SEPARATION OCTAGON BOLTON Until Saturday, May 10 A PLAY about a woman with a degenerative illness and a man with agoraphobia might not sound like the basis for an entertaining and uplifting night at the theatre. But thanks to superb writing
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THE agent suing Bolton Wanderers over the disputed signing of Gavin McCann has been described as a "pest" and "chancer" by the player in court. Mr McCann said Tony McGill saw him as a "way to make a few quid" and said he received a spate of abusive
FURNITURE shop boss Steve Potter kept calm when he found a four-foot snake in the back of his hired van - now you can too with this handy guide. 1. The name "corn snake" is a holdover from the days when farmers in the US deep south stored harvested
CRAIG Davies hopes his weekend hat-trick for Preston can send them hurtling towards the play-offs in top form. The Wanderers striker, on loan at Deepdale, scored his third senior treble in a 6-1 win over Carlisle United. Preston are assured
FAST food giant McDonald’s was criticised by town councillors for its “unnecessary” attempt to build a bigger ‘M’ sign at its Westhoughton store. The iconic yellow letter, used by the US burger chain as its logo, would be extended from six metres
SUSPECTED burglars have been arrested following an incident in Breightmet. Police were called to Deepdale Road, following reports of a suspected burglary. Someone attempted to steal keys after opening an unlocked door. The would-be criminal
A BOTOX clinic is set to open in Astley Bridge after plans were given the go-ahead. Company DNAesthetics has successfully applied to turn 437 Blackburn Road, which was previously an office, into a clinic offering “minimally invasive” treatments
A DAUBHILL man has admitted stealing £300 from a house and carrying a class C drug. Najeeb Khan, aged 40, of St Helens Road, pleaded guilty to both charges when he appeared before magistrates on April 14. Khan stole the cash from another property
PLANNING is well under way for the Horwich Festival of Racing, which takes place in June. The festival has been running for the last 10 years and has become one of the most popular sporting events in the North West. Formerly known as Horwich
TURTON Golf Club raised £1,900 to help Bolton Lads’ and Girls’ Club’s Atlantic Challenge rowers hit their £250,000 fundraising target. Activities including a ladies Weightwatchers-style weigh-in and a competition to name Royal baby Prince George
AN Easter fun day is being held at Ellesmere Club in Morris Green on Sunday. The event will help raise funds for Sally's Rocking Rebels majorettes dance troupe, which will be performing throughout the day. There will also be an easter egg hunt,
A SUPPORT class for children and parents to get help with healthy eating, managing mealtimes and fussy eating behaviour is taking place on Thursday. The classes are for families with children aged one to four and involve parent sessions, family
YOUNG people looking to brush up on their maths and English skills are being invited to enrol in further qualifications with a charity. Rathbone Bolton also teach 16 to 18-year-olds who are not in education vocational qualifications. A means-tested
A STONECLOUGH primary school is looking to build an assault-course playground. St Saviour Ringley CoE Primary School has applied to Bolton Council to change the use of land into a new play area, fitted with monkey bars, a rope walk and tyre hopscotch
MUSIC is on the menu in the drawing room at Turton Tower on Saturday, May 3. The event is presented by Joe Judge, director of music at Bury Parish Church. Accompanying him will be tenor Phil O’Connor and Parish Church organist Elin Rees. Tickets
AUTHOR Glen Atkinson visits Halliwell Local History Society on Tuesday, May 27, to give a talk on the underground canals of Worsley. The event takes place at St Luke’s Church, Chorley Old Road, starting at 7.30pm. Organisers a promising a fascination
BOLTON School is running its first swim clinic on Sunday, April 27. The clinic is being run by 1996 Great Britain Olympic swimming captain Alan Rapley, pictured, from 9.30am to 5pm at the school’s sports complex.
WESTHOUGHTON’S new mayor has been formally appointed. Cllr Kevan Jones, a Bolton borough councillor for Westhoughton South, will succeed Cllr Christopher Peacock as mayor for 2014-15. Conservative Cllr Lynda Winrow-Baker has been appointed
TWO homes were burgled over the weekend in Green Lane, Great Lever, and Church Avenue, Rumworth. A car was also broken into in Dobson Road, Halliwell.
A BUSINESS networking event for women is taking place at the Bolton Whites Hotel, next to the Reebok Stadium on Tuesday. The event between noon and 2pm has been organised by Business for Breakfast – a referral network group focused on facilitating
A SMITHILLS beauty salon is set to become an office or a shop, after plans were approved by Bolton Council. Councillors had rejected plans to turn 546 Chorley Old Road into a takeaway or restaurant, but officers have approved the change of use
CURRENT and former nurses and midwives are invited to a meeting in Bolton. The Bolton Nurses’ League is holding its annual meeting at Postgraduate Education Centre, Royal Bolton Hospital, on Saturday, May 10. Registration is from 1.30pm for
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a street in Kearsley on Monday after reports of rubbish on fire. They attended Green Lane at about 4pm to find people burning rubbish.
