Stories for 5 June 2006
Accrington
A 17-year-old was today fighting for his life after suffering critical head injuries in a car crash on Haslingden Old Road. more...
A MAN cried rape and sparked a six month police hunt because he regretted having sex with a homosexual couple he met after a night out at the pub. more...
Alan Calvert
WE have just returned from our annual Lake District holiday in a small village near Keswick. more...
Athletics Round-Up
AN athletics centre developed in Bolton at a cost of £1.7 million cannot be used for official meetings because council chiefs have not got the necessary accreditation. more...
Barrowford
A COUPLE who met while modelling underwear laid themselves bare in front of thousands of viewers by getting married live on TV! more...
Gardens in Back Church Street, Barrowford were kissed by the summer sunshine on Saturday for a charity fundraising event. more...
Blackburn
YOUNG Asian men are being hit with shock tactics in an attempt to break the fatal trend of show off' driving in high-powered cars. more...
A FIRE started deliberately destroyed a derelict pub in Higher Croft Road, Fishmoor, Blackburn. more...
A BLACKBURN chippy was racing to supply its biggest ever order supplying 200 portions of chips for a wedding reception! more...
A BLACKBURN chippy was racing to supply its biggest ever order supplying 200 portions of chips for a wedding reception! more...
WORLD Cup fever is spreading across the country and a Blackburn company is playing its part. more...
Bolton News
LITTLE Jack Bannister is a VIP every time he visits the Tesco store in Horwich. more...
FORMER Bolton School Old Boy Sir Ian McKellen was the guest of honour at the school's first bursary ball. more...
A GROUP of friends are being hailed as heroes after risking their lives to save a man trapped in a burning house. more...
AN 18-year-old was raped by a cyclist as she made her way home after a night out in Manchester. more...
A PAPER recycling factory which was destroyed by a fire seven months ago is to be rebuilt. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
A FARMER who was shot dead at his home in Radcliffe will be taken to his funeral by a horse-drawn hearse. more...
A GROUP of independent traders fear a hidden clause which could see them thrown out of the church where they are based. more...
A CLASH of fixtures will not spoil the World Cup for a group of Walkden churchgoers. more...
HOLIDAY INN wants to expand its Horwich hotel by adding a 50-bedroom extension. more...
IT WAS to be a simple plan to demolish a residential home which did not meet Government standards and replace it with one that did. more...
FAMILIES feared for their safety as gangs of white and Asian youths fought a running battle outside their Bolton homes. more...
FAMILIES feared for their safety as gangs of white and Asian youths fought a running battle outside their Bolton homes. more...
PUPILS at a Farnworth high school made a splash for charitable causes. more...
PUPILS at a Farnworth high school made a splash for charitable causes. more...
A PRIMARY school has been told it must do better after government inspectors labelled it "inadequate". more...
A FUN day in aid of Cancer Research saw market traders donning their football kits. more...
PUPILS at a Farnworth high school made a splash for charitable causes. more...
A CHARITY World Cup anthem penned by a DJ from Leigh goes on sale today. more...
A MOTORCYCLIST died when he hit a lamppost after he had been chased by police. Police are appealing for information following the accident in Orrell, Wigan, on Saturday. more...
A HEADTEACHER who wants to protect her pupils is being hampered in her attempt to put up an eight foot-high fence around her school. more...
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
PLANNING chiefs say they are powerless to stop mobile phone masts being erected in Bolton. more...
A VETERINARY charity is asking people in Bolton to donate good quality furniture, ornaments and homeware to help raise funds for pets in need of vets. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
AN athletics centre developed in Bolton at a cost of £1.7 million cannot be used for official meetings because council chiefs have not got the necessary accreditation. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
A CLASH of fixtures will not spoil the World Cup for a group of Walkden churchgoers. more...
A CHARITY World Cup anthem penned by a DJ from Leigh goes on sale today. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
A CLASH of fixtures will not spoil the World Cup for a group of Walkden churchgoers. more...
