SIR: With regard to the outpouring of letters requesting a ban on smoking in the Market Place, may I say that I'd like to make smoking compulsory in these places. As a smoker, I'm sick and tired of paying extortionate amounts of tobacco duty (towards
MENINGITIS survivor Mary Kate McDonagh sits silently, not moving her hands or feet because the movements are too painful. Her tiny three-year-old body is a mass of sores acting as a horrific reminder of the nightmare she has had to endure over the last
BOLTON pupils have taken part in a national survey which has revealed that mum really does know best when it comes to feeding kids. Schoolchildren told researchers they preferred mum's home cooking because schools served too much junk food. Boys and girls
SIR: I must respond to Caroline Smith's recent letter on gay issues. From her letter it is clear she has obviously chosen to live a lifestyle without God, like many people today, and her views are coloured by her decision. However, the Bible clearly teaches
THE motorists of tomorrow at Withins School in Bolton will get a lesson in road safety in an effort to produce better drivers. Steve Howarth, an experienced examiner from the Driving Standards Agency, will be talking to pupils from Withins on Thursday
BURY owner Hugh Eaves today hailed Stan Ternent "the greatest manager in the club's history". As the Shakers began the task of trying to keep Ternent's services, Gigg Lane's multi-millionaire major shareholder paid a glowing tribute to the man who has
Disabled people are to get a New Deal with British Gas. Fifty customer service jobs are being created at five of the company's offices in Greater Manchester as part of the Government's New Deal initiative. Five of them will be at the British Gas Energy
IT'S do or die for Bolton Wanderers as they take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, knowing that a victory will keep them in the Premiership. Can they pull off one of football's greatest ever escapes? The Bolton Evening News is roaring on the Wanderers
THE sky will be filled with spectacular entertainment at this year's Bolton Air Show and Gala Day. The RAF's top display team, The Red Arrows, have been booked as a highlight of the event at British Aerospace Sports and Social Club on June 6. Also in
JONNY Clay retained his yellow jersey on the final stage of the Travelwise Tour of Lancashire four-day cycle race to take the overall honours as he did in 1992. Clay also led Team Brite to a clean sweep with Chris Newton second at 1min 4secs and Matt
A TELEVISION film crew was caught up in the latest gipsy invasion of Burnden Park. A convoy of caravans flooded the car park of the Wanderers' former home on Friday afternoon. The influx came on the day that it was revealed that Bolton Wanderers bosses
AUSSIE Superwhites fan Adrian McKenzie is praying Bolton Wanderers won't go down - so he can keep on watching them Down Under. Adrian, who comes from Melbourne, began following the Wanderers two years ago shortly after arriving in Britain for a two-year
SIR: Fervent thanks once again to the heroes and heroines, who turned out in torrential rain showers on April 26 at Bromley Cross Railway Station to join Bolton Lions' third annual April Amble Charity Walk. The money raised will go to Hearing Dogs for
IF you're reading this column, it's a fairly safe bet that you have competent reading skills. But imagine not being able to read the written word at all. This is the problem faced even today by thousands of people in this country, and hundreds in this
POLICE are hunting armed raiders who put a gun to a post-master's head during an early morning robbery. Two men struck at Sandy Lane Post Office in Prestwich at 8.40am on Saturday just as the post master was opening the premises. They grabbed him from
25 YEARS AGOof+bf+iof=helveticao 50 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, May 4, 1948 EIGHTEEN hundred women meeting in London today had an important question to decide. It was 'Is a woman too old at 70 to serve as an officer of the women's section of the
SIR: The Government announced recently that they plan to introduce teaching about the dangers of drug abuse into primary schools. Rotary Clubs around Bolton are already giving local schools the opportunity of dealing with this problem in a sensible, sensitive
A FORMER policeman who was chosen to head Farnworth's new crime-busting squad of security guard rangers claims he has been hounded out of his job. Brian Ford, a gun enthusiast whose weapons were stolen from his private collection and used in the deaths
BOLTON appears to have bucked the trend of booming sales in children's novels. National figures have shown that millions more books have been sold since the Government launched its literacy campaign last year. But booksellers in the town say they haven't
ORGANISERS are looking for determined business teams to tackle swimming, cycling and running in the 1998 Bolton Charity Challenge Triathlon. All cash raised will be donated to Bolton Lads and Girls Club and Bolton Life Education Trust, which helps children
COLIN Todd is safe in his job at the Reebok ... whether Wanderers win or lose their fight for Premiership survival. The Bolton boss is preparing his players for Sunday's do-or-die relegation decider at Chelsea knowing he will be manager next season, come
THE BEN has written its own success story - thanks to a special reading scheme. So successful has the newspaper's Story Search scheme been that Bolton Community Education Service has asked for a second version for its adult literacy programme. The scheme
