THE League and Association are hoping to make the MEN inter-league knockout an all Bolton affair. Both play their semi-finals tomorrow with the League facing the Central Lancashire League at Milnrow and the Association going to Fleetwood to meet the Northern
CLIFTON face a make or break day in their Bolton Association title hopes tomorrow when they host leaders and reigning champions Walshaw. Clifton have been among the leading pack for most of the season but they took a tumble last weekend when they were
GRANGE Hill changed the shape of children's television in this country. At long last programme makers accepted that there were working-class children attending school, that not all schools had uniforms and that some children got into more serious trouble
REPORTER Karen Stephen admits to once wearing smiley T-shirts, baggy jeans and dancing in that funny, arm-waving way during many a Saturday night at the Hacienda. She also freely admits to long-term fantasising over Charlatan's frontman, Tim Burgess.
BOLTON Wanderers' chairman, Phil Gartside, speaks exclusively to Bolton Evening News chief football writer, Gordon Sharrock, reflecting on the club's Premiership survival, the current state of financial play and plans for the future. QUESTION: The pundits
www.gloriousnoise.com A SITE dedicated to modern rock music of all types. Not necessarily chart stuff, but some of it is vaguely familiar to me -- an ageing soul fan. There are lots of links, some mp3 downloads, plenty of information about bands and releases
DRINK driver Kathyrn Hall was nearly three times the legal limit when she was involved in a road accident. Bury magistrates were told the 43 year old had caused minor damage to the other vehicle but, after visiting a nearby shop, she then drove away.
YOURI Djorkaeff has pledged the rest of his career to Bolton Wanderers. One of the world's greatest creative midfield talents of recent years today signed a contract to stay at the Reebok Stadium for the next two years. Manager Sam Allardyce's third major
WELL, I've been practising my speech all week and I'm finally ready -- it's the Emap awards ceremony in London tonight and in the event that I should win anything at all I'll be ready to wow them with my heartfelt poem thanking everyone I have ever met
BLACKPOOL GRAND THEATRE Comedy Bonanza 2002 Cannon and Ball, The Barron Knights and The Roly Polys star throughout the summer. Until Saturday October 26, £8 OPERA HOUSE, Quay Street, Manchester Singin' In The Rain The classic musical about the making
IT'S not so much London life this week as Cornish life. I've been in Newquay filming for T4 and, for the sake of my art, threw myself -- body and soul -- into the whole "beach thang". Actually, I threw myself into the sea because I went surfing, you see
I'D like to announce I'm retiring from international football. I might as well as everybody else seems to be doing it. It's the new football fashion to want to give up the honour - or is it the inconvenience - of playing for your country. I blame Alan
THE COMEDY STORE, Manchester The Best in Stand Up Toby Foster, Marcus Brigstocke, Jeff Innocent, Milton Jones and Paul Zerdin. Tonight, 8pm, £13 and £6 conc. The Best in Stand Up Toby Foster, Marcus Brigstocke, Jeff Innocent, Milton Jones and Paul Zerdin
'VE been spending a fair amount of time up north this week. Arrived in Manchester on Tuesday morning for the Charlatans gig at the University that night. It was a bit of a secret "do" and I only found out where it was at the last minute. I was interviewing
A TRAIN line that time forgot will be back in action again for the August Bank Holiday weekend. A heritage passenger train will pass over the track -- which serves Atherton, Hindley and Swinton -- for the first time in a decade on Saturday, August 24.
