FOR once Bolton Council is supporting the people of Bolton in saying it will oppose the fluoridation of our water supply. Now, how can we improve the water even further by getting rid of the smell and taste of chlorine? C A Wilson Milford Road Great Lever
AS a long serving dentist in Bolton, may I express my sincere thanks to Brian Derbyshire, Jack Sinclair and the anti-fluoridation lobby for allowing me to earn a fat salary and superannuated pension from the NHS all these years! Your ignorance and bigotry
THE fluoridation of our water supply is of serious concern to many thousands of local people. The very idea of adding a highly toxic substance to our drinking water is abhorrent. Oh, we are told by so-called experts that the amount of poison added to
THE Bolton Association championship chase is shaping up to be one of the closest in years. Whether that is a direct result of the new points system has still to be determined, but with the top three clubs separated by only three points, and the next three
FARNWORTH'S resurgence continued unabated after they went to the top of the league with a 78 runs win over Kearsley. Professional Brenton Parchment was again in the runs with 90 out of his side's 265-7, but it was far from a one man show with David Tonge
TRIALS of a lifesaving drug for breast cancer are being held at the Royal Bolton Hospital. Bolton is one of five hospitals in the North-west to be selected for the international trial, which will involve 6,000 women around the world. Local women at risk
ONE of Bolton's top police officers has left the town to become head of the force in Bury. Chief Supt Janette McCormick will become Bury's first ever woman police chief when she took up the post on Monday. The promotion comes just eight months after she
THE NORTH-west's historic buildings are under threat from a shortage of skilled craftspeople, according to research published by the National Heritage Training Group. Backed by ConstructionSkills and English Heritage, the research found that 3,728 people
PERFORMERS battled it out to win a spot in the semi final of the Horwich Carnival Talent Competition. The first heats were held at the RMI Club in Horwich. Competition was high and judges had a difficult task choosing which acts went through to the semi-finals
TICKETS for the Coldplay concerts at the Reebok stadium are selling out fast on the back of the band's hotly awaited new album. Fans have been snapping up the remaining tickets for the two Summer Concerts at the Reebok on July 4 and 5 since the release
CROMPTON Place shopping centre has scooped two major industry awards, making it the best-managed shopping centre in Britain, as well as one of the most environmentally friendly. Mark Rycraft, Centre Manager of Crompton Place, was named Town Centre Shopping
THIS year's "brass bands in the parks concerts" are continuing at Horwich this weekend. The series of concerts will be held over summer month finishing in September. Concerts start at 2pm and finish around 4pm. The remaining dates and venues are as follows
PERFORMERS battled it out to win a spot in the semi final of the Horwich Carnival Talent Competition. The first heats were held at the RMI Club in Horwich. Competition was high and judges had a difficult task choosing which acts went through to the semi-finals
TRIBUTES have been paid to popular Bolton comic and poet Hovis Presley who has died in hospital after a short illness - aged just 44. Critically acclaimed Hovis, known as "the bard of Skagen Court", was being treated for a chest infection at the Royal
WANDERERS have given up hope of persuading French full-back Vincent Candela to stay. Candela, 31, joined them on a short-term deal in January from AS Roma. He was offered a new, 12-month contract but he has decided to return to Italy with Udinese.
