Stories for 10 June 2006
Blackburn
FOOTBALL fans across East Lancashire will be enjoying a beer while watching England play in the World Cup. But police officers are urging them to leave their cars at home as part of a summer crackdown on drink-driving. more...
Bolton News
WORLD Cup fever came to sun-drenched Bolton today as football fans prepared for England's opening match in Germany. more...
A KNOWN Bolton Wanderers football hooligan has been banned from travelling to the World Cup after he was stopped trying to board a plane at Manchester Airport. more...
TOWN centre revellers were given a safe drinking message last night on a mobile video screen in a pioneering move by police. more...
GRANDMOTHER Dorothy Hill sprang into action when her daughter-in-law went into labour at home. more...
THE quality of waste water pumped into the River Irwell in Bolton is set to be improved thanks to a £40 million upgrade of treatment works at Ringley Fold. more...
A GRIEVING 13-year-old sister led the tributes to tragic four-year-old Dylan Lomax, who died from an asthma attack. more...
ACTION is to be taken to avoid a repeat of the traffic snarl-up that left drivers fuming in Bolton town centre this week. more...
MORE than 30 tots will toddle around a half-mile course next week to raise money for Barnardos. more...
MORE than 30 tots will toddle around a half-mile course next week to raise money for Barnardos. more...
RESIDENTS in part of Lostock are up in arms after the Post Office moved them from their prestige address . . . and into neighbouring Heaton. more...
Asda is still the UK's cheapest supermarket, a "shopping basket" survey says today. more...
A SILVER water jug given to Princess Margaret when she visited Bolton nearly 40 years ago is going under the hammer. more...
WOMEN taking part in the Race for Life at Leverhulme Park next month are being invited to warm up with a walk. more...
SCHOOLS across the borough are to extend their opening times in a bid to improve the life expectancy in Bolton. more...
NEW headquarters to replace the police base in Bolton Town centre are close to completion. more...
A KNOWN Bolton Wanderers football hooligan has been banned from travelling to the World Cup after he was stopped trying to board a plane at Manchester Airport. more...
A KNOWN Bolton Wanderers football hooligan has been banned from travelling to the World Cup after he was stopped trying to board a plane at Manchester Airport. more...
A KNOWN Bolton Wanderers football hooligan has been banned from travelling to the World Cup after he was stopped trying to board a plane at Manchester Airport. more...
Business News
THE firm hoping to buy conservatory maker Ultraframe is posting out its offer to shareholders. more...
Clarets News
CLARETS keeper Danny Coyne is backing England to go all the way and win the World Cup finals. more...
Burnley are hoping to play a pre-season friendly against Serie A giants Chievo Verona as part of their Italian tour. more...
Clitheroe
THE firm hoping to buy conservatory maker Ultraframe is posting out its offer to shareholders.
Bosses at Ultraframe have already confirmed they have accepted a deal worth £58million, but the documents will set out the offer to shareholders, who will make the final decision.
If the deal is successful, Latium Holdings, led by Sale Sharks rugby team owner Brian Kennedy, has revealed it would expand Ultraframe, in a bid to take the business back to its heyday. more...
THE firm hoping to buy conservatory maker Ultraframe is posting out its offer to shareholders. more...
Cricket Round-Up
THE two local leagues both have new captains as they embark on their annual quest for the Lancashire inter-league knockout. more...
Darwen
THE owner of an award-winning restaurant has launched a new venture supplying his own bottled lager to businesses in Darwen and Blackburn. more...
Editor'S Comment
THE family of Blackburn woman Michelle Hilton has joined many others today in expressing delight at news that the drug herceptin is to be made more widely available on the NHS to breast cancer sufferers. more...
THE family of Blackburn woman Michelle Hilton has joined many others today in expressing delight at news that the drug herceptin is to be made more widely available on the NHS to breast cancer sufferers. more...
Food News
EAST Lancashire food could also be scoring in Germany during the World Cup. more...
Fred Shawcross
AT the risk of seeming irreversibly obsessed by the First World War, I am returning to the terrible events which unfolded between 1914-18. more...
AT the risk of seeming irreversibly obsessed by the First World War, I am returning to the terrible events which unfolded between 1914-18. more...
Health
THE family of a breast cancer sufferer who died while fighting to get the drug herceptin are "over the moon" that it has now been made widely available. more...
THE family of a breast cancer sufferer who died while fighting to get the drug herceptin are "over the moon" that it has now been made widely available. more...
Lancashire League
What a difference a year has made for ACCRINGTON. more...
Leigh Headlines
AN Isle of Man company has applied for permission to erect a five storey retail and office unit at Newlands Building in Railway Road, Leigh. more...
TWELVE-years-old Amy Marland was so upset when her grandad's hospital appointment for pain relieving injections was put back for three months she decided to act. more...
TWELVE-years-old Amy Marland was so upset when her grandad's hospital appointment for pain relieving injections was put back for three months she decided to act. more...
Letters
I MUST reply to Mr Galbraith's letter in response to mine re the proposed site for Unity College at Towneley, Burnley. more...
I WAS pleased to read the comprehensive report about Christine Booth (LET, May 22). more...
THE amount of police time and manpower which is being devoted to football and footballing matters is a national disgrace. more...
I WOULD like to congratulate Coun Mark Cotterill (LET, May 26) chairman of the England First Party on his very clear reply to those who sniped at him. more...
