WANDERERS have completed the signing of former Manchester City and Aston Villa midfielder Stephen Ireland. The 32-year-old free agent, who left Stoke City in the summer, has signed a short term contract with the club. Ireland trained with Bolton
BOLTON’S premier nightspot was always The Palais in Bridge Street. Today though this iconic building is no more but the memories live on for so many of our readers. It reinvented itself on so many occasions and in this picture we see a shot of
POLICE officers are outside a Bolton school this morning after a gun scare. Armed police were called to Weston Street, close to Bolton Islamic Girls School, yesterday evening after receiving reports of a man carrying a firearm. The man had
A BOLTON Wanderers player has been fined after he was caught driving 15mph over the speed limit. Dutch winger Yanic Wildschut admitted driving his Mercedes E220 at 45mph in a 30mph zone on the A140 Colman Road, Norwich's inner ring road, on December
BUSINESS is booming is not a phrase heard very often over the past decade. With a catalogue of big high street names, as well as smaller independent traders going out of business, it is good to see that a Bolton retail park is thriving. Just
BILLIONS of pounds of post-Brexit funding for some of the UK's poorest regions should be controlled by the areas that receive it, a cross-party group of local political leaders and businesses have demanded. The mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham
THE curtain has come down on the Bolton Film Festival. But Bolton's involvement in the world of film continues all year round. At the University of Bolton, the next generation of behind the scenes talent, who help to make the movies even more magical
A new adrenaline-fuelled escape room attraction is set to open at the end of the month. Escape Hunt is bringing its immersive escape game experience to Manchester, when it opens its doors in the Corn Exchange on Friday, October 26. From a brand
A LONG-SERVING organist has bowed out of the job after giving more than four decades' service to an Ainsworth church. Margaret Turner has devoted some 45 years of her life to accompanying a church congregation as well as performing at countless
A FORMER pub could become a takeaway if new plans are to the taste of planning chiefs. The Anchor Inn, in The Haulgh, has been used as offices since 2007, but new proposals have been submitted seeking permission to change its use to a fast food
TODAY’S Looking Back photograph shows a shop scene back in 1962. Here we see a chemist shop in Halliwell Road filled with medicines and other items for sale. In the foreground is a weighing machine used to weigh babies. These were a familiar
IF teenager Sophie Ashton doesn’t make it as an award-winning actress, she could always end up being a red-carpet interviewer. Sophie, aged 13, will be aiming high when she appears in the new prime-time ITV show, The Big Audition. The show,
UNPACK those flip flops! Bolton is set to bask in a mini-heatwave tomorrow with temperatures rivalling the likes of Madrid, Athens and Sydney. The weather has been topsy-turvy this year and now summer is expected to return for one last blast
A NINE-year-old boy suffered a serious head injury after he fell through the roof of a factory in Blackburn. An investigation is underway after Leon Langford was discovered at the premises of North West Tippers, in Rockfield Street, early on Monday
WHEN plans for the Middlebrook Retail and Leisure Park were first announced, the then Bolton Evening News reported: “The most ambitious scheme in Bolton’s history has been unveiled . . . and with it the town’s dreams for the 21st century.” The
A CHURCH has achieved big things with its garden. Wharton and Cleggs Lane Church and Community Centre garden in Little Hulton won £750 when it was announced the winner of the Community Nurture Award in a special ceremony at Lambeth Palace. The
Business is booming at Middlebrook as four new stores, including a TGI Fridays restaurant, are set to open at the retail park. Two of the new stores - Card Factory and the region's first Thomas Cook Discovery Store - are due to open by the end
JAMES Skelly admits that The Coral have never been a band to conform. Formed by a bunch of schoolfriends on the Wirral, the band were nominated for the Mercury Music Prize for their self-titled debut album in 2002, and remain best known for the
A CHARITY fashion show raised a whopping £2,600 for Bolton Hospice. Jenna Louise Atkinson and her friend Nicola Nichols organised the Ladies Night Out Event with a catwalk, 6ft flower wall for photo opportunities and cake, jewellery and fashion
DEODORANT helped transport an audience to the jungle during a former Bolton School pupil's talk. Stewart Knights used Lynx Africa to entice his audience during a talk about The Eden Project at Chatsworth House. Mr Knights is now an international
FIREFIGHTERS have praised a family's response to a fire at their Farnworth home. Crews were called to Rydal Grove shortly after 6am this morning to reports of a fire breaking out in the kitchen of the property. The blaze was believed to have
