THEY used to be called troubleshooters. Now they are called "do-ologists", whatever that means. The idea is that business experts step in when a company hits problems, tell a few home truths, turn it around and depart, being feted with restoring the firm's
SO now we know. The same set of announcements that denied Greater Manchester funding for the much-needed extension of Metrolink also committed the Government, in principle, to spending about £10 billion on building Cross-rail - a project to link conventional
PERHAPS now that we have a Liberal council in Bolton we will see better maintained roads. In my area, Blackrod, we have Ainse Road, Harrison Crescent and the adjoining footpaths which are like a ploughed field. We have juggernauts being driven daily to
I FEEL it would be sacrilege to remove Dunscar War Memorial to another area. It is a potent reminder of those who sacrificed their lives in the First and Second Word Wars - an insult to them and their families. It is a familiar sight, a landmark very
IN response to G Langdon (July 20), I stated in my letter of July 9 that the Green Party was the only party from the beginning opposed to the Iraq War - and I stick to it. When the Stop The War Coalition was formed, the Greens were an integral part of
THE minutes of the Three Towns Community Forum held at Daisy Hill on March 16, 2004, make interesting reading. In "Item 5: Underage Drinking and Enforcement Action in Westhoughton", trading standards officer Mr D Wilson told the forum of an operation
LUQMAN Issa smashed a six in the final over to give Lostock their first league win of the season. Issa's flourish ensured a three-wicket victory over a weakened Adlington side at the end of an enthralling encounter. Lostock professional Lukman Vahaluwala
THE battle between the two big W's continued relentlessly on Saturday as the top two teams coasted to comfortable victories, while Greenmount lost ground after a trouncing by Kearsley. Walkden had the easiest task accounting for struggling Little Lever
A SCHOOL has been given more than £1,000 worth of sports equipment from the kind-hearted family of a former pupil. St George's Primary School, The Hoskers, Westhoughton, will benefit from cricket, football, gym athletics and cheerleading equipment bought
THE trial of 10 Bolton men who are accused of attacking three men following a derby clash between Wanderers and Manchester United was due to start today. The defendants have denied causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Steven Povah on February 22
THE son of jailed terror boss Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair has lodged an appeal against his five-year jail sentence for selling heroin and crack cocaine on the streets of Horwich. Jonathan Adair, aged 19, of Chorley New Road, Horwich, was jailed earlier this
BOLTON Wanderers chiefs are backing a new scheme which aims to improve the health and well-being of youngsters in deprived communities. It has been launched with a £200,000 grant from the Football Foundation. The Jigsaw Project will try to prevent young
AN increasing number of children are missing school because they are frightened of being bullied. A Bolton anti-bullying expert said that in the school year that has just ended, 25 children were so terrified of bullies, they point blank refused to go
COUNCIL bosses have refused a planning application to demolish Clough Lodge, in Chorley New Road.
PLANNING chiefs have approved proposals for a single-storey side extension at Pike Cottage, Georges Lane, Horwich.
AN antiques fair is being held at the Premier Suite in De Vere Whites Hotel, Horwich, on Sunday, August 29, starting at 10am.
CHILDREN can be become bat detectives and find out about the nocturnal creatures at Hall i'th Wood on Thursday, August 26, at 7.30pm. Admission is £2.
A TRIBUTE to Pink Floyd, Off the Wall, is taking place at Albert Halls, Bolton, on Friday, August 20, at 8pm. Contact the box office for tickets on 01204-334400.
HORWICH Heritage Society will hold its next meeting at the Resource Centre, Beaumont Road, Horwich on Tuesday August 10 at 7.30 pm. Steve Leyland will give a talk entitled Horwich and Associated Engines. Admission is free to members and visitors pay £1
NEW regulations are restricting the amount of traffic using Knowsley Street in Bolton Town Centre. Ordinary traffic is banned from turning into Knowsley Street and St George's Road because the contraflow bus lane has been extended. Drivers must turn into
A COMMUNITY hall has a bright future thanks to an East Bolton Regeneration grant. St Andrews' Methodist Church in Tonge Moor Road received £36,500 to refurbish its hall and install a new sprung floor. The hall is used by community groups including thriving
UNHEALTHY menus have had their chips thanks to Bolton Council. Pupils from St Peter and Paul RC Primary School, on Pilkington St, Bolton, took part in a national campaign about the importance of nutrition and a balanced diet. The Council's Commercial
DOCUMENTARY makers are appealing for Bolton people to take part in a celebratory look at British life. Carbon Media are making a documentary entitled the Real Little Britain, which will take a look at British life. They are looking for 'quirky' characters
