THE head teacher of Bolton's worst-performing high school has quit his £70,000-a-year job because of stress. Tim Oakes, aged 51, left his post at Hayward High School in Lever Edge Lane, Bolton, saying he felt disillusioned. And today he blamed unrealistic
IAN Walker has signed a new contract that will keep him at the Reebok for the next two years. The 34-year-old former England keeper, who joined Wanderers on a free transfer after leaving Leicester last summer, spent the season as understudy to Jussi
A NEW mum was so impressed with the care her baby daughter received in the neonatal unit at the Royal Bolton Hospital that she raised more than £1,000 for it. Rachel Edwards' daughter Libbie, now aged eight months, was born in the special care baby unit
A BOLTON man and five Birmingham fans are to appear in court after trouble broke out at Bolton Wanderers' game with Birmingham City on Sunday. Seventeen people were arrested after fighting broke out both inside and outside the Reebok Stadium. Extra
A PIONEER of canal regeneration in the Bolton and Bury area has died. Mrs Margaret Fletcher of Trawden Avenue, Smithills, Bolton, had been chairman of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Society almost since the day it was formed in 1987. She died
A NEW Bolton children's centre which has cost more than £1m will open its doors for the first time in Tonge Moor tomorrow. The Surestart centre will have a community cafe, children's library, 84-place nursery and a crche. It will offer a range of
THREE young kickboxers from Horwich have powered their way to victory. The fighters took part in national and regional junior bouts of a competition at Horwich Kickboxing Studio, in Hampson Street. Tom Mather, aged five, and Becky Strong, aged 14, both
A SERIES of information days are being held to give unemployed people the opportunity to take a career step in a different direction. Bolton Council's Employment and Skills Unit in conjunction with East Bolton Regeneration Programme Steps2Success are
A BURY businessman who was reported to have been owed a six-figure sum in the wake of last year's crash of MG Rover has put his car dealership company into administration. Rover cars were a large part of his business until the Birmingham car manufacturer
SNIFFER dogs are being used to help investigators determine the cause of a fire at a former children's home. The dogs have been called in after the blaze at a detached five-bedroom house in Stoneclough Road, Kearsley, opposite The White Horse pub, yesterday
A 56-YEAR-OLD woman scared off a man who tried to rob her in the street. The woman got off the bus in St Helens Road, Daubhill, at 6pm on Monday, and was walking home along the rear of Daisy Street when an Asian man stopped her. He pulled out a knife
Around 740 jobs are to go after home shopping firm Littlewoods Shop Direct announced plans to close two warehouses in Greater Manchester. The Liverpool-based retailer said it planned to close its warehouses in Eccles and Wigan in 2007. A warehouse in
Frustrated residents say they can no longer let their children play outside because their road is being used as a rat-run by motorists. Families living in Lancaster Drive, Little Lever, have been calling for more than 20 years for traffic calming measures
THE first Muslim woman to be elected to Bolton Council hopes others will follow in her footsteps. Sufrana Bashir-Ismail made history last Thursday when she swept to power in the the Crompton ward after turning a 1,000-vote deficit into a majority of
GIRL band Clea which includes Little Hulton-born singer Lynsey Brown look set to continue their ascent into pop stardom with the release of their debut album, Trinity. The album, which was co-written by the girls, is due to be released in June, and
TOP stunt performers are set to thrill audiences in Bolton with a display of daredevil antics. The Extreme Stunt Show will roll into town next week and audiences can expect edge-of-the-seat action. The modern day circus which includes monster trucks
THE body of a man has been pulled from the River Irwell. Police are trying to establish the man's identity after an underwater search team recovered the body in Peel Park, off Wallness Lane, Pendleton, at 5pm yesterday.
