PRIME Minister John Major spelled out his intentions clearly yesterday as he toured Bolton Wanderers new super stadium.

Following in the footsteps of famous footballers past and present, Mr Major proudly held up a Bolton Wanderers shirt bearing the number 10 - sending out a confident prediction that he will still be resident in 10 Downing Street on May 2.

Mr Major arrived more than two hours behind schedule at the newly named Reebok Stadium as his election campaign schedule was thrown into chaos by yesterday's bomb alerts.

And he had to scrap a planned visit to a school near Preston because he ran out of time, though wife Norma went on ahead to that engagement.

As fears grow among party officials that Mr Major's campaign will be seriously dogged by the terrorist threat he defiantly said: "I do not worry about things like that."

Touring the new stadium, the Prime Minister spoke in glowing admiration of the project which will soon become the Wanderers' new home. He said: "It's a most spectacular facility. It's tremendous, not just for the club but for the community as a whole and I think it shows great vision.

Chelsea fan Mr Major added: "The atmosphere will be wonderful when there are 25,000 people in here and teams like Chelsea are visiting!"

There was not total support for the Prime Minister. During his tour some workmen shouted pro-Labour slogans from the terraces.

Asked what he thought of Tory Tom Sackville's chances in the key Labour target seat Bolton West (which includes the stadium) he said: "We've got the best candidate and we're going to win."

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