JUSSI JASSKELAINEN 6 Didn't have a shot or a header to save all afternoon thanks to Corradi's squanderings and Barton's howler. NICKY HUNT 6 As it turned out, his first minute strike was one of Wanderers' best chances of the game. TAL BEN HAIM 6
A MAN who battered his girlfriend after a row at a pub has been jailed for 27 months. Michael Flaherty, aged 23, of Devonshire Road, Atherton, attacked Claire Tunney twice on September 28 last year, Liverpool Crown Court heard. The pair became involved
A TEENAGER has been charged with murdering his brother. David Street, aged 18, of Townfields Close in Bury was charged with murder this morning and is appearing at Bury Magistrates court. Police and paramedics were called to Townfields Close, Bury
The Manchester Phoenix junior club's success at Conference level has cascaded down the age groups with the latest announcement that two Phoenix players are to join the Under -13 Northern Conference team. Defenceman Scott Robson and forward Jared Dickinson
HE has played cricket with street children in Bangladesh, been the only travelling Englishman in the ground during a one-day international in Zimbabwe, and watched Papua New Guinea play the USA in a match in Dublin. Westhoughton businessman David Kaye
The fall-out from being taken for a walk by three dogs on Winter Hill has just begun to kick in. I'm aching so much I can now hardly walk myself. Such a lovely day, the sun shining, a fresh wind and three canines just aching to stretch their legs. I had
IT seemed frivolous in the extreme to be talking Champions League, after seeing such a stagnant stalemate played out in what masqueraded as a Premiership derby. Nevertheless, for a couple of hours on Saturday evening, the point Wanderers gained from
A PRISON once named as the second worst in the country for levels of drug use among inmates has seen a dramatic turnaround. In the six months leading up to November, 2005, 27.2 per cent of drugs tests at Forest Bank prison were positive, with only Brixton
TEENAGERS in Bradshaw and Harwood will be able to find out about life as a firefighter when an activity scheme is extended to the area. Members of Bradshaw Youth Club, in Longsight, will be invited to join six-week training courses with officers from
A TRADITION stretching back 115 years ended over the weekend when Openshaw's fish wholesalers closed its over-the-counter wholesale and retail operation in Nile Street, Bolton. The firm, one of the oldest in the town, informed its customers by letter
BRAVE breast cancer survivors have raised £3,000 to help other women battling against the condition. Breast Quest, a fundraising and support group founded by women who have been victims of the disease, collected the funds by holding a bag packing day
A LOGIC-defying fibre invented at the University of Bolton that gets fatter when stretched and thinner when squeezed has gone on display at the Science Museum, in London. The fibre, which has "vast" potential for industry, according to its makers, is
A YOUNG footballer from Bolton is following in the steps of David Beckham . . . John Cunliffe, from Edgworth, has also signed up to play American Major League Soccer in Los Angeles. He will be playing in the same stadium as Beckham - but there the similarities
A NURSE is swapping her uniform for her running shoes as she prepares to take part in the London Marathon to raise cash for The Bolton News Garden of Tranquillity appeal. The appeal aims to raise £100,000 to create a have of rest in the grouinds of Bolton
THE vicar of Bolton Canon Michael Williams has revealed he is to retire later this year. Canon Williams, who has been in charge at Bolton Parish Church for the last eight years, will turn 65 this year, and says the time has come to step down. But he
I am trying to trace descendants of Thomas Alfred Dixon who lived and worked in Bolton from 1891 till his death and burial in St Peter's Church, Belmont in 1945. There is a headstone in the church listing him, his wife Mary Ellen Dixon (formerly Syddall
HUNDREDS of people are expected to attend the funeral of a well known priest who died aged 72. Father Brendan Quilter is known to thousands of Catholic churchgoers in Bolton after spending more than 30 years at St Osmund's Church in Breightmet and Our
CHILDREN are being asked for their views on how doctors could do better. Coronation Street's Rosie Webster, played by Bury actress, Helen Flanagan, is launching a poster competition to encourage youngsters to speak up. The campaign is being run by the
BOLTON Wanderers have hit back at claims that they priced Manchester City fans out of attending Saturday's Reebok derby. Many Blues' supporters announced in advance that they would boycott the game in protest at the ticket price of £36 compared with
