From the Evening News, March 20, 1903: SPECIAL NOTICE to the residents of Daubhill, Deane, Great Lever & District.

Waller & Riley, Ltd., The Cash Chemists of Bradshawgate, Bolton, have purchased the business lately carried on by Mr Forbes, on the corner of Newport-st. and Great Moor-st., Bolton

It is under the management of a qualified and experienced chemist. The shop has been thoroughly re-stocked, and all articles will be sold at the same rates as our well-known establishment in Bradshawgate.

From the Evening News, May 20, 1993

A MASSIVE row was brewing today after it was revealed that millions more people, including pensioners and children, may have to pay for prescriptions. Treasury Minister Michael Portillo confirmed that social benefits were "a line of inquiry in the Government's massive assault on public spending." Shadow Health Secretary David Blunkett said: "This is an outrageous attack on the sick, both old and young."

From the Evening News, May 20, 1978

A LARGE group of Roman Catholic parents has vowed to fight "to the bitter end" the closure of the sixth form at St. Cuthbert's High School at Old Kiln Lane, Bolton.

More than 350 parents have lodged official objections to the scheme, part of the Catholic authority's plan to implement comprehensive education in Bolton.

POLICE were called to move protesting pickets from outside the Gerry Cottle circus in Spa Road, Bolton, last night. The banner-bearing demonstrators were protesting about the use of wild animals as entertainment, and the conditions in which they are kept.

From the Evening News, May 20, 1953

CAN you tell me, writes a reader, if members of local councils get paid, and if so, how much?

The straight answer to the question is that councillors do not receive payment for their services. The Local Government Act, 1948, provided, however, for certain out-of-pocket allowances as reimbursement for travelling and subsidence, and to expenses ranging from 10s (50p) to 20s (£1) for defined loss of earnings Councillors cannot claim travelling and subsidence expenses for duties within their own areas.