TRADE Partners UK is offering a lucky user of its computer at Manchester Airport the chance to toast Christmas with a bottle of champagne with a business card prize draw. TPUK, a government organisation, has installed a computer terminal in the departure
NEW service linking Manchester Airport with Dundee and Inverness is due to be introduced on November 4. It is being run by Eastern Airways in association with bmi and is aimed at both business and leisure travellers. There will be three daily flights
A WOMAN was robbed and threatened with a cosh as she visited her mother's grave -- just weeks after a grandmother was attacked in the same cemetery. Iris Clayton, aged 55, was tending the grave of her mother Cynthia Parden-Bell at Heaton Cemetery when
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MEMORIES of his last two visits to White Hart Lane came flooding back as Anthony Barness looked forward to Wanderers trip to Tottenham next week. "It hasn't been a good ground for us and we'd like to turn that round," the Londoner said before, recalling
PAUL Warhurst is bucking the trend of knocking the foreign invasion. The Wanderer says the modern game is richer for importing quality players from abroad and regards it as a testimony to the Premiership that the world's best want to play here. In fairness
AS an 'ultra' distance runner of some repute, Simon Marland knows a thing or two about labours of love. Most mortals would quiver just at the thought of a 24-hour run: the loneliness, the pain, the exhaustion, the boredom ..! But the Wanderers' secretary
PLANS to bulldoze Radcliffe's two high schools and replace them with one new school have been welcomed by both sets of governors. Bury Council bosses are considering closing the existing Coney Green and Radcliffe High buildings. In a joint statement,
FOLLOWING the recent successful Games in Manchester, members of Rivington Church are continuing the theme with a Commonwealth Autumn Fair on Saturday, October 19, at 2pm. Attractions will include home-made cakes, church pottery, crafts, cards and wrappings
A WIDE range of issues will be under discussion at the next meeting of the Radcliffe Area Board. The meeting, at 7pm on Wednesday, will be held in Radcliffe Civic Suite. Formal proceedings will start with the regular 45-minute open forum at which anyone
FIREMEN rescued a bird from a blaze and made sure it could still say: "Who's a pretty boy then?" They discovered Bert the parrot in the living room of a house in Adelphi Grove, Little Hulton, after extinguishing a chip pan fire. He was trapped in his
A PILOT scheme to get more bookworms hooked on the library is under way in Little Hulton. The library in Longshaw Drive now opens at 8.30am to tie in with the opening hours of the local shops and post office, and parents taking children to nearby primary
BOLTON Art Circle will be holding its annual exhibition at the Octagon Theatre Gallery. Date are from Monday, October 14, until Saturday, November 2, Monday to Friday 10am-10pm when over 140 works of art will be on display by the group's professional
A MOTHER and her three children were lucky not to been injured after an arsonist pushed a burning firework through their letterbox last night. They were awakened by the noise and ran downstairs to find the burning candle in the smoke-filled hallway of
A BOLTON woman who had her car broken into twice late at night is saying a special thank you today to the local firm which rescued her. Barbara Buckle nominated RAC Auto Windscreens, of Chorley Street, for the Bolton Evening News Bouquet of the Week.
A WOMAN using a subway under the A666 leading to Churchgate in Bolton town centre was confronted by a woman brandishing a bladed weapon. Karen Birchall demanded Susan Brabin's handbag but the brave woman resisted even though she was terrified. Birchall
St Helens 24 Wigan Warriors 8 ST HELENS coach Ian Millward says his side are running hot ahead of next Saturday's Grand Final showdown with reigning Super League champions Bradford Bulls. Saints booked their trip to Old Trafford for a repeat of the 2000
SHAKERS goalkeeper Paddy Kenny will join Sheffield United next week if the Blades make a reasonable offer. The Yorkshire shot stopper moved to Bramall Lane as cover for the injured Simon Tracey in August. His ever-present three-month stint is nearly complete
A GROUP of teenage football players are enjoying their freedom -- after their recent away games were played behind bars. Westhoughton Youth Drop In soccer team has travelled to Hindley Young Offenders Institute three times to take on the inmates. The
A REPORT claims three million people in the UK are exposed to tobacco smoke in the workplace. Is it time for the Government to make a law banning all smoking in the office or factory? Dean Kirby reports. Newspaper offices used to be places where reporters
A HORSE was rescued after its back legs became stuck in mud in Irlam. Cyril, aged five, became lodged in a ditch at the back of Cherry Tree Farm. Fire crews from Leigh and Irlam pulled the horse free with help from a farmer and his tractor at 6.30pm yesterday
A MAJOR revamp of Bolton's Moor Lane bus station is set to take place early next year. More than £300,000 will be spent on the station, with most of the cash being used to improve access. Benches will be removed to make way for individual seating, older
PARENTS are protesting at a lack of school places for children. Nine pupils from Burnley are being taught at a parents-run school after they were offered places at a single-sex school far away from home. The parents held a vigil outside the home of Burnley
A POPULAR teacher who helped judge finishing times at the Commonwealth Games has died suddenly at his home in Bromley Cross. Jim Stapleton, aged 57, had suffered from asthma all his life and was prone to bouts of pneumonia which had damaged his lungs.
