HULL City manager Phil Brown must wait until Easter before knowing if he will be allowed to keep Wanderers' striker Ricardo Vaz Te for the rest of the season. The former Whites assistant manager has been so impressed with the young Portuguese striker
RICK Arnold's goal was enough to move Atherton LR up to 18th place in NWCL Division One. The striker's ninth-minute strike proved decisive as Rovers produced a much-improved performance to overcome mid-table Newcastle Town at Crilly Park last night.
Standish Cricket Club have signed Pakistan international, Bazid Khan, as their professional for the new season which gets underway at the end of next month. Khan, the nephew of Pakistan cricket legend, Imran Khan, replaces Glen Batticciotto who had a
Bolton Ladies Rounders League start their season with the Champion of Champions match on Sunday at Radcliffe CC (1pm), when Bolton Champions Rupert Ladies A meet Fishpool A Champions of Bury. The return match will be played on Hulton Lane (1pm) on Sunday
ROUNDERS: WITH Summer Rounders fast approaching, the Bolton Winter Leagues are all but complete. The Halliwell intended to complete their campaign on Sunday with a play-off for second place in Division Two, but as St Mary's were unable to raise a team
Fleetwood 2nd 21 Bolton 2nd 5 Bolton came back down to earth with a bump against top of the league Fleetwood. The visitors were hoping to build on several encouraging performances recently, but they were no match for the Fylde coast side which have
Westhoughton Lions U-13s 30 Orrell St James U-13s 32 The Lions showed grit and determination in a hard-fought match. Joe Jones scored his first try while further scores came from Jack McLeish, Ben Carter and Peter Wright. When Orrell brought on an
The Mets prevented any celebration by Accrington who were playing their last match before moving to Blackburn. Bolton conceded a soft try early on, but Mike Blakeway then walked in a try in the corner. Blakeway repeated the score with a carbon-copy try
Bolton Mets 26 Cadishead 4 BOLTON Mets completed their most successful ever season with a comfortable victory over Cadishead. Bolton made heavy work of the first-half despite taking the lead after 10 minutes when James Harper finished off a well worked
Sajid Mahmood is ready to sacrifice his natural pace to try to find the consistency required to establish himself as a member of England's World Cup attack. The 25-year-old Lancashire seamer finally made his World Cup bow in Saturday's victory over Kenya
Karl Brown will be hoping to continue his impressive start to pre-season today when Lancashire take on county rivals Durham in South Africa. The former Atherton batsman has been a star in the making ever since his time at Higham Park - and he is certainly
MANCHESTER legends The Happy Mondays have announced that a new album is definitely in the pipeline, and that they will be touring the UK. The band have signed a deal with Sanctuary records, and will release their first new material since 1992's Yes,
A woman, aged 87, had her handbag snatched by a thug. The pensioner was walking along Oakenclough Drive, Doffcocker, at 6.10pm on Monday when the handbag was stolen from her shoulder. Although she was not injured, the woman was left shaken. The thief
Are you enjoying the lovely weather in Bolton today? Or perhaps you're shivering away somewhere else in the world? Check out what it was like on the roof of our Churchgate building with weather girl Tracey Scott. And pick up the News headlines in our
A PLEA to review the sentence of a paedophile bus driver who filmed himself raping a schoolboy has been rebuffed by the country's top judge. Pervert Paul O'Brien, aged 41, of Tonge Moor, was jailed indefinitely after admitting a catalogue of sexual offences
Love em or hate em, it'll be impossible to avoid Fall Out Boy as the forthcoming single, Thnks Fr The Mmrs, is to be followed by a UK tour. Formed from Chicago's hardcore scene in 2000, Fall Out Boy built their loyal fan base online and on tour across
A ROW about rubbish has led to plans for a revamp of a housing estate being put on hold. Bolton at Home wants to close ginnels, install new car parks and railings, and introduce traffic calming on the Thornbank Estate, off Deane Road, Bolton. But private
THE award-winning makers of healthy flapjacks have called on Bolton finance experts to satisfy their hunger for growth. Stockport-based Focused Nutrition is ready to embark on its next stage of expansion following funding from a DTI small-firm loan,
JOBSEEKERS in Bolton are reaping the benefits after two support agencies joined forces to help get them back into work. Bolton Council's Working Together programme has been offering practical and financial help for the out-of-work, while Business Bolton
TWO bus services - due to be axed because of falling passenger numbers - have been reprieved. The Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority has agreed to fund replacement 553 and 559 services after bus operators, First, said it would stop running