A SUSPECTED rapist from Bristol will stand trial at Bolton Crown Court after he appeared before magistrates. Shabaz Karimi, aged 23, of Greenbank Avenue West, Bristol, has been accused of raping a woman in Bolton in January 2011. He is next due
A CHURCH’S season of lunchtime concerts gets under way later this month. They are held every Tuesday, from 1.15pm to 1.50pm at Bolton Parish Church, Silverwell Street. On April 29, David Thornton, from St Michael and All Angels, Wigan, will
A REUNION for former Mount St Joseph School pupils will be held in June. People who left the school in 1964, 50 years ago this summer, are being invited to the event planned for a Saturday afternoon in June at Retreat restaurant, Chorley New Road
High Street Library in Daubhill is inviting youngsters to take part in an egg design competition from April 21 to 26. The winning designs will be put on display.
A 55 YEAR-OLD man suffered burns to his hand after a fire started in his toaster. The man had left some toast cooking in the toaster, which then started a fire at the property in Moorside Avenue, Ainsworth. Firefighters were called to the property
TICKETS are on sale for a performance by Worsley Concert Band at St Matthew’s Church, Little Lever next month. The event takes place at the church, off Market Street, on Wednesday, May 14, starting at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £5 and are available
BLACKROD and Horwich’s Labour councillors come face to face with their public at their local surgery on Saturday. The surgery, from 10am to 11am, takes place at Blackrod Library, where Cllrs Ann Cunliffe and Stephen Pickup will be on hand to deal
BOLTON Society for Blind People will hold an open day. The event will be an opportunity for people to see the new centre, and what services are available. It will be held at the charity’s Sensory Centre in Ainsworth Lane, Tonge Moor on Thursday
BOOKWORMS are invited to share their opinions of their reading matter at a Book Group to meet next at Bromley Cross Library on Thursday, May 1. Organisers say the group is ideal for anyone who loves reading books. It meets regularly on the
SONGS from the shows will entertain musical theatre fans in Bolton next month. Hear the People Sing, by The WestEnders, will be at the Albert Halls on Saturday, May 3 at 7.30pm. Starring Olivier Award-winning and Tony Award nominee Tracie Bennett
CHILDREN can enjoy interactive storytelling in Moss Bank Park. On the first Saturday of every month, the Hive centre, run by the Lancashire Wildlife Trust in the park, will welcome storytellers from Stone Soup to the centre for a day of interactive
A FLY-TIPPER was ordered to pay costs of £690 after she dumped three bags of rubbish in a Heaton street. Patricia Nikolics, aged 24, of Melbourne Road, Deane, was fined £400 by magistrates. Bolton Magistrates Court heard she left three bags
BOLTON-based Animal Trust Veterinary Surgeons has teamed up with the national charity Dog’s Trust to offer free microchipping for dogs at its new branch in Failsworth, North Manchester. Microchipping is to be made compulsory for all dogs in England
BOLTON Against Fracking will climb Rivington Pike on Good Friday in a bid to promote its cause. The campaign group plans to take part in the traditional fair and be on hand to answer walkers’ questions about their activities.
A LABOUR MEP has launched her own booklet to argue why Britain should stay in the European Union. Arlene McCarthy, who represents the North West, wrote ‘The Choice: Great Britain or Little Britain’ to spell out this country’s “positive and constructive
A RAMBLING group is inviting people on an Easter weekend walk. Bolton Ramblers have seats available on its coach for two walks at Gritstone Way in Derbyshire on Easter Saturday, with both starting in Edale and finishing in Hathersage. The walks
A MISSING toddler sparked a frantic police search at a garden centre before being found fast asleep in the pet section. Police "locked down" Bradley Fold Garden Centre in Radcliffe Moor Road, Bradley Fold, after the three-year-old’s grandparents
PEOPLE can get advice on housing at a new drop-in service today. The sessions will take place at Breightmet UCAN centre in New Lane from 10am to noon. Call 01204 329541.
