THE popularity of long-haul destinations means people are paying more to holiday abroad this Christmas, according to new figures from the Bolton independent travel agency, Travel Counsellors. The Churchgate company's latest pricing data shows that the
A DRAMATIC centrepiece at offices in London has been given a dynamic quality after the input of a Bolton manufacturer. The two tonne sculpture, "Ascending Spiral", coils up into the atrium-topped central well of the offices, mounted on a spindle bolted
I AM writing about curfews on children. There should be one on Harvest Park, off Marshfold Lane, Bolton. The children there are out until late at night, 10pm or 11pm, aged from five to late teens. They run around like mobsters knocking at doors and kicking
WITH reference to the letters in the Bolton Evening News from J O'Connor and Ainslie Casson, I also agree that the money from Bolton at Home is not always spent wisely. For instance, the flats in Balmoral Road/Albert Road, Farnworth, have also had new
AD54: Roman Emperor Claudius I died after eating poisoned mushrooms as a result of a plot inspired by his wife, the Empress Agrippina. 1066: The Anglo Saxon King, Edward (the Confessor), died. He was revered as a saint before his death and was canonised
THE fire service was flooded with calls on Wednesday after a mystery explosion sparked a major alert. A loud bang was heard as far afield as Farnworth, Bury, Chorlton, Swinton, Worsley and Eccles but the emergency services did not know what the bang was
A MARRIED couple, who are both police officers, foiled an armed robbery at a bank when one of them tackled a man wielding a sledgehammer. Andy and Jill Maltman, from Lancashire Police, were off-duty when they spotted two men in black balaclavas going
BACK in February, 1952, Bolton Council's Welfare Committee introduced an "SOS" card system for old and disabled people, particularly those who lived alone. The brightly-coloured cards were designed to attract the attention of passers-by or neighbours
THE Ladybridge Singers are helping to boost Deane United Reformed Church's building renovation fund by performing a concert on Friday. The singers will appear at the church from 7.30pm and admission is £3 on the door.
ONE of the largest antique and collectors fairs in in the North-west comes to the Reebok Stadium on Sunday, from 9.30am to 4.30pm. There will be more than 250 stalls featuring a variety of goods from porcelain to clocks and jewellery. Admission is £2
THE final meeting to discuss a proposed windfarm in Edgworth will be held on Friday at the Barlow Institute, Edgworth, at 7.30pm. Plans have been submitted to Blackburn with Darwen Council to build two wind turbines, each 312 feet high, on land at Uglow
COMIC Peter Kay's latest DVD has become the fastest seller of the year, figures showed today. That Peter Kay Thing has shifted more than 145,000 copies in its first week. It went straight in at number one and is the fastest selling television DVD of 2004
VETERANS who took part in one of the most famous battles of the Second World War, Operation Market Garden are gathering in Walkden to commemorate its 60th anniversary. In a gamble to try to shorten the war in September, 1944 Montgomery ordered parachute
A CCTV system which councillors feared would have to be turned off looks set to be granted a reprieve. Fifteen traders turned up to the latest meeting aimed at salvaging the network of cameras on Market Street, Westhoughton, on Monday night. The meeting
RICARDO Gardner faces another stint on the sidelines as Wanderers count the cost of the latest round of World Cup qualifiers. The jet-setting full-back, who plays his second game in five days for Jamaica on Wednesday night, is only due back in Bolton
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Bamber Bridge 0 Radcliffe Borough 3: RADCLIFFE gave a vastly improved performance following Saturday's disappointing display at Matlock. Paul McGuire formed a new central defensive partnership with Paul Challinor who returned from injury and this, together
LEYTON Orient manager Martin Ling was far from happy with his side's display against Bury on Saturday. But, refreshingly, he complimented the Shakers and reckoned they were well worth their point from the 1-1 draw. "The second half was nowhere near the
SHAKERS' boss Graham Barrow has described striker Dave Nugent's current form as 'frightening'. The 19-year-old striker has seven goals to his name already, and although he wasn't on the scoresheet in the 1-1 draw at Leyton Orient on Saturday he put in
THE widow of a soldier who died a day after being told he had won the Military Cross received the medal from the Queen on Tuesday. Salford-born Sergeant Darren Leigh, of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment, collapsed and died on his 37th birthday. The soldier
PROPOSALS to ban smoking in Bury's pubs, restaurants and workplaces will considered at during a meeting on Wednesday night. Bury Council's ruling executive will debate the policy, which could lead to smoking being outlawed in public places in the town
