Stories for 12 July 2006
Accrington
AN 11-year-old boy is "lucky to be alive" after falling 30 feet through a derelict roof in Accrington. more...
A punter was punched in the face after going in to an Accrington bookmakers to place a bet. more...
A punter was punched in the face after going in to a bookmakers to place a bet. more...
Marco Freeston, of Edgar Street, Accrington, has been fined £75 with £50 costs for failing to remove dog fouling. more...
A FATHER-OF-TWO has turned a hobby into a career by becoming a professional poker player. more...
An Accrington driver has thanked Hyndburn Council for allowing him to advertise his jujitsu club on the side of his cab. more...
An Accrington driver has thanked Hyndburn Council for allowing him to advertise his jujitsu club on the side of his cab. more...
Amir Khan: Latest News
AMIR Khan's ninth professional fight could be against Craig Watson, the only boxer to have knocked him down in his career. more...
AMIR Khan's ninth professional fight could be against Craig Watson, the only boxer to have knocked him down in his career. more...
Andy Payton
FAIR play to Italy congratulations to them for winning the World Cup. more...
Now the World Cup is over, we can look forward to Burnley once again with the new Championship season fast approaching. more...
Angela Kelly
WE tumble-dry rather than hang our clothes on the washing line these days apparently even when the weather is hot. more...
SOME judges may need a crash course in modern life. more...
A STRONG warning appears to be going out to the yobs, the feckless and the downright nasty: Break the law, and there is a price to pay. more...
BELLS are to be handed out to shoppers in Bolton to fit on to purses to try to deter thieves. more...
BOLTON Evening News Teacher of the Year Mike Giles obviously deserves the
title. more...
GIRLS Aloud's Cheryl Tweedy always struck me as a pretty but vacuous street-fighter after she whacked that attendant in the toilets. more...
Athletics
Blackburn Harrier Ben Fish set a new record time in the Chorley Harriers four-mile road-race course. more...
Athletics Round-Up
VETERAN Bolton runner Steve Kenyon is going back to the scene of one of his happiest triumphs. more...
Bacup
HORSE riders fighting to get a bridleway made official told a public inquiry they had been using the route for 50 years. more...
Barrowford
TV viewers are to be given the chance to help save an important piece of East Lancashire's textile heritage. more...
Blackburn
TRAFFIC chiefs look set to do a U-turn on a controversial road system in Blackburn town centre. more...
Blackburn-based Interlink Foods has seen record financial growth for the eighth year in a row. more...
A LONG-SERVING church canon and a group of Brownie leaders were honoured by a congregation. more...
Bolton News
SHE may not be the oldest woman in the world but, at 105, Doris Horton is well on her way. more...
STUDENTS from across Greater Manchester are joining forces with police to learn more about leadership. more...
A GRANDFATHER was taken to court for non payment of council tax after a bill was issued in his name for a property he had not owned for eight years. more...
children have been left without the playground they were promised because United Utilities has failed to prevent the land from flooding, residents claim. more...
BOLTON Festival is offering something for everyone when it takes centre stage in the town in August. more...
THE Chili Peppers are back in town, and yes, they're still red hot! more...
A man accused of rape has appeared at Liverpool Crown Court. more...
A man accused of rape has appeared at Liverpool Crown Court. more...
A man accused of rape has appeared at Liverpool Crown Court. more...
A FRESH appeal for witnesses has been launched by detectives investigating a terrifying daylight robbery which saw armed raiders escape with £120,000. more...
AN 83-year-old man has been forced to hand over hundreds of pounds to a bogus workman in Manchester. more...
A LEIGH woman has admitted stabbing her partner to death. more...
VOTERS will go to the polls tomorrow as the parties battle for a vacant seat on Bolton Council. more...
SNOOKER legend John Spencer has lost his three-year battle against cancer. more...
A NEW one-way system is causing traffic chaos in Bolton town centre. more...
MORE than 20 people have called police with information about an attack on a businessman as he banked £17,000 at a post office. more...
PLANS to make car parking enforcement by councils in England more motorist-friendly were unveiled by the Government today. more...
A theatre company says its Shakespere productions could be lost to the Bolton area if funding is not found to keep open historic Turton Tower. more...
AN 83-year-old man has been forced to hand over hundreds of pounds to a bogus workman in Manchester. more...
