BOSSES at a Lowton building materials supplier say that business is booming ahead of plans to double the size of its network. UGS, which is based in Pocket Nook Lane, was officially opened by the Banbury-based company in December. They have already secured
TWO breakfast seminars to be held by NW law firm Mace & Jones will provide updates on developments in property law. The Property, Planning and Construction Review of 2004 takes place on Thursday, April 7 at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester and on
Staff at the John Lewis Partnership are to get an annual bonus equivalent to more than seven weeks pay, the retail group has announced. The 63,000 partners, who co-own the department store and supermarket business, will share a pot of £106 million, an
LIKE Mr Whittle I am comfortable with Europe, I lived there for five years. I am most unhappy that the large majority of our laws are sent to us from the EU which is not Europe. I want to have the opportunity to vote a government out of office when it
COUNCILLOR Thomas (Letters, February 4) may be sick and tired of the Tories running down the NHS, but I would remind her that many of them fell for Tony Blair's spin in 1997 and his pledge to give the NHS top priority and that is why her party is now
From the Evening News, March 11, 1995: A gang of shotgun raiders stole £400,000 in a meticulously-planned ram robbery at a Bolton security depot. The masked raiders grabbed the cash after using a stolen 25 ton tipper truck as a battering ram reversing
POLICE have launched an investigation after an 11-year-old boy's arm was broken in two places in an incident at a Chorley youth club. Tristan Lambert suffered a double fracture which needed a pin inserting to hold together his lower arm. The boy's father
THE new Ladybridge High School is set to rise like a phoenix from the flames of its struggling predecessor, the Deane School, Education Secretary Ruth Kelly says. The Bolton West MP made her prediction when she joined a celebration to mark the official
MECHANICS have been tickled pink by raising a total of £110,000 for charity Breast Cancer Campaign. The crew at National Tyres and Autocare on Bury New Road joined their colleagues across the country to raise the money. Every branch donated 50p for every
FIREFIGHTERS were called to small fire at a mill in Bury as employees continued to work inside. The fire started at 4pm on Friday at the Premier Mill in Walshaw Road when ducting from a machine caught fire. The fire is believed to have started due to
BOLTON Wanderers fans have paid their own fitting tribute to super fan Dave Higson - by selling T-shirts bearing his memorable catchphrase Ding Dong Do. Unofficial supporters' website Wanderersways has printed 100 T-shirts in memory of Mr Higson, who
BARMY Boltonians painted the town red as they got into the spirit of Comic Relief. Schools and businesses across Bolton lost hold of their senses as they joined in the fun for Red Nose Day. Staff at Shannon Court Nursing Home, Radcliffe Road, dressed
ALTHOUGH El Hadji Diouf may find he is painted as the FA Cup villain for his part in Wanderers' downfall I'm not too sure, writes Chris Sudlow, watching on BBC1 His early dismissal certainly contributed to the difficulties Wanderers faced - especially
BRADFORD Bulls, who met Leigh Centurions at Hilton Park on Friday night, have sacked disgraced hooker Ryan Hudson, who will leave Odsal without ever playing a match. The 25-year-old Hudson, who was part of the Great Britain squad 18 months ago, faces
WHO plays - and when SATURDAY FA Challenge Cup Quarter Final WANDERERS v Arsenal, Southampton v Man Utd Coca-Cola Championship Burnley v Rotherham, Coventry v Cardiff, Crewe v Sunderland, Ipswich v Nottm Forest, Leeds v Gillingham, Leicester v Derby,
DEATH rates from blood clots at the Royal Bolton Hospital are likely to show a decrease when the year on year figures are announced Measures such as ensuring all post-operative patients are given blood thinning drugs and the implementation of a seven-day-a-week
PETER Kay and Tony Christie's version of (Is This The Way to) Amarillo will be released as a single on Monday. The new video for the song, made popular again after featuring in an episode of Peters Phoenix Nights series, was shown several times on Red
PLANS to scrap a community warden scheme and replace it with new police-linked patrols have been criticised by residents on a Little Hulton housing estate. Council bosses have decided to withdraw the popular community wardens from Kenyon Way who have
