FIRST-HALF goals from Tim Greensill and Barry Massey gave Stoneclough a 2-1 win over Aspull in the Hospital Cup on Wednesday night. Massey's 29th-minute penalty added to Greensill's 17th-minute strike. Chris Lee pulled one back for Aspull in the 68th
It's National Multiple Sclerosis Week in the UK from April 18-24 so here's a light-hearted story about a unique charity effort on behalf of MS awareness . . . "A rather 'up-front' effort on behalf of MS awareness" ....or... "Buxom British bird bares breasts
THE man who designed one of the best known album covers of all time has picked Blackpool as the location for his first open air public art form. Sir Peter Blake, who designed the cover for the Beatles album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, has created
SOCIAL services bosses have been accused of "keeping councillors in the dark" over the case of two foster carers who admitted causing cruelty to children in their care. Leading Conservative Cllr John Walsh criticised senior officers for ignoring requests
THE former curators of Lancashire Mining Museum say Fred Dibnah's working mine shaft must be given the go-ahead -- as a memorial to the hundreds of Bolton men who died while mining. Former industrial history curators of the mining museum in Salford, Richard
A WIDOW whose husband was killed in a jet ski crash in which she nearly died is desperate to remember the horrific accident so she can move on with her life. Mother-of-five Deborah Hales is desperate to recall whether her husband, Ian, said anything to
TOP pop acts will rock the Reebok this summer in six open-air concerts. Stadium bosses have announced a line-up that they hope will turn the home of Bolton Wanderers into the North-west's best outdoor music venue. The shows will pack more than 32,500
TOP pop acts will rock the Reebok this summer in six open-air concerts. Stadium bosses have announced a line-up that they hope will turn the home of Bolton Wanderers into the North-west's best outdoor music venue. The shows will pack more than 32,500
A COMMUNITY fun and environment day is being held on Hatfield Park, Bolton, on Friday, April 23. It is being organised by the Oxford Grove Area Residents Group in partnership with the UCAN Centre which is also on Hatfield Road. Starting at 2pm, there
CHARLIE Comyn-Platt was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 58th minute of Wanderers Reserves' 1-0 defeat by Everton at Southport on Wednesday night. Pat Pascucci scored the winner in the third minute.
FARNWORTH Cricket Club practice sessions starts on Friday at 6.15pm. Players of all abilities from U11s through to U18s are welcome, Contact Gary Mather on 01204 573203 for further details.
A LAST-MINUTE goal from Carl Grimshaw saw Eagley to a 1-0 victory over Bolton County in the Hospital Cup on Tuesday night.
THE Sunday Open on Doe Hey Reservoir was won by Mark Ormrod with a weight of 3lbs-3ozs. Second was Bob Fearnhead with 2lbs-11ozs and Peter Butter third with 2lbs-6ozs.
I WRITE with regard to Fred Dibnah's planning application for a mineshaft and associated works. As a former Local Government Development Control Officer, from what I have seen (the garden being secluded and the application for private use only ie not
WITH reference to the front page article on Saturday, April 3 - this Council's idea of spending £500,000 on repairing some of the books in the archives by selling some of Bolton's heritage 90,000 beggars belief, according to Keith Davies, the Deputy Director
I CANNOT believe the bad attitude of young children today. I am a mother but I find it disgusting the lack of respect I receive from children in my local area. While taking my dog out for its regular walk, I get bad language thrown at me, my own children
HAVING been deprived of the use of my car recently, I have been using buses to travel to work and for leisure. My findings may be of interest to those asking us to consider using public transport. Out of 36 journeys, only three were comfortable, clean
A WOMAN is appealing for help to build a collection of memories from the days of Blackpool "dance trains." Linda Moore of Westhoughton High School is compiling a history of the trains which ran between Bolton and Blackpool in the years after the Second
A FORMER Boltonian is keen to trace old friends from Markland Hill County Primary School in the early 1960s. Pat Ransome (nee Salter) has written from Chester with this photograph - taken in summer 1960 or 61 during a school trip to Lyme Park and the
THE success of the England team in the West Indies and the start of the new domestic season gives me an excuse to feature these two cricket pictures from 1928-29. They will be on display when the Old Rivingtonians' Association celebrates its centenary
TOP pop acts will rock the Reebok this summer in six open-air concerts. Stadium bosses have announced a line-up that they hope will turn the home of Bolton Wanderers into the North-west's best outdoor music venue. The shows will pack more than 32,500
MEMBERS of Atherton Heritage Society will hear about the history of Bolton in medal form when speaker Cliff Stockton gives an illustrated talk on "Badges and Tokens of Bolton" next Tuesday at 7.30pm in St Richard's Jubilee Hall.
