I REFER to your article (Bolton Evening News, May 20) regarding Scrutiny. Scrutiny could so easily be accused of rubber-stamping but, unlike the previous committee structure, reports brought to scrutiny are not just for noting, but for questioning. Executive
A PARISH centre manager has scooped a top business award, despite his trade suffering from the fall-out of the foot and mouth disease last year. Michael Hall, who runs St Chad's Parish Centre in Town Lane, Whittle-le-Woods, won the Most Improved Business
THE two men who were killed when a fireball engulfed the 200ft Carnaud Metalbox chimney in Westhoughton have still not been identified. A post mortem examination has been carried out but pathologists have yet to find out who they were and how they died
BOOZING football fans are being warned to leave their cars at home or risk getting caught drink-driving by police. Motorists who knock back their pints during the World Cup will be red carded by eagle-eyed officers. They have vowed to be extra-vigilant
PAUL Wheatcroft has agreed terms with Third Division Scunthorpe United after being released by Bolton Wanderers. The 21 year-old striker held successful talks with Iron manager Brian Laws and looks set to join up with former Wanderers' winger Peter Morrison
WANDERERS fans' favourite TV pundit Mark Lawrenson has branded Mick McCarthy's Irish team "much of a muchness" - and warned they could be on the first plane home from the World Cup. Former Republic of Ireland international Lawrenson, now a BBC pundit
WANDERERS' Danish World Cup star Stig Tofting has been involved in a training-ground bust-up with team-mate Jesper Gronkjaer. The midfielder and his Chelsea counterpart were involved in an impromptu wrestling match which involved another Premiership footballer
YOURI Djorkaeff has admitted that he wouldn't be in Korea with the French World Cup squad preparing to defend his country's crown if it wasn't for his transfer to Bolton Wanderers in February. The midfielder was billed as the greatest signing in the club's
A NATIONAL medical week for men is to be launched after a six-year crusade by a Bury therapist. Richard O' Neill (40), of Tamworth Drive, Brandlesholme, believed a downward slide in the general health of men needed to be tackled. He found many men seemed
BOOZING football fans are being warned to leave their cars at home or risk getting caught drink-driving by police. Motorists who knock back their pints during the World Cup will be red carded by eagle-eyed officers. They have vowed to be extra-vigilant
ST John's Church, Farnworth, is showing the national Golden Jubilee service on a big screen at 11.15am on Tuesday, June 4. People are invited to bring a packed lunch to eat afterwards.
THE waste collection service in Bury will operate next Tuesday, even though it is a bank holiday. Staff will not be work on Monday. . While council staff will join millions across the country to join in the national celebrations on Monday, it will be
A CONMAN cheated people out of money by claiming he was using football cards to raise cash for two youth soccer teams. Bernard Seaborn, aged 61, of Harvey Longworth Court, in Crawshawbooth, Rossendale, said he would pass the money on to the Bury Rangers
A WOMAN was arrested by police when she continued to swear when officers asked her to calm down. Margaret McNulty, aged 32, admitted behaving in a manner likely to cause breach of the peace at an incident near her home on Lune Drive, Bury. She was bound
HUNDREDS of medals are being handed out to schooolchildren by the New Bury Community Centre committee to honour the Queen's anniversary. It is also staging a party at St James' Secondary School field on Monday, June 3, which will cater for all ages, including
UNION officials are hopeful that talks aimed at averting strike action by firefighters will result in a significant pay rise. Greater Manchester Fire Brigade Union secretary Bob Pounder is confident pay demands will be resolved before firefighters resort
A FOOTBALL fan is set to make a huge noise in Korea and Japan during next month's World Cup. For Steve Wood, who plays the euphonium in Sheffield Wednesday's Kop Band, has won a free plane seat to football finest festival. Today the former Crompton Fold
STALWART fundraiser Barry Calvert will be helping a seriously ill four-year-old by cycling his way across Ireland. The 50-year-old aims to notch-up more than 500 miles when he rides from Dublin to Cleggan in County Mayo, which is the furthest westerly
A FORMER Bolton man was fatally injured when he was involved in an accident with a fork-lift truck while working as an engineer in the Middle East. Owen Bryne, aged 56, known to his friends and family as Pat, was hit by the truck in Oman last August,
