Archive
-
Date
Directors should practice what they preach - survey
A SURVEY of 500 UK directors has found that many companies are not implementing effective policies to protect the environment or deliver equal opportunities. The survey of directors of small, medium and large companies from the Institute for Public Policy
-
Date
New textiles jobs blow
BOLTON'S troubled textile industry has suffered another blow with a Horwich firm announcing the loss of 39 jobs. Chortex, which supplies luxury towels and has a 188-strong workforce, has blamed the redundancies on a slump of sales in America. A 30-day
-
Date
Manufacturers told to prepare for larger Europe
NORTH-west manufacturers have been urged to prepare for the enlargement of the European Union in May, 2004. The 10 countries set to join then are: Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. Trade
-
Date
Ideas could net £6,000 prize
A NEW competition aims to encourage community business ideas in Breightmet, Tonge Moor, Tonge Fold, Darcy Lever, Hall i' th' Wood and the Haulgh. East Bolton Regeneration and Catalyst Community Development are providing a prize with a total value of about
-
Date
Complacency warning
ACCOUNTANTS are warning that the scale of fines imposed for work-related health and safety breaches has increased by 40 per cent in the past year. ACCA, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, says all employers, particularly small businesses
-
Date
Airline cuts more fares
BRITISH Airways has announced further fares cuts on 13 domestic and European routes from Manchester. The company says the new fares, with no Saturday night stay restrictions, will see up to £30 sliced off return fares from Manchester to Nice and Venice
-
Date
December 5-6
From the Evening News, December 5, 1992 - PUB hooligans face being blacklisted for life by every pub and club in the borough as landlords unite against escalating violence. All 28 Westhoughton licensees have just adopted a stringent banning system following
-
Date
Cancer treatment delay is a living hell
LAST week the Bolton Evening News revealed how Bolton breast cancer sufferers were having to wait longer for treatment than Government recommendations. Gayle Evans tells of their anguish. BREAST cancer victims in Bolton have described their anguish after
-
Date
Heritage blow
WITH regard to ceramic artwork proposed for Mawdsley Street, Bolton, conservation area. Yet again Bolton Council would be desecrating our heritage, if not demolishing it. Surely the best place to put these artworks would be Oxford Street, to brighten
-
Date
Threat to oasis
I WAS horrified to read about the "maggot farm", proposed for Barrow Bridge, in Ruth Jolley's recent article. I have lived in this picturesque village for several years. Barrow Bridge is a unique oasis within a busy urban landscape. Many local and international
-
Date
Exemption from the fee
I AM writing in reply to E Atkinson's letter about his views on having to pay £30 for parking in his own street. I take it you are able-bodied and able to walk from your garage, or wherever you park your car! Well, unfortunately, my five-year-old son
-
Date
Real cost of so many cars
ON reading Mr Dawson's letter dated November 26, regarding parking chaos at the Royal Bolton Hospital, and the fact that the direct bus from Horwich has been terminated. I would challenge all car drivers to say now you know of two consequences of so many
-
Date
Struggle of the smaller clubs
I HAVE been wondering if any of the managers, players and staff of the big soccer clubs have any thoughts or remorse for the harm they have done to the smaller clubs who are struggling to survive? I don't think so. There is an old saying that "the working
-
Date
High time for some fair play over parking
I ENTIRELY agree with G Turner that a parking fine for being one minute overdue is over-zealous. I would go further and say that it is immoral. For a Labour council to be associated with this kind of behaviour is contrary to the spirit upon which the
-
Date
Here's a way to create some decent estates
BOLTON Council are said to be considering bringing in a plan to reward tenants who pay their rent on time and have no record of harassing neighbours or vandalising their homes or communities. A good idea, but as a tenant who complies with all the necessary