A CHIP pan fire damaged a house in Farnworth last night after it was left unattended. Fire crews were called to Gower Street at 6.30pm after the pan caught fire on a hob in the kitchen of the house. Two people managed to get out of the house before firefighters
A STRUGGLING football club has been handed a cash boost by Premier League giants Manchester United. Daisy Hill FC, Westhoughton, was given £250 from The Reds' Charity Shield funds which are handed out each year to grass-roots sports teams. Representatives
A WOMAN is appealing for help to build a collection of memories from the days of Blackpool "dance trains." Linda Moore of Westhoughton High School is compiling a history of the trains which ran between Bolton and Blackpool in the years after the Second
BOLTON drivers have the chance to live the life of a Formula One racing driver for a weekend in Monaco. Battling against six other regional finalists, the national winner of the Dunlop Race Academy will be travel to Monaco for a stay in a hotel owned
A REMEMBRANCE event is being held in Bolton to mark 60 years since the D-Day landings. The Bolton Information Network is celebrating the anniversary by bringing together artefacts, memorabilia and displays to create a picture of the turning point in the
AN EXHIBITION all about the Blackfoot Indians of North America is on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. "Blackfoot Indians. Nitsitapiisinni: Our Way of Life" will be showing at the Museum until June 6. More than 200 real artefacts
A LOCOMOTIVE statue earmarked for Horwich has continued to hit the buffers. The 20ft "ghostly" white steel sculpture was due to be installed last week at the roundabout near Middlebrook Retail Park. But the model, designed by London artist Tom Wilkinson
AN historic night club in Leigh, which played a part in The Beatles' success, could be transformed into an all day cafe and bar. Changes are on the cards for Reubens, the town's biggest ex-theatre, cinema, and dance hall which closed down as a clubbing
A COMMUNITY fun and environment day is being held on Hatfield Park, Bolton, on Friday, April 23. It is being organised by the Oxford Grove Area Residents Group in partnership with the UCAN Centre which is also on Hatfield Road. Starting at 2pm, there
A PROJECT to transform a shabby patch of land into residents' idea of paradise culminates this weekend with the opening of a new park. And Atherton's Devonshire Road park at Hag Fold will be named People's Place because most of the £285,000 makeover has
THE key elements of a proposed flagship sports village development in Leigh have been recommended for approval by planning chiefs. A report to be discussed at a special meeting of Wigan Planning Committee on Friday indicates that conditional outline approval
ENJOYING the spring sunshine and the golden fields of daffodils is six-year-old Georgia Miller from Walshaw, Bury. Her family made the most of the fine weather and went a walk round Moses Gate Country Park, in Bolton. But, while the calendars tell us
PEOPLE carrying air weapons face five years in jail if they fail to get them licensed. Police in Bolton have warned they will prosecute anybody found to have an air weapon that uses a self-contained gas cartridge system without the appropriate firearms
KEVIN Nolan is urging Reebok fans to spur Wanderers on to a record Premiership haul. Secure in the belief that they have booked a fourth successive season of top flight football, the Whites are now aiming for a top 10 finish, which would eclipse anything
A PROPERTY company based in Stoneclough which persuaded house sellers to hand over money but failed to provide the promised services, has been wound up following a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) investigation. Unity Investments Ltd operated in
BOXER Mark Payne is facing a journey into what he describes as a "lions' den" on Friday night - but he is not in the least bit fazed. The Belmont-based fighter will take on Michael Hunter in his opponent's home town of Hartlepool for the British super-bantamweight
