MAGISTRATES held a special court to deal with television licence evasion in the Bolton, Horwich, Farnworth and Little Lever areas.

And the court hearing came as it was revealed that Bolton is one of the worst towns in the North-west for TV licence dodging.

Last year the town was 42nd in the league of shame - this year it has moved up 15 places to 27th only just behind Manchester, Liverpool and Chester.

The following were dealt with by the court:

Mohammed Anwar, Cobham Avenue, Bolton, £90 fine £45 court costs, Angela Berry, Ormston Avenue, Horwich, £70 £25, Sandra Bridger, Marld Crescent, Bolton, £90 £45, Alan Brown, Starkie Road, Bolton, £70 £25, Kathleen Brown, Valletts Lane, Bolton, withdrawn, Paul Carroll, Copthorne Drive, Bolton, £90 £45, Dawn Coleman, Montserrat Road, Bolton, £70 £25, Carol Collins, Ivy Road, Bolton, withdrawn, Ronda Crompton, Higher Swan Lane, Bolton, £90 £45, Eileen Cunningham, Goldrill Gardens, Bolton, £70 £25, Kathleen Cunningham, Grantchester Way, Bolton, £30 £45, C Edwards, Bury Road, Bolton, £70 £25, Garry Entwistle, Poplar Avenue, Horwich, £90 £25, Kay Fairhurst, Freshfield Avenue, Bolton, £90 £25, Pamela Fields, Lee Gate, Bolton, withdrawn, Clive Fitzgerald, Hawker Avenue, Bolton, £90 £45, Teresa Fletcher, Lever Edge Lane, Bolton, withdrawn, Darren France, Watt Street, Horwich, £90 £45, Peter Gaskell, Wood Fold, off Grange Park Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, £70 £25, Ann Gilligan, Yewdale Gardens, Bolton, £70 £25, S Glaister, Blenheim Road, Bolton, £90 £45, Trudy Glaister, Morrison Street, Bolton, £70 £25, John Goodram, Lever Edge Lane, Bolton, £70 £25, Christopher Gregory, Deepdale Road, Bolton, £90 £45, Julie Hague, Whalley Avenue, Bolton, £90 £45, Jeanette Hewitt, Greenroyd Avenue, Bolton, £70 £25, Audra Holden, Cartmel rescent, Bolton, £70 £25, Sheila Holding, Alberta Street, Bolton, £90 £25, Ian Holt, Ormston Avenue, Horwich, withdrawn, Brian Jackson, Malton Avenue, Bolton, adjourned, Stephen Jackson, Alberta Street, Bolton, £70 £25, Frank James, Woodgate Street, Bolton, £90 £45, D Kileen, Church Road, Bolton,

withdrawn, Claire Kirkpatrick, Sixth Avenue, Little Lever, £90 £45, Melissa Lea, Grosvenor Street, Little Lever, £120 £45, Anita Lloyd, Settle Street, Bolton, £70 £25, Suzanne Malseed, First Avenue, Little Lever, £90 £45,

Gillian Markland, Eldon Street, Bolton, £90 £45, Elizabeth McCann, Marld Crescent, Bolton, £70 £25, Edwin McEvoy, Shackleton Grove, Bolton, £120 £45, Linda Ann Millar, Long Lane, Bolton, £90 £45, Stephen Moden, Arnside Grove, Bolton, £90 £45, Doreen Moran, Mancroft Avenue, Bolton, £25 £45, Wendy Newman, Hawker Avenue, Bolton, £90 £45, Alan Nicholson, McDonna Street, Bolton, £90 £45, Jane Nightingale, Stockton Grove, Bolton, £120 £45, Angela Oliver, Ruskin Road, Little Lever, £100 £45, Mundaz Patel, Mancroft Avenue, Bolton, £90 £45, Angela Pickup, Singleton Avenue, Bolton, £90 £45, Michelle Price, Hollycroft Avenue, £90 £45, Stephen Pryszlak, Longfellow Avenue, Bolton, £90 £45, Zarina Puda, Willows Lane, Bolton, £90 £45, Sharon Rawlinson, Settle Street, Bolton, £90 £45, Anthony Robinson, Carter Street, Bolton, £90 £45, Shelley Robinson, Monks Lane, Bolton, £90 £45, James Rooney, Harold Street, Bolton, withdrawn, David Rushden, Tattersall Avenue, Bolton, £90 £45, Sheila Smethurst, Worston Avenue, Bolton, £90 £45, Kimberley Smith, Fernhill Avenue, Bolton, £70 £25, Cheryl Sykes, Linacre Avenue, Bolton, £90 £45, Pauline Taylor, Mancroft Avenue, Bolton, £90 £45, Karl Vining, Bride Street, Bolton, £90 £45, Lisa Walton, Mobberley Road, Bolton, £90 £45, Janine Warburton, Dunbar Drive, Bolton, £90 £45, Robert Warburton, Stanworth Avenue, Bolton, £70 £25, Amadine Webster, Grosvenor Street, Little Lever, £90 £45, Paul Darrock-Whittle, Gargreave Avenue, Bolton, adjourned, Roger Williams, De Lacy Drive, Bolton, £70 £25, Cole Williamson, Ainsworth Lane, Bolton, £90 £45, Glenn Young, Stonechurch, Cannon Street, Bolton, withdrawn and James Young, Padbury Way, Bolton, £90 £45.