From the Evening News, January 16, 1906: 'To what do you attribute your defeat?' asked one representative, this morning, on the telephone to Mr Goschen, who is the guest of Col. Lord at Newstead, Heaton. 'I don't know really,' said Mr. Goschen, with a great laugh.

'This is the first time I've been a Bolton M.P. That might have had something to do with it. Mr Gerrey, the Liberal Registration Agent for the borough, who had worked indefatigably for the triumph of the Liberal case in Bolton, interviewed says: 'Bolton along with the rest of the country had gone dead against Protection and voted for two out and out Free Traders.

From the Evening News, January 16, 1956: LORD Goddard, the Lord Chief Justice, said in the Court of Criminal Appeal today: 'The fact that a man thinks his wife is unfaithful is no excuse for attacking her with a deadly weapon.'

THREE Bolton cinemas are among a score of Lancashire cinemas which are up for sale. A number of inquiries concerning them have already been made, among which has been one from a light engineering firm and another from a Spiritualist church. All the cinemas are centrally heated and telephones are already installed in the offices. 'You can have a cinema for about the price of a semi-detached house,' Mr. Bernard Woolley, who is selling them, told a Bolton Evening News reporter today.

From the Evening News, January 16, 1981: SPACE Invaders is not addictive . . . just great fun to play. National newspapers have this week been filled with stories of players becoming hooked on the video game, sometimes stealing to feed the habit. In one case, it was claimed that an 18-years-old needed psychiatric treatment to help him 'kick' the craze. But in down-to-earth Bolton, 'Invaders' fans reckon that's a load of rubbish.

PEOPLE in Westhoughton 'couldn't care less' about the community group's campaign to win a parish council for the town. That is the controversial view of local councillor Geoffrey Smith, who told the Bolton Evening News: 'If the people of Westhoughton really want a parish council, then make no mistake, I will join in the fight for it. But the question has to be asked do they really want parish status? My own opinion is that the vast majority of Westhoughton residents couldn't care less.'

From the Evening News, January 16, 1996: A TEAM of 'foodies' are aiming to put greens on Bolton's dinner tables and raise awareness of health issues.

The 10 community nutrition assistants, working under the umbrella of Bolton Community Healthcare NHS Trust, are working in their local communities to give parents the chance to improve their diet and lifestyle.

A MAJOR Bolton road scheme faces the axe because the Department of Transport will no longer fund it.

Shocked council chiefs have been told there will be money for the £1 million junction improvements of Tonge Moor Road and Crompton Way.