ANGELA Kelly takes a personal look at the week in cyberspace in Bolton:

Saturday revealed that companies were queuing up to come to Bolton in a new "industrial revolution", thanks to local supplies of willing labour and good motorway links.

Steeplejack turned superstar Fred Dibnah had become an honorary doctor for the second time -- even though he was third from the bottom at St Michael's School! Dr Dibnah gives classroom duffers an enduringly good name .....

Another famous Bolton "son", comedian Peter Kay hit the headlines again on Monday, this time for taking part in Coronation Street.

Our Peter will be barmaid Shelley's new love interest in a specially-written storyline in which the dark-haired funnyman dons a ginger wig.

And hundreds of yellow lines were found to be illegal because they had faded or not been properly made. Motorists were already planning their appeals against offences involving the yellow peril, but the Bolton Evening News warned "don't get your hopes up" ..... On Tuesday, a photographic exhibition in Westhoughton Town Hall had become a surprising hit with local people.

The exhibition of old photos -- some submitted by Howfeners -- was being staged by the Bolton Evening News, and was proving very popular, especially with older local residents with much "ee, that's our Cissy" and "look at Jim Oglethorpe in them short pants!"

Three Japanese ivory carvings, worth thousands, had been stolen in a daytime raid on Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; photographs revealed they were spectacularly ugly .....

Wednesday's newspapers -- both local and national -- were full of Bolton schoolgirl Ashley Gavin, aged 15, who called Prime Minister Tony Blair "a liar" on national TV.

The Thornleigh Salesian College pupil was angry about rises in university fees, and vowed unapologetically "I'd do it again."

She'll probably be running the country next year, so let's all start to appreciate Justin Timberlake now, shall we, just in case ....

On Thursday, the Westhoughton millionaire who had highlighted the yellow lines' farce, announced he was standing as an independent candidate at this year's local elections. It should be interesting to see how Bob Norburn fares -- certainly worth a couple of bob each way.

Radio 5 presenter Victoria Derbyshire had given birth to a healthy baby boy, to the delight of her family back in Bolton, and her many fans .....

On Friday, the Gas Man Cometh -- with very heavy tread and accompanied by burly policemen. Teams of British Gas investigators raided 43 homes in Farnworth in a crackdown on gas meter tampering.

And, in a complete reversal of the trend, call centres were coming home. Home shopping giant Shop Direct was closing its centre in Bangalore, India, and giving extra jobs to British centres including Bolton, which was good for regional jobs, the economy, and local shoppers.

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