ELVIS fans flocked to Manchester's Palace Theatre for the opening of the 1950s rock 'n' roll musical Jailhouse Rock. Based on Elvis Presley's classic 1957 film, the show tells the story of Vince Everett, a young man from the wrong side of the tracks who
THE North-west Regional Assembly has set a "tough but realistic" target of 50,000 new jobs for the region. The target would raise the employment level of the North-west up to the national average and follows another assembly decision to raise the economic
At a board meeting of the Elite League directors held in Belfast last Thursday, it was confirmed that the Elite League have endorsed the idea and proposals put forward by Ice Hockey UK and the International Ice Hockey Federation to introduce competition
Two goals from captain George Awada and an outstanding 39-shot shutout from netminder Jayme Platt booked the Manchester Phoenix a playoff berth - barring a final league weekend disaster with a vital Saturday night road win over the Coventry Blaze. Phoenix
I AM complaining because a lot of my friends and myself have got trials bikes and crossers and there's nowhere to ride them in Bolton. The nearest place where we can go to ride our bikes is Preston, at a place called Trax. I've been there a number of
IT saddens me to read about the plight of Westhoughton Cricket Club on my regular visits because the site is ideal and more picturesque than most grounds in the league. The only need is for an up-to-date clubhouse which I am sure is sadly lacking, as
COUNCILLOR Guy Harkin is well known in the council for his ability to "talk a good talk", but his letter of March 4 takes the biscuit. In fact, I am not sure I was even at the same council budget meeting as he was, reading his letter! His "story" reads
BOLTON Clarion Cycling Club was a successful organisation long before the current obsession with health and fitness. It celebrated its centenary in 1995 and is still going strong. Mr Harry Speak of Bury New Road, Bolton popped into the office recently
TEACHERS can apply to work at a 1960s style school, as part of a TV series. Channel 4 is advertising for teachers and pupils willing to take part in the second series of That'll Teach 'Em. The setting for this year's programmes will be a secondary modern
A CAR was destroyed by fire in Chorley Road, Blackrod, early today. Firefighters were called to deal with the blazing Ford Escort at 3.15am but the car was completely destroyed. They also tackled an Astra Van which had been set alight in Milton Road,
BRITAIN'S leading veterinary charity is asking slimmers to donate their old clothes to help raise money for the treatment of sick and injured pets. The PDSA says donations can be taken to any of their charity shop branches. To find your nearest shop,
BLOOD donor sessions will be held on Tuesday, March 23, at Walker Memorial Hall, Ridgeway Gate, Bolton, at 1.30pm-3.30pm and 5.30pm-7.30pm; and on Wednesday, March 24, at The Formby Hall, Alder Street, Atherton 1.30pm-3.30pm and 5.30pm-7.30pm. Tuesday
PUPILS from a Farnworth school were put through their paces during a music-packed residential weekend in Shropshire. The orchestra, from St James's School, together with their conductor and head of music, Barbara Barratt, spent Saturday and Sunday rehearsing
RESIDENTS are being encouraged to make a will and raise money for a local charity. Bolton Co-op Funeral Home and Farnworth Co-op Funeral Home are backing St Ann's Hospice Will Week, which runs from Monday, March 15, to Friday, March 19. St Ann's Hospice
SMOKERS who want to kick the habit are being encouraged to quit on National No Smoking Day today. Staff from Fresh Focus, Bolton's Smoking Cessation Team, are pictured on the steps of Bolton Town Hall to reinforce the message. They held up the telephone
VISITORS to Bolton Museum, Art Gallery and Aquarium will have the opportunity to view Bolton's Thomas Kershaw collection. Four Kershaw panels, owned by The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers which are usually housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum
ADVICE and information service Connexions Bolton is piloting weekend opening. The service, which offers advice and information to young people aged 13 to 19, about any life issue, opens from Monday to Friday, from 10am to 5pm, in the Wellsprings building