-
Date
Youngsters all dressed up for May celebrations
ALL dressed up for the "First Sunday in May" celebrations at St Gregory's, Farnworth, in 1937-8. The picture has been sent to me by Mrs Joan Shacklady (nee Lawton), of Hodge Road, Walkden, who can be seen in the centre of the front row (via her brother
-
Date
On this day - December 6
1421: Henry VI, who inherited the throne at the age of nine months, was born at Windsor. 1774: Austria introduced the first state education system. 1793: Madame du Barry, mistress of Louis XV of France, died on the guillotine after being found guilty
-
Date
Thanks for putting me in touch with teacher
MICHAEL C MORRIS writes: "I emigrated to Canada in 1966. My parents kept The Railway, Astley Bridge, 1947 to 1951, The Clarence, Bradshawgate, from 1951 to 1957, then The Victory, Chorley Old Road, 1957 to 1960. I attended Holy Infants, and then Thornleigh
-
Date
Rekindle that holiday romance
EVER had a holiday romance, or made a new friend on holiday, and regretted not exchanging telephone numbers or addresses? Holidays-Exposed.com is the first and biggest website in the world dedicated to reuniting people who have lost contact. Users find
-
Date
Barthez shirt going under hammer
YOUNG footballers want Chorley's Manchester United fans to put their money where their mouths are and bid in a charity auction. The Central Lancashire Junior Football League, made up of 55 teams, has been given a signed Fabien Barthez shirt, which the
-
Date
On line to better council service
PAYING your council tax need never be the same again. Thanks to a pioneering scheme taken up by Chorley Borough Council, people will be able to pay their bills on the internet, at any Post Office, PAYpoint or PAYzone. The move will see customers issued
-
Date
Youth orchestra's big date in the Festival Hall
BOLTON Youth Jazz Orchestra are among my favourite bands, not simply because they tackle the works of some of the all-time jazz greats but because their enthusiasm and commitment will ensure that the music I love lives on long after I have hung up my
-
Date
Souey: We can't afford to slip at Reebok
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness has called for 'controlled aggression' from his players as they prepare for the derby battle with Wanderers. Rovers have ended up playing with 10-men in two of their last three visits to the Reebok after Garry Flitcroft and
-
Date
Help with science
A SCHOOL has enlisted the help of experts to help pupils learning about science. Ray Heaton, Science and Design and Technology Consultant with Bolton and Bury Education Business Partnership, and Salford Science and Technology Regional Organisation, took
-
Date
Course for the young gets top accolade
A COURSE which helps struggling young people into work or further education has been described as "outstanding" by education watchdogs. The adult learning inspectorate -- the Ofsted equivalent for adult education -- have given a 15 week life skills programme
-
Date
Magpies shoot down rivals
FIRST Division Chorley had a very comfortable passage into the third round of the UniBond League Challenge Cup after overrunning their Premier Division hosts. The Magpies so completely dominated a one-sided first half that keeper Lee Bracey was a virtual
-
Date
Trains hit
PASSENGERS were left stranded early today after services between Wigan and Manchester were cancelled. A fire on the line at Ince meant several services did not run, leaving people at Westhoughton and Daisy Hill station having to find alternative transport
-
Date
Plan for Smithills green oasis
A LEAFY new oasis is set to get the formal go ahead from Bolton councillors. A planning application has been submitted by the Forestry Commission to transform 37 hectares of former farmland at Horrocks Hill, Smithills into a community forest for everyone
-
Date
Machete attack
A MAN was attacked with a machete and baseball bat last night in Farnworth. He was waiting for a bus in Westhead Avenue when he was pounced on by a gang of teenagers at about 9.30pm. The victim is from Little Hulton. He is not said to be seriously injured
-
Date
Tape of Morgan's nursery rhymes played to mourners
FAMILY and friends said a sad farewell on Wednesday to Morgan Leyland, the three-year-old Bolton girl who died of meningitis. Hundreds of mourners packed into Overdale Crematorium for the service. Morgan's parents, 35-year-old Robert and Sharon, 33, of
