RECRUITMENT and training consultancy Linda Taylor Associates are hosting a Wear It Pink Day at their Bolton Office on Friday in support of Breast Cancer Care. "Each year we take an active part in supporting Breast Cancer Care," said branch manager Julie
A BOLTON accountant is officially "one to watch" - and she reckons it's in the blood. Helen Jackson, business development partner at independent chartered accountants Jackson Stephen, has been named by industry bible Accountancy Age magazine as one of
A TRAINING agency boss has issued an SOS call to Bolton bosses for them to give more work places to his trainees. Tony McAdoo, of Training For Today, based on Lever Street, said that his company had suitable people, but there was nowhere for them to go
MAY we, through your column, pass on our congratulations to Priya Narsai for her brilliant work on the Coronation Street wedding. We thoroughly enjoyed seeing her work and were surprised to see her on screen. We recently met Priya on a business course
REGARDING plans for the new look Market Hall. It isn't that many years since Bolton Council decided to revamp the open market on Ashburner Street. I for one can count on one hand the number of times I have visited since then. The Market Hall plans will
DOES anyone else think there may be a connection between the anti-social behaviour of bored children and teens, and their battery hen-like existence, cooped up in front of computers and TV and ferried around in cars by over-protective parents? They no
TELEVISION personality Dr Magnus Pyke faced questions from more than 100 science sixth formers when he visited Bolton School in October, 1978. The wide range of subjects under consideration included politics and social problems. Looking into the future
THE Bolton Cricket League begin their defence of the MEN inter-league cricket knockout with a trip to Barrow to play the North Lancashire League. Should they win, then they will be away to the winners of the first round game between the Bolton Association
MARK Goddard who helped Elton to their Bolton Association championship win has won the league's bowling prize. Goddard took 50 wickets during the season to finish with an average of 11.90. The batting award has been won by Blackrod's Craig Smith. He was
A SECOND man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of father-of-four Rob Johnston. The 25-year-old from Bury was detained at his home and was questioned on Tuesday by murder squad detectives. He was released on police bail on Tuesday night and
PARALYMPIC athlete Steven Leigh says that his experience of Athens was very different to Amir Khan's -- but just as memorable. The two 17-year-olds were Bolton's two representatives in Greece this summer. While Heaton boxer Khan went to the Olympics with
SHOP staff at a Bolton pawnbrokers are going pink for the day on Friday, in support of the Breast Cancer Campaign. The staff at Harvey and Thompson, on Newport Street, will all wear something pink and donate money to the campaign. Across the country,
PLANS to build six flats on derelict land in Astley Bridge have been given the go-ahead by Bolton Council's planning committee. Councillors approved the application by DC Development and Builders Ltd for a two-storey building of two-bedroomed flats in
HOME improvers can enjoy free DIY courses running on Monday evenings in Bolton. They will be held at the B & Q store on the Gates Retail Park in Kay Street from 6.30pm to 8pm in four-week blocks. Decor will be the first topic on November 1, followed
THE Harmony Youth Project is inviting people to join it in celebrating Black History Month. The Wordsworth Street centre in Halliwell is opening its doors to the public between 5pm and 8pm on Thursday and is encouraging people, young and old, to join
A NEW report shows Greater Manchester public transport is getting cleaner and greener. This year's environmental report from the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive reveals successes including the introduction of the first diesel-electric
AN office worker is dreaming of model stardom after winning her first competition. Kathleen Fitzsimmons has been crowned Miss North of England 2004 at a beauty contest in Liverpool and now hopes other honours will follow. The 20-year-old, from Horwich
A CHARITY casino night is being held at a Bolton pub to raise money for a five-year-old boy with leukaemia. The event takes place from 8pm on Thursday at Yates Wine Lodge, Bradshawgate. Downstairs will have funfair games such as hook-a-duck and a coconut
A GROUP of Bolton pupils raised a few eyebrows when they spent a day at school dressed in their pyjamas. Year 11 pupil Samantha Banks arranged the pyjama party at Turton High School to raise money for Booth Hall Children's Hospital, Manchester, where
A 28-YEAR-OLD man was stabbed in the back after he became involved in an argument with two men, Bolton police said. He was walking along Bradford Street, near the junction of Bromwich Street in The Haulgh, at about 11.30pm on Monday when he heard two
