Small businesses in Bolton who were fearful of the introduction of flexible working hours legislation last month may be in a stronger position than they think, according to employment lawyer Fiona Holdsworth at Bolton law firm Kippax Beaumont Lewis. With
From the Evening News, May 23, 1903: NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that a host of workers for the Horwich May Festival were up at an early hour this morning, Old Sol had preceded them and had partially completed his task - that of dispelling the shimmering
ON behalf of the Victoria Hall Amateur Dramatics Society, may I take this opportunity to thank everyone who came to our performance of the comedy "Basinful of the Briny" by Leslie Sands and helped make it such a success. Anne Heaton Publicity Officer
I was so sad when I heard of the death of poor Gus. That lovely horse didn't stand a chance. To have burning petrol poured over him was unbelievable. If the law doesn't change other animals will suffer these acts of cruelty. My thoughts go out to the
I would like to say a big thank you to all who took part in the musical review "Razzle Dazzle" at the Theatre Church, Seymour Road, Astley Bridge. It was presented by C.A.T. -- "Children's Amateur Theatre Society". These youngsters gave a great performance
IN response to the letter by V Davies, May 13, I request the opportunity to justify my first criticism of the postal vote. Although I have lived in the Czech Republic for some time, I lived in Bolton, worked and paid very high taxes for more than 40 years
THE beautiful Queen's Park should be protected from vandals (Park's supporters in urgent bid to combat vandalism: Bolton Evening News, May 20 ) and from potential developers who might take this opportunity to "develop" one of Bolton's famous landmarks
MAY I reply to Mr Evans, of Deane, regarding his Labour-inspired attack on the Royal Family. First of all, Mr Evans, have you a family, and are they perfect and, like the Royal Family, earn the money you scathingly hint they receive for being lay-abouts
I am writing in response to a letter from Mr Bert Smethurst, as featured in your letters page of May 19, regarding a recent poll of the 100 greatest movie stars with which he had taken issue. As a young person, I have a tremendous appreciation of those
I would agree with L Greenwood that what constitutes good art is probably in the eye of the beholder. Therefore, I would never try to tell anyone what is art. I am, however, like everyone else, entitled to pass my opinion on it. I do not have to accept
Match Drawn Atherton K Brown lbw Wolstenholme...59 P McLoughlin c Garner b Wolstenholme...9 P West c Wolstenholme b Meredith...28 P Wakefield not out...39 M Diwakar c Walsh b Wolstenholme...8 P Walsh b Meredith...7 D McLoughlin c Garner b Wolstenholme
Read won by seven wickets Atherton K Brown c Payne b Bennett ...8 P McLoughlin b Bennett ...0 P Wakefield b Bennett ...1 Diwakar c Walton b Bennett ...5 P Walsh c&b Eastham ...8 P Williamson c&b Walton ...12 D Marsh not out ...32 G Greenough c
Little Hulton won by seven runs Little Hulton P Craig c Leyland b Taylor...2 A Perry c Haddon b McNally...4 Ijaz Mahmood c Flatters b Ellison...36 M Penny c Rawlings b Taylor...14 S Hutchinson lbw Taylor...0 M Lee run out...34 I Lee c Rawlings b Taylor
WHEN Gudni Bergsson threw his training top to 11-year-old Wanderers fanatic Jessica Wiggans she thought she had a memento to keep for the rest of her life. The soccer star hurled the shirt towards his fan with the intention of her catching it. But before
HALLIWELL Lunch & Leisure at Halliwell Road Free Church are asking for help with simple food preparation jobs around the kitchen. Contact 382411 for details.
A STOLEN car set on fire in Breightmet last night. A fire crew from Bolton North attended the fire on Aldercroft Avenue. The owner of the Honda was contacted and went to the scene.