-
Date
How to be a star
HOLLYOAKS heart-throb Andy McNair will be coming to his hometown tomorrow to help launch a new careers service. Andy, who plays Dan Hunter in the Channel 4 soap, will be chatting to youngsters and joining in the fun at the launch of the new Connexions
-
Date
New textiles jobs blow
BOLTON'S troubled textile industry has suffered another blow with a Horwich firm announcing the loss of 39 jobs. Chortex, which supplies luxury towels and has a 188-strong workforce, has blamed the redundancies on a slump of sales in America. A 30-day
-
Date
Theatre & Comedy (week from December 6)
BOLTON LITTLE THEATRE, Hanover Street, Bolton When We Are Married 25 years ago the Helliwells, the Parkers and the Soppitts had a triple wedding, but 25 years later the Silver Wedding celebrations take an unexpected turn. Runs until Saturday, £6.50 LIBRARY
-
Date
Police will join truancy patrol
EDUCATION social workers will team up with police officers for a four-day crackdown on truants in the run-up to Christmas. The hit squad will patrol the streets of Bolton town centre for two days looking for youngsters out of school, before spending two
-
Date
Comedy (week from December 6)
THE COMEDY STORE, Deansgate Locks, Whitworth Street, Manchester The Best in Stand Up Mickey Hulton, Stephen K Amos, Tony Burgess, Pierre Hollins and Andre Vincent Tonight (Friday), 8pm, £13 and £6 conc. The Best in Stand Up Mickey Hutton, Stephen K Amos
-
Date
Exotic orchestra proves handful for music centre
IT took Bolton Music Service six months to organise the delivery of a 36-piece Indonesian orchestra, but when the instruments arrived there was just one problem . . . Music service staff had no way of moving the eight foot crate containing the orchestra
-
Date
Success in the villages
SCHOOLS on the outskirts of Bolton were also analysing the tables today. St Paul's Primary, Adlington, came 40th in Lancashire. The school recorded 97 per cent successes in maths and science and 93 per cent in English. Adlington Primary recorded 92 per
-
Date
RFL block Roosters game
LEIGH Centurions coach Paul Terzis has conceded defeat in his audacious plan to bring Australian Grand Final winners Sydney Roosters to Hilton Park. Terzis had invited the Roosters to play the Centurions in a warm-up game before the Aussie champions take
-
Date
Pub also know as the Long Pull(THUNBNAIL:lbbayhorse-small)
I DIDN'T know until Mr G.B. Dickinson, of Melbourne Grove, Horwich, came to see me that the Old Original Bay Horse pub in Horwich is also known as the Long Pull (and that despite me being a reporter in Horwich at the beginning of the 1960s!). However,
-
Date
RMI need to bounce back for six-pointer
LEIGH RMI boss Steve Waywell is hoping his side can put behind them last week's home 3-0 defeat by Telford when they go to Gloucestershire, to face Frest Green writes Martyn Hindley The game is a six-pointer for two sides too close to the relegation zone
-
Date
Straight from the Horses Mouth by Fred Done
LAST weekend saw the ups and downs of Premership derby action with Manchester City defeating demoralised and injury hit Bolton 2-0 and Manchester United travelling over the border to Anfield and being gifted a 2-1 victory by Jerzy Dudek. This week sees
-
Date
Striker Seddon to lose fitness battle
BURY marksman Gareth Seddon looks set to lose his fitness race for Tuesday's LDV Vans Trophy clash with Tranmere thanks to a quirk of the fixture list writes Chris Hall Manager Andy Preece reckons his striker needs two more reserve appearances to fully
-
Date
Heroin solution may be at the chemist
DOCTORS will soon be able to prescribe heroin to addicts in a move which is sparking controversy. But what do the experts in Bolton think about the idea? Health reporter Gayle Evans looks at the issue. IT'S an issue which is causing a flurry of debate
-
Date
A TELEVISION channel is to screen a controversial new drama in which Jesus returns to earth as a Man
In ITV's The Second Coming, Jesus reappears as a Salford video shop worker played by Christopher Eccleston. The drama is penned by Russell T Davies who also wrote the controversial Queer as Folk which explicitly depicted the gay scene in Manchester.