Name: Chris R Houghton. Born: Bolton, 1965. Company: eVentura. Position: Managing director. Where did you start? After leaving Thornleigh Salesian College, I started work as an apprentice for Hawker Siddeley in Farnworth. I spent almost 10 years there
A family-owned jack of all trades construction company is looking forward to its fifth birthday with a record turnover and glowing praise for its work from the UK's largest supermarket chain. Construction North West Ltd, based in Manchester Road, Westhoughton
IT is going to be a great night. The Bolton and Bury Business Awards dinner was one of the main events of the business calendar last year, - and this year it will be bigger and better. The dinner will be held at the Reebok Stadium on Thursday, June
GEORGE Wimpey and Taylor Woodrow have unveiled merger plans to create the UK's biggest housebuilder in the latest wave of consolidation in the sector. The combined company, which will be known as Taylor Wimpey, will boast a market value of £5 billion
THE future of 84 pubs in Bolton is secure, despite the fact that the chain owning them is selling 1,000 premises across the country. Punch Taverns, which has put 1,000 of its 9,300 pubs on the market ahead of the smoking ban on July 1, has said it is
A VISIT to a factory which was once an industrial landmark in Bolton was a bitter-sweet experience for an MP who used to work there. Bolton North-east MP David Crausby was taken on a tour of the former Sandusky Walmsley factory in Crompton Way, where
POSTIE Shaun Williams has taken on a challenging new round - delivering mail to front-line troops in Afghanistan. Shaun, aged 50, is one of eight Royal Mail staff, all members of the Territorial Army's Royal Logistic Corps, currently on a tour of duty
A BUTCHER has brought home the bacon with two prestigious awards for his fresh meat. Greg Hill, who owns Fraser Butchers, in Rishton Lane, Great Lever, Bolton, scooped the Best Prepared Fresh Produce and Greater Manchester Producer of the Year accolades
BOLTON health chiefs are to go into partnership with a developer to build a series of modern health super centres,0 to replace rundown GPs' surgeries. The Eric Wright Group will build the centres and then lease them back to the Primary Care Trust.
ITEMS ranging from a Victorian desk to a cardboard cutout picture of Bolton boxing hero Amir Khan went under the hammer at Bolton Methodist Mission. The Mission, at Victoria Hall, held an auction of unwanted items before it undergoes refurbishment as
MUSICIANS are being sought to form an orchestra to take part in a community festival. Celebr8 (Don't Discrimin8) will mark diversity in the North West, from June 4 to June 11. People from across the region are being asked to help make-up a 50-strong
STONE features will be added to a new brick shop front in Horwich. Horwich town councillors approved plans for the old post office in Winter Hey Lane, provided it had some stone work, but it was built in brick. Chris Maffei, who completed the building
RESIDENTS who were promised broadband internet connection before Christmas should be up to speed in the next few weeks. Homeowners on The Meadows estate, near the Middlebrook Retail Park, have been calling on BT to undertake the necessary work for months
HIGH street shoppers still have one week to donate mobile phones to be adapted into life-saving devices for people living with domestic violence. The handsets can be adapted so one touch of any button dialls 999. Phones can be posted in a freepost envelope
AN ANGRY passenger threw his pint glass at a taxi window before punching the driver in the face. Peter Cooper, aged 23, of Harper Green Road, Farnworth, had been drinking since midday when he got into the cab at about 9pm on December 16 last year, Bolton
BOLTON Wanderers have been accused of scoring an own goal when it comes to charitable giving. In a league table of donations to good causes drawn up by charity website Intelligentgiving.com, Wanderers are among the bottom Premiership clubs for the amount
A SPORTSMAN'S dinner has raised more than £3,000 in memory of a football referee who died last year. Teacher, Steve Allon, aged 34, collapsed and died from a heart-attack during a fitness test. The Horwich-born father-of-two had been a member of Bolton
YOUNG football fans picked up some tricks of the trade in a coaching session with Wanderers star Quinton Fortune. He passed on his expertise to around 60 children at their weekly training session at Pikes Lane recreational zone in Deane.The visit was
LOU Reed has announced that he will appear at the Manchester International Festival, performing his 1973 landmark album Berlin, in its entirety. These rare European concerts will see Reed performing with a 30-piece ensemble including his band, a string
GOSSIP, Soul II Soul Soundsystem, Bat For Lashes, Candie Payne, Robyn, Carl Craig, And Mr Scruff have all announced that they are joining the Bestival line-up. Portland Oregon's the Gossip are undeniably the world's hottest band. Fronted by the controversy-courting