SCHOOLBOY Lewis Morrison is kicking his way to the top of the martial arts league after winning another major tournament. Lewis, aged 12, of Halliwell, beat some of the best kick boxers in the world at the Irish Open International Kickboxing Tournament
A RECORD by Mancunian miserablists The Smiths has been voted the best song to listen to when you are feeling down. I Know It's Over topped a poll of tunes which people turn to when they are depressed, broken-hearted or just having a bad day. Written by
Dance works, based at Ladybridge Community Centre, is putting on a show at Blackburn Thwaites Theatre. The show will be called Celebrations and will be a mixture of singing and dancing. 45 children between the ages of three and 16 will be taking part
A SCHOOLGIRL killed trying to cross a busy motorway last month has been laid to rest following a funeral at St Augustine's Church, Tonge Moor. More than 200 family and friends of 12-year-old Chelsea Hartigan, of Harper Green Road, Farnworth, filled the
AN ADULT learners website is aiming to encourage more women from ethnic communities to get involved in adult education. Singer Ms Dynamite, Coronation Street's Shobna Gulati and Kumar's comedienne, Shazia Mirza, are just three of many female role models
MORE pupils are taking up PE and sport as a result of school sport partnerships, a new survey has revealed. The partnerships, which are spearheading the Government's strategy for PE and school sport, are groups of schools working together to increase
MANY people may have thought their eyes were deceiving them when they caught sight of Peter Pan and Snow White going to school. But far from being an optical trick, it was part of a borough-wide effort to persuade youngsters to switch off their computer
THERE'S only one really weird thing about pop's most celebrated oddball these days . . . his voice. It's not natural to be able to sing like that, especially at the age of 57. Time hasn't stood still for David Bowie, it's gone in reverse. He looks and
EAGLEY completed a double over Fulwood Amateurs in the West Lancs League Premier Division with a 3-2 victory, but only after a tense finish when they conceded two goals in the final 10 minutes. The Villagers opened brightly and could have taken the lead
POP singer Louise Redknapp, wife of footballer Jamie, has announced she is four months pregnant with their first child. She had been trying to conceive for two years but discovered she suffered from endometriosis. Following successful laser treatment
FIREFIGHTERS spent four hours tackling a huge moorland blaze on the border of Bolton and Blackburn. Fire crews from Lancashire and Bolton joined forces to deal with the fire which spread across 60 acres of land at Longworth Road, Egerton. Up to 35 firefighters
MANCHESTER Airport is the best in Britain, according to a Holiday Which? report. The airport - which is the third largest in the country - came top of the league following an investigation into its facilities for passengers. It beat its two main rivals
A DRUG dealer robbed at gunpoint was told on the phone a month earlier that he was "going to get it and they would take his stuff", a murder trial was told. Carl Lindsay, aged 25, was with a friend, Adam Prince, when he answered his mobile phone, the
A FAMILY have been given six weeks to get out of their home after the Appeal Court heard a teenager's violent behaviour terrified his neighbours. Damon Ashton, aged 17, from Hus Street in Droylsden, was made the subject of an anti-social behaviour order
A BOLTON drama school is celebrating 10 years in showbusiness. The Orr School of Dance, run by sisters Christine and Barbara Orr, is this week staging a dance and drama extravaganza to mark the birthday. The school has seen its pupils take up small roles
BLACKROD Town made the short journey to face local rivals Charnock Richard in the West Lancs Premier Division and came away with a draw after a controversial penalty decision. Honours were even at half-time, but Blackrod took the lead in the 65th minute
Premier Division P W D L F A Pts GD Royton Town... 23 16 3 4 58 36 51 22 Prestwich Heys... 23 15 5 3 47 26 50 21 Leigh Athletic... 25 13 6 6 66 42 45 24 Monton Amateurs... 25 12 5 8 43 39 41 4 Irlam MS... 27 13 1 13 70 55 40 15 Stockport Georgians...
