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  • AS IT HAPPENED: Arsenal 3 Wanderers 0

    2mins: Pratley brings a great save out of Szczesny, as he volleyed towards goal after Wheater had won Cahill's chipped free-kick. 6mins: Wheater inches away from getting on the end of Petrov's chip after the Gunners had put themselves under pressure

  • FULL TIME: Arsenal 3 Wanderers 0

    DAVID Wheater was sent off as Wanderers matched their worst-ever start to a Premier League season with a 3-0 defeat at Arsenal. Owen Coyle's side battled valiantly for 45 minutes and deserved to head in at the break on level terms. But less than a minute

  • Extra service for Pretoria Pit tribute

    A NEW service to mark the anniver- sary of the Pretoria Pit disaster is to be held this year. Westhoughton Town Council voted to hold an additional service in Ditchfield Gardens on December 21. The idea was put forward by Cllr Ryan Bat- tersby and approved

  • Last of 70,000 kitchen caddies being delivered

    THE last of 70,000 “kitchen caddies” will be delivered this week, ahead of the launch of Bolton Council’s food recycling programme. The caddies come with 52 biodegradable bags, which people will be asked to place in their green bins once they have filled

  • Teenager helped her boyfriend to burgle

    A TEENAGER who helped her boyfriend burgle a religious meeting house has been sentenced to 18 months probation by a judge at Bolton Crown Court. Geoffrey Southcote-Want, prosecuting, told the court how Chantelle Walsh, together with John Watson, visited

  • Police target scrapyards in crackdown on cable thieves

    HUNDREDS of metres of sus- pected stolen phone cable has been seized during police raids on scrapyards across Bolton. And as the raids were taking place, two men were jailed for their part in a copper piping theft from a comput- er shop which caused

  • Actor Sir Ian scoops ‘hero’ award

    ACTOR Sir Ian McKellen has been named a “Homo Hero” at a prestigious awards ceremony. The Lord of the Rings star was named as the Lesbian, Gay Or Bisexual Role Model of the Year at the inaugural Homo Hero awards, which were held at Manchester’s Mint Hotel

  • Cage fighter doorman used excessive force on woman

    A PROFESSIONAL cage fighter who was working as a doorman used excessive force when throwing out a customer, a court heard. Howard Lees was working at Durty Gurty’s, in Bradshawgate, Bolton town centre, and was asked to remove drunken Diane Wood from

  • Staying on the straight and FURROW!

    BOLTON’S annual ploughing competition takes place on Sunday — providing the rains hold off. Competitors from as far as Shropshire will be taking part at Brinsop Hall Farm, off the A6, Westhoughton. It is the third event to be held in Bolton after it

  • Singer/songwriter night at Octagon

    SINGER songwriter Jon Gomm will play at the Octagon theatre, Bolton, tonight. The son of a music critic, musicians would often stay at the Gomm household in Blackpool on the understanding Jon would get a guitar lesson, meaning he had one-to-one tuition

  • Biker injured in double accident

    POLICE attending a car accident went to the aid of a motorcyclist, who was injured when he came off his bike in Deane. Officers had been called to Deane Road to deal with an incident at around 8.45pm on Wednesday. A blue Vauxhall Astra had collided

  • 16-months for knife man who chased paramedic

    A THUG who threatened paramedics with a knife as they tried to help him has been jailed. Mark Barlow was lying on the floor near Bolton bus station at 11.45pm on June 4, Bolton Crown Court heard. A 41-year-old paramedic, who was alone in a rapid response

  • Games on as Olympic stars come to town

    TWO Olympic stars will visit Bolton School in what will be their only appearance in the North West before the London 2012 Games — and 200 tickets are still available. Lord Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London 2012 organising committee, and former Bolton