A BOLTON creative design agency, which designed a CD-ROM to help learners pass their driving test, will be competing next month for a top digital award. Absolute Media Solutions Ltd has been shortlisted for the Big Chip Awards - the North-west's annual
THE manufacturing sector escaped falling into recession after official figures revealed a 0.6 per cent rise in output in December. Large increases in the production of food, drink and tobacco meant output in the final three months of 2004 was up by 0.2pc
A BOLTON film maker has scooped a top industry award at the New York Film Festival. Horwich-born director David Whitney won a Silver World Medal for his disability discrimination awareness video for JJB Sports, a long-standing client of Salford-based
A HOME improvement store in Bolton has celebrated playing a major role in its parent company's record success. DIY chain GlynWebb anounced that 2004 was the company's best year in 30 years of trading - and the Bolton store, on Orlando Street, kick-started
I HAVE just been listening to Ruth Kelly talking about how much her party have reduced truancy. Well I think it's about time she got off her cloud and had a good walk round the streets of Bolton. J Houghton Lock Lane Bolton
I WOULD just like to thank the lady who helped a good friend of mine when he fell. It was Thursday, February 3, near the Royal Oak, Bradshaw, when the lady kindly stopped her car and went to the gentleman's aid. She phoned for the ambulance and stayed
RECENTLY I came home to the news that my son had left his mobile phone on the bus. Hardly expecting to see the phone again, I rang it anyway and left a message asking the person who found it to call me back. Five minutes later I got a call from the bus
WHILE walking around the Entwistle reservoir last Sunday, February 6, I noticed that there were signs by the dam advising restricted access due to the damage to the paths and bridges caused by "recent" storms. I also noticed a directive signed by Ms Linda
THE champions of the two Bolton cricket leagues are among four local clubs given byes in the first round of the Thwaites Lancashire Cricket Knockout. Westhoughton, who last year came within a whisker of landing the treble when they won the Bolton League
WHO plays - and when Saturday, April 23: Walkden v Bradshaw: Astley Bridge v Eagley: Westhoughton v Farnworth SC: Tonge v Greenmount: Egerton v Heaton: Farnworth v Horwich: Kearsley v Little Lever. Sunday, April 24: NKO Round One. Saturday, April 30:
BOLTON is ready to become the first town in the country to introduce an all-out ban on smoking in pubs, restaurants and other public buildings. Leading councillors are in favour of the idea and the move looks certain to be backed by an influential council
TWELVE people were arrested in a series of raids on suspected drug dealers on Wednesday morning. More than eighty officers were involved in Operation Nimrod which recovered a quantity of heroin from homes in Blackburn and Darwen.
A RADCLIFFE teenager who took his father's car without consent and ended up crashing it was ordered to carry out 30 hours at an attendance centre by Bury magistrates. Marc McNamara, aged 18, of Keats Crescent, was also fined a total of £150 with £43 court
GREAT Lever is expected to be declared a "renewal" area to help reverse the effects of decline. It is hoped the scheme will improve the local economy, environment and housing by creating partnerships between Bolton Council, residents and the private sector
WORK by members of Bury Photographic Society will be getting full exposure over the next seven weeks with the annual photography exhibition at The Met. The group, based at Fishpool Liberal Club in Nelson Street, celebrated the official opening of the
ELDERLY voters could hold the key to the result of the next general election, according to research by Age Concern and ICM. The warning comes after more than 60% of over 55s in the North West said they would definitely vote compared to just over a third
A CHANCE for a lunchdate with Bolton's footballers' wives is on offer next month to help the Tsunami Appeal. Charity supporter Maureen Heggie and friends have arranged a Ladies' Lunch at the Platinum Suite in the Reebok for Sunday, March 13, in aid of
AN IMPRISONED solicitor has been ordered to hand over nearly £700,000 he stole from inheritance funds. Philip Pressler was told he faced an extra three years in prison unless he paid £690,000 he stole while working as senior partner at a Darwen firm.