A CHARITY World Cup anthem penned by a DJ from Leigh goes on sale today. more...
A FARMER who was shot dead at his home in Radcliffe will be taken to his funeral by a horse-drawn hearse. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
A CLASH of fixtures will not spoil the World Cup for a group of Walkden churchgoers. more...
A CHARITY World Cup anthem penned by a DJ from Leigh goes on sale today. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
Brierfield
A HEROIN addict who turned dealer to pay off a drugs debt was today starting a three-year jail term. more...
A HEROIN addict who turned dealer to pay off a drugs debt was today starting a three-year jail term. more...
Burnley
BURNLEY is set to have a new train station, upmarket shopping streets and more canalside developments as part of ambitious new plans to rejuvenate the town centre. more...
PLANS for a new Burnley Central station were today hailed as great news for the town. more...
BURNLEY could be without taxis for several more days as the cabbies' dispute with the council shows no sign of ending. more...
Bury News
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
A FARMER who was shot dead at his home in Radcliffe will be taken to his funeral by a horse-drawn hearse. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
A FARMER who was shot dead at his home in Radcliffe will be taken to his funeral by a horse-drawn hearse. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
Business
Asian food specialists Mumtaz is launching its own Halal baby range after spotting a gap in the Muslim food market. more...
Asian food specialists Mumtaz is launching its own Halal baby range after spotting a gap in the Muslim food market. more...
Business Headlines
THE team behind the management buyout of a specialist construction firm is celebrating its success. more...
POTENTIAL investors in Eastern Europe can get a valuable insight into opportunities at a unique seminar later this week. more...
WITH the 2006 World Cup only a week away, the Federation of Small Businesses and legal advisers Abbey Legal have produced a guidance leaflet on how firms can avoid employment problems during the tournament. more...
Sale Sharks owner and double glazing millionaire Brian Kennedy has unveiled a £29.2 million move for troubled Lancashire conservatory maker Ultraframe. more...
Cd Reviews
"What's that coming over the hill?" Why, it's the monster new single by the Cowbridge four-piece taken from their forthcoming debut album, Not Accepted Anywhere. more...
The Fallout Trust have a name that makes you assume they will be bland, angst-ridden indie-rock. But this single is actually knowing, exhilarating indie-rock. more...
Sparsely-arranged and wit-laden album Underachievers Please Try Harder should have been the making of Glasgow fivepiece Camera Obscura. more...
Chipping News
St Mary's RC Church, in Chipping, will hold their open garden weekend on Saturday and Sunday, June 24 and 25. more...
Chorley News
A dance sensation from Chorley was runner-up in the BBC's Strictly Dance Fever competition. more...
A dance sensation from Chorley was runner-up in the BBC's Strictly Dance Fever competition. more...
Ambitious new plans for the redevelopment of Chorley's Camelot Theme Park were unveiled today by owners Prime Resorts. more...
Clarets News
LEICESTER City manager Rob Kelly could be lining up a move for Micah Hyde. more...
LEICESTER City manager Rob Kelly could be lining up a move for Micah Hyde. more...
Burnley been linked with a move for Newcastle United striker Michael Chopra. more...
Clayton-Le-Moors
A MAN cried rape and sparked a six month police hunt because he regretted having sex with a homosexual couple he met after a night out at the pub. more...
Clitheroe
THE new High Sheriff of Lancashire is backing a £3million scheme to restore Clitheroe Castle. more...
Colne
YOUNG dancers from across the North West converged on Colne at the weekend for the annual Luther Greenwood Dance Festival. more...
YOUNG dancers from across the North West converged on Colne at the weekend for the annual Luther Greenwood Dance Festival. more...
Cricket Round-Up
ELTON did their neighbours Walshaw a favour when they inflicted the first league defeat on previous co-leaders Edgworth. more...
HORWICH turned the league form upside down when they recorded their first win of the season against leaders Bradshaw. more...
