Tax specialist Sharon Harrison has been appointed to the Bolton office of accountancy practice John Fairhurst & Co. Sharon, aged 30, joins the firm from KPMG Manchester where she had responsibility for 40 high net wealth clients in her role as a Personal
A NEW survey claims people in the North-west are now more optimistic about economic prospects for the coming 12 months than those in other regions. Research by economic consultancy Business Strategies shows that consumer spending in the North-west is
THE Comet store in Bradshawgate, Bolton is to close as part of the massive shake-up which has followed the Norweb Retail sale. Norweb's out-of-town store on the Trinity Business Park near St Peter's Way will be re-branded to Comet within the next few
A MAJOR new North-west campaign was launched with the help of two jet aircraft. A Tornado and a Hawk from British Aerospace Warton flew over the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester as 200 guests from all over the region heard about the Year Of Engineering
A SUCCESSFUL VIP visit looks likely to strengthen local business links with New Zealand. His Excellency John Collinge, High Commissioner for New Zealand, spent two days in Bolton and Bury at the invitation of Bolton Bury Training and Enterprise Council
BOLTON's hidden valley is booming following an injection of City Challenge and private sector cash. The area behind Blackburn Road, Crompton Way and Tonge Moor Road is being transformed into a major asset for the town. Progress is visible to anybody who
A WOMAN motorist had an astonishing escape when her car skidded off an icy road, hit a telegraph pole and smashed through a fence before overturning. Barbara Earnshaw, 44, was travelling towards Bolton along Belmont Road, near Scout Road, when the accident
DETECTIVES are hunting a well-organised gang who stole thousands of pounds from a Breightmet post office - by carrying off the safe. Police believe the burglary at Top o' th' Brow Post Office on New Lane was the work of professional criminals, possibly
CHARTERED surveyor John Brownlow is to trek across a desert to raise money for charity. John, aged 36, of Latham Row, Horwich, is to walk 100 kilometres in six days from Eliat on the Red Sea in Israel through the Sinai Desert in Egypt to Mount Sinai.
SHADOW Employment Minister Peter Hain dropped in on students at Horwich College during a campaigning visit to the region. Mr Hain, accompanied by Ruth Kelly, Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate for Bolton West, chatted to trainees as he toured
CORONATION Street star Beverley Callard had a narrow escape when her car careered out of control in Bolton last night. The TV soap glamour queen was driving out of the town on St Peter's Way when her car swerved across the carriageway and ploughed into
LANCASHIRE's new coach Dav Whatmore asked Red Rose fans today not to turn the search for the elusive title into a millstone. "It hasn't taken long for me to realise how important it is to them," he admitted "I've only been here a few days and already
SIR: I feel that the single brain cell that is normally allocated to pop groups was not available on the day that Brian Harvey of the East 17 group said that it was quite safe to use the drug tablet, ecstasy. I feel that this statement should be taken
AN horrific head-on collision claimed the life of a Bury teacher and seriously injured his girlfriend. Firefighters and paramedics fought for nearly two hours to release 30-year-old Gordon Walker and Elizabeth Thompson, 28, from the wreckage of a Vauxhall
SIR: With regard to the Middlebrook Sports Village development and planning permission (BEN, January 22) for the removal of the surplus peat, which the initial survey failed to find. If I had 30 mature trees around my estate and I wished to remove them
THE Bolton girlfriend of a young man punched and kicked to death outside a Wigan night club has hit out at the five-year jail sentences handed out to his killers. Janice Booth, who was heavily pregnant at the time of Tommy Robert's death, branded the
SIR:I refer to Mike Dagnall's letter in the Thursday, January 30, edition. Come on, Mr Dagnall, lots of us in Bolton know you fully knew the name of the band you saw - Frisco Crabbe and the Atlantic Frantics - appearing at The Willows, because the man
A BOLTON mother is fighting for compensation after claiming her seven-year-old son was given the wrong treatment at the Royal Bolton Hospital. Sandra Daniels says she has already started legal action and hopes to claim compensation through the courts.
