I AM, through the Red Cross, putting collecting boxes in shops for the terrible disaster in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Anyone who would like to help can also send postal orders/cheques made payable to "Dominican Republic and Haiti Disaster Fund
ASSOCIATION side Astley and Tyldesley are wondering when luck is going to turn their way. Not only have results been going against them on the pitch, but captain Simon Nicklin is suffering a dose of bad fortune before the players go out to the middle.
I'VE said it before, and I'll say It again. The ECB Fast Bowling Directive which prohibits a 17-year-old from bowling more than six overs in a spell is, purely on cricketing terms, a load of ill-conceived, nonsensical rubbish. The reasons given for the
ANY players still wishing to play in the World rules Individuals have until 8pm tomorrow night to register at the Sharman Arms, Halliwell Road. The draw will be made at 8.15pm. LEAGUE RULES INDIVIDUALS To be played on Wednesday, June 9. All venues to
ELTON still out in front P W L D Ab BP Pts Elton... 9 6 0 3 0 25 145 Daisy Hill... 9 5 2 2 0 25 125 Atherton*... 8 4 1 3 0 37 117 Clifton... 8 5 2 1 0 15 115 Walshaw... 8 4 2 2 0 26 106 Darcy Lever... 8 4 1 3 0 25 105 Standish... 9 3 2 3 1 30 96 Blackrod
LATEST details Under 9 Cup Preliminary Round: Spring View 221 (R Vaish 12, M Waddington 1wkt) Standish 264 (M Waddington 17, R Vaish 1wkt), Standish won by 43 runs; Under 9 Cup First Round: Daisy Hill 206 (C Thompson 7, A Coulston 2, J Balchin 2 wkts)
BOLTON'S Bar Lane bowling club picked up an emphatic 14-point victory over local rivals Turton to go joint top of the Thwaites East Lancs Premier. Lane had all six winners as they finished with a 126 chalks to Turton's 74. Lee Evans was the best for them
LANCASHIRE are struggling to avoid their first defeat of the season in any cricket after following-on against Kent at Tunbridge Wells. But a counter-attacking partnership of 153 between Glen Chappel and Steven Crook rescued the Red Rose side from 135
BOLTON Sixth Form College may be forced to scrap trips for students to have enough funds to employ teachers next year. College bosses are anticipating a significant cash shortfall over 2004/05 due to a national funding crisis in the Learning and Skills
PARKSIDE Colliery Male Voice Choir will be in concert from 8pm on Saturday, June 12, at the Twelve Apostles Church, Nel Pan Lane, Leigh. Admission is £3, payable at the door, with all proceeds going to the church repair fund. For more information, call
A BUNGALOW and self-contained flat for a person with special needs will be built on land in Breightmet. Bolton Council planning committee has approved amended plans to construct the property on Winster Drive. The original plan detailed a patio area, which
A WOMAN and two children fled from their Bolton home early on Saturday after a suspected arson attack severed a gas pipe. They had to flee after clothing left to be collected for recycling outside the house in Bury New Road, The Haulgh, was set on fire
CHURCHES across Bolton will join in the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of D-Day at a series of ceremonies being held on Sunday. The main event in the town will take place in the town centre, when The Mayor of Bolton, Cllr Cliff Morris, lays a wreath
IT was an arresting sight to see the Mayor of Bolton behind bars on Friday. Cllr Cliff Morris was a guest of the custody suite at Bolton Central Police Station and, just for good measure, had his fingerprints taken. His details were checked against the
A CELEBRITY football tournament to raise money for two local hospitals takes place at the Reebok Stadium on Sunday. Bolton comedian Dave Spikey will be lining up alongside veteran footballers such as Manchester United's Mickey Thomas. The Kick Start tournament
THOUSANDS of people were expected to attend carnivals being held in Bury and Radcliffe this weekend. The Radcliffe Carnival got underway on Saturday at the Red Bank playing fields in Unsworth Street. Silcocks Fair opened at 11am, followed by the procession
TOWN councillors have accused Bolton Council of risking lives by stalling over plans to make an accident blackspot safer. Following the most recent in a string of serious accidents at the notorious junction of the A6 Blackrod by-pass and Manchester Road