FIREFIGHTERS stopped a burning car from rolling down a hill this morning. Crews were called to Maria Street, in Halliwell, shortly after 3.30am, and discovered a black Audi A3 engulfed in flames. The fire had burnt through the vehicle's handbrake
BOLTON St Catherine's Academy completed a clean sweep of all Year 4 events in their own primary school cluster competitions during the last school year. They took the BSCA Cup for seven-a-side football with the narrowest of wins, taking the honours
I WAS at the University of Bolton Stadium for the Blackburn game on the front row of the Nat Lofthouse stand, next to the linesman with the yellow flag. He was very impressive at moving up and down the line sideways faster than most of us can move
THE two top teams in the Premier Division maintained their early-season surge with maximum points last week. Ramsbottom Town A trounced Radcliffe Cricket Club 27-5 while Flixton Cricket Club A gave Hilton A a 27-8 beating. Flixton Cricket Club
BOLTON Hockey Club ladies' second team earned the local bragging rights with a 2-1 victory over Bury. A good start saw Emily Hawkridge and Rachel McNally earn a series of short corners with impressive play down the left. Bury almost capitalised
A NEW club, set up to help the local community, is launching its first fundraiser with Swim4life at Turton Leisure Centre pool on Saturday, October 27. Turton Trailblazers, launched as a spin off from Turton Rotary Club, is an informal and fun club
NEW coaches are being urged to come forward to help revive a junior running group. Between 15 and 20 youngsters aged between five and 15 have taken part in the sessions, run by 1 Foot On The Track, for the last two years. But they have had to
ONLY five BSF Over-35s League matches took place on Sunday as it was reserved for knockout and rearranged games. The Sam Ashworth Trophy preliminary round game between Radcliffe Vets B, of Division Three, and Division Four side Atherton Town was
HORWICH Men’s first team were edged out in a five-goal thriller against an Urmston second team with whom they were promoted last season. The visitors started on the front foot but were unable to capitalise on the early pressure which saw them force
SHOW support for the hospice this week — Hospice Care Week. Bolton Hospice is taking part in the national week of awareness and encouraging people to get involved whether donating, volunteering or showing they care on social media. The theme
THE state of the borough’s roads will once again be on the agenda at the town hall this week. Two motions have been table to go before Wednesday’s full meeting of Bolton Council on the perennial question of how to fix the potholes and damaged surfaces
HOW wonderful people must have felt with Teresa May’s Tory Party Conference announcement that austerity is over! Perhaps she can join David Crausby MP at noon on Friday (October 12) in the town hall square, where he will be addressing striking NHS
BOLTON Council and its fellow Greater Manchester councils have agreed to a charter to help terminally ill workers. The 10 councils and the combine authority have signed up to the TUC's Dying to Work campaign which seeks security for terminally
TOWN hall chiefs have been reassured over the future of adult education once Bolton’s funding comes under the control of Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA). Bolton Council currently receives £2.3m directly from the adult education budget
A HEAVILY pregnant mum fell victim to a violent car jacker as she returned to her vehicle after a shift at work. Diba Hussain, aged 34, was pushed to the ground by a robber who drove off in her car. Mrs Hussain, from Farnworth, had left her
BOLTON Council has rejected government proposals that would see it stripped of its powers to make decisions over fracking. Ministers are currently running two parallel consultations around the controversial practice. One suggests an automatic right
I READ with interest what a joke the European Union really is, a money cow with Juncker handling business deals. Words really do fail me. We were sneaked into the union to start with — it was only ever the union who prospered from it.
BRIGHT young things know how keep healthy is just as important as academic success. The Gates Primary School held its annual Heath and Fitness Week recently to teach pupils how to look after their minds and bodies. As well as finding out the
NEWBURY striker Dominic Sharples took his prolific goalscoring form to a new level on Sunday when he struck seven times. His super show destroyed Unity Brook in a 10-2 win which kept his side top of the Bolton at Home Sunday League Premier Division
ANDY Taylor could make a first-team return for Wanderers against Rotherham United after the international break. The full-back has been side-lined with a calf injury since the start of September with a calf injury but Phil Parkinson believes Taylor
A YEAR ago Wanderers endured an international break of serious introspection, sat rock-bottom of the Championship with just two points to their name. Records had tumbled during a nightmarish start, and grimly, the history books showed no club had