CHRISTOPHER Eccleston, pictured, will have his work cut out reprising Patrick McGoohan's role in a remake of TV series The Prisoner. The cult programmes had McGoohan as a former British secret agent held prisoner in a small, isolated resort known as
THE whole Theo Walcott saga is guaranteed to light up the World Cup especially perhaps for non-football fans. He's only 17, clean-cut and wholesome, from what seems to be a sensible family and he looks like he'd run a mile from a prostitute or a spliff
A GREAT-grandfather was knocked down and fatally injured while running an errand to a local supermarket, his devastated family revealed today. Victor Booth, an 80-year-old trade union stalwart of Astonfield Drive, Walkden, was hit by a car as he crossed
OPENING your home and your heart to a child who is not your own is not an easy path. It can be challenging, difficult and very hard work which may ultimately lead to heartache but, as dozens of local people already know, it can be the most rewarding
THE opening of a new £1 million children's centre in Tonge Moor is fantastic news. This sort of facility, which brings together education, childcare and family support on one site, as well as providing health advice and exercise classes, can help knit
THERE has been a lot of talk regarding the extra pressures piled on hospitals, schools and the police to achieve targets, but when someone quits a £70,000 job due to stress there must be something seriously wrong. Tim Oakes has left his position as head
WHATEVER the outcome of the recent election, one thing is for sure, and that is that with two-thirds of the town not bothering to vote, then no party can claim to be representative. But for the ethnic vote, I think that the percentage would have been
I AM frequently caught up in a traffic jams along St Peter's Way. Previously I had thought that this was due to people making their way to work or going shopping, however, thanks to the Bolton Evening News' article published on May 2, I am now aware that
AS secretary of the Bolton United Services Veterans Association (Th'owd Vets), I wish to invite all past, present, and hopefully new, members to join me on Sunday, May 14. We, the Association, are now acknowledged to be the oldest ex-servicemen's association
I READ Mr Barnford's letter "A great day out for free" (May 5), about his free bus trip and my guess is he's got more in mind. But, no, Mr Barnford, your trip was not free. It was paid for by the paying passengers whose fares have gone up, and at the
THE controversy regarding £50,000 to be spent on the restoration of the statue of King Edward VII, a so-called "beloved Royal personage", is rightly condemned by Mrs Audrey Whitfield. Her remarks about the lifestyle of the King are quite in order. The
I refer to the article in which David Crausby's call for a ban on mini-bike sales to teenagers and I have to say I totally agree with him. Residents in Hulton ward who live near and around the Hulton playing fields have to suffer regularly the plague
BEING a disabled person my wife I and I need to use care agencies and over the last two years we have had several. The company that now cares for us is called "Choices", Higher Market Street, Farnworth, and their care is second to none in fact it is
CONTROLLING pigeon numbers by shooting a few seems as legitimate to me as removing an unwanted wasps' nest or an infestation of rats. What is more remarkable is the proliferation of letters about the subject published in this paper recently. Some see
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Horwich Vics clinched the champions of the Bolton Sunday League Premier Section after a hectic end to the season. Hailwood grabbed three and Lilly two, in their 5-0 win against Stumble Inn. Britannia Farnworth's Karl Raynor hit a hat-trick, to helps
WALKDEN Wrecks took a giant stride towards a fabulous double with a superb 1-0 win over the Bowling Green in the Bolton Over-35s League Division Three Cup Final at Breightmet United. Bowling Green had their chances in the first half but the crossbar
LITTLE Lever were beaten 2-0 by Rossendale Amateurs in the Lancashire Amateur League's Fourth Division Cup Final. Lever's hopes were hit when they lost their goalkeeper, Darren Brierly through injury and midfielder Steve Bell was forced to take over.
Turton sealed survival in the West Lancs Premier League with a 4-2 win over third placed Dalton. Turton took the lead on 20 minutes when Burrows slotted the ball home. Dalton levelled with a header from a free-kick, but Burrows restored Turton's lead
AN unbeaten fifth wicket partnership of 109 between Rehmen Shah, 92 not out, and Phil Hall, 34 not out, steered Lostock to their first win of the season in the Manchester Association at Newton Heath. Skipper Danny Cockton had earlier hit a quickfire
CLIFTON are still waiting for their first win in the Central Lancashire League. The former Bolton Association side have lost three of their opening five matches in their new league, while two other fixtures have been abandoned because of the weather
MARIE Curie Cancer Care is looking for the final few adventurous cyclists needed to join its biggest ever fund raising event the Great 500 Cycle Challenge. Marie Curie Cancer Care has already filled three of the five available routes on its challenge
OLYMPIC 10,000m bronze medallist Zersenay Tadesse will head the African challenge for top honours in this month's BUPA Great Manchester Run. Tadesse, who became Eritrea's first Olympic medallist with his brilliant showing almost two years ago, has progressed