THE presentation of a cheque for £20,000 from Yates's Wine Lodges took Bolton Lads and Girls Club to the halfway mark in their quest for funds to build a new clubhouse. The cheque was handed over by Yates's Chief Executive, Peter Dickson, to a delighted
IT'S do or die for Bolton Wanderers as they take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, knowing that a victory will keep them in the Premiership. Can they pull off one of football's greatest ever escapes? The Bolton Evening News is roaring on the Wanderers
SIR: Do you suffer from agoraphobia, or are you a relative or friend of a sufferer? Do you feel your message is not getting across? That you don't understand the limitations your relative or friend has? Do you feel life has passed you by because of the
A PIONEERING project which has helped dozens of Bolton youngsters is celebrating its first birthday in the best possible way - by announcing its expansion. The Bolton Lads' and Girls' Club mentoring project is set to expand into Bury after recruiting
A COUNCIL ranger has told of the terror attacks he faces as he patrols a Bolton cemetery. Gary Fenton is currently on sick leave after yobs threw a brick through his van's windscreen as he drove round Tonge Cemetery. The father-of-three suffered cuts
THE Bishop of Salford, the Rt Rev Terence Brain, has dedicated St Joseph's RC School, Horwich, after a £900,000 refit. The Bishop led a service to bless the school and its pupils. He was shown around the building and inspected the renovations, which included
THE concern by Bolton town centre retailers about the proposed US-style shopping development at Middlebrook is entirely understandable. Such an enormous project of factory outlets selling famous brands at below high street prices is bound to hit them
YOUNG Bolton scouts and cubs clubbed together to raise £100 to buy some "bear necessities" for the town's local ambulance service. The aim of the youngsters, based at the Brookside Scout Hut on Ladybridge Lane, Ladybridge, was to benefit as many people
IT'S do or die for Bolton Wanderers as they take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, knowing that a victory will keep them in the Premiership. Can they pull off one of football's greatest ever escapes? The Bolton Evening News is roaring on the Wanderers
Man's life is laid in the Loom of Time To a pattern he does not see While the weaver works and the shuttles fly Till the doom of eternity. Some shuttles are filled with a silver thread And some with threads of gold While often but the darker hue Is all
BOLTON Under 15s bid to finish the season in style when they take on Wigan in the final of the Greater Manchester Schools' Woodhead Cup at Eagley tomorrow, kick off 6.30pm. The town team made it into the final with a thrilling 3-2 win against local rivals
Schoolchildren get lessons in understanding Parkinson's THE Parkinson's Disease Society (PDS) is launching an education pack for schools this month. The PDS Education Pack will be piloted at Crab Lane Junior School, Manchester, and is aimed at increasing
TEMPEST United are hot favourites to lift the Bolton Hospital Cup following a stunning performance to beat fellow West Lancs League side Eagley. United's goals against the team from a division higher came from Steve Iley and Andy Benjamin in the second
EVERY dog has its day, but Harvey the stagestruck dachshund is going to have three of them. With children from the Drama Workshop, Harvey, who belongs to the Houghton family of Shorefield Mount, Egerton, is taking part in a production of A Country Where
A BLACKROD councillor claims motorists are breaking speed limits on the town's by-pass - because of a lack of signs. Town councillor Pat Barrow says there are no 40mph signs for drivers approaching the by-pass from the Brinsop roundabout. The limit was
By Janet Hughes BOLTON Evening News boss John Waters is to take the people's case for Bolton becoming a university town to London today. The BEN managing director will tell politicians in the capital that the citizens of Bolton want the town to have its
THE people of Bolton are being urged to keep their airways clear and raise cash for charity too. The British Lung Foundation is challenging people across the country to keep their lungs healthy for this year's Breathe Easy Week - May 30 to June 7 - and
DAREDEVIL vandals are risking their lives by running across the roofs of terraced houses. And furious residents say that the yobs' antics are making their lives hell. They have damaged slates and tiles and even stolen drainpipes from the houses. The residents
WILDLIFE watchers around Bolton are being asked to help out with an environmental survey. The Mersey Basin Campaign is asking for reports of sightings of kingfishers and dragonflies. The brightly-coloured kingfisher and several species of dragonfly are
By Angela Warhurst TO his girls Mark Sobey's a "babe"... the best dad in the world. At just 39 years old Mark has Motor Neurone Disease, a name given to a group of related diseases affecting the motor neurones in the brain and spinal cord. Motor neurones
IT'S do or die for Bolton Wanderers as they take on Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, knowing that a victory will keep them in the Premiership. Can they pull off one of football's greatest ever escapes? The Bolton Evening News is roaring on the Wanderers