AN amazing £17,920.09 - that's the total readers raised during the Bury Times Five To Stay Alive fundraising campaign as part of the Save Our Shakers Appeal. But now, with the club now safely out of administration and everyone looking forward to a bright
THERE can be no better argument for carrying an organ donor card than to meet someone whose life has been saved by a transplant. In National Transplant Week, feature writer Frank Elson talks to Bolton couple John and Mo Corston. WHAT does John Corston's
1. Silent Stones by Diana Cooper (Hodder £10) 2. Saturday's Child by Ruth Hamilton (Corgi £5.99) 3. Billy by Pamela Stephenson (HarperCollins £6.99) 4. Angel Inspiration by Diana Cooper (Hodder & Stoughton £10) 5. Forget You had a Daughter by Sandra
P W L H GW GL Pts Deane... 9 5 1 3 41 31 53.5 Chorley... 9 5 3 1 39.5 32.5 50.5 Breightmet... 9 4 4 1 36.5 35.5 45.5 Dunscar... 7 5 2 0 33.5 22.5 43.5 Hindley Hall... 7 4 2 1 32.5 23.5 41.5 Bolton... 8 3 4 1 33.5 30.5 40.5 Horwich... 8 3 4 1 33.0 31.0
A FURIOUS artist claims his skilfully crafted sculptures failed to find favour -- while praise was heaped on the artistic merits of works such as a bath full of rancid spaghetti hoops. Bob Burden has just completed his art degree at Bolton Institute where
Sunday BOLTON MUSEUM, ART GALLERY & AQUARIUM, Le Mans Crescent, Bolton. Tel: 332211. Open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm. Admission free. Bolton Aquarium For unique views into the aquatic world visit Bolton Aquarium, where there are fish on display
TWO boys, aged nine and 12, were shot and injured by a teenager armed with an airgun as they delivered a newspaper on an errand for their mother. Friends Ben Perrin and Jack Taylor were both hit by metal pellets fired from a gun with telescopic sights
SINGLES - Biffy Clyro: Joy... Toys ... (Out Monday) DOUBLE-A sides remain a mystery to my, especially when they have titles like Joy. Discovery. Invention. and Toys Toys Toys Choke, Toys Toys Toys. Confused? Me too. Anyway, here goes. Joy... has a very
ATLANTIS, The Valley, Eagley Brook Way, Bolton Line up for a rear of the year contest - plus pop, dance and R&B, with classics for the over-30s in Club Class upstairs Tonight, £4 before 11pm, £5 after Vodka Republic Get nostalgic with 70s, 80s and
A TRAIN line that time forgot will be back in action again for the August Bank Holiday weekend. A heritage passenger train will pass over the track -- which serves Atherton, Hindley and Swinton -- for the first time in a decade on Saturday, August 24.
A FORMER Bolton policeman has been ordained to the priesthood. The Rev David Schofield will serve as a curate in the parish of St Mark, Derby. Mr Schofield, was brought up in Hall i' th' Wood and worked as a policeman. He attended St Aidan's Church as
HELLO again. You've probably all heard about my misfortune on the accommodation front at Glastonbury last weekend. Remember I told you about the luxury cottage I was staying in? Well, thanks to a bunch of idiots who decided to cause havoc outside the
TEMPTED by the summer sales? Then here are a few useful ideas for bargains on those sales racks. Although the weather hasn't been brilliant so far this year, there's time yet, so it's worth updating your summer wardrobe while you've got the chance to
SO we've had the football, the tennis, Royal Ascot and the Derby - move over, it's time for 'The Tiger'. If there is one person who is currently dominating their sport, it's Tiger Woods who is currently the best golfer in the world by a long way. Next
Having a great time in St Ives. Swimming in the sea and heated pool. Visited the Eden Project with my family. Weather has been OK. Love Nicola, Rebecca, Fiona Partington and sister Laura
THE Bolton League will be without two of their leading players for tomorrow's game against the Central Lancs League. Matt Parkinson and Andy Ingram have both opted to play for Walkden in their Thwaites Knockout match at Chorley which left the selectors
TONGE could discover over the next two Saturdays what the local cricket season has in store for them. This time last week they were sitting at the top of the Bolton League only to end the weekend in third place and out of the Hamer Cup. And who knows
RANGERS at Knowsley Safari Park on Merseyside had to perform "open mouth surgery" on Whit, a five-year-old lioness, after realising she had a golf ball stuck on one of her fangs. "We had to sedate her but it was still a white knuckle job," said manager
A 38-year-old woman was due to appear before magistrates in the region today after being arrested at Manchester Airport on suspicion of drug smuggling. The London woman had arrived from Montego Bay, Jamaica, via Atlanta in the United States. She is accused
A MAN aged 40 has been arrested in London in connection with the death of a Preston boy 17 years ago. The arrest follows the start of a DNA screening programme of 90 local men. The body of Imraan Ismail Vohra, aged nine, was found in a Preston park in
A ROW has broken out after pharmacists working in GP surgeries in Bolton were accused of illegally looking at patient's health notes. Health chiefs are worried that the pharmacists, brought in to ease the workload on family doctors, have been breaching
A NORTH-WEST broadcaster, who has been a familiar face on television for more than 30 years, has been honoured by Bolton Institute. Veteran TV and radio presenter Felicity Goodey was presented with an honorary fellowship and joined hundreds of other graduates