BOLTON Wanderers are expecting to sign Newcastle winger Laurent Robert on a three-year contract. Wanderers have agreed a fee of £1.5 million with Newcastle for the 30-year-old, who moved to St James' Park for £9.5 million from Paris St-Germain four years
TYLDESLEY boxer Samson Aluko delivered a knockout punch when he won the national ABA championship and a place in the England squad for their trip to Hungary. Aluko, aged 16, had previously lost against London based fighter Noel Devlin in December last
LEIGH Amateur Boxing Club has ended a memorable season which has seen the club emerge as a real force within the East Lancs ABA. Coaching staff improvements, a stronger committee and the emergence of strong new talent has helped the club to great success
THERE were mixed fortunes for our two local clubs in the MEN Inter-League Trophy. The Bolton Leage were easy 145 run winners over the North L ancashire League at Barrow but the Association lost by 29 runs to the Ribblesdale League at Clifton. MEN Inter-league
LEIGH CENTURIONS 7, WARRINGTON WOLVES 42: A burst of three tries immediately after half-time gave Warrington the jump start they needed to reclaim third spot in the engage Super League table. After being on the wrong end of a 7-4 half time scoreline,
OFFICIALS from a vandal-plagued football club have slammed arsonists after their pavilion was set alight. The changing rooms at Little Lever Amateur Football Club were badly damaged on Saturday night after vandals piled rubbish against the corrugated
RAMSBOTTOM UNITED have appointed Lee Sculpher as their new manager after the sudden departure of Derek Egan from the Riverside. Sculpher is no stranger to success in the lower echelons of football after he led Clitheroe to the North West Counties First
THE Bury/Bolton ME/CFS Support Group is inviting ME sufferers to join them for a social evening on Thursday June 16. The event will be held at Longsight Road Methodist Church Hall in Harwood, Bolton, from 7.30pm. Admission is £1 with refreshments on offer
LANCASHIRE-based discount clothing retailer Matalan is cutting an unspecified number of jobs as part of a cost-cutting drive. The company warned earlier this year that it would seek greater efficiencies after seeing a nine per cent fall in like-for-like
CROMPTON Place shopping centre has scooped two major industry awards, making it the best-managed shopping centre in Britain, as well as one of the most environmentally friendly. Mark Rycraft, Centre Manager of Crompton Place, was named Town Centre Shopping
CONGRATULATIONS to Bolton Council for their recent re-affirmation that they oppose the fluoridation of our water supplies, and shame on IJ Burns, chairman of Bolton Local Dental Committee, for once more pushing the myth that fluoride is beneficial to
ASTLEY & Tyldesley professional Suresh Riani is certainly proving to be a smash hit. The 18-year-old Indian A international hit an unbeaten 89 off only 25 balls in his side's nine-wicket win over Lostock. In an innings that had people running for
LANCASHIRE'S disastrous weekend continued after they were soundly beaten by the Nottinghamshire Outlaws at Trent Bridge. After a frustrating afternoon against the Yorkshire tail on Saturday afternoon in the Championship draw at Headingley, Mark Chilton's
BOLTON Association league leaders Darcy Lever were dumped out of the Lancashire Knockout by holders Firwood Bootle. The Liverpool Competition Premier League champions fielding a host of talented players, bowled Darcy out for 81, with prolific batsman
DETECTIVES are investigating a large-scale disturbance after a fight broke out outside a pub in Leigh. Police were called to the Leigh Arms in King Street following the incident at 6.40pm on Sunday. Officers found a large group of men fighting. Some had
A BOLTON headteacher has spoken of the success of breakfast clubs and after-school activities. Jack Hatch, from St Bede Church of England Primary School in Daubhill, was speaking on the day Education Secretary Ruth Kelly unveiled a £680 million plan that
OFFICIALS from a vandal-plagued football club have slammed arsonists after their pavilion was set alight. The changing rooms at Little Lever Amateur Football Club were badly damaged on Saturday night after vandals piled rubbish against the corrugated
HORWICH Parkway station is to be be transformed by a £600,000 facelift in work to improve passenger facilities on the Manchester-bound platform which started on Monday. The redevelopment will see the construction of a ticket office and waiting area together
ANGRY parents say they have been waiting for ten years for a derelict play area to be transformed. Residents in Breightmet are demanding answers from Bolton Council about a dilapidated area of parkland, on the Tetbury estate. Campaigners claim that they
WANDERERS meet Spanish La Liga side Malaga in a friendly at the Reebok Stadium on Tuesday, August 2 as the latest pre-season matches are confirmed. The Spaniards, who finished tenth in La Liga last season will provide quality opposition ahead of the Barclays
BUDWEISER UK Open champion Phil Taylor believes Ricky Hatton will be "gutted" that he missed his memorable nine-dart finish at the Reebok last night. The 44-year-old was at ringside last weekend as Hatton defeated the great Kostya Tszyu to win the IBF
JACK Sinclair (Give us a referendum on fluoride, June 3) came straight to the point - anyone who wants fluoride could buy tablets or use fluoridated toothpaste (even though fluoride in toothpaste, rinses and gels is a waste from the aluminium industry
TWICE within a year Diane Day's babies have taken her by surprise. Last July her son Jamie was 12 days late, but arrived in a real hurry - born on the front seat of a car as she was being driven to hospital. Then last month daughter Calice was born. And
A BOLTON headteacher has spoken of the success of breakfast clubs and after-school activities. Jack Hatch, from St Bede Church of England Primary School in Daubhill, was speaking on the day Education Secretary Ruth Kelly unveiled a £680 million plan that
TICKETS for the Coldplay concerts at the Reebok stadium are selling out fast on the back of the band's hotly awaited new album. Fans have been snapping up the remaining tickets for the two Summer Concerts at the Reebok on July 4 and 5 since the release
