Stories for 27 May 2006
Andrew Mosley
AS I reached for the Simply Red CD a dark thought drifted across my mind. more...
Athletics Round-Up
LAST Saturday saw the 19th National Open Masters Road Relay Championships held at Sutton Park, Birmingham. more...
Blackburn
POLICE are investigating the death of a 21-year-old found hanging in his room at a privately-run rehabilitation hospital. more...
FAMILY and friends of a 19-year-old girl who died of cancer two years ago have now handed more than £1,500 to the hospice which helped her. more...
A ROGUE crow is putting staff and pupils in a flap by terrorising their school playground. more...
AN 80-year-old war veteran rescued' his wife of 55 years from a nursing home because he could no longer stand to be without her. more...
AN 80-year-old war veteran rescued' his wife of 55 years from a nursing home because he could no longer stand to be without her. more...
Bolton News
A PENSIONER who throttled and battered his wife of 42 years after she said she was leaving him for another man, has been jailed
Graham Taite, aged 67, was given a four-year sentence after Bolton Crown Court heard he had used a piece of cord to strangle his wife Jean, aged 65. more...
A RECORD number of staff at the Royal Bolton Hospital are being attacked by patients and their families. more...
POLICE are urging the elderly to be vigilant following a series of burglaries where pensioners have been targeted. more...
MIDWIVES at the Royal Bolton Hospital are celebrating a new arrival with a difference a duckling. more...
A missing man whose body was in Lower Rivington Reservoir has been named. more...
VOTERS in Crompton are set to go back to the polls for the second time in a matter of weeks after town hall bosses confirmed that a by-election will be held for the ward's vacant seat. more...
THE SKIES above Moss Bank park will be awash with colour as fabulous kites of all shapes and sizes take to the air on Bank Holiday Monday. more...
AN armed robber who threatened his former boss with a gun during an armed raid at a town centre bar has been jailed for six years. more...
TOP teachers across Bolton Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News' Teacher of the Year competition. more...
A MAN whose "trademark" act of violence was to lift women into the air by their necks has been found guilty of rape and assault. more...
A BUSINESSMAN whose car dealerships collapsed has bounced back to save 20 jobs. more...
RESIDENTS are being invited to a "Clean up our Park" day by Lancashire Wildlife Trust. more...
FAMILY fun is the theme next week at Hall i' th' Wood with a range of exciting half-term activities. more...
Burnley
A POLICE officer who sold pirate CDs and DVDs to fellow officers has been sacked. more...
Clarets News
CLARETS striker Kyle Lafferty admits he's still living the American dream after earning his first senior international cap for Northern Ireland. more...
Colne
FOOTBALL'S longest serving physio was touched to receive his MBE from the Queen. more...
Cricket Round-Up
ADLINGTON are the latest club to benefit from achieving Clubmark accreditation. more...
IT is now looking unlikely that the Bolton Association will bring in a new club for next season. more...
ASTLEY and Tyldesley professional Naeem Ahmed has finally arrrived in this country. more...
Darwen
A COMPANY boss says jobs may go after he lost a fight to keep his driving licence. more...
A RAFFLE to win a giant teddy bear wearing an England shirt will be drawn by former Coronation Street star Shobna Gulati in Darwen. more...
Fred Shawcross
BACK in olden times, when I was a lad, parents encouraged children to save as much as possible from their various sources of income pocket money, delivering newspapers and groceries, running errands or, if they were considered trustworthy enough and mature beyond their years, babysitting. more...
Fred Shawcross: Gives It To You Straight
REGULAR readers of this column will be aware of my admiration for saxophonist Tony Kofi, one of the most talented and inventive musicians on the UK jazz scene. Kofi's debut album, "All Is Know" was a tribute to Thelonius Monk and, along with other jazz columnists, I gave it an enthusiastic thumbs up when reviewing it last year. more...
Lancashire League
THERE will no brotherly love when Vishal and Bharat Tripathi go head to head in Lowerhouse's derby clash with Burnley in the SponsorBank Lancashire League tomorrow. more...
Latest Sport
BROMLEY Cross Wasps under-10s are celebrating a second successive promotion. But the Bolton and Bury Mini Soccer League side has not always found victories easy to come by. more...
Letters
MOTORISTS on Mincing Lane, Blackburn, will notice a large sign, prominently displayed, showing the way to Barton Street car park. more...
A DAMNING report by a Government Inspector shows convicted rapist Anthony Rice was freed from jail because officials placed his human rights above protecting the public. more...
THE Chief Inspector of the probation service (LET, May 10) insists that the re-offending rate by high or very high risk offenders is miniscule in percentage terms. more...
IT is indeed great news that Lancashire County Council is to install wind turbines and solar panels at the proposed Shuttleworth College. more...
ASSUMING that hospital beds in East Lancashire are to be cut, then the executive management should have their salaries cut by the same. more...
Looking Back With Frank Elson
NORTH West Water has been given a pat on the back by consumers' watchdog OFWAT for restoring services during the winter's big freeze. more...
Other Sports
NICK Dougherty put himself in with a good shout of winning the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth - and a place in this year's Ryder Cup team. more...
Politics
EAST LANCASHIRE MPs Greg Pope and Gordon Prentice are urging the Government to pardon shell-shocked World War One soldiers executed for desertion. more...
Rachel Woolley
DOCTOR Who's got nothing on ... I mean, that guy needs a spacious police box and a busty sidekick to travel back in time all I have to do is walk through my own town centre on a Saturday night. more...
Restaurant Reviews
WHEN you book a table, you don't really expect to find one too few chairs. more...
Rovers News
BIRMINGHAM City chairman David Gold has underlined his determination to keep Emile Heskey in response to reports linking the former England striker with a summer move to Blackburn Rovers. more...
BIRMINGHAM City chairman David Gold has underlined his determination to keep Emile Heskey in response to reports linking the former England striker with a summer move to Blackburn Rovers. more...
Rugby League Round-Up
TONY Benson is unhappy despite Leigh Centurions' star full-back Scott Grix escaping a disciplinary ban. more...
Tv Reviews
MONEY, it is said, cannot buy you happiness. Why then do so many people dream of being rich? more...
Wanderers News
THE Andrew Johnson transfer saga turned into a three-horse race today after Everton matched the £8.5 million bids of Wanderers and Wigan Athletic for the Crystal Palace striker. more...
What'S On In The Bolton Area
SEVENTIES punk band The Blockheads once fronted by Ian Dury are one of the headline acts at this year's Darwen Music Live festival. more...
SEVENTIES punk band The Blockheads once fronted by Ian Dury are one of the headline acts at this year's Darwen Music Live festival. more...
THE coroner's office in Bolton is trying to trace the relatives of a man who was found dead on a car park in Bolton town centre. more...
You Say
I AM so please that your campaign to have the toilets opened again at the bus station has met with success. more...
LET'S get one thing straight about rail travel. Overcrowded trains are uncomfortable, unpleasant things to travel on, and they do not provide the sort of travelling experience likely to persuade motorists to leave their cars at home and use public transport instead. more...
I WAS very pleased to see English Heritage had granted £137,000 to the Grace Centre to help save this fine church (Bolton Evening News, May 17). more...
With regard to the story about Councillor Wilkinson bringing disrepute to the local council. It is time the lot of them either put aside their petty squabbles and got on with the job that they have been elected to do or get off the council! more...
A SPECIAL ward to protect children from drunks and violent patients? "Hospital Casualty Unit for Children" (May 22). more...
