND comic and the son of an entertainment legend are on the bill for a comedy night in Deane tomorrow. Chris McCausland and Phil Walker will entertain the audience at Deane Golf Club, Broadford Road, from 8.30pm. Mr McCausland was a web
POLICE had to close a road after a man threatened to jump from a bridge. The incident happened in Thicketford Road, Tonge Moor, at 8.25pm on Wednesday. The road was closed while police spoke to the man, who was talked down by 8.35pm and the
HORWICH residents will meet their local MP and housing association staff today to thank them for their help in installing new gas boilers in 100 houses. Julie Hilling, MP for Bolton West, and the Places for People association have helped residents
FARNWORTH residents could be disrupted by a lengthy period of roadworks. Work will begin in Rawson Street on Monday as Bolton Council begins resurfacing of a carriageway. Two way temporary signals will be set up at off-peak times and will remain
BOLTON Citizens Advice Bureau is looking for new trustees to take the charity forward. The trustee board is the governing body and is responsible for the governance and strategic direction of the charity. Trustees can come from all walks of
A MUM will face her fears by jumping out of a plane for charity. Annette Jackson, from Tyldesley, will be one of hundreds of people taking part in skydives to raise money for the Hearts and Minds campaign tomorrow. The event will help to raise
ROADWORKS have started on a major Bolton Road. National Grid is installing a new gas main in Beaumont Road, which links Chorley New Road with Wigan Road. There is a lane closure, which will be in place until Wednesday.
A BROMLEY Cross resident is all set to knock down his garage and replace it with a two- storey extension. Mike Wright has received permission from the council’s planning department to carry out the work on his home in Turton Road, so he can extend
THE next meeting of North Turton Parish Council will take place at 7.30pm on Monday, April 7. Councillors will discuss the latest planning applications, complaints regarding dog mess and a replacement notice board for Belmont at the meeting. which
BOLTON residents are invited to have a free bowl of soup at the Deane UCAN Centre in Oriel Street tomorrow from 11am until 2pm. The event is being held by Bolton at Home and Bolton Council and takes place every Friday.
A DEANE homeowner wants to extend his house in Braeside Grove on the ground and first floor. Council planning officers will decide whether Mr M. Arshad’s bid to build a sun lounge, porch and dining room extension can go ahead.
UP to 24 families living in Breightmet could win a professional photo shoot as part of a competition by Breightmet UCAN centre. Send contact details to Rosanne 01204 329540 or email Rosanne.podmore@boltonathome. org.uk by noon Thursday, April
A UNIVERSITY of Bolton technician has won a top award. The prestigious British Psychological Society’s Technical Support in Psychological Research Award 2014 has been presented to technical officer Ian Harrison. Mr Harrison, pictured, who has
DEVELOPERS have succeeded in their bid to split Smyths toy shop at the Middlebrook in two. The Emerson Group applied to Bolton Council for permission to split the shop floor to create two units, and install a new shop front. They have not revealed
FARNWORTH Health Centre is set to get a new air-conditioning unit, after plans were approved by Bolton Council. The NHS practice in Frederick Street wanted to install the appliance at the back of their property, covered by an anti-vandal cage.
A WRITER will hold a signing for her book which tells her poignant life story. Karen Bridge, who lives just outside Bolton town centre, experienced a traumatic upbringing as well as tragedy, bullying and grief. Mrs Bridge, pictured, who has
PLANS to build a gym and swimming pool at the back of a house in Westhoughton have been approved despite local councillors branding it “overdevelopment”. Bolton Council gave its approval to a scheme to build a two-storey building at the back of
REAL ale fans are invited to attend Bradshaw Cricket Club’s annual beer festival, which takes place on Friday to Sunday, April 11 to 13. A range of 25 real ales, ciders and lagers will be on tap at the Rigbys Lane venue. Tickets cost £5 for
A BROMLEY Cross boutique will hold a charity event later this month. The Village Boutique Fashion Event, in aid of Cancer Research UK, will be at the Pennine Suite, Last Drop Village, on Thursday, April 17, at 7:30pm. Tickets cost £10.