-
Date
Sea bird rescue op
AN animal hospital in the region is trying to save dozens of sea birds which are victims of a huge oil spill off the Norfolk coast. Around 100 birds are due to arrive today at the RSPCA's welfare centre near Nantwich, Cheshire. But it could be weeks before
-
Date
Exotic orchestra proves handful for music centre
IT took Bolton Music Service six months to organise the delivery of a 36-piece Indonesian orchestra, but when the instruments arrived there was just one problem . . . Music service staff had no way of moving the eight foot crate containing the orchestra
-
Date
Strike called off
BUS drivers who were planning to strike over pay have called off industrial action after a deal was reached with company management. Drivers with Stagecoach in south Manchester, Trafford, Tameside and Glossop had threatened to strike for a week from Sunday
-
Date
Ship passengers ill
MORE than 100 holidaymakers have fallen ill with gastroenteritis while sailing on a cruise ship around the Caribbean. Almost all of the 117 people who have reported symptoms flew to Florida from Manchester to board the ship last week. P&O liner The
-
Date
Park's model train man wins volunteer award
ALBERT Stones is known to generations of Bolton youngsters who visit Moss Bank Park as the man who runs the trains. For more than 15 years, he has led a small band of dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers who operate the model railway at the Park. And
-
Date
'Drunken' man killed as he ran in path of bus
BUS passengers told of the horrifying moment a drunken man died after running in front of their vehicle Commuters on the 501 service said they heard a thud and the bus driver, Umedai Shamji Alani, scream: "Oh my God, I've just hit him. He just walked
-
Date
Prince, a model of excellence
THE Muslim News Awards for Excellence take place next week. Rachel Crofts looks at how organisers of the event hope it will create positive Muslim role models and celebrate their contribution to British society. FAMOUS sportsmen, businessmen and artists
-
Date
Babayaro out of order - Sam
SAM Allardyce says Wanderers have helped Chelsea all they can in their attempt to get Celestine Babayaro off the disciplinary hook. But the Reebok boss must have been tempted to refuse all requests for co-operation after hearing the Nigerian's amazing
-
Date
Now Sam needs Ricketts to find the net
AS happy as he is to see Henrik Pedersen and Youri Djorkaeff hitting it off, Sam Allardyce is anxious to get Michael Ricketts back in the scoring groove. The Ricketts of a year ago would boost Wanderers' survival prospects considerably but 10 months without
-
Date
Review of the Reebok Week
SATURDAY: HENRIK Pededrsen scores his third goal in seven days to give Wanderers a deserved lead against Chelsea at the Reebok but, despite being down to 10 men after having Celestine Babayaro sent off for elbowing Youri Djorkaeff, the Londoners snatch
-
Date
Improve your campaigning skills
VOLUNTARY environmental groups can learn how to improve their campaigning skills through a new free guide. The Council for the Protection of Rural England has launched a new guide to help local groups involved in campaigning to protect the environment
-
Date
Wanderers reports on the web
FOR all the best match text reports on Wanderers follow our website! Click HERE for all the latest news on Match Day
-
Date
Asbestos regulations
NEW regulations have come into force which are designed to protect construction workers from asbestos while they are refurbishing commercial properties. The Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations place the onus on commercial property managers to monitor
-
Date
Right gifts important
COMPANIES are being told that they should never underestimate the importance of giving the right Christmas gift for employees. "Sticking a company logo on a calendar and dishing them out to your team will make them feel disappointed at how little they
-
Date
It's a fair cup for Mayor
THE campaign to make Bolton a "fairtrade" town has reached the Mayor's Parlour. The Mayor, Cllr John Walsh, drank a cup of the fairly-traded coffee which is now to be served at all meetings of council members. The Fairtrade Mark is a guarantee that the
-
Date
Firms in council house revamp
FIVE partner companies have been selected to help carry out a multi-million pound refurbishment and improvement scheme for Bolton's 22,000 council homes. An £800 million council house modernisation programme is to be carried out over the next 30 years
