A COUPLE escaped unhurt when their car careered out of control on St Peter's Way after a blow out. The Fiat car swerved across the Manchester-bound carriageway and crashed into the central crash barrier before overturning. Remarkably the driver 51-year-old
A DAD is celebrating today after scooping £106,000 on a bingo game. The 32-year-old man, who does not want to be named, but comes from the Wigan area, won the cash on the national bingo game at the Top Rank Club in Bolton on Saturday night. The Ashburner
HORWICH Harrier John Coope had already been running seven hours as the cannon fired to start yesterday's London Marathon. At the age of 61, John triumphed in his own long distance epic when he became only the 14th person to complete the 48 mile Joss Naylor
LITTLE HULTON skipper Rob Clews rapped his batsmen as the champions slumped to a five wicket defeat at the hands of Elton. But the Little Hulton cause was not helped by pro Tim O'Sullivan, who batted despite having broken fingers on his left hand. Clews
A REMOVAL firm boss saved his entire stock by driving his vans away from a raging blaze engulfing his other vehicles. Tony Daley jumped into one van already on fire in his frantic effort to save his business. And today, thanks to the director's quick
POLICE in Greater Manchester have given the thumbs down to an order on saluting. The order comes from their Chief Constable David Wilmot who has told his top staff the practice of saluting senior officers and funeral corteges must be reintroduced. Mr
SIR: We really have reached a sorry state of affairs in our country when people who are loyal to the Crown are prevented from holding a legal parade in Bolton, because of threats of violence and opposition from such an unholy alliance. It appears that
A DRUG crazed car thief brought terror to Bolton's roads as he tried to escape from the police in a high speed 10 mile race through the town. And today the man was on the run after escaping from a hospital ward. The thief - a 31-year-old disqualified
WIGAN are hoping unhappy winger Jason Robinson has settled his differences with the club. The Great Britain winger pulled out of the game with Bradford Bulls on Friday evening saying he wanted a transfer after failing to agree to an improved contract.
SIR: Regarding the letters from Robert Anderson and Andrew Rothwell, published in the Bolton Evening News on April 5. I entirely agree with everything they say about BSE (mad cow disease). For Douglas Hogg to suggest that Britain slaughters millions of
SIR: As editor of Hulton Park's Labour Link, I spend a great deal of time correcting the misleading articles which regularly appear in the Lib Dems' Focus. Rae Hill, in his letter concerning Manchester Airport shares (BEN: April 2), has now extended the
LEIGH RMI 1 RADCLIFFE BORO 1 KEVIN Booth, Leigh RMI's assistant manager, believes the club has unearthed a gem in recent signing Graham Leishman, who scored his third goal in as many starts in the draw with Radcliffe. Booth reckons that after a summer's
Midsummer Mink, Trinity Church Congregational/Methodist AODS Farnworth. THE Trinity Players are to be congratulated not only on unearthing so many real furs, but in finding a talented team of actresses to wear them. Peter Coke's comedy centres on the
POLICE reinforcements were called to deal with up to 60 rowdy fans after trouble erupted at Blackrod railway station at the weekend. Officers were sent to the station to deal with outbreaks of violence involving supporters of the Vauxhall Conference club
WE have heard it all before. Beaches in Britain's most popular holiday area are a "national disgrace" with high levels of pollution. Now, the Marine Conservation Society has slammed the coastline of the North-west of England, including Blackpool and Morecambe
IT'S a disgrace that vandals should be terrifying pensioners on a private Bolton housing development. Residents on the William Sutton Trust scheme at Daubhill report that young tearaways - whose identity they claim to know already - are making their lives
BURY boss Stan Ternent today sifted through the wreckage of Saturday's humiliation at Darlington to insist: "We are still in the driving seat for automatic promotion." The Shakers must win their final two matches to ensure Second Division soccer next
WANDERERS stars Gerry Taggart and Keith Branagan begin their comeback from injury tonight. The goalkeeper and defender play for the reserves at Newcastle as they embark on the road to recovery. But their return has almost certainly come too late to play
FOR Question of Sport read Question of Export... Former England Rugby Union captain Bill Beaumont heads one of nine North-west companies to win this year's Queen's Awards for Export, Technological and Environmental Achievement. He is managing director
By ALAN CALVERT Industrial Editor NORTH-west companies are missing out on new business because of poor marketing skills, it is claimed. This is the message from the Government Office for the North-west, which believes that smaller firms in particular
BEACHES in the North-west which were today slammed as a "national disgrace" will soon be cleaned up, North West Water has pledged The water giant claims that significantly cleaner water will be found at bathing beaches along the North-west coast as new
A TEENAGE shop assistant was hit over the head with a vase in a brutal attack in a Harwood flower shop. The 19-year-old assistant was attacked by a woman who stormed into the Flowers for all Occasions store in Lea Gate at the weekend. After an argument
THE opening shots in the Bolton Association season brought disappointment for the champions but a positive start for many of the fancied teams. Little Hulton were beaten by five wickets by Elton but the slow, damp wickets meant a bundle of low scores.
