NICK Bullough, from Bolton, has been appointed to the position of Trainee Area Manager at United Co-operatives, responsible for the management of 11 food stores located in the North East area of Manchester, including Blackburn and Rossendale.
THE Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has launched an initiative to reduce the time and costs borne by small businesses when dealing with the tax authorities. ACCA will work with businesses and the government to develop a pilot scheme
SMALL shareholders reluctantly accepted Monday's increased offer by Thorium for Bolton-based bar chain Yates's, but there was further speculation that the increased offer might now lead to a counter-bid, raising the value of the company even more. Thorium
I AM writing regarding the new laws imposed in Bolton town centre recently and how much I, and a lot of people I know, disagree with them. The skateboarders who stay on the Town Hall Square to meet their friends don't skate on the Square, they go to the
I AM writing in relation to complaints made by people regarding teenagers who congregate in and around the Town Hall steps in Bolton. From what I have seen, these teenagers do not create such a major issue as those constantly being highlighted. I have
A MAN sparked a major security scare in Bolton early on Tuesday after threatening terrified residents with a gun. Armed police were called to two homes within a mile of each other after two people were threatened in the early hours. It is thought the
HORSE racing fans in the North-west have been given a big boost in the 2005 fixtures. As a result of negotiations with BBC TV, several of Haydock Park Racecourse's principal National Hunt races are being given more prominent slots in the calendar. *The
PETER Nicholson, leading run scorer this season for Bolton Wanderers' Former Players charity cricket team, led his team to victory against Darcy Lever, That completed a three match fundraiser by the ex-players which raised £500 for Bolton Wanderers Disabled
A NUMBER of Bolton schools are facing disruption after the results of national curriculum tests were delayed and in many cases wrongly marked. At least six Bolton schools are believed to have been affected by a nationwide problem which has seen thousands
ST Paul's Peel in Little Hulton is holding a fun night on July 31. Parishioners Chris Rawlingson and Mark Thompson will provide an evening of comedy, music and fun in the church hall. Admission is £4 for adults, £2 for children and £10 for a family ticket
THE PHOENIX youth club in Bolton town centre is staging a nine-day arts festival. The Bolton Youth Arts Festival will feature drama, acting, painting, modelling and arts and crafts. The event will run from 10am until noon from August 21 to 30. Some activities
COUNCILLORS have delayed a decision on plans to convert a building into 23 apartments in Carlton Street, Farnworth, and will visit the site first. The plans would involve demolishing the existing Victorian building in the quiet cul-de-sac, which is situated
FIRE crews were called to deal with three car fires in the space of seven minutes early today. At 4am, a Farnworth crew had to call in Bolton North's six-wheel drive vehicle to gain access to two of the burning cars, off Wharton Lane, Little Hulton. A
A SENIOR Bolton Council officer has withdrawn plans to demolish his bungalow and build three new houses. Proposals submitted by Alan Fisher, head of commercial services at Bolton Council, to knock down his 1960s-style property on Grange Road, Bromley
YOUNG entrepreneurs from Westhoughton High School have scooped two prestigious awards for their ingenuity - and got to meet England Rugby Union hero Martin Johnson. Five pupils who formed a Young Enterprise Company called Pathways have created an ingenious
A BOLTON primary school has been named as South Lancashire and North West Cheshire's top fund-raising school for its participation in a nationwide poetry reading event. St Bernard's RC Primary School, Ladybridge, took part in Words Worth Reading, an attempt
BOLTON Museum has opened a mini-monster display after restoration work was completed on a set of dinosaur models. Around 17 scale models of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures are being exhibited. The models were created by Vernon Edwards between
BRITAIN'S only boxer in this year's Olympic games was given a world-class send off by the town's Olympian stars of yesteryear. Amir Khan, aged 17, will go to Athens to represent Great Britain as the only boxer to qualify for the world's biggest sporting
TICKETS for the Reebok friendly against Spanish Cup winners Real Zaragoza on Saturday, August 7, are on sale from Wednesday, priced £10 for adults and £5 for concessions.
