AN outcry by nature lovers has resulted in the council slapping a preservation order on three trees after some were chopped down on a site in Adlington. Outraged Wendy Heatherington noticed that the 100-year-old beech, ash and sycamore trees in the grounds
FOR many, two weeks away this summer is unlikely to involve travelling to one of the poorest places in the world to labour each day on a building site for no financial reward. But one Coppull man has chosen to do exactly that. Steve Blundell, 52, a mechanical
DISAPPOINTED performers are to hold a protest against town centre traders -- claiming some are not giving their full support to the long-planned Chorley Jubilee Festival celebrations. The artists will protest at midday tomorrow (Friday) on the Flat Iron
THE Chorley frogman jailed for stealing golf balls is looking to further his new found celebrity status under the wing of agent to the stars Max Clifford. Speaking exclusively to The Citizen the public relations guru -- whose clients have included The
From Done Bookmakers: IT'S only two weeks today before the start of the World Cup, the world's greatest football competition, and we have had massive interest in the England team. This week I laid £70,000 on England to win the World Cup, I can tell you
DENMARK have rubbished reports about an alleged brawl involving Wanderer Stig Tofting during training on Tuesday. Jesper Gronkjaer was ambushed by team-mates Tofting and Thomas Gravesen, who sprayed the Chelsea winger with water and put ice cubes down
A LIFELONG Bolton Wanderers fan got a shock when he opened his front door to find the team's assistant manager standing there. Phil Brown had gone to help Tom Tootell celebrate his 90th birthday, by presenting him with a special gift -- a season ticket
DAILY MAIL: The FA of Ireland fired a parting shot at stayaway skipper Roy Keane last night and came down firmly on manager Mick McCarthy's side. DAILY EXPRESS: Sven-Goran Eriksson's secret World Cup weapon, who has helped nurse David Beckham into the
SOCCER-MAD pupils are not content with just watching the world's greatest football tournament on TV. They have organised their own World Cup at their Horwich school. But their players are a little less agile than the real stars -- because they are all
YOURI Djorkaeff is relishing the opportunity to undertake the role vacated by Zinedine Zidane's absence when France kick off their World Cup defence against Senegal tomorrow. The Wanderers midfielder is the natural replacement for the world's number one
BOLTONIANS will not have to go far to watch the World Cup. Here is a selection of places to cheer your team on: PUBS: Town and Around: Muldoons, Bradshawgate; Hustlers, Bridge Street; the Varsity, Churchgate; Pepper Alley, Crown Street; the Blue Boar,
Games from Wednesday night Chadwick Cup Second Round: Wed: Aspull Ladies XI v Heaton XI (G Palmer), Apollo Ladies v Superior Pet XI (A Price). Division One Furniture Dixon Shield: Wed: Redgate Ladies v Pure Asphalt XI (C Harrison), Adlington CC v Eagley
DARCY Lever CC A remain the only Section A side to maintain their 100 per cent record with victory over Little Lever writes Dennis Foulkes Their B team got back to winning ways with a 77-7 victory over Valley Scooters XI. Heaton CC B trailed Lower Pools
All you need to know Section A: Darcy Lever CC B 77 Valley Scooters XI 70; Farnworth District Vets 140 JP Ladies 87; Heaton CC A 135 Prices A 110; Little Lever XI 78 Darcy Lever CC A 104; Rupert Ladies A 105 Nationwide XI 54. Section B: Rose Lea 165(1
Look for your team SECTION A P W D L Pt Darcy Lever C&SC A... 6 6 0 0 12 Little Lever XI... 6 5 0 1 10 Rupert Ladies A... 6 5 0 1 10 Farn/District Vets... 6 3 0 3 6 Heaton CC A... 6 3 0 3 6 Nationwide XI... 6 3 0 3 6 Darcy Lever C&SC B... 6 2
TWO top Lancashire players have been named in the England squad for the Commonwealth Games to compete at the Bolton Arena. Manchester's Colin Haughton - from Denton but coached by Bolton-based Brian Roper -- and Sara Sankey from Southport are among 10
SO did Ferrari's disgraceful conduct at the Austrian Grand Prix have any lasting detrimental effect on the popularity of the sport? Don't be daft. Instead of the world turning its back on Formula One as it should have done, the Monte Carlo race was a
