Stories for 22 May 2006
Alan Calvert
A WEDDING blessing service for a former colleague on this newspaper took me over to Yorkshire recently. more...
Amir Khan: Latest News
WONDER boy Amir Khan plans to conquer America and win his first title inside the next 12 months. more...
AMIR Khan's call for a step up in class was finally answered when the "perfect opponent" provided him with his sternest test. more...
Blackburn
A DISTRAUGHT family has been left searching for answers after their perfect'
12-year-old son collapsed and died. more...
DISGUSTED residents were faced with the sight of raw sewage running through their gardens when drains overflowed in heavy rain. more...
Bolton News
A CASUALTY department just for children is due to open in Bolton next year to keep them away from drunken or aggressive adults. more...
A CASUALTY department just for children is due to open in Bolton next year to keep them away from drunken or aggressive adults. more...
THE doomed alternate weekly bin collection cost Bolton Council £1.8 million, it can be revealed today. more...
A TAXI driver was recovering today after being beaten unconscious by a group of men. more...
THE body of a man was found in a town centre car park late last night. more...
IT is 12 months since Lorraine and Ian Gordon's life changed beyond all recognition. more...
FOOTBALL fans desperately waiting for the start of the World Cup are being urged to use their spare time to pick up a book. more...
BOLTON television presenter Vernon Kay is encouraging school children to recycle. more...
THOUSANDS of people braved the rain to watch the BUPA Great Manchester Run. more...
A SCHOOL once deemed to be failing has been given top marks by Government inspectors. more...
THE International Youth Sports Festival in Bury has been given a boost by local companies. more...
EVERYBODY remembers their favourite teacher. more...
BOLTON'S leading liver doctor is calling for the Government to increase the price of alcohol to reduce alcohol-related deaths. more...
HUNDREDS of people braved the rain to join new Bolton mayor Cllr Walter Hall on a parade through the town centre. more...
A WILDLIFE community and information centre with a difference is getting ready to open its doors this autumn. more...
THE family and friends of a policeman who lost his battle with cancer last year have raised more than £2,000 in his memory. more...
PEOPLE from Bolton are being urged to add their name to a petition of one million signatures calling for an end to the monthly movement of the European parliament between Brussels and the French city of Strasbourg. more...
HEALTH workers say they are horrified at plans to make £8 million worth of cuts at the Royal Bolton Hospital. more...
A GANG who left two men with serious facial injuries is being hunted by police. more...
POLICE are hunting a driver and his female passenger after a shop worker was hit by a car in a petrol station. more...
POLICE have launched a new tactic to crack down on illegal off-road bikers. more...
MORE than 20 per cent of people in Bury are regular binge drinkers. more...
Business Headlines
ONE of the largest pub chains in Bolton has announced a 50 per cent increase in its turnover. more...
CREATIVE entrepreneurs from the Bolton and Bury areas are invited to an informal networking event on Wednesday. more...
Clarets News
Steve Davis believes Premiership new boys Watford can be Burnley's inspiration. more...
Latest Sport
EDGWORTH are 10 points clear at the top of the Bolton Association after taking advantage of being involved in the only game in both the Bolton Association and Bolton League to beat the rain. more...
Leigh Rmi
LEIGH RMI have been saved from relegation from the Conference North, pending an appeal from Carshalton Athletic. more...
Looking Back With Frank Elson
By: Frank Elson
10 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News
May 22 1996
THE best used public toilets in Bolton town Centre have been closed down by the council to save money, despite a long running campaign to keep them open. more...
Rovers News
BLACKBURN Rovers skipper Andy Todd has stated he has no intention of quitting the club this summer. more...
Wanderers News
WANDERERS target Andy Johnson is understood to have told his England team-mates at a training camp in the Algarve that he favours joining Everton. more...
We Say
AS spending on credit spirals out of control in the UK, one local organisation is not only at the forefront of thrift but is increasingly helping people often unable to get credit with loans that will not cripple them. Angela Kelly reports.
AT a time when credit card spending is hitting a worrying £61 billion the Quids In Credit Union in Bolton is a peaceful oasis of financial calm. more...
What'S On In The Bolton Area
THE Gipsy Kings have announced that the concert due to take place at the Manchester Apollo on Friday, May 26, has been postponed, due to delays regarding the release of their next album. more...
You Say
IT'S good to know that so many people feel very strongly about Bolton's favourite park ("Protest over music venue plan for park"). The Friends of Moss Bank Park was formed nearly five years ago because of our concern about the way the park was being neglected and since then we have been hard at work campaigning for improvements and against some proposals which we believed would have an adverse impact on the park. more...
AS a person who has spent the last 20 years recycling in one way or another, I have been watching with interest the growing discontent of readers with the fortnightly refuse collection. more...
BOLTON Green Party strongly objects to the proposed building of eight two-storey houses on green field land at Thistleton Road, Sutton Estate, Deane. more...
TO Mrs Gault "Cash would be better than rides" (Letters, May 18), you will never please every pensioner, whatever is done. more...
THE story "Health bosses in move to stop tooth decay in children" (Bolton Evening News, May 18), ends with quote "Bolton's under fives have some of the worst teeth in the country". more...