LOCAL hero Les Fitton stormed into the third round of the Budweiser UK open with a handsome 5-2 victory over Tony Smith at the Reebok Stadium. But there was a crushing disappointment for Fitton's Bolton counterpart Paul Williams, last year's semi-finalist
RESULTS: Division One: Bolton Metro Ladies 17 Olympia A 23; Bolton Metro Seniors 31 I J Webb 25; CBs 31 Holy Cross 38 Chequers 12 DB3 23; Sharples 37 San Marino 11. Division Two: Andrea Whipp Hairdressing 18 Russell & Russell 15; Bolton Institute
P W L F A Pt Beer Monsters ... 6 5 1 21 9 31 Finishers A... 6 5 1 21 9 31 Edge Tavern ... 6 4 2 20 10 28 Simply the Bowler ... 5 3 2 17 8 23 Karaoke Kings ... 6 3 3 15 15 21 Craven Heifer... 6 1 5 8 22 10 New Inn... 6 1 5 8 22 10 Sans Pups ... 5 1 4 6
SECOND TEAMS P W L D8 D6 D1 BP Pts Greenmount... 7 5 0 1 1 0 5 119 Farnworth SC... 7 3 1 2 1 0 20 102 Egerton... 7 4 2 1 0 0 12 100 Walkden... 7 4 1 0 1 1 6 93 Horwich*... 7 3 1 1 1 1 13 86 Bradshaw... 7 3 1 0 1 2 14 82 Astley Bridge... 7 3 2 0 1 1 14
AS hundreds of voters throughout Bolton were on Saturday seeking answers to the question: "Where are my postal ballot papers?" it was revealed a further 1,000 have gone missing in Aspull. With only five days remaining to one of the most crucial elections
HUNDREDS of voters throughout Bolton were on Saturday seeking answers to the question: "Where are my postal ballot papers?" With only five days remaining to one of the most crucial elections in the history of Bolton Metropolitan Borough, residents are
WE have all heard of the three mainstream parties, but who else is standing in next week's euro-election? Gareth Tidman explains who they are and what they stand for. IT has been a long and lonely campaign trail for the North-west's euro-constituency's
THE FIRST steps are being taken to transform a long-established Bolton athletics club into a major venue for the sport. Council planning chiefs have given the go-ahead for the demolition of existing pavilions and the Grandstand area at Leverhulme Park
Open Competition Sponsored by Carman Plastics Entry fee £12 per pair, the first 64 paid up entries to compete, 21 up off scratch, 16 down to two qualifiers each session. All entry fees paid out in prizes. Prize money £900 (subject to entries). Winners
Section A P L W Pt Hilltops BC A... 9 1 8 80 Greenwood... 9 1 8 77 Bellingham BC A... 9 1 8 76 Ch St Joseph's A... 9 2 7 72 Lostock A BC... 9 3 6 62 Coppull CC A... 9 5 4 51 Rivington BC... 9 5 4 50 Adl St Paul's A... 9 7 2 38 Ridgway Arms... 9 7 2 37
LEIGH Centurions made a double signing swoop on Friday afternoon. They've landed experienced New Zealand prop Matt Sturm from Warrington and highly-regarded centre Ben Cooper from Hudderfield. Both will go into the Leigh squad for Sunday's Arriva Trains
CHURCHES across Bolton will join in the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of D-Day at a series of ceremonies being held on Sunday. The main event in the town will take place in the town centre, when The Mayor of Bolton, Cllr Cliff Morris, lays a wreath
A CELEBRITY football tournament to raise money for two local hospitals takes place at the Reebok Stadium on Sunday. Bolton comedian Dave Spikey will be lining up alongside veteran footballers such as Manchester United's Mickey Thomas. The Kick Start tournament
I HAVE had the privilege of attending a Day of Remembrance and Celebration relating to the D-Day landings in 1944. The venue was the UCAN Centre on Hatfield Road. I would like to say that those people who attended, and who I spoke to, were most impressed
THE Division One of the Charity Golf Cots competition will be held at Dunscar, on Saturday, June 12. Draw is: 8.00: P Green (7)/P Thompson (6) GL&F; G Walker (10)/J Sabine (10) DEA. 8.08: A Webster (12)/J Southern (13) GL&F; G Bossil (11)/A Lowe
A MAN who admitted killing a great grandfather in a hit and run crash has been jailed for seven years at Liverpool Crown Court. Andrew Thomspon's car ploughed into 75-year-old James Barnett in Everton in February this year after being pursued by a police
A 14-YEAR-OLD boy was repeatedly punched and kicked by three schoolboy thugs in an attack which lasted up to 10 minutes. Daniel Haywood was knocked to the ground before being punched and kicked by the three attackers in Kearsley as he was walking home
