PROVIDING his account of the afternoon is the then Wanderers goalkeeper Keith Branagan, whose vital penalty save from Stuart Lovell acted as the catalyst for the epic response. Branagan is currently working at Bolton School as Master of Football Coaching
A RECORD number of Bolton people are battling with debt in the run-up to Christmas, says the Citizens' Advice Bureau. Since October, nearly 1,100 people have been through the bureaus doors in Mawdsley Street, Bolton town centre, to talk about the problem
HOME Office minister Tony McNulty has promised to take a fresh look at the Sukula family's appeal to stay in Britain after he was handed a Bolton Evening News dossier supporting their case. The Sukula family settled in Bolton after fleeing the war-torn
A NEW air ambulance covering the skies of the North-west - partly paid for by one woman's £500,000 donation - has been unveiled. The new helicopter was named Katie in memory of Katie Caine, of Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire, who left the money to the
A NEW appeal for information has been made following an armed robbery at a bank in Westhougton. Three masked men armed with a meat cleaver and a gun burst into the Halifax building society in Market Street on Friday afternoon. They threatened staff and
WANDERERS are being tipped to go on an extended run in the UEFA Cup after reaching the knockout stages and Friday's draw. Sam Allardyce's team clinched a place in the last 32 after getting the point they needed in Group H against Spanish side Sevilla.
A 20-YEAR-OLD woman was the victim of a carjacking by two men who forced her to flee in fear of her safety. She was driving along Danesway, Prestwich, on Saturday, at around 8.15pm in a Renault Clio when she spotted a man running down the middle of the
THIS weekend Bury FC aim to do what no other League Two side has managed this season - defeat leaders Wycombe Wanderers. The Buckinghamshire side have gone an amazing 21 league games without defeat since the start of the season, a run that has earned
THERE are times when we are so good I'd be happy to pay to get into the Interlink Express Stadium myself. I just wish more people felt the same. If I could ask for just one thing this Christmas it would be to get more people flooding through the turnstiles
A MAN has been arrested by police investigating incidents of racist graffiti at Manchester Airport. The 63-year-old man from Wakefield has been arrested on suspicion of causing racially aggravated criminal damage. He has been bailed pending further inquiries
TWO young men who robbed a man and tried to rob another have both received two year custodial sentences. Darren Burt, aged 18 of Lower Makinson Fold, Horwich, and Alex Pemberton, aged 21, of Bedford Square, Leigh, admitted the offences in Leigh town centre
WHEN Alan Calvert suggested a massive piece of public art to encourage the economic regeneration of Bolton (Calverts Diary, December 5), might he have considered then the potential that such a piece would have for distracting drivers? Clearly the Spirit
A SPLIT has emerged among Bolton's taxi organisations over calls for a Christmas strike. Bill Williams, chairman of the Bolton Taxi Drivers Association, said threatened strike action by representatives of two other groups - the Bolton Hackney Association
A BUSINESSMAN escaped a driving ban even though he was found to be four and a half times over the legal drink-drive limit. Celebrity lawyer Nick Freeman successfully argued that 25-year-old Jon Bradshaw could not have consented to having a blood sample
