Stories for 22 July 2006
Accrington
A SERVICE which has found more than 5,000 volunteers for charities and businesses is facing closure over a £500,000 funding crisis. more...
Athletics Round-Up
ORGANISERS of this year's Race for Life are warning the 4,000 expected competitors to slap on the sun cream as the hot spell looks set to continue. more...
BOLTON Harrier Brian Hall was just centimetres away from the medals after breaking his own personal best at the European Trials last weekend. more...
HORWICH RMI Harrier Darren Kay had a great run to win the seven miles, 2,000ft ascent, Ingleborough Fell Race last Saturday. more...
ORGANISERS of this year's Race for Life are warning the 4,000 expected competitors to slap on the sun cream as the hot spell looks set to continue. more...
Bamber Bridge News
Hundreds of new NHS dental places have been filled as part of a campaign spearheaded by Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust (PCT). more...
Hundreds of new NHS dental places have been filled as part of a campaign spearheaded by Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust (PCT). more...
Betting Tips
IT'S been a fairly quiet week in the betting world with only The Open to look forward to. more...
Blackburn
SEVEN taxi drivers have been suspended after their vehicles failed minimum safety tests. more...
AN East Lancashire comic book artist who has drawn for some of the world's most famous publications has set up shop in Blackburn. more...
THE MOTHER of a toddler killed after being knocked down today spoke for the first time about her year of agony. more...
Blackpool News
Blackpool Zoo will need an extra huge birthday cake today when one of the zoo's largest residents, Indra the elephant, celebrates her 40th birthday. more...
Bolton News
CRITICALLY ill babies from Bolton have had to be moved to hospitals as far away as Leeds and Liverpool because of a chronic shortage of beds in their home town. more...
A THUG who killed a man out celebrating a friend's birthday in Bolton town centre has been locked up for three-and-a-half years. more...
A THUG who killed a man out celebrating a friend's birthday in Bolton town centre has been locked up for three-and-a-half years. more...
A THUG who killed a man out celebrating a friend's birthday in Bolton town centre has been locked up for three-and-a-half years. more...
A THUG who killed a man out celebrating a friend's birthday in Bolton town centre has been locked up for three-and-a-half years. more...
ORGANISERS of this year's Race for Life are warning the 4,000 expected competitors to slap on the sun cream as the hot spell looks set to continue. more...
ORGANISERS of this year's Race for Life are warning the 4,000 expected competitors to slap on the sun cream as the hot spell looks set to continue. more...
A MAN has been arrested by detectives investigating the rape of a 15-year-old girl in woodland. more...
A THIRD of students quit their courses at the University of Bolton making it the third worst in Britain for drop-out rates. more...
A GREAT-great-grandmother celebrated her 100th birthday in style this week with visits from three mayors. more...
RESIDENTS are calling for a zero tolerance approach to prostitution claiming their lives are being blighted by vice girls and kerb crawlers. more...
BRAVE Gemma Pickles, the student nurse who was sacked by Bolton Council for taking too much time off work because she was battling cancer, has now been given the all-clear by doctors. more...
AMERICAN software giant Microsoft has helped a Bolton high school secure specialist status in computing. more...
TWO key workers have been appointed to Bolton Interfaith Council to improve the links with the local community. more...
A PENSIONER who collapsed after he was confronted by two masked robbers suffered fatal brain damage as a result of a heart attack, a post-mortem examination has confirmed. more...
A PENSIONER who died after a road accident has been identified as 84-year-old George Allen. more...
FLORAL tributes have been placed near the spot where a police motorbike rider was killed. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
THESE are some of the illegal bikes has been taken off the streets in the first two months of a crackdown. more...
A NEW £5 million homeware store has opened in Bolton, creating 70 new jobs. more...
BOUNCING baby, Eleanor Hemming, certainly made an unconventional entrance into the world after being born on her mum's bathroom floor. more...
BOLTON Museum has organised a programme of activities for the summer holidays. more...
ORGANISERS of this year's Race for Life are warning the 4,000 expected competitors to slap on the sun cream as the hot spell looks set to continue. more...
A PENSIONER who died after a road accident has been identified as 84-year-old George Allen. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
A NEW £5 million homeware store has opened in Bolton, creating 70 new jobs. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
A NEW £5 million homeware store has opened in Bolton, creating 70 new jobs. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
A NEW £5 million homeware store has opened in Bolton, creating 70 new jobs. more...
Boxing Updates
BOLTON'S Alex Matvienko returns to the ring for his third professional fight tomorrow, keen to get some much needed fight time. more...
Bury News
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
Business Headlines
Warburtons is investing £250,000 in its "Variety" bakery based in The Valley in Bolton. more...
