A TEENAGER was caught with a kitchen knife in his pocket just two days after being given a suspended prison sentence for possessing offensive weapons. Magistrates in Bolton today sent Anthony Pollard to a young offenders institution for 38 weeks.
HUNDREDS of partygoers helped The Bolton News inch closer to its £100,000 Garden of Tranquillity Appeal target. A glittering Red and White Ball, at the Reebok Stadium's Platinum Suite, on Friday, raised more than £7,800 for the Bolton Hospice project
FRIENDS and family have paid tribute to a fun-loving sportsman who collapsed and died after playing in a football match. Martyn Burton, aged 31, who was deaf, had been playing in a cup match for Manchester Deaf FC at Bridgend near Cardiff on February
THE Freedom of Information Act has only been in operation for two years but already the Government wants to curb the volume of requests for information. Journalists will be the most affected so The Society of Editors has launched a campaign to to try
RESTAURANT reviewing is one branch of the journalistic tree which has never held any appeal for me. Colleagues used to encourage me to risk spilling exotic sauces on my notebook, but I spent several decades saying I could not bring myself to write the
A FAVOURITE beauty spot of mine of years past was what was affectionately known as "fag tunnel" or "cigarette tunnel", which runs under the road in the dip where Walker Fold Road changes to Colliers Row and leads up to Scout Road. In summers gone by,
CAN anyone tell me if I have ever voted to give Jan Hutchinson the right to decide whether I should have fluoride added to my water supply? Can anyone tell me if I have ever voted to give Chris Brooks the right to decide whether I should have fluoride
I WOULD like to concur with K Gratton's letter, "Where exactly is £37m a day of UK taxpayers' money going?" As proved by the EU audited accounts, only seven per cent of the money Europe gets from the UK is "legally spent". This means that only a paltry
One year ago I had my cataracts removed and lenses inserted. After a few days, I looked out on to a world that I had not seen since I was a boy of six. Colours were brighter, the dark spaces between the leaves of grass sharper, and the horizon nearer
JOHN Cronnelley and Cllr Elaine Sherrington may well go on trading meaningless percentages from now until the end of time in The Bolton News columns or elsewhere, but if you asked a competent statistician he/she would tell you that, month-on-month, percentages
MAY I please express my sincere thanks to the gentleman who very kindly came to my assistance when I was involved in an accident at Farnworth Precinct on February 13. This man even waited until the ambulance arrived to take me to hospital for which I
The Bolton News TV News, Sport and Weather headlines for February 19 are online now.
I SPENT six years researching the questionable practice of mass medication without consent that is water fluoridation. That culminated in my writing "Fluoride: Drinking Ourselves to Death?" There is no doubt whatsoever that water fluoridation is a dangerous
A section of the M6 near Wigan will be closed tonight while emergency repairs are carried out following a crash. The southdound section between Junction 27 and Junction 26 will be closed from 10.30pm until 5am (at the latest) tomorrow. This is
A MAN who refused to accept his relationship was over, bombarded his ex-partner with late night abusive phone calls. Paul John Killeen, aged 38, of Kempster Gardens, Halliwell, had split with Alicia Dunn, his partner of 12 years and mother of his two
It might not be PC, and some people get offended by the verbal extremes football fans can reach, with what used to be called terrace chants (before we all had to sit down). But there is a degree of wit in there, that deserves a wider audience occasionally
Manchester Christadelphians are holding a free lecture on Saturday at Bolton Central Library in the Green Room at 1pm. All welcome. More details on www.ManchesterChristadelphians.com.
