A man has died after a road traffic collision in Kearsley. Police were called to Manchester Road at the junction with Blair Street, Kearsley, where a minibus had collided with a motorbike just before 7.55am today. The motorcyclist, Neil
CAN’T bat, can’t bowl and can’t field. That was how England were once famously referred to in one of our broadsheet newspapers. I think it’s fair to say similar comments can now be directed at Australia in the wake of their Ashes humiliation. There
RODRIGO is desperate to make his first taste of FA Cup football a sweet one. Having scored his debut goal in English football against Wigan on Wednesday night, the Spanish flyer is now looking forward to locking horns with York City at the Reebok. And
RADCLIFFE Borough entertain their Evo-Stik Division One North rivals Mossley with the Stainton Park club on the verge of changing owners. Boro president and major shareholder Bernard Manning is currently negotiating a deal to sell the club after it emerged
Leigh Centurions have stepped up their training programme ahead of their clash with Challenge Cup holders Warrington on January 23. Although still over a fortnight away from the big game against the Wolves, head coach Ian Millward has already
A 16-year-old boy has become the first in Greater Manchester to be convicted of persistently possessing alcohol in a public place. Kieran Aspinall, of Devonshire Road, Atherton, pleaded guilty at Wigan Youth Court to the offence, which falls under
TOM Lancashire opens his winter racing season in the world’s top cross country event tomorrow. The Bolton Olympic and World Championships star lines up in a top quality international field in the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country which will
FIVE Gloves boxers will be in action at Amir Khan’s No Messin’ Tri-Nation tournament at the Reebok. Nadeem Shah, John Cartwright, Lee Mitchell, Gabor Radvanyi and Michael Duffy take on fighters from Manchester, Newport, Portsmouth and Scotland’s Fort
THIS is the end of the line of Bolton’s forest of Christmas trees. Now the fairy lights have finally come down, the tinsel has gone and the baubles have been removed, Bolton’s recycling chiefs are making sure the trees themselves do not go to
A HOST of local fighters will be in action when the bell goes for the start of the schoolboy championships this weekend. The North West region gets underway at Cedar Mount High School in Gorton, Manchester on Saturday. Ryan Leach, Daniel Longworth (
I REFER to your article on the potholes in our wards (January 1), and the proposed action by Malcolm Cox: “We will have to look at the condition of the roads and put together a report to be submitted to the council in February, before any action
IF the government wants to save billions of pounds a year, and at the same time amass billions from extra taxation, it should legalise illegal drugs. Drugs are now used regularly by a wide spectrum of people from all walks of life. Politicians
THERE have recently been several letters sent in by readers extolling the virtues of socialism and lambasting capitalism, for among other things, that it is responsible for all of our current economic problems and environmental disasters that
I DON’T know what all the fuss is about with this offside rule. Wanderers reckon they got stitched up by it twice at Chelsea and Liverpool. Sure, Chelsea goalscorer Florent Malouda was in an offside position when Michael Essien played Didier Drogba
A SPECIALIST company that supplied mechanical and electrical plant solutions has ceased trading with the loss of 38 jobs. All Facility Services, at Comtech Business Park in Manchester Road, Westhoughton, had a turnover of £12 million a year
I WISH to take issue with Mubarak Sadar over remarks he has made in The Bolton News about the Church Hotel in Crook Street, Bolton. Apart from the “body in the cellar” incident, he says “the building has been associated with some unpleasant things
IS this the best you can do? After slipping and sliding on our roads and pavements for the second winter running, I ask Bolton Borough Council is this the best you can do? I believe a committee was set up last year as a result of the winter of
Bin Collection! What collection? After reading a letter from Mr D J Pearce thanking the bin collectors of Bolton I felt compelled to write and then I read Mr J O'Connor's letter commending bin collections over the festive season and became
Paul Moon speaks to Andy Todd as we continue our occasional series of features on former Wanderers stars ANDY Todd is looking to finish his career Down Under with some silverware. The former Wanderers defender is a key player for Perth
BRITANNIA, principal partner of Stoke City has teamed up with The Bolton News to give one lucky football fan and a guest the opportunity to watch Bolton Wanderers at the Britannia Stadium. Now in its 14th year as the official sponsor of Stoke City
WHEN Emma Jones unwrapped her most wished-for present on Christmas Day — a skateboard — she was over the moon. But the her joy soon turned to frustration because the snow meant the 11-year-old could not try it out for days. As soon as the snow
A HOME f or di s a b led people that was forced to close is looking forward to a new future. Bolton Hyde Lea was opened in the early 1980s to provide respite care for people with disabilities by a committee of local people who ran it voluntarily
A DRIVER smashed into a wall after he apparently blacked out behind the wheel in Bolton town centre. The blue Ford Focus was coming off the exit sliproad on St Peter’s Way into Crown Street when it veered off the road. The car mounted the pavement
AN elderly couple, who a re bo t h b a t t l i n g s e r i o u s h e a l t h problems, have had their car destroyed by arsonists. The car was set alight when it was parked on the drive of their Little Lever home at 10.30pm on New Year’s Eve.