WORRIED residents fear someone could be killed unless Bolton Council listen to their pleas for traffic calming. A group of homeowners who live on an accident black spot in Daisy Hill fear a fatal crash after witnessing the latest in a catalogue of near
PLANS to convert a fire-ravaged nightclub into 53 town centre apartments have been given the go-ahead. Bolton Council's planning committee approved the scheme to demolish part of the former Temple nightclub, in St George's Street, and create a four-floor
BOLTON Sixth Form College may be forced to scrap trips for students to have enough funds to employ teachers next year. College bosses are anticipating a significant cash shortfall over 2004/05 due to a national funding crisis in the Learning and Skills
BOLTON'S Reebok Stadium is set to be shaken and stirred by a James Bond-themed musical extravaganza. The world premiere of West End International's Bond -- Shaken Not Stirred, will be taking place at the Horwich stadium on Saturday, July 17. Featuring
RESULTS: KGs Girls 5 Boardwalkers 10; Three-in-a-Bed 10 Carol's Girls 5; Jackie's Girls 8 Lady Lodgers7. High scores: P Boardman 81 83 80 81 100, K Owen 101 85 85 100. Presentation night is Friday, June 11, from 8pm onwards at Club Mistry (upstairs),
COUNTY player Kevin Weir beat Ernie Barrow to win a well-contested Halliwell Conservative Club darts knockout final last Friday night. The losing semi-finalists were Joe Barrow and Jean Burns, who also won the best lady prize. The knockout saw a few new
ENGLAND international Steve Coote will play a charity darts match in Little Lever later this month. Coote, a former German Open champion, will face 17 local players in the Joan Rhodes Memorial Cup at Little Lever Workingmen's Club on Thursday, June 17
ALAN Ayckbourn fans will enjoy the playwright's sortie into the world of the internet when the Library Theatre Company, presents Gameplan. Until June 25, Chris Honer directs the production at the Manchester theatre. Lynette's dot com business collapses
Bolton Darts League: JUNE Scott has clinched the Bolton Darts League's Ladies Section title. She held off the challenge of Pat Boardman to win the section, which is played at The Albert, by two points. Beryl Prescott finished third, and Dulcie Lomax fourth
THIS year, the Bolton & District Civic Trust celebrates 40 years of community work, aimed at a better built environment. This was celebrated with a successful AGM on May 12. Since the 1960s, the Civic Trust has championed Bolton's heritage along with
I READ a news item in the Bolton Evening News (May 29) in which reference was made to a Labour Party leaflet claiming that Britain only went to war against Iraq because of Conservative support. As a member of both the Labour Party and also the Stop The
HUNDREDS of voters throughout Bolton were on Saturday seeking answers to the question: "Where are my postal ballot papers?" With only five days remaining to one of the most crucial elections in the history of Bolton Metropolitan Borough, residents are
THERE is a delegates meeting this week at the Jolly Waggoner, starting at 8pm. The draws for the Individuals, Team, Ladies and Three-a-Side Knockouts will be available. The entries for the Pairs and Mixed Pairs knockouts are also due in at the meeting
SECOND TEAMS P W L D Ab BP Pts Elton... 9 8 0 1 0 16 176 Standish... 9 8 0 0 1 0 166 Clifton... 8 6 2 0 0 7 127 Blackrod... 9 5 3 1 0 26 126 Darcy Lever... 8 5 2 1 0 18 118 Little Hulton... 8 5 2 0 1 9 115 Edgworth... 9 4 4 1 0 19 99 Daisy Hill... 8 3
Batting Inns NO HS Runs Ave Sarkar (SV)... 8 3 *129 429 85.80 Fitton (Elt)... 10 4 *92 477 79.50 N Bannister (Ath)... 9 5 *56 266 66.50 K Brown (Ath)... 9 0 110 571 63.44 C Smith (Bla)... 7 3 *73 205 51.25 I Morris (Cli)... 7 3 *66 190 47.50 Mahmood (
P W L H Pts Bolton... 5 5 0 0 38.0 Horwich... 5 3 2 0 29.5 Turton... 5 3 2 0 29.5 Hindley Hall... 4 2 0 2 25.5 Breightmet... 5 2 3 0 22.0 Deane... 4 2 2 0 21.5 Old Links... 5 2 3 0 21.5 Westhoughton... 5 2 2 1 21.5 Chorley... 4 2 2 0 20.5 Dunscar... 4
Midweek Strokeplay -- Div One: Paul Baston 66; Stuart Thomason 71; Carl Walmsley 71. Div Two: Ian Prescott 68; Chris Butler 71; Barry Howard 71. Div Three: Darren Finch 72; George Gummerson 78; Andrew Picton 80. EGU Gold Medal -- Div One: Eric Dodd 68
STEAM engines are the subject of David Lewis's talk at the June 8 meeting of Atherton Heritage Society which starts at 7.30pm in St Richard's Hall, Atherton. Admission is £1.50 to non-members.