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD would-be pop princess had her first taste of the limelight when she took part in a beauty contest. Kate Banks, came third in the four to seven age group at the Miss Millennium North of England competition held in Liverpool on Sunday. The
A POPULAR footpath has been closed off after a spate of vandal attacks caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to a factory. Bradshaw Works, a sheet metal company, has been blighted by yobs smashing windows and wrecking expensive equipment at its premises
VANDALS have landed health bosses with a £10,000 repair bill in just four months in a spate of attacks on medical centres across Bolton. The NHS was left footing the bill after incidents between April and August this year. And the figure does not include
A BOLTON home owner has hit out at council bosses after being told his house is to be demolished. Town Hall bosses have reviewed compulsory purchase orders served on 15 terrace houses on one side of Romer Street, Tonge Fold. But Graham Walsh has now learned
UP and coming jazz starlet Gwyneth Herbert is a late addition to this autumn's Mostly Jazz at the Northern series. She will perform in concert at the Royal Northern College of Music on Thursday, November 18, at 7.30pm. Tickets from the RNCM box office
LUNCHTIME concerts at St Andrew and St George URC in Bolton Town Centre start again on Thursday. The concerts, which have a strong following, run from 12.45 until 1.30, and light lunches are available from 12 noon. The first concert is wind soloists and
Schools soccer A SECOND-HALF fightback saw Bolton U15s come back from two down to draw 3-3 at Salford in the Greater Manchester Schools' League. Salford went ahead after five minutes when Jack Burrows found the net. Jacob Wood doubled the lead seven minutes
Pioneer League: ELLESMERE'S lead at the top of the Premier Division has been cut to a point after their title charge was checked by Farnworth Social Circle. Green scored Ellesmere's goal in a 1-1 draw. Party People closed in on top spot with a 2-1 victory
Bolton Sunday League: GREENWOOD proved to be top of the shots in the Bolton Sunday League as they romped to a crushing win over Bowling Green. Woolfenden, Fisher and Mason scored two goals each as Greenwood won 7-3, with Walker netting the other. There
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Blackrod Town 3 Eagley 2: DAVID Sutch's second-half goal won a thrilling West Lancashire League Premier Division derby. Blackrod raced into a 2-0 lead inside 20 minutes thanks to goals from Chris Farnworth and Sam Cardwell. But Eagley pulled a goal back
BUDSWORTH & Co, the Manchester insolvency practice, has expended its team by appointing Sarah Plevin. She will work on corporate administrations, and Liam Dervin, who will join the firm's Debt Advisor service.
INBIZ, the London company that specialises in micro enterprise business start up and support for the long term unemployed, says it has helped establish more than 540 micro businesses in the North-west. It has created more than 700 new jobs and generating
A LEADING business pressure group has called for the disability rights movement to adopt a positive reponse to the Disability Discrimination Act additions which came into force last week. The Forum of Private Business chief executive Nick Goulding called
NATIONWIDE Autocentre is to buy 50 service centres from the AA. Nationwide, which will increase its number of centres to 227, will be appointed Approved Service Provider for AA members and customers, nearly doubling the number of the service centres available
CONSTRUCTION firms in Bolton have been warned that burying their heads in the sand over reviewing the job status of their employees could leave them facing tax bills and penalties costing thousands of pounds. The Inland Revenue believes that some workers
THE VOTE to ban hunting with dogs by MPs last month was a landmark decision for animal welfare. This week the House of Lords will have their chance to debate the Hunting Bill and they have threatened to amend it to a compromise. But there can be no compromise
WE are delighted that the new Lib Dem Leader is so supportive of the new powers to curb the bad behaviour of unruly individuals by Anti- Social Behaviour Orders. The question is why did the National Lib Dem party oppose the introduction of these Orders
CONGRATULATIONS are in order for this government's decision to join the European Space Agency (ESA) funding for the AURORA project, although financial commitment does not occur until a ministerial conference in 2005. AURORA is ESA's first step in human
From the Evening News, October 13, 1904: PRESIDENT Rossevelt had a tooth extracted in full view of the citizens of Washington. The dentist's was an open shop-front and a large crowd gathered round to watch how the President stood the pain. A conference
WESTHOUGHTON Cricket Club will stage their junior presentation night on Saturday at The Tyldesleys, starting at 7.30pm.