CALLS are mounting for a zero-tolerance crackdown on kerb crawling in a bid to stop the spread of Bolton's vice trade. Bolton Council's ruling Labour group has passed a resolution calling for police to get tough on drivers who trawl the streets for sex
A motorcyclist is in a serious condition in hospital following a collision in Leigh last night. The 33-year-old man was riding his Yamaha 1000cc motorbike east along Leigh Road at 6.40pm when he collided with the back of a Daihatsu Fourtrak as it turned
A car driver is seriously ill after the top of his vehicle was sliced off after it went underneath a 44-tonne lorry in a collision. The incident occurred on Liverpool Road at about 10am on Saturday near to the junction of Barton Moss Road in Barton when
Tickets for Wanderers FA Cup clash against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium go on sale to Wanderers season ticket holders from tomorrow. Holders of club or Lifeline memberships can purchase tickets from Monday, January 22, and open sale start on Tuesday
ARSENE Wenger has hinted that Arsenal will not appeal against Gilberto Silva's red card in Saturday's 2-0 win at Blackburn. That means the Brazilian midfielder looks certain to miss the Gunners' FA Cup Fourth Round tie at home to Wanderers on Sunday
BOLTON Wanderers made an audacious but unsuccessful attempt to sign David Beckham. Encouraged by the revelation that the California-bound former England captain might never play for Real Madrid again, the Whites explored the possibility of bringing him
HEALTH bosses have vowed to keep cash cuts at the Royal Bolton Hospital to a minimum. NHS chiefs have announced plans to privatise some medical services in a move that would axe £3.7 million from the hospital's budget and lead to up to 130 job losses
TEACHERS should be given the freedom to teach and powers to discipline unruly children if standards are to improve in schools, according to the deputy head of one of the country's leading schools. Bolton School came top of this year's secondary school
A MAN appeared at Bolton Crown Court and denied three counts of rape. Derek Lewis, aged 28, of Lytton Street, Bolton, is charged with three counts of rape, assault with intent to rape, and two further offences of indecent assault, all alleged to have
A PEDESTRIAN remained in a serious condition in hospital last night after being hit by a lorry. The 24-year-old man, from Westhoughton, was knocked down on the A6 Chorley Road in Blackrod by a Mercedes wagon which was travelling towards Westhoughton.
The death of a man whose body was found in the River Douglas in Wigan early on Saturday is not being treated as suspicious. Police were called to the river on Central Park Way shortly before 8.40am where the body of a 59-year-old man was found.
ONCE it was thought of as a curse, to be shed as quickly as possible. But now it seems women are embracing the single life with more gusto than ever before. Married women are now in a minority for the first time, and increased equality means that women
A YOUNG Bolton kickboxer has won a silver medal at the world championships. Lewis Clark, aged 20, was a member of the Great Britain squad which took part in the freestyle karate kickboxing contest held at Cancun, Mexico. The young fighter, from Bradley
The Lancashire men's county pool team are holding trials for new players to join the squad for the 2007 season. The trials are being held at Rileys in Preston city centre on Sunday, January 28. Players wishing to take part must register at the
THIS concise piece, about art and friendship, is marvellously simple, skilfully universal and screamingly funny. Director Sandra Simpson has teased three classic performances from a sublime cast that gives us one of the most rewarding evenings of the
SAM Allardyce revealed today how delays in getting medical tests carried out had frustrated his attempts to sign David Dunn over the weekend. As speculation grew that Dunn's former club, Blackburn Rovers, were trying to hi-jack the deal, the Wanderers
With only one game this weekend, it was vital that the Manchester Phoenix took both points from their final road trip of the regular season to Hull and they did just that on Saturday night to make it five straight wins since Boxing Day. However, it was
Lancashire have been boosted by the news that five of their stars will be in contention for a place at this year's Cricket World Cup in the West Indies. Bolton's Sajid Mahmood joins Andrew Flintoff, James Anderson, Glen Chapple and Mal Loye in England's