PEOPLE are being urged to use water wisely as demand across the North-west because expected to soar this week as families make the most of the summer weather. United Utilities says up to an extra 200 million litres a day could be used during the sunniest
GARY Speed revealed today that it was first impressions of Sam Allardyce that convinced him to put job satisfaction before financial gain. The Welshman, who holds the record for Premiership appearances, had more lucrative offers from Fulham and Everton
SAM Allardyce is close to sealing a deal that will bring former Real Madrid legend, Fernando Hierro, to the Reebok. Having spent the weekend agreeing terms with two other central defenders - the Brazilian Julio Cesar and the young Israeli international
Batting INN NO HS R Ave O'Rourke (Eag)... 15 5 *105 651 65.10 S Anderton (Tong)... 14 6 97 509 63.63 Shetty (Gnmt)... 17 2 *122 894 59.60 M Bennison (Walk)... 15 4 *103 587 53.36 G Garner (Eger)... 15 2 108 683 52.54 Nisar (Tong)... 14 1 111 643 49.46
Tetley's Super League: Bradford 44 London 16, Salford 20 Hull 44, Widnes 25 Wakefield 24 LHF Healthplan National League One: Doncaster 31 Batley 28, Halifax 14 Hull K R 20, Keighley 16 Whitehaven 29, Leigh 36 Oldham 12, Rochdale 12 Featherstone 12 LHF
Leigh Centurions 36 Oldham 12 by Mike Hulme: CHRIS Percival's first game in over two months brought him a hat-trick and put paid to some stout resistance from Oldham. Percival returned after a nine-week lay off with a knee injury to score the tries that
Bury 0 Wigan Athletic 4: BURY manager Graham Barrow is looking for a major improvement from his team after they crashed to a pre-season defeat against their neighbours. Two goals each from Jason Roberts and Nathan Ellington ensured a comfortable win for
Radcliffe Borough 1 Man United Reserves 2 by Mike Whalley: PAUL Gascoigne played a full 90 minutes for Radcliffe Borough on Saturday -- and then tipped them for the Unibond Premier Division title. Gascoigne and former Manchester United winger Lee Sharpe
BOLTON Connexions is making sure young people have plenty to keep them entertained during the school summer holiday and is once again arranging a series of events and projects, funded by the Positive Activities for Young People scheme (PAYP). There will
SHOPPERS basked in a summer oasis as Victoria Square was transformed into a beach for the Bolton By The Sea fun day. Despite being 40 miles from the sea and under leaden skies, children frolicked in a sand pit and ball pool as the air was filled with
A 31 YEAR old father of one has been jailed for three and-a-half years for drug dealing. Yusuf Mohammed, of Knutshaw Crescent, Bolton, was jailed at Bolton Crown Court after police found him in possession of more than 60 rocks of crack cocaine with a
CATS, the world's most successful musical, returns to Manchester next month. This follows a sell-out, month-long run in March last year. The show comes to the Opera House from August 30 and will play a limited season of just 16 performances. Cats, written
AN increasing number of children are missing school because they are frightened of being bullied. A Bolton anti-bullying expert said that in the school year that has just ended, 25 children were so terrified of bullies, they point blank refused to go
BOLTON Wanderers chiefs are backing a new scheme which aims to improve the health and well-being of youngsters in deprived communities. It has been launched with a £200,000 grant from the Football Foundation. The Jigsaw Project will try to prevent young
A JUDGE has condemned a young couple for an "appalling" attack on a 21-year-old. Bolton Crown Court heard that Gary Crawford, aged 20, of Stirling Grove, Whitefield, repeatedly kicked Andrew Randalls in the head outside the Church Inn Pub, Bury New Road
ABOUT 50 people have been evacuated from their homes after a fire involving an acetylene cylinder in Salford. Firefighters were called at about midnight when a lorry carrying the cylinder caught fire in Egmont Street, Irlam o'th' Heights. Streets in the
CHARTERED accountancy firm Jackson Stephen has strengthened its business development team with the appointment of Claire Pilkington as marketing manager. She will be reporting to new business development partner, Helen Jackson, who was responsible for
FUTURE Travel, part of the United Co-op Travel Group, wants people with holiday sales or call centre experience to switch to a career as a homeworker. The company employs more than 600 travel advisors working from their homes around the UK. Matthew Ruth
FEMALE apprentices are making headway in the traditionally male-dominated building industry. And among those setting the pace are employees of Bolton At Home, the organisation that manages Bolton's council houses. Janice Evans and Jemma Hicks are now
REFERRING to the second letter (July 21) from Mr James R Whitten, Wirral. His explanation of how the War Memorial will look in its "new home" is of little importance, as this proposed building project is all to do with making money - nothing more, nothing
I WAS amused to read in Friday's Bolton Evening News that First National hopes that "timetables will become a thing of the past". It would appear that they already have. On Friday evening my wife, who is in her 80s, went out to catch a bus at 8.30pm.