AN Astley Bridge thief has admitted stealing two mountain bikes worth £4,000 from a Mercedes showroom in Bolton on February 10. Michael Samuels, aged 40, of Beeston Close, pleaded guilty to magistrates on April 1 and will be sentenced on April
SPECIAL police officers from Lancashire Constabulary will give the public an insight into the work they do for a awareness-raising campaign this weekend. Volunteers will take part in a range of operations across the UK as part of the National Specials
A POLICE surgery will be held at the Salvation Army building in Market Street, Farnworth, on Monday between noon and 12.45pm. Residents are invited to attend.
A WINDFALL donation has given Bolton Mountain Rescue Team. Bolton Links Golf Club donated £700 to the team of volunteers at a charity night at the club’s Chorley Old Road, Horwich base.
YOU'VE heard of the shop - but now Bolton is getting a 'Not Shop' - where goods are free and the staff are young volunteers. Now the innovative community shop, where donated goods are passed on for free, is looking for sponsorship from local businesses
THE ending of the ATOS contract even earlier than planned, due to complaints of inhumane assessment and clear evidence that thousands were classed as fit to work when they were sick and vulnerable, should be a shot across the bow for any reader still
THANK you for your coverage of the well-supported and lively rally against zero hours contracts in the town centre last Saturday. Bolton UNISON, as part of Bolton Trades Council, is proud to be part of the campaign. Some of the biggest companies
THE positive news that extra trains will be diverted towards easing overcrowding on Bolton’s trains is to be welcomed. However, with many local Labour politicians jumping on board The Bolton News “Let’s get back on track” campaign at the last minute
I HOPE that before people rush out to one of the betting shops in our town to have a quick flutter on the Grand National that they consider the horses and the cruelty involved in that race. Since 2008, 40 horses have died from their injuries at
A “SELF confessed porn addict” has avoided a jail term for abusing a teenage girl. Kurtis Ragnall, aged 22, of Old Lane, Little Hulton, avoided a custodial sentence as Judge Elliot Knopf said “public interest would better served” if he received
A SENIOR director of the family-owned construction giant Seddon has received an MBE for service to apprenticeships and the community. Christopher Seddon, who was named in the New Year’s Honours list, was presented with the award by Prince William
FOLK music legend Maddy Prior will take her audience on a musical journey when she calls into Bromley Cross next week. She has teamed up with musical partners Giles Lewin, from Carnival Band, and young accordion player Hannah James for her latest
A BITTERSWEET true story about a girl’s difficult upbringing before and during World War One will have its stage premiere in Bolton. Dear Daughter, based on a memoir written by Flora Jewsbury just before her death at the age of 89, will be at Bolton
Air pollution levels are still high across parts of England and Wales but are expected to reduce later today. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) reports that more than 20 areas from northern England down to the South
Act name: Mike Rob When and where did you form? After the split of my past band STB, I wanted to keep busy with music. Going for the acoustic path seemed the natural way to go, I sort of fell into it by accident if anything. Just by playing the
THE countryside rolled into a primary school much to the delight of children. Farmyard animals made their way to The Valley School in Astley Bridge to celebrate the start of spring. And unlike the old adage, teachers said they found working
POLICE have arrested a suspected thief for taking decking from a community “dipping platform” at a beauty spot. Volunteers and residents were left devastated when thieves ripped up the wooden platform from Eatock Lodge in Daisy Hill last week.
A LAW firm’s plans to create a new “gateway into Bolton” have been given resounding approval from councillors. Proposals by Asons Solicitors for a £7 million office at the site of the former Bolton College building in Clarence Street — creating
MISSILE manufacturers MBDA is set to move to the new Logistics North site, after councillors gave it the go-ahead to build a multi-million pound new facility on the estate. Up to 400 staff will be employed at the new plant in the former Cutacre
A 55-YEAR-OLD man has been cleared of assaulting his former girlfriend after a night out. Stephen Grime was accused of attacking Zoe Seymour on September 27, Bolton Magistrates Court heard. Miss Seymour, who admitted she was drunk and could
A BID by a physiotherapist bid to build a new “eco” practice on green belt land has been thrown out. Stuart Cosgrove wanted to create a clinic on a field in Ashcrofts Farm in Chorley Road, Westhoughton — 300 yards away from his current centre.