-
Date
Magpies boss happy to have headache
CHORLEY boss Mark Molyneux is looking to build on Tuesday night's UniBond League Cup success away at Bishop Auckland tomorrow. The Victory Park boss used the midweek clash at Runcorn FC Halton, which the Magpies won 3-1, to try a few new faces and his
-
Date
Air waves
SCANDINAVIAN Airlines hopes to install broadband services on board its entire long-haul fleet in 2004. It will allow passengers to work and remain in contact with their offices through their computers. SAS flies from London Heathrow, Birmingham, Manchester
-
Date
On this day - December 5
1492: Christopher Columbus discovered Santo Domingo island. 1697: The first Sunday service was held in the new St Paul's Cathedral. 1766: James Christie, founder of the famous auctioneers, held his first sale in London. 1791: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
-
Date
December 5
From the Evening News, 1992 - A ROW has erupted over Canon Slade School after parents balloted to opt out of local authority control by only five votes. The Electoral Reform Society in London was forced to carry out a full recount after grant-maintained
-
Date
Another puzzle
MR Bray's letter "It's a puzzle" (November 30), relating to an exchange of Irish conversation, made me smile. Many years ago my employment covered the South West of Scotland, including Stranraer, which town I visited several times each year. I recall
-
Date
Major scheme will only add to area chaos
SOME years ago permission was given for a major housing development in Bromley Cross known as "Turton Heights", which should not have been allowed. Now another major scheme is proposed in Egerton to change a "Business Park" into a "Housing Park" for 140
-
Date
December 5
From the Evening News, 1992 - A ROW has erupted over Canon Slade School after parents balloted to opt out of local authority control by only five votes. The Electoral Reform Society in London was forced to carry out a full recount after grant-maintained
-
Date
December 5-6
From the Evening News, December 5, 1992 - PUB hooligans face being blacklisted for life by every pub and club in the borough as landlords unite against escalating violence. All 28 Westhoughton licensees have just adopted a stringent banning system following
-
Date
England's tour troubles continue
New South Wales 211-2 (42 overs) beat England 206 (49.2 ovs) by eight wickets ENGLAND'S problems Down Under continued as former Test opener Michael Slater hit a superb 115 as New South Wales claimed a comfortable win. Slater was given a late call-up when
-
Date
WHAT'S HOT: Alan Partridge, The Syndicate & Popstars. NIZ: Oasis
WHAT: Alan Partridge. Not content with having the funniest show on the telly at the moment, Partridge, real name Steve Coogan, is in talks to star in a series of comic adverts, too. The ads, for motoring and household insurers Norwich Union, which would
-
Date
Stabbing horror of taxi driver
A TEENAGER has been jailed for life and a 16-year-old sentenced to three years for stabbing a taxi driver repeatedly in the head during a racist attack. Ashley Entwistle, aged 19, and Tommy Dawson lured Ajiab Khan to an empty house and ordered him to
-
Date
School's cool for disco kids
RELIVE your "school daze" as SchoolDisco.com comes to Manchester Academy tomorrow (Saturday), promising a night of bad break-dancing, queuing at the tuck-shop and snogging to slow songs. The idea began when organiser Bobby Sanchez was fired from a top
-
Date
Bars, pubs & clubbing (week from December 6)
ATLANTIS, The Valley, Eagley Brook Way, Bolton Popular night of pop, chart and commercial tunes with older classics in Club Class Pure Delight Pop, chart, R'n'B to get you on the dancefloor Saturday, 9.30pm to 3am, £5 before 11pm, £6 after Vodka Republic
-
Date
All you need to know about Blackburn Rovers
Souness swoops for Suker Ground: Ewood Park Nickname: Rovers Manager: Graeme Souness Position in table: 9th Top Scorer: Dwight Yorke Last time out: November 30, Blackburn 2( Yorke 35, Brevett og 77,) Fulham 1 (Marlet 60). Last six games played: Blackburn
-
Date
Rovers to win say Lawro
TV pundit Mark Lawrenson, the man Wanderers fans love to hate, is predicting a Blackburn Rovers win at the Reebok on Saturday. He told the BBC Sport website: "There will be no great love lost between these two teams in this Lancashire derby. "Blackburn
-
Date
Lawro goes for Rovers!
