ON behalf of my father, Mr T G Stevenson, and myself, please would you mention our grateful thanks to all the kind, considerate and caring staff of G3 ward at the Royal Bolton Hospital. My father had his 89th birthday while in hospital and, even in their
SKIP to my loo my darling! Yes, that is what you will be doing, skip, skip, skip to the loo, because, for three whole weeks, Horwich public toilets will be closed for a re-fit, so you and I will have to skip all the way here to use a loo. But if Bolton
SANITY at last from G Crowther's letter "Euro MP would have lost money". A friend of mine, upon his return from Ireland, told me the Irish Punt has been devalued by about 30 per cent, so prices have gone up accordingly. Joining the euro will cost jobs
I WANT to add to the article that you published (July 10) entitled "MP welcomes change in drugs policy". The article might have given the impression that the reclassification of cannabis, from Class B to Class C, will decriminalise it. In fact this is
FARMER Arnold Davenport staged a three-hour rooftop demo against eviction after 50 years at Harwood's last working farm. Mr Davenport climbed on to the roof of his old farmhouse and defied police and bailiffs for three hours. He was eventually persuaded
THE news that Liverpool defender Markus Babbel is now back in full training after missing most of last season with a debilitating virus will please all soccer fans. Earlier this year he gave an emotional interview to The Sunday Times describing how the
And here it is starting, with the champions, whose name just happens to begin with A! ARSENAL Home: April 26 Away: Sept 21 Manager: Arsene Wenger Ground: Highbury Last season: 1st Players in: Players out: Key players: As last season showed, Arsenal rely
COUNCILLORS in Bury could be the new super-heroes for young children desperate to see the hit movie "Spider-Man". They will watch a special screening of the blockbuster and decide whether to reduce its classification from a 12 to a PG. Parents have asked
A SUPERHERO swung into action to boost charity. Spiderwoman led they way as thrill seekers queued up to take on the challenge of abseiling down a building to help homeless young people in Bolton. To raise cash for their drop-in service, BASE centre workers
FORMER pupils are mourning the death of popular headteacher Ann Sims. Until her retirement in 1995 Mrs Sims had been headteacher at Lostock County Primary School for nearly 20 years. The 64-year-old grandmother, of St Leonard's Avenue, Lostock, was recovering
MORE than 30 individuals and businesses were believed to have been targeted in an alleged £350,000 conspiracy. Stolen cheques from Manchester and London ended up in bank accounts opened with false details. Each of the accounts, operated from December
ROAD humps will create a bumpy bus route through an estate in Farnworth, according to upset residents on neighbouring streets. The council is installing humps on Highfield Road as part of a traffic calming scheme following complaints from residents about
Section A: Farnworth & Dist Vets 100(1) Valley Scooters XI 42; Little Lever XI 103 Darcy Lever CC B 111; Nationwide XI 134 Price's A 73; Rupert Ladies A 85(1) J&P Ladies 59; Darcy Lever CC A 207 Heaton CC B 82. Section B: Rose Lea 117(1) Apollo
Section A: Tue July 23: Farnworth & Dist Vets v Heaton CCA (R Moffat), Nationwide XI v Little Lever XI (M Fletcher), Rupert Ladies A v Darcy Lever C&SCB (D Foulkes), Valley Scooters XI v J&P Ladies ( M Crompton). Section B: Wed: Apollo Ladies
THE first members of the Australian athletics squad for the XVII Commonwealth Games have touched down at Manchester Airport. Australia is expected to take home a large haul of medals and among the athletes who arrived were 400-metre hurdles hopeful Jana
A RECORD number of Games athletes will arrive in Manchester next week. Team sizes are up 10 per cent on the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Games, with 5,600 competitors and team officials from 72 nations registered for the event. Most will be staying at the athletes
THREE of the Men's singles semi-finalists were decided in the BSF Tennis tournament last night. Number One seed, Nick Hinninghan, was joined by John Lister and Jonathan Davies. Holcombe Brook's Rachel Anders also progressed to the semis in the ladies
BOLTON'S Junior Inter League team beat Bury 181-137 to lead 5-0 in the eight game series. On Friday the two Intermediate Inter-league teams play at Bolton Road Sports Centre, Elton Vale Road, Bury . Breightmet United football ground will host Bolton's
LEIGH RMI have secured the signing of local lad Andy Heald for the new season. The versatile youngster played at both full-back and midfield last year.