ANGRY young rebels, quitters, escapists and cool dudes - these are just some of the terms used to define today's teenagers. These are not - as you might think - from the pages of a teen magazine. They are, in fact, descriptions used in a Green Paper
DAVID Cameron was right to say that Bolton Lads and Girls Club is an example for others to follow. It is just a pity that many of the youngsters there did not know who he was. The Conservative leader was at the club to launch an inquiry into the quality
Astley & Tyldesley made the long trip to Norfolk for their Premier League match with Norwich on Sunday. A & T had Scottish international Craig Newsome and top Humberside prospect Andy Angell making their debuts for the club. However, A & T suffered
RUTH Kelly is naturally disappointed that she has lost her Press Complaints Council complaint against the Daily Mirror over its coverage of her decision to send her son to a private special needs school. But as a former Education Secretary it was entirely
AFTER spending a week out of the country, one of the first things I did on my return was to check out the letters in The Bolton News. I was surprised at Linda Thomas's letter about the closure of Christ's Church School. She said she could not comment
WITH reference to Harwood Quarry, I would like to point out that the main entrance to St Brendan's School is not Brookfold Lane, but off Longsight, near the church. There is a large car park which could be extended, so mothers could park safely there
HAVING read the "Westminster Watch" by Chris Moncrieff (March 14), is it not time that you looked for a replacement for your elderly correspondent. It appears that he is no longer in touch with the parliamentary scene. If he thinks that the leader of
THE EU's new Lifelong Learning and Youth in Action Programmes were launched on January 1, 2007. These will make around £50m available each year to learners and young people in the UK. I am incredibly enthusiastic about these programmes, which offer people
IT is good to see the many children taking part in amateur productions in The Bolton News, but I am sorry to note that one has been missed, and I would like to congratulate the Canon Slade recent production of Les Miserables. Only one word can describe
IN the Bolton Scene of March 7, there is an article, "Bolton Services Among the Best", about the council getting top ratings from the Audit Commission for the fourth consecutive year. These services included adult social care and environment. In a joint
I WRITE with regard to the narrowing of Crompton Way. I would first like to clarify that the Conservative group is not opposed to the reduction of accidents. However, we believe that reducing the ring road down to one lane will increase the number of
DAVID Fielding hopes to move a step closer to discovering how haemophilia sufferers became infected with hepatitis C or HIV during the 1970s and 1980s. The 51-year-old will give evidence to an independent inquiry, chaired by the former Solicitor General
CHARITY champions who want to race their way to collecting cash for The Stroke Association can grab a place at this year's Great Manchester Run. There are 150 places available for the run, which will be held on May 20. For more information and an entry
MUMS have the chance to wind down ahead of the kids' Easter holidays at a free event on Thursday. De-stress techniques including aromatherapy will be on offer at New Bury Community Learning Centre, Farnworth, along with advice on healthy living and learning
JUST three months after being released from jail for stealing more than £600,000 from an employer, a man lied to get a job with Greenhalgh's Bakery. Edward Alan Bowe, aged 48, of Turner Bridge Road, Tonge Moor, was employed by the bakery to collect cash
CABINET minister and Bolton West MP Ruth Kelly has lost a complaint against the Daily Mirror over its coverage of her decision to send her son to a private school offering special-needs education. The mother-of-four complained to the Press Complaints
CLIMBERS are being urged to take part in the Six Peaks charity challenge. The 72-hour mission will see participants visit the summit of the highest mountains in the six regions of the British Isles - Isle of Man, Wale, England, Scotland, Ulster and the
A VIOLENT man was ordered to pay £100 compensation to his ex-partner after grabbing her by the throat and throwing her out of her home. Kieran Burrows claimed Sarah Brooks had tripped and fallen out of the house during the argument on December 10 last
COMPETITION holders Leigh Centurions sneaked into the last 16 of the Northern Rail Cup despite winning only half of their group games. The Centurions qualified for the knockout stage of the competition as one of the best third-placed teams, giving them
GUESTS at the Mayor of Westhoughton's annual charity ball have raised about £5,000. Some 200 people enjoyed a five-course meal, entertainment and a raffle at the Masonic Hall, on Saturday. Proceeds will go to the mayor, Cllr George Penny's chosen charities
The clamour for Steve McClaren's head as England manager is growing by the minute. But what do you think? Join the great debate and vote in our special poll HERE.