Darwen
A FESTIVAL in memory of a Darwen community champion could become an annual event. more...
A FORMER police officer who admitted possessing a CS gas canister after he had resigned from the force has avoided a jail sentence. more...
Editor'S Comment
THE far-sighted plans for Burnley unveiled today by the Building Design Partnership certainly capture the imagination. more...
IT'S no coincidence that insurance rates for 17 to 25-year-old drivers are higher than for other age groups. more...
IT'S no coincidence that insurance rates for 17 to 25-year-old drivers are higher than for other age groups. more...
Education
SCHOOL bosses say they are cool to the idea of drug testing in classrooms, stressing education is a more effective way of tackling the menace. more...
Education News
A PRIMARY school has been told it must do better after government inspectors labelled it "inadequate". more...
FORMER Bolton School Old Boy Sir Ian McKellen was the guest of honour at the school's first bursary ball. more...
PUPILS at a Farnworth high school made a splash for charitable causes. more...
A HEADTEACHER who wants to protect her pupils is being hampered in her attempt to put up an eight foot-high fence around her school. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
Great Harwood
DOZENS of families from all denominations took to the streets of Great Harwood for the annual Whit Walk. more...
Haslingden
Police are appealing for witnesses after a patrol car was set on fire outside a house in Rock Street, Haslingden, early today. more...
Health
PENSIONERS and vulnerable patients across East Lancashire face longer telephone waits when jobs at an NHS call centre are axed, one of its nurses has warned. more...
Helen Mead
I watched a TV advert for Sat Nav or Satellite Navigation to those who are still struggling to get to grips with their in-car stereo. more...
Lancashire
LANCASHIRE headteachers are willing to help more than one school, a new poll has found. more...
Lancashire League
SID SHERAZ hit Haslingden for six as Colne booked their place in the Get Solutions Worsley Cup semi-finals. more...
ENFIELD'S three-wicket win over Todmorden keeps them eight points clear of champions Lowerhouse in the SponsorBank Lancashire League. more...
Lancashire News
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
Latest Sport
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
LEIGH Centurions' chances of claiming the National League One Minor Premiership at the end of the season may have gone after this shock defeat by lowly Batley. more...
RESULTS round-up
SATURDAY
BOLTON ASSOCIATION
Astley & Tyldesley 220-9 bt Blackrod 203-8 by 17 runs. more...
RESULTS round-up more...
RESULTS round-up more...
AN athletics centre developed in Bolton at a cost of £1.7 million cannot be used for official meetings because council chiefs have not got the necessary accreditation. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
Leigh Headlines
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
A CHARITY World Cup anthem penned by a DJ from Leigh goes on sale today. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
A CHARITY World Cup anthem penned by a DJ from Leigh goes on sale today. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
A CHARITY World Cup anthem penned by a DJ from Leigh goes on sale today. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
A CHARITY World Cup anthem penned by a DJ from Leigh goes on sale today. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
Letters
I AM the husband who collected his wife from the Hollies nursing home in Clayton-le-Moors on Tuesday, May 24 (LET, May 27). more...
HOW very sad I was to read the story of Dennis and Maria Cramp (LET, May 27). more...
HOW very sad I was to read the story of Dennis and Maria Cramp (LET, May 27). more...
I READ your article (LET, May 27) about the predicament of Mr and Mrs Dennis Cramp. more...
HAVE you ever found it necessary to travel from Blackburn to Preston on a cold and very windy morning? more...
THIS was my first experience of Darwen Music Festival and it certainly won't be my last. more...
Local Sports Updates
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
Looking Back With Frank Elson
POLICE arrested two men in a night time surveillance operation after a nursery boss complained that his plant stock was being devastated by sneak thieves. 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...
Motorsport
BURNLEY racer Neil Hodgson rallied to finish fourth on his Ducati 999 at Road America. more...
Nelson
A man badly burned after using petrol to light a barbecue today warned others not to make the same mistake. more...