A PENSIONER is seriously ill in hospital after a road accident in Manchester city centre. The 73-year-old, from Breightmet, suffered a broken pelvis, a broken leg and cuts and bruises in the accident on Trinity Way. A police spokesman said the pensioner
AN elderly woman involved in a car crash on an Atherton road is still in a serious condition in hospital. The 78-year-old woman, who is local but has not been named by police, was described as being in a "poorly" condition early on Tuesday after the crash
LEOPARD Films are looking for families to take part in the hit BBC 1 show 'Cash in the Attic'. The one hour specials will see two families from the same neighbourhood each trying to achieve a dream target. If you suspect your attic, box-room or basement
YOUNGSTERS in a dilemma about their future will be able to try out a range of careers in uniform during a special day at Manchester Velodrome and Philips Park in Eastlands, Manchester, on Sunday, June 1. For the fourth year running, "Uniform in the Park
A PENSIONER who has lived in Horwich all her life was chosen to officially reopen a community park. Freda Egan, aged 80, cut the ribbon to mark an end to a refurbishment scheme at Bradley Community Park. Mrs Egan, who has lived on the doorstep of the
A COLLEGE chief has promised to crackdown on the problems of noise, litter and speeding cars which residents say is blighting their lives. Roy Whittle, head of Bolton Sixth Form College, vowed to help residents after they told him at a public meeting
TWELVE young people from East Bolton have just completed a free 12-week DJ course . The youngsters learnt all the first stages of becoming a DJ -- from understanding the equipment to mixing tracks and sounds. Each was presented with a certificate for
BOLTON pub worker Michelle Barton has found the recipe for success. Michelle, a member of staff at Nelson Square pub Red on the Square, has been awarded the Thwaites Inns catering skills diploma following six weeks of intensive study. She was among employees
THE park will be alive . . . with the sound of Shakespeare. Thomasson Park will be turned into the set of Twelfth Night this summer with the magnificent Mere Hall as a backdrop. The cast of the Mimesis Theatre Company will take the tale of twins, love
BOLTON METRO COMMUNITY CENTRES For further information or to book a room please call 01204 334300 BLACKROD COMMUNITY CENTRE, Greenbarn Way, off Vicarage Road, Blackrod, BL6 5TA The centre houses a main hall with a stage and a side lounge. Other facilities
A SCHEME in Bury to help combat domestic violence has been awarded a Government cash boost. Violence Against Women, a project based in the accident and emergency department at Bury General Hospital, is to receive £19,408. The cash is part of a £2m Government
WANDERERS could be ready to start talking to two recently crowned league champions. Arthur Numan and Stylianos Giannakopoulos won their national league titles with Rangers and Olympiakos on Sunday but are ready to forego next season's Champions League
Clifton won by nine wickets Lostock A Syddall b Holt...0 M Greggan st Wild b Wolstenholme...2 R Shah c Hamilton b Wolstenholme...0 S Kaye not out...41 P Knowles c & b Wolstenholme...0 V Khan c Gardner b Wolstenholme...0 L Issa b Griffiths...13 P Hall
Match drawn Daisy Hill Bannister c Syddall b Hall...64 A Davies run out...26 H Brooks b Beswick...7 M Wood b Beswick...0 S Chilton run out...3 S Hodkinson c Hall b Beswick...9 M Sayied c Knowles b Shah...19 A Cumberbatch b Shah...12 C Atherton st Issa
Match Drawn Elton M Hall lbw Southworth...22 C Read run out...31 Fitton not out...87 R Riaz st Sanderson b Southworth...3 M Goddard c Speak b Fairbrother...3 L Hamnett c Sanderson b Fairbrother...28 A Riaz c & b Fairbrother...4 G Bushell not out..