THE Prince’s Trust is looking for young people to take part in its next team programme at Bolton Fire Station. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, which is delivering the programme, and the Trust — set up by Prince Charles in 1976 – is
AWARD-winning watercolour artist Robert Broughton visits the Chetham Arms in Chapeltown, Turton on April 30 to discuss his work. Mr Broughton is a former student of the acclaimed Bolton College of Art, in Bromwich Street, where he studied decorating
A COURT case involving Bolton Wanderers chairman Phil Gartside and current and former members of staff is set to resume today after a two-day break. Agent Tony McGill is suing the club, Mr Gartside, ex-manager Sammy Lee, football secretary Simon
TICKETS are on sale for a show which will tell the story of the disciples after Jesus. Spirit: Passion for Pentecost will be staged at Victoria Hall, Bolton, on Saturday, June 7, and Sunday, June 8. The event is a fundraiser for Passion for
SLATERFIELD Community Centre in Great Lever is holding parent and toddler groups over the Easter school holidays. Activities, games and crafts will be available for toddlers and primary school aged children. The group meets every Thursday from
POLICE officers found cannabis plants growing under the stairs and in the loft when they raided a house in Horwich on Monday. A drugs warrant was executed a house in Claypool Road at 8am and a small quantity of plants were found.
A COFFEE morning will be held at a Heaton church next month. There will be a range of stalls at Christ Church Heaton, Markland Hill, from 10am to noon on Friday, May 9.
A LITTLE Lever resident has applied for permission to raise the roof of their house. Abito Architects have applied to Bolton Council on behalf of the owners of 37 Redcar Road to extend the roof to create more living space.
PROTECTED trees in a Lostock road could be trimmed back if plans are approved. Anwar Siddar has applied to Bolton Council to cut back a sycamore and beech tree outside his house in Regent Road.
BAKERS from Bolton are invited to take part in a charity cake sale. The Help for Heroes Colossal Cake Sale events will take place across the country between April 19 and May 5. To register and event go to colossalcakesale.org.uk
BLOOD donor sessions are being held at Christ Church, Mytham Road, Little Lever, on Monday, April 28 between 1.15pm and 3.30pm and 5.15pm and 7.30pm. Phone 0300 123 23 23 to make an appointment.
POWER company Electricity North West is urging children to stay away from stay away from electricity substations and overhead power lines this Easter holiday. The company is also warning against playing with kites near overhead lines as electricity
RAGS-to-riches van hire specialist Stuart Lever reckons the success of his U-Drive business is the perfect barometer to measure the health of the Bolton economy. The 45-year-old boss of the firm in Blackburn Road, Astley Bridge, said there was
BOLTON Evening News Thursday, April 10: “Council improve courts as part of a £2 million revamp”. Yet again we hear from Cllr Nick Peel, (executive member for environmental services) that: “There has to be investment in sports for children from
I WANT to express real sadness at the news of the death of Mel Horrocks (former news editor of The Bolton Evening News). I didn’t know him well, but during the mid 1970s, along with others, I had contact with him during the establishment of Bolton
I FEEL constrained to respond to two of your recent correspondents. “Religious bigots make me fed up” (Name and address supplied, Tuesday April 8) and, “Marriage for all who love” (Brian Derbyshire, April 9) The implied rhetoric is that it is only
I READ in Angela Kelly’s column (April 9), her views and attempts to be humorous on “Ageing not a magical comment for over 30s”. Her statement about “turning down my hearing aid,” was not very funny or humorous in my book, nor lots of other people
BOLTON law firm Keoghs has hailed a UK-wide crackdown on car insurance fraud. Up to 17 people have been arrested in raids across the country by detectives investigating criminal gangs making false insurance claims for courtesy cars provided to
TOWN centre hairdresser John-Lee Guy has finished in the top five in the battle for the title of North West Salon of the Year at the English Hair and Beauty Awards. The Deansgate salon won the title last year and finished in the top five in 2012
YOUNG volunteers in Leigh have worked together to transform the gardens of a centre for autistic children. Members of Leigh Team 34 revitalised the gardens at Landgate House in Wensleydale Road. To raise money for the materials, the group held
A BEFRIENDING service in Halliwell has been given a cash boost. The Halliwell Befriending Service was set up to help people aged 50 and over who are at risk at of becoming isolated. Organisers made a successful bid to the Big Lottery Fund and
BOLTON Rotary Club raised £2,000 for Bolton Hospice with its Christmas supermarket collections. Rotary Club president Alan Smith, pictured left, was on hand to present the hospice’s fundraising manager Alice Atkinson, right, with the cheque at
FLORENCE Brandwood, well-known as a loyal Bolton Wanderers fan and a long-serving scorer at Heaton Cricket Club, has died, aged 90. Mrs Brandwood was a life-long Whites supporter and worked tirelessly in the Bolton Cricket League for many years
WHEN it comes to raising money for charity, energetic youngsters and staff at Gaskell Primary School simply skip to it. Teachers and pupils took part in a six-hour skipping marathon for the British Heart Foundation as part of its Jump Rope For