IT'S great news that Bury's future is almost secure. A deal is expected to be done any day now which will secure their existence for the long term. It will come as a huge relief to their fans who have spent months wondering if they would have a club to
THE World Cup is better off without Roy Keane. Goodness knows what goes through the head of a man who abuses his boss, torments his organisation and ridicules his team-mates but this football festival can do without him. A lot of words have been used
On Monday I helped with a promotion for my local paper "The Bolton Evening News" - hopefully you will have spotted "Sven" and his Bolton Evening News team around the town centre! Friday saw the launch of "Sven Goran Eriksson's World Cup Football" game
JUBILEE celebrations in Leigh will include a party on the Town Hall square on Monday night between 8pm and 10pm. Music from a brass band and church bells will mix with disco tunes and a magician and stilt walker will entertain the crowds and distribute
LEIGH Centurions have lost star full-back Neil Turley for the next six weeks. Top try poacher Turley badly damaged his knee when he collided with an advertising hoarding during Leigh's NFP win over Swinton at Hilton Park last Sunday. There were initial
MULTI-Millionaire rugby union boss Brian Kennedy insists he will not be a 'moneybags' chairman if his proposed takeover of Bury Football Club goes ahead. The Sale Sharks owner is in talks to buy Bury from the Save Our Shakers Appeal Trust - who are expected
BOLTON Museum and Art Gallery bosses are feathering their nest with a new exhibition. Stuffed exotic parrots are part of a display about the Games called 'Our Commonwealth: Our Home'. The exhibition features a variety of objects collected from Britain's
LANCASHIRE Road Club's 'supervet' Frank Kerry continued his excellent run of form with second 'vet on standard' in the Merseyside Wheelers 25 mile time trial. This was Frank's 12th award in 10 races this season, his time of 1:1:46 beaten by only a much
A WET day for everyone, the beginners monthly ride avoiding the downpour until midday, the B ride less fortunate. One rider escaped the rain, Paul Dickinson was an early starter in the Merseyside wheelers 25 mile event near Ormskirk. Paul recorded another
A NEW leader has emerged at the top of the Bolton Evening News Naps competition after Just James romped home at 20-1 in the 3.30 at Newmarket on Saturday. Three of our teams - Caught Napping, Hick Ups and Woodcock Wonders - backed the best priced winner
TeamHorse Odds 1st Total 1 CAUGHT NAPPING...Just James 20-1 4 48.50+ 2 MUSTANGS... 3 38.00+ 3 ALBION WOOD...Millennium Dragon 10-11 4 31.41+ 4 HALLIWELL ANGLERS... 3 31.00+ 5 WHITE ARMY... 2 24.75+ 6 EQUINEOSITY...Common World 7-4 5 24.75+ 7 MCC... 2
ST ANDREW and St George United Reformed Church have an appetising series of lunchtime concerts lined up from this week. The concerts start this Thursday and continue on the following weeks, June 6 and 13. Pianist Simon Ellis is the first of the featured
LINE DANCING, beginners and intermediate classes. Ladybridge Community Centre, 7.15pm to 10.30pm. Admission £2. SEQUENCE DANCING, St Joseph's Ballroom, Hobart Street, Halliwell, 7.30pm. BOLTON MUSIC SERVICE, activities at Bolton Music Centre, The Deane
CIRCUIT TRAINING sessions for children, 5pm-6pm and adults 6pm-7pm are held at Gibbon Street Community Centre. Admission free. For further details tel: 528786. HILTON TABLE TENNIS CENTRE, Nuttall Avenue, Horwich: table tennis for all ages, 1pm-3pm and
HILTON TABLE TENNIS CENTRE, Nuttall Avenue, Horwich: table tennis all ages, 1pm-3pm; seniors, 7pm-9pm. BOLTON YMCA, 125 Deansgate: junior football, 6.15pm. GREAT LEVER COMMUNITY CENTRE, Parkfield Road entrance, Ju-Jitsu and Kempo Karate for ages six to
FAMILY FUN DAY with table top sale and barbecue organised by Brandwood School, Willows Hotel, Willow Lane, 12 noon. TALENT SHOW, Egerton United Reformed Church, Blackburn Road, 7.30pm, Tel: 592205. Donatin of £1 to church funds. Tel: 592205. PLANT SALE
Leisure & sports TABLE TENNIS CLUB, Ladybridge Community Centre, 7.30-9.30pm, Juniors £1 and Seniors £2. Beginners coaching 7pm-8pm. HILTON TABLE TENNIS CENTRE, Nuttall Avenue, Horwich: table tennis for all ages, 1pm-3pm. Tel: Chris 406693/692752.