RESULTS: U11: Boothstown 2 Horwich St Mary's 5; Moorside 4 Ladybridge 2; Moston Jnrs 1 Langworthy 4; Heywood Rangers 0 De La Salle 13. U12: Abraham MW 7 Westbury 0; Little Lever W 2 Moston Brook 3; Moorside A 0 Whitehouse 5; Moston Jnrs 4 Elton &
BSF Vets League: DOBBIES A moved a point clear at the top of Division One after a goalless draw away at Cross Keys. In a hard fought game, a draw was probably a fair result and with two games in hand on second placed Breightmet, Dobbies look odds on to
Premier Division P W D L F A Pts Gregorians... 23 17 4 2 62 18 55 Rossendale Amateurs... 22 15 5 2 46 23 50 Chaddertonians... 23 14 3 6 63 40 45 Radcliffe Amateurs... 20 12 2 6 53 32 38 Bury GSOB... 24 10 3 11 45 50 33 Bolton Lads Club... 23 8 7 8 39
U7 Section A: Boothstown Brazilians 1 Ladybridge Athletic 1; Brandlesholme Warriors 0 Rooftec Rangers 3; Eagley Rangers Orange 3 Bromley Cross Aces 3; Elton & Walshaw Panthers 1 Westhoughton Rangers 1; Horwich St Mary's Tornadoes 3 Horwich RMI Reds
Wakefield-Emley 2 Radcliffe Boro 1: RADCLIFFE'S slide down the Unibond Premier League continued with a disappointing defeat at bottom of the table Emley. Both teams struggled to find any cohesion with confidence low but Radcliffe were given a 33rd minute
Pioneer Sunday League: Division One SHARPLES ...1 FARNWORTH SC ...5 Moore 3, Settle, Barrow HORWICH ST MARY'S ...3 HULTON LANE B ...4 Peszell, Inman, Greeman Gregory 3, Torkington SCHOONER ...0 GREAT LEVER ...3 KO Cup Round Two RAILWAY ...6 PRINCE RUPERT
RESULTS U15: Lowton 4 Culcheth 0; Standish 4 Monton 1; Hindley Yth 2 Douglas Valley 3. U16: Fives Youth 2 Astley 2; Wakefield 2 Bedford Rangers 0; Hindley Athletic 2 Monton 6. U15: Lowton 4 Culcheth 0. This local contest was much closer than the scoreline
Thursday Premier Division Church Inn... 8 7 1 0 20 1 19 22 Park Hotel... 8 5 0 3 10 9 1 15 Edge Tavern... 8 4 2 2 12 9 3 14 R & B Wholesalers... 8 3 4 1 17 9 8 14 TLGC... 8 3 1 4 10 12 -2 10 Lodgebank... 13 11 2 0 21 7 14 35 HAB... 8 1 3 4 4 7 -3
SHREWSBURY...3 LEIGH RMI...1 Darby 11, Lowe 70, Brodie 29 Banim 90 Attend: 3,307 Nationwide Conference P W D L F A Pts Chester... 33 21 9 3 70 27 72 Hereford... 34 20 7 7 84 39 67 Shrewsbury... 31 17 9 5 51 28 60 Barnet... 32 17 8 7 53 38 59 Aldershot
BOLTON U15s failed to make it into the semi-finals of the Greater Manchester Schools Woodhead Cup after they lost 2-0 at Broughton on Saturday. Bolton U14s kept their Greater Manchester Schools' League title hopes on track with a 2-1 win against Wigan
Manchester League: SECOND placed Prestwich Heys kept in touch at the top of the Premier Division after a battling 2-1 win over Atherton Town. Phil Woodcock put Heys in front, but Clint McLoughlin's 12th goal of the campaign brought Atherton level. Jon
LEIGH RMI's recent improvement in form will be under the spotlight tonight when their clash at Shrewsbury is shown on Sky TV. The Conference minnows are struggling in the relegation zone, but hope to give their confidence levels another boost with a second
Shrewsbury Town 3 Leigh RMI 1: SHREWSBURY manager Jimmy Quinn believes Leigh RMI will stay in the Nationwide Conference. Quinn was impressed with the performance of Phil Starbuck's side, who came within 20 minutes of claiming a point at Gay Meadow in
Bolton Sunday League: HOLDERS Tonge Moor Cons Club breezed into the semi-finals of the Open Cup with a 7-0 away win at Division One leaders Ladybridge. Clint McLoughlin scored a hat-trick, with two from Neil Ross and one each from Shaun Kinsella and Roy
Racers 2 Phoenix 7: Manchester Phoenix recovered in style from their midweek loss to the Nottingham Panthers with an emphatic road win in the nations capital on Friday night. A brace of goals from Mike Morin, captain George Awada and Chad Brandimore with