WHEN I think of anyone who has shaped our "Great Town", two names come top of the list. They are Fred Dibnah and Nat Lofthouse - two of the nicest men you could meet, and true Boltonians. Mrs B Larkin Greendale Atherton
ON counting the cost of market vandals in Farnworth, can you tell me what there is in Farnworth for the young people? No cinema, no bowling alley, nothing! So, to get the young people off the streets and market, something has to be done. There's the old
MARGARET Cavanagh of Gregory Avenue, Bolton, dropped into our front office with this picture of the altar boys at St Patrick's RC church in Great Moor Street, Bolton, around 1939/41. Her late husband, William, is seated on the front row on the right of
1755: Dr Samuel Johnson's dictionary was published, containing 40,000 words. 1793: £5 notes were first issued by the Bank of England. 1797: British navy crews mutinied at Spithead, near Portsmouth, over poor pay and conditions. 1891: Thomas Edison publicly
1471: The Yorkists defeated the Lancastrians at the Battle of Barnet in the War of the Roses. 1759: George Frederick Handel, German composer, died in London. 1828: Noah Webster published his American Dictionary of the English Language. 1865: Abraham Lincoln
From the Evening News, April 15, 1904: A FREE tea was given on Wednesday evening to women attending mothers and mission meetings in connection with the work of the Bolton Women's Temperance Society. At the Coffee Tavern, Bradshawgate, Mrs Brimelow presided
LANCASHIRE ran out easy winners in the pre-season friendly against Yorkshire at Old Trafford on Wednesday. Opener Iain Sutcliffe smashed a new one-day Lancs 'record' score of 152, but it will not count as the game was not an official List A one-day match
EGERTON have moved swiftly to bring four new players to the club for the new Bolton League cricket season which begins a week on Saturday. Pace bowler Ian Taylor, wicketkeeper Rick Northrop and batsman Nigel Partington have all left Tonge to move to Egerton
THREE men were arrested on Thursday in connection with the planting of a bomb under a car outside the Bolton home of an exiled loyalist. The men are due to be questioned by detectives from Greater Manchester Police. It is understood the men were arrested
THE winners of the EJL 5'0 were T Connelly and T Seals (BICA), who beat M Hutchinson and J Donaghy (Halliwell CRC) in a close final. Losing semi finalists were B McQueeney and G Cooper (Plodder Lane), and J Lawson and K Coward (Halliwell). The league
JIMMY Luby won the Bank Holiday match on Outwood's Shoretop Reservoir. Fishing quivertip with pellet on the hook, Jim took skimmers for the top weight of 7lbs-3ozs. Trevor Bevin was second, also fishing the tip, his red maggot bait realising 7lbs-1ozs
FIREFIGHTERS were called to deal with a mountain of abandoned tyres which had been set on fire in Hindley last night. More than 100 old tyres were ablaze when fire crews were called to Spring View railway sidings, Central Road, Hindley, at around 6.30pm
WORKMEN made an gruesome discovery while carrying out bridge strengthening works in Leigh. The partly decomposed body of 28-years-old Andrew Bell, from the Westleigh area, was discovered in Westleigh Brook at Nel Pan Lane. Police say the death is not
A MOTORBIKE stolen from Bury is thought to have been used in an armed robbery at a post office in Saddleworth. The two raiders escaped on the red Yamaha bike after stealing cash from Greenfield Post Office in Chew Valley Lane at 11am on Tuesday. It was
THE odds are looking good on a former town centre bank being converted into a bookmakers. The premises on Deansgate was home to a branch of Barclays bank which closed more than a year ago. An application has been submitted to Bolton Council from Manchester-based
DISABLED children and their parents now have their own oasis, following the opening of a state-of-the-art care centre. Rainbow House, on Trackside, Westhoughton, will offer overnight stays for up to four children at a time in a purpose-built facility
BOLTON and District Citizens Advice bureau is urging people to help their community by volunteering to become an advisor. Citizens Advice Bureaux delivers advice and information about everything from consumer problems, debt and benefit issues to housing
