Stories for 6 July 2006
Accrington
THE parents of an Altham worker who died in the July 7 bomb today told of how they are still haunted by image of the London bus on which she died. more...
Amir Khan: Latest News
IT WAS not the thought of fighting Amir Khan that almost made Scottish boxer Colin Bain turn down the chance of a lifetime. more...
Angela Kelly
CHALLENGE seems to have become a dirty word now that society must make everything safe. more...
IT was a privilege to be at the Bolton Evening News and Bury Times Business Awards at the Reebok and to witness the wealth of successful companies the area boasts. more...
BRANDON Routh is the new Superman and he seems to fill the red and blue suit very nicely indeed. more...
WIMBLEDON beauty Maria Sharapova's revelation that she is a keen philatelist (calm down, Phil, it's all about stamps) is causing her image problems. more...
MY friend photographer Colin Lyne must be crying in his beer currently after England went out of the World Cup. more...
VANDALS have damaged a popular play area at Moss Lane in Kearsley causing the Council to shut it for health and safety reasons. more...
Athletics
RODGER Wilkins has qualified for the Great Britain Team at the World Triathlon Age Group Championships, and a second Blackburn man, Martin Kerry, is awaiting confirmation of his place in the team. more...
NIGEL Gotts will be leaving the Rossendale Valley for a new life at Cromer in Norfolk shortly, and tomorrow evening Rossendale Harriers will be saying thank you and farewell to one of their most loyal stalwarts. more...
ROSSENDALE Harriers all but clinched promotion from Division 4WC of the Northern Track and Field League with their third victory out of three at Wilson Playing Fields, Clayton-le-Moors. more...
Far away from the World Cup fever, Blackpool and Fylde Athletic Club athletes had one of their busiest weekends of the summer calendar. more...
Athletics Round-Up
THE Bolton Schools Athletics Championships produced some outstanding performances at the Leverhulme Park track. more...
Bamber Bridge News
A rural post office in Bamber Bridge is on the move in August about 300 yards down the road. more...
A teenager was taken to hospital with serious head injuries after an accident involving a motorcycle. more...
Blackburn
COUNCIL bosses today said they had to approve a controversial mobile phone mast because their hands were tied by government guidelines. more...
CENTENARIAN Elizabeth Hedley is having not one, but two parties to celebrate her 100th birthday. more...
A 14-YEAR-OLD Blackburn girl who was groomed for sex by gangs of men today spoke of how her life spiralled horrifically out of control. more...
A 14-YEAR-OLD Blackburn girl who was groomed for sex by gangs of men today spoke of how her life spiralled horrifically out of control. more...
A 14-YEAR-OLD Blackburn girl who was groomed for sex by gangs of men today spoke of how her life spiralled horrifically out of control