A SPECIAL version of BBC1's popular Songs of Praise is to be filmed in Bolton -- to celebrate the Commonwealth Games. The service, called "Commonwealth Praise", will be filmed in Victoria Square on Sunday, July 7. More Than Gold, a group of Greater Manchester
BOLTON Museum and Art Gallery bosses are feathering their nest with a new exhibition. Stuffed exotic parrots are part of a display about the Games called 'Our Commonwealth: Our Home'. The exhibition features a variety of objects collected from Britain's
A 21-year-old Chorley woman died from multiple injuries when she lost control of her car on an icy road and collided with a vehicle coming the other way. Lucy McKeown, of Tinklers Road, had been driving a Ford Fiesta car on Boxing Day night last year
AN inexperienced teenage driver was killed when he lost control of a high-powered car on a bend, an inquest was told Student Kaushik Ramesh Jhala, aged 17, is thought to have been travelling at between 50 and 60 mph along Deane Road, Bolton, when the
THE former chief executive of Manchester United has sold the vast majority of his stake in the club. Martin Edwards has sold his £17 million share in United to a family trust. His father, Louis, became chief shareholder and chairman in the 1960s. Mr Edwards
TWO wards at a Liverpool hospital were closed to new admissions after patients and staff were struck down by a "winter bug", it emerged today. About 60 patients and staff at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital contracted the illness, a mild form of
A NEW leader has emerged at the top of the Bolton Evening News Naps competition after Just James romped home at 20-1 in the 3.30 at Newmarket on Saturday. Three of our teams - Caught Napping, Hick Ups and Woodcock Wonders - backed the best priced winner
ANOTHER school in Bolton has been attacked by vandals, leaving a massive repair bill. CLARISSA SATCHELL reports on the increasing number of schools being targeted by louts and what can be done to try to protect them THE school corridors were scattered
A ROYAL line up of concerts have been organised in Bolton to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. In fact the town not only has a Last Night of the Proms Concert taking place, but a Brass Night at the Proms! The Last Night of the Proms takes place on
A BOLTON hotel is to play an important role in the Commonwealth Games this summer. The Macdonald Last Drop Village and Hotel at Bromley Cross has been chosen by the BBC as the headquarters for its team of technical officials for the duration of the Games
I AGREE with James Woodrow (Madness to use money like this). It seems that this Government spends millions of pounds of taxpayers' money aiding other countries while promising much at home with little delivery. The current situation where many illegal
YOUR article "Latest fluoride plans given the brush off" on May 14, reported that again officials are trying to force people to drink water with the chemical fluoride added to it. Fluoride is more poisonous than lead and only slightly less poisonous than
THE Bolton Evening News has often referred to the pleasure that Lever Park has given to so many local residents over the years. The source of this pleasure can now be traced back for 100 years. The Liverpool Corporation Act of 1902 established the Park
AUTHORITARIAN right-wingers from George Dubbya Bush to Rev Ian Paisley have repeatedly hijacked the term "evil" in order to promote their own private moral agenda. Mrs B Stuart (Bolton Evening News, May 25) is only the latest to do so. In truth, I suspect
DAILY MIRROR: Sven-Goran Eriksson last night pleaded with his fellow Swedes not to target David Beckham and send the England captain limping out of the World Cup. DAILY EXPRESS: Terry Venables has taken up Swede bashing just days before Sven-Goran Eriksson
MIKE Watkinson, Bolton's most famous cricketing son, has been banned from playing in his local league writes Peter Mensforth Walkden wanted to play the former Test player and ex-Lancashire captain as an amateur in occasional games but their request was
WANDERERS fans' favourite TV pundit Mark Lawrenson has branded Mick McCarthy's Irish team "much of a muchness" - and warned they could be on the first plane home from the World Cup. Former Republic of Ireland international Lawrenson, now a BBC pundit
FIREFIGHTERS helped clear up after a stolen Nissan crashed into a wall. The fire crew cleaned up oil and petrol after the car was abandoned off Blackburn Road, in Astley Bridge, at 11pm yesterday. Police are investigating.
