ANDY Nelson is back at Leigh RMI just four months after quitting as manager. Nelson took charge at the start of last season along with current boss Stuart Humphreys, but stepped down after just two games of the current season with health problems. Nelson
BURY boss Chris Casper has spoke out against a percentage of players' agents he said are intent on upsetting the harmony at Gigg Lane. The Shakers chief is facing a busy January trying to keep hold of his best players, in what looks like being a frantic
SAM Allardyce wants Gary Speed's record-breaking service to football to be officially recognised by the Premier League. The Wanderers boss has called on the Premiership to create a Hall of Fame and he wants the veteran midfield ace to be its first member
THE Royal Bolton Hospital's specialist children's casualty department came one step closer yesterday. The first sod of the £1.2 million department was cut by Lauren Coulson. The four-year-old daughter of community paediatric nurse, Shelley Coulson,
THE growing animosity between Bolton Wanderers and Liverpool has hit new heights with Sammy Lee firing a broadside at Rafa Benitez. Characteristically mild-mannered and a dyed-in-the-wool Red, it goes against the grain for Lee to criticise anyone, never
A WOMAN has been hit with a bill for £1,700 after failing to remove illegal roadside advertising billboards. Kathryn Miller, aged 48, failed to remove the two vehicle trailer adverts in a field at the side of the M61 despite repeated requests by Bolton
A £95,000 Aston Martin sports car was stolen from the forecourt of a Bolton petrol station - after the driver left the keys in the ignition and the engine running. The owner, a 36-year-old company director, had pulled up to use the forecourt cash machine
TWO hospital wards have been closed because of a winter virus just days after a care home re-opened following an outbreak of the bug. Eight patients and four members of staff on a cardiology ward at the Royal Bolton Hospital have been struck down with
KEVIN Nolan believes Tal Ben Haim is keen to sign a new contract with Wanderers. The Israel international, whose current deal runs out at the end of the season, has been hotly-tipped as a target for Chelsea in the January transfer window. But Nolan
THEATREGOERS have criticised a decision by a town centre car park operator to scrap its cheaper evening rate. Motorists parking at the Octagon multi-storey car park, in Howell Croft South, now have to pay the same rate as drivers during the day. That
A TERRIFIED woman suffered injuries after she was attacked by two dogs in the street. The dogs - a Rottweiler and a Bull Mastiff - bit through her coat and trousers and left her bleeding from wounds. The woman, who had been walking to work in Everest
SWISS international midfielder, Blerim Dzemaili, claims to be close to agreeing a deal which will see him link up with Wanderers in the summer. Dzemali, who plays for FC Zurich, has trained with Wanderers and says contract talks are at an advanced stage
THEATRE producers in Bolton have hit back at suggestions that pantomimes should be dragged into the 21st Century. A national amateur dramatics society believes the world of pantos needs new plots and new jokes. But the town's actors, actresses, directors
THE woman chosen to fight Ruth Kelly in Bolton West at the next General Election has joined calls for the cabinet minister to end speculation that she will switch constituency. Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate, Susan Williams, turned
IT has come to something when a fire chief calls for a phone box to be removed because it is the epicentre of hoax calls. The phone booth, in Blenheim Road, Breightmet, has been used many times by people calling out the fire brigade to non-existent fires
THE speculation surrounding Ruth Kelly's future seems to be never ending. Critics are wondering: will she stay in her marginal Bolton West constituency or will she cut and run to another safer seat? It follows stories that the Labour Party is fearful
I WAS writing letters to The Bolton News back in 2003 asking the council to provide a town centre skateboard park for the young people of Bolton. I was pleased, therefore, to read the letter from Cllr John Byrne, who tells us that the council is seriously
I AM writing in response to the article published on January 3 regarding the proposed parking scheme for parks in the borough, and in response to the letter published by Mr Grundy, secretary of the Moss Bank Park Veterans Club. We have been completely
I WAS born in Bolton and have lived and worked there for 60 of my 66 years. I am very happy to see how well Bolton Wanderers are doing under the management of Sam Allardyce. But I stayed in Bolton with family over the festive period, and was appalled
I WRITE regarding the article on Thursday, January 4, regarding Cllr David Wilkinson's possible complaint to the Standards Board about five Labour and one independent councillor on Westhoughton Town Council. The article might leave the townspeople of
I WOULD like to respond to Mr Iain Camick's letter (December 30), "We are paying for EU immigrants". Firstly, the majority of EU immigrants who work in this country do not arrive with dependants, so their contribution through taxation to this country
LAST Friday (and most Fridays) hordes of lads had taken over Market Street. They were fighting (well, hand-bagging) each other, urinating in doorways, treating women and children to foul language, throwing bottles into the roadway and threatening to
FOUR men from the Sudan were found hidden in a refrigerated fruit lorry which arrived at a Bury warehouse . Staff at Hallows Fruiterers, on Woolfold Trading Estate, found the men when they opened the lorry at around noon. They were hiding in a small
INVESTIGATORS say they could be working into next week to determine the cause of a massive blaze close to the town centre. The fire, which destroyed an engineering works, in Tonge Moor Road, Bolton, on Thursday afternoon, caused havoc for rush-hour commuters
A FIRE chief is calling for a problem phone box to be ripped out to stop hoax callers. The fire service have been bombarded with calls from a phone box in Blenheim Road, Breightmet. The latest calls were made on Wednesday night, when a male, believed
A RAIDER whose attempt to rob a chip shop was foiled when the owners fought him off with hot mushy peas and boiling water has been told he faces jail. Kieran Naylor, aged 21, of Monks Lane, Breightmet, pleaded guilty at Bolton Crown Court to assault
THE 196ft high big wheel in Manchester has won a two-week reprieve. It was supposed to close on Sunday to allow Manchester City Council to refurbish paved areas of the square. But discussions on moving it from Exchange Square to another site are continuing
