WANDERERS will need to end a 45-year wait if they are to force their way back into the Champons League frame at the Emirates Stadium this afternoon. Despite Sam Allardyce's Whites having repeatedly been a thorn in Arsene Wenger's side, no Bolton team
BOLTON Wanderers are probably the last team Arsene Wenger would have wanted to come up against at a time when Arsenal's Champions League prospects are hanging by a thread. The Frenchman didn't have a wrinkle on his face before Sam Allardyce came on the
AT the season's end all of the promotion and relegation issues have been resolved. Ramsbottom A retain their Premier Division title despite having two outstanding games, their two 6-3 wins against Radcliffe CC who finish in second place, and Tameside
Tim Lees' soccer skills have won him a starring role in an international advertising campaign and a chance to kick start his career in the US. Tim, aged 21, has been chosen as the star of a new Coca-Cola advert to encourage young people to play football
WHEELS have been set in motion for an anti-racism gig in Bolton. Bands from across the town have been invited to play at he as-yet-unnamed event, which will take place on Thursday April 26 and Friday April 27. Organisers are also awaiting confirmation
A LEADING firefighter is warning walkers and picnickers to be careful on Bolton's moorland this weekend. Temperatures are expected to reach 70F on Saturday as the early summer weather continues. But with the sun comes an increased risk of moorland fires
STATE-of-the-art CCTV has been installed in Little Lever to help crack down on yobs who make life a misery for residents. A mobile camera has been installed opposite the Market Street shopping precinct as part of a pilot scheme which could lead to the
YOUNG vandals are being blamed for fire at a school in Great Lever. Firefighters spent nearly an hour tackling the blaze at SS Simon and Jude in Newport Road on Wednesday night. It is understood children managed to break into the heavily fenced school
A CAMPAIGN to ensure future full houses at Bolton's bingo halls is being backed by MP David Crausby. The Bolton North-east MP visited Mecca Bingo in Breightmet with local councillor John Byrne to discuss worries that unfair taxation and the forthcoming
A TAKEAWAY chain is helping primary school pupils develop healthy eating habits. School children are going into Subway in Derby Street, Bolton to make their own sandwiches as part of a "healthy eating for schools" initiative. Subway employee Sharon
UNWANTED electrical goods can be handed over for recycling at a supermarket in Bolton town centre on Sunday. Bolton Council recycling officers will be at Sainsburys in Trinity Street from 10am to 4pm to receive TVs, hi-fis, vacuum cleaners, irons, microwaves
A PENSIONER died after her skirt was set alight as she stoked a coal fire. Two neighbours made a brave bid to save 90-year-old widow Emma Thompson after seeing flames inside the semi-detached house in Elm Road, Westhoughton. But they were beaten back
SHE might not look like your average truck driver but Maria Chambers-Skelton is perfectly at home behind the wheel of a lorry. And while it is unlikely you will find Maria, aged 36, stopping at a roadside greasy spoon cafe, she is having no problems
SMALL businesses can reap the benefits of entering the Bolton and Bury Business Awards. Last year's winner of the Small Business of the Year Award, Cy4or, said winning the title "put the company on the map" Cy4or, formed in 2002, specialises in computer
A building company has launched a charity and community committee to raise money and hold events to aid organisations throughout the areas in which it works. Rok, which owns Westhoughton building firm Durose and Gourlay, will be looking for good causes
A business advisory firm has achieved its New Year resolution to grow through acquisition with its first purchase. Unity has acquired Failsworth-based Quadro Chartered Accountants in what it calls phase one of its acquisitions strategy. Unity, which
BIKERS from Westhoughton and Hindley Motorcycle Clubs joined forces to hand over £1,600 to a special needs school. More than 30 bikers travelled 80 miles along the A49 to Condover College in Shropshire, handing out more than 30 Easter eggs to the students
A NEW street bin scheme has been launched in Bolton to encourage shoppers to recycle rubbish in the town centre. Three bins - one for glass, cans and plastic bottles, one for paper and another for general litter - have been installed in Oxford Street
CONSERVATIVES are mounting a bid for election to Westhoughton Town Council despite none of them living in that area. Five Tory candidates are standing for election in Westhougton, which currently has no Conservative councillors. But opposition candidates
A PUB labelled a nuisance by local residents has withdrawn a controversial application to extend its hours. The Flag Inn in Arnold Road, Egerton, sparked a backlash from neighbours after applying to change its closing time from 11.30pm to 12.30am every
LOVING tributes to lost friends and relatives are to be cleared away from a Bolton beauty spot after they were branded an eyesore by landowners. United Utilities, which owns thousands of acres around Rivington, has warned grieving relatives that flowers
WHEN Leanne Battersby, played by Bury-born actress Jane Danson, walked back on to Coronation Street, mum Janice was proud that her daughter's job as an estate agent was keeping her in a life of luxury. But it soon became clear that "conferences" at swanky
ASPIRING performers, from toddlers to grannies, have been queueing up to join Bolton's newest performing arts academy - before it has even opened. The pulling power of showbiz legend Bobby Ball and West End star Casey-Lee Jolleys has ensured a steady
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A TOWN centre skatepark could be open in Bolton within eight weeks after a site was earmarked by councillors. Part of a car park to the east of Dawes Street, off Great Moor Street, will become the £75,000 skatepark, if proposals are given planning consent