A LEIGH woman has admitted stabbing her partner to death. more...
AN 83-year-old man has been forced to hand over hundreds of pounds to a bogus workman in Manchester. more...
AN 83-year-old man has been forced to hand over hundreds of pounds to a bogus workman in Manchester. more...
Boxing Updates
AMIR Khan's ninth professional fight could be against Craig Watson, the only boxer to have knocked him down in his career. more...
AMIR Khan's ninth professional fight could be against Craig Watson, the only boxer to have knocked him down in his career. more...
Burnley
A COUNCIL binman is facing jail after raiding the Nelson home of an Alzheimer's victim while collecting waste as part of recycling scheme. more...
A woman missing from home and last seen in Burnley has been found safe and well, police said today. more...
A FORMER drug addict thief who attacked two police officers was spared a jail term by Burnley magistrates. more...
BORED youngsters are being offered fun-packed Friday nights thanks to police, Burnley Football Club and the Brunshaw Action Group. more...
BORED youngsters are being offered fun-packed Friday nights thanks to police, Burnley Football Club and the Brunshaw Action Group. more...
BURNLEY Council has called on East Lancashire Hospitals Trust bosses to reconsider hospital shake-up plans after delivering a devastating final judgement on the proposals, it emerged today. more...
COUNCILLORS will be asked to approve plans to merge Barden infant and junior departments as part of the new multi-million pound Barden Learning Campus in Burnley. more...
A MOTORIST caused a midnight head-on smash then fled, leaving his girlfriend to take the blame, a court was told. more...
Business
Successful Asians are signing up to luxury living in two of the city's most prestigious apartment complexes in a city. more...
The cream of the North West's business community gathered at Preston's Guild Hall. more...
Business Headlines
McHALE & Co Solicitors in Altrincham has appointed Bolton-based commercial and construction litigation specialist Dominic Timmons. more...
A TRAVEL adviser from Bolton has won a top award for exceptional holiday sales. more...
A surge in demand for consumer electronics buoyed catalogue business Argos today after it reported a 7 per cent rise in like-for-like sales. more...
DEBENHAMS has signed up to become the first retailer at the new £220 million regeneration of The Rock in Bury. more...
Business News
Blackburn-based Interlink Foods has seen record financial growth for the eighth year in a row. more...
Caroline Dutton
THE NEWS that up to 100 underage girls in East Lancashire have been lured into giving sexual favours to men in return for drink, drugs and cigarettes has rocked the community. more...
Cars News
Hay fever sufferers at the wheel may pose a risk to themselves and other road users at this time of year. more...
Chipping News
A CHIPPING young farmer has won a top award in the Royal Agricultural Show. more...
A CHIPPING young farmer has won a top award in the Royal Agricultural Show. more...
Chorley Cc Reports
A frustrating day for Chorley saw rain deny them a chance of securing their first victory of the season following a fine bowling performance at Windsor Park. more...
Chorley Fc News
Chorley manager Shaun Teale was pleased with the way his players coped with Championship outfit Preston North End in Saturday's Jack Kirkland Trophy encounter, the first of this year's pre-season games. more...
A three-day football course for boys and girls takes place at Chorley FC's Victory Park ground on Wednesday July 19, July 20, and July 21. more...
Chorley News
A Chorley teenager who was once so rude and aggressive that a charity was reluctant to help him, has won a national award. more...
Pictures showing a paedophile playing computer games in his cell at a Chorley prison has led to claims that he is leading an easy life'. more...
The public have until July 26 to have their say on a blueprint for the future of Chorley. more...
One Chorley family just knew Italy would lick France in the football World Cup final. more...
A pizza delivery driver was ordered to hand over cash and food by two youths in Astley Village. more...
A care assistant had her handbag snatched by a man who smashed her car window just after she had got in. more...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was assaulted in the early hours of Saturday. more...
Chorley MP Lindsay Hoyle is supporting shopworkers who have formed Usdaw United Against Abuse (UUAA) after a survey found 95 per cent of retail staff have been verbally abused by customers. more...
An army colonel who has served all over the world during his 31-year career returned to where it all began in Chorley this week. more...
Clarets News
Burnley defender Danny Karbassiyoon joins Dutch top-flight side AZ Alkmaar on trial today with a view to a permanent move. more...