A BOLTON business has been forced to shut after the third fire in two years. Devastated director Alan Mann has been forced to close the metal fabrications section of his company Centredart Ltd after a massive blaze last night. It took 25 firemen to control
THE idea of a dozen captains of industry pelting each other with paint balls on the West Pennine Moors is ludicrous. But that is a picture conjured up by some when they hear the words "management training course". Now the innovative Greater Manchester
SIR: Recently you printed in your paper an article about the shocked councillor, who was horrified at the state of Bolton taxis and private hire cars. I just wish to point out that the test, which is every six months and costs a lot of money and a lot
SIR: Bolton Wanderers have always been a notably effective footballing team; their battle-weary players having brought 'honour' to the game and 'glory' to the old milltown! Their regular fans are probably as proud of Bolton now as yesteryear's fans were
f+bs=10.5os=9oo Teacher Mrs Sheila Johnson, Community Liaison and Centenary Co-ordinator said: "As the original Board school we have long been part of the Horwich community and linked through grandparents and pupils to local industries. "We realise there
Leigh Centurions 49 Prescot Panthers 12 By MIKE HULME NO-ONE will pretend that Leigh had suddenly found the answers to all their problems with this first victory of the season being greeted with relief rather than complete satisfaction. Anything has to
SIR: Your readers may have seen the BBC documentary, Di-Di's Story, shown over the Easter Weekend, about an orang-utan pet who was returned to the forest in Borneo. The farewell scenes between this beautiful animal and her loving owner, who had brought
SIR: Holidays One-Parents is a registered Charity which aims are to help one-parent families find a cheaper holiday. We have holidays up and down the country at Holiday Centres, prices ranging from £99 for a party up to seven; one-parents may share accommodation
WORKINGTON 0 ATHERTON LR 1 ATHERTON LR's UniBond Division One season finished with a superb single goal away victory at Workington. Stunned by the news before setting out for the Cumbrian coast that central defender Lee Sculpher would miss not only Saturday's
Love on the Dole, Oldham Coliseum. Runs until May 11. DIRECTOR Ian Jessup has painted a Lowryesque portrait in this damning condemnation of1930s industrial oppression. Such was the potency of Walter Greenwood's picture of hardship in Salford's Hanky Park
WISELY, amid all the mayhem of her family's troubles, the Queen chose to celebrate her 70th birthday yesterday with the minimum of fuss. After plans for a meal at the Waterside Inn restaurant at Bray were leaked, it was decided to have a quiet party at
From the Evening News, April 21, 1971 STEELWORKERS got a double shock today with the announcement of thousands of redundancies and plans to close ten plants between the middle of this year and 1973. Lord Melchett, chairman of the British Steel Corporation
Darlington 4 Bury 0 By NEIL BONNAR GOOD old Bury. Just when you thought it was safe to get excited, the dark side of their unpredictable nature rears its ugly head again. Fifteen hundred deflated fans must have wondered what all the pre-match talk of