TV pundit Mark Lawrenson, the man Wanderers fans love to hate, is predicting a Blackburn Rovers win at the Reebok on Saturday. He told the BBC Sport website: "There will be no great love lost between these two teams in this Lancashire derby. "Blackburn
-
Date
Big Sam envious of rival Rovers' riches
BLACKBURN'S success this season comes as no surprise to Sam Allardyce. Rovers' rise to ninth in the Premiership has bred confidence down the road at Ewood Park and staggered some who felt they would be more likely to find themselves around the lower regions
-
Date
Rovers need a Reebok win insists Flitcroft
FIT-AGAIN midfielder Garry Flitcroft today warned his team-mates 'the next three games could make or break our season' as Rovers prepare to face Wanderers at the Reebok tomorrow writes Andy Neild of the Evening Telegraph Rovers have managed to maintain
-
Date
Pervert killer's obsession with young vice girls
THE sex pervert jailed for life for killing Bolton vice girl Carly Bateman, aged 17, was obsessed with prostitutes. And the younger the better. Geoffrey Porter, aged 40, had visited vice girls for many years and was a well known figure in the town's red
-
Date
Rekindle that holiday romance
EVER had a holiday romance, or made a new friend on holiday, and regretted not exchanging telephone numbers or addresses? Holidays-Exposed.com is the first and biggest website in the world dedicated to reuniting people who have lost contact. Users find
-
Date
Dark Lord, useless information and Dodleston
www.valaquenta.com/gwb/index - THE idea of this column is to find websites that are easy to navigate. However, the Dark Lord Morgoth has got into this site by some dastardly means and is intent on not letting us get to its contents. See if you can beat
-
Date
Christmas post deadline
LETTERS and cards sent by airmail for Christmas delivery to countries outside Europe should be posted by December 6; USA and Canada-bound items by December 10, with a deadline for Western European destinations of December 14. The final collection for
-
Date
Surgery date
COUNCILLORS Prentice Howarth, Don Eastwood and Pauline Spencer are holding an advice surgery at St Michael's School, Green Lane, Great Lever, next Wednesday from 7pm to 8pm.
-
Date
Grave wreckers bring heartbreak
A HEARTBROKEN mother says she is afraid to put a Christmas wreath on her son's grave after it was targeted by vandals. Kathleen Leatherbarrow fears the wreath, like the bunches of flowers she put on his resting place last week, will be torn up and destroyed
-
Date
MP calls for total dogs hunt ban
A BOLTON MP has called for a total ban on hunting with dogs. David Crausby spoke after the Minister for Rural Affairs, Alun Michael, said he proposed to introduce a licence scheme. But Mr Crausby, MP for Bolton North-east, said: "The Bill is welcome and
-
Date
Help the RSPCA spread a little Christmas cheer
THE RSPCA's Bolton branch has launched an appeal to raise funds - asking people to spare a thought for homeless animals at Christmas. The "Santa Paws" appeal asks people to buy a £1 hologram decoration on which the buyer's name will be placed on the back
-
Date
Firefighters battle paper mill inferno
A TEAM of 20 firefighters spent the night battling a fire which broke out at a Ramsbottom paper mill. More than 1,000 tonnes of paper were destroyed in the large blaze which broke out at Mondi Paper Mill, on Bridge Street. Fire crews remained at the scene
-
Date
Wanderers' two goal target
SAM Allardyce has set his team the challenge to score at least two goals at the Reebok on Saturday. The Bolton boss admits he cannot rely on his team to keep a clean sheet and insists goals must come at the other end if Wanderers are to pick up valuable
-
Date
December 6: It's Christmas!
CHRISTMAS is upon us! Every time I leave the house, the number of Christmas trees I see has doubled. Must be contagious. And so it's about time for Key 103's 12 Nights of Christmas. Me and the rest of the team have been out and about this week visiting
-
Date
School plan for £10m new look
BOLTON School has unveiled plans to transform its primary school accommodation over the next four years. The governors of the boys' and girls' divisions have worked together on the £10 million plans which include a brand new building for the infants,
-
Date
Keeping a watch on young workers
PLENTY of boys and girls subsidise their spending money by working part-time, but how many youngsters are working in unsuitable locations, with dangerous equipment and missing out on their education? asks Jane Bullock Thousands of children are believed
-
Date
Inheritance tax seminar
A FREE seminar will advise on avoiding the pitfalls of inheritance tax and conserving family wealth for successive generations. Topics covered will include maximising reliefs and exemptions, using trusts, tax effective and flexible wills, share re-organisations
-
Date
December 6: Dinner went well