Clitheroe
AN EAST Lancashire-born earthquake victim has recorded a song for the natural disaster which rocked Java earlier this summer. more...
Colne
MYSTERY still surrounds the death of a Colne man who lay dead in his house for several weeks after tests failed to show how he died. more...
THOUSANDS of people are set to descend on Colne for one of the main events in the town's sporting calendar. more...
Cricket Round-Up
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
BOLTON cricket was well represented in the Varsity One Day match at Lords.. more...
LOSTOCK suffered a heavy seven wicket defeat at the hands of Newton Heath in the Manchester Association. more...
THE Bolton District Under-15s played Liverpool at Daisy Hill in a second round cup match and won on losing fewer wickets after the scores were tied. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Darwen
A DARWEN robber who attacked a disabled pensioner has been jailed after years on the run. more...
A DARWEN florist's has reached the finals of the National Flower Shop of the Year Awards. more...
Editor'S Comment
IT'S quite horrifying to think of all the time and money that has been wasted trying to work out all the nuts and bolts of implementing a merger between the Lancashire and Cumbria police forces. more...
Education
COUNCILLORS will be asked to approve plans to merge Barden infant and junior departments as part of the new multi-million pound Barden Learning Campus in Burnley. more...
Fleetwood News
A series of films showing the history of Fleetwood is being drafted in to help raise cash to save the resort's troubled museum. more...
A series of films showing the history of Fleetwood is being drafted in to help raise cash to save the resort's troubled museum. more...
Forthcoming Gigs
You may have seen acoustic-based act Monkey Swallows The Universe on tour with Richard Hawley or Camera Obscura recently. If so, you'll want to be down the front when they come to Preston on July 28. more...
Gig Guide
THE Chili Peppers are back in town, and yes, they're still red hot! more...
Calling Thin Lizzy fans - the boys are back in town. Well, not exactly, but tribute act Limehouse Lizzy will be rocking Blackpool on July 21. more...
Golf
CHORLEY professional Mark Bradley was unable to build on Monday's solid opening round as Open Championship qualifying attempts folded for East Lancashire's golfers. more...
CHORLEY professional Mark Bradley was unable to build on Monday's solid opening round as Open Championship qualifying attempts folded for East Lancashire's golfers. more...
Great Harwood
industrial unit just yards from a police station, a court was told. more...
A COCAINE dealer who claimed drugs were just for leisure purposes has been jailed for two years. more...
A COCAINE dealer who claimed drugs were just for leisure purposes has been jailed for two years. more...
A COCAINE dealer who claimed drugs were just for leisure purposes has been jailed for two years. more...
A COCAINE dealer who claimed drugs were just for leisure purposes has been jailed for two years. more...
A COCAINE dealer who claimed drugs were just for leisure purposes has been jailed for two years. more...
A COCAINE dealer who claimed drugs were just for leisure purposes has been jailed for two years. more...
Health
THE Royal Blackburn Hospital opened on Saturday next to Queen's Park Hospital, Haslingden Road. We spoke to staff and patients in the radiology and pathology departments to find out how blood and nuclear physics lies at the centre of its operations. more...
BURNLEY Council has called on East Lancashire Hospitals Trust bosses to reconsider hospital shake-up plans after delivering a devastating final judgement on the proposals, it emerged today. more...
Health News
THE newly formed NHS North-west has been launched. more...
Homes News
Homeowners across Lancashire are being offered the opportunity to see their property on television and earn money at the same time, by a new web-based company. more...
Keep Them Safe Campaign
TWO children's charities are fighting for extra help to protect East Lancashire's victims of underage sexual grooming. more...
TWO children's charities are fighting for extra help to protect East Lancashire's victims of underage sexual grooming. more...
TWO children's charities are fighting for extra help to protect East Lancashire's victims of underage sexual grooming. more...
Lancashire
POTENTIAL victims of rape and sexual assault in Lancashire are being warned to take sensible precautions to protect themselves this summer. more...
THE collapsed merger of Lancashire and Cumbria police was branded a farce after it was revealed the project was "doomed from the start. more...
THE collapsed merger of Lancashire and Cumbria police was branded a farce after it was revealed the project was "doomed from the start." more...