HORWICH-based training specialist Alliance Learning is offering fork lift truck courses at novice, experienced and instructor levels. more...
TWO young entrepreneurs have not looked back since starting their online business, thanks to Bolton Business Support Unit. more...
A NEW £5 million homeware store has opened in Bolton, creating 70 new jobs. more...
HORWICH-based training specialist Alliance Learning is offering fork lift truck courses at novice, experienced and instructor levels. more...
A NEW £5 million homeware store has opened in Bolton, creating 70 new jobs. more...
HORWICH-based training specialist Alliance Learning is offering fork lift truck courses at novice, experienced and instructor levels. more...
A NEW £5 million homeware store has opened in Bolton, creating 70 new jobs. more...
HORWICH-based training specialist Alliance Learning is offering fork lift truck courses at novice, experienced and instructor levels. more...
A NEW £5 million homeware store has opened in Bolton, creating 70 new jobs. more...
Chorley News
Hundreds of new NHS dental places have been filled as part of a campaign spearheaded by Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust (PCT). more...
Hundreds of new NHS dental places have been filled as part of a campaign spearheaded by Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust (PCT). more...
Clitheroe
A SERVICE which has found more than 5,000 volunteers for charities and businesses is facing closure over a £500,000 funding crisis. more...
Cricket Round-Up
ADIL Nisar is hitting his way to legendary status in the Bolton League. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
A TESTIMONIAL match is being staged for Farnworth professional Brendan Parchment on Friday, July 28 at 5pm. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
A TESTIMONIAL match is being staged for Farnworth professional Brendan Parchment on Friday, July 28 at 5pm. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
A TESTIMONIAL match is being staged for Farnworth professional Brendan Parchment on Friday, July 28 at 5pm. more...
Darwen
SEVEN taxi drivers have been suspended after their vehicles failed minimum safety tests. more...
Education News
A THIRD of students quit their courses at the University of Bolton making it the third worst in Britain for drop-out rates. more...
IT must be galling to say the least to study for three years for a degree only to find at the end of it a promised job has melted away. more...
AMERICAN software giant Microsoft has helped a Bolton high school secure specialist status in computing. more...
BOLTON SCHOOL Boys' Division celebrated a "highly successful" year at their annual prizegiving ceremony. more...
BOLTON Museum has organised a programme of activities for the summer holidays. more...
Events In And Around Leigh
ORGANISERS of this year's Race for Life are warning the 4,000 expected competitors to slap on the sun cream as the hot spell looks set to continue. more...
ORGANISERS of this year's Race for Life are warning the 4,000 expected competitors to slap on the sun cream as the hot spell looks set to continue. more...
Fred Shawcross: Gives It To You Straight
THERE is such a thing as trying too hard, especially in politics. For example, take David Cameron. The Conservative Party leader seems determined to outdo Tony Blair in futile campaigns, camouflaged as populist policies. Will they ever learn? I doubt it, as politicians live on a different planet to the one you and I inhabit. more...
THERE is such a thing as trying too hard, especially in politics. For example, take David Cameron. more...
Health News
IT must be galling to say the least to study for three years for a degree only to find at the end of it a promised job has melted away. more...
BRAVE Gemma Pickles, the student nurse who was sacked by Bolton Council for taking too much time off work because she was battling cancer, has now been given the all-clear by doctors. more...
BOUNCING baby, Eleanor Hemming, certainly made an unconventional entrance into the world after being born on her mum's bathroom floor. more...
Jobs News
HORWICH-based training specialist Alliance Learning is offering fork lift truck courses at novice, experienced and instructor levels. more...
A NEW £5 million homeware store has opened in Bolton, creating 70 new jobs. more...
HORWICH-based training specialist Alliance Learning is offering fork lift truck courses at novice, experienced and instructor levels. more...
A NEW £5 million homeware store has opened in Bolton, creating 70 new jobs. more...
HORWICH-based training specialist Alliance Learning is offering fork lift truck courses at novice, experienced and instructor levels. more...
A NEW £5 million homeware store has opened in Bolton, creating 70 new jobs. more...
HORWICH-based training specialist Alliance Learning is offering fork lift truck courses at novice, experienced and instructor levels. more...
A NEW £5 million homeware store has opened in Bolton, creating 70 new jobs. more...
Lancashire News
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
Latest Sport
BOLTON'S Alex Matvienko returns to the ring for his third professional fight tomorrow, keen to get some much needed fight time. more...
ORGANISERS of this year's Race for Life are warning the 4,000 expected competitors to slap on the sun cream as the hot spell looks set to continue. more...
HORWICH RMI Harrier Darren Kay had a great run to win the seven miles, 2,000ft ascent, Ingleborough Fell Race last Saturday. more...
