LANCASHIRE spinner Gary Keedy very quickly developed a master strategy when plans for a new format called Twenty20 cricket were unveiled back in 2002 - go on holiday to Spain. That is how convinced the 32 year-old left-armer was that he would be left
GARY Simpson has been appointed Bury's new reserve team boss. Simpson, a former assistant to Shakers director of football Keith Alexander at Ilkeston Town, Northwich Vics, Lincoln City and Peterborough United, will also help coach the first team and
Renegade landlord Nick Hogan has been warned he is not above the law by Bolton Council's leader. Cllr Cliff Morris admits the local authority had taken a softly softly approach with Mr Hogan, who has allowed smokers to continue to light up in two town
SAMMY Lee is running the rule over Mikel Alonso - the big brother of Liverpool ace Xabi Alonso. The 27-year-old Real Sociedad midfielder is one of two potential new signings who have joined Wanderers at their training camp in Austria. The other is Borussia
NEW Bury and Farnworth Amateur Boxing Club fighter, Cory Lowe, had a debut victory when he fought at the last show of the amateur boxing season at Lowton Civic Centre. The 15-year-old from Kearsley proved far too strong for host club Centurions ABC's
A NURSERY in Smithills will expand to include the flat above despite objections from neighbours. The Red House Nursery in Smithills Croft Road currently accommodates 29 children at ground floor level but the extension upstairs will allow it to take in
POLICE have launched a new appeal for a 74-year-old man who is missing from home. The Greater Manchester Police (GMP) helicopter and Bolton Mountain Rescue team helicopter were scrambled to circle above Horwich yesterday and are searching again today
RUPERT Ladies stamped their superiority on Section A at the halfway point of the season with a decent win over Darcy CC A. They were leading 73-44, and a repeat performance in the second innings produced 79 runs, 29 from Anne Truffas. They took six
A CAREERS convention organised by the Bolton Council of Mosques takes place this weekend. The event, aimed at 14-22-year-olds, is being held from 10am to 3pm on Saturday July 7 at the University of Bolton's Eagle Mall off Deane Road in Deane. It will
An allotment scheme for schools is being launched by a Bolton retail park. Middlebrook Retail and Leisure Park is sponsoring a scheme that will give a primary and a secondary school the chance of first-hand experience in agriculture by winning a miniature
Officials at Haydock Park have called off their meeting on Thursday after an inspection this morning. There will be a further inspection at 8am on Friday to see whether racing can go ahead later that day. Having been hit by a significant amount of
A motorist was taken to hospital after his car was sandwiched between two lorries in a motorway crash just before lunchtime. The man's silver Suzuki 4X4 was travelled southbound along the M61 between the Kearsley spur and the M60 at 11.35am when it
YOUNG girls donned their best hats and boys wore their best shirts and ties to the christening of Mary-Rose at St Maxentius CE School. Children at the Bradshaw primary school held a mock christening to bring religious education lessons to life. Year
POLICE are encouraging residents to give cold callers the cold shoulder in a police drive to beat doorstep criminals in Westhoughton and Horwich. Elderly people in the towns are being visited by police who are advising them on how to deal with bogus
BUSINESS recovery specialist Unity is looking for a buyer for Halifax-based bed manufacturer Dorlux Beds. Dorlux, which has a distribution centre in Clive Street, Bolton, employing 230 people, has been placed into administration. The company, which
BUSINESSES that want to develop links with China are being invited to attend a networking session with a visiting delegation in Bolton this evening. The delegation includes the governor and deputy governor of the People's Government of Xiuzhou District
THE Mayor of Bolton has officially marked the end of a makeover to a block of pensioners' flats by local builder Rok Durose and Gourlay. The Westhoughton-based construction firm fitted new kitchens and bathrooms at the Merton extra care housing development
LONDON'S landmark Citigroup tower in Canary Wharf was today sold for around 1 billion to a consortium of investors led by Irish property magnate and Savoy Hotel owner Derek Quinlan. The sale of the skyscraper is the second largest single property transaction
BOLTON-based Leighs Paints is going into business with Dutch firm SigmaKalon Marine and Protective Coatings. The companies have formed a strategic alliance in the hydrocarbon passive fire protection sector. As part of the deal, SigmaKalon will be responsible
PROPOSED legislation that would give temporary employees the same rights as directly employed full-time staff could damage UK business and hit temp workers, according to a local recruitment firm. The Temporary Agency Workers -Prevention of Less Favourable
A FORMER Bolton Evening News reporter who went on to write scripts for Coronation Street, The Bill and Bergerac has died, aged 70. Brian Finch wrote more than 200 episodes of the ITV soap between 1970 and 1989, including the first to feature Deirdre
COME September, chocolate will be a tasty addition to lessons at one Bolton school. Youngsters will even pay a visit to Cadbury's World chocolate factory in Birmingham. Chorley New Road Primary School is introducing the International Primary School
COLD calling is an unwelcome intrusion into your day that could turn into a potential financial or physical threat. When someone you do not know knocks on your door it is difficult to know whether or not they are genuinely attempting to sell you something
WEEKS into the consultation period over road congestion charges in Greater Manchester a councillor has thrown a spanner into the works. Salford Council leader John Merry is reported to want to expand the two zone road charging plan by adding a third
LAST weekend I was on a night out with my friends in Bolton town centre. We went into one of the many bars on Bradshawgate and I was absolutely outraged at, can you believe, being charged 1 pound for 3/4 of a pint of warm tap water! I felt dehydrated
