U-20s World Championship:Great Britain Under-20s secured their first victory at this year’s World Championships Division One (Group A) in Belarus. Following on from Monday’s brave 6-1 defeat to top-seeds Latvia, GB beat Italy 2-0 with Ben Bowns securing
ELITE LEAGUE ICE HOCKEY:The Elite League has told Cardiff Devils' Brad Voth that the 2+10 minute misconduct checking-to-the-head penalty he received against the Sheffield Steelers on Saturday 11th December 2010 has now been upgraded to a match penalty
U-20s ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: Great Britain Under-20s began their World Championship Division One (Group A) campaign with a brave 6-1 defeat to top-seeds Latvia in Belarus. After killing off an early penalty with Josh Batch sitting for tripping
Saturday: Phoenix 4 Guildford Flames 3 Sunday: Phoenix 9 Telford Tigers 2 Manchester Phoenix returned to the top of the English Premier League this weekend after back-to-back home wins. On Saturday, erstwhile EPL leaders Guildford
Elite League Ice Hockey: A round up of all the action from the Elite Ice Hockey League on Sunday Decembr 12 Edinburgh Capitals 5 Nottingham Panthers 11 Having won 5-4 last night, Edinburgh were going for the double over Nottingham. After losing the
ELITE LEAGUE ICE HOCKEY: A round-up of all the action from the Elite League on Saturday December 11 Belfast Giants 7 Dundee Stars 3 The Giants made it three wins out of three at home to Dundee in league action this season with this convincing
DO the Aussies think they can grab a beer and make everything better? Surely their glass is half empty if they are having to turn to Michael Beer, a player with just 16 first-class wickets from five games? Just like a Las Vegas drunk putting his last
I ENJOY each and every Wanderers victory but ones against your local rivals, like against Blackburn on Sunday, are extra special. After going down to 10 men, the lads showed tremendous resolve and spirit to win the match. Rovers equalised with
THE most vulnerable people in Bolton are set to benefit from cash donated by those who do not need their winter fuel payment. Bolton CVS, which administers grants to the community, has launched The BIG Heat Campaign this winter and is asking
THE most vulnerable people in Bolton are set to benefit from cash donated by those who do not need their winter fuel payment. Bolton CVS, which administers grants to the community, has launched The BIG Heat Campaign this winter and is asking
SHOPPERS have been going bananas for fair trade products in Bolton town centre. A gorilla chased shoppers around Victoria Square to hand them free fair trade fruit. Bosses from the not-for-profit fair-trade goods shop, Justicia, organised
A DRY cleaners has helped raise £7,000 for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. Johnson Cleaners, in Burnden Park Retail Park, Manchester Road, held a fundraising day for Lung Cancer Awareness month. The foundation works in a variety of ways
GENEROUS Bolton grandparents fork out more than £6,600 on each grandchild by the time they are 18. A survey carried out by M&S Money shows that, on average a newbaby has £340 spent on him or her by doting grannies in their first year, with £284
n OWEN Coyle has given the inside scoop on one of the strangest rumours to circulate the Reebok in some time. The Whites boss was caught kneeling in the six-yard box and examining the turf by television cameras before Sunday’s 2-1 derby victory over
POLICE are warning people that burglars see Christmas as a time for taking rather than giving. Officers say thieves get extra busy at this time of year as they knowhomes are full of newvaluables which have been bought as presents for family and
CHRISTMAS is the time, traditionally, for giving, and a Bolton shopping centre is hoping customers will help them give a little something to local charities. The Market Place, which has a host of charity-run initiatives throughout the festive
A LOST dog which had been in the cold for a week has been rescued. The long-haired border collie was caught by kind-hearted neighbour Vivien Hatch and the dog warden in Whalley Avenue in Johnson Fold. It is now recovering from its ordeal at Bolton
THE most vulnerable people in Bolton are set to benefit from cash donated by those who do not need their winter fuel payment. Bolton CVS, which administers grants to the community, has launched The BIG Heat Campaign this winter and is asking
TWO boys have written their names in their swimming club’s history books after becoming the first members to win a gold medal at a national lifesavers competition. David Ward and Dominic Hayes, both aged 14, from the Bolton Tornadoes Lifesaving
NHS Bolton’s board will meet tomorrow, with items on the agenda including targets and community services merging with the Royal Bolton Hospital. The primary care trust’s meeting will take place at the Friends Meeting House, in Silverwell Street
YOUNGSTERS have launched a bid to become charttoppers this Christmas. Pupils from St Philip’s Primary School in Atherton are going head-to-head with X Factor winner Matt Cardle in the battle for the festive number one slot. But the youngsters
BRITAIN has welcomed a breakthrough in the £2.3 billion dispute with the Icelandic Government over the collapsed IceSave bank. Reykjavik announced a new draft deal on repaying the cash spent by the Government on compensating tens of thousands
LATEST technology is boosting business for a Bolton firm. MG Stuma, an injectionmoulding specialist, has invested £130,000 on improving equipment to increase production levels and output. Bosses have spent £80,000 on an injection-moulding
ARSONISTS are putting lives at risk after they set wheelie bins and a car on fire. Firefighters are warning that someone could die if yobs continue to set bins and vehicles alight in Sharples and Astley Bridge. Since mid-October the
AGENCY doctors cost the Royal Bolton Hospital more than £1 million in just 12 months — almost double the amount that was spent the year before. Hospital bosses spent nearly £1,060,000 on external staff in the last financial year, a Freedom