DISABLED anglers were today waiting to find out if an application for a 100-peg fishing lake would get the go-ahead. Councillors on Bolton's planning committee were due to decide whether or not to allow it be built on a site off Bradshaw Road. Bolton
A CHORLEY Citizen prize-winner is set to make her television debut on BBC One's Saturday Show this weekend as she sings her heart out. Jade Williams, 15, of Pear Tree Avenue, Coppull, has been performing around the house for a number of years, but only
A LARGE oil painting depicting one of the most infamous episodes in Bolton's history has been unveiled at a town centre pub. The picture shows the massacre of nearly 500 Parliamentarian soldiers and Bolton citizens during the English Civil War when King
THE BBC's excellent website devotes acres of words to a splendid look back at the history of this great tournament. Click HERE
TABLES and results UNDER 15 P W L T NR Pts Clifton... 5 5 0 0 0 15 Elton... 5 4 0 0 1 13 Atherton... 5 4 1 0 0 12 Blackrod... 5 4 1 0 0 12 Little Hulton... 5 4 1 0 0 12 Ast & Tylds... 5 3 2 0 0 9 Daisy Hill... 5 3 2 0 0 9 Darcy Lever... 5 3 2 0 0
A QUICK link to a portal with links to various Web betting sites for a bit of World Cup action. Click HERE
THE World Cup matches may be thousands of miles from home, but fans can still join in the fun -- by learning how to sing football songs in Japanese. Here are some more phrases to chant in your pub during England games. 1. Who ate all the pies? Dane ga
WANDERERS have sold 9,000 season tickets in the first two weeks on sale and are on course to beat last year's total of 16,700. The club has also decided to extend the 10 per cent early purchase discount offer to 3pm on Saturday, June 15. Ticket office
CLUB by club guide to who is playing in the Far East Full player profiles with pictures are available HERE Arsenal:(11) Thierry Henry (France) David Seaman (England) Ashley Cole (England) Martin Keown (England) Nwanko Kanu (Nigeria) Patrick Vieria (France
HERE is the full list of players taking part. Full player profiles with pictures are available HERE while this is the full list of players ARGENTINA 1 German Burgos, 2 Roberto Ayala, 3 Juan Sorin, 4 Mauricio Pochettino 5 Matias Almeyda, 6 Walter Samuel
WALKERS who trek through mudbaths are cheering the start of a £157,000 scheme to restore footpaths in the Higher Folds area. Paths in the Leigh, Tyldesley and Gin Pit area will be made more accessible for legitimate users now the Forestry Commission has
TEN England fans have been turned away from the World Cup in Japan so far, police said today. The cases of another 12 are being looked at, Assistant Chief Constable Ron Hogg, the leading British police officer assisting the Japanese, told reporters in
ALEX Stepney was England's goalkeeper the last time they beat Sweden and he is hoping that the 34-year hoodoo will be broken on Sunday. Stepney, who was Burnley's goalkeeping coach last season, won his one and only cap as the then World Champions beat
CHILDREN Today, the charity which helps disabled children get specialist equipment, is offering Bolton people the challenge of an 11-day odyssey in Borneo's mountains and jungles. For more details call 01244 335622.