BOLTON Harrier Brian Hall was just centimetres away from the medals after breaking his own personal best at the European Trials last weekend. more...
ADIL Nisar is hitting his way to legendary status in the Bolton League. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
ORGANISERS of this year's Race for Life are warning the 4,000 expected competitors to slap on the sun cream as the hot spell looks set to continue. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
Leigh Headlines
A PENSIONER who died after a road accident has been identified as 84-year-old George Allen. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
A PENSIONER who died after a road accident has been identified as 84-year-old George Allen. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
Leyland News
Hundreds of new NHS dental places have been filled as part of a campaign spearheaded by Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust (PCT). more...
Hundreds of new NHS dental places have been filled as part of a campaign spearheaded by Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust (PCT). more...
Local Cricket Round-Up
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
A TESTIMONIAL match is being staged for Farnworth professional Brendan Parchment on Friday, July 28 at 5pm. more...
A TESTIMONIAL match is being staged for Farnworth professional Brendan Parchment on Friday, July 28 at 5pm. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
A TESTIMONIAL match is being staged for Farnworth professional Brendan Parchment on Friday, July 28 at 5pm. more...
A TESTIMONIAL match is being staged for Farnworth professional Brendan Parchment on Friday, July 28 at 5pm. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
A TESTIMONIAL match is being staged for Farnworth professional Brendan Parchment on Friday, July 28 at 5pm. more...
A TESTIMONIAL match is being staged for Farnworth professional Brendan Parchment on Friday, July 28 at 5pm. more...
A JEKYLL and Hyde weekend saw Prestwich slip up in the league before bouncing back to earn a place in the Walkden Cup final. more...
A JEKYLL and Hyde weekend saw Prestwich slip up in the league before bouncing back to earn a place in the Walkden Cup final. more...
Longton News
Hundreds of new NHS dental places have been filled as part of a campaign spearheaded by Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust (PCT). more...
Hundreds of new NHS dental places have been filled as part of a campaign spearheaded by Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust (PCT). more...
Lytham News
Lytham Mill has been recreated as a Lilliput Lane model and will be celebrated as part of an event to be held at the famous landmark today. more...
News About Local Jobs
HORWICH-based training specialist Alliance Learning is offering fork lift truck courses at novice, experienced and instructor levels. more...
A NEW £5 million homeware store has opened in Bolton, creating 70 new jobs. more...
HORWICH-based training specialist Alliance Learning is offering fork lift truck courses at novice, experienced and instructor levels. more...
A NEW £5 million homeware store has opened in Bolton, creating 70 new jobs. more...
HORWICH-based training specialist Alliance Learning is offering fork lift truck courses at novice, experienced and instructor levels. more...
A NEW £5 million homeware store has opened in Bolton, creating 70 new jobs. more...
HORWICH-based training specialist Alliance Learning is offering fork lift truck courses at novice, experienced and instructor levels. more...
A NEW £5 million homeware store has opened in Bolton, creating 70 new jobs. more...
Penwortham News
Hundreds of new NHS dental places have been filled as part of a campaign spearheaded by Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust (PCT). more...
Hundreds of new NHS dental places have been filled as part of a campaign spearheaded by Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust (PCT). more...
Prestwich Headlines
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
Radcliffe Headlines
ORGANISERS of this year's Race for Life are warning the 4,000 expected competitors to slap on the sun cream as the hot spell looks set to continue. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
ORGANISERS of this year's Race for Life are warning the 4,000 expected competitors to slap on the sun cream as the hot spell looks set to continue. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
Rovers News
Blackburn Rovers boss Mark Hughes will not be making a move for World Cup ace Roberto Ayala. more...
Chilean midfielder Jorge Kike' Acuna arrived at Blackburn Rovers yesterday with a view to making a free transfer move. more...
Blackburn Rovers manager Mark Hughes will be running the rule over former Celtic midfielder Didier Agathe during their Germany tour. more...
Blackburn Rovers will hope for a confident start to their European tour when they tackle Hamburg on Sunday at the Stadion FC Kufstein, in Austria. more...
Schools Out
BOLTON Museum has organised a programme of activities for the summer holidays. more...
Shakers Updates
BURY keeper Alan Fettis wants to take a leaf out of his countryman Pat Jennings' book and keep playing towards his forties. more...
BURY keeper Alan Fettis wants to take a leaf out of his countryman Pat Jennings' book and keep playing towards his forties. more...
Soccer Headlines
BURY keeper Alan Fettis wants to take a leaf out of his countryman Pat Jennings' book and keep playing towards his forties. more...
BURY keeper Alan Fettis wants to take a leaf out of his countryman Pat Jennings' book and keep playing towards his forties. more...