GRAMMY award winners Coldplay proved they are an untouchable force as currently the UK's best rock band, delivering a stunning live rendition of their first two albums at the MEN arena last night. There was clearly a huge Bolton contingent in the sell-out
A GROUP of youngsters dedicated to stamping out crime and cleaning up their neighbourhood are the pride of Bolton today. Wacky Cleaners, a 45-strong group, picked up the top prize in their category at the Nationwide Awards for Voluntary Endeavour in London
TWENTY-one schoolchildren were among an astonishing 84 people arrested in a major crackdown on shoplifters in Bolton town centre. Three schoolboy thieves aged nine were also detained in the operation, the first of its kind ever staged in the area. Thirteen
HOLIDAYMAKERS have joined the hunt for a Bolton pensioner who has disappeared without trace on a Spanish holiday island. Local families visiting Menorca are distributing posters in a bid to help trace 77-year-old Richard Riley, who went missing two weeks
SATURDAY WANDERERS are found wanting at The Riverside where they are outclassed and outplayed in a 2-0 defeat by Steve McClaren's Middlesbrough. Ugo Ehiogu and Geremi get the goals but it could have been much worse, although a spate of chances late squander
Sam's emphasis on youth IIF English football's bank balance continues to crash alarmingly into the red, Bolton Wanderers could find themselves perfectly placed to lead a new world order. The loss of income from the collapse of ITV Digital provided a Trojan
PUPILS will be able to tuck into their school dinner in comfort in a new dining room. Apprentices at Bolton Council's housing deprtment built the dining room extension at Harper Green School, Farnworth, which has taken in more pupils than ever before
CAMPAIGNERS battling to save Affetside Primary School have been given a lifeline. The Government has agreed to investigate the process surrounding the decision to close it. The Department for Education and Skills will be looking at the way Bury's schools
DARWEN and Rossendale MP Janet Anderson, who covers parts of rural Bolton including Turton and Belmont, will hold a surgery on Friday, October 11, from 5.30pm at the Sudellside Community Centre, Darwen. No appointments required.
BOLTON & Bury Amnesty International Group raised £242.76 from a sale at the Centenary Canopy on Saturday, September 28. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday in the month at the Friends Meeting House, Silverwell Street, Bolton, from 8pm.
BOLTON'S Coronary Care Appeal will benefit from a dinner with the Mayor of Bolton, Cllr John Walsh, this month. Royal Bolton Hospital consultant Dr Kevin Jones -- a favourite on the after-dinner circuit -- will be the speaker, and entertainer Norman Prince
A BOLTON teacher is facing sex crime charges against a pupil at his school. Alan Dawson, aged 37, of Astley Bridge, was arrested and questioned in Blackburn yesterday. He was charged with sexual offences towards one of his pupils aged under 18 years.
PUPILS will be able to tuck into their school dinner in comfort in a new dining room. Apprentices at Bolton Council's housing deprtment built the dining room extension at Harper Green School, Farnworth, which has taken in more pupils than ever before
THE first inter-club match was held for junior crown green bowlers -- and they were bowled over with its success. A junior team from Kearsley Park Veterans' Bowling Club enjoyed an afternoon's competitive play with St Mary's Bowling Club at Walkden. St
PLANS to bulldoze Radcliffe's two high schools and replace them with one new school have been welcomed by both sets of governors. Bury Council bosses are considering closing the existing Coney Green and Radcliffe High buildings. In a joint statement,
PER Frandsen is resigned to having played for Denmark for the last time. The Reebok favourite has not officially hung up his international boots but he is not expecting any more calls from national coach Morten Olsen. "It's been going okay for me this
PAUL Warhurst is bucking the trend of knocking the foreign invasion. The Wanderer says the modern game is richer for importing quality players from abroad and regards it as a testimony to the Premiership that the world's best want to play here. In fairness
PINT-SIZED Luke Molyneux is so obsessed with the Royal Mail that he is already dreaming of a career as a postman. Luke, aged four, and his sister Hannah, aged seven, spend much of their spare time in the post office near their home in Harwood. And Hannah
CAR thieves have been warned that extra police patrols will cover town centre car parks in a new drive to combat vehicle crime. Extra officers will monitor key locations around Bolton. Inspector Karan Lee, of Bolton Police, said: "We are not prepared
A GROUP of teenage footballers have been playing away games behind bars. Westhoughton Youth Drop In soccer team has travelled to Hindley Young Offenders Institute three times to take on the inmates. The aim of the matches was to show the Westhoughton
A BLOCKED-off rail bridge in Lostock may soon be reopened to cars, ending the long diversions drivers are currently having to take. Rumworth Bridge was closed in May last year on the grounds that it was too weak. But it could soon be opened for light
A REPORT claims three million people in the UK are exposed to tobacco smoke in the workplace. Is it time for the Government to make a law banning all smoking in the office or factory? Dean Kirby reports. Newspaper offices used to be places where reporters
TRAIN drivers are staging another 48-hour strike. Aslef union members for First North Western are holding their third consecutive weekend of industrial action over pay. Company bosses have increased a proposed pay rise to 19pc over three years but the