AN international song competition brought music to the ears of staff and pupils at Walmsley CE Primary School. Children of all ages dressed in costumes for the Egerton school’s fifth annual International Song Competition. Dawn Hitchen, a modern
TOWN councils are an “unnecessary layer of democracy” a Tory councillor has claimed — as Horwich prepares to go to the polls for the fourth time in just 12 months. Cllr Andy Morgan, deputy leader of the Conservatives in Bolton, also hit out at
A CELEBRATION to mark Bolton police cadets’ passing out parade was held in the town centre. Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy, Greater Manchester Police’s top police officer, presented the 27 cadets with certificates after they had undergone six months
A CLIMBER was rescued by Bolton Mountain Rescue Team after falling while out bouldering. The volunteers were called out at by the North West Ambulance Service after a 38-year-old man reportedly broke his leg. The incident happened at Brownstones
AN 87-YEAR-OLD man who fell off his mobility scooter into a busy road has thanked the people who helped him. Fred Hill had left his home in Timberbottom, Bradshaw, and was travelling on his mobility scooter along Turton Road when his scooter tipped
THOUSANDS of people have signed a petition calling for a dog owner who starved his lurcher to death to be jailed. Campaigners who are angry at David Lowe’s treatment of his lurcher, Fly, will travel to Bolton Magistrates Court to hold a peaceful
LANCASHIRE police joined forces with trading standard teams to take action against rogue traders. More than 450 police and partners took part in Operation Rogue Trader, to target criminals who pose as bogus officials and trick people into having
A PENSIONER has won a payout from travel giants Thomson Airways after a legal battle. Ken Chaisty, aged 71, organised a family holiday to celebrate his 65th birthday in 2007. It included a flight to Tenerife and a cruise around the Canary Islands
FRIENDS of Pikes Lane Primary School came up with a very tasty fundraising idea. They hosted a buffet, with parents and some staff bringing in dishes and everyone could tuck in for just £3. There were different foods from different nations
BOLTON’S Market Place shopping centre has a new manager following the retirement of Rod Neasham after 20 years in charge. Mr Neasham, aged 67, has been replaced by 44-year-old Nikki Wilson-Cook, who has moved from the role she occupied for three
EACH week police appeal for readers’ help tracing wanted criminals in Bolton. A MAN with links to Breightmet is being hunted by police. Gareth Wrigley, aged 33, is wanted for failing to appear at Bolton Magistrates Court on March 31 for a breach
A RUGBY club is showing the red card to hate crime by educating players and coaches about abuse. Bolton Rugby Union FC has been talking to members between aged five and 19 about the seriousness of hate crime. More than 120 young people attended
PLANS to put up four signs advertising supermarket giant Lidl on a busy Westhoughton roundabout have been slammed as a health and safety hazard by town councillors. The Chequerbent roundabout on the A6 has a poor accident record, according to the
FATALITIES on Greater Manchester’s roads have fallen by nearly 30 per cent. Road deaths have fallen by 28.6 per cent in the past year, according to figures released by the Department for Transport (DfT). Casualties on Greater Manchester’s roads
WORSHIPPERS in Little Lever enjoyed a Palm Sunday walk with a difference. Instead of the traditional walk of witness, churchgoers young and old carried out a litter pick as they walked through the village. Following the morning services in
A HORWICH man is aiming to cycle 150 miles in 12 hours to raise money for charity. Sam Holden will travel from the west — Seascale in Cumbria — to Whitby in the east in a coast-to-coast bike ride on May 2. Waving him off will be his girlfriend
YOUNGSTERS from two primary schools have designed their own posters in a bid to tackle irresponsible dog owners. Children from the Oaks Primary School and Sharples Primary were challenged by Astley Bridge councillors to design the posters to put
AN ARSON investigation has been launched after a blaze destroyed a car just metres from where a family was sleeping. Abdul Patel and his family were woken just before 2am yesterday when their silver Volkswagen Golf was engulfed in flames outside
JERMAINE Beckford is eyeing a perfect 10 at Wanderers as they head into the final stretch. The fit-again front man scored his ninth goal of the campaign in Saturday’s 1-0 victory over Barnsley and now has designs on double figures, starting with
LIFE at Wanderers seems to have been an uphill battle so far for Liam Trotter – but should the boo-boys have given him more time before making up their minds? Barely two months since he made his first appearance for the Whites against his former
A PENSIONER had to have her leg amputated after she was hit by a double decker bus, a court heard. Dora Birch, aged 91, was on a pedestrian crossing at Bolton Bus Station off Blackhorse Street on Saturday, November 2, last year when she was hit
A PATRIOTIC campaign calling for Bolton schools to permanently fly the union flag and for pupils to sing the national anthem at assemblies has been launched by a councillor. Cllr Mudasir Dean has called for the changes as he hopes it will increase