George Awada, captain of the city's very own ice hockey side Manchester Phoenix, has teamed up with Greater Manchester Police's Operation Hawk to help put robbery on ice and reward the most streetwise local teenager. By logging on to www.operationhawk.com
Saturday 6th March 2004: Basingstoke Bison 2 Cardiff Devils 5; Coventry Blaze 0 Manchester Phoenix 2; Sheffield Steelers 7 Nottingham Panthers 4. A home defeat by Cardiff Devils left Basingstoke Bison at 7th place in the table. Ivan Matulik scored the
Name - Team Name - Games Played - Goals John Craighead - Nottingham Panthers - 52 - 37 Jason Ruff - Belfast Giants 50 - 34 Steve Moria - Basingstoke Bison - 54 - 32 Erik Anderson - Sheffield Steelers - 52 - 31 Mark Dutiaume - Sheffield Steelers - 50 -
A YOUNG Bolton bathroom designer has been named the country's best. Gary Clegg, aged 23, won the Young Designer Award for Bathrooms in the 10th annual Bathrooms and Kitchens Magazine Industry Awards. Mr Clegg, of Knowsley Drive, Bolton, has worked at
FIRMS who harbour budding musicians could land themselves a record deal and play alongside Blondie this summer. Bolton companies who have enough musicians to form a band could go after a first prize of £5,000, a record label release and a live festival
The letter by Barbara Smith (Friday, February 20) regarding developments in Home Care is very welcome. It is terrible that Public Services much valued by members of the community, can be effectually broken up and transferred to the private sector. Privatisation
I HAVE just been walking around Smithills and the old garden centre. I could not believe the damage that has been done (with the permission of Bolton council). Are they so desperate to make money out of this beautiful and peaceful area by allowing it
I READ with dismay the incredible decision of the council planners to refuse permission for Fred Dibnah's "Victorian" mine. Like many other local people, I know that in reality the land that Fred owns is actually out of sight to virtually everyone. The
I REFER to the letter by Madeline Murray, "Three-year plan for home care services", and cannot understand why the carers whom I have spoken to do not have the information in any coherent fashion. When questioned, they are negative in their response. I
MR Alan Ramsdale asks why the Deane Road and St Helens Road bus lanes have different hours of operation ('Bus lane lessons are needed', Bolton Evening News, January 27). GMPTE is working with the local councils to introduce Quality Bus Corridors (QBCs
I HAVE had a request for information about a tea room in Horwich. Olive Fisher, who is Secretary of the Old Rivingtonians' Association, says that during research into their history they have come across a mention of a meeting held in 1926 at Dawson's
From the Evening News, March 10, 1904: BUSINESS at Horwich District Council, when Mr J. Dickinson presided, included the consideration of a letter from the Bolton Corporation with reference to the question of amalgamation with Horwich, to the effect that
TWO women foster carers who forced two young sisters to drink washing up liquid have been banned for life from looking after children. Foster parents Lynne Sheridan and Lesley Broughton squirted the liquid into the mouths of the girls as a form of punishment
THE Queen's coronation in 1953 was the subject of countless celebrations across the land. Mr Speak also loaned me this picture of All Saints School, off Folds Road, Bolton. His brother-in-law, David Tong, is the little lad in the middle on the front row
THE annual meeting of the local Unison branch will take place tomorrow in the Festival Hall in Bolton Town Hall at 5.30pm.