ABOUT 50 years ago, I served for several years as a member of Westhoughton Council, as did a few others who are still with us. As chairman of two committees, I had quite a few responsibilities, and needed to spend quite a bit of time doing what was required
MOTORING experts have raised concerns that the congestion charge scheme proposed for Greater Manchester is already being extended. Salford Council leader John Merry wants the original two-zone road charging plan for drivers heading to Manchester to have
IN reply to Mr O'Connor (The Bolton News, June 27), "Is one-way system plan linked to road charge?" The categoric answer is no. Mr O'Connor claims that the purpose of channelling traffic on to St Peter's Way and Topp Way is because these two roads are
A NEW court to be built on the site of the old Water Place! (The Bolton News, June 27). Would not it be better to wait until Moor Lane bus station is moved to Trinity Street and then build the new courts adjacent to the present Crown Courts in Blackhorse
THE proposed plans for the one-way system in the town centre has caused confusion and disbelief. Would you please re-publish it with answers to the following questions. 1) How to get to the Market Place car park in Bridge Street? 2) How to get to the
RE "Council to stop sending forum documents out to residents", The Bolton News, June 26. I note with interest the council's proposals to stop posting forum documents to residents. A typical mailing is hefty and includes about seven A4 sheets of paper
LEIGH'S Turnpike Gallery will exhibit the work of the world's leading rock 'n' roll lightshow specialist this summer. Willie Williams, who has worked the likes of U2, The Rolling Stones and REM, will showcase his talents with his first ever art project
A POLICE officer has told of the moment a stabbed man was kicked as he fell to the ground in Bolton town centre. PC Akeel Kadir, who saw the attack as he was getting out of his police van, told a jury at Manchester Crown Court: "It was like a running
All set for Canon Slade's Prom are these glamorous pupils. In the picture, left to right, are Hannah Blanchard, Hannah Bevis, Kay Bates, Emma Grundy and Caroline Bridge. They have all taken their GCSEs and are eagerly awaiting their results in
BURGLARS who targeted an isolated farmhouse smashed their way through locked internal doors and grabbed 20,000 in cash from a hiding place in a false floor at the bottom of a wardrobe, a court heard. Colin Corless, who lives at Cromptons Farm, off Slack
A woman was taken to hospital after a bus and car crashed in Bolton town centre early today. The driver of the Citroen C2 suffered minor injuries after the collision with a number 510 single-decker bus at the junction of Bradshawgate and Trinity Street
WARDEN Watch has been launched by The Bolton News in an effort to persuade Bolton Council to allow wardens to use their common sense. Almost every day, this newspaper receives complaints from motorists about the over-zealous approach of the town's parking
A DISABLED driver was given two parking tickets while he waited more than nine weeks for his renewed parking permit to arrive. And he says over-zealous parking wardens gave him the tickets despite the fact that he displayed a receipt for the permit in
A POPULAR school facing the axe under a controversial shake-up of education has suffered a fresh blow. Proposals by Salford Council which could result in the closure of St George's RC High in Walkden have been approved by the Government which is giving
SUMMER fun was in abundance when Westhoughton Primary School held its seasonal fete. Children enjoyed the bouncy castle and pony rides from Demi Steens, aged 10, and her welsh pony Bonny. The school is earmarked for closure next summer as part of Bolton
FREE town guides to Horwich are available. The packs, which contain information about the town and a map of the area, are available from the Public Hall, Lee Lane, and Horwich Resource Centre, Beaumont Road.
A MAJOR overhaul of stroke services is being carried out at the Royal Bolton Hospital. The number of beds for seriously-ill stroke patients are to be increased and they will be moved closer to accident and emergency so that patients can be treated more
SMOKERS continued to defy the ban yesterday with dozens of them lighting up in Barristers, in Bradshawgate, Bolton. Barristers is run by landlord Nick Hogan who also runs The Swan pub, in Churchgate, where a protest against the smoking ban was held on
SMOKERS and a pub landlord who took part in a last gasp protest against the national smoking ban have not been fined by Bolton Council. Drinkers at The Swan, in Churchgate, defied the introduction of the smoking ban on Sunday and staged a mass light-up
Here are the winners of the Bolton and Bury Business Awards for 2007.Business of the year sponsored by The Royal Bank of Scotland Winner: Charles Topham Group. Highly commended: Hanover UK. Commended: CY4OR. Business Person of the Year sponsored
BOLTON singer Simon Aldred has hit the top 30 with his band, Cherry Ghost. Their single, "People Help The People", has reached number 27 in the charts after its release last week. Cherry Ghost was Simon's brainchild after years of playing in mediocre
SEVEN pensioners and a pregnant woman were robbed during a three-day crime spree by thugs in Bolton. Among the victims were two 80-year-old women who had their bags snatched. Police believe four of the attacks may be the work of a serial robber who
A MAN was saved by his smoke alarm after falling asleep on his settee as a pan of food began burning on his cooker. The alarm alerted neighbours in Tintern Avenue, Tonge Moor, and firefighters were called at 11.24pm last night. (MON) Watch Commander
CHILDREN and pensioners will be able to swim for free as part of a new scheme in Bolton. Town hall chiefs have scrapped swimming pool entry fees for under-16s and over-65s in a bid to improve the health of the borough's youngest and oldest residents.
Once again, it was a night to celebrate the brightest and the best in the business community, with a setting and an awards ceremony to match. Almost 600 members of Bolton and Bury's business community gathered to honour the top companies, young entrepreneurs
NEW car, new approach. That's the best way of describing the latest generation Ford Mondeo and its maker's attitude towards marketing and selling it. No longer a simple pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap exercise, the arrival of this Mondeo heralds a not
