A MOTHER told a court she had failed to send her nine-year-old daughter to school because lack of hot water at home meant it was difficult for her to wash. Jeanette Shore, aged 28, of Yates Street, Tonge Moor pleaded guilty to failing to ensure the child
Bridlington 1 Radcliffe Boro 2 STEVE Howson's 88th minute winner was enough to earn Radcliffe Borough the points in a relegation six-pointer at the Queensgate Stadium. Radcliffe took the lead eight minutes before the break when Neil Chappell poked
A THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD boy had to be rescued by firefighters after climbing up a tree. The fire service attended Bury Cemetary at 6.05pm yesterday ((Tuesday)). The local teenager had climbed a tree and was 15ft up but unable to get down. A ladder was
THE second half of the awards night at Gigg Lane saw Andy Bishop pick up the Billy Ayre Memorial Website Player of the Year award, The Frank Holt Players' Player of the Year award and finish runner-up in both the Disabled Supporters' Player of the Year
A WOMAN fought off a robber who tried to steal her handbag. The attack happened as the 57-year-old woman was walking home along Cannon Street, Bolton, at around 10pm on Saturday. A man ran up to her and tried to grab her handbag from her shoulder.
FORMER Wanderers striker Les Ferdinand has said he has sympathy for the club's fans after a stressful season, and backed his old club to survive. Speaking as a panelist on Setanta Sports, the former England international traced the decline back to the
COLIN Woodthorpe picked up the first award of the night, given for Mentor of the Year. Young player of the year went to winger Nicky Adams, who leads League Two in assists this season and has weighted in with a career-best 12 goals. Ricky Anane, awarded
THE surge of interest in Wanderers' survival mission has guaranteed a sell-out crowd at Tottenham on Saturday. Wanderers have sold their allocation for the White Hart Lane clash and have been told no additional tickets can be made available. Meanwhile
A ROBBER snatched an unsuspecting woman's handbag as she stood in her friend's hallway. The thief struck at around 10.45pm on Saturday, just as a 65-year-old woman had walked into her friend's semi-detached house in Bradford Road, Farnworth. The man
THE Bury Times will be bringing you the very latest news from the Shakers Player of the Year Awards, being held at the Gigg Lane Social Club tonight.
A CONMAN who posed as a student to obtain almost £10,000 in loans has been ordered to pay back just £200. Recovering heroin addict David Jones, aged 32, of Hardy Mill Road, Harwood, used the identities of his brother and a friend to con a student loans
A MAN was shot in the arm following a row in the street. Two men got involved in a fight in Chorley Old Road, near to its junction with Mortfield Lane, at 4.20pm today. The row escalated and one of the men was shot in the arm. Police were called and
HUNDREDS of young fish were set free into the waterways of Bolton after being reared from eggs by school children. The Environment agency gave hundreds of brown trout eggs to pupils across the borough in January. And after watching them grow over the
REPORTS are emerging of a man being shot in the street. The incident is said to have happened in Chorley Old Road, Bolton, at around 4.20pm. The circumstances surrounding the incident are unclear. Police have been called to the scene.