A WOMAN travelled to Bury to take part in a shoplifting operation, a court heard. Adele O'Brien, aged 21, of Aston Avenue, Fallowfield, admitted stealing clothing worth £340 from Littlewoods, in Mill Gate Shopping Centre, Bury. She also admitted failing
A JEWELLERY valuation and photography service is due to be carried out at Ernest Jones Jewellers, Hotel Street, Bolton, on Friday, March 26. Householders can also get keepsakes security marked with a device similar to a hallmark to establish proof of
EXCLUSION zones surrounding a Bolton scapyard following a fire were lifted overnight. Restrictions were put in place around Critchley's Scrap Yard in Derby Street, Daubhill, amid fears of an explosion following the fire which started on Monday night.
NEARLY £11 million in compensation was paid out to former miners and their families in Leigh last year, new figures have revealed. Trade and Industry minister Patrica Hewitt told the House of Commons her department had received 4,480 claims from people
TOAST is the favourite breakfast for people from Bolton, according to a new study. It heads a top ten food list beating milk and cereal firmly into second place. A total of 33 per cent of people living in the borough reach for the loaf just moments after
SAM Allardyce issued a reality check today as he set about getting Wanderers back on Premiership track. Desperate to overcome the bitter disappointment of three successive and demoralising defeats, the Reebok boss assessed the scale of the task ahead
EATOCK Primary School is to receive a £23,000 funding boost to develop PE and sports facilities. Through a New Opportunities Fund grant, the Westhoughton school will be able to provide aerobics, gymnastics, short tennis, high 5s netball, basketball, table
QUITE simply, this is a high-water mark in Bolton's musical theatre. In more than 20 years of viewing, I have never seen such life and style breathed into Gilbert and Sullivan's Japanese tale. Producer Rita Whitelaw has demonstrated stunning breadth of
SOMETIMES like the grimmest of Shakespearian tragedies, at others more like a farcical Carry On film, Four Nights In Knaresborough is not the easiest play to watch... and hear. The four-letter words often grate - not because they are particularly offensive
BEFORE Christina, Britney, even before Madonna, there was only one platinum Queen of Pop. Debbie Harry, who became a household name in her 30s, at an age when most modern pop idols have "retired" after two albums and three hit singles, was the lust object
A SALE of second-hand books, toys, games and cuddly toys is due to be held on Saturday at Zac's Youth Bar, Market Street, Farnworth. The bargain bonanza has been organised by Zac's Pack, a group of youngsters who attend the youth club. Tea and coffee
Pioneer Sunday League: FARNWORTH Social Circle moved back to the top of Division One after a 5-1 away victory against Sharples. Les Moore was the hero for Farnworth with a hat trick, while Tim Barrow also found the net, but the goal of the day went to
BOLTON BOYS & GIRLS FED: LADYBRIDGE Rovers had a superb 4-0 victory against derby rivals Wanderers, with Myles Hindley notching a brace of goals, and Mealor and Tustin grabbing solo efforts in only their second win of the season. Elsewhere in the
The men died at Tebay in Cumbria. Three men have been questioned by police in connection with the incident. A public meeting will be held at Carnforth railway station later this month to discuss the best way to honour the men. It seems likely that a memorial