Longridge
A 23 YEAR-OLD Longridge woman smashed the windscreen of an ex-boyfriend's car after a row over money she claimed he owed her. more...
A 23 YEAR-OLD Longridge woman smashed the windscreen of an ex-boyfriend's car after a row over money she claimed he owed her. more...
Looking Back With Frank Elson
THE North-west was the centre for some of the most exciting and controversial games when the World Cup was last staged in England in 1966. more...
THE North-west was the centre for some of the most exciting and controversial games when the World Cup was last staged in England in 1966. more...
THE North-west was the centre for some of the most exciting and controversial games when the World Cup was last staged in England in 1966. more...
THE North-west was the centre for some of the most exciting and controversial games when the World Cup was last staged in England in 1966. more...
THE North-west was the centre for some of the most exciting and controversial games when the World Cup was last staged in England in 1966. more...
THE North-west was the centre for some of the most exciting and controversial games when the World Cup was last staged in England in 1966. more...
THE North-west was the centre for some of the most exciting and controversial games when the World Cup was last staged in England in 1966. more...
Rovers News
BLACKBURN Rovers defender Ryan Nelsen insists England are capable of going all the way at the World Cup - with or without a fully fit Wayne Rooney! more...
Stanley News
ACCRINGTON Stanley chairman Eric Whalley hopes common sense will prevail in the decision to match Stanley and Burnley's home games. more...
Tv Reviews
OH GRANT, Grant, Grant. You never seem to have any luck with the women do you? more...
Walks
FOR this walk I decided to follow a route similar to that enjoyed by some ramblers in 1905. more...
We Say
PROVIDING costly drugs on the NHS to fight life-threatening diseases has filled the media over the years. So there is bound to be much joy over the news that a drug which effectively fights early-stage breast cancer for some women could soon be widely available. But the subject is a difficult one, as Angela Kelly reports. more...
CHRIS Tarrant looks concerned. "Is that you final answer," he asks. "It is, Chris," I reply, for we are on first name terms. The answer I have given is "Tegucigalpa". The question was: "What is the capital of Honduras? Is it a) Rome b) Glasgow c) Tegucigalpa d) Doffcocker." Chris smiles and says: "That's the correct answer. You've won £200." more...
World Cup Briefing
THE North-west was the centre for some of the most exciting and controversial games when the World Cup was last staged in England in 1966. more...
ELECTRONIC archives in the Bolton Evening News offices at Churchgate in the town centre remember the days when newspapers were the first source of information for millions. more...
ELECTRONIC archives in the Bolton Evening News offices at Churchgate in the town centre remember the days when newspapers were the first source of information for millions. more...
ELECTRONIC archives in the Bolton Evening News offices at Churchgate in the town centre remember the days when newspapers were the first source of information for millions. more...
ELECTRONIC archives in the Bolton Evening News offices at Churchgate in the town centre remember the days when newspapers were the first source of information for millions. more...
ELECTRONIC archives in the Bolton Evening News offices at Churchgate in the town centre remember the days when newspapers were the first source of information for millions. more...
THE North-west was the centre for some of the most exciting and controversial games when the World Cup was last staged in England in 1966. more...
A KNOWN Bolton Wanderers football hooligan has been banned from travelling to the World Cup after he was stopped trying to board a plane at Manchester Airport. more...
ENGLAND began their World Cup campaign today carrying the hopes of a nation on their shoulders. more...
THE North-west was the centre for some of the most exciting and controversial games when the World Cup was last staged in England in 1966. more...
THE North-west was the centre for some of the most exciting and controversial games when the World Cup was last staged in England in 1966. more...
A KNOWN Bolton Wanderers football hooligan has been banned from travelling to the World Cup after he was stopped trying to board a plane at Manchester Airport. more...
THE North-west was the centre for some of the most exciting and controversial games when the World Cup was last staged in England in 1966. more...
THE North-west was the centre for some of the most exciting and controversial games when the World Cup was last staged in England in 1966. more...
A KNOWN Bolton Wanderers football hooligan has been banned from travelling to the World Cup after he was stopped trying to board a plane at Manchester Airport. more...
THE North-west was the centre for some of the most exciting and controversial games when the World Cup was last staged in England in 1966. more...
THE North-west was the centre for some of the most exciting and controversial games when the World Cup was last staged in England in 1966. more...
A KNOWN Bolton Wanderers football hooligan has been banned from travelling to the World Cup after he was stopped trying to board a plane at Manchester Airport. more...
You Say
I FEEL that I must write in response to Guy Harkin's letter "Councillor should not be in office", of June 8, concerning the investigation into Cllr David Wilkinson. more...
IN reply to Walter's Scott's response to my previous letter, my aims are entirely the same as his, namely to make the neighbourhood we live in a decent and attractive place. more...
Beverly Andrews, director of corporate services write to clarify the situation regarding the restoration of the Edward VII statute. more...
ONE can only imagine what our great town would resemble if the critics who are so obsessed with the past, have their way over future town centre developments. more...
WHAT has happened to the English language? While regional dialects are fascinating and a vital part of our culture, stupid Americanisms have crept in to everyday "acceptance." more...
WHAT a joke Bolton has become. If there is a Third World War in the next few weeks (God forbid), Bolton town centre would be the ideal place to be. more...