THE BBC has announced it is to move Castaway from its current prime-time slot after ratings hit an all-time low. Only 2.1 million viewers tuned-in on Sunday to watch Bolton islander Erica Hurst and her fellow contestants as they voted Jason Ross off
WANDERERS star Nicolas Anelka has reiterated his desire to stay at the Reebok - for now. Bolton's record signing, who starred in France's victory in Lithuania over the weekend, says he has no plans to leave the Premiership club. Just last week, the
We are arranging the Whitecroft School Fifth Annual Reunion to be held at Smithills and Heaton Conservative Club, Chorley Old Road, on Saturday, April 14, from 8pm. Admission £1. If you left Whitecroft School during 1954/58 come along and meet your old
FORMER Stands frontman Howie Payne will play at the Soundhouse on Friday. After the highly successful, Mersey-beat influenced band split in 2005, Payne launched an acclaimed solo career. Despite retaining some Mersey influence, Payne clearly also dug
THE first BEN was a perfect mirror of its town and times; adverts offered the rich £1 shares in the New Nantymwyn Mining Extension Company - and the poor were offered dogskin gloves at three-pence-halfpenny per pair. Small advertisements on the front
DAVID Cameron hailed the Bolton Lads and Girls club as a model for others to follow during a flying visit. The Conservative leader spent just under an hour yesterday at the club in Spa Road ahead of a "Children's Summit" in Sale, where he launched an
A RUTHLESS duo who stole from the homes of 10 Bolton pensioners after posing as workmen could strike again, police have warned. Detectives are linking the men to break-ins in the Wigan area and thefts in Bury. It is possible the men who targeted the
PERVERT Alan Naylor was behind bars today - after pleading guilty to a string of sex attacks on two young girls. The paedophile regularly assaulted his victims in the early 1970s and was only caught when one of them came forward to report her ordeal.
FANCY owning the Arctic Monkeys' fake ID or a drum skin autographed by the Guillemots? As part of its first birthday celebrations, radio station Xfm Manchester is auctioning off a pile of goodies to raise money for MAG, one of the world's leading humanitarian
THE railway has played a huge part in Bolton's history as an industrial town. This picture shows the North-west end of Bolton Station, which was rebuilt in 1871. The locomotive shown is a Yates 2.4.0, as built at Miles Platting in 1869. The Bolton and
1884: The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway established its Locomotive Works in Horwich and it became one of the country's six major railway towns. Bolton became synonymous with railway craftsmanship for nearly 100 years. 1885: February 26 - Human remains
1882: April 15 - One of the Bolton Market gates fell, killing a watchman. 1882: April 16 - Temple Opera House, Dawes Street, Bolton was destroyed by fire, £10,000 damage. 1882: July 29 - Derby Ward Conservative Club was opened. 1883: February 8 - Ald
TRAVELLING up Radcliffe Road was an altogether more sedate affair in the 1800s. "Horse buses" were a familiar sight in Bolton up until 1880, during which time they were run by a firm connected with the predecessors of the Manchester Carriage Co. The
SILVERWELL House has had a long and chequered history. Currently offices for a number of businesses and organisations, including Bolton At Home, it was built in 1790 by Major John Pilkington who founded the Bolton branch of the Territorial Army. The
A NEW guitar superstore has opened in Manchester. Father and son team Richard and Justin Harrison have opened Music Ground at 12 Oxford Road. The pair already own eight shops, including one in London's Denmark Street, better known as Tin Pan Alley.
1879: April 14 - St Thomas' Church, Dixon Green, built at a cost £8,000, was consecrated. 1879: April 2 - Horwich Public Hall opened, paid for by Peter Martin J P. 1879: April 3 - Wheat Sheaf Inn, Great Moor Street, Bolton fetched £8,400 at auction.
