Archive
-
Date
University title soon for town college
BOLTON Institute is a step closer to securing university status. The Institute is the only major academic body with research degree awarding powers which does not have the "university" title and has fought a long campaign to achieve its goal. In a move
-
Date
Minister backs anti-drug drive
HEALTH Secretary Stephen Dorrell was today studying a dossier containing the BEN's Bolton Against Drugs reports. The Cabinet Minister paid tribute to the BAD campaign, which aims to highlight the distressing human and financial cost of the town's drugs
-
Date
Greens challenged to produce alternative waste plan
THE leader of Bolton Council has challenged Friends of the Earth to come clean about how THEY would deal with waste management for the town. Cllr Bob Howarth wants the environmental campaign group to produce their own alternative and detailed 10-year
-
Date
Help at hand to fight drugs menace
THE real battle to contain the drugs explosion in Bolton is not taking place in the courtrooms, and the solution will not be found in a police station cells. The reality is that the war is being fought grimly in counselling rooms and clinics throughout
-
Date
Where do they get water?
SIR: I have read the letters about gipsies and the water shortage. Well, where do they get their water from, how much do they use, and who pays for it? I have been paying water rates since 1934, and the latest was £159.40 for 12 months. I don't think
-
Date
Ever busy Annie marks her century
ANNIE Morris is a great believer in keeping busy. And her active life seems to have paid off, for the Westhoughton great grandmother celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday. Annie was joined by 90 friends and relations at a party in her honour at Westhoughton
-
Date
HE may not realise it as he sits at home in Belgrade waiting for officialdom to sanction his £1.5 m
On Saturday, as Wanderers toiled bereft of the creativity that might have turned a solid defensive display into a second Premiership victory, thoughts turned to the Yugoslav and what he might offer. Another game, another missed opportunity and another
-
Date
Man's nose bitten off by attacker
A MAN'S nose was bitten off in a violent pub attack at the weekend. Lee McAllister, 26, has been left disfigured for life after surgeons were unable to sew his nose back on. He suffered horrific injuries when an argument erupted into violence outside
-
Date
Dog bites warning to school pupils
CHILDREN in Bolton's primary schools are to be warned that a dog's bite is much worse than its bark. Doctors at Bolton Royal Infirmary's accident and emergency unit are worried about the number of children they see who have been bitten by dogs. So now
-
Date
More changes of heart?
SIR: It would come as no surprise to many to hear of the defection of Mr Howarth from the Conservative party to the Labour party. To seek tax reductions or benefits to the already wealthy at the expense of those on low incomes must be seen as a bit sick
-
Date
Meals deal is a tonic for Fred - at 103
FRED Brown is still fighting fit and leading an independent life in his own home at the amazing age of 103 - thanks largely to meals-on-wheels. So Fred, who lives in Great Lever, was the obvious choice for a visit from Bolton social services chairman
-
Date
Steamed up at the National Railway Museum in York
TOURISTS in one of Britain's most historic cities are seeing Bolton workmanship at its very best. For a steam engine made at Horwich in 1926 holds centre stage at the world-famous National Railway Museum, at York. And another, the first completed at the
-
Date
Shopping battle
NOW that the vast scale of the shopping centre proposed for Dumplington, off the M63, has been unveiled, Bolton must prepare to fight a battle royal for shoppers' hearts and souls. The whys and wherefores of the vast "shopping city", just 20 minutes down
-
Date
PRESIDENT Kaunda of Zambia said today that if Commonwealth countries disapproved of British policies
ADVERTISEMENT Twin-tub washer £59 10s, tumble drier £42 6s., Refrigerator £35 3s 6d. Sewing machines from £28. PIERRE Laval, three times Prime Minister of France, was executed as a traitor by a firing squad in Paris today after he had attempted suicide
-
Date
Sneekes misses 'special' clash
RICHARD Sneekes is cursing his luck after discovering the consequences of his first red card in English football. The Dutch midfield ace will miss just one game following his dismissal for two bookable offences in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Everton - but
-
Date
Troubled star wants a new deal with Bolton
BURNDEN Park bosses are ready to thrash out a new deal that will secure Alan Stubbs' services for at least the rest of the season. The transfer-listed defender wants to make his peace with the club, shelve his ambitions of a high profile move and settle
