ON a day where the financial future of Bolton Wanderers came under such scrutiny, the club will also mourn its’ greatest-ever benefactor. The epitome of a local lad made good, Eddie Davies made possible more than a decade of Premier League football
EDDIE Davies, the man who helped build Wanderers’ Premier League dream, has passed away at the age of 72, his family have confirmed. The former Farnworth Grammar School pupil, born in Little Lever, was on a break in Portugal with his wife, Sue.
Bolton Wanderers faced unprecedented drama today, as the club nearly slipped into administration, MARC ILES reports. IF Wanderers’ escape from Championship relegation in May was an incredible story, their swerve to avoid administration today took
AS BOLTON Wanderers experienced one of its most tense days in recent years, fans were left unsure whether the club would escape from administration. While the Whites look to have survived, supporters are once again asking to sit down with chairman
MEN dressed in balaclavas and carrying a machete robbed a Post Office in Tonge Moor. Two men were seen at the Tonge Moor Road store on Tuesday, shortly before police raced to the scene. Officers then cordoned off the building shortly after
A HAUL of shisha pipes worth thousands of pounds has been seized after a café raid in Bolton. Officers took 49 shisha pipes, five boxes of coals and a large holdall containing smoking tubes from a shisha café. The premises were raided following
THREE people had to be rescued by firefighters after a kitchen blaze at their Little Hulton home. The incident, on Greenheys Road, occurred at lunchtime and was caused by a chip pan fire. Fire crews from Farnworth, Bolton Central and Atherton
MUSIC fans are in for a treat as the unstoppable Magic of Motown show rolls into town tonight (Thursday) at the Albert Halls. Seen by over a million people, it's no surprise that the tribute show is one of the biggest success stories in British
AFTER a tough day for Bolton Wanderers fans it seems like the club may have escaped from administration at the 11th hour. The Bolton News reported this morning that the club was just hours away from serious financial difficulties, after talks to
An MP has joined Labour Party representatives for a protest against Bolton’s railway services. Yasmin Qureshi met with council leader Linda Thomas, and councillors Jean Gillies and David Chadwick outside of Bolton Train Station last Monday as part
A MAN found guilty of robbing elderly people in Bolton has died in prison. John Winchcole’s death was reported in the early hours of Monday morning at HMP Forest Bank. Winchcole admitted the two counts of aggravated burglary and also pleaded
VERNON Kay was among the stars who picked up the phone at a charity event to honour those killed in the September 11 attacks. The annual event at brokerage firm BGC Partners also hosted famous faces including Sarah, Duchess of York, Ryan Giggs
CELEBRATING its 25th year the Bolton Beer Festival returns once again next month. The annual event which offers mouth-watering tasters from the UK and beyond will be hosted at the University of Bolton Stadium. Each year around 7,000 beer drinkers
THIEVES broke into a town centre wine bar twice in just five days taking an exclusive range of gins and the tills. Harvey's in Mawdsley Street was targeted by thieves on Thursday and again on Monday, both times the offenders smashed a window at
SURGERIES have been cancelled or postponed because of staff shortages, increased demand and a knock-on effect from flu season. Bolton has been missing its target to treat patients within 18 weeks since September last year. The cancellation
THERE was a great show show at Horwich Community Centre at the weekend. The Home and Produce Show attracted lots of entries and visitors. This year’s fruit and vegetable section included displays of leeks, onions, carrots, beetroot and tomatoes
EVERY year thousands of patients in the UK have their lives changed by hip and knee replacement surgery. This is often after much pain over a long period and these operations have transformed lives for those whose movement – and existence - has
A MAN remains in critical condition after a serious crash involving a coach carrying school children this morning. The man, aged in his 30s, was taken to hospital with serious injuries after his vehicle collided with a school coach in Crompton
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist collided with a pedestrian yesterday afternoon. A Honda motorcycle was travelling north along Market Street in Leigh when it collided with a pedestrian at the junction with Lord Street at around
KEARSLEY won the Hamer Cup for the first time since 2009 with a six-wicket victory over Farnworth on Sunday. The match at Westhoughton began with only a 15-minute delay thanks to the hard work of the club groundstaff and volunteers following Saturday's
ST Brendan’s and St Thomas of Canterbury took the honours at annual football and netball competitions for catholic schools in Bolton. St Brendan’s took the Serra Cup for winning the netball tournament while St Thomas of Canterbury won the Canon
Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio has revealed why he killed off one of the main characters in the drama just halfway through the series. Fans of the TV thriller were stunned to discover Keeley Hawes' alter-ego, Home Secretary Julia Montague, had
THE new season of the Bolton and District Table Tennis League kicked off last week. The top contenders both had wins, with Ramsbottom Town A beating Flixton Cricket Club B 20-12 helped by a nine-points maximum score from Michael Moir. Flixton
BOLTON has been praised for the way it has tackled the scourge of fly-tipping across the borough in a new report. Peter Devine finds out more. BOLTON Council has been singled out for its "zero tolerance" approach in a report published this week,
BOLTON at Home is set to join forces with a north west housing provider in a deal that could see it build hundreds of new homes in the borough over the next five years. The landlord has had an offer to join it in a ‘group-structure’ accepted by
CLAIMS that Brexit voters are now joining Remainers were made by Analysis for Best for Britain campaign and fellow stables mates Hope not Hate. We know who funds Best for Britain — a non-British billionaire trying to interfere in a democratic Referendum
IAN Greenhalgh’s latest rant, “we cannot lose Jeremy Corbyn”(Letters, September 4) is really quite wretched. It would appear that Mr Greenhalgh is either very naïve or perhaps he is as portentous as the great leader he currently worships and quite
A BUGGY and trailer being used by BBC’s DIY SOS to improve the home of a family of five was stolen at the weekend. Heather and Martin Taylor-Mann from Little Lever are having their home transformed to make life easier for nine-year-old William
THE Conservatives have been talking down the Bolton Food and Drink Festival as a money loser and that it should instead bring much-needed revenue into the council. In fact, it is Tories who have robbed this council of £155 million by way of government
CONSERVATIVES are urging town hall chiefs to invest £10m in fixing the borough’s roads and pavements. Tory councillors and activists took to Victoria Square at the weekend to launch a campaign calling on Bolton Council to commence a borough-wide
BEING outdoors has just become a lot more fun at Brownlow Fold Primary School. Children starting back after the summer break were thrilled to discover they now had benches and picnic tables to eat and socialise as well as two large planters to
IT is great to be back as we start our new 2018/19 season. It is another record in terms of 115 clubs now registered for the new season, which represents an incredible 566 teams from under-7s through to u21s including girls' football, which continues
THE Bolton League rules say the innings have to be completed in a certain amount of time. It is three hours and five minutes for first teams and two hours and 48 minutes for second teams. Second teams play 45 overs instead of the 50 which are