BOLTON succumbed to a disappointing defeat in their final league game of the season at Ashton. Bolton finished seventh in North Lancs Division One, which represents progress from last year, but was disappointing after a strong start to the season. The
A FAMILY firm of accountants will celebrate being English tomorrow - by giving all its staff the day off. St George is the Patron Saint of England, yet the day set aside to celebrate him, April 23, will pass as little more than a blip on the radar
Cafe needs volunteers A TOWN centre cafe needs your help. Age Concern Bolton is looking for volunteers to work at its base in Ashburner Street. Help is needed for four hours a week. No experience or qualifications are required. Full training will
A COUPLE whose home was damaged when the adjoining semi went up in flames say they are unable to start rebuilding their lives. David Bailey and his wife Barbara live next door to a house in Townsfield Road, Westhoughton, which was wrecked in January
BRADBURY Ladies and Egerton PBC Ladies, both promoted into Section B, finished their first match of the season separated by just six points. Bradbury led by 26 runs at half time and scored a further 80 runs in the second innings. Egerton fought back
Two people have been injured - one seriously - following a collision between a pedestrian and a car in Bolton town centre. A man and an elderly woman were taken to hospital following the incident shortly before 2.25pm. Police were called to Knowsley
A STRIKE by teachers will close 44 schools in Bolton on Thursday. The other 82 in the borough also face disruption. Some will only be partially open, with some lessons cancelled Members of the National Union of Teachers are taking the action in a dispute
Grosvenor Nursery School, Lord Street, Kearsley has become the latest school in Bolton to announce it will be closed on Thursday due to the teachers' strike. The total number of schools in the borough which will be closed is now 44, with 80 others partially
A pedestrian has been taken to hospital after an accident at a Bolton town centre junction. The incident happened at 2.25pm near Poundstretcher, Knowsley Street, when the pedestrian was hit by a car and suffered head injuries. A woman who was driving
A teenage girl was sexually assaulted by a taxi driver after being left alone in the vehicle by two men who went into a nightclub. The 17-year-old girl had been out with friends in Oldham when she got into a taxi on Oldham Road, Newton Heath, close
A man suffered more than 20 gunshot wounds to his back, legs and buttocks after he was shot at in Rochdale. The incident took place at 4.20pm yesterday after three men pulled up outside a house on Beal Crescent on the Belfield estate in a blue Subaru
A GROUP of youngsters are campaigning for drivers to slow down on a road near their youth club. Members of the Bolton Lads and Girls Club in Spa Road launched the campaign after one of their volunteer workers was knocked down by a car. Flo Rigby,
VOLUNTEERS who want to help decide how the North-west's rivers and countryside should be managed are being sought by the Environment Agency. People with a broad expertise in fisheries or recreation can apply to serve on the Fisheries, Ecology and Recreation
A BEAUTY therapist who was sacked and not paid for four weeks' work has been awarded almost £3,000 in unpaid wages and compensation. An employment tribunal heard that Kate Rigby, aged 24, was employed by Karen Watson, also known as Karen Walters, as
IT looks like the Government is losing its fight against obesity, judging from an advert outside an employment agency in Bolton. But when you ban school sports days and sell all our playing fields it's only to be expected that people are going to get
A GREAT Bolton sporting tradition got underway once again on Saturday when teams in the Bolton Association cricket league renewed hostilities for the 121st year. The second-oldest cricket league in the world - it is just one year younger than the Birmingham
An 11-year-old boy received serious head injuries after a collision with a car in Tyldesley this morning. The boy was walking across Astley Street, near its junction with Standish Street, shortly after 8.10am when he was in collision with a silver
COMEDIAN Peter Kay helped raise thousands of pounds for a charity set up in memory of murdered schoolboy Joe Geeling. The Phoenix Nights star made a surprise appearance at a fundraising ball on Saturday and auctioned a special prize. He offered a
WORKS by celebrated Bolton artist Roger Hampson, who unusually used a mangle to create his art, go up for auction in Manchester this evening. Roger Hampson, who died in 1996, is regarded as one of the country's foremost industrial artists. Among his
BOLTON singer Simon Aldred has been nominated for two Ivor Novello songwriting awards. The man behind the band, Cherry Ghost, has been shortlisted in the Album Award and Best Contemporary Song categories. His debut album, Thirst For Romance, which
IT'S crunch time for Radcliffe Borough in UniBond Division One North tonight when they visit fellow strugglers Bridlington. Bottom club Bridlington are just one point behind third-bottom Boro and can plunge Peter Coyne's men into severe relegation difficulty