COMEDIAN Peter Kay will return to the big-screen in a movie adaptation of cult television show. He will make an appearance in The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, a feature length version of the award-winning BBC2 comedy TV series The League of Gentlemen
CHILDREN from a Bolton school have been among the first stars on a television station entirely devoted to teaching. Pupils from Green Fold Community Special School, in Highfield Road, Farnworth, were selected to appear on new channel Teachers' TV, which
A mother who has been fund raising while fighting a debilitating illness has been honoured with Bolton Wanderers' final community hero award of the year. Ann McFadden suffers from Multiple Sclerosis. She cannot walk without two sticks, and, even then,
A CHANCE for a lunchdate with Bolton's footballers' wives is on offer next month to help the Tsunami Appeal. Charity supporter Maureen Heggie and friends have arranged a Ladies' Lunch at the Platinum Suite in the Reebok for Sunday, March 13, in aid of
RICARDO Gardner could be at the centre of a club versus country row if Jamaica insist he reports for international duty. The Reggae Boyz have three CONCACAF Gold Cup preliminary games in a five-day period in Bridgetown, Barbados, which would put Gardner
SAM Allardyce has banned his players from using the "E" word for fear of jinxing Wanderers' winning run. The Reebok boss has drawn up a blueprint in preparation for the club's first ever European campaign, but he fears complacency at this stage could
BOLTON town centre is "destination love" over the next few days for all you romantics who want to treat your Valentine. Crompton Place and The Market Place are running fabulous Valentine competitions. On offer is a chance to win a diamond ring or a romantic
I'M not in the habit of feeling sorry for footballers. But a little sympathy always overcomes me when the teams are being read out at matches and the first 11 receive rapturous applause while you can hear a pin drop when the poor five subs names are announced
ALAN Smith speaks with such surprise that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer keeps his spirits up during his injury lay-off. Smith says he doesn't know how his fellow Manchester United striker stays chirpy during his long term injury lay-off. He says: "Ole's example
MAYBE I'm old fashioned but I don't like the process of football clubs tapping up players. It is well known that clubs make illegal approaches to players all the time. Southampton manager Harry Redknapp came out and admitted tapping up is rife and anybody
Is it everyone's worst fear to be locked up for something they didn't do? I know it's mine. You can imagine it. Somehow your DNA finds its way to a crime scene and you are entirely without an alibi. "But officer," you'll whimper. "I was home alone watching
THE Bolton group of Diabetes UK will be joined by nurse Donna Hopley to talk about retinal screening at their meeting next Wednesday at the Age Concern headquarters in Ashburner Street in the town centre at 7.30pm. For more information, call Pam on 01204
DAYTRIPPERS is the name of a parent and carer-led local group offering support, days out and activities for children with disabilities and special needs and their families. And it has organised a trip to the Blue Planet Aquarium and Cheshire Oaks on Friday
STEVE Bleasdale has signed two attacking players as the new Leigh RMI manager looks to salvage some lost pride in the remainder of the season. The Conference strugglers have signed Droylsdens Danny Byrne, who was with Bleasdale at Chester, and former
PREMIERSHIP, Coca-Cola and international games for the rest of the week FRIDAY Coca-Cola Division One: Bristol City v Walsall (7.45pm); Hartlepool v Peterborough (7.45pm). Coca-Cola Division Two: Southend v Scunthorpe (7.45pm). SATURDAY FA Challenge Cup
CAPTAINS Clough Residents Association is holding a fashion show on Friday, February 25, at Church Road School. The doors open at 6.30pm and the show starts at 7pm. Admission is £1 for adults and accompanied children are free.
TICKETS for the talk by Terry Waite at St Peter's Church, Darwen, are available from the Church Office on 01254 703929. The talk takes place on March 20 and costs £10. We apologise for the fact that an incorrect telephone number was printed on Tuesday
A CAMPAIGN to curb speeders on one of the area's most notorious roads has been given a boost. An electronic speed check sign was installed for seven days on Bolton Road, Radcliffe, near the junction of Turf Street, as a part of a bid by Greater Manchester
A BRAVE neighbour ran into a smoke-logged block of flats to wake residents after one of the apartments caught fire. Quick-thinking James Sheehy doused his clothes with water before enterting the three-storey building at Paderborn Court, off Moor Lane,
A FATHER begged two carjackers to free his children from the back seat of his car as they stood over him with a metal bar and kitchen knife. The masked men pounced as the victim was putting air in the tyres of his £25,000 Volvo V70 T5 at a Westhoughton
MICKEY the parrot is usually all talk. The African Grey loves bossing his owners around, along with the two dogs with whom he shares his Radcliffe home. But he got himself into a real fix when he was playing with the mirror in his cage and a hook trapped