SIR: I laughed when I read in the BEN that Angus Diggle wished to become a Conservative MP. This pathetic and apparently very silly man seemed to be chasing rainbows. I read further that Mr Alan Clarke, an ex-MP, had got onto the list of the final six
oIn the English National Championships at Norwich, Chris and his Worcestershire partner Simon Archer beat N Ponting (Gloucestershire) and J Quinn (Middlesex) by a convincing 15-6, 15-4 scoreline. The Commonwealth Games' gold-medal winning partnership
SIR: I recently felt compelled to point out to Mr S R Morgan that it was obvious to all (except Mr S R Morgan) that Thomas Hamilton was an evil man determined to commit an equally evil crime. There was never anything to suggest that Hamilton was mentally
Lancashire Lynx 4 Wigan Warriors 52 WARRIORS scrum-half Shaun Edwards blasted a cup warning to his colleagues yesterday. The influential scrum-half, playing his first game since recovering from a knee operation, admitted: "Hopefully we can't get much
A BOY aged 12 was driving a stolen car which burst into flames after it ploughed into a pub during a police chase today. The boy had a miraculous escape but his passenger - an eight-year-old boy - is fighting for his life in hospital. The incident happened
PARAMEDICS and firefighters joined together to rescue a seriously injured 13-year-old girl trapped on a factory roof. The young girl was badly hurt when her leg slipped through a glass skylight as she tried to retrieve a ball from the roof of a disused
NEGOTIATIONS are taking place to open a day care service for the elderly in Horwich. Cllr Cliff Morris, chairman of social services, said day care could be provided in the Horwich Resource Centre. At a full meeting of Bolton Council, Cllr Morris also
MANY people choose the same numbers every week to play the Lottery, superstiously refusing to risk a change. And they will be very tempted to have a flutter on the midweek game with these "lucky" numbers. They will not want to chance their numbers coming
From the Evening News, February 3, 1972 HOLCOMBE Hunt races, one of the major events in Bolton's sporting calendar, will not be held this year. In fact, they may never be held in Bolton again. Four out of the last five attempts to hold the famous steeplechase
Bolton Wanderers 2 Birmingham 1 WANDERERS 4-4-2 GAVIN WARD ... 7 GUDNI BERGSSON ... 7 BRYAN SMALL ... 7 JAMIE POLLOCK ... 8 *GERRY TAGGART ... 9 CHRIS FAIRCLOUGH ... 8 PER FRANDSEN ... 7 SCOTT SELLARS ... 7 NATHAN BLAKE ... 7 JOHN McGINLAY ... 7 ALAN
York City 0 Bury 2 BURY fan John Sharples did his best to shoot down the high-flying Shakers - and then tipped them for the top. Sharples shone at the heart of York's stretched defence and came closest to scoring against his hometown club with a stunning
THE runaway Wanderers are relying on the Three Rs to keep them on the straight and narrow path to the Premiership. RESULTS are the be all and end all; RESILIENCE is what they'll need to pass some of the trickier tests and if REPETITION is the only way
FABRIC dyer David Topping from Bury was presented with a top award by the Duke of Kent. David, aged 23, was a regional winner for the north of England in the vocational 19-24 category of the Edexcel Awards for Educational Excellence. The Duke presented
RESIDENTS are demanding urgent action to stop drivers using a residential road as a rat run. They want Bolton Council highways chiefs to prevent motorists cutting through Greenland Road at Farnworth. Impatient drivers have been using the road to avoid
BOLTON and Bury Councils could employ an extra 2,500 teachers if they received the same Government grant as Tory Westminster. The claim was made today by Shadow Environment Secretary Frank Dobson as MPs prepare for a key vote on the Government distribution
SIR: The Tories cannot be trusted with the economy, with our schools, the NHS and above all with our taxes. Twenty two Tory taxes mean that a typical family has already paid over £2000 in extra tax since the last election. However, most frightening of
SIR: May I comment on a report in the Bolton Evening News of Saturday, January 25, by Janet Hughes on the visit to Bolton of the Home Office Minister David MacLean. Mr MacLean stated that we were not short of bobbies, but that they should get to the scene
SIR: After having a house on the market for the better part of last year, sheer desperation forces me to put pen to paper. 'House Prices Up', 'gazumping', 'demand'. Don't make me laugh! Anyone with a house to sell will tell a different story - 'Prices
HEAD teachers, governors and parents from all over Bolton borough will meet on Friday to debate the burning issues on education. Prospective parliamentary candidates of the three main parties will take part in a question and answer session. Each party
AN angry dad suffered burns to his arm - on a Bolton Water Place slide. Mr Shaun Mather, of Pilkington Road, Radcliffe went along to the swim centre with his daughters Keely, aged eight, and Shaunna, three. But on the way down the raging river ride, he
When it's my time to wander through the clouds, And to look back at my life that's been. I'll be grateful for the wonders, And the beauty that I've seen. I'll give thanks to those, who gave me love. And those who shared by my pain. I'll give thanks to
DETECTIVES are hunting a knife-wielding thug who repeatedly stabbed a man on a Worsley bus last night. The 26-year-old man was stabbed several times in the arms and stomach after a row with two other men. The incident happened shortly after 10.45pm on
VALENTINE'S day only falls once a year, but a diamond lasts forever, so this year Beaverbrooks want to help pledge eternal love. A £500 diamond ring, is being offered by Beaverbrooks in Crompton Place Shopping Centre, Bolton, who are holding a Valentine's
THE Football Association deserves some straight answers to a few direct questions over the endorsement by UEFA, Europe's football governing body, of Germany as the one and only European choice to stage the 2006 World Cup Finals. England aspired to bid
GORDON Armstrong is ready to kick start his injury-hit Bury career. The ex-Sunderland midfielder finally looks to be over the recurring back-related hamstring strain which has so far prevented him from making the big impact expected after the Shakers
Matlock Town 2 Leigh RMI 1 LEIGH RMI's promotion hopes took a jolt when they lost their first league away game of the season. It was their first league reverse since the home defeat by Droylsden on the opening day of the season but they have a chance
WANDERERS were hit by a bolt out of the blue today when midfielder Andy Todd was banned for three games. Todd was reported to the FA for swearing at referee Kevin Lynch in the 2-2 draw at West Brom on December 8. Todd was not booked during the game but