Challenge of a lifetime BOLTON people can help raise money for the British Institute for Brain Injured Children by taking part in a number of events, ranging from climbing Kilimanjaro to trekking in Peru. If you feel like rising to the challenge of a
THE Bolton branch of the RSPCA is moving its offices in the town. The charity's new headquarters will move further up Chorley Old Road, from number 282 to 298, from July 1. Funding for the refurbished base was agreed by committee members earlier this
THE Leprosy Relief Association (LEPRA) is asking ramblers to join a sponsored summer hike along Hadrian's Wall to help victims in the developing world. LEPRA's hike runs starts at 2pm on Friday, August 16, and finishes on Thursday, August 22, covering
at the libraries PARENTS and children from Leigh, Atherton and Tyldesley are being asked what they think about their local library service. Wigan Council's libraries are taking part in a national survey which aims to find out which services libraries
TRAVEL experts are warning motorists in Bolton that the Golden Jubilee and the World Cup will not keep drivers off the road over the Bank Holiday weekend. The RAC said it is likely there will be long delays on many routes across the country on Friday
A SPECIAL version of BBC1's popular Songs of Praise is to be filmed in Bolton -- to celebrate the Commonwealth Games. The service, called "Commonwealth Praise", will be filmed in Victoria Square on Sunday, July 7. More Than Gold, a group of Greater Manchester
WIGAN have successfully fought off the lure of rugby union to keep Great Britain centre David Hodgson on their books for another two years. The Hull-born flier, who signed from Halifax Blue Sox two years ago, has put pen to paper on a new contract which
ONE man had to be cut free from his car after a serious collision in Leigh early today. The accident, involving a Peugeot 305 and a Ford Mondeo, happened at 5.30am on Atherleigh Way, at the junction of Kirkhall Lane, outside Asda. The Peugeot driver was
BURY will be saved from extinction on Friday as creditors agree to write off an £800,000 debt. A deal to hand control of the club to the Save Our Shakers Association has yet to be signed but their largest creditor, the Russell Cooke Trust, are believed
STATION and retail staff at a leading rail firm will start a 48-hour strike tonight in a long-running row over pay. Members of the Rail Maritime and Transport union at Arriva Trains Northern were due to walk out at 9pm.
CAR workers are heading to London today to present the Queen with a special Jubilee gift. The team from Bentley Motors, in Crewe, Cheshire, has designed a new limousine in her honour. It is expected to become the Queen's principal form of transport.
ANXIOUS parents of school truants have inundated Bolton education chiefs with phone calls because they fear they could be sent to prison. The calls follow the case of a mother just freed after being jailed for allowing her two daughters to play truant
STAFF and pupils at a Horwich primary school are celebrating after being named by Government education chiefs as a shining light for other schools to follow. Claypool Primary School is among 166 schools throughout the UK to be given "beacon status" this
FRUSTRATED armchair quiz buffs who shout at the TV during The Weakest Link can now get their own back. The Bolton Evening News is sponsoring the Lancashire Quiz Challenge in association with BBC local radio stations GMR and Radio Lancashire. We are looking
COLLEGE lectures were disrupted for a second day as lecturers went on strike over low pay. A handful of lecturers manned a picket line at Bolton Community College claiming they wanted the strike to remain "low-key" as they were angry with their national
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MORE than 500 holidaymakers with MyTravel, the re-branded Airtours, are facing delays of up to 18 hours on their flights to a Greek island. Due to a strike at Zakinthos Airport, Zante, two flights out of Manchester early today were cancelled and will