HAVE you booked your summer holidays and selected a destination for the annual dollop of sun and vino collapso? If you have chosen Italy or Spain, you must be having serious reservations about your welfare after the violence at last week's football matches
JAMES Brown sang that it's a man's world, and when you look at certain industries in Britain, the late Godfather of Soul seems to have hit the nail firmly on the head. Official figures show measly numbers of women employed in sectors such as science,
TEENAGERS often complain that no-one listens to their views. They cannot say that now after Bolton Council decided to put together a £75,000 proposal for a town centre skate park. The campaign for such a facility was led by 15-year-old Joe Cowie, who
IT would have been nice to keep the new elephants outdoors openly on display. Alas, this is not the case these days. The money has already been spent replacing the old ones, which I considered to be a waste under the threat of the prevailing yob culture
LET us hope the state of the art CCTV equipment installed to help cut vandalism and yobbish behaviour in Little Lever proves to be a success. A mobile camera has been positioned opposite the Market Street shopping precinct, where groups of 30 to 40 young
WELL done to Brian Derbyshire (Letters, April 5), who managed to reply so well to the ridiculous letter from Mr J O'Connor regarding horse riders clearing up after their horses in the way he has to after his dog. Speaking on behalf of all horse riders
I HAVE just come home after taking my dog for one of its twice-daily walks. Now, I consider myself to be a responsible dog owner and, as unpleasant as it may be, I always clean up after my dog and either take it home or wait until I find a designated
I AM writing to assure the residents of Bolton that the Labour Group has no plans whatsoever to increase charges for on-street parking. Council members have not considered any reports regarding on-street parking charges, therefore, executive members
IT was interesting to read the article in last Saturday's edition of The Bolton News on who we class locally as the "Pigeon Man". This feeding has been going on for quite a long time in the Sunnyside Park area, and is most distressing for residents of
SHOULD mobile phone masts be erected in residential areas? No - definitely not! The jury is still out as to associated health hazards, and only if and when this doubt is eliminated should these masts be allowed. Olive M Kenyon, Laburnum Park, Bradshaw
I HAVE read with interest and annoyance the headline "Clean bill of health", The Bolton News, April 10. Whilst it is great that the Royal Bolton Hospital is set to balance its books, does this mean that the thousands of pounds of backpay owed to staff
THE story "Rising costs put fell race under threat" in The Bolton News on Saturday, April 7, relating to the rise of the road closure cost, levied by the council for the Rivington Pike Fell Race, highlighted an issue of importance to many local people
A MAN who breached a restraining order by texting his ex-partner has been fined £200. Paul Killeen, aged 38, of Kempston Gardens, Bolton, had been banned from contacting the woman by Bolton Magistrates on February 19, but texted her just eight days later
OVER-reported fad or genuine quick-fix for a tiny waistline? In the first of a two-part series, Tracey Scott braves some very different detox treatments. DETOX diets have filled the headlines, taken over the lives of celebrity trend-followers, and
MORE than 6,000 brown trout are to be released into a Bolton river after stock levels plummeted following a pollution incident. Last September, an estimated 10,000 fish died after two poisoning incidents in less than 24 hours on a six-mile stretch of
A MAN sparked a siege lasting nearly four hours after barricading himself inside his bedroom and threatening to set himself on fire. The 46-year-old father-of-three rang police and told them he had doused himself in white spirit and was about to set
A RECOVERING drug addict has been jailed for stealing alcohol and razors from a supermarket. Wayne Still, aged 34, from Chorley Old Road, Bolton, stole five bottles of spirits and 11 razors worth £140 from Morrisons in Mornington Road, Bolton, on March
SAM Allardyce is banking on a £10million transfer chest to prepare Wanderers for another assault on Europe. That is the bare minimum the Whites boss reckons it will take just to stand still in a Premiership awash with cash from the new £2.7billion TV
NICOLAS Anelka will go a long way to securing his Reebok future if he fires Wanderers into Europe. Sam Allardyce knows the Frenchman is desperate to play Champions League football again, but reckons the prospect of a UEFA Cup campaign might be enough
RAZORLIGHT guitarist Bjorn Agren has revealed his best hangover cure. Talking the morning after a night out, Bjorn said that the best way to beat the after-affects of too much booze was to get up and get active. He said: "If it's a nice day out it would
POLICE are to mount a zero-tolerance crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Westhoughton town centre. There will be a more visible police presence in Market Street tonight and over the weekend as part of an ongoing police operation to combat trouble-making
A TEENAGER was arrested after he allegedly threatened to stab a woman and smashed windows at a house. Police were called to Ainsworth Lane in Tonge Moor at 4.45pm yesterday following reports that a youth had threatened to stab a woman. After the woman
MACHETE-wielding robbers ambushed a van delivering £18,000 to a petrol station yesterday. They threatened to slash the guards with the machetes unless they handed over money. Then one of the three masked men punched one of the guards in the mouth. The
