BUS users have launched a battle to save a vital service. Residents living in Breightmet are outraged at proposals put forward by First, which include withdrawing the number 95. They say that the loss of the service will leave all sections of the community
JUSSI Jaaskelainen is realistic enough to know that there is no such thing as a faultless goalkeeper. But he will never give up in his pursuit of excellence. It's that determination to cut mistakes down to a minimum that has taken him to the top of
A BOLTON kitchen manufacturer has been formally brought out of administration. Bernstein Group Holdings, based on Great Bank Road, Westhoughton, is now solvent and trading normally. After a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) was arranged, the group
KEVIN Nolan has spoken for the first time of his frustration at being overlooked by England. The Wanderers skipper was disappointed not to make the squad for the midweek friendly against Spain after Steve McClaren identified him as one of the players
CAMELOT has launched a seasonal recruitment drive. The theme park, based near Charnock Richard, is looking for more than 100 staff to operate rides, work in the restaurants and gift shops and help clean the park. Applicants are invited to attend an
RESIDENTS who have not been to a Bolton library for more than a year are being offered a free DVD rental to encourage them back. Bolton Council is making the offer to new and lapsed members who take along a copy of this article. All DVDs are stored
BOLTON'S run-down bus station toilets are to get a £215,000 revamp. Work on the scheme will begin in March and will take around three and a half months to complete. The announcement comes just 10 months after the then ruling Liberal Democrat party closed
NICOLAS Anelka has revealed how his first Premiership goal helped him beat the Bolton blues. The France international took time to adapt to life at the Reebok, following his record-breaking £8million summer switch from Fenerbahce. Apart from a tap-in
BOLTON Wanderers have stolen a march on some big European rivals by signing two players for the start of next season. FC Zurich's Switzerland midfielder, Blerim Dzemaili, and Bordeaux centre-half, Gerald Cid, have both penned pre-contract agreements
SAM Allardyce believes the next seven days could be one of the most defining times in the history of Bolton Wanderers. The results of what the Whites hope will be three games in a week could lead to a glorious end to the season or leave them fighting
A WOMAN was rescued by six firefighters after she got stuck in a swamp-like patch of mud. Esther Mann, aged 25, of Pimlott Road, Hall i'th' Wood, got trapped in Eagley Brook, behind the Cineworld cinema in Waters Meeting Road, at 1am on Saturday morning
A CRIMEWATCH appeal by detectives hunting the Horwich armed bank robbery has given the investigation "new impetus". The man leading the inquiry, Det Chief Insp Dave Law, said officers have been following up new leads from the TV plea. More than 40 callers
THE widow of Fred Dibnah has been cut out of his will, it was revealed today. Sheila Dibnah has been left nothing from the celebrity steeplejack's reported £1 million estate. Details of his last wishes were revealed to members of his family this week
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I HAD to smile at Fred Shawcross's weekly article on Friday, February 3, when he said that Eric Delaney is something special as a percussionist in his 80s He says, and I quote: "He has the drive and enthusiasm of someone in their 20s, and his power and
I REFER to your article, "Protests over 'two at a time' buses" (Tuesday, February 6). The same thing happened when First bus decided to take off the 536 and 537 Darcy Lever circular and replace it with the 95 to Salford! Arriva gave us back the 536 and
I HAVE realised there is a lot of pollution on the Seven Acres Country Park. I really do think it's a disgrace. I go for a walk every Sunday, in all weathers and the pollution is increasing. There are only bins at the start and end of the park. Therefore
I WOULD like to congratulate Ann Barker in getting her fine scrapped (The Bolton News, "Victory after fine for parking in Mayor's spot", February 2), and now wish that I had taken it further when I was fined £30 in October 2005 for parking in the same
IN answer to Chris Moncrieff's question (January 30) on why we keep on paying money into the European Union, despite the fact that "their accounts are a shambles with millions, if not billions, of pounds squandered or stolen each year", I would like to
A recent letter of mine criticising the newly installed computerised system for borrowing books from Bolton Central Library was published in Tthe Bolton News. Several people have been kind enough to write or phone to let me know they agreed with what
PASSENGERS who use Moor Lane bus station will be pleased that the council along with GMPTA are to refurbish the toilets at a cost of £215,000. The previous Liberal Democrat administration had tried to close the toilets but following a public outcry and
