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I will be buying some clothes with it for my holiday. Many thanks and keep up the good work. Mrs E Atkinson Halsall Drive Great Lever, Bolton

TORY Cllr Walter Hall tries to convince us that the Conservative Party would be tough on asylum seekers, yet his claim does not stand up. He says that the Conservative Party would build detention centres to house asylum seekers, while their cases are

A MAN who was brutally attacked more than two weeks ago is still in a coma in a hospital's intensive care unit. Brian Sanderson, 51, was discovered lying in a pool of blood on a Little Hulton pavement just after 11pm on April 22 after he had been the

A NEW war is set to be waged against drunken violent yobs across the Bolton area. A police van equipped with CCTV spy cameras will patrol the streets for the first time tomorrow night. The vehicle, dubbed the "hoolivan", is armed with state-of-the-art

A YOUNGSTER who suffers from a rare genetic disorder will have the chance to show off his soccer skills to a former England football player on Saturday. Nathan Howarth, aged three, will meet Martin Dobson, who used to play for Bolton, at Asda in Horwich

A CHANCE to enjoy a fancy dress evening and help a Romanian orphanage is available on Saturday. Susan Watson from Tottington has organised a 1930s American evening at the Premier Fives in Leverhulme Park, Bolton, from 7.30pm. Fancy dress is optional,

POLICE arrived at the home of Michael Hunt and found firefighters dealing with a wheelie bin blaze outside. Bury magistrates were told that when officers tried to question Hunt, aged 34, he ran off. He was eventually caught but became increasingly agitated

A CLUB which helps people with learning disabilities is appealing for drivers and helpers. Bolton Senior Gateway Club runs a busy programme at the Jubilee Centre in Darley Street for people with learning disabilities and disabled people from the age of

SPRING is busking out all over the Egerton area, as the town's top acoustic musicians add a second weekly gig to the area. In addition to their highly successful Sunday night sessions at the Cross Guns, Bolton's Buskers Ball will also be holding a regular

CARL Snape is a true Bolton Wanderer. The 16-year-old was distraught when he missed the matchday bus to the Reebok by 10 minutes. So, he adopted the same fighting spirit Wanderers must use in the play-offs over the next week -- he jogged EIGHT miles to

SAM Allardyce's worst fears have been realised with the appointment of the referee for the second leg of Wanderers' play-off duel with West Brom. Three days after criticising the performance of Roy Pearson in Sunday's home draw with Sheffield United,

SO much for Lancashire's Championship chances resting on Muttiah Muralitharan. Murali only took two wickets as Leicestershire were all out for 240 on the first day at Grace Road with Glen Chapple continuing his superb start to the season. The 27-year-old

IT will be odd not seeing Coventry in the Premiership next season. But it will be a lot less boring. I'm sad for the fans but not for the club which has had a better run than any other club bar one in the top flight. I'm old enough to have experienced

BOLTON West MP Ruth Kelly turned 33 today, but as the General Election campaign swung into action, celebrations were definitely not on the cards. Ms Kelly, who defends a slender majority of 7,072, was already too busy trying to snuff out the challenge

SHADOW Home Secretary Ann Widdecombe delivered an uncompromising message on yob culture when she hit the campaign trail in Horwich. The Tory big-hitter raised the case of retired firefighter Ken Arrowsmith, 56, who died of a heart attack after being taunted

A MAN caught shoplifting at a superstore had two children with him, a court heard. Asda store detectives watched Stephen Gibling place food, video recorders and even a hi-fi system into his trolley and then walk out without paying. Gibling, who has a

RESIDENTS in some parts of Bolton have snubbed the census -- with as many as 60 per cent not returning their forms and now facing the threat of large fines. Some areas, including Breightmet, have fared badly, with poor return rates of just 40 per cent

IT was the sound all her classmates prayed they would hear again . . . As the headteacher of St Peter's CE Primary School read out the name Emma Standish from the register, the 10-year-old replied: "Good morning, Mrs Charlton." The little girl from Farnworth

I WISH to say thank you for the prizes I have won over the last few months, the most recent being the Red Devil and the Duerrs Marmalade. I can't remember how long I've been doing your competitions, which I so enjoy, but have taken your paper for the

MAY I take this opportunity to invite my fellow Councillors and their families, all voluntary and uniformed organisations and residents of Horwich, to join me in a Civic Parade and Service on May, 20. The parade will assemble in front of the Horwich Resource

ON April 27, I was lucky enough to be invited to a party given by Bolton Rotarian Club at Dunscar Conservative Club for the older residents of the area. It was a wonderful evening of entertainment; we were given refreshments and entertained by a young