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ALDEHYDE will return to the live scene on Saturday with a gig at the Dog and Partridge, on Bank Street. The band have been working on fresh material, and return with a new drummer to peddle their own brand of sleazy blues rock. Also playing are Supamodel
MINING Castro are anticipating a warm welcome when they play at Maloney's on Sunday. "It's our first gig for a while because we've been writing some new tracks," said guitarist Gavin Sharp, "so we're going to try and get a few people to go down and make
THEY may have been together for less than a year, but Code Zero have already built up an impressive touring schedule, and are planning to release a four-track EP. Drummer Ste Ward said: "I was in bands for years that didn't work out, but when I met Roger
THE Shetland Isles are known for many things - ponies and sweaters amongst them - but punk rock is not one of them. In fact, Shetland trio Bacchus, who formed six years ago, claim to be the only punk rock band in the whole of the Isles. The band, who
BSF Over 35s League WALKDEN Fives and Salford Waggon are celebrating trophy success after lifting their respective League Cups at Eagley. In the first match of the day, Walkden Fives beat Dobbies C 2-0 in the Division One Cup Final. The two teams
THE Rotary Club of Bolton Le Moors will hold a charity brass band concert on Saturday, April 26, in aid of the Bolton Hospice. The concert will feature the world famous Wingates Band along with the Bolton Youth Band and the Brixi Singers. The event
RADCLIFFE amateur theatre group St Thomas' AODS will be joined on stage by pupils from local schools including All Saints School, in Whitefield, St Monica's RC, in Bury and Philips High School, in Whitefield, for their production of Oliver. More than
IT'S a family affair at Victoria Hall ADS' next performance, They Call It Murder. The plot of the play centres around the Strange sisters, who are struggling to look after their ailing grandfather. The cast will have no problem playing a close-knot
BANDS have just two weeks left to submit their applications to play this year's Bolton Music Showcase. Application packs are available to download from the showcase website, www.boltonmusicshowcase.org. Deadline for submissions is May 5. Now in its
CYBER flower power is proving to be lucrative for a Bolton family who are taking their brand of floristry across the world. Simon Stirling and his father, John, both of Farnworth, are taking the flower world by storm with their website Direct2Florist.com
I WALKED into a certain High Street clothes store in Bolton last week and bought a new shirt for the weekend. As I approached the counter, the assistant spotted her opportunity and offered me a 10 per cent discount on my purchase if I took out one
I LEFT Bolton with my parents in 1955, shortly after completing my National Service on the Suez Canal. I had a beautiful girlfriend at the time and there was a loose arrangement that she would follow. Shortly after my arrival in Australia, I received
WHAT has happened to this once great nation of ours? Our great statesmen, such as Nelson, Wellington and Churchill, must be turning in their graves and thinking: "What was it all for?" The judicial system is an absolute joke. Our immigration policies
A TRAINING firm in Horwich is highlighting the importance of apprenticeships to the Bolton economy by expanding its range of courses. Alliance Learning has linked up with the Learning and Skills Council (LSC), a government body designed to make apprenticeships
I READ with interest Jane Lavender's splendid article, "Superbug death toll at hospital" (April 9), regarding the rates of infection of MRSA and Clostridium Difficile at the Royal Bolton Hospital, but reading the response from the chief executive of Bolton
THE Swan is a long established name on the Bolton entertainment scene and is famous amongst older rockers in the town for the now sadly defunct Swan Cellar Rock Disco which closed in 1983. It was perhaps fitting then that The Swan paid host to only the
WHO on earth do the owners of Primark think they are? Their attitude in wanting to close the Bradshawgate entrance to Crompton Place, "Store giant's quit threat?" (April 19), has already lost them regular customers in my house. The planning committee
THE residents of Seymour Road in Astley Bridge are experiencing problems regarding people parking their cars when a production is on at the Seymour Road Theatre Church. These people are double parking in Seymour Road, Goresham Street, Sherwood Street
PLEASE could I highlight the state of the footpaths and lack of dropped kerbs. Since having a stroke and several transient ischaemic attacks, I have had to get a mobility scooter to enable me to get about. Since going out on my scooter, I have noticed
IN response to Gordon Bullough's letter, "Where was my bus pass on April 1" (April 14), I would like to apologise that he has not yet received his free national travel pass. We issued the vast majority of passes - 300,000 - by April 1, and have issued
WHILE applauding Cllr Linda Thomas' stand on free school meals for first termers, she goes on to mention the Labour Party's efforts to end child obesity. Point one: Could the money to pay for these free school meals be coming from the proposed end to