PLANS for a building to house a 100-gallon water tank at a farm in Egerton have been given the go-ahead by planners. The scheme was previously refused because of the proposed building's height. The plans have now been amended so the structure will now
FINAL year Bolton Institute students are holding an exhibition in Visual Arts later this month. Students in the final year of a Visual Arts BA (Hons) degree are exhibiting mixed media work at the Chadwick Campus, Chadwick Street, Bolton, between June
A FARM in Bradshaw is being allowed to be developed to allow its owners to live in closer proximity to their land. A new farmhouse, office and workshop will be added to land on Brown Barn Farm, near the Jumbles Country Park, which is used to manufacture
BOLTON'S Reebok Stadium is set to be shaken and stirred by a James Bond-themed musical extravaganza. The world premiere of West End International's Bond -- Shaken Not Stirred, will be taking place at the Horwich stadium on Saturday, July 17. Featuring
A CELEBRITY football tournament to raise money for two local hospitals takes place at the Reebok Stadium on Sunday. Bolton comedian Dave Spikey will be lining up alongside veteran footballers such as Manchester United's Mickey Thomas. The Kick Start tournament
THE FIRST steps are being taken to transform a long-established Bolton athletics club into a major venue for the sport. Council planning chiefs have given the go-ahead for the demolition of existing pavilions and the Grandstand area at Leverhulme Park
MAJOR retailers have been forced to take a range of wooden garden chairs off their shelves after a 13-year-old boy lost the tip of his finger in the folding mechanism. Trading Standards launched an emergency survey in the town after Myles Hughes, of Leigh
PHIL Gartside spoke with pride on Saturday about the growing respect for Bolton Wanderers at the highest level of the game. The Reebok chairman has not only been elected as one of five Premier League representatives on the Football Association Council
LATEST tables P W L D8 D6 D1 BP Pts Westhoughton... 7 5 2 0 0 0 10 110 Greenmount... 7 2 0 4 1 0 30 108 Heaton... 7 4 2 0 0 1 10 91 Walkden... 7 4 2 0 0 1 10 91 Eagley... 7 2 2 2 1 0 23 85 Egerton... 7 3 1 0 0 3 19 82 Horwich... 7 3 2 0 1 1 12 79 Bradshaw
LATEST averages BATTING INN NO HS R Ave Shetty (Gnmt)... 7 1 *122 492 82.00 M Fallon (Gnmt)... 5 2 *105 229 76.33 S Anderton (Tong)... 8 3 97 309 61.80 Nisar (Tong)... 8 1 111 412 58.86 M Bennison (Walk)... 6 1 *98 260 52.00 R Northrop (Eger)... 8 2 *
HORWICH RMI Harriers ladies were victorious in last Sunday's Chorley 10 Mile Road Race, the latest Central Lancs Grand Prix event, while the men's team finished second to Wigan Phoenix. The event saw two Horwich athletes have inspired runs. Colin Rigby
AS the first landing craft neared the beaches of Normandy, Able Seaman Ronnie Seddon passed around tots of rum to terrified soldiers. The shelling from the fleet of Allied ships, which were just a few miles away in the English Channel, had just stopped
THE Rita Aspinall Trophy ladies' bowling competition will take place on Sunday, July 4 at Back o'th' Bank Bowling Club (12.30pm). Entrance fee £1. All proceeds to Cancer Day Unit, Royal Bolton Hospital. Entries to Brian (01204 655928) or Jean (01204 306152
THE starting time for the Singles Competition at Little Hulton Conservative Club on Sunday is 10am. P W L Pts Plodder Lane... 6 5 1 41 Horwich... 4 4 0 34 Rumworth... 5 4 1 32 Little Lever... 6 3 3 30 Over Hulton... 5 3 2 29 Church Ward... 6 1 5 23 Dunscar
Ramsbottom Kitchens Bowls Results: Egerton 141-1 Bar Lane A 200-11; Bar Lane B 150-4 Bradshaw 192-8; Bradshaw 151-3 Turton 192-9; Dobbies 219-12 Egerton 104-0; Bar Lane A 186-8 Dunscar 148-4. Milburn Trophy: Tonge Moor 178 Bradshaw 177. P W L D Pts Bar
RESULTS: Section A: Brad St A (6) 146 Parr Fold (9) 147 Ellesmere (9) 157 Boothstown (5) 102; Doe Hey (12) 171 Mytham A (2) 114; Brad St A (4) 132 Ellesmere (11) 163; Mytham A (12) 166 Boothstown (2) 112; Parr Fold (10 162 LHCC (4) 136; St Mary's A (10