PATRICK Duker was walking along a dimly lit road to his Breightmet home, minding his own business, when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his leg. He looked down and was horrified to see blood pouring out of a wound on his leg. The teenager had been shot
A NEWLY-elected councillor for the far-right British National Party has refused to support a football club's stance on anti-racist behaviour. Carol Hughes's decision to abstain from a motion applauding Burnley football club's initiative to ban racist
VOLUNTEERS are desperately needed to safeguard the future of one of Ramsbottom's historic attractions, its heritage centre. A shortage has meant the Carr Street centre has had to remain closed to the public on a number of occasions. Mrs Linda de Ruijter
BURY'S Amir Khan returned from injury to produce two impressive performances to lift the gold medal in a home countries international. The 15-year-old represented England along with18 other boxers at different weights and ages in the 2002 Four Nations
MAY I say a big Thank You to the Phil Collins & Genesis Tribute Band, "Face Value". On Saturday, July 6, after seeing an advert for this band in the What's On section in the Bolton Evening News, I went along to Horwich Leisure Centre to see what turned
FURTHER to your article "Noise tests on Reebok bikers" (June 28). We live next to an all-weather sports pitch which is allowed to have activities until 8pm every day, which means that we and our neighbours have sometimes to put up with loud shouting and
Anthony Axford Bolton Association: Atherton v Edgworth; Blackrod v Darcy Lever; Clifton v Walshaw; Daisy Hill v Lostock; Elton v Standish; Little Hulton v Adlington; Spring View v Golborne. Warburton's Bolton League: Kearsley v Astley Bridge; Egerton
LANCASHIRE hit further trouble after Neil Fairbrother and Graham Lloyd had dominated the West Indies A pace attack at Liverpool. Fairbrother, who hammered the 47th first class century of his career, and acting captain Lloyd piled up 158 for the third
WHEN the cast of the Radio Show "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again" transferred to television it resulted in a split of personnel. One section became Monty Python's Flying Circus and another group became The Goodies. There was an obvious similarity in the
IT'S National Vegetarian Week, and therefore the perfect time to try some delicious meat-free recipes -- if you're a veggie or not. Many people in the world are vegetarian. In fact, it is only in the western world that such a high level of animal produce
LEVELS of robbery, violent crime and sexual offences soared in Bolton last year, Government figures reveal today. Robbery levels increased by 47 per cent to 710 cases, 481 more than the year before. Only Salford had more cases in Greater Manchester, with
Wagamama , The Printworks, Manchester DID you thoroughly enjoy the World Cup but couldn't afford the trip to Japan? Then pop into a Japanese noodle bar instead. There are couple of them around if you know where to look, and we had no trouble finding Wagamama
HAVE you always thought your most attractive features are behind you? Well tonight you will get the chance to prove your point as Atlantis holds its very own Rear Of the Year competition. And who better to judge such a contest than Scott Wright, aka Sam
MANCHESTER has always boasted quality rock clubs, though admittedly they are few and far between. The main contender is still Jilly's Rock World, which has been going for what seems like centuries and absolutely refuses to be dragged from its commitment
THE manager of a new town centre bar got on his bike to prove he had what it takes to do the job. Neil Turner has been offered the role at the new Life Bar Caf on Nelson Square, which is set to open next Thursday (July 18), after working for Life owners
Where: Snuggled amongst the trendy strip of bars on Deansgate Locks, Manchester - opposite Deansgate station and just in front of the tram stop so schlepping across the city in the rain is kept to a bare minimum. What: Fat Cats has much in common with
NEXT weekend sees the opening of Bolton's newest bar -- and thankfully this is one event worth getting excited about. Part of Luminar Leisure, Life Cafe has several branches in the UK, including Manchester and Liverpool. Now Bolton has become the latest
THE Litten Tree is the newest arrival to Leigh's pub scene and is already firmly making its mark on the town. The sport-themed bar opened in Lord Street, in Leigh town centre, eight weeks ago and attracts a steady stream of young and livelies revelling
AN amazing £17,920.09 - that's the total readers raised during the Bury Times Five To Stay Alive fundraising campaign as part of the Save Our Shakers Appeal. But now, with the club now safely out of administration and everyone looking forward to a bright
CONSERVATIVE MEP Sir Robert Atkins has condemned a European Parliament vote on heavy lorries as "unworkable". Sir Robert criticised the European Parliament's approval of a weekend and public holiday ban on HGVs across Europe's continental main road --
GREEN-fingered members of Westhoughton Townswomen's Guild will display their best garden roses in a competition at a meeting on Monday night. There will also be a quiz when they gather at the Assembly Rooms, Tithe Barn Street, at 7.30pm.