WOLVES striker Camara is still on the agenda for Wanderers, despite Celtic and West Brom showing an interest. Allardyce has made it clear Wanderers' offer for the Senegal international, who wants a move away from Wolves following their relegation from
DOG owners are being encouraged to bring along their pets to the rescheduled RSPCA dog show on Sunday, August 15. The event had been due to take place last weekend but was postponed at the last minute because of persistent rain. There will be a number
LISBON, Newcastle, Vilamoura, Marbella, Monaco - Radcliffe! writes Peter Collins It's not often the town gets placed in such exalted company, but it was indeed the latest port of call for footballing legend Paul Gascoigne on Saturday, helping to swell
A NEW season is nearly upon us and everything in the world is rosy writes our betting guru Gerry McDonnell. Food tastes better, women seem more attractive and last season's disappointments are a distant memory. For supporters of Arsenal and Middlesbrough
TWO members of staff have been suspended after allegations of abuse at a council-run care home in Farnworth. Council bosses today confirmed they received an anonymous letter from a member of staff at the Wilfred Geere care home which made claims about
THE ROYAL Lancashire show starts on Tuesday with as many as 60,000 visitors expected over the next three days. The county's showpiece agricultural event, being held at Salesbury Hall Farm in Ribchester, near Blackburn, is one of the region's most popular
THE National Park Authority and a local dog-owner have joined forces to urge dog-walkers in the Peak District to keep their pets under control to protect sheep and wildlife following an incident which led to the death of a lamb. The attack took place
A NUMBER of Bolton schools are facing disruption after the results of national curriculum tests were delayed and in many cases wrongly marked. At least six Bolton schools are believed to have been affected by a nationwide problem which has seen thousands
TWO Rottweiler dogs which ran amok, attacking neighbours and other dogs could be destroyed. Emergency dog handlers rushed to Bottom o'th' Moor in Horwich when dogs Radar and Shakira escaped from their owner's home and went on a 60-minute attacking spree
A MAN has appeared before magistrates accused of burgling the home of former England and Blackpool soccer captain Jimmy Armfield. Peter McAuley, of Jamestown Road, Loch Lomond, is charged with burgling the former Bolton Wanderers manager's Blackpool home
ST Paul's Peel in Little Hulton is holding a fun night on July 31. Parishioners Chris Rawlingson and Mark Thompson will provide an evening of comedy, music and fun in the church hall. Admission is £4 for adults, £2 for children and £10 for a family ticket
THE PHOENIX youth club in Bolton town centre is staging a nine-day arts festival. The Bolton Youth Arts Festival will feature drama, acting, painting, modelling and arts and crafts. The event will run from 10am until noon from August 21 to 30. Some activities
A NIGHT of heavy metal is in store at a Farnworth cricket club this weekend. Five local bands will take to the stage at Farnworth Social Circle Cricket Club to showcase Bolton's metal talent. The line-up includes Displacement, Strain, Against The Grain
FRED Dibhah has been named as one of the top 40 "most eccentric" presenters on television. The Bolton steeplejack who has forged a second, successful career as a TV personality, appears in the list in this week's Radio Times. He is referred to as "a myopic
TENON Group plc has strengthened its tax team with the appointment of John Southern as senior VAT manager for the North-west. John will lead the provision of VAT services in the region and he will be based at Tenon's Chorley office. . John left RSM Robson
SMALL businesses in Bolton are among those being targeted by British Airways (BA) in its new marketing campaign. In a move designed to encourage use of the company's vital Manchester-based business services, BA has announced a new corporate reward scheme
II WAS one of the war veterans attending the meeting on July 22 about the Dunscar War Memorial. My thoughts drifted to another Memorial, not so fine as the one of which protesters were so justifiably proud, but one bearing an inscription which would have
PLEASE let's put an end to the debate about what the voters in the June Elections wanted, once and for all. I was a scrutineer when the votes were counted, and the only people who wanted shared power were the small number who placed their crosses on the
IN response to both M Alexander and Arnold Harrison's support of our town's increasing pigeon population, I can't help but look on in amazement at the single-minded attitude shown by both parties. Pigeons are wild birds capable of finding their own food
PETER Nicholson, leading run scorer this season for Bolton Wanderers' Former Players charity cricket team, led his team to victory against Darcy Lever, That completed a three match fundraiser by the ex-players which raised £500 for Bolton Wanderers Disabled
YOUTHS stole a double decker bus before careering through the streets of Bolton and smashing into parked cars. A gang of teenage girls are thought to have taken the bus from Moor Lane Bus Station in the town centre after it was left with keys in the ignititon
A NEW season is nearly upon us and everything in the world is rosy writes our betting guru Gerry McDonnell. Food tastes better, women seem more attractive and last season's disappointments are a distant memory. For supporters of Arsenal and Middlesbrough
A LAWYER found herself on the wrong side of the law when she was arrested for drink driving in a Bolton street. But the scene was not a slice of Bolton life -- it was one from a new BBC series being filmed in and around the town. A 60-strong film crew
UP to 1,000 fish found dead at Bury's Clarence Lido could have been casualties of oxygen level problems caused by the variable weather. Officers from the Environment Agency and Bury Council are continuing their investigations to pinpoint why the roach
A TELEGRAPH pole caught fire early today after vandals set a wheelie bin alight and pushed it up against the pole. Fire crews went to the back of Kingsley Street, Halliwell, at 4am to deal with the fire. Nieghbouring houses were unaffected.