AN old favourite could be back on track as Haydock Park Racecourse stages its second racing fixture in the space on five days on Thursday. Artic Jack, winner of the racecourse's high class Peter Marsh Chase three years ago, is entered for the Asda
The draw for the FA Cup quarter-finals: Middlesborough or West Brom v Manchester United or Reading. Arsenal or Blackburn Rovers v Manchester City. Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur. Plymouth Argyle v Watford. The draw was performed by England coach
A GANG stole more than £80,000 worth of copper and metal piping in a raid on a water treatment works. Burglars broke into the Wayoh Water Treatment Works, in Bolton Road, Turton, and escaped with a quantity of metallic pipe, three wheels of copper cord
A DISABLED driver given a ticket for using the Mayor of Bolton's parking bay has had his fine overturned. Steven Yates, aged 29, of Greenhead Walk, Great Lever, was fined £30 in October after parking in the permit-only bay outside the Albert Halls, in
AMIR Khan has an exciting 12 months mapped out which the Bolton boxer hopes will lead to fights in America and a world title. The 20-year-old's 11th appearance in the ring lasted less than a minute after he unleashed a sensational sweeping right hand
A NEW "energy shop" will give householders advice on improving energy efficiency and cutting fuel bills. Bolton Council is launching the Energy Efficiency Advice Shop with its energy efficient mascot, Snug Bug, in the Crompton Place Shopping Centre.
CHILDREN could find themselves having to travel double the distance to school under controversial proposals to change the way pupils are given secondary school places. Parents living in what was known as the urban district of Turton - which incorporates
WITH Ramsbottom A out of action, Radcliffe Cricket Club picked up the slack at the top of the Bolton Table Tennis League Premier Division. The Radcliffe team won 7-2 at Burning Desire B with Top Ten leader Nigel Hallows their unbeaten player. Little
A YOUTH theatre group has received an invitation from the Mayor of Bolton to help raise funds for his annual charity appeal. After seeing CATS Youth Theatre on stage, Cllr Walter Hall was so impressed that he asked them to perform at a concert on Monday
ACCLAIMED urban designer Wayne Hemingway is set to talk about the future of housing in the North-west. A regional conference is is being held at the Reebok Stadium, on February 28, to discuss developments over the next 13 years. Our Homes, Our Future
A FAMILY seeking asylum in Bolton were forced to pack their belongings into bin bags and leave their home. Aliyah Mohammed, aged 26, and her children, were told to go by their landlord after the Home Office stopped their benefits. And although the landlord
WORK by professional contemporary and student artists will be going under the hammer. Fine art students at the University of Bolton are holding a fundraising auction on February 27. Together with art works, the students, calling themselves the neo
AMIR Khans's coach, Mick Jelley, had hoped the Bolton boxer could have banked another few rounds of valuable experience in the ring. But Khan finished off Mohammed Medjadji in less than a minute in another scintillating display of his power. Jelley
PRIME Minister Tony Blair has singled out the Royal Bolton Hospital for praise after waiting times have been successfully slashed. The hospital is one of only three nationally to have met government targets a year early. And Blair said: "I know just
TWO former Wanderers players, Roger Hunt and Gordon Taylor, will take part in a question-and-answer session at a Supporters' Association event on Thursday. England 1966 World Cup winner Hunt and Taylor, who is now chief executive of the Professional
A WOMAN died following a house fire in Hazel Grove, Stockport, yesterday afternoon. The woman had been trapped and was rescued from the property but later died from her injuries.
POLICE are investigating a fire that destroyed the contents of a converted outdoor toilet which was being used to store gardening equipment. Firefighters spent an hour dealing with the blaze at the house in Carr Bank Avenue, Atherton, at 5.25am on Saturday
A 39-year-old woman was found hanged in a house in Pinfold Close, Westhoughton, on Saturday afternoon. Police were called to the house by paramedics after a relative of the woman had phoned for help at about 2pm. Officers do not believe there are any
A group of teenagers discovered the body of a man close to a popular walking route. The man, believed to be in his 40s, may have lain dead for several days before the boys, aged 13, found him on Saturday afternoon near Horridge Brook, off Church Road
POLICE are appealing for help after reports that a woman may have been abducted following an altercation with a group of men in Bolton town centre. A passer-by reported that the woman, aged in her 20s, had been arguing with four or five men in a silver
THE friends of holidaymaker Adrian "Flecky" Fletcher who plunged to his death from the 14th floor of a Mexican hotel held a pool competition to raise money in his memory. The event, organised by the Queen Anne Hotel in Little Lever, was the latest in