2007 was a hectic year for The Maccabees. Their debut album, Colour It In, was hailed not only as one of the best debut albums of the year, but as possibly the best alt-pop album of the year, full stop. Their last date of the year, at London's Roundhouse
I AM becoming increasingly concerned about my loss of privacy in our high-tech surveillance society. There are cameras seemingly everywhere - on every street corner, in every shop, on the motorways, industrial estates and even on council estates. There
A 58-year-old man been jailed for three years after indecently assaulting an eight-year-old girl. Keith Blood, of Ashdene Road, Withington was also ordered to sign the Sex Offenders' register for life and is banned from having unsupervised contact
JOANNA Higson has become a familiar face at The Octagon after appearing in Jim Cartwright's Road and the theatre's current production, Bill Naughton's Spring And Port Wine. But the Horwich-born actress is also set to show her funny side with a new sketch
JESSICA Alba has said that Western horror films victimise women, and she would rather take roles in Eastern remakes. "A lot of horror movies that are made have girls running away from a guy who is torturing them or kidnapping them," said the star, whose
VOODOO Six, selected as one of Classic Rock magazine's tips for 2008, will play Jilly's in Manchester on May 8. The band were formed after bassist Tony Newton and drummer Dave Grav' Cavill toured with the likes of Iron Maiden, UFO and Dio, and with these
In 1981 the admission charge for "a night of fun" at a Bolton discotheque was one toy. And the Bolton Evening News story which accompanied this photograph continued: "And by the time the dance floor at the town centre, Cinderella Rockerfella's, was heaving
10 YEARS AGO From the Evening News April 22, 1998. Stunned staff at a Bolton clothing factory have been left reeling by the news that 190 jobs face the axe. Union officials have started urgent talks with bosses at Baird Outerwear Brands Ltd, better
AMATEUR bands and singers wishing to enter Bury's Powersound competition have until June 30 to submit their applications. Organised by Bury Venues and Bury Youth Services, the competition is open to amateur bands aged 11 to 24 years and amateur singers
FIREFIGHTERS are calling on local people to make sure they dispose of their rubbish properly after firebugs set an abandoned mattress alight. Crews from Bolton Central fire station were called to St Ann Street in Halliwell at 10.50pm on Monday. Arsonists
A SHOPKEEPER who was a major player in a people smuggling operation has been jailed for five years. Asif Patel, from Daubhill, was part of a gang which used forged passports to bring thousands of Indian nationals into the UK. His Croston Street home
Bolton Wyresdale 5 Little Lever SC Res 2 WYRESDALE followed up their midweek win at Old Blackburnians with a win over Little Lever SC Res, which stretched their unbeaten league run to 21 games. In the first half, Wyresdale dominated the early play
WANDERERS have once again enlisted the backing of their supporters as they battle to stay in the Premier League. After 2,000 travelling fans roared the Whites on to victory at Middlesbrough over the weekend, the club have put on free travel for Saturday's
JLLOYD Samuel has revealed how a rousing half-time team talk from manager Gary Megson proved the catalyst for Saturday's crucial victory at Middlesbrough. Wanderers were staring at defeat at the Riverside after being totally outplayed for the first 45
Schools which will be closed on Thursday are: Nursery schools: Grosvenor Nursery School, Lord Street, Kearsley Primary schools: Blackrod Anglican Methodist; Brownlow Fold; Castle Hill; Gilnow; Heathfield; Highfield ; Holy Infant and St Anthony RC;
A HEMLOCK tree has been saved after developers were refused permission to chop it down. Wainhomes had applied for permission to fell the tree, but the request has been refused by Bolton Council's planning committee. The tree is on land formerly occupied
THIRTEEN people have appeared in court after a series of dawn drug raids. Twenty-two warrants were executed at addresses across Bolton last Wednesday and 13 people were charged with conspiracy to supply class A drugs. Bolton magistrates have sent the
Bolton Sunday League FC Moses Gate and Prince Rupert treated a crowd of more than 100 to a fascinating game in the Billy Derbyshire Division One Cup final at Breightmet's Moss Park. Moses Gate eventually won 4-2, but it was a game of end-to-end football
BURY will be holding their Player of the Season awards bash at the Gigg Lane Social Club tonight (8pm) The event is free to enter and will be sponsored by Subway, who will also provide catering for the evening. Manager Alan Knill will be holding a Q
Tyldesley United 0 Castle Hill 1 THIS result, combined with Failsworth's shock defeat, put Castle Hill joint top of the Lancashire Amateur League Division One. Nick Smith scored the winning goal when he cut in from the wing and placed his shot over
A £20,000 reward has been offered to track down the killers of the son of a Bolton man who was gunned down in a takeaway. Halton McCollin, aged 20, died in hospital three days after being shot in Manchester. Today, exactly three months after