LOCAL papers are often ridiculed for running stories about cats stuck up a tree. But here is one with a twist — for Bella was stuck up a tree for three days before she could be rescued by firefighters and the RSPCA. The cheeky feline climbed
POLICE launched an internal investigation into the way 999 calls are handled after operators failed to locate a man the day before he died, an inquest heard. The inquiry found that four call handlers had made several errors when speaking to
PRICES at the petrol pumps are continuing to smash records. Rises in VAT and fuel duty, coupled with soaring oil prices, mean motorists have seen daily increases in recent weeks. It means drivers with an average 50-litre tank are now spending
THE family of a man who died in a collision on the East Lancashire Road have paid tribute to him. Mark Abbott, aged 31, from Swinton, died in a collision at about 4.45pm Monday. His wife Danielle said: “Mark touched the hearts of everyone he
THE Rawnsleys are football mad. Dad, Paul Rawnsley is an avid York City fan, but having moved across the Pennines 10 years ago, he decided he would also start following Bolton Wanderers. His children have grown up supporting both teams — Josh
A VIOLENT thug who attacked a man with a metal bar in a row over £3 has been jailed for five-and-a-half years. Bolton Crown Court heard that Wesley Seddon, aged 21, also beat up a driver and stole his car in a separate incident. The metal bar
A £12 million school campus is to be built in Bolton — after plans survived the Government’s spending cutbacks. The cash has now been released for a modern school and sixth form campus for Kearsley Academy and a post-16 centre — which school
POLICE are have launched a fresh appeal for information about bogus officials who targeted two elderly women. An 85-year-old woman had a cushion put over her face to stifle her screams as thieves tried to wrestle her bag from her hand in her home
A JURY was told by a man accused of sexually abusing a schoolgirl that the alleged incidents “never happened”. Smit Johnson told the jury at Bolton Crown Court he was a born-again Christian. Bolton Crown Court has heard that the father-ofthree
A FAMILY have been left terrified after a spate of attacks on their home. The 27-year-old victim and her young son had a lit firework was pushed through the letterbox of the house in Athlone Avenue, Breightmet, at 9.30pm on Monday. It is the
GRITTERS have covered a staggering 20,000 miles this winter treating Bolton’s roads. The Bolton Council gritting wagons have also spread 3,000 tonnes of salt across the borough. The wagons have completed 54 full route grits, which each cover
ATHLETICS: TOM Lancashire opens his winter racing season in the world’s top cross country event tomorrow. The Bolton Olympic and World Championships star lines up in a top quality international field in the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country which will
RED wine, Nando’s and intense speculation about his future - it is all in a day’s work for Bury manager Alan Knill. It has been a busy week for the Shakers boss, who helped to sweeten the deal to extend the loan of Manchester United striker Nicky Ajose
OWEN Coyle will call in his limited extras against York City in the FA Cup tomorrow – but insists his side will be strong enough to avoid an upset. Without nine first teamers for the midweek draw against Wigan Athletic, the Wanderers boss hopes to see
AN ECB ACO level one umpires’ eight-week training course will take place at Astley Bridge Cricket Club from Tuesday between 7.30-9.30pm. The course costs £30 but present members can attend for revision for £10.
