WHEN I hit my mid to late teens, acid house and giant, illegal parties were the thing. They weren’t known as “raves” for another few years. Cool, eh? Hot on the heels of that came the Madchester scene — Happy Mondays, Stone Roses, The Hacienda
WELL done to the headteacher and staff of Westhoughton High School for upholding their school rules. One can only sympathise with the first year pupil, whose father has taken him out of school, rather than have his ridiculous looking ponytail
THE community spirit in Tonge Moor was amazing with the streets filled with people looking for the missing little girl. I must also commend the police for doing a marvellous and efficient job. They don’t get many pats on the back for what they
IN reply to Brian Derbyshire (The Bolton News, September 1). What people are concerned about are more recent times, but to go back in history, it was the Thatcher government which removed any regulation of the banking, and financial sector, and
Thank you Malcolm Pittock (I believe in books not bombs) for highlighting the political scaremongering we have been subjected to on an ever increasing scale. It is so easy to blame councillors who have a very difficult job, just like teachers
I AM the assistant coach for Horwich St Mary’s Lightning Under 10s junior football team. Eighteen months ago I sent out 20 letters asking various businesses if they were able to sponsor the team to provide the team with a new kit as they were
YET again I agree with a lot of what Grenville Moore has said about the Archbishop of Canterbury (Church leader has lost his way, September 19). However, he seems to have taken the verse calling for women to keep silent during the assemblies
THE proverbs “It’s an ill wind that blows no one any good” and “Every cloud has a silver lining” ring so true following the news that the fluoridation of our water supplies is to be abandoned. This is not just because it is a flawed scheme, based
CHUNG-Yong Lee has told Arsene Wenger to play Park Chu-Young regularly if he wants to see the best from his fellow countryman. Wanderers’ South Korean winger will miss a reunion with his former FC Seoul team-mate at the Emirates tomorrow after fracturing
WHAT will a Bolton town centre of the future look like? Will there be space-age office blocks, flying cars or robot shop assistants? Who better to ask than the present generation of children? And the most imaginative visions of the future
A DOG owner who was caught trying to sell 10 illegal puppies on the social networking web- site, Facebook, has been allowed to save two of his dogs from destruc- tion. Daniel Lomas was yester- day ordered to put eight of the pitbull-type dogs down at
THE results of a public consultation on the future of Bolton’s libraries will be announced on October 5 — a week before Bolton Council makes its final decision. The report, which will be presented at Astley Bridge area forum, will be the
ORGANISERS of a huge vintage fair claim it will be the first of its kind in Bolton. Vintage lovers will flock to the Mercury Hotel in Manches- ter Road, Westhoughton, for the event next month. It has been organised by Vic- toria Payton and her parents
A PROTEST has been organised to prevent Leigh Town Hall being moved into Westhoughton as part of the shake-up of Parliamentary boundaries. People are being urged to back the Keep Leigh in Leigh campaign at a public rally on Saturday. It will take place
HEALTH chiefs are asking local people about offering more choice of places to receive treatment and on priorities for improving mental health and wellbeing. The Government has asked NHS Bolton to select three community or mental health services where
THOUSANDS of real ale fans will be descending on Edgworth next weekend for the village’s sixth annual beer festival. The Edgworth Real Ale Festi- val will take place at the Barlow Institute between Friday and Sunday. This year, the theme
THE victim of a vicious attack, who was left with horrific facial injuries, has told how he thought he was going to die. Salim Ahmed Mohamed, aged 32, was dragged from a car and violently beaten with a knuckleduster in Astley Bridge.
PUB landlords in Bolton could face fines of up to £7,500 and six months in jail if they do not remove ciga- rette vending machines before they are banned next month. From October 1 it will be illegal to sell cigarettes or to advertise them or dis- play
RESIDENTS packed a town council meeting last night to raise concerns about plans for a quarry. Armstrongs Aggregate Ltd has applied for planning permission to vary a condition to allow sandstone to be extracted for another nine years from Montcliffe
BOLTON town centre will have more bobbies on bicycles after police were given five new bikes paid for by cash seized from criminals. Police say the bikes are invaluable for responding quickly to incidents, often allowing them to get to where they are
PARENTS of a six-year- old girl feared they would never see their daughter again when she went missing for almost five hours. The youngster, who can- not be named for legal rea- sons, went out on her bike to play with her older brother at about 6.30pm
A NURSE at the Royal Bolton Hospital who helps patients and families in their darkest hours has been named Lancashire Woman of the Year. Fiona Murphy, who earlier this year was also named Nurse of the Year, was presented with the award at Myt- ton
A MAN accused of murder- ing Bolton mum-of-three Sara Niethe in New Zealand handed some of her personal belongings to her family the day after she went missing, court documents show. Ms Niethe, who grew up in Bolton, went missing, aged 32, eight years
OWEN Coyle hasn’t grown accustomed to criticism during a managerial career travelling largely in a positive direction, but he admits this last few weeks have been a real eye-opener. Given the daunting early season schedule, it was always likely that
STUART Holden is taking desperate measures to avoid being frozen out of the team against Arsenal tomorrow. The US international returned from a serious knee injury to play his first 90 minutes since March in the Carling Cup victory over Aston Villa