PEOPLE in Little Lever are furious after new fencing was built at the edge of their back gardens — without the old, tatty fencing being removed. The new fencing has been put up along the back of Ainsworth Road by construction group Bowmer and Kirkland
THE mother of a brave teenager who was left paralysed after a holiday accident claims that a spinal unit refused to scan her son because he would “never walk again”. Cory Peyton, aged 15, damaged his spinal cord after he dived into a swimming pool
MORE should be done to help local football teams, says MP David Crausby. The MP for Bolton North East has been campaigning for more than a year for the Premier League to give a greater percentage of its TV rights to grassroots football. His
THE Bolton Against Bedroom Tax campaign group has been staging a week of action to mark the first anniversary of the controversial charge which will culminate in a mass rally tomorrow. Since Tuesday campaigners have been holding protests, including
FORMER England striker John Fashanu cannot wait to be reunited with ex-Wanderers forward Dean Holdsworth and make his Reebok Stadium debut next month. The 51-year-old has not played for four years but is dusting off his boots to lead a team of
THE Bolton Atlantic Challenge team is weeks away from reaching its £250,000 target. So the four rowers are now urging volunteers to come forward to help the junior mentoring project at Bolton Lads and Girls Club, which their sponsor money is funding
THE regeneration of All Souls Church has created traineeships in traditional crafts. Contractors leading the £4.9 million redevelopment, which will create “a building within a building”, have offered six paid training placements, funded by the
A TEAM of fundraisers will take on the “mountainous” task of climbing Ben Nevis in aid of a disabled children’s charity. The group of four will scale the country’s highest mountain, in Scotland, on June 7. They will also complete a 20-mile
TEN years ago, Chris Evans could have had just weeks to live. The 32-year-old suffers from chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), which was almost a death sentence. Doctors were usually restricted to making patients’ remaining days as comfortable
WHEN we eat chocolate, sweets or anything else that contains sugar, our bodies release a hormone called insulin. Insulin is needed to take the sugar out of our blood stream and move it into our fat cells, where it is stored. Without the insulin
THREE Bolton firefighters have been honoured for long service and good conduct with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue service. The three men were presented with medals in recognition of 20 years of exemplary service. The medal, officially
TONGE Cricket Club is getting its ground up to scratch in time for the new season — and is looking for volunteers. The club, in Back Tonge Moor Road, is being given a spring clean and tidy up tomorrow and Sunday. The work is part of Natwest
CLASSIC cars from around the North West will be on the starting grid at Victoria Square for the Mayor’s Charity Classic Car run this Sunday. Fifty-six classic cars, including a 1914 Ford Model T, will line up in front of Bolton Town Hall from 9.30am
TEENAGE sweethearts who fell in love at a dance club are celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary. Bryan and Jean Moss, who met at Bert Mayoh’s School of Dancing in 1951, marked the occasion with a visit to the Astley Bank Hotel in Darwen
A WOMAN is recovering in hospital after a car crash on the M61 near Bolton. The car overturned vehicle on the southbound carriageway of the motorway near junction three about 8.20pm on Thursday night. Traffic ground to a halt while firefighters
LAURA Hodgkinson has good reason to be thankful that her IVF treatment — in a bid to become pregnant — had to be stopped. Doctors discovered a golf-ball-sized tumour — and the 27-year-old had to endure intense radiotherapy and four courses of chemotherapy
THE football agent suing Bolton Wanderers and a rival agency for allegedly cutting him out of a transfer nearly seven years ago hopes the court case will give him “closure”. Tony McGill is accusing Wanderers, their chairman, Phil Gartside, and
CHRIS Eagles’ impending departure at Wanderers comes as no great surprise to ex-Wanderers star Simon Charlton. It seems unlikely that the 28-year-old midfielder will earn another deal at the Reebok, allowing him to leave for nothing in the summer
DOUGIE Freedman feels his players are only now getting to grips with what is being asked of them in the Championship. The Wanderers boss is optimistic for the future after watching his side lose just one of their last nine games. And he feels
TIM Ream wants to keep his World Cup dream alive by finishing the season strongly with Wanderers. Dougie Freedman’s side head to Huddersfield Town tomorrow for what, on paper, looks to be a Championship dead rubber. While not mathematically
WANDERERS cannot afford to wait until the summer to make their move on Middlesbrough striker Lukas Jutkiewicz. That’s the view of ex-Whites defender Simon Charlton – who has picked out the in-form target man as his player of the season so far.
MARK Davies has hailed Wanderers’ medical staff for getting his career back on track. Injury problems have followed the talented midfielder around in his five years at the Reebok but after returning from knee surgery in December, the 26-year-old