RESULTS: Section A: Horwich RMI B 130 (4) Rivington A 137 (9); Whelley LC A 151 (9) Westhoughton SSC A 139 (2); Deane A 151 (8) Bay Horse 118 (3); Hilltops A 149 (6) Lostock BC A 133 (5); Greenwood 159 (9) Bellingham B 100 (2); Rivington B 139 (3) Horwich
Divisional Cup First round (to be played on Monday, June 7, at greens allocated -- result cards to Keith Gibbons): Division One: Walmersley A or Walmersley B v Prestwich BC (Black Lane); Eagle A v Seedfield A (Huntley); Black Lane v Tottington Cons A
THE England team will need the spirit of the British bulldog to succeed in the European football championships this month. So step forward Bailey the American bulldog, who -- despite not being British -- will be doing his best to cheer on his favourite
Bolton and District Conservative Sports Association: THE final of the Parkinson Cup will be held at Halliwell Conservative Club on Tuesday, June 8 - Great Lever A (Section Two) v Horwich C (Section 3). Both teams are reminded that dress code will apply
PLANS to build a temporary indoor market in Ashton-Under-Lyne have been unveiled by Tameside Council. Work will start next week on the building in the old Cross Street car park for traders who lost their businesses last week in a massive blaze. The blaze
LITTER busters at Bolton Town Hall say they are winning the war to clean up the streets, after handing out 23 fines this week. The first of the £50 fixed penalty notices was issued on Tuesday, when a team of council enforcement officers caught 14 people
THE England team will need the spirit of the British bulldog to succeed in the European football championships this month. So step forward Bailey the American bulldog, who -- despite not being British -- will be doing his best to cheer on his favourite
FOR decades it was a familiar but unobtrusive feature of a Bolton street corner. . . Even though it provided a vital service to the community, no-one gave it a second thought. Until, that is, one morning residents realised that it was no longer there.
A VANDAL-plagued derelict house could be demolished if the owner does not clean up and secure the property. Bolton Council has stepped in following numerous tales of vandalism and drug taking on Yates Street, Tonge Moor. The local authority boarded up
THE managing director of a firm employed to demolish a chimney, that exploded in a fireball killing two steeplejacks, was told that the interior walls could be flammable, a court was told. Craig Whelan, aged 23, and Paul Wakefield, aged 40, died in temperatures
AS the first landing craft neared the beaches of Normandy, Able Seaman Ronnie Seddon passed around tots of rum to terrified soldiers. The shelling from the fleet of Allied ships, which were just a few miles away in the English Channel, had just stopped
TWO dead flesh-eating piranhas have been found in a fishing pond in Greater Manchester. The fish were netted by a local fisherman at the Rhodes Lodge pond in Middleton. Environment Agency officers believe the piranhas were put in the water as live bait
LANCASHIRE GMC Super League will stage the Gold Cup men and ladies competition on Sunday, June 20. Meet 11am, start noon. The Lancashire GMC annual meeting will be on June 27, at 10.30am at The Carleton, Morecambe.
THE Winter League presentation night will be held at Derby Ward Labour Club, on Friday, June 11, starting at 8pm. Entry is £1, payable on the door. Ladies' Section One P W L Pts Birds/Feather... 4 4 0 42 Looney Tunes... 4 4 0 39 Queen Bees... 4 2 2 30
MONDAY is the date for the Ladies Pairs Competition at Halliwell Conservative Club. Draw at 8.30pm. The Men's Pairs will be a week later on June 14. RESULTS: Men's Section One: Grey Mare 9 Crofters A 6; Halliwell A 4 Roundhouse 11; Bowton Bobbins 8 Schooner
BOLTON hypnotist Peter Powers will bring his outrageous stage show to TV next month when he stars in a new programme on a satellite channel. Street Hypnosis will feature the 39-year-old hypnotising a string of volunteers who take part in a series of comical