EIGHT elderly residents - one aged 98 - will be forced to move when a residential home closes next month. Twelve staff will also be made redundant when St Martha's Residential Home, on Darwen Road, Bromley Cross, shuts at the end of March. It will be
A TEAM of specialist officers from Greater Manchester Police is flying to Thailand to support the international effort in the aftermath of the tsunami. The team of 15 GMP staff will be led by Superintendent Simon Barraclough and includes officers from
COMEDIAN Peter Kay will return to the big-screen in a movie adaptation of cult television show. He will make an appearance in The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, a feature length version of the award-winning BBC2 comedy TV series The League of Gentlemen
ALL the leagues, all the results BURY & RADCLIFFE JUNIOR LEAGUE RESULTS DIVISION ONE UNDER-12 Unsworth 9, Radcliffe Jnrs 1; Chadderton Jnrs 0, Moorside Rangers 2; De La Salle 6, Bury Jnrs 2; Horwich St Marys 2, Marauders 4. UNDER-13 Little Lever 0
THE Specialist Schools Trust, the lead body in the Government's programme for the country's 1,950 specialist secondary schools, has awarded its Rolls-Royce Award, one of only 14 national awards, to missile production firm MBDA in Lostock. The recognition
BOLTON-based Chartered accountants Jackson Stephen has boosted its business advice service with the appointment of three new Partners in the last three months. Andrew Tipping joined the Tax Department in November after 10 years with Deloitte (legacy Andersen
IN relation to Cllr Linda Thomas's letter of Friday, February 4, regarding "Labour Is Committed To Better Health Care". Perhaps they could do something to help the gentlemen on J2 Ward, Royal Bolton Hospital, with Alzheimers and dementia. These men have
IN response to the letter from Linda Thomas, "Labour is committed to a better health service", I would like to take issue with a number of the points made. Firstly, all the main political parties are committed to a better health service. However, the
1763: After the Seven Years War, the Treaty of Paris was signed with France ceding Canada to Britain. 1824: Samuel Plimsoll, naval reformer, was born in Bristol. He devised the Plimsoll Line, a regulation for the weight ships might safely carry. 1840:
10 years ago from the Evening News February 10, 1995 POLICE today warned parents to be on their guard after a panther-like beast was spotted near a Bolton housing estate. The animal left a large paw print in mud near houses at Beaumont Chase yesterday
LOCAL writer Arnold Harrison has entertained Looking Back readers on a number of occasions with his tales of boyhood years in Bolton. In this latest article he tells us about a painful accident in the days before the establishment of the NHS. IN the late
THE Bolton Association have rejected fears that they may expel troubled cricket club Lostock. Over the last few seasons, Lostock have faced a number of problems, especially the condition and future of their ground, and there were concerns that a special
WHO plays - and when (2nd XI reversed unless stated otherwise) Saturday, April 23: Atherton v Little Hulton; Blackrod v Astley & Tyldesley Colls; Clifton v Walshaw; Daisy Hill v Golborne; Darcy Lever v Adlington; Elton v Lostock; Spring View v Standish
OCTAGON THEATRE, BOLTON The Beauty Queen of Leenane A plain, lonely woman in her early 40s lives with her ageing and manipulative mother in County Galway. The two are locked in a bitter battle of wills, but when her mother interferes with Maureen's first
FOOTBALL-mad youngsters are teaming homework with their favourite sport and aiming high to improve their exam grades. Gayle McBain takes a look at a new scheme which sees Bolton Wanderers linking up with local schools in an attempt to inspire pupils to
BAKING cakes and biscuits for a coffee morning and bring and buy sale helped Sunday School pupils from St Helen's Road Methodist Church, Bolton, raise £451 to help tsunami victims.
A GOOD time was had in a good cause at Bolton Lads & Girls Club when members and staff raised money for the Tsunami Appeal. A sponsored bike ride or walk were among the activities, and members of staff had their heads shaved. More than £750 was raised
A BRIDAL Fayre is looking for models for an event in aid of a Manchester girl who was born with her heart back to front. Women are needed to model wedding dresses and bridesmaids' outfits to raise funds for the Kirsty Howard Appeal Fund. For details contact
MORE than 1,200 trees have been planted in the last two years as part of the Community Forests Northwest's "Dedicate a Tree" campaign. Land throughout the region, including Bolton and Bury, is included in the campaign in which trees are planted on previously
PASSENGERS on Metrolink lines between Bury and Manchester are being promised a better ride after transport bosses pledged millions to upgrade worn-out tracks. Work is expected to start later this year on a £102 million scheme to improve the tram network
MOTORISTS have been warned to expect delays while a bridge on the M60 is given electrical and chemical treatment to extend its life. Sandgate Road bridge between Junction 17, Prestwich, and Junction 18, Simister Island, will be getting innovative hi-tech