IT was a rare visit home from our son and heir accompanied by the lead guitarist from his band that prompted us to go out for a meal. He had come home for a flying visit to the dentist - after all a budding indie rock star can't be seen with chipped
THE treasures of Tutankhamun's tomb were last in London more than 30 years ago and they are to return for another visit. They will be back in London from November this year, for a limited time. This is a chance to see the artefacts of the young
I'VE always liked the thought of skiing: Racing down the piste by day before relaxing in a bar at the bottom of the slopes sampling the famous apres-ski by night. So when I was offered the opportunity to do just that in Andorra, a country of which my
PROTESTERS from Unison are gearing up to lobby Bolton Council before a meeting at which £10.6 million of proposed budget cuts could be confirmed. The union has mounted a "Save Our Services" campaign to challenge the plans and last week a group met Bolton
POLICE are warning elderly residents to be wary of door-to-door beggars who have targeted homes in Great Lever. Three women, who were wearing veils and have been described as Asian or Eastern European, claimed to speak no English and showed homeowners
POLICE will turn up the heat on criminals when they move into a building which once housed Bolton's Turkish baths and steam rooms. The 19th century building in Great Moor Street will act as a base for officers patrolling the town centre following the
A CAMPAIGN has been re- launched to find work for people who are claiming benefits. The Working Together campaign, which is run by Bolton Council and Working Links, aims to help people to regain confidence and learn new skills in order to get back into
DOG owners will face £75 fines if they let their pets off the leash on Bolton's main roads. Owners will be banned from letting dogs run free on A and B roads, in cemeteries, crematoria or children's play areas under new laws. Bolton Council fines those
A £5.6 MILLION scheme offering homes and care for elderly people in Bolton has been announced. Bolton Council is working with private investors to build 37 apartments for vulnerable older people who need care. And another 300 could be built across Bolton
MP Lindsay Hoyle has launched a campaign for a war memorial in Adlington. Mr Hoyle is working with First World War historian Steve Williams as co-founders of a committee which aims to raise cash to have a statue of a Pals soldier erected. The names of
The first explosions started about a week ago, on “Little Chinese New Year”, but it wasn’t until Saturday – New Year’s Eve – that the firework display climaxed into the most spectacular party I’ve ever seen. China must be the only place on earth where
THERE can be few footballers who assume truly legendary status at a club having played fewer than 100 games. But Frank Worthington's 38 goals in 92 games between 1977 and 1979 ensured the flamboyant striker is etched into Wanderers folklore. Since then
Leigh were forced to concede defeat in a tense Northern Rail Cup game, but only after giving full strength Widnes a real fright at the Halton Stadium. Leigh debut boy Martin Ainscough grabbed the first try of the game after four minutes with Aaron Heremaia
Sean O'Loughlin's last-gasp try sealed a dramatic late victory for Wigan over the Catalans Dragons in Perpignan. The Wigan captain went over in the 78th minute and Pat Richards added the extras for a victory which seemed beyond them for much of the game
RADCLIFFE Borough earned a vital point in their fight against relegation from the UniBond Premier with a battling display against promotion-chasing Hednesford. It could have been three points when Ian Kearney's last-gasp header rolled agonisingly
FC UNITED cruised through to the semi-finals of the League Challenge Cup, winning away at Yorkshire side Silsden thanks to three goals in eight minutes in front of 1,500 fans. Silsden never recovered from the first-half goal blitz which started on
MARC Pugh insists his decision to delay signing a new contract at Gigg Lane is not financially-driven. The 19-year-old winger has told Shakers officials that he will not commit to the two-and-a-half year deal on offer to him until the summer, prompting
FRUSTRATED Bury boss Chris Casper was forced to make an apology to a section of supporters after reacting to comments directed at him at the final whistle. Having been totally outplayed by Wycombe, the Shakers were jeered from the pitch and the manager
LIGHTNING struck just once and that was enough to see Amir Khan race to his quickest win since turning professional. The Bolton boxing sensation came into the ring at the Wembley Artena on Saturday night sporting a new strip with bolts of lightning trimmed
WE hope you enjoy your stay. That was the message The Killers gave to thousands of fans packed into the Manchester Arena on Saturday night. And enjoy their stay they did - with chaos erupting as the band burst on stage with Sam's Town, the title track
BOXER Amir Khan is set to meet The Queen tomorrow to talk about his work as an NSPCC ambassador. Fresh from his winning fight against Mohammed Medjadji on Saturday, the Bolton star was out celebrating with his friends last night. But tomorrow, the 20
