Stories for 20 May 2006
Amir Khan: Latest News
BOXING host and Elvis Presley impersonator Michael Pass will be back in the ring tonight for Amir Khan's latest fight. more...
AMIR Khan is determined to emulate Ricky Hatton and make a name for himself across the Atlantic once he has got rid of tonight's learning fight against Laszlo Komjathi. more...
Andrew Mosley
IT'S party time today as the twins, Belle and Sebastian, are one-year-old. more...
Bolton News
STAFF at the company which runs Bolton's council houses are being disciplined for sending inappropriate emails one of which commented on a co-worker's underwear. more...
STAFF at the company which runs Bolton's council houses are being disciplined for sending inappropriate emails one of which commented on a co-worker's underwear. more...
A WORKMAN was crushed when the ceiling of a luxury home he was building collapsed. more...
SINGING nuns and rapping priests will be in the spotlight at Bolton's Civic Sunday service tomorrow. more...
RESTAURANT staff were given £1,000 by bosses as a thank you for hitting their targets and blew the lot on scratch cards. more...
BOXING host and Elvis Presley impersonator Michael Pass will be back in the ring tonight for Amir Khan's latest fight. more...
AN EXPLOSION of Bolton's rat population has been blamed on weekly bin rounds being axed. more...
A TAXI careered out of control and smashed through a garden wall after skidding on a patch diesel. more...
FANS of the 80s band The Smiths have the opportunity to appear in a recreation of the famous picture on the cover of their 1986 album The Queen Is Dead. more...
A NEW 110-home estate is to be built in Tonge. more...
SPENDING has hit a record high as British consumers parted with £1 trillion last year alone, according to research from Mintel. more...
THE University of Salford is holding special classes aimed at encouraging young people from an ethnic minority background to go on to higher education. more...
A 12-YEAR-OLD schoolboy from Radcliffe has been given an ASBO following an attempted robbery at Bury Interchange. more...
CHILDREN are to be weighed in a bid to tackle obesity
in Bolton under plans announced by health bosses. more...
A 91-YEAR-OLD passenger was told to get off a bus because he tried to get on just two minutes before his concessionary pass became valid. more...
IT is the dream of many football fans to lift a trophy in front of adoring fans at a world-class stadium. more...
POP singer Lynsey Brown has spoken about her new role as a spokeswoman for the charity Killing Skin Cancer. more...
A WOMAN who became a wife, mother and widow in less than two years during the Second World War has finally discovered the location of her first husband's grave. more...
WAITING times at the Royal Bolton Hospital's Accident and Emergency department are among the worst in the country, according to new figures. more...
PLANS to demolish a Horwich hotel to make way for two blocks of flats, housing 42 two-bedroomed apartments, have been given the go ahead. more...
A SCHOOL will be opening a community centre for people in Stoneclough, thanks to a £1 million grant. more...
BOLTON'S baton twirlers want to introduce a new majorettes competition in the town. more...
TEACHER Pat Ashford will be walking beneath the moon in London tonight with a bra worn outside her athletic gear. more...
WHEN staff at St Ann's Hospice in Little Hulton treated Jane Warrington-Smith's mother "like a queen," she felt she had to do something to show her appreciation. more...
Cricket Round-Up
TWO Association clubs get the chance to pit their wits against League opposition tomorrow in the first round of the Thwaites LCB Knockout competition. more...
Health News
CHILDREN are to be weighed in a bid to tackle obesity
in Bolton under plans announced by health bosses. more...
WAITING times at the Royal Bolton Hospital's Accident and Emergency department are among the worst in the country, according to new figures. more...
Latest Sport
AMIR Khan is determined to emulate Ricky Hatton and make a name for himself across the Atlantic once he has got rid of tonight's learning fight against Laszlo Komjathi. more...
Looking Back With Frank Elson
By: Frank Elson
10 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News
May 20 1996
BOLTON College is exploring the world to give diners a feast of culinary delights. more...
We Say
SECONDS out, round seven. Big Brother Seven is on our screens and the contestants appear more desperate than ever. Andrew Mosley looks at the grip that reality TV has taken on our world. more...
You Say
Gordon Brown boasts about "a progressive Britain we can all be proud of". But how can we be proud of a country that continually ignores the plight of so many of it's elderly people? more...
MOST of us can imagine the living nightmare of being struck down by a terminal illness that makes life unendurable. more...
The pride and happiness I felt as I was inaugurated as Bolton's new Mayor last Wednesday will stay with me for the rest of my life. With my wife Sheila as my Mayoress, I know that we are in for a very special year as Mayor and Mayoress of Bolton. more...
IN reply to Mrs Jordan ("Down in the dumps over rubbish", BEN Letters, May 18) I think I can be of help. All she has to do is move in to a council or ex-council owned property. more...
I AM writing to ask the selfish individual(s) who walk their dogs on St Brendan's School playing field to think twice about their actions. more...
I AM writing in response to the story concerning the threat of closure to Westhoughton Youth Drop In (May 17). more...