IN 1877 a group of public-spirited Bolton citizens inspired the foundation of a Young Ladies' Day School, which was quickly renamed Bolton High School for Girls. Housed in a room of the Mechanics' Institute in Mawdsley Street, the Day School opened its
1877: January 23 - Explosion at Roscow & Lord's Stonehill Collery, Farnworth, 18 died. 1877: February 10 - Bailiffs seized train at Little Hulton, LNWR failed to pay Poor Rate. 1877: July 15 - Bridge with man on it washed away near Longworth Mill.
QUEEN Victoria celebrated her Golden Jubilee in 1887, and celebrations took place all across Bolton. This picture shows Churchgate decked out in full regalia to celebrate the occasion. While the parish church of St Peters remains, the battlemented arch
1874: December 24 - William Baker killed when he fell off his horse bus in Market Street, Farnworth. 1875: June 17 - Joiners & Carpenters went on strike for wage rise. Not paid and most left town. 1875: July 17 - St Thomas', Halliwell, was consecrated
1871: October 30 - Sir Charles Dilke spoke in Bolton Temperance Hall. Riots and damage to the hall. 1871: November 17 - Gun Cotton exploded in Entwistle tunnel killing one man and injuring another. 1871: December 30 - Man killed by stone throwing at
SINCE it was set up by scholars and teachers at Christ Church, Deane, in 1874, Bolton Wanderers FC has been a favourite topic in the Bolton Evening News. The earliest pictures remaining in our archives date from around 1882. The oldest known team picture
1870: April 23 - William Yates, stonemason, killed when he fell off Bullfield cotton mill chimney. 1870: Thomas and Ellen Warburton set up a small grocery shop in Blackburn Road (Warburtons still owns this shop and the headquarters is just across the
BOLTON Town Hall was given a right royal start to life when its doors were thrown open in 1873. On June 5, the hall was declared open by the Prince and Princess of Wales - who became King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. Despite the rain, more than 150,000
1867: Bolton Evening News launched on March 19 by W F Tillotson in Mawdsley Street. It was the first halfpenny evening paper in the country. 1867: September 20 - Bolton biscuit manufacturer, John Rigby, killed by falling tree. 1867: Bolton Parish Church
STEVE McClaren could be just 90 minutes from the sack as England manager. And today we are asking you to tell us whether he should go or be given more time. A run of disappointing results and performances have raised the pressure on McClaren to fever
THE Chadwick Orphanage, on the corner of Chadwick Street and Bromwich Street, The Haulgh, opened on December 7, 1874. It cost £22,000 to build and was funded by Dr Samuel Chadwick, whose statue stands in Victoria Square. Dr Chadwick's surgery was close
BEFORE Manchester or Liverpool had evening newspapers, Bolton had its Evening News - the first independent halfpenny evening paper in England other than a Shipping Gazette in South Shields. The publication date was Tuesday, March 19, 1867. Queen Victoria
THE first period of the Bolton Evening News showed how a growing town like Bolton needed its own evening newspaper. Thanks to the foresight of the Tillotson family, Boltononians were able to read about all kinds of events happening in their town. For
WITH the first crucial year of publication over, the Bolton Evening News's proprietors decided that if pressmen they were going to be, then they would do the job thoroughly. So, in 1868, John Tillotson and his son, the BEN's creator William Frederic
ATHERTON LR manager Roy Sweeney is looking to bolster his squad with two new signings this week. Struggling Rovers, fourth from bottom in NWCL Division One but safe from relegation, entertain mid-table Newcastle Town tonight. The Atherton manager
IN a season that has seen Bury famously fall foul of FA rules, it could be another piece of legislation from the sport's governing body which eventually decides their future in League Two. The struggling Gigg Lane side are hovering just above the drop
England coach Steve McClaren has rejected reports of a rift with star striker Wayne Rooney. In the aftermath of Saturday's goalless European Championship qualifier with Israel in Tel Aviv, it has been suggested McClaren had a major dressing room bust-up
THE clamour for Steve McClaren's head in the wake of England's failure to beat Israel is as deafening as it is hysterical. But let's put that performance in Tel Aviv into perspective. The Israelis were superbly disciplined and marshalled at the back
THE only good thing about Steve McClaren as England manager is that he is English. Unfortunately, he has shown in the last three European Championship qualification matches that he is not the man for the job. One goal in five games and consistently