THE shock collapse of the police merger means that Lancashire police needs to find a new chief constable. more...
Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke has blasted the government over the collapse of the Lancashire and Cumbria merger. more...
Homeowners across Lancashire are being offered the opportunity to see their property on television and earn money at the same time, by a new web-based company. more...
ACTION for Blind People needs energetic volun-teers from Lancashire to take on the Great North Run. more...
Lancashire League
SOUTH African star Jacques Rudolph has left Todmorden with immediate effect after being called up by the Proteas. more...
Lancashire News
AN 83-year-old man has been forced to hand over hundreds of pounds to a bogus workman in Manchester. more...
AN 83-year-old man has been forced to hand over hundreds of pounds to a bogus workman in Manchester. more...
AN 83-year-old man has been forced to hand over hundreds of pounds to a bogus workman in Manchester. more...
AN 83-year-old man has been forced to hand over hundreds of pounds to a bogus workman in Manchester. more...
Lancs Gigs
Scottish crooner Marti Pellow is heading to Manchester on November 1 to promote his forthcoming solo album. more...
Lancs Theatre
A new touring production of Return To The Forbidden Planet rockets across the UK this summer and arrives in Salford from July 24 to 30. more...
Latest Sport
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Leigh Headlines
A LEIGH woman has admitted stabbing her partner to death. more...
A LEIGH woman has admitted stabbing her partner to death. more...
Letters
I AM grateful to you for printing a selection of letters voicing concern about the Blackburn Cathedral development plan, currently costed at £45 million. more...
IN the LET of July 6, it said: "Since June 2005, 65 warning letters have been issued to men in the Blackburn area for harassing children." more...
I SEE the patients of our new super hospital will have to wait a little longer for their bedside ornaments. more...
BRILLIANT service! I would like to thank all concered after a sudden heart attack. more...
I write concerning the MBE awarded to Faz Patel. As a Sikh I have a great respect for this chap. He has a been fair to all religions since he founded Black and Asian members group for PCS (2002) in the government. I would like to congratulate him for the hard work he has done in standing up for all Asians regardless of their background and faith. more...
Today's melas have become more and more intimidating. I can tell you that many Asian families will only go to the fairgrounds at melas. more...
I think it is unfair to blame organisers of melas for the actions of people. more...
If the police want the trust of the Muslim community they should stop behaving like animals themselves. more...
Young Asian male drivers are no different to normal young drivers. more...
Regarding the article What is it really like to wear the Hijab?'. more...
I've just read the article in the Citizen about a mysterious smell in the Whittle-le-Woods area (Smell Probe, June 28). more...
Steve Turner's letter about the proposed housing transfer (Defend Our Council Housing, Citizen Letters July 5) is the same old claptrap he has been spouting for months. more...
Local Cricket Round-Up
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Looking Back With Frank Elson
SHE may not be the oldest woman in the world but, at 105, Doris Horton is well on her way. more...
A shocked MP today demanded a tough crackdown on sick services easily available to children on the Internet. more...
A shocked MP today demanded a tough crackdown on sick services easily available to children on the Internet. more...
Museums And Galleries
BUDDING young Picassos have been let loose to create their own masterpieces at Rossendale Schools Art Exhibition. more...
A series of films showing the history of Fleetwood is being drafted in to help raise cash to save the resort's troubled museum. more...
Nelson
A COUNCIL binman is facing jail after raiding the Nelson home of an Alzheimer's victim while collecting waste as part of recycling scheme. more...
FIRE chiefs are warning of leaving rubbish in back yards after suspected arsonists torched a pile of furniture and left a house badly damaged. more...
A woman missing from home and last seen in Burnley has been found safe and well, police said today. more...
A NELSON driver who didn't give a breath test, despite repeatedly being asked by police, paid the price with an 18-month ban. more...
News
The death toll from the Indian commuter train blasts has passed 190 according to reports. more...
Non-League Football
WIDE BOY Lee Dodgson has left Morecambe and aims to make a splash with Fleetwood Town. more...
Oswaldtwistle
A FIRE station in Oswaldtwistle hit by a blaze is among a list of 40 sites across Hyndburn named by the council for being dangerous or dirty. more...
Preston News
Top chef Rick Stein has poached a budding Preston student from the classroom and offered him a job at the cutting edge of cuisine in his seafood restaurant. more...