A & T won by six wickets Whittle-le-Woods G Cordiner c Groves b P Bennett ...25 K Fazackerley c Khan b R Bennett ...68 D Cowley c Clare b R Bennett ...19 N Afsar b Khan b Nicklin ...22 C Kallman c Waterworth b P Bennett ...4 S Barnish c Walsh b R
Egerton won by eight wickets Astley Bridge Si Entwistle c Conlon b Tye...11 A Patel c Sharples b Cunliffe...19 T Barry c Patel b Rehman...9 Dalugoda c/b Patel...26 A Clegg LBW b Rehman...4 W Halton LBW b Rehman...22 SW Entwisle c Sharples b Rehman...6
Walkden won by seven wickets Farnworth SC D Eckersley b D Smith...1 R Hope c & b J Smith...6 Khan c Kay b D Smith...10 Q Rashid c P Ingram b Reidy...50 S French st Kay b Reidy...14 K Ahmed c Parkinson b Reidy...14 C Walsh c Bennison b D Smith...10
Horwich won by 41 runs Horwich D White c I Zaman b Z Zaman...0 S Woods run out...25 G Long not out...69 C Benbow b Parry...5 P Morris c & b Hampson...12 A Taylor b Hampson...43 M Spencer c I Zaman b Parry...2 D Wilson run out...0 Extras...17 Total
Match Drawn Little Lever A Hilton c Macdermott b Foster...8 A Worrall run out...33 De Silva c Macdermott b Shepley...5 J Kerrigan c Venn b Foster...22 M Martin b Shepley...0 S Harrison b Foster...19 N Tong c O'Rouke b Shepley...35 R Waller c O'Rouke b
Match drawn Kearsley S Davies c Coates b Preston...3 J Thornley c S Parker b Preston...2 S Thomson c M Atherton b Smith...34 D Morris c S Parker b Smith...31 S Dublin lbw Smith...77 D Foy c Hart b Smith...14 C Monks lbw Smith...4 Akber not out...22 R
THE Sven scene has been a little slack recently, but I am pleased about that as the "day job" has been very demanding time wise. However, as the build-up to the Euro 2004 continues, the bookings come in again! Last week we presented awards to a local
From the Evening News, March 20, 1903: SPECIAL NOTICE to the residents of Daubhill, Deane, Great Lever & District. Waller & Riley, Ltd., The Cash Chemists of Bradshawgate, Bolton, have purchased the business lately carried on by Mr Forbes, on
From the Evening News, May 23, 1903: MR Edwin Haslam, auctioneer, The Albany, Mawdsley-st., on Wednesday conducted the first day's sale at the residence of the late Mr Robert Lawson, Fairfield House, off Mill-st., a noted connoisseur in works of art,
From the Evening News, May 26, 1903: THE country, the Empire, is in imminent peril. The House of Lords is filled with the spirit of revolt; there is talk of a strike. Before their Lordships embark upon so perilous an adventure, let us hope the Lord Chancellor
Tea at Three is the title of the latest fundraising effort for the hospice movement and Bolton Hospice wants people to come up with unusual places to take their afternoon cuppa. Stefanie and Franscesa, who are Year 7 pupils at Canon Slade School, are
TAKE three trainee chefs, a box of goodies, a Ready, Steady, Cook contest -- and the result is a mouth watering menu and a gold medal. The three teenagers from Bolton Community College went over the Pennines and showed their Yorkshire counterparts how
A GRANDMOTHER, whose two grandsons suffer from a rare disease, is appealing for donations to a table top sale which is being held on June 14. Wendy Furness' grandsons Ben and Toby, from Swinton, suffer from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a rare condition
A FAMILY face a heartbreak holiday homecoming after a huge fire swept through their £500,000 luxury home. The fierce blaze -- possibly started by burglars -- began in the roof but quickly spread and left the four-bedroom home in Lostock a smouldering
JENNY ROBERTS freely admits to being scared of heights. But it did not stop her stretching her nerves to the limit by abseiling down a 70ft tower . . . even though she trod a little gingerly on her descent. Back on firm ground, 17-year-old Jenny said:
RESIDENTS have condemned vandals who went on a wrecking spree in Kearsley. Up to 50 slates were shattered on the roof of a primary school and a hole was smashed through the wall of a church in the late night rampage. Fed up residents say the spate of
BUS and rail passengers are being warned about possible delays in Manchester city centre on Wednesday when Old Trafford plays host to the UEFA Champions League final. It is expected that more than 50,000 fans will converge on the city centre before the
THE Bolton Evening News and the Professional Darts Corporation have teamed up to offer readers the chance to win a set of limited edition darts made for the UK Open Darts Championship Finals at the Reebok Stadium. The competition is at the Reebok between
HERE are the winners of three of our recent great competitions Jurassic Park: Robert Lindsay - Kirkcaldy, Fife Jack Jennings - East Ham, London Mandy Sankey - Louth, Lincs Raging Blades: Dave Denham - Saddleworth, Oldham Malcolm Brownless - Swindon, Wilts
RE Letter for speed humps (May 15). People say that driving over them makes parts of the car come loose. Well maybe it's a good idea to try reversing over the humps. It will tighten them up again. J Charlton Bolton
YOU reported in Thursday's Bolton Evening News that North West Euro MP Gary Titley has thrown his weight behind the campaign for a referendum on an Elected Regional Assembly for the North West. He said that the setting up of the Scottish Parliament and
COULD I please say a big thank you to all my elderly father's carers, especially those who care for him at home on a daily basis. Sincere thanks also to Alison and the staff at the Winifred Kettle Centre, Westhoughton. They all do a fantastic job, carers
NOW the bush-whackin trials of "I'm a Celebrity, Get me out of here" are over, and a King of the Jungle chosen, may I now contribute an epilogue. I know I had a pop at the 'Pommy whingers', but now I want to congratulate Phil Tufnell on winning. Perhaps
PLEASE, everyone, pay attention. Your country is being sold out. Much of the freedom we take for granted will be thrown out the window. I refer to the EU with its euro, again rearing its ugly head. Personally, I have not voted for a few years as there
AFTER reading the recent letters regarding atrocities in Africa, I have only one thing to say, especially to Mrs G Hardy. Just because someone is anti-war does not mean that they agree with the civil carnage taking place in another country. I for one
A European Constitution is being drafted. This may be news to some national newspapers, but the elected government ministers, national MPs and MEPs on the drafting convention have been meeting in public for the past year. They are not creating a "tyranny
ASTLEY and Tyldesley pro Bashid Khan was not going to miss out on the chance of a century after being foiled 24 hours earlier. The all-rounder was left at the wicket on Saturday after hitting 92 not out in his side's total of 115 and he made Sunday's
From the Evening News, May 16, 1903: THERE was not a single case for the Magistrates to hear at Bury County Police Court, sitting at Radcliffe, today, and the Chairman (Mr Heys) was presented with white gloves. Congratulatory speeches were made. The Magistrates
From the Evening News, May 23, 1903: MR Edwin Haslam, auctioneer, The Albany, Mawdsley-st., on Wednesday conducted the first day's sale at the residence of the late Mr Robert Lawson, Fairfield House, off Mill-st., a noted connoisseur in works of art,
From the Evening News, May 20, 1903: SPECIAL NOTICE to the residents of Daubhill, Deane, Great Lever & District. Waller & Riley, Ltd., The Cash Chemists of Bradshawgate, Bolton, have purchased the business lately carried on by Mr Forbes, on the
From the Evening News, May 15, 1903: THE premises to which the oldest licence in Bolton is attached, "The Man and Scythe", Churchgate, was sold by Messrs John Thornley and Son at the Swan Hotel last night. Some years ago the house, which is freehold and
A FARMER who sold a bogus cow to a local abattoir using false papers has been ordered to pay fines and court costs of more than £2,200 following action by Lancashire County Council's Trading Standards Department. Leyland magistrates sitting heard Anthony
A CHORLEY student who struggles with dyslexia could be in line for a prestigious national education award. Hannah Charlesworth, 18, who attends Runshaw College, Leyland, is one of five hopefuls short-listed for the BTEC National Achievement Award at the
MUSLIMS in Chorley will be getting a new mosque, if planning chiefs give the go-ahead to the proposed development. The Chorley Muslim Trust has submitted plans to Chorley Borough Council to build the mosque on land at the corner of Charnock Street and
THREE children had to be rescued by firefighters after they were trapped on a river embankment. The youngsters -- Natalie Edgington, aged 11, eight-year-old Michael Hull and Terri Whitby, aged 10, -- had been playing football in the grounds of Bolton
Match Drawn Daisy Hill N Bannister b Fairbrother...56 A Davies c Westhead b Fairbrother...11 H Brooks b Worsley...58 M Wood b Fairbrother...2 S Hodgkinson c & b Pryle...6 S Chiltern c Southworth b Pryle...2 M Saiyed run out...12 A Cumberbatch b Fairbrother
Great Eccleston won by one wicket Tonge Nisar c Virdee b Hernon ...14 R Northrop c Hernon b Foley ...33 S Anderton c Proctor b Padia ...24 N Partington lbw Foley ...4 S Ismail c Proctor b Padia ...4 Burton c Yates b Foley ...4 Dimarcello c Proctor b Foley
Atherton won by six wickets Standish C Humphries lbw Diwakar...9 S Knowles b Nuttall...19 D Chadwick b Nuttall...22 S Maiden ct Nuttall b Baines...15 J Bayley b Diwakar...13 A Hill lbw Nuttall...4 P Walder b Diwakar...1 C Gaskell b Baines...3 N Lacey
RESIDENTS in Tonge Moor are being invited to attend a meeting over plans to redevelop a church hall. Church leaders at St Augustine's Church are planning to develop the hall for wider community use as part of the East Bolton Regeneration Project. They
++VETERINARY charity PDSA are asking people to donate any unwanted books, videos, CDs etc. to their local PDSA shop, to help raise funds for the local pet community. The charity is also continuously looking for shop volunteers, anybody interested can
JOSEPH Whittle, from Chorley, was the winner of our recent Adams competition and he gets £200 worth vouchers and gets entry into a national competition to find the cutest child in the UK. The runners up were Jack Berry from Wigan and Emily Rose Bennett
SINGER Badly Drawn Boy and Phoenix Nights stars Dave Spikey and Paddy McGuinness will give a strong Bolton flavour to a free celebration of Manchester culture tonight. The This Is Manchester extravaganza in Exchange Square from 6.45pm to 10pm is being
GOOD Service to Guiding Awards were presented to two women who have given many years service to the movement. Janet Wood from Bury South Division, who has held many guiding positions since 1954, and Phyllis Moss the Lancashire Border County Badge Secretary
CAN we fix it? Yes we can! Could your child give Bob the Builder a run for his money? B&Q Warehouse's monthly DIY kids activity days are proving to be a huge success -- with more than 60 children regularly attending. The days are aimed at primary
Match drawn Atherton & Tyldesley Bazid Khan not out...121 S Brooks c Ahmed b Brooker...27 S Nicklin b Locke...0 R Smith run out...2 R Bennett b Muntaz...2 P Bennett c Ahmed b Naz...17 P Nolan b Locke...8 D Clare not out...1 Extras...14 Total (for
Spring View won by 170 runs Spring View N Geary c Walder b Humphries...36 C Rudd b Maiden...33 P Matthews b Humphries...26 I Critchley c Sheffield b Maiden...52 Sarkar c Sheffield b Humphries...12 M James c & b Humphries...22 I Beg not out...9 I Murphy
Golborne won by four wickets Little Hulton P Craig b b Greenwood...14 A Perry c & b b Ross...76 I Mahmood c Marston b Greenwood...46 M Penny c Darbyshire b Greenwood...0 S Hutchinson c Seddon b Ross...7 I Lee not out...18 J Wallwork run out...1 N