AN osteopath accused of sexually assaulting male patients confided to a colleague that if they interviewed one particular patient he would be going to prison, a court was told. Steven Paine, who was an assistant to Stephen Milward at the practice in Atherton
A COMMUNITY group which brightens up the lives of local residents is asking for cash help to aid its work. The Captains Clough Residents Association in Bolton was formed 12 years ago and takes pensioners and children on outings. The group has applied
THE tills will be ringing at the Reebok on Thursday night when Bolton Wanderers Supporters Association adds spice to its annual meeting with a charity memorabilia auction. Emerson Thome's autographed Carling Cup shirt is among the lots going under the
MEMORIES of Cardiff -- the good and the bad -- will be the spur when Wanderers get back to Carling Cup action at the Reebok. For many Bolton players, February's visit to the Millennium Stadium was the highlight of their careers. For others, including
FURTHER to Mr Rummer's letter (Soap to blame for cloth-cap image of North, Monday, October 25). I agree that Coronation Street does affect people's views on the North of England. My husband and I moved here ten years ago with his job and my first reaction
THE world's biggest observation wheel has opened to the public in Manchester. The 42-carriage wheel, similar to the London Eye, has been built in Exchange Square for tourists and shoppers in the run-up to Christmas. Twenty-four lorries helped bring in
FED-UP residents in Breightmet are launching a petition in a bid to rid their streets of young hooligans who are making their lives a misery. People living near to Crossdale Road say that gangs of youngsters congregating at night and drinking in the area
MAJOR work to save a school faces a hitch because it stands next to a site of special scientific interest. Bolton Parish Church School in Kestor Street was forced to close in September after engineers feared that subsidence and drainage problems could
A 21-YEAR-OLD window cleaner is fighting for his life after plunging 20 feet from his ladder. Toby Noble, of Ascot Road, Little Lever, was cleaning the windows of a terraced house when he fell from the ladder. Mr Noble is in a coma with severe head injuries
BOLTON's Olympic silver medal winning boxer Amir Khan was back on home ground on Wednesday just hours after millions of TV viewers saw him present a top award at the Royal Albert Hall in London. After presenting Coronation Street cutie Sam Aston with
FOUR new appointments to the management board of the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) have been announced. Cumbrian property developer David Brockbank, chartered accountant Peter Hensman, Labour leader of Salford City Council John Merry and
CUSTOMS and Excise are seeking the views of businesses on the VAT Bad Debt Relief Scheme which enables VAT registered businesses, under certain conditions, to recover VAT they have declared and paid, but where their customer has failed to pay them. Contributions
BUSINESS Travellers from the North-West will soon have quick and convenient connections to Shanghai following the announcement of a new service. Alitalia will operate a thrice-weekly flight from Manchester, via Milan Malpensa, from Thursday 2nd December
AN elderly couple died after their car careered off the road and ploughed into the side of a Bolton pub. John and Mary Pilling, of Markland Hill Lane, Markland Hill, were trapped in the wreckage of their car, which hit a wall of the Doffcocker Inn. Mr
AN 18-YEAR-OLD GIRL has died after being hit by a police van answering a 999 call. Laura Melvin was hit by the van on Saturday night as it travelled along Bury New Road, Prestwich. Laura, of Marston Close, Whitefield, was taken to the North Manchester
ONE of Bolton's most senior police chiefs has left the town to take up a new post. Supt Alan Greene has taken charge of Greater Manchester Police's road policing unit, based in Eccles, after four years in the town. He has swapped jobs with Supt Jeanette
A BOLTON man could not understand why he was arrested for having a lock knife attached to his key ring, a court heard. Andrew Brown, aged 39, of Newby Drive, Bolton, was arrested in the Millgate area of Bury, for an unrelated matter when an officer in
AN 18-YEAR-OLD GIRL has died after being hit by a police van answering a 999 call. Laura Melvin was hit by the van on Saturday night as it travelled along Bury New Road, Prestwich. Laura, of Marston Close, Whitefield, was taken to the North Manchester
A MAN who was jailed for 14 years for his part in a multi million pound drugs scam has had his sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal. Christian Wolfendale, aged 36, of Cross Lane, Radcliffe, had admitted two counts of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs
WANDERERS, beaten Carling Cup finalists last season, staged a grandstand extra-time finish but lost 4-3 in a thriller against Spurs at the Reebok on Wednesday night. Spurs will now travel to Burnley in the fourth round. Wanderers took the lead through
HOPES that DNA testing would finally establish the identity of a woman who died in a house cellar 22 years ago have ended in disappointment. Lily Jones, from Pinner, Middlesex, is convinced that a partially mummified body found in a house in Bromwich
BOLTON Lads and Girls Club is appealing for people in the town to pull together and support them in their bid for a prestigious national award. The club has been selected from more than 400 groups across the country as one of three finalists for the National
THE pace of growth slowed for small and medium sized companies in Bolton during the last quarter, but the gap between input costs and output prices reached an all time high. Figures are according to the PKF SME Index, a quarterly national survey of 800
PRIMARY school children are among the people signing petitions supporting the Stub It Out campaign. Children from year five at Holy Infants Primary School, Mitre Street, Bolton, sent a 23-signature strong petition to the Bolton Evening News offices, to
1505: Death of Ivan the Great, Czar of Russia. 1662: Charles II sold Dunkirk to French king Louis XIV. 1728: Captain James Cook, English naval officer and one of the greatest navigators in history. His voyages in the Endeavour led to the European discovery
From the Evening News, October 27, 1904: BOLTON is to lose one of its oldest professional men in Mr Thos. Murphy LDS of Springfield, St George's Road. During his 40 years' work as one of the leading dentists in the town he has formed an extensive clientele
THE "cellar lads" have had their latest reunion. Back in the late 1940s and 1950s fitness enthusiasts used to meet for training sessions in the cellars at Tom Temperley's home in St George's Road, Bolton. Mr Temperley, who died in 2000, later became a
THE venue for Bury Primary Care Trust's professional executive committee meeting has been changed. It will now be held at The Village Hotel, Bury, on Wednesday, November 3.
ARSONISTS are thought to be responsible for starting a fire which swept though an empty cinema. Fire crews were called to the building on Dale Street, Radcliffe, at 8.30pm after a passer by spotted smoke billowing from one of the windows. A small room
A MAN who punched his girlfriend because she had deleted messages from her mobile phone was ordered to carry out community service by Bury magistrates. Lee McHugh, aged 33, of Athlone Avenue, Bury, had admitted assaulting Leanne Ford and causing damage
A BOLTON children's charity is appealing for donations to help build a respite centre for terminally-ill children. The Keystone Haven has plans for a centre where youngsters can enjoy activities such as a cinema, arts rooms, a games room, a hydrotherapy
A FESTIVE family party has been axed because bosses say it is time to move on. Every year for the past decade, families from across Bolton have enjoyed dancing, children's entertainment and a visit from Father Christmas at Rivington Barn. Organisers say
PEOPLE in Bolton and other parts of Greater Manchester will have their say on sentencing during a courts consultation exercise on Friday. The event, at Greater Manchester Police's Hough End Centre in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, is the first of its kind in the
PUPILS at a Bolton primary school are getting in the swim, thanks to free lessons. The Amateur Swimming Association and Bolton Council teamed up with David Lloyd Bolton to offer a one-week swimming course for 20 Year Six pupils from Roscow Fold Primary
A GRANDMOTHER has raised more than £1,500 for a hospital unit that treats genetic illnesses by taking part in a marathon 31-mile walk. Ann Thornley, aged 57, and her 12-year-old grandson Daniel Mayren have completed the gruelling Three Towers Challenge
A FAITH trail around Bolton's churches and mosques is being devised to promote the diversity of religious belief in the town. Local historians are working alongside Bolton Interfaith Council to create a walk which will show sites of interest associated
BOLTON actor Nick Gleaves is set to return to TV screens heading the cast of a new BBC police drama Conviction. Former Sharples School pupil Nick plays a CID officer in a dark tale of struggles within the police force, following the murder of a 12-year-old
AN asylum seeker arrested in a swoop on illegal workers at a Westhoughton pizza factory is fighting to stay in the UK. Kimolo Kikeni, aged 34, fears he is to be deported to the country where he claims he suffered torture and persecution at the hands of
A FINNISH pilot has pleaded guilty to preparing to fly a plane full of holiday makers from Manchester Airport while being drunk. Heikki Tallila, 50, was arrested by police shortly before 7.20am on August 23, minutes before his flight was due to leave.