Radcliffe Boro
NEW signing Andy Bishop was on target as Bury kicked off their pre-season preparations in style against neighbours Radcliffe Borough. more...
NEW signing Andy Bishop was on target as Bury kicked off their pre-season preparations in style against neighbours Radcliffe Borough. more...
Rawtenstall
VISITORS to Rawtenstall will have the chance to find out more about the services provided by Lancashire County Council this weekend. more...
Ribblesdale League
THE 2005 season has proved to be something of a watershed year for Settle Cricket Club. more...
THE 2005 season has proved to be something of a watershed year for Settle Cricket Club. more...
Rounders Updates
Shield Quarter Finals: Jesters XI 52 BLGC 72(I); Mytham 127 Heaton CC 192 D; Fox & Stork XI 121 Future XI 147. more...
THE Junior Inter-league team restored Bolton's pride with a resounding 290-183 defeat of Bury. more...
Rovers News
ROVERS boss Mark Hughes is confident that Australian World Cup stars Lucas Neill and Brett Emerton will extend their stays at Ewood Park. more...
Blackburn Rovers midfielder Gary Harkins has joined League Two side Grimsby Town. more...
IT was all systems go at Brockhall yesterday as Blackburn Rovers players returned for their first day of pre-season training. more...
IT was all systems go at Brockhall yesterday as Blackburn Rovers players returned for their first day of pre-season training. more...
Sabina Patel
I stumbled upon a film called Hard Candy a few weeks ago. Expecting nothing more from this than a complete waste of two hours of my life, I couldn't have been more wrong if I wanted to. more...
Seven Days
News and sport stories
from the Bolton Evening News, Bury Times Group, Leigh Journal
and associated newspapers and websites
in Lancashire from
the last seven days more...
News and sport stories
from the Bolton Evening News, Bury Times Group, Leigh Journal
and associated newspapers and websites
in Lancashire from
the last seven days more...
News and sport stories
from the Bolton Evening News, Bury Times Group, Leigh Journal
and associated newspapers and websites
in Lancashire from
the last seven days more...
News and sport stories
from the Bolton Evening News, Bury Times Group, Leigh Journal
and associated newspapers and websites
in Lancashire from
the last seven days more...
Shakers Updates
NEW signing Andy Bishop was on target as Bury kicked off their pre-season preparations in style against neighbours Radcliffe Borough. more...
NEW signing Andy Bishop was on target as Bury kicked off their pre-season preparations in style against neighbours Radcliffe Borough. more...
Shrimps
WIDE BOY Lee Dodgson has left Morecambe and aims to make a splash with Fleetwood Town. more...
CONFIDENT Morecambe take their first pre-season step on Saturday with a friendly with League One big boys Bradford City. more...
Soccer Headlines
NEW signing Andy Bishop was on target as Bury kicked off their pre-season preparations in style against neighbours Radcliffe Borough. more...
NEW signing Andy Bishop was on target as Bury kicked off their pre-season preparations in style against neighbours Radcliffe Borough. more...
Sport
"Assalamu Alaikum", I say, as I extend my hand to greet Mohammad Sissoko. more...
Sport From Around The Area
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Sporting Highlights
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
NEW signing Andy Bishop was on target as Bury kicked off their pre-season preparations in style against neighbours Radcliffe Borough. more...
AMIR Khan's ninth professional fight could be against Craig Watson, the only boxer to have knocked him down in his career. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
AMIR Khan's ninth professional fight could be against Craig Watson, the only boxer to have knocked him down in his career. more...
NEW signing Andy Bishop was on target as Bury kicked off their pre-season preparations in style against neighbours Radcliffe Borough. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Lancashire suffered yet another one-day loss against arch rivals Yorkshire last night, as Michael Lumb and Darren Lehmann sent the Lightning crashing out of the Twenty20 Cup at Headingley. more...
Stanley News
ACCRINGTON Stanley are set for a double dose of Ooh la la' next season. more...
Stars From The Bolton Area
THE Chili Peppers are back in town, and yes, they're still red hot! more...
Theatre News From The Bolton Area
A theatre company says its Shakespere productions could be lost to the Bolton area if funding is not found to keep open historic Turton Tower. more...