LANCASHIRE coach Mike Watkinson says he fully understands Warren Hegg's decision to step down as captain. Hegg, the club's longest-serving player following almost two decades' service at Old Trafford, announced his decision on Tuesday. Watkinson, who
NEW Lancashire captain Mark Chilton will turn to his predecessor Warren Hegg for help as he bids to lead the club back to the County Championship's top flight at the first attempt. Chilton has taken on the skipper's job -- with the experienced Stuart
AN investigation carried out after a firefighter drowned in a lodge while trying to rescue a teenager found there were no national guidelines on water rescues. Richard Clarke, an inspector with the Health and Safety Initiative, told a court of his five-year
GRAHAM Speak - the schoolboy gymnast pictured hurtling over his Turton County Secondary School classmates in April, 1967 - was delighted to see the photograph in Looking Back. It brought back fond memories of his gym classes. "I wasn't any good at owt
THIS picture of the "Hough Fold Estate" at Harwood was used in the Bolton Evening News in November, 1965, to illustrate a story about a big increase in cash grants to local authorities. Mr Richard Crossman, the Housing Minister, announced a plan which
MY item about the "Buried Treasure" archaeological exhibition at the Manchester Museum at the University of Manchester has prompted an email from Mollie T Thomas, secretary of the Bolton and District Prospector Club. Mollie, who lives in Temple Road,
THE New Rosemere Amateur Operatic Society has announced that its production for 2005 is to be Gilbert and Sullivan's Princess Ida. This follows its success in the recent Bolton Evening News Theatre Awards, where it picked up Best Design and Best Musical
SECURITY guards have been drafted in to supervise pupils at a Bolton secondary school during lunch breaks. The five uniformed guards are patrolling the school grounds at Hayward School, Great Lever, in the first scheme of its kind in Bolton. Their job
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy had his scooter stolen by two balaclava-wearing robbers who threatened him with a monkey wrench. The boy was sitting on the scooter on Russell Street, Prestwich, at 2.30pm on Monday when the two men threatened to hit him with the weapon
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze at an electrical sub station in Farnworth on Tuesday afternoon. They were called to Gas Street shortly before 3.30pm after wiring in the United Utilities sub station short circuited and caught on fire. It took two hours to
A NEW volunteer group will help wildlife flourish in Bolton. The Wildlife Trust is setting up a group to help maintain the Seven Acres Country Park off Thicketford Road. Volunteers meet every Friday from 10am, working until 4pm. Over the next few weeks
THE man named by police as the suspect in a murder probe, is believed to have fled to Manchester. Devon and Cornwall Police say they are keen to speak to Nicholas Anthony Lewis, aged 23, in connection with the murder of 26-year-old Fernando Lopez in Plymouth
TRAFFIC diversions will be in place in Horwich for this year's lighting of the civic Christmas tree. Diversions are expected to be in place at the Crown roundabout between 5pm and 7pm on Friday, December 3. Motorists using Chorley New Road, Chorley Old
MARK Hughes has added his voice to the growing lobby of support for Gary Speed to succeed him as Wales manager. Hughes steps down after Wednesday night's World Cup qualifier against Poland in Cardiff. Sam Allardyce has suggested Speed should concentrate
WANDERERS boss Sam Allardyce suggests Gary Speed, currently being touted as a future Wales boss, should take a leaf out of Alan Shearer's book, and retire from international football first! Allardyce is also set to advise his midfield star to concentrate
I WOULD like to respond to a couple of recently printed letters regarding anti-social behaviour, which suggested that people evicted by Bolton at Home will be re-housed by Housing Associations. Bolton Council works closely with its Housing Association
DETECTIVES are quizzing three men after an armed gang went on the rampage at the weekend. They attempted to hijack two cars and break into another. Officers were called to Wellington Street, Farnworth, at 9.20pm on Sunday after reports that a 37-year-old
SMALL businesses and contractors in Bolton are being targeted as part of a campaign to reduce accidents with ladders. Latest figures show that falls from ladders and stepladders account for an average of 12 deaths and over 1,000 major injuries every year
AS our Stub it Out campaign to ban smoking in Bolton's pubs, restaurant and public buildings gathers support, Kathryn Eccles went to Roscow Fold Primary School in Breightmet to hear the views of the next generation. RHIA WALTON fears for her cigarette
CANON Slade School Choir will be in concert at Tottington Road Methodist Church, Harwood, on Friday, October 15. Tickets are avialable on the door and cost £4 for adults and £2 for children and includes tea and biscuits.
COCKLE-PICKERS on Morecambe Bay have abandoned more than 25 vehicles some of which are embedded so far into the sand that only the roofs are visible. Residents are calling for action to move the vans, cars and pick-up trucks, which have been left on the
THE stars of BBC Radio 4's Test Match Special will be appearing in Sticky Wicket, an evening of anecdote and entertainment, at the Albert Halls, Bolton on Wednesday, November 17. Hosted by top commentator Ralph Dellor, the show will feature Jonathan Agnew
BSF Over-35s League: DOBBIES A put their poor league start behind them in the first round of the Sam Ashworth Trophy. Last season's Premier Division champions thumped Breightmet United 8-1 to reach round two. Elton Vale joined them after a comfortable
LATEST results: Division Premier: BAE Barrow SC 0 Turton 5; Barnoldwick Town 1 Fulwood Ams 0; Blackrod Town 3 Eagley 2; Burnley Utd 4 Euxton Villa 3; Charnock Richard 5 Hesketh Bank 2; Coppull Utd 0 Fleetwood Hesketh 2; Dalton Utd 1 Kirkham/Wesham 0;
ARNOLD Ridley's classic comedy, The Ghost Train, steams into Bolton Little Theatre this month. First produced in 1925 and filmed three times, the piece takes place in a remote railway station where a motley crew of people are stranded at night. There
INNOVATIVE Welsh folk group Fernhill will be appearing at The Met, Bury, on Saturday, October 16. Fernhill blend the indigenous dance rhythms and poetry of Wales with English and Breton influences, creating a moody, sophisticated brand of folk which is
HINDSFORD 4, Douglas Valley 1: Valley dominated the first half but only led by a James Chamberlain goal at the break. Against run of play Hindsford hit back with strikes from Matt Langin (2) Mike Channel and Adam Murphy. Hindsford's star man was Adam