THE future of education in Bolton looks bright. Figures published today show the borough’s primary school pupils are outperforming their peers nationally. The league tables also highlight the fantastic achievement of individual schools
COLIN Gunn, one of Britain’s most notorious murderers, and serving life, has invoked his human rights to force prison officers to call him “Mr”. The ruling came after Mr Gunn complained to the prisons and probations ombudsman saying he was not
DR G C Gibson, writing from the Czech Republic, seems to have an unhealthy compulsion to attack the RSPCA. This old story about folk caring more for animals than humans is always lobbed up like a tired tennis serve. If anyone is cruel to an animal
I AM writing in response to the article entitled, “NHS Bolton to halt homeopathy treatments”. I wish to advise that there are many other treatments, tried and tested, such as physiotherapy and other remedies, including acupuncture, that are available
A SCHOOL which has the motto that it strives to teach its children to be the best they can is celebrating success. Johnson Fold Primary School made a massive leap in the achievements of children in their key stage two results. In 2009
I WOULD like to thank you for printing the photograph of the “parhelia — vertical rainbows” and all the wonderful information researched by your team. It was due to my husband always looking into the sky that prompted me to “dive” for the camera
REGARDING Ian Camick's letter, “When will we be paid back for the antics of banks and gamblers?” (December 3). Many of the banks the government bailed out are actually back in credit and making piles of money again doing the same high risk gambling
I would just like to endorse many of the comments made regarding the need to save Animal World in Moss Bank Park. Bolton Unison is concerned that a whole range of valuable frontline services are under threat as a direct result of government cutbacks
ON December 6 I fell on the ice on the pavement of Tonge Moor Road, and cut my head badly. Within moments a doctor and an off duty policeman arrived to help. Staff from the Beech Hut tanning shop and the Fire Place Studio crossed the road bringing
THE weather in our area has been unremarkable compared with other winters, although those who've slipped on the ice might beg to differ. Even though night and day temperatures have been very low, what really gives the weather a wintry dimension
FABRICE Muamba bounced back from the disappointment of being dropped to the bench to be one of Wanderers’ goal heroes against Blackburn. The rugged midfielder had been dropped from the team beaten 1-0 at Manchester City the previous week but arrived
RESPONDING to the letter “Name and address supplied” (December 6), to say Paul Cook is a snob is unjust. You could say that about anyone who owns their own houses. I for one own mine. I don’t know the reason Brian Derbyshire did not want to
HOLLINS Park Nursery in Daisy Hill gets a slating by OFSTED who threatened closure and prosecution over inspection finding. However, the parents are happy with the nursery. Why the huge difference in the perception of children’s safety and welfare
A DRY cleaners has helped raise £7,000 for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. Johnson Cleaners, in Burnden Park Retail Park, Manchester Road, held a fundraising day for Lung Cancer Awareness month. The foundation works in a variety of ways
GENEROUS Bolton grandparents fork out more than £6,600 on each grandchild by the time they are 18. A survey carried out by M&S Money shows that, on average a newbaby has £340 spent on him or her by doting grannies in their first year, with £284
BOLTON North EastMP David Crausby, has shown his support for The Big March, run by the charity Beat Bullying, by signing a Parliamentary motion. Tens of thousands of people signed a petition asking the Government “to take immediate action to
A PARAGLIDER crash-landed on Winter Hill prompting a full-scale rescue mission from Bolton Mountain Rescue and the North West Air Ambulance. The man, a 37-year-old from Freckleton, Lancashire, came down in strong winds close to the summit at
A SUPERMARKET has been given the all clear to re-open after an explosion left eight people injured and forced staff to evacuate around 1,000 shoppers. A ruptured gas pipe caused a loud bang at the Tesco Extra at the Ellesmere Centre in Bolton
TRADERS at a mill which went into administration have been locked out of the building by security guards. Swan Lane mill was closed yesterday, keeping firms out of their premises. Security guards claimed they were acting on behalf of
A DECISION to extend operations at a quarry to 2042 is set to be quashed after a dramatic council Uturn. Four action groups appointed a solicitor to take their case against a council decision to allow Armstrongs Aggregates an extension for
THE BIG Bolton Fund, which helps community groups with grants, has been named as runner-up in a national award. More than 700 entries were received in the Social Change Awards, and the BIG Bolton Fund (BBF), which is administered by Bolton
A PENSIONER who believed he was dealing drugs to customers at a town centre pub has avoided jail after police discovered he was only handing over brown powder. James Llewellyn, aged 65, was sentenced to six m o n t h s i n p r i s o n , suspended
BOLTON is starring in its very own movie. It is a film about Bolton — for Bolton. The DVD documentary “Bolton — The Place, The People” is out now and producers say it is the perfect stocking filler for anyone who loves the town.
HEALTH services in Bolton are being swamped with patients, many of them experiencing flulike symptoms which do not need to treated by medical staff. Residents are now being urged to think carefully before going to the accident and emergency department
A PAIR of reindeer will be in town for the start of Bolton’s festive market tomorrow. Shoppers can pet and feed the reindeer, watch a falconry display with a barn owl, and take photos with Santa in his sleigh, from 1.15pm to 4pm. One-year-old
The arrests of 17-year-old boy and 39-year-old woman have been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender come after police revealed Paul Begley died after having his throat slashed from ear to ear. Dog walkers discovered Paul Begley’s body on Saturday