DETECTIVES probing links between a carjacking and an attempted burglary at a house have warned owners of expensive cars to be on their guard against gangs. In the latest attack on motorists, a 56-year-old woman was robbed of the keys to her £25,000 Mercedes
GANGS of troublemakers who cause misery for residents will be ordered to disperse or face arrest under new plans to curb teenage nuisance. Police have been granted new powers to move groups of more than three people who threaten to cause a disturbance
A COMMUNITY has backed plans to restore Rivington's famous terraced gardens. Around 300 residents attended a public meeting at Rivington Barn to show their support for a major restoration project. Chorley Borough Council is working in partnership with
A PRESENTATION day will be held at the Reebok Stadium for employers to talk to Inland Revenue officials. EmployerTalk provides an opportunity for employers, payroll agents and accountants to discuss topical matters and speak to experts on a wide range
STAFF at a Bolton branch of Ann Summers are celebrating after being hailed by a government department. The retailer was among the Top 100 Best Companies To Work For in 2005 as part of a survey carried out by the Department of Trade and Industry. The recognition
I AM concerned about the superbug MRSA, as I suppose a few million people are. The thing that really upsets me is when I see nurses and doctors out shopping in their uniforms. I was in a cake shop on Plodder Lane in Farnworth when this nurse, or doctor
WE often hear sarcastic remarks being made about the weather in our region. You know, you've heard them: "Is it true that all Boltonians have webbed feet?" or: "People in Bolton never get sun-tanned, they just go rusty." But what about our weather this
I READ with some interest the reply by Miss Holstead to my recent letter on Iraq. I am afraid, however, that she appears to have been affected by the strong anti-Bush sentiment that currently appears prevalent, which is quite undeserved. Would we allow
THE saga of the Union Flag created at Burnden Park by school children is becoming increasingly bewildering. You may remember that I suggested the old postcard depicted a scene at Burnden Park during the Samuel Crompton centenary celebrations in 1927.
1682: The Chelsea Hospital for old soldiers (Chelsea Pensioners), also venue for the world-famous flower show, was founded. 1702: The first successful English daily newspaper, a single broadsheet called the Daily Courant, was published. 1819: Sir Henry
A WAR veteran from Bolton has set off on a pilgrimage to the battlefield where he fought in in the Second World War. Jim Ratcliffe is among a group of 20 former soldiers and their families from Bolton and District Normandy Veterans Association who began
A COMMUNITY has backed plans to restore Rivington's famous terraced gardens. Around 300 residents attended a public meeting at Rivington Barn to show their support for a major restoration project. Chorley Borough Council is working in partnership with
COUNCIL taxpayers in Chorley face a 4.9 per cent hike in bills after the the local authority's budget was finalised. The budget will see Chorley Borough Council's portion of the tax bill increase from £155.99 to £163.63 for a Band D property. The Labour-controlled
A FESTIVAL celebrating one of America's founding fathers, believed to have hailed from Chorley, attracted more than 2,000 people, with visitors from as far as New Zealand. The five-day Myles Standish Festival, organised by St Laurence Historical Society
TWO teenage girls have been banned from all Bolton town centre shopping malls after a four-month campaign of abuse and violence. Jade Cameron, aged 14, and 16-year-old Samantha Foster spat, stole, swore and brawled with each other in busy shopping areas
DREAMS of lifting the famous FA Cup came true for Bolton youngsters and their boxing hero Amir Khan. As Bolton Wanderers prepared for their quarter-final clash with Premier League Champions Arsenal, Amir and pupils atSt Joseph's Primary School, in Shepherd
POLICE and staff manning Copshop 2 in New Bury, Farnworth, are inviting the public to come and meet them at the nearby Community Learning Centre. The crew of the new mobile police station, now at the junction of George Street and Moorside Avenue, want