A "DANGEROUS" Pendle pervert said to prey on young girls has been banned indefinitely from every caravan and camping site in the country to protect youngsters on holiday. more...
AN East Lancashire teacher is helping tell the world about life in the region. more...
A CAR dealer has been cleared of exposing himself and committing a sex act in front of young children in a Nelson back alley. more...
News About Local Schools
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
News From The Schools
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
Pendle News
A LAST-DITCH effort is being made to stop bus service cuts in Pendle. more...
Prestwich Headlines
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
Radcliffe Headlines
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
A FARMER who was shot dead at his home in Radcliffe will be taken to his funeral by a horse-drawn hearse. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
A FARMER who was shot dead at his home in Radcliffe will be taken to his funeral by a horse-drawn hearse. more...
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
TEACHERS at more than 30 schools across Bolton, Bury and Leigh have been nominated for the Bolton Evening News Teacher of the Year award. more...
Rawtenstall
Police are appealing for witnesses after a suspicious fire at the rear of the Tote Sport shop on Bank Street yesterday at 7pm. more...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a suspicious fire at the rear of the Tote Sport shop on Bank Street, Rawtenstall, yesterday at 7pm. more...
HEALTH chiefs are planning to appeal over a council decision blocking plans to extend a mental health care site in Rossendale. more...
HEALTH chiefs are planning to appeal over a council decision blocking plans to extend a mental health care site in Rossendale. more...
Ribblesdale League
Baxenden pro Jonathan Fielding was in excellent form with bat and ball as the return of summer saw some inspired performances in the VEKA Ribblesdale League senior division. more...
Rossendale News
MORE than 250 people are expected to support a mountain rescue team by taking part in an annual fundraising walk. more...
Rovers News
BLACKBURN Rovers today insisted they have not made a bid for Wigan Athletic striker Jason Roberts. more...
Soccer Headlines
William Hill say that gamblers having a flutter on the World Cup will wager over one million pounds during every hour of the tournament on the way to a record-breaking one billion pound betting bonanza. more...
Was it only two year's ago that local pubs were heaving as fans piled in to watch England in the Euro 2004 championships in Portugal.
We got beaten then, but as the World Cup gets ever nearer this week fans will soon be getting in the mood.
We want to see your best pix whether they are from Germany or back here in England. more...
William Hill say that gamblers having a flutter on the World Cup will wager over one million pounds during every hour of the tournament on the way to a record-breaking one billion pound betting bonanza. more...
William Hill say that gamblers having a flutter on the World Cup will wager over one million pounds during every hour of the tournament on the way to a record-breaking one billion pound betting bonanza. more...
William Hill say that gamblers having a flutter on the World Cup will wager over one million pounds during every hour of the tournament on the way to a record-breaking one billion pound betting bonanza. more...
Sport From Around The Area
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
Sport Tasters
MANAGER of the season John Coleman has praised the part his players had in his latest accolade. more...
LEICESTER City manager Rob Kelly could be lining up a move for Micah Hyde. more...
BLACKBURN Rovers today insisted they have not made a bid for Wigan Athletic striker Jason Roberts. more...
Sporting Highlights
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
Stanley News
MANAGER of the season John Coleman has praised the part his players had in his latest accolade. more...
Stars From The Bolton Area
FORMER Bolton School Old Boy Sir Ian McKellen was the guest of honour at the school's first bursary ball. more...
Tasters
YOUNG Asian men are being hit with shock tactics in an attempt to break the fatal trend of show off' driving in high-powered cars. more...
A Barrowford couple who met while modelling underwear laid themselves bare in front of thousands of viewers by getting married live on TV! more...
A 17-year-old was today fighting for his life after suffering critical head injuries in a car crash on Haslingden Old Road. more...
BURNLEY is set to have a new train station, upmarket shopping streets and more canalside developments as part of ambitious new plans to rejuvenate the town centre. more...
Todmorden
A PUBLIC inquiry will be held at Todmorden Town Hall to hear the reasons why Calderdale Council refused an application to build 28 apartments, 12 town houses, eight workshops and a cafe on the site of a former mill in the town. more...