BOLTON Children's Workshop is looking for young stars to take part in its new charity show. more...
Travel
TRAFFIC chiefs look set to do a U-turn on a controversial road system in Blackburn town centre. more...
Tv News
TV viewers are to be given the chance to help save an important piece of East Lancashire's textile heritage. more...
acclaimed dramatist and television writer, Burnley-born Paul Abbott, is to be awarded an honorary degree from Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). more...
Tv Reviews
WELL what a choice! On one side we had minor celebs trying to ride horses, on another non celebs larking about on a tropical island and then on a third we had would-be celebs lounging about and arguing a lot. more...
Wanderers Headlines Of The Day
WANDERERS' long-term target Didi Hamann is NOT a Reebok player after all, it has been confirmed by the club. more...
WANDERERS' long-term target Didi Hamann is NOT a Reebok player after all, it has been confirmed by the club. more...
Wanderers News
BOLTON Wanderers look set to pocket a £300,000 compensation payment after losing Dietmar Hamann to Manchester City. more...
WANDERERS chairman, Phil Gartside has angrily dismissed speculation linking Sam Allardyce with the vacant Sunderland manager's job. more...
BOLTON Wanderers look set to pocket a £300,000 compensation payment after losing Dietmar Hamann to Manchester City. more...
WHY would the prospective owners of a Coca-Cola Championship club think, for one minute, that they have the remotest chance of persuading Sam Allardyce to quit Bolton Wanderers? more...
WANDERERS' long-term target Didi Hamann is NOT a Reebok player after all, it has been confirmed by the club. more...
KEVIN Nolan is rumoured to be lined up as a target for Tottenham if, as expected, Michael Carrick moves to Manchester United. more...
KEVIN Nolan is rumoured to be lined up as a target for Tottenham if, as expected, Michael Carrick moves to Manchester United. more...
WANDERERS' long-term target Didi Hamann is NOT a Reebok player after all, it has been confirmed by the club. more...
We Say
WE will not be alone in Bolton in welcoming Government plans to make car parking enforcement more motorist-friendly. more...
JOHN Spencer was one of sport's true gentlemen. more...
Whalley
AN unknown substance has polluted and killed more than 200 fish and other water creatures in Barrow Brook, Whalley. more...
What'S On
Chorley's only stand up comedy night, Comedy @ the Coachouse, moves to a new venue on July 22 to host what promises to be the biggest and best night out the team have produced so far. more...
Cutting edge live music continues at Harry's Bar, on July 17 at the ever popular Exposure night. more...
The 16th 'Classic Car Mart', Lancashire Classic Car Motorcycle Show plus Bury MGOC Black Pudding Charity Run, hit the road to Hoghton Tower this Sunday, July 16. more...
STREET acts will be performing in Chorley town centre throughout the summer. more...
What'S On In The Bolton Area
BOLTON Festival is offering something for everyone when it takes centre stage in the town in August. more...
World Cup Blog
FAIR play to Italy congratulations to them for winning the World Cup. more...
FAIR play to Italy congratulations to them for winning the World Cup. more...
You Say
REGARDING the letter in the Bolton Evening News (July 7) "Water cost mystery". more...
ROGER Hayes, Deputy Leader of BMBC, in a letter titled "Code of Conduct for Councillors", July 7, decrys the letters considering the merits of one of his councillors, stating: "I do not claim to know the ins and outs of the complaints made to the Standards Board". more...
IN response to Code of conduct for councillors, July 7. Does Cllr Roger Hayes live in Westhoughton? Does he pay to the precept of Westhoughton Town Council? more...
ON July 6 the headlines in the Bolton Evening News were as follows: "Eviction warning to yobs' parents". more...
SO, another extension is planned to the Metrolink (July 7), but not for Bolton. Bolton has been handed the wrong end of the stick so many times regarding the network. I cannot understand why, given the town's amenities and facilities. more...
CHRIST'S Church School, Harwood, closes in July, 2007, but it feels as though we are already gone and forgotten. more...
DURING our wedding reception at the Pack Horse Hotel on Saturday, July 1 (yes, I was silly enough to plan my wedding on the day of the World Cup quarter finals, but it was not deliberate!), I was astonished by the drama to be seen on Nelson Square in Bolton town centre. more...