A MAN accused of murdering a Bolton-born police officer more than a decade ago has appeared in court. Gary Nelson, aged 35, is accused of shooting dead 44-year-old PC Patrick Dunne while the officer was on duty in Clapham, south London, on October 20,
LIBRARIES in Bolton are teaching customers the language of love in the lead-up to Valentine's Day. The 14 branches across the borough have vowed to take romance off the shelves and into the aisles - and have put together a selection of romantic books,
ENERGY from the sun is to be extracted from the earth to provide heating for a new sports centre in Bolton. Town Hall bosses have unveiled plans to install a "ground source" heat pump at the new Leverhulme Park sports and community centre which is now
A CAT LOVER told of her pet's lucky escape after it was hit by an air rifle pellet. Rocky, an 18-month-old short-haired cat, was shot at in Farnworth and the pellet narrowly missed his heart. His owner Christine Burgess, of Calderbeck Drive, said: "Rocky
Badminton v Gravesend Grammar School: A team won 5-1, B team won 7-2. Football v Wilmslow: 1st XI lost 4-2, 2nd XI won 5-2, 3rd XI won 6-0. v Ripley St Thomas: u15a drew 1-1, u15b drew 1-1, u15c won 6-0. v Little Lever: 3rd XI lost 3-2, u15 XI drew 1-
COMPLAINTS against teachers in Bolton have risen over the past 12 months as a result of the growing compensation culture, it has been claimed. Union officials and teacher associations say complaints have shot up by a quarter - and are worried that false
JOSE Mourinho has dented his image as the Premierships breath of fresh air in the last week. Everybody loves the Chelsea manager's one-liners and super confident style. But refusing to shake hands with Mark Hughes because Blackburn played it rough against
IT will be a kick in the teeth for tradition and a victory for greed if the FA Cup Final is moved to midweek next year. The Football Association is considering the radical switch in order to give Sven-Goran Eriksson more time to prepare his England team
DARREN Abram has thrown a couple of surprise names into his first-ever Super League squad. Paul Rowley and Ian Knott have both been listed in Leigh Centurions' 20-man squad for the club's debut game against Huddersfield Giants on Saturday evening. Hooker
SUPER League X promises to be even more competitive than ever as teams at the top look to dethrone Leeds Rhinos. With two teams facing relegation this year, all 12 clubs have pulled out the stops to make this season's campaign the closest matched affair
WE have all read in the Bolton Evening News about the ineffective or inoperative CCTV cameras in Bolton town centre which has resulted in criminal behaviour going unchecked. In other troubled areas of the borough local traders were initially asked to
HEALTH bosses and MPs have welcomed Bolton's move to ban smoking in public places. Bolton Primary Care Trust has been campaigning for many years to make people more aware of the dangers of smoking and passive smoking through its stop-smoking service,
A REUNION of stock car racers is being held next month. The Veteran's Stock Car Association is holding its 13th annual Northern Stock Car reunion on Saturday, March 5, at Boarshurst Band Club, Greenbridge Lane, Greenfield, near Oldham. For details write
A DELIVERY driver who staged a fake robbery, and even got himself punched in the face to authenticate it, ended up confessing to the police. Michael Davidson, from Farnworth, claimed that while delivering packages for Argos in St Helens, he was dragged
TWO friends chat over a cup of tea. This is the typical scenario for those involved in Horwich Visiting Service - a charity bringing friendship to lonely, isolated and vulnerable people. But, as 87-year-old Mrs Ada Wilkinson and volunteer Mrs Sheila Williams
RELIGIOUS enthusiasts will have the chance to test their knowledge next month in the 50th anniversary Scripture Union Bible Quiz in Bolton. Youngsters from Sunday schools and religious organisations will come together to be tested with questions on the
THE move to ban smoking has left Bolton landlords fuming. Angry publicans are demanding a public consultation on the ban proposed by Bolton Council, which they say will cut trade and put jobs in danger. National lobby groups have backed their calls for
PATIENTS will always face a postcode lottery for NHS treatment, a Bolton MP claimed. David Crausby, MP for Bolton North-east, said Primary Care Trusts, which are responsible for local NHS spending, have different ideas on how to use the money given to
THE following planning applications have been submitted to Bolton Council for approval: BOLTON/TURTON 70147/05 - Mrs K Grimshaw, 26 Andrew Lane, Bolton. Erection of part single, part two storey extension at side and rear of dwelling. 70148/05 - Mr Leigh
DAYTRIPPERS is the name of a parent and carer-led local group offering support, days out and activities for children with disabilities and special needs and their families. And it has organised a trip to the Blue Planet Aquarium and Cheshire Oaks on Friday
WORK by members of Bury Photographic Society will be getting full exposure over the next seven weeks with the annual photography exhibition at The Met. The group, based at Fishpool Liberal Club in Nelson Street, celebrated the official opening of the