Travel
PLANS for a new Burnley Central station were today hailed as great news for the town. more...
A LAST-DITCH effort is being made to stop bus service cuts in Pendle. more...
YOUNG Asian men are being hit with shock tactics in an attempt to break the fatal trend of show off' driving in high-powered cars. more...
Tv News
A dance sensation from Chorley was runner-up in the BBC's Strictly Dance Fever competition. more...
A COUPLE who met while modelling underwear laid themselves bare in front of thousands of viewers by getting married live on TV! more...
A dance sensation from Chorley was runner-up in the BBC's Strictly Dance Fever competition. more...
Tv Reviews
THERE'S nothing the British public enjoys more than delivering a big juicy dollop of just desserts. more...
Wanderers News
WANDERERS were today linked with a £7million bid for Nicolas Anelka. more...
WANDERERS were today linked with a £7 million bid for Nicolas Anelka. more...
WANDERERS were today linked with a £7 million bid for Nicolas Anelka. more...
We Say
THE St George's Craft Centre in the centre of Bolton has a long and chequered history. more...
THE St George's Craft Centre in the centre of Bolton has a long and chequered history. more...
AS students begin the exam season, a new survey reveals that a lack of financial planning means this year's school leavers may be seriously underestimating the cost of living while at university, as Kat Dibbits discovers.
RESEARCH among sixth-formers reveals that school leavers are underestimating the cost of living at university by a potential £110 million compared to actual undergraduate spending. more...
What'S On In And Around Bury
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
What'S On In The Bolton Area
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
Whats On
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
VICTIMS of a muscle weakness disease among them ex-world snooker champion John Spencer are to benefit from a fund-raising event at the Reebok Stadium. more...
World Cup Briefing
INTERNET Editor Chris Sudlow was lucky enough to be present at the 1966 World Cup Final at Wembley. more...
Was it only two year's ago that local pubs were heaving as fans piled in to watch England in the Euro 2004 championships in Portugal.
We got beaten then, but as the World Cup gets ever nearer this week fans will soon be getting in the mood.
We want to see your best pix whether they are from Germany or back here in England. 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...
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
William Hill say that gamblers having a flutter on the World Cup will wager over one million pounds during every hour of the tournament on the way to a record-breaking one billion pound betting bonanza. more...
William Hill say that gamblers having a flutter on the World Cup will wager over one million pounds during every hour of the tournament on the way to a record-breaking one billion pound betting bonanza. more...
A CHARITY World Cup anthem penned by a DJ from Leigh goes on sale today. more...
Sven-Goran Eriksson expects David Beckham's deadly aim to make England lethal from set-pieces in the World Cup finals. more...
Was it only two year's ago that local pubs were heaving as fans piled in to watch England in the Euro 2004 championships in Portugal.
We got beaten then, but as the World Cup gets ever nearer this week fans will soon be getting in the mood.
We want to see your best pix whether they are from Germany or back here in England. more...
Was it only two year's ago that local pubs were heaving as fans piled in to watch England in the Euro 2004 championships in Portugal.
We got beaten then, but as the World Cup gets ever nearer this week fans will soon be getting in the mood.
We want to see your best pix whether they are from Germany or back here in England. more...
A CLASH of fixtures will not spoil the World Cup for a group of Walkden churchgoers. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
A CLASH of fixtures will not spoil the World Cup for a group of Walkden churchgoers. more...
A CHARITY World Cup anthem penned by a DJ from Leigh goes on sale today. more...
William Hill say that gamblers having a flutter on the World Cup will wager over one million pounds during every hour of the tournament on the way to a record-breaking one billion pound betting bonanza. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
William Hill say that gamblers having a flutter on the World Cup will wager over one million pounds during every hour of the tournament on the way to a record-breaking one billion pound betting bonanza. more...
A CLASH of fixtures will not spoil the World Cup for a group of Walkden churchgoers. more...