Answer ... Name ... Address ... ... ... Postcode ... Daytime Tel No ... Membership Number ... BIRTHDAY DRAW EACH week, we randomly select a member who is celebrating their birthday and send them £5 Marks & Spencer gift voucher. This week the winner
Kidsgrove Ath 1 Leigh RMI 1 by Martyn Hindley ON trial midfielder Ged Courtenay scored on his Leigh RMI debut to earn the Railwaymen a draw with Kidsgrove Athletic last night. Steve Waywell's new look side showed glimpses of skill in a tricky fixture
LABOUR MP Ruth Kelly is urging bosses at the Royal Bolton Hospital to take advantage of cut-priced digital technology -- to make hearing aids available to all NHS patients. The Bolton West MP is calling on the hospital to invest in digital hearing aids
TIGER WOODS YOU would be a fool not to back him. He has got to be favourite because he has the tools and mental capacity. SERGIO GARCIA HE is my tip after Woods for the simple reason he is a great driver of the ball. He is very much on top of his game
THE BEN's David Magilton talks to Lancashire coach and Hart Common professional Gareth Benson about who and what to look out for at the 2002 Open which starts at Muirfield tomorrow IT is no coincidence that Nick Faldo won the Open on the two previous
A LONG distance lorry driver who admitted attempting to kidnap a 10-year-old boy has been told by a judge to expect a "substantial" prison sentence. John Foley, aged 30, tried to drag the boy into a car on a street in Deane, Bolton. Foley, a convicted
MOTORISTS will be able to park in Bolton town centre for free when the Queen's Jubilee Baton Relay arrives in town. Car owners can leave their vehicles in any council operated "surface" car park without being charged a penny for a three hour period next
THREE Jamaicans who were secretly watched by an undercover police unit as they sold crack cocaine and heroin on the streets of Bolton have been found guilty. The men will be deported back to their home country after they have served a jail sentence. The
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TWO Bolton tennis players have proved they are a real hit with the ladies. Professional player Justin Lane, aged 24, who trains at Bolton Arena, has been named the eighth sexiest player in the world in a poll by Ace tennis magazine. And Simon Pearson,
AMBULANCE chiefs have denied claims they are fiddling the figures to meet Government "999" response times. They have reacted angrily to accusations that lives in Bolton are being put at risk by the massaging of figures. And they said local paramedics
ONLY two teams took advantage of some big price winners on the cards at York and Chester in the race for the Bolton Evening News Naps title. Two horses won at 25-1 at York and one each at 20-1 at York and Chester, but only David's Donkeys and Always A
THE latecomers to Higham Park on Saturday missed early inning fireworks from new Atherton pro Mihir Diwakar as he sent back the first four Edgworth batsmen in the space of five overs. Bowling in tandem with Ian Nuttall after skipper Rob Clews had won
SO a specialist team is to be set up to deal with Bolton's alcohol problem, especially among the younger generation. Not once did I read in the article, or indeed in your comment, that one of the main causes of the explosion of "binge drinking" and alcoholic
REGARDING the Lads Army way to better men, as depicted in the TV documentary series. Having read Gary McNulty's letter concerning the television programme "Lads Army", I am in full agreement with his sentiments. I am absolutely certain that he is spot
MORE than 4,000 Bolton Council workers are on strike today - closing many schools, libraries and leisure centres. Unison, TGWU and GMB members, ranging from caretakers to social workers, are taking industrial action for 24 hours over a pay dispute. They
ONLY two teams took advantage of some big price winners on the cards at York and Chester in the race for the Bolton Evening News Naps title. Two horses won at 25-1 at York and one each at 20-1 at York and Chester, but only David's Donkeys and Always A
MICHAEL Duberry's agent Phil Graham has confirmed that Bolton have expressed an interest in the wantaway Leeds central defender. Duberry is desperate to leave Elland Road, and it seems that Wanderers are in with a chance of signing the 26-year-old former
MICHAEL Duberry's agent Phil Graham has confirmed that Bolton have expressed an interest in the wantaway Leeds central defender. Duberry is desperate to leave Elland Road, and it seems that Wanderers are in with a chance of signing the 26-year-old former
FORMER pupils are mourning the death of popular headteacher Ann Sims. Until her retirement in 1995 Mrs Sims had been headteacher at Lostock County Primary School for nearly 20 years. The 64-year-old grandmother, of St Leonard's Avenue, Lostock, was recovering
RESIDENTS in a district of Bolton are protesting at the arrival of vice girls in their area. They say a police operation against prostitution in the town's red light area has simply moved the girls on -- and that Great Lever is now having to face the
