From the Evening News, January 24, 1906: TALKING about Politics - Joseph Bate of Lane Head, Lowton, was defended by Mr. T. R. Dootson on a charge of using abusive language at 11.30p.m. on Jan. 13th.

Bate said they were discussing politics and talking about Mr. Macmaster not answering a certain question asked him in the Lowton School. The case was dismissed.

MESSRS Higham and Sons' spinning mill at Woodnook, Accrington, was this morning the scene of an alarming outbreak of fire.

As the engine was stopping for breakfast, a spinning mule in the top storey broke into flames.

The Fire Brigade was summoned, and with the help of a good supply of water the fire was subdued in about half-an-hour.

From the Evening News, January 24, 1956: MORE details of the Granada TV Network's plans for televising in the North were made known today in Manchester by Mr. Alex Anson, the Network's Director of Sales and Advertising, when he announced the new rates and times of I.T.A. broadcasts in the North, from the Winter Hill transmitter.

THIRTY miles of dual carriageway should be under construction in Lancashire within the next 15 months, Mr. J. Drake, Lancashire County Surveyor, said in Manchester today.

Twenty-six miles of these new roadways will be for the exclusive use of motor vehicles, he said.

From the Evening News, January 24, 1981: FIREMEN evacuated their Gloucester Street station at Atherton today following a bomb scare.

At the same time, they sent a fire engine to Atherton Town Hall a quarter-of-a-mile away, to stand by while police and a Town Hall employee searched rooms following a bomb alarm there.

COUNCIL legal experts at Bolton are engaged in a £30,000 'price war' with the giant Tesco company.

The Town Hall claims that the shops conglomerate owes 'a five-figure sum' after extending its Horwich superstore last year.

But Tesco says it owes £30,000 less than the council's figure - and months of negotiations have failed to check out the difference.

From the Evening News, January 24, 1996: BOLTON voters, fed up with the three main parties, are being recruited for a 'sensible' alternative - the Common Sense Party.

Former policeman Kevin Corcoran plans to stand at the next election for a North-west seat and is currently looking for down-to-earth Bolton folk to join his new party.

BOLTON MP Tom Sackville sparked a storm by accusing the borough council of 'filching' money from schools to spend on other activities.

The junior Home Office minister was hitting back at claims by education bosses that nursery places for under fives could be scrapped because of a government cash squeeze.