I KNOW we could go on for ever about the recycling fiasco, but this is the third week running that my white paper sack has not been emptied. After ringing Paper Chase and being told that they would contact the collectors, I find I am still waiting for
I WOULD like to respond to the gentleman from Glasgow who has taken issue with my letter about the protection of the Sukula family. His letter is well corroborated. However, we must not let it distract us from the potential plight of the Sukulas should
RETURN from holiday to find that our anti-car Lib Dem councillor, David Wilkinson, strikes again. He admits (Bolton Evening News, August 30) that siting a dirty great mirror-finish sculpture slap bang in the middle of a roundabout will have the effect
SIR Bob Geldof's daughter has expressed her horror at the antics of Bolton teenagers she encountered while making a TV documentary. Outspoken celebrity columnist Peaches Geldof filmed an average night in the life of Bromley Cross teenagers for the programme
TV soap star Sammy Winward was the guest of honour at an event for a Bolton charity which offers a helping hand to families with young children. Sammy, who played Katie Sugden in Emmerdale is engaged to Birmingham City footballer David Dunn and gave birth
THE company managing Bolton's council housing has been given top marks by Government inspectors. Bolton at Home received the coveted Audit Commission three-star award for delivering excellent housing and regeneration services to its 20,000 customers.
BARE-CHESTED Bolton builders have been given the green light to flex their pecs in public - thanks to a ruling from the European Parliament. The great British building tradition of stripping off at the first sight of summer sun looked to be under threat
A SCHOOLBOY has been convicted of raping a woman at knifepoint after she had been on a night out with friends. The 14-year-old forced his 22-year-old victim into a secluded wood near Thirlmere Road, Leigh, to carry out the terrifying attack. The boy,
AN African Grey parrot has been turning the air blue at the Bolton headquarters of the RSPCA while it waits to be reunited with its owner. The friendly but foul-mouthed bird was brought to the rescue centre by Angela Kinsella, aged 56, of Westhoughton
EL-HADJI Diouf will pay for his petulance. Sam Allardyce has confirmed he will fine the controversial Senegal striker for picking up his third booking of the season in the win at West Ham. Diouf was substituted at Upton Park just minutes after being booked
GRAHAM Poll will be the first man to judge whether Blackburn's "brat pack" are prepared to turn over a new leaf. Mark Hughes reckons his wild Rovers are making a conscious effort to improve their wretched disciplinary record, so who better to test their
EUROPEAN campaigners are backing a Bolton doctor's call for cigarette packets to carry warnings that smoking can cause blindness. Bolton eye surgeon Simon Kelly, consultant ophthalmic surgeon at the Royal Bolton Hospital, has carried out groundbreaking
BOLTON Council has sent out its first fixed penalty notices to parents whose children have persistently skipped school. The £50 fines were sent out at the end of last term and if parents fail to pay they could find themselves in court. Education chiefs
TV soap star Sammy Winward was the guest of honour at an event for a Bolton charity which offers a helping hand to families with young children. Sammy, who played Katie Sugden in Emmerdale is engaged to Birmingham City footballer David Dunn and gave birth
COULD I please, through the Letters column in the Bolton Evening News, thank the people who gave donations and volunteered to help at our fun day on August 20, 2005, which was held on the field in Redbrook Close, Farnworth. We would like to thank especially
WITH regard to the letter "Save our out-of-town store". Now the tables have turned. And I quote, "ust like they (Safeways) didn't give a hoot for all the small shopkeepers they closed down when they moved to Breightmet". It would appear that the customers
WITH reference to the Spirit of Sport sculpture to be sited on De Havilland Way, Horwich. It invites the question on how much thought had Bolton Council given to the site for such a project. It will almost certainly distract drivers attention, and the
FROM THE EVENING NEWS, SEPTEMBER 9, 1995: A SPONSORED abseil in aid of Bolton's Help the Aged, due to take place tomorrow, has had to be cancelled due to a lack of volunteer daredevils. Fortunately, those people who had registered to abseil down a 100ft
A SCHOOLBOY has been convicted of raping a woman at knifepoint after she had been on a night out with friends. The 14-year-old forced his 22-year-old victim into a secluded wood near Thirlmere Road, Leigh, to carry out the terrifying attack. The boy,
THIRTEEN men and one woman have appeared in court charged with conspiracy to supply class A controlled drugs following dawn raids in Bolton this week. They appeared at Wigan Magistrates Court on Friday after drug squad officers swooped on 21 homes in
BOLTON loves Sir Elton John. And the superstar loves Bolton writes Angela Kelly As he rocked the Reebok on Sunday night (June 5), he told more than 20,000 fans that the town is "the epicentre of coolness". He listed Peter Kay as one of the reasons, and
HIGHLIGHTS of the new season at Bolton's Octagon Theatre include two plays by Arthur Miller. The Miller at the Octagon season celebrates the work of the American playwright, who died in February. There will be productions of A View From The Bridge (January
FIREFIGHTERS worked throughout the night tackling a fire at the site of a former Radcliffe nightclub. Arsonists are being blamed for setting fire to the derelict building in Warth Fold Road which used to house Fusion and Bennys - just before 10pm on Friday
BOLTON'S very own Oscars event put the town's amateur stage stars in the spotlighton Friday night at a glittering ceremony. The 11th Bolton Evening News Amateur Stage Awards and Bolton Amateur Theatre Societies' Dinner was attended by more than 250 people
A MAN was viciously attacked by a gang of thugs as he walked through Bolton. The 28-year-old was in Halliwell Road when a man asked him for a light then punched him in the face. The attacker was joined by three or four other people who kicked and punched
CARPENTER and kitchen fitter John Fox has gone back in time to create a second career in his retirement - clog-making. John, aged 62, of Harwood, is a former carpentry teacher, but it was an interest in Morris dancing that got him into his new job. It
THREE men from Bolton who were stopped at Liverpool John Lennon Airport on their way to watch England play have been charged with football disorder offences. The men were stopped by Merseyside Police officers before boarding a flight to Belfast to watch
TWO people were rescued by firefighters after a pan of food set on fire. Firefighters from Bury and Whitefield were called to a first-floor flat in Mather Avenue, Whitefield, at 9pm on Wednesday after neighbours heard a smoke alarm. Firefighters led the
I AM disappointed to see that the vociferous minority are trying to scupper the excellent proposal to provide a facility for our local youths at the Hollands Nursery site. It goes without saying that the local youths need a focus for their energies, and
SPORT teacher Emma Rimmer, is preparing for the final few steps on the road to donating a kidney to her brother, Matthew. The 27-year-old Harper Green School teacher will go into Hope Hospital in Salford on Tuesday for a final round of health and fitness
MASSIVE amounts of garden rubbish are being wasted in Bolton because the wrong type of refuse is being put in green bins. In an effort to create more compost, Bolton Council is urging householders to think about what they put in their green recycling
A HARD-hitting initiative has been launched to highlight the number of road deaths in Greater Manchester. The Lost Soles campaign features a posster showing a shoe lying in the middle of a road to represent the 94 people killed and 948 seriously injured
BOLTON'S very own Oscars event put the town's amateur stage stars in the spotlighton Friday night at a glittering ceremony. The 11th Bolton Evening News Amateur Stage Awards and Bolton Amateur Theatre Societies' Dinner was attended by more than 250 people
FIREFIGHTERS worked throughout the night tackling a fire at the site of a former Radcliffe nightclub. Arsonists are being blamed for setting fire to the derelict building in Warth Fold Road which used to house Fusion and Bennys - just before 10pm on Friday