A CHARITY World Cup anthem penned by a DJ from Leigh goes on sale today. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
ENGLAND fly out to Germany today with manager Sven-Goran Eriksson insisting they have nothing to fear from any team . . . not even Brazil. more...
A CLASH of fixtures will not spoil the World Cup for a group of Walkden churchgoers. more...
A CHARITY World Cup anthem penned by a DJ from Leigh goes on sale today. more...
William Hill say that gamblers having a flutter on the World Cup will wager over one million pounds during every hour of the tournament on the way to a record-breaking one billion pound betting bonanza. more...
UNDERCOVER police will be stationed at Manchester Airport from today to stop blacklisted football hooligans leaving the country. more...
You Say
AS we had such a late spring this year, it was particularly enjoyable when the flowers burst into bloom and the trees into leaf. more...
CLLR Martyn Cox, in his letter "Shining light on Lib Dems Actions" (May 25) takes us, once again, through recent events in the Bolton saga, which he summarises as "Value for Money". more...
THE BBC cannot know about Brian Derbyshire, or he would feature on their programme "Grumpy Old Men". In his letter (Short change for our pensioners May 20) he blames Gordon Brown for the reluctance of pensioners to claim Pension Credit, which would ensure a minimum income of £114 per week. more...
I AM compelled to complain about the level of the postal delivery service in the Boundary Drive area of Bradley Fold. more...
FURTHER to my previous letter regarding architecture within Bolton Town Centre (or the lack of it), I hereby list nominations for the worst, ugliest, badly designed, featureless buildings that have blighted a once proud and noble town (in no particular order). more...
ON behalf of my wife and myself, may I take this opportunity to thank everybody who attended my Civic Sunday Parade which took place in Horwich on May 21. more...
The front page of the Bury Times last week (Hunt for Evil Sex Monster') poses many very serious questions, including as far as I am concerned, the point of electronic tagging when apparently the tag can be removed. more...
May I bring to the attention of shoppers in Bury that, at a certain newsagents in the precinct, you are discouraged from paying bills through the PAY POINT system between noon and 2pm. more...
I LEFT my handbag on the 524 bus from Bury to Bolton, on Saturday, May 20. I would like to thank the kind person who found it and handed it in to the driver. All the contents were intact, including a valuable mobile phone. more...
There has been great confusion over the funding of extra district pupils, partly as a result of the recent Review of Secondary Education in Bury. more...
WE would like key questions answered' was the headline of my letter printed in the Bury Times on May 18. more...
WE would like key questions answered' was the headline of my letter printed in the Bury Times on May 18. more...
WE would like key questions answered' was the headline of my letter printed in the Bury Times on May 18. more...
WE would like key questions answered' was the headline of my letter printed in the Bury Times on May 18. more...
There has been great confusion over the funding of extra district pupils, partly as a result of the recent Review of Secondary Education in Bury. more...
Your Letters To The Guide
WE would like key questions answered' was the headline of my letter printed in the Bury Times on May 18. more...
There has been great confusion over the funding of extra district pupils, partly as a result of the recent Review of Secondary Education in Bury. more...
WE would like key questions answered' was the headline of my letter printed in the Bury Times on May 18. more...
There has been great confusion over the funding of extra district pupils, partly as a result of the recent Review of Secondary Education in Bury. more...
Your Pictures
This is Frankfurt's World Cup venue for England's opening Group B game against Paragua on Saturday, 2pm more...
This is Frankfurt's World Cup venue for England's opening Group B game against Paragua on Saturday, 2pm more...
This is Frankfurt's World Cup venue for England's opening Group B game against Paraguay on Saturday, 2pm more...
This was a typical scene in local pubs when games were televised live during the Euro 2004 Championships in Portugal
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Portugal's Eusebio was the magician when the 1966 World Cup Finals were staged in England. more...
A poster advertising the Bolton Evening News' 48-page special supplement for this year's World Cup more...
