WANDERERS name an unchanged side from the one that put Spurs to the sword at the weekend. Everton make three changes, with Marouane Fellaini, Dimi Bilyaledinov and Louis Saha coming in for Seamus Coleman, Yakubu and John Heitinga. Wanderers - Jaaskelainen
IT might look like the Aussies are in turmoil in the build-up to the Ashes - but England would be foolish to underestimate their opponents. I suspect that is the last thing they would do under the astute leadership of Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower,
ALAN Stubbs hopes that time has finally healed the bad blood between himself and Wanderers’ fans. Despite being one of the most successful examples of the club’s youth policy in the last couple of decades, the former Burnden Park YTS trainee has not
A man has been charged after a woman was raped in Bolton. Christopher Pilling, aged 34, of Gooch Street, Bolton has been charged with three counts of rape and one count of robbery. He was due to appear before Bolton Magistrates' Court today.
THERE was a time when I could never have envisaged any player eclipsing Frank Worthington as a modern-day cult hero in these parts. Then along came John McGinlay . . . and, for the life of me, I couldn’t imagine anyone going close to challenging his
THIS coalition government is planning to make long-term unemployed people work for their benefits. This would be a good idea if the economy was thriving and there was hundreds of thousands of vacancies that needed urgently filling, but since it
MEDICAL charities play an important role when it comes to human health, yet many, including Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and the Alzheimer's Society, conduct or fund invasive research on animals. To highlight this Animal
WE learn through The Bolton News that Cllr Morris and his Labour colleagues are considering a reduction in the size of the Executive, the 10 Labour councillors who currently take the key decisions in Bolton. I am pleased that Councillor Morris
WHEN Lesley Goodall and Joanne Miller were told their office was moving to Eccles, they saw it as an opportunity. The pair, who met while job sharing for Salford Council, felt the move would have caused them both serious problems travelling
WHILST agreeing that there have to be cuts in spending in a lot of areas I cannot understand the mentality of one section of the news that came from Parliament today. We have cuts in education, cuts in the military, cuts in benefits as well as
REGARDING “Move over and give young a chance” (November 2). The three ages of Humanity: ● Youth — from birth to 29. ● Middle Aged — 30 to 59. ● Old Age — 60 until death. The Third Age is a steadily increasing phenomenon. It would seem ecological
I AM pleased that The Bolton News has highlighted the Unison campaign to save Animal World and the Butterfly House at Moss Bank Park. Over the years thousands of Bolton children and their parents have enjoyed this free facility. Your article and
It’s so Raileasy to reduce your carbon footprint during Energy Saving Week. Raileasy would like to offer you FREE* home energy saving products as part of the Government's initiative to cut carbon emissions. These are products designed for use
CANNABIS with a street value of more than £6,000 was seized when police swooped in a dawn raid. Officers from the Halliwell Neighbourhood Policing Team raided a house in Davenport Gardens, in the School Hill area, at 7.30am yesterday following
A CAR believed to have been used in a fatal hit and run incident was found in Farnworth. Police believe the Silver Mercedes was involved in a collision in which a 70-year-old pedestrian, Freda Holt, from Blackburn, was killed. Police are now appealing
GARY Cahill will go head to head with Phil Jagielka at Goodison Park in a showdown that could earn one of them a place in Fabio Capello’s next starting line-up. The England boss was at the Reebok on Saturday to run the rule over several of his players
WIVES and husbands of Westhoughton Town Councillors will not be given guest tickets to the Pretoria Pit disaster centenary service. The news comes as campaigners are told there will be no Uturn on the controversial method for allocating tickets
TEENAGER Chris George, who battled to help people trapped in a three-car pile-up, will be honoured with a special police commendation. The 19-year-old, from Kearsley, came across the accident at the bottom of a hill in Huddersfield while out
WORK on a major scheme to ease the flow of traffic through Bolton town centre will start later this month. The scheme will see the return of two-way traffic to the length of St George’s Road between Duke Street and Marsden Road. Existing bus lane
THE number of 999 calls made to the fire service on Bonfire Night dropped by almost 30 per cent compared to last year. But firework-related incidents increased, despite the number of educational visits to schools and seizures of more than 1,800
IT was a day the family of Devon Foster feared they would never see. But today the injured teenager, who was almost killed when a drink-driver crashed into her, celebrates her 15th birthday. And to mark the special day she plans to do the thing
VIDEOGAME players queued for hours in wintry weather to get their hands on the latest block-busting release. The hotly anticipated Call of Duty: Black Ops went on sale at midnight yesterday at hundreds of shops across the country including several
PRISON inspectors say HMP Forest Bank is improving, but there are still “safety concerns” for a small minority of prisoners. Forest Bank serves the Greater Manchester area and houses a large number of offenders from Bolton. Overall, inspectors
THEY may only be 22- months-old but Bolton twins Cory and Kian Smith are already being tipped for a Bafta, the top film and television award! The pair, from Deane, make their screen debut tonight in the film Some Dogs Bite, being shown on BBC3
A WOMAN alleged to have been more than three times over the drink-driving limit has been cleared due to legal technicality. The case against Ravinder Chahil was dropped because prosecutors used a print-out of the results of a breath test and
HEROIC firefighters had an emotional reunion with a little girl whose life they saved in the aftermath of the devastating Haitian earthquake. Mick Dewar and Vic Kopicki, both from Kearsley, Martin Fisher, from Radcliffe, and former Farnworth-based
A FAMILY was caught up in the middle of a 999 drama sparked by a Facebook alert. Fire, police and ambulance crews turned up at the Holmes household in Breightmet just before midnight on Tuesday after a status update on the popular social networking
DEVELOPERS were yesterday locked in a stand-off with an angry resident as she sat on a fence at the back of her garden to stop workmen pulling it down. Helen Kitching, aged 40, was incensed when she came home from the shops to find workmen about
UP TO 2,000 jobs could be axed by Bolton Council over the next four years, Town Hall chiefs have admitted. Unions had previously feared 1,400 posts would go — a figure not disputed by civic leaders — but that was before council chiefs said they
NO sooner have Wanderers seen off one wonder kid, they are bracing themselves to face another. Gretar Steinsson and Co coped well against Tottenham’s Gareth Bale in Saturday’s 4-2 win. Now they must snuff out the threat of Everton’s rising
OWEN Coyle has pledged not to take a backward step as Wanderers head to Goodison Park looking to break into the Premier League’s top five. With Saturday’s thrilling 4-2 victory over Spurs still fresh in the memory, the manager will be urging his buoyant
FABRICE Muamba has vowed to keep putting his boots in where they’re not wanted. The Wanderers enforcer came under fire from Wigan Athletic boss Roberto Martinez a fortnight ago after his challenge at the DW Stadium resulted in a lengthy
Brassed Off, Chorley Old Road Methodist Church Community Hall, Chorley Old Road, Bolton BRASSED off I was not, what a superb show! I just cannot fault it in any way. It was the perfect combination of comedy, emotion and music, closely following