QUITE simply, this is one of the best pantomimes of the season. Producer Terry Bowden has fashioned a colourful, charming family show that willingly nods its head to the knowing humour of the 21st century while keeping its roots firmly in the classic
HERE are a few random thoughts about various aspects of life in Bolton. Firstly, I smiled when I read recently that there is to be yet another "crackdown" on fly-posters who deface parts of the town. Casual observers can only conclude that previous efforts
GONE are the days when it was the norm for people to aspire to be part of the nuclear family. These days, more people than ever before are staying single through their 30s and 40s, and even longer. This is reflected in the fact that singles clubs and
A TRADITION stretching back 115 years ended with the closure of Openshaw's wholsale fish counter on Saturday. The wholesalers had sold fish over some form of a counter since 1891, though in recent years the operation had been scaled back to just one
THE lovely story of the magpie at Heaton Cemetery and Overdale has recaptured for me a little wartime incident that, even now, 65 years on, causes inward laughter at the memory of it all. We were stationed in Sussex in the delightful grounds and area
ITOOK my camera to town last week and went into the Market Hall taking photographs in order to keep the memory alive of a once thriving shopping community. Even though the majority of stalls are now closed there were lots of people making the most of
WHAT a cheek First bus have to put up the bus fares yet again. I don't mind for myself as I am now a pensioner and get free off-peak travel, but it costs my daughter far too much to get to work, and now it's going to cost even more. When I retired,
I AGREE with every word that Allan Royle wrote in his letter "Government let us down". Like Mr Royle, I've been a socialist all of my life, but now feel that these days there is little difference between the three main parties. The country is now a
ON behalf of the Trustees, staff and volunteers at Bolton Hospice, I should like to say a huge "thank you" to Sheila Tonge, who has been Chairman of Bolton Hospice for the past seven years. I do not think that people are truly aware of how hard Sheila
CONCERNING Canon Michael Williams' comments (The Bolton News, January 10). Once again his personal opinion, without biblical text, this time on sexual orientation regulation. He says he will bless gay marriages and felt there was a place for gay people
PUPILS took their first steps on the road to fame when they travelled to the Big Apple. Dance students at Turton School travelled to New York to take part in a series of workshops on Broadway led by professionals involved in hit musicals. The group
POP favourites Wet Wet Wet are coming to Manchester as part of a nationwide tour to mark 20 years since their first hit single. The Scottish stars, who had a string of chart smashes in the 80s and 90s, will play a series of dates in December to accompany
RADCLIFFE Borough and Prescot Cables fought out a score draw at Stainton Park on Saturday - but it could have been so different for struggling Borough if new signing Lee Hendley had done better when put through on goal in the final minute. Hendley, who
A calamitous second-half cost Leigh the chance of a shock FA Trophy success. The Railwaymen were holding the Conference outfit at 1-1 with the possibility of a replay on the cards. But, in the space of five minutes, the game was lost as they conceded
Division Two side Daisy Hill celebrated a rare success by beating third placed visitors Eccleshall 2-1. The victory, which moved them off the bottom of the league, was only their third of the season. It was a welcome change of fortune for Tommy Moore's
BURY boss Chris Casper praised his side for their perseverance following a dramatic last-gasp draw at basement side Torquay. With 11 minutes left it looked as though 10-man Bury, who had keeper Alan Fettis dismissed in the 30th minute, were going to
A LORRY driver from Bury died after making a desperate attempt to stop his runaway truck as it rolled down a hill towards houses. The 44-year-old man is believed to have realised that the 50-ton lorry, which was laden with a heavy crane, had begun moving
We asked: Is it more fun being single? And you voted: Yes: 58pc. No: 42pc.
TWO thugs battered a man with a wooden table leg during a brutal early morning attack. Witnesses saw Michael Lever lying helpless on the ground while the pair repeatedly hit him in the face, smashing his jaw in two places. The attackers fled the scene
SAM Allardyce counted his blessings after Wanderers had to settle for a point from a depressingly dull goalless derby draw with Manchester City at the Reebok. "We've had a negative game but, unlike a few weeks ago, we haven't lost it," the Bolton boss