The Friday night dinner went well for Lowton High School's fund raising. Entertainment was provided by Ray French and Will Travers from "Where the Heart Is". I gave my first rendition of " a Year In The Life." I spoke with my agent on Friday and although
-
Date
Live gigs (week from December 6)
Academy 1,2 &3, Oxford Road, Manchester Hawkwind, tonight (Friday), 7 30pm (£14) Ladytron, tonight, 7 30pm (£7.50) Glassjaw, tomorrow, 7 30pm (£9) SchoolDisco.com, tomorrow, 7 30pm (£12.50) The Cranberries, Sunday, 7 30pm (£20) Ed Harcourt, Sunday
-
Date
Carly, a lesson for everyone BY FRED SHAWCROSS
CARLY Bateman died a violent death. She was strangled, stripped and her naked body, denied every vestige of dignity, dumped in an alleyway. Carly was 17 and addicted to crack cocaine and heroin. She had been working as a prostitute to fund her drug habit
-
Date
Teachers find personal finance difficult to teach
HOW many 16-year-olds know how to write a cheque or how the stockmarket works? Despite efforts by the Government to include teaching financial literacy as part of the curriculum, a survey has found that 66 per cent of teachers in the North-west find personal
-
Date
Wolves get green light for new stadium
WARRINGTON have finally been given the go-ahead to begin work on a new stadium. The Super League club were last night given the all-clear by Warrington Borough Council's development control committee to start construction on their new 14,000-capacity
-
Date
Text messages 'sent to boy lover'
DETAILS of a number of text messages allegedly sent by a social worker to her 15-year-old "lover" have been read to a jury. One retrieved from the youth's mobile said "Forgot to thank you for everything you have done to get me out of trouble. Thankyou
-
Date
Cell death
AN internal investigation has been launched after a 29-year-old Manchester woman died in custody, officials said. Anna Claire Baker died at Styal Prison in Wilmslow, while she was on remand charged with false imprisonment. Prison officers were alerted
-
Date
Training pioneer scoops top award
A STUNNED Dorothy Markland went to London for a gala dinner - and came back with a top award. Dorothy who runs DBBC@Bolton Market Radio, picked up the trophy for her achievements in training. It was one of only 14 awards in the country and a delighted
-
Date
Museum to set the standards for North-west
BOLTON Museum and Art Gallery will play a major part in the biggest government shake-up of Britain's museums for years. It has been picked to be a founder member of the North-west Regional Hub and will help seven other museums and art galleries in the
-
Date
Six are quizzed in murder hunt
SIX people have been interviewed and released without charge as detectives continue the hunt for the killer of a Radcliffe man. However, detectives remain confident that their round-the-clock investigations will lead to the identity of Shane Eckersley's
-
Date
Facts that could tie you up in knots
LIKE many men, what type of tie I wore, and how I wore it, was of little importance to me writes Dean Kirby That was until I met Lesley Perrin, an expert in everything to do with the tie. Lesley, a tie analyst, was at the Reebok Stadium's De Vere Whites
-
Date
Fire union boss suspended
THE secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in Greater Manchester has been suspended. Bob Pounder recently criticised the national union leader Andy Gilchrist for cancelling the last strike in the pay dispute. He described the decision to take the
-
Date
We will survive!
THEY may be third from the bottom but Wanderers' fans are convinced they are on course for a second successive Premiership survival. Only a minority of fans taking part in an internet poll conducted by the Bolton Evening News believe they will be relegated
-
Date
Plan for Smithills green oasis
A LEAFY new oasis is set to get the formal go ahead from Bolton councillors. A planning application has been submitted by the Forestry Commission to transform 37 hectares of former farmland at Horrocks Hill, Smithills into a community forest for everyone
-
Date
Cole or Yorke for first goal?
ANDY Cole (5-1) and Dwight Yorke (6-1) are favourites to score the first goal at the Reebok on Saturday, but you can get 13-2 on Michael Ricketts breaking his lean spell. Any number of combination bets are available with on-line betting firm www.bluesq.com
-
Date
Call centre service success
LBM, a Manchester-based supplier of integrated direct marketing and call centre services, has helped Bolton Wanderers promote their corporate hospitality facilities. Chris Dawson, a Wanderers season ticket holder and an employee of LBM, approached the
-
Date
Public liability costs soar
A NEW survey by the British Chambers of Commerce -- incorporating responses from Bolton and Bury members -- highlights the soaring costs of employers' and public liability insurance. The results show that in the North-west 10.9 per cent of manufacturers
