SIR: With Sue Nicholls of Coronation Street, and Trudi Goodwin of the Bill, I am pictured on posters in your area throughout June, to highlight the first National Osteoporosis Month. I am one of the lucky ones - thanks to the National Osteoporosis Society
HUNDREDS of Bolton people could face shock extra gas bills - because British Gas has put its "foot" in it. The company has admitted it has been inadvertently charging some customers per cubic foot of gas - when the household meter has been measuring in
BOLTON Wanderers are determined to see their big investment in a new youth policy reap rich rewards. The structure of professional youth football in England is undergoing its biggest ever shake-up with the formation of FA licensed Premiership Academies
The sea her secrets shall deny To the superficial eye Knowing not the full extent Her surface can but represent. In the memory catacombs Locked in long forgotten rooms Misadventures left behind Mock the peripheral mind Hidden places, leafy lanes Friends
SIR: I wonder how many of your readers are aware that high doses of carcinogenic dioxins have been found in French meat. This is cancerous over the permitted legal level of one pictogramme per kilo. Will the EU impose a worldwide export ban on all French
SIR: I read the letter from Barbara Davies, Deputy Director, Research on Animals which was going on about the wonders of carrying out cruel experiments on other living things. You can hardly call her view unbiased when this is apparently how she earns
WORRIED dad John Cronnolley has become a DIY traffic warden in a one man crusade to safeguard children at a secondary school. For the past four years the father-of-three has been forced to put down bright yellow cones across the road from Rivington and
ROY Cavanagh has been appointed secretary of the Vimto Bolton Cricket Association, writes Peter Mensforth. He takes over from John Cleworth, who has held the post for the past 13 years and who is leaving to live in Scotland. Roy is a former player with
BENEFITS Agency bosses say they hope a 12-month jail sentence passed on a Bolton businessman will help deter other people tempted to cheat the system. They were speaking after Mahmood Ali was sentenced to a year in jail sentence following a crack down
A COUPLE were lucky to be alive after a head-on crash on the outskirts of Bolton last night. Raymond Kirby, aged 76, and his wife Joyce, aged 77, suffered multiple injuries in the crash in Belmont Road, near the junction with Horrocks Fold. The couple's
CAMPAIGNERS were celebrating today after winning a TEN-YEAR battle to restore a war memorial in Bolton. Residents in Little Lever complained for a decade that a tribute to war dead in Coronation Square had been so badly neglected that names of about 200
COLIN Todd is preparing a double swoop to plug gaping holes in Wanderers' midfield. The Bolton boss is closing in on two long-term targets and suggested deals could be imminent when he said today: "I hope to get two midfield players in before pre-season
WALK into the splendour of the Masonic Hall on Institute Street and the first thing you notice is the gleaming copper rail running up the sweeping staircase. It glistens and glows to perfection and is one of the building's most impressive sights. The
SIR: In reply to Mr Todd's letter regarding the Octagon Theatre, I would like to say that while some of the plays put on this season aren't always to my taste, the suggestion that they should only perform run of the mill popular plays would be like cutting
THERE does not seem to be any doubt that there is a problem concerning road safety for children attending Rivington and Blackrod High School. It is so acute that one worried father, John Cronnolley, feels obliged to put down bright yellow cones across
BOLTON town centre is a top choice in the whole country for retailers looking for new space, one of Britain's leading property market watchers says. Property Intelligence Ltd says its database survey of retail property needs shows that Bolton is the 20th
A BOLTON company has "cautiously welcomed" the decision of an all-party group of MPs which dismissed setting a limit on the permitted dose of vitamin B6. FSC Vitamins Health and Diet Company of Kearsley is a major supplier of the vitamin and was a leading
JOSEPH Eastham High School in Walkden has created an "achievement culture" which has led to substantial improvements in all aspects of school life, according to a report. The school says it has made progress since it was last inspected four years ago,
SIR: I have been following with interest the proposals for the renovation of the town hall square and the pros and cons of the cheapest way to repave the whole area. I gather that one of our worthy councillors suggested that the old original surface should