A 35-YEAR-OLD woman was hit about her head and face with a bottle in Bolton town centre last night. She was taken to the Royal Bolton Hospital with cuts and bruises after the incident in Newport Street at 1.10am. The woman has not been named but is from
BOLTON detectives today attended the funeral of murdered 21-year-old prostitute Danielle Moorcroft at Anfield Crematorium in Liverpool. Danielle was found in a car park behind Bolton Community College off Lower Bridgeman Street on June 1. A heroin addict
SPORT fans are to be encouraged to visit Bolton town centre during the Commonwealth Games. Information points will be set up close to event sites, showing spectators the best routes into town and Bolton's main attractions. Staff dressed in the Commonwealth
CLIFTON face a make or break day in their Bolton Association title hopes tomorrow when they host leaders and reigning champions Walshaw. Clifton have been among the leading pack for most of the season but they took a tumble last weekend when they were
SPORT fans are to be encouraged to visit Bolton town centre during the Commonwealth Games. Information points will be set up close to event sites, showing spectators the best routes into town and Bolton's main attractions. Staff dressed in the Commonwealth
FUNNYMAN Phil Cool may well be a man of a thousand faces, but one of those has been conspicuously absent in recent years. The comic, famed for his contorted expressions, openly admits it is his public face which has slipped from sight. But now the comedian
APOLLO, Manchester Pet Shop Boys Great music for old and new fans from the most successful recording duo in British history Tonight, 8:00pm, £25.00 Angie Stone "A new soul queen" Saturday, 7:30pm, £19.50/£17.50 BAND ON THE WALL, Swan Street, Manchester
WELSH sprinter Christian Malcolm believes that Britain's current golden age of sprinting was inspired by a golden run from Linford Christie. The recent performances of Dwain Chambers and Mark Lewis-Francis - who have both beaten Olympic champion Maurice
DRIVEN to despair by this shoddy excuse for a summer I spent much of Saturday afternoon at a travel agent, along with a huddle of other morose Brits, united in the knowledge that we have about as much chance of experiencing a glorious heatwave as being
MARCUS Dunning impressed with a 4&3 victory for Lancashire Boys against Durham at Darlington. The Horwich golfer, a pupil at Rivington and Blackrod High School, helped Lancashire to a 7-5 victory.
WELL, it seems that the King is not dead after all, but is alive, well and at number one -- which, you've got to admit, is one hell of a comeback. Having managed a second week at number one, you can bet that we will be seeing more tunes from beyond the
I DECIDED to brighten up my life with a bit of comedy this week, and so I headed down to the Come Play With Aftershock event at The Frog and Bucket on Wednesday. Now, it's not often that you see naked breakdancing but it has to be said that the Cuban
SUGAR Puffs has joined forces with Scooby-Doo as Scooby Mania grips the nation in anticipation of his first-ever live action movie released today. You can also check out the ghostly goings on in special Scooby-Doo packs of super-delicious Sugar Puffs
SHAKERS have appointed three new directors to help steer them clear of financial strife - but don't expect any major signings just yet! Lifelong fans Ian Harrop, Roger Barlow and Jim Lomas will be officially accepted on to the Gigg Lane board at an AGM
MORE than £50 million needs to be spent on Bolton's outdated health centres and GP surgeries, a health expert claims. But in Bolton this year, just £180,000 has been earmarked for repairs. Most of the 18 buildings in Bolton belonging to the town's NHS
NEW books to borrow from Bolton Central Library are: Fiction Country Loving by Julie Highmore; The House by Princess Park by Maureen Lee; Grave Secrets by Kathy Reichs; Land of Fire by Chris Ryans; A Mist of Prophecies by Steve Saylor; Maxwell's Match
A JAMAICAN who had only been living in Bolton for six weeks told police how he sold crack cocaine and heroin on the town's streets. Kennard McKenzie was one of four men arrested during a drugs swoop on two flats in Bradford Street, The Haulgh, in January
A FATHER is trying to get a pop song banned from being played in McDonalds restaurants across the country because of its sexual content. Stuart Lever, who is a Conservative councillor on Bolton Council, visited the fast food chain on Chorley Old Road
A FORMER senior firefighter is still battling to clear his name two years after being asked to leave the fire service. Sub-Officer Malcolm Pye was given three months to leave the service after being found guilty of "corrupt and improper practice" at a
A ROW has broken out after pharmacists working in GP surgeries in Bolton were accused of illegally looking at patient's health notes. Health chiefs are worried that the pharmacists, brought in to ease the workload on family doctors, have been breaching
SINCE we are having one of the wettest summers imaginable, it is perhaps fitting that one of the chosen musicals of the season should be Singin' In The Rain. This Olivier Award-winning production is based on that famous MGM film starring Fred Astaire
A FATHER and son have proved showbusiness runs in the family after both winning lead roles in a show which is destined for the West End stage. Graham and James Edgington will be starring in a new musical based on the hit TV drama Band of Gold which was
Sunday BOLTON MUSEUM, ART GALLERY & AQUARIUM, Le Mans Crescent, Bolton. Tel: 332211. Open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm. Admission free. Bolton Aquarium For unique views into the aquatic world visit Bolton Aquarium, where there are fish on display