Sport From Around The Area
ORGANISERS of this year's Race for Life are warning the 4,000 expected competitors to slap on the sun cream as the hot spell looks set to continue. more...
ORGANISERS of this year's Race for Life are warning the 4,000 expected competitors to slap on the sun cream as the hot spell looks set to continue. more...
Sporting Highlights
BURY keeper Alan Fettis wants to take a leaf out of his countryman Pat Jennings' book and keep playing towards his forties. more...
BURY keeper Alan Fettis wants to take a leaf out of his countryman Pat Jennings' book and keep playing towards his forties. more...
Tennis Round-Up
BOLTON Tennis League round-up: more...
University Of Bolton
A THIRD of students quit their courses at the University of Bolton making it the third worst in Britain for drop-out rates. more...
Walton-Le-Dale News
Hundreds of new NHS dental places have been filled as part of a campaign spearheaded by Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust (PCT). more...
Hundreds of new NHS dental places have been filled as part of a campaign spearheaded by Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust (PCT). more...
Wanderers Headlines Of The Day
SAM Allardyce has sparked a bidding war after making an ambitious bid to sign Argentina's World Cup captain, Juan Pablo Sorin. more...
KEVIN Nolan has called on clubs and players to show a greater responsibility in the campaign to outlaw diving. more...
KEVIN Nolan admits the only time he listens to speculation over his Reebok future is when his mum tackles him. more...
SAM Allardyce has sparked a bidding war after making an ambitious bid to sign Argentina's World Cup captain, Juan Pablo Sorin. more...
KEVIN Nolan admits the only time he listens to speculation over his Reebok future is when his mum tackles him. more...
KEVIN Nolan has called on clubs and players to show a greater responsibility in the campaign to outlaw diving. more...
Wanderers News
SAM Allardyce has sparked a bidding war after making an ambitious bid to sign Argentina's World Cup captain, Juan Pablo Sorin. more...
KEVIN Nolan admits the only time he listens to speculation over his Reebok future is when his mum tackles him. more...
KEVIN Nolan has called on clubs and players to show a greater responsibility in the campaign to outlaw diving. more...
SAM Allardyce has sparked a bidding war after making an ambitious bid to sign Argentina's World Cup captain, Juan Pablo Sorin. more...
KEVIN Nolan admits the only time he listens to speculation over his Reebok future is when his mum tackles him. more...
KEVIN Nolan has called on clubs and players to show a greater responsibility in the campaign to outlaw diving. more...
We Say
A great-grandfather collapsed and died after watching masked men burgle his house and rifle through his personal possessions.
They took hundreds of pounds and even stole his medication needed to treat his heart and cancer conditions. more...
IT cannot be good that critically ill babies are being moved to other hospitals miles away because of a shortage of specialist care beds. more...
POLICE are cracking down on yobs riding unlicensed motorcycles in residential areas and parks without a valid MoT, tax and insurance. Under new powers police have seized bikes which will be crushed unless they provide proof of ownership. more...
What'S On In The Bolton Area
ORGANISERS of this year's Race for Life are warning the 4,000 expected competitors to slap on the sun cream as the hot spell looks set to continue. more...
A TASTE of Europe has returned to Bolton town centre this week with the Continental Market making a comeback. more...
BOLTON Museum has organised a programme of activities for the summer holidays. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
ORGANISERS of this year's Race for Life are warning the 4,000 expected competitors to slap on the sun cream as the hot spell looks set to continue. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
THERE is a chance to see some of Lancashire's up and coming young cricketers on Monday when the county's under-11s side face Nottinghamshire at Farnworth. more...
Whitefield Headlines
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
WATER provider United Utilities is losing enough water through leaks to fill 62,500 baths every day, according to new figures. more...
You Say
I HAVE just read Angela Kelly's column about Bolton Holidays (Bolton Evening News, July 19). It was a sad day for the parents of this town when the LEA abolished Bolton Holidays, about 12 years ago, and forced everybody to go on holiday during the high season. more...
IWRITE in response to E H O'Brien's letter "Scottish notes are hard to check for forgeries" (Bolton Evening News, July 20). more...
I AM writing in response to recent articles in the Bolton Evening News about abortion rates among young people in Bolton. more...
IN the 1960s a train from Manchester to Bolton was allocated 13 minutes for the journey. In 40 years have we progressed? more...
IW AS astonished to watch the recycle collectors this morning, as they emptied the contents of my green box into the green compost wheelie bins, and proceeded to dump the whole lot into one truck. more...
IAM writing in reference to your Comment and Analysis article "Pressure of life too much for many girls" (Bolton Evening News, Thursday, July 20). more...
