History of the BEN  RSS feed | About

On Monday, September 11,2006, The Bolton Evening News changed its name to become The Bolton News.

Wes Wright takes a look at the illustrious history of one of the country’s oldest local newspapers.

...No content available ...

EDITOR'S CHOICE TODAY'S VOTE Is enough being done to raise the levels of achievement at Bolton secondary schools? Click here to vote. WANDERERS NEWS Stand by Megson, says Kelly New deal would spark keeper duel VOTE: Would Bolton have been relegated if they had gone further in the Uefa Cup? NORTH WEST HEADLINES Rangers fans praise for cup final police Uefa Cup fans charge details Police smash £500,000 heroin smuggling gang VIDEO: I knew I was going to get done over - attacked PC Uefa Cup night of violence: 11 charged Christmas Day murderer jailed for life Rangers chief blasts 'small minority' Night of violence mars Uefa Cup Final NEIL BONNAR: SHOOTS FROM THE LIP Power cuts may save the planet Diehard footie fans feel the pain Cheer up Kevin Keegan Too little, too late for Champions League Final Roll on the new season! Get 7p off the current edition of The Bolton News by Direct Delivery HERE Check out our updated TV and Video section. Click HERE. The Bolton Blog is now up and running - and you can join. Click HERE. If you are in the middle of a major incident or see something interesting taking place you can now send Your Pictures directly to us. Click HERE. GET OUR NEWS BY E-MAIL Just register Most read Comments 1 New deal would spark keeper duel 2 Stand by Megson, says Kelly 3 Teen dies of bone cancer following work accident 4 Bolton pastie shop owner's blood clot scare 5 Bolton takeaway worker arrested in immigration clamp 6 UPDATE: Eyewitness describes Bury helicopter crash 7 VOTE: Would Bolton have been relegated if they had gone further in the Uefa Cup? 8 Police officers bitten during attacks 9 Man tracked burglar through Bolton's streets 10 Green light for Bolton town centre Primark expansion Today | 7 Days 1 Megson clear out 2 Whites target Gomis looks to Italy 3 Billionaire Roman deserves credit, says Megson 4 Bolton hotel rooms fully booked for Rangers' Uefa Cup Final 5 Supermarket money 'should stay in Westhoughton' 6 Star mum brings baby campaign to Bolton 7 UPDATE: Tributes to biker killed in park accident 8 Teachers strike at Withins School 9 Teacher suspended over claims she struck girl 10 Call for tougher smoking warnings