From the Evening News, February 11, 1992

FORMER heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson faces up to 60 years in jail after being convicted of raping beauty queen Desiree Washington in a hotel room. The jury of eight men and four women took just over nine hours to reach a verdict which could end Tyson's glittering rags-to-riches boxing career which hit its peak when, at 20, he became the youngest ever heavyweight champion.

25 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

February 10, 1977

A SMALL housing development in Bolton could herald a major new effort to ease the area's serious council housing problem. The scheme to build about 15 two-bedroom houses at Hall i'th' Wood is the first stage of Bolton Council's intended intervention in the private housing market. Building off Greenway, it is to be financed by the developers, who will also arrange mortgages, but the Council will retain leasehold on the land, and will have a say in the market price of the homes.

50 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

February 11, 1952

IN the grey gloom of this raw February day, King George VI came home to his capital today. Through rain-drenched crowds, hushed in homage, the coffin, covered in the Royal Standard and surmounted by the glittering Imperial State Crown and the lone wreath of the Queen Mother, was borne on a gun carriage from King's Cross Station, after the journey from Sandringham, to the silent sanctuary of Westminster Hall for the ceremonial lying-in-state. Behind the bier, with heads bowed and bared, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of Gloucester, the King's brother, came in mournful measured march.

100 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News,

February 10, 1902

FOR the third time during the present lamentable war in South Africa, the Parish Church was the scene of a farewell service to men who have volunteered for the front, and on Sunday afternoon the church was crowded with members of the 2nd Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, and many friends, to take part in the farewell service to men forming the 3rd Active Service Company, 56 in number, previous to their departure.

At the end of the service the Vicar, the Rev. H. Henn, descended from the pulpit and presented each of the company with a prayer book, which, he said, would remind them of that farewell in the Parish Church their native town.

The members of the 3rd Active Service Company assembled at the Barracks, Fletcher-st this morning. Notwithstanding the fog, a large crowd accompanied the Volunteers to the station. As they were waiting for their train, the Mayor (Ald Miles) addressed a few words to the men, wishing them a safe return home.

The train was 25 minutes late, but the time was beguiled by the band playing "Boys of the Old Brigade", etc. On the arrival of the train, the Volunteers entered the saloon reserved for them, handshakings took place, and "Goodbyes" were said by mothers, sweethearts, and other relatives, many a moist eye being seen. "Auld Lang Syne" was struck up by the band, and the train then left amid hearty cheers.