FOUR people including a 12-year-old boy escaped from a house fire in Whitefield by jumping from a first floor bedroom window. The family awoke at 4.10am to find smoke and flames pouring from the downstairs of the semi-detached house on Whalley Road. Their
TWO Bolton pals have found their final resting place together after dying within hours of each other. Graham Olawumi will be buried at St Mary's Church, Deane, on Friday, just feet away from his close friend, Roy Marsh, whose funeral is today. Both men
THIEVES have taken the swing out of a Bolton park's popular swingboats. Now, a member of the well known Cubbins family is appealing for the return of two iron bars so that the popular children's ride can be restored. The two eight feet long bars are vital
A MANCHESTER-based commercial law firm is warning employers to tread very carefully after the Prime Minister called for the sacking of workers involved in football hooliganism at the World Cup. Employment team leader, Judith Walters says: "While measures
BOLTON litterbugs have been warned that their carelessness could kill or maim wild animals living in the area. The grim warning comes after a duck was discovered in Farnworth with a plastic beer can holder perilously twisted around its neck. Although
A WORRIED mum has slammed Royal Bolton Hospital evacuation procedures following a fire alarm scare in the building. Susan Pasquill claims she and her son, James, aged three, had to find their own way to safety following the false alarm last week. Alarm
THE multi-million pound Millennium Dome in London will be a minor attraction for hundreds of Adlington school children. They will be more interested in a Millennium mug competition - when they will get the chance to mark the year 2000 in their own way
CHRIS Wormald is a man who knows how to conduct himself . . . and others. The music teacher at Smithills School has just been appointed the conductor of Wingates Band - the only Championship Section brass band in Bolton and one of the oldest adult bands
BREWERY bosses have won their fight to open a continental-style town centre cafe-bar. Last November Bolton Licensing Justices refused to approve an application for a provisional liquor licence for Cafe de Paris. The outlet, to be based at the corner of
A HALF term report sees Wigan Warriors sharing top spot with Leeds Rhinos but carries a warning from coach John Monie. The little Aussie has rapidly transformed the club's fortunes with only one defeat at Headingley in the first-half of the season, but
SIR: After reading your reporter Dave Toomer's article about travellers near to Matalan (BEN, June 16). I felt I had to write to question why he has not investigated his story fully. He makes no comment about who moved the boulders to allow access to
A SCHOOLGIRL tried to take her own life after claiming she was raped in a late night attack. The 15-year-old Westhoughton girl says she was raped after she and a friend accepted a lift from two men - one of whom she had spotted earlier in a pub during
SIR: I read with disgust the story of 93-year-old Mary Jane Starkie. The state this lady was in when found did not come about in a few weeks. The lady should never have been allowed to die in such an horrendous and degrading way. She should have been
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, June 23, 1973 BRITAIN'S top tennis player Roger Taylor was at the centre of a storm of controversy today over his decision to play at Wimbledon. Jack Kramer, chief executive of the players' 'union' behind the mass withdrawal
IT'S their mistake and they must pay for it. The fact that British Gas have been billing some customers per cubic foot of gas instead of per cubic metre is wholly down to them and they should not expect the consumers to pick up the tab for the difference
SIR: I wonder how many constituents of Bolton West are aware that their representation in Parliament is severely limited by Ruth Kelly's pregnancy. The issues surrounding pregnant MPs are complex and an over-haul of Parliamentary procedure is required
WANDERERS' early-season reunion with Bruce Rioch's Norwich at Carrow Road has been switched from Bank Holiday Monday, August 31, to Tuesday, September 1 (ko 7.45). BURY are being tipped to win the chase for the signature of former Blackpool, Crystal Palace
THE grieving brother of murder victim Daniel McFadden today appealed for help in a bid to track down his brother's killer. Charles McFadden appeared at a press conference to issue a heart-felt plea for help - a week after his 65-year-old brother's brutal