A CHIP pan left on a cooker left a house in Bolton badly damaged. Firefighters were called out at 1.10pm on Friday to Auburn Street, Little Lever, and carried out an extensive search of the terraced house but found no one in. The house was left badly
BOLTON Music Service stages its series of annual concerts from this Sunday at the Albert Halls. The concerts continue each evening at 7pm until next Thursday and are an opportunity to showcase the instrumental and choral work done by students at the Centre
ARSONISTS are being blamed for a blaze at a Farnworth home on Saturday after an out-house storage room caught fire. The occupants of the house in Westwood Close raised the alarm shortly before 6.45am after their house became filled with smoke. The storage
A WOMAN has died after being involved in an accident with a tram on Friday night. The victim, who has not been named, died after she was hit by a tram on the Metrolink line at Prestwich. The woman, believed to have been in her 40s and from the Prestwich
BOLTON Music Service stages its series of annual concerts from this Sunday at the Albert Halls. The concerts continue each evening at 7pm until next Thursday and are an opportunity to showcase the instrumental and choral work done by students at the Centre
NICKY Hunt returned to the starting line-up, and Gary Speed took the captain's armband in place of the injured Jay Jay Okocha as Wanderers took on Arsenal at the Reebok with a place in the FA Cup semi-final at stake this afternoon. Hunt returned after
Wanderers 0, Arsenal 1: Ten-man Wanderers will be upset, but surely earned most of the plaudits, before Arsenal claimed this FA Cup sixth round victory at the Reebok. Trailing 1-0, and with only 10-men after El Hadji Diouf managed to get himself sent
LEIGH CENTURIONS 6, BRADFORD BULLS 46: A second-half shocker by Leigh Centurions keeps them rooted at the foot of the Engage Super League. Leigh only trailed 10-0 at half time but once the Bulls turned on the power after the break they were condemned
I WRITE in reply to the letters that have appeared in the Bolton Evening News over the last few weeks regarding the Market Hall. As one of the councillors on the planning committee that voted for the revamp to take place at the Market Hall, I would like
THE colours will be flying, drums beating and bayonets fixed when the Queen's Lancashire Regiment is honoured with the Freedom of the Borough of Chorley next month. It will be the first time in the borough's history that this unique honour, which dates
REVELLERS in the North-west are more likely to go abroad for stag and hen parties than from most other places in the UK, according to new research. North-west partygoers rank second in a national survey which revealed that 10 per cent of people from the
A MAN accused of battering his 83-year-old father to death was plied with drink by scientists to try and get him in the same state he was in when he allegedly punched, kicked and stamped on the pensioner. At Manchester Crown Court the jury was told that
DAD-to-be Anthony Bremner's work colleagues took more than the usual interest in the arrival of his first child - they had money riding on it! Days before she was due to give birth, his wife Janet discovered Anthony's pals at Bolton Council were taking
THE District Auditor is to investigate Bolton Council's procedures when staff are offered hospitality. The move comes after a senior officer, Stuart Knight, admitted at an industrial tribunal making an "error of judgment" in claiming expenses to attend
THE new Ladybridge High School is set to rise like a phoenix from the flames of its struggling predecessor, the Deane School, Education Secretary Ruth Kelly says. The Bolton West MP made her prediction when she joined a celebration to mark the official
DREAMS of lifting the famous FA Cup came true for Bolton youngsters and their boxing hero Amir Khan. As Bolton Wanderers prepared for their quarter-final clash with Premier League Champions Arsenal, Amir and pupils atSt Joseph's Primary School, in Shepherd
Mountain rescuers in the Highlands have been involved in two successful searches for climbers from the North-west. Two men, from Preston were traced on Friday after being reported overdue from climbing in the Fannich range in Wester Ross the night before
PETER Kay and Tony Christie's version of (Is This The Way to) Amarillo will be released as a single on Monday. The new video for the song, made popular again after featuring in an episode of Peters Phoenix Nights series, was shown several times on Red