HORWICH Heritage Society will hold its next meeting at the Resource Centre, Beaumont Road, Horwich, on Tuesday, August 10, at 7.30pm. Steve Leyland will give a talk entitled Horwich and Associated Engines. Admission is free to members and visitors pay
A LINE-dancing club has raised more than £1,000 for Bolton Hospice. Val and Pete's "Boot-Scooters" celebrated their eighth year of teaching line-dancing in the Bolton area by holding sponsored line-dances, raffles and tombolas in their weekly classes
A NIGHT of heavy metal is in store at a Farnworth cricket club this weekend. Five local bands will take to the stage at Farnworth Social Circle Cricket Club to showcase Bolton's metal talent. The line-up includes Displacement, Strain, Against The Grain
PLANS for two new shops in Kearsley have been rejected by councillors because of fears that lorries would have to reverse into a busy main road. Blueprints to demolish an existing two-storey building in Manchester Road and build a single-storey structure
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of child abduction after an incident in Tyldesley involving an 11-year-old boy. The 22-year-old man was detained after an attempt was made to pull the boy into a car in Manchester Road on Monday night. Police said
FIRE chiefs have issued a warning against smoking in bed after a cigarette set a bed on fire in Halliwell. A man accidentally dropped a cigarette on to his bed at a flat in Pentland Terrace, Halliwell, at 7.30pm on Sunday. The cigarette started to smoulder
A GROUP of 30 school-leavers are being taken on an action-packed trip to the Lake District to be taught life skills. The group of 16-year-olds, from ethnic minority communities in Crompton, Halliwell, Deane and The Haulgh, are going on a five-day trip
THE ROYAL Lancashire show starts on Tuesday with as many as 60,000 visitors expected over the next three days. The county's showpiece agricultural event, being held at Salesbury Hall Farm in Ribchester, near Blackburn, is one of the region's most popular
DOG owners are being encouraged to bring along their pets to the rescheduled RSPCA dog show on Sunday, August 15. The event had been due to take place last weekend but was postponed at the last minute because of persistent rain. There will be a number
THE chairman of the Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust board has said former chief executive John Brunt was "under a lot of stress and pressure". At a hospital board meeting, Peter Liptrott formally thanked Mr Brunt for all his hard work at the hospital and in
WANDERERS have named a strong squad for Tuesday night's friendly at Oldham Athletic (7.45pm). The starting line-up is likely to be: Jaaskelainen, Hunt, Barness, N'Gotty, Jaidi, Gardner, Nolan, Okocha, Speed, Davies, Bridges, Pedersen.
YOURI Djorkaeff's Reebok days are over, unless he has a sudden change of heart. The legendary Frenchman, a major influence during his two-and-a-half years with Wanderers, has turned down the offer of a new one-year contract and Sam Allardyce is not expecting
WANDERERS are expecting to hear on Tuesday whether Israeli international Tal Ben Haim has been successful in his application for a work permit. Once the formalities have been completed, the 22-year-old will sign a three-year contract. "That is our only
SAM Allardyce made clear his biggest wish when he said: "I need three or four more players I can hang my hat on. I need three or four more Gary Speeds." The manager believes that 34-year-old Speed, signed from Newcastle last week, shows the kind of spirit
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
BOLTON Museum has opened a mini-monster display after restoration work was completed on a set of dinosaur models. Around 17 scale models of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures are being exhibited. The models were created by Vernon Edwards between
SHAKERS boss Graham Barrow reckons there's still work to do on the training pitch before Yeovil arrive at Gigg on the opening day of the new season. The manager spotted a few problems that need addressing during Saturday's 4-0 defeat by a strong Wigan
I WAS born and brought up off Sharples Avenue over 55 years ago. When I was a child, my father took my sister and me on many walks up and around Dunscar. One day as we passed the War Memorial I asked him what the soldier meant. He explained what the memorial
MULTI-million pound health centres are planned for Bolton. It is hoped a total of £26.5 million will be spent opening a showcase health centre with five satellite centres linked to it in East Bolton. Family doctors, nurse practitioners, chiropodists,
FUNDRAISING for an annual day out for disabled children is under way - with a celebrity trolley dash around a Bolton store. Tower FM presenters Paul Fairclough and Vicki Robinson will take part in the high-speed shopping event at the Big W store on Manchester
FRED Dibhah has been named as one of the top 40 "most eccentric" presenters on television. The Bolton steeplejack who has forged a second, successful career as a TV personality, appears in the list in this week's Radio Times. He is referred to as "a myopic
A LAWYER found herself on the wrong side of the law when she was arrested for drink driving in a Bolton street. But the scene was not a slice of Bolton life -- it was one from a new BBC series being filmed in and around the town. A 60-strong film crew
A MAN has been given a community punishment order after assaulting a two-year-old boy. A court heard how Colin Wardle had been taking care of the child at his home in March when the incident happened. Wardle, aged 37, of Bedford Street, Bury, who appeared
The Comedy Store, Bolton Arena, Saturday, July 24 THE world-famous Comedy Store turned up in Bolton for the first time at the weekend -- and 300 people lifted the roof with laughter. It started well, with compere Junior Simpson -- a comic with an evangelical
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to try to stop BT from closing 255 telephone boxes in rural Cumbria. BT says calls made from telephone boxes have halved in the past three years as more people use mobile phones. But Cumbria Tourist Board Chairman Eric Robson
The Comedy Store, Bolton Arena, Saturday, July 24 THE world-famous Comedy Store turned up in Bolton for the first time at the weekend -- and 300 people lifted the roof with laughter. It started well, with compere Junior Simpson -- a comic with an evangelical