POLICE are to crack down on drunken and unruly behaviour in Bolton during the World Cup. Pubs and bars will be showing matches live during the tournament, which begins in Germany on June 9. Police say they will stop football fans on their way to pubs
CCTV cameras have been installed in all charity shops in Bury town centre after a spate of thefts by pickpockets. The shops have been targeted by "dippers", thieves who steal purses from handbags without the owners noticing. Some of the premises have
A CRIMINAL gang is believed to have stolen three top-of-the-range cars after separate raids on homes. The thieves stole a Subaru, a BMW and Jaguar after taking keys from homes in Edgworth, Darwen and Hoddlesden in two hours. Thieves are thought to have
THERE'S something about both the candidates in tonight's final of BBC2's hugely popular The Apprentice that is unnerving. Michelle Dewberry, the pretty, blonde 26-year-old Telecoms consultant was described by Sir Alan Sugar's female white-haired expert
SHE may seem to have it all but I'm beginning to feel a bit sorry for Katie Holmes. It's a time of her life when she should be ecstatic. In Tom Cruise, she's with the man she's fancied since she was a girl and with whom she's just had a beautiful baby
THESE pupils from Canon Slade School needed no encouragement from a Bolton Evening News photographer to get in the mood ready for a garden party being held at the school in 1973, above. It looks like they certainly had the weather for it. Miss J Crompton
THE photograph of a prefab (Looking Back, April 10) brought back some memories for Mike McEwing who sent me tonight's three pictures. He writes: "My parents and I moved into our prefab in 1947 when I was eighteen months old. "Although having a life
A SPECIALIST worker is to be appointed in Bolton in a bid to encourage smokers to kick the habit before it is banned in public buildings next year. The smoking cessation officer will be employed in the 13 areas of Bolton with the most smokers. Health
THE coroner's office in Bolton is trying to trace the family of a man found dead at his home. John Geoffrey Hughes, aged 60, was found at his home in Chorley New Road, Horwich, on Thursday, by his employer. His death is believed to be linked to cancer
COMEDIAN Peter Kay is set to broadcast live from the Phoenix Club during a five-hour television special this Summer. The Bolton comic will be helping to raise cash for vulnerable people leading tough lives in the UK and the poorest countries of the
THE Bolton Church Institute School, now Canon Slade School, was 200 years old last year. To mark this event, the school's head of History, John Aldred JP BA MA MEd PGCE, wrote A Brief History of Canon Slade School, 1855-2005. Only one of my three photographs
A HEALTHCARE computer specialist has revealed new orders of more than £1 million so far this year including the supply of software to Britain's first "super surgery". Ascribe, based on Branker Street in Westhoughton, has won a contract with Assura
Up to 800 hospital jobs are to be axed in the North-west, it has been announced. The Pennine Acute Trust, which runs Fairfield General Hospital in Bury, North Manchester General Hospital, Rochdale Infirmary and the Royal Oldham Hospital, is making the
HORSE and carriage rides through Bolton town centre are among the final events planned to raise money for a statue of Fred Dibnah. Bill Greenhalgh, a former friend of the celebrity steeplejack and fundraiser for the appeal, said he expected the target
Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian, The Charlatans and Guns N' Roses are to support the Rolling Stones on their European tour. The band kick off with a gig in Barcelona on May 27 although there are fears guitarist Keith Richards may not be well enough to join
LEFTover fruit and vegetables from a Horwich supermarket are being recycled straight into the mouths of wallabies and lemurs! The ASDA store, based at the Middlebrook Retail Park, has teamed up with a Rivington based animal conservationist to help him
NEW bands in Bolton could find themselves on a tour of Britain's top music festivals this summer, as part of a new competition being run by the Bolton Evening News, a member of the Newsquest Media Group. "Local Heroes" aims to uncover grassroots talent
MANUFACTURERS in Bolton are being offered a deal to kickstart their lean drive to better performance. The Manufacturing Advisory Service North West has launched a subsidised support package. The £1000 Lean Starter Pack is available to manufacturing
BOLTON celebrity chef Paul Heathcote has teamed up his outside catering business with a Stoke-on-Trent-based catering giant. Paul Heathcote, who has restaurants across the North, including Bolton, has formed a trading partnership between his Heathcotes
BOLTON Wanderers' superstadium at Horwich has been given the go-ahead by planning councillors. Detailed drawings of the 25,000 all-seater stadium at Red Moss were approved when they went before a meeting yesterday. Outline planning permission has already
WANDERERS fans worldwide are continuing to join our new interactive world map. On Wednesday we received new entries from Baghdad, Copenhagen, Ghana and San Francisco among others. Already dozens of Wanderers supporters all over the world are clicking
The Moses Gate Hotel, Farnworth The Brew Live band play Cream, Hendrix, Led Zep and their own material Tomorrow, 8.30pm Academy 2/3, Manchester Josh Ritter Folky singer songwriter promotes his new album The Animal Years, a title referring
A PENSIONER has protested to Bolton Council after bowlers ordered her off a park bench when she stopped for a rest in the afternoon sunshine. Disabled grandmother Brenda Hindle was on her way home from a shopping trip on Friday when she decided to cut