THE National Heart Research Fund is still looking for energetic readers to take part in this year's Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge to raise money for research into heart disease. The event, on June 19, takes walkers through the three highest peaks in
LINDA Leyland's usual mode of transport these days is Bolton's best-known limousine - registration WH 1. But on Sunday, she swaps the luxury of the Mayor's Jaguar for a pair of running shoes as she pounds the streets of the capital in the London Marathon
A BUS company is conducting an investigation over claims five separate buses in just one day did not wait for a disabled man to get on board. Wheelchair bound Gary Howarth said a total of five First Buses did not wait for him to get on the bus at two
TYLDESLEY Knights secured runners-up spot in the North West RU Second Division with a 9-5 away victory over a strong Burnley side. The home side paraded a near full strength first team, but Tyldesley played with plenty of purpose. Burnley scored an unconverted
LATEST results Park Hotel 0 (5) Lodge Bank 3 (10); Cattlemarket B 1 (8) Moonlight Club 2 (7); Cross Guns 2 (7) Oasis Club 1 (8); Little John 0 (3) Cattlemarket A 3 (12); Greyhound 1 (6) York Hotel 2 (9); The Albert 2 (9) Sweet Green 1 (6); L Ladies (Anglers
LEIGH RMI could have to wait until June to find out which division they will playing in next season. The Railwaymen will finish in the bottom three of the Nationwide Conference, but could get a reprieve as Margate are facing relegation unless they guarantee
WHAT despicable low life knocked down two mature adult ducks early on Easter Sunday morning before 6am? They were knocked down near the small park and bowling green on Moss Bank Way. This is a 30mph zone, so who is speeding at this time and where are
THE man who designed one of the best known album covers of all time has picked Blackpool as the location for his first open air public art form. Sir Peter Blake, who designed the cover for the Beatles album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, has created
NEARLY 7,000 Bolton Council workers could take industrial action in the summer in a dispute over pay, union leaders warned today. Leaders of the public sector union Unison claim industrial action is a step closer after employers made it clear they were
A PROPERTY company based in Stoneclough which persuaded house sellers to hand over money but failed to provide the promised services, has been wound up following a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) investigation. Unity Investments Ltd operated in
FERRETS have a reputation for nipping up a trouser leg or going astray. But Bolton's only ferret welfare officer, Sheila Crompton, is hoping to reduce the number of them going missing by encouraging owners to have their animals chipped. Mrs Crompton,
EX-JOCKEY Willie Carson has backed plans to build a £100 million racecourse on the doorstep of Bolton. Racing lover Carson appeared at the re-launch of the New Manchester Racecourse and said the plans would give the sport a major boost. The 1,700 acre
FIRE swept through a factory roof on a Radcliffe trading estate on Wednesday night after hundreds of wooden pallets were set alight in a suspected arson attack. Seventy firefighters were confronted by flames more than 20ft high as they battled to prevent
A SERVICE remembering the victims of the Hillsborough Stadium disaster in Sheffield took place at Liverpool FC's Anfield ground on Thursday afternoon. Relatives of the 96 fans who died as a result of the disaster on April 15, 1989, attended the service
VISITORS to Bolton's parks will be serenaded by some of area's finest brass bands on spring and summer Sundays. A programme of free concerts has been arranged by Bolton council's events team following the success of concerts held last year. The dates
WANDERERS have arranged a second pre-season friendly, against Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park on Tuesday, July 27 (ko 7.45). They will also play Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough on Saturday, July 31 (ko 3pm).