CAN we once and for all put a stop to this ridiculous argument surrounding the problems caused by pigeons in Bolton town centre. As we constantly read in the Bolton Evening News about trying to make Bolton a more attractive place for visitors and shoppers
THE arrogance of Cllr Bob Allen is breathtaking - "Conservatives are not afraid of a challenge", July 19. In his response to a recent letter by Cllr Roger Hayes, in which he very helpfully and eloquently described some of the discussions that took place
I HEARD recently that we are about to face periods of delay on our roads, as De Havilland Way (M61 Junction 6 Horwich/Reebok) is widened from two to three lanes. I also hear of central government announcing this week of a 10-year plan to improve the country's
LABOUR MEP Gary Titley should concentrate on representing his reducing number of voters, rather than having a swipe at the UKIP representatives about political correctness ("MEP condemns sexist outburst", Thursday's Bolton Evening News). Does he not realise
IF you drive down College Way, Bolton, you pass the Eagle campus of Bolton Institute. Part of the premises there used to house the Bolton Eagle Spinning Co Ltd - a worsted spinning mill. Roland Stott, of Stubbins Vale Road, Stubbins, Ramsbottom, called
National day of Liberia 1745: The first recorded women's cricket match took place at Gosden Common near Guildford, with neighbouring village Hambledon against Bramley. 1788: New York became the 11th state of the United States. 1856: George Bernard Shaw
From the Evening News, July 26, 1904: AS the result of inquiries all over England, the Church of England Temperance Society has sent a representation to the Postmaster-General expressing its grave objections to the existence of telephone call offices
LANCASHIRE fell to a crushing 102 run defeat against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham, putting a huge dent in their hopes of winning the National League. The Red Rose side were skittled out for just 114 after being set 217 from 36 overs in a rain affected
PLANS for a detached bungalow on land near Greenleas in Lostock have been approved in their outline form by Bolton Council.
MANCHESTER charity the Special Education Advice Line is urgently seeking volunteers in Bolton. People with backgrounds in special needs are preferred, but full training is given, and expenses paid. For more information call Hayley Ferdinand on 0800 917
RETIREMENT home staff called in firefighters after a light fitting overheated, setting off the fire alarm at 12.50am on Monday. A crew was called to the Lever Edge Aged Persons Home, in Lever Edge Lane, Lever Edge. They found the light fitting needed
AN exhibition being held in Bolton town centre this month to show all the educational opportunities available at local schools, colleges and universities. The Courses and Choices, Careers and Training exhibition will be held in Victoria Square on August
A BOLTON man who admitted handling a stolen benefit book has been given a jail sentence. Manchester magistrates jailed Wamin Waminiska, aged 34, of Tonge Moor Road, for four months after he admitted handling one stolen benefit book. Five other men from
A 70-YEAR-OLD man who collapsed and died in River Street, Bolton, on Friday night, is believed to have suffered a heart attack. A post mortem examination is due to be carried out on the pensioner on Tuesday to confirm it was natural causes but police
BRASS bands from across the North-west will be performing in Bolton's parks every two weeks during the summer. Next Sunday, Bolton Hoover Band will play in Central Park, Farnworth, from 2pm to 4pm. It will be the turn of Haydock Youth Band on Sunday,
A NUMBER of florists from the Bolton area are due to attend a flower festival at Stonyhurst College, near Clitheroe, on August 6 - 8. Horwich Floral Arts and Bolton Floral Art will be among the exhibitors at the event, whilst work by individual florists
A LEADING children's charity is launching its anti-bullying message on DVD this week. Bully-Free is a 22-minute educational programme designed to share the teachings of Zap, an assertiveness training technique used by the charity Kidscape. The programme
VISITORS to one of Bolton's most historic buildings stepped back in time to the Tudor age at the weekend to see an apty-named Shakespeare play. The Tempest was staged on the front lawn at Turton Tower in Bromley Cross on Saturday night - in the rain.
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with your correspondents regarding the possible relocation of Dunscar War Memorial. Is nothing sacred any more? I feel developers are having too much their own way. By sympathising with those correspondents, I am also shedding my
THE news about speed traps will cheer the hearts of the pro-surveillance camera brigade - and of course the news that a motorist was fined for giving a two fingered salute to a camera proves they are indeed surveillance cameras and not simple speed-cameras
A LITTLE boy has raised hundreds of pounds for the neo-natal unit where he spent the first 16 weeks of his life. Luke Robinson, aged three, has raised a whopping £500 for the unit in the Royal Bolton Hospital by undertaking the challenge of correctly
CULTURAL champion Loyd Grossman is looking for nominations for the best visitor attraction in Bolton. The writer and broadcaster has been travelling in the North-west as a part of the North West Regional Development Agency's (NWDA) "Great Days Out" campaign
DO you want to be the next celebrity chef? Can you perform under pressure? This summer, the BBC is searching the nation for ambitious, talented and adventurous amateur cooks to take part in a cooking competition. Application forms are available online
WORKERS will be tempted to ditch their cars and cycle to work by improved bike lanes - at least that is the hope of councillors. In the latest bid to cut traffic on Westhoughton's busy roads, three footpaths have been earmarked for a scheme which would
YOUNG people from different communities across Bolton borough came together to strike a pose in a glitzy catwalk show at the weekend. Looking as if they had stepped off the covers of Vogue, young volunteers sashayed up the catwalk at a series of fashion
YOUNG people in Bolton town centre have reacted angrily to the news that the police are to use new powers to prevent them from gathering in large groups. In future, skateboarders and groups of teenagers who congregate in Victoria Square will be ordered
THREE Bolton soap stars are among the cream of Britain's actors being nominated for prestigious national television awards. Sammy Winward and Mark Charnock, of ITV1's Emmerdale, and Andy McNair, from Channel 4's Hollyoaks, have been nominated for most