MANY people in Bolton are very concerned that, after all the campaigning by the BEN, little or nothing seems to have been done about the annual bedevilment of fireworks. So it was good to read in the BEN recently that Brian Iddon had not given up the

MY four year old son attends Jellytots pre-school nursery, and has done so for the past two years. And I attended the meeting with parents and the management committee of Highfield Hall, on Friday, April 27. What the main members of the management committee

PEOPLE often bemoan the lack of true opera staged in Bolton, yet last night the Albert Halls was only half full to appreciate the delights of Eugene Onegin. Perhaps not the most famous of operas, it nevertheless has the music of Tchaikovsky, and this

THERE will be many attractions to enjoy at Eatock Primary School's May Fair later this month. Children can jump around on a bouncy castle and there will also be a fun fair, craft stalls, a barbecue, cafe and car boot sale. The event at the St George's

EAGLE-EYED drivers in Horwich may have noticed something amiss with a road sign recently. A sign at the Beehive roundabout points the way to the A6026, but drivers could be forgiven for becoming a little confused as there is no such road in the area.

NORTH-west manufacturers report a rapid decline in business confidence. Job The latest Regional Trends Survey published by the Confederation of British Industry and Business Strategies Ltd says total orders and export orders fell markedly in the last

ARSONISTS are turning a section of grassland in Farnworth into a dangerous car graveyard. Fire crews were called to open land behind Shillingford Road at 11pm last night after vandals set fire to a Vauxhall Astra. Sub Officer Rob Gibson said the attack

A PRIMARY school is set to be given a face-lift costing more than half-a-million pounds. Staff and pupils at Tonge Moor County Primary have been told of plans to revamp the building over the next year. The proposal forms part of a bid to regenerate the

BOLTON RUFC finally won their relegation battle with an 18-5 home victory over Didsbury last night. Bolton, who needed two points to be mathematically sure of staying up, took the early initiative when skipper Peter Jackson put wingman Peter Hackin in

THE good, the bad and the ugly sums up Man City's demise from the Premiership. It is good for the rest of the First Division who are guaranteed capacity crowds and lucrative pay days from at least one home game next season; bad for the most loyal fans

PAULO Wanchope was slaughtered on Sky TV on Monday night for a two-footed tackle. Now we've all been brought up to profess that the two-footed tackle ranks somewhere in between murder and manslaughter in the scale of crimes and if the Sky TV commentators

IT will be an outrage if Chesterfield are allowed to be promoted to the Second Division after being found guilty of breaching league regulations this season. Torquay chairman Mike Bateson has launched a campaign to have Chesterfield expelled from the

FOOTBALL'S voting season is here and, as usual, the football writers and professionals have got it wrong. There are more deserving cases than Teddy Sherringham for the player of the season award and how can you not have Gudni Bergsson in the PFA First

Leigh Centurions 68 Hunslet Hawks 4 CENTURIONS' fans were drooling at the performance of another of their rising stars last night as Leigh continued their relentless march towards the NFP Minor Premiership writes Mike Hulme Teenage scrum-half Lee Sanderson

LEADING Tory Francis Maude arrived in Bolton less than two hours after the General Election campaign to deliver the message: "Don't write us off." Mr Maude, shadow foreign secretary, joined the party's Bolton North-east candidate Michael Winstanley and

ESTRANGED boyfriend Geoffrey Fay never realised his every move was being captured on film as he broke into and a set a camper van on fire. Bury magistrates heard that the 40-year-old's former girlfriend, Naomi Edwards, and the mother of his three young

PATIENTS at the Royal Bolton Hospital are in for a gourmet treat served up by TV food guru Loyd Grossman. The NHS menu has been revamped to the tune of £40 million to include navarin of lamb with couscous and posh pear and chocolate crumble. The move

A WOMAN could face prison after she stopped paying her council tax because of a row with town hall bosses about collections from her wheelie-bin. Susan Stamp has vowed to go to jail rather than back down to the council - which says she must buy a £30

SKY high rents are turning parts of Bolton into a"retail graveyard", it is claimed. Expensive leases combined with a drop in profits are sending many of the town's firms to the wall. Popular town centre restaurant Brasserie Le Mans, on Bradshawgate, Bolton

BOLTON Wanderers have given the go-ahead for the final of this year's Hospital Saturday Cup, to be played at the prestigious Reebok Stadium. The final, provisionally scheduled for Monday, May 21, will see two local amateur teams battle it out on the pitch