Kearsley won by 31 runs Kearsley S Davies c&b Unsworth ...28 J Thornely c Stanton b Holden ...2 D Morris c Unsworth b Woodsey ...28 S Dublin b Stanton ...24 S Thomson not out ...20 F Akber b Unsworth ...10 C Monks s Cole b Woosey ...1 Extras ...9
AN MP has blasted banks and other financial institutions for increasing the number of cash machines that charge customers. Chorley Labour MP Lindsay Hoyle has put down a Commons Motion, backed by 15 colleagues, which reveals that almost a quarter of ATMs
Match drawn Farnworth S Marsh caught Nisar bTaylor...9 F Nekia caught Nisar b Burton...58 Ali caught I Taylor b Nisar...23 T Barrow c A Northrop b Burton...5 M Axford st R Northrop b Nisar...6 M Mcguiness c A Northrop b Nisar...15 B Reeve c A Northrop
Horwich won by six wickets Farnworth SC R Hope c Long b Dooley ...0 M Ashworth c Long b White ...10 Q Rashid b Long ...38 D Mullineax b Dooley ...0 K Ahmed c Benbow b White ...3 D Eckersley lbw Taylor ...14 C Walsh c Long b White ...32 C Cooke b Taylor
St Annes won by two wickets Horwich v St Annes St Annes A Darlington c Wilson b Benbow...28 G Evans c Wilson b Dooley...20 S Twist c Wilson b Benbow...15 D Whalley c & b Benbow...16 R Bradley st Wilson b Long...45 S Bickerdike c Benbow b White...2
A REVOLUTIONARY piece of medical equipment designed to save lives has been developed in Bolton. Boffins behind the device hope hospitals throughout the UK and overseas will be queueing to buy the new machine. The invention -- more than four years in the
PASSENGERS at Manchester Airport are to benefit from investment in new and upgraded facilities this summer. About £60m has been spent on the ground transport interchange, the first of its kind in the UK. Terminal 1 has also been upgraded along with baggage
WHEN Gudni Bergsson threw his training top to 11-year-old Wanderers fanatic Jessica Wiggans she thought she had a memento to keep for the rest of her life. The soccer star hurled the shirt towards his fan with the intention of her catching it. But before
A FARNWORTH man adopted as a baby has been reunited with his family after a 30 year search to track them down. John Alexander, aged 45, began trying to find his mother and sisters when he was only 15. His task was complicated by a break-in at a Bolton
A NEW survey has found that nearly three-quarters of office workers in the North-west no longer take a full midday meal break. Most say they skipped lunch simply because they were too busy. Even though many of those who took part in the study, which was
THE Marco Players will leave the audience in suspense, literally, after the first night of its next production The Revengers' Comedies. For at the end of the Alan Ayckbourn play, the audience will have to return the next night to find out what happens
A GOOD old-fashioned farce with an eccentric Lord, a spinster and a nymphomaniac maid. That is Farnworth Performing Arts Company's next production, Post Horn Gallop, and it is sure to be an audience-pleaser. The play is set in a baronial hall in the 1950s
GRADUATE actor Timothy Platt is the cream of the Milk International Children's Festival in Toronto, Canada. Just days after graduating in Acting Studies 20-year-old Timothy landed a plum job with a top educational touring theatre in the UK. The troupe
THIS year's Greyhound Summer League Individuals Darts Competition started on May 20, and will run for a total of 15 weeks finishing on August 26. If any of last year's players cannot play in this year's League please notify P Williams on 01204 849808
THE vacancy in Ladies Section Four has been filled by The No Name (House without a Name) on Lea Gate, Harwood. Telephone number 01204 300063, night of play Wednesday. The teams who have already missed this match can play this game when it is convenient