A £3 MILLION scheme to improve one of Bolton's most dangerous roads is nearing completion. Highways bosses say the finishing touches are being put to the scheme to resurface and improve Beaumont Road and work should be finished next month. But they warn
THE Government plans to tackle sickness rates of up to 35 per cent and high staff turnover in call centres in the North-west. Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt announced that a pilot scheme would be implemented in the region. The North-west
THE trial of three men accused of conspiring to supply drugs in the North-west as part of a sophisticated wholesale distribution operation is under way. Paul Doughill, aged 33, of Normanby Street, Morris Green, and James Jennings, aged 55, of Watling
HUNDREDS of babies born prematurely in Bolton could be helped by the latest hi-tech equipment. The Children's Hospitals Appeals Trust (CHAT) has pledged to raise £30,000 initially to buy the latest ultrasound machines. These would give brain scans to
CLEANING staff at Bury's Fairfield General Hospital have voted to strike in a pay dispute. About 60 domestic workers at the hospital, along with colleagues and porters at North Manchester General, were "overwhelmingly" in favour of staging a walkout within
A WAR of words against plans to transform an exclusive detached house into a children's home took place behind closed doors last night. Furious residents, who do not want four children to be cared for in the £425,000 home in Pocket Nook Road, Chew Moor
AN Army bride-to-be who had to cancel her wedding twice last year because of the Iraq war finally looks set to walk down the aisle. Wedding bells will be ringing out at Bolton Parish Church on Saturday when Lance Corporal Anne Marie Taylor ties the knot
West Lancs League: Division Premier P W D L F A Pts Kirkham & Wesham... 24 19 5 0 69 21 62 Dalton Utd... 27 14 4 9 71 58 46 Coppull Utd... 26 11 12 3 60 35 45 Eagley... 24 13 4 7 62 35 43 Charnock Richard... 25 13 4 8 61 53 43 Fulwood Ams... 29 12
PREMIER Division leaders Royton Town withstood a determined fightback from Dukinfield Town to run out 2-1 winners, though the home side saw a goal controversially disallowed late on. Phil Edgehill set up a top quality opener for Gareth Morris to put Royton
P W D L F A GD Disc Pt AK's Wrexham... 13 12 0 1 178 48 130 0 36 Radcliffe Ams... 13 11 0 2 177 53 124 3 33 Daniel Scott... 13 7 0 6 122 131 -9 0 21 NVG... 13 6 1 6 129 118 11 6 19 ?b... 13 5 1 7 123 120 3 2 16 Cressway... 13 4 1 8 102 136 -34 0 13 McCormack
THE Leigh and District Amateur League is looking for teams for next season. Anyone interested in entering a side should call the secretary, Mr M Blakeley, on 01942 706011.
Open Cup Second Round BRITANNIA FARNWORTH ...5 BOTTOM BULL ...4 Hark 2, Fletcher, Wallbank, Aldred Open Cup Quarter Fina GREENWOOD...0 HORWICH VIC ...2 Conway 2 LADYBRIDGE ...0 TONGE MOOR CONS ...7 McLoughlin 3, Ross 2, Kinsell, Fletcher Premier Division
Chelsea v VfB Stuttgart (7.45pm); Man Utd v FC Porto (7.45pm) Barclaycard Premiership: Middlesbrough v Tottenham (8pm). Nationwide Division One: Bradford v Watford (7.45pm); West Ham v Wimbledon (7.45pm). Nationwide Division Three: Carlisle v Huddersfield
Premier Division P W D L F A Pts Bowling Green... 14 9 3 2 44 25 30 Jolly Waggoner... 15 9 2 4 44 28 29 Tonge Moor Cons... 13 7 3 3 51 26 24 Horwich Vic... 11 7 1 3 34 22 22 Greenwood... 14 4 2 8 38 50 14 Queens... 12 3 1 8 22 36 10 Hare & Hounds.
LEIGH & District Amateur League are looking to strengthen the League next season, and anyone interested in entering a team should contact the secretary: Mr M Blakeley on 01942 706011 (answerphone will be on). Davenport Cup First Round HOWE BRIDGE