THE Far East Veterans Association is urging ex-servicemen and women in Bolton to get involved with the local branch of the organisation. More details are available from Mr J Quinn, 75 Woodnook Road, Appley Bridge, Wigan, WN6 9JR, tel: 01257 401869, or
A YOUTH centre in Harwood is celebrating the Golden Jubilee by hosting a street party and summer fair. The fun starts at the Longsight Lane centre at 1.30pm on Sunday, with the fair opening at 2.15pm. Stalls will include tombola, books and face painting
DAVID Beckham today insisted he would be fit to last the whole of England's World Cup opener against Sweden. But the 27-year-old skipper confessed it was only in the last week he finally felt he would win his fitness battle after suffering the broken
TEN members of the Commonweath Games badminton squad going for gold at the Bolton Arena were named today. The England squad achieved stunning success at the 1998 Commonwealths at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, winning three of the seven gold medals up for
AN American sweet company has made a portrait of the Queen - from more than 10,000 individual Jelly Belly beans. The portrait depicts the Queen at the time of her Coronation in 1952 and measures 4 feet by 4 feet and weighs in at some 40,000 calories (
BUS operator First is giving customers the opportunity to help celebrate the Golden Jubilee by offering free travel. On Monday, anyone buying an adult FirstDay ticket, costing £2.50 and valid on all First bus services in Greater Manchester, will be able
THEY rolled out the red carpet, put security men on the door and invited the press to see the mystery "VIP". The guest of honour at the Mumbai Restaurant's Golden Jubilee party was such a closely-guarded secret that even the waiters did not know who was
GREAT Britain centre Gary Connolly has been ruled out of next month's Origin Series after deciding to go under the knife. The Wigan stalwart has been struggling with a troublesome knee injury for some time and now looks set for a three-week spell on the
PLAYERS in the 2002 soccer World Cup will be kicking the fastest and most accurate footballs ever according to this report from www.newstream.com HERE The ball, called Fevernova, is 25 per cent more precise and 10 per cent faster than Tricolore, the 1998
U13s League: Heaton 74 for 0 (J Reynard 30) Eagley 73 for 8. U18s One Day League: Egerton 84 Farnworth SC 81 for 4. U13s Harrison Cup Round One: Little Lever 115 for 3 (M Smith 43) Kearsley 41 all out; Greenmount 119 for 4 (C Ashley 54) Farnworth 114
ASTLEY & Tyldesley cycle speedway club travelled to Sandwell for their Midlands/North League Division 2 encounter without the injured Mark Wylie and Mike Hack. A&T drafted in former riders Steve Mills and Lee Wood for their first matches in five
ZAC'S CAFE BAR, 71 Market Street, Farnworth, 11-14 years, 7pm-9.30pm. BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT at Our Lady and the Lancashire Martyrs, Hallstead Avenue, Little Hulton from 10-11am. COFFEE MORNING, St Paul's Church, Deansgate, 10am-12.30pm. PARENT AND TODDLER
AGE CONCERN, Movement to music. Farnworth Learning Centre 1pm-2pm. Details 382411. IRISH DANCING LESSONS, classes for 3 to 15 year olds, St Edmunds Church Hall, 5.30pm-6.30pm. BALLROOM AND SEQUENCE DANCING, Chorley Town Hall at 7.30pm. Continuous dancing
BOLTON WRITERS CLUB, meeting, Gaskell Street School, Bolton, 10am-noon. GREY MARE DAHLIA SOCIETY, plant sale, car park Tottington Road Methodist Church Hall, Tottington Road, Harwood, 8pm. Tel: 308164. HORWICH RESOURCE CENTRE, Beaumont Road, Horwich:
Leisure & sports CASTLE HILL GYMNASIUM, Castleton Street, Tonge Moor -- Andy Mason School of Soccer Skills, Under 10s 5.45pm-6.45pm 50p; under 11s 7pm-8pm 50p; parents welcome to attend sessions. Details 01204 399147. FREE TIME FOOTBALL SESSIONS,