A SUSPECTED stolen car was involved in a collision which left two people needing hospital treatment. Police are investigating the accident, which happened shortly after 9pm yesterday at the junction of Coniston Avenue and Eastham Way, Little Hulton. A
BOLTON MPs Brian Iddon and David Crausby are backing moves in Parliament to tighten laws on the siting of mobile phone masts. On Friday, New Forest MP Desmond Swayne will table a Private Members Bill calling for laws to stop the masts being erected without
AN Irish businessman claimed that £292,000 seized by Customs officers investigating an alleged drugs money laundering operations belonged to him, Bolton Crown Court was told. The cash is alleged to be part of the proceeds of a cocaine and heroin smuggling
PHIL Brown has revealed that Bolton's summer shopping spree may not have come to an end with the signing of Bernard Mendy on a year's loan. The arrival of the Paris St Germain full-back is the fifth of the summer, after Jay-Jay Okocha, Bulent Akin and
LEEDS defender Rio Ferdinand has put in a transfer request according to the player's agent. But a further report said that Leeds had immediately turned down the request. The 23-year-old has been mulling over his future amid increased speculation that
SECTION A P W D L Pt Darcy Lever C&SC A... 11 10 0 1 20 Rupert Ladies A... 11 9 0 2 18 Little Lever XI... 11 8 0 3 16 Farn/Dist Vets Clb... 11 6 0 5 12 Heaton CC A... 11 5 0 6 10 Nationwide XI... 11 5 0 6 10 Prices A... 11 5 0 6 10 Darcy Lever C&
A LEIGH teenager is a Commonwealth winner before the Games begin. Jay Bailey, 14, has won a pair of tickets in a competition run by Passport 2K in conjunction with games sponsors, United Utilities. He said: "I am very excited about going to the Games.
A COMMUNITY champion honoured by a royal command to run in the Queen's Jubilee Baton Relay is disappointed that he won't be running through Leigh. The nearest the round Britain curtain raiser to the Commonwealth Games gets to the town is Hindley, and
TWO Bolton tennis players have proved they are a real hit with the ladies. Professional player Justin Lane, aged 24, who trains at Bolton Arena, has been named the eighth sexiest player in the world in a poll by Ace tennis magazine. And Simon Pearson,
MY article on when bowls were made in Bolton seems to have created quite a lot of interest. Someone who says "my name is irrelevant" writes: "In the 1920s, as a boy, I lived at the bottom of Flitcroft Street, and Peter Boardman's "works" was in the backyard
PAUL Johnson's Super League season has been brought to an abrupt end as Wigan Warriors count the cost of last week's Test match writes Chris Hall The Great Britain ace suffered wrist ligament damage in the crushing defeat to Australia in Sydney and will
BURY FC could be pushed back to the brink of liquidation if another media giant reneges on their cash pledge writes Chris Hall Just a week after receiving a rescue package from Sky, following the demise of ITV Digital, Football League clubs could again
DRUG pushers in Chorley were caught out under a new scheme aimed at cracking down on dealing in the area. Under operation 'Safer Streets', police officers carried out a series of drugs raids in and around Chorley, making several arrests for suspected
BRITISH Nuclear Fuels, which owns Sellafield, has reported record losses of £2.3 billion, but said its operating performance had improved. Chairman Hugh Collum said the company had made an underlying profit of £22 million before tax and exceptional items
A BILLBOARD poster appealing for information to help catch the killer of vice girl Danielle Moorcroft was set to be put up today -- for the second time in 24 hours. The first, yards from the car park where the pregnant 21-year-old was found battered to
THE North's biggest therapy centre for multiple sclerosis patients could close today because the charity which runs it has debts of more than £150,000. An extraordinary general meeting was due to decide if Northern Friends of Action and Research in MS
THE heart-broken family of teenager Gary Odlum, who died after being punched in Bolton two years ago, has raised £6,000 in his memory. A sportsman's dinner attended by one of the town's greatest goal scorers, Frank Worthington, brought in the cash which
A RECORD number of Games athletes will arrive in Manchester next week. Team sizes are up 10 per cent on the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Games, with 5,600 competitors and team officials from 72 nations registered for the event. Most will be staying at the athletes
HE took a shine to a vintage motor hearse while watching Coronation Street. And from that moment on, Edna Rodmell wanted to be taken to her grave inside just that type of vehicle. A week ago, the 82-year-old died of cancer -- and yesterday her dying wish
THE families of about 500 patients of serial killer Harold Shipman were today being told if their loved ones were murdered by the former GP. Confidential letters were being sent out to the relatives of the hundreds of patients whose case has been investigated
