PAUL Robinson wants to draw a line under Wanderers’ miserable start to the season. Five straight defeats have left the Whites rock bottom of the Premier League heading into Sunday’s home game with Chelsea. Robinson admits confidence
BOLTON United Harriers qualified for the National Relay Championships in three weeks’ time with a 19th-place finish in the North of England Six Stage Road Relay at Birchwood on Saturday. Runners from the local club notched a combined time
COULD I through the paper say a big thank you to Ben Clough from Wigan, employed by CPEC, working on Farnworth precinct. He had no hesitation in helping me rescue a stranded bird on Wednesday, September 21. It was nice to come across a caring
YESTERDAY, while sorting out, I came across two commemorative 50 pence pieces that I must have put away for posterity. One of them, minted in 2000, celebrates 150 years of public libraries and this set me thinking. In 2000 we had a Labour government
REGARDING David James’s letter “Terrorism — dodging the question” (September 26) Mr James likes to believe that the Iraq war wasn’t a war of conquest and that it only occurred to liberate Iraqi people from Saddam Hussein, I have to ask myself
MR Derbyshire, you state that compared to the USA, we live in a haven of tranquillity, not really so. We now live in a state heading for meltdown unless someone has the sense to so something to avoid it. You say that prison is not a deterrent
HOW can Bolton Council waste money like this? The council came around our estate in Kearsley the other day delivering a little black box and bio-bags for us residents to put our peelings and waste food in. This bag then, when full, is put in the
IN reply to P Hayworth and J Hampson who think I take the Bible verse out of context. Why? I use Bible chapter and verse reference numbers as a starting point for any reader who wishes to pick up their bible and check that what has been written
GIVEN there was a time (not too long ago) that brightness wasn’t needed to pass a driving test, and in fact it was possible to get a driving licence without taking a driving test (simply get a friend to take it, or in some instances there were
YOUNGSTERS across Bolton were given the chance to enjoy a summer of arts and crafts with a difference — by working with artists to customise their own skateboards. The project saw boys and girls from Blackrod, Horwich, Westhoughton and Johnson
FLYING cars, futuristic buildings, robot shop assistants. — sounds like science fiction, but could it be the Bolton of the future? We are looking for children to dream up their vision of Bolton fifty years from now. The winning ideas will
THREE care homes in Bolton with some 200 residents will soon be under new management, ending a long-running saga over their future. Southern Cross, which currently runs the homes, is due to wind down and transfer management of all its homes across
A RECORD number of children have been put into care in Bolton following the Baby P tragedy. Since Baby P died in August 2007 after months of abuse, and neglect, vulnerable children, classed as “looked after” have soared to 520 in the borough.
A SINGLE mum who set up a pioneering community project which transformed the lives of disaffected youths has been asked to help find solutions for the causes of the August riots. Liz Douglas, who set up The Roots Project on the Pungle estate in
BOLTON Wanderers fans were so thrilled when former Eire and Manchester United star, Tony Dunne, helped the Whites win the 1978 Second Division title that they presented him with a tankard to show their appreciation. Now Dunne is putting the tankard
ÃA SQUATTER accidentally started a fire with a makeshift barbecue in a derelict house in Farnworth. Firefighters were called to Cawdor Street at 9am on Tuesday following reports of a fire. When crews arrived they discovered a squatter in the
AN odd-job man who burgled an 88-year-old woman’s house has been jailed for three years. Peter Nemeth’s crime was condemned as “mean and despicable” by a judge yesterday after Bolton Crown Court heard that the 35- year-old targeted the pensioner
THE Government has been accused of “waging war on young people” by a Bolton MP. And Bolton West MP Julie Hilling has urged the Conservative/Lib Dem coalition to maintain its funding for under-threat youth services. She made the call as she spoke
AHEAD of its official launch next week, reporter Steven Thompson trialled one of Bolton Council’s new kitchen caddies. BY next Monday, in theory, 70,000 households in Bolton should have started using their new kitchen caddies. Ours arrived
A WHEELIE bin blaze which left residents trapped in their flats, was started by arsonists, police have revealed. The fire was started between 4am and 5am on Tuesday, when a wheelie bin was targeted outside Bentley Court in Farnworth. Terri Sotheron
SIX new health “super centres” have been put on hold. And health chiefs do not know when the £40 million scheme will get back on track. NHS Bolton managing director Tim Evans yesterday confirmed the plans for new buildings serving Great Lever
A man from Bolton has been arrested by British Transport Police (BTP) after three women were assaulted on board a train travelling towards Manchester. Investigators are now appealing for witnesses of the violent incident which took place on Sunday
A BOY broke down in tears as he told a court that he did not know how to confide in his father that he was being sexually abused. Bolton Crown Court heard that the 13-year-old was touched by Akbar Abdollahi on four occasions between September
THE mother of a convicted dangerous driver, who ploughed into a group of teenagers and left them with serious injuries, has told how her son is “very remorseful”. Christopher Marr has been released from prison after serving just 13 months of
A NURSING home resident died following a fall, an inquest heard. Dorothy Stephens died at the Mill View Nursing Home in Bridgeman Street, Great Lever, in May this year. A Bolton inquest into 78-year-old Miss Stephens’ death heard she had
A MAN accused of grooming and raping a girl told her he loved her from the age of five, a court heard. Bolton Crown Court heard Anthony Calvert, aged 48, of Torrisdale Close, Deane, also told his alleged victim: “I can’t wait till you’re 16.
BOLTON Council has received a £1 million windfall from Manchester Airport — £725,000 more than it was expecting. The council part-owns the airport with the nine other Greater Manchester local authorities and receives an annual dividend. This
BOLTON councillor David Greenhalgh has four kidneys in his body — two are his own, another one lasted six years and the latest belongs to a woman. The 43-year-old has undergone two previous transplants — one failed immediately and was removed
A COACHBUILDING firm has secured a massive £8 million deal to adapt more than 100 vehicles for the Co-op’s national funeral fleet. Coleman Milne, in Westhoughton, has secured the huge order, which will underpin the company for the next nine
THE future of public transport has been discussed at a meeting at the Labour Party conference by Bolton West MP Julie Hilling. The MP was on the panel of the PTEG fringe event with Shadow Transport Secretary Maria Eagle. Issues under discussion
HEALTH bosses announced plans to build a series of health supercentres across Bolton in December, 2005. It was planned to replace the borough’s decaying doctors’ surgeries with modern buildings, which would also offer a host of services, including
ANYONE who thinks Jussi Jaaskelainen and Kevin Davies are past their sell by date are completely off their rocker. They are bearing the brunt of criticism from the fans at the minute, some of it fair, some of it unfair. But there is no doubt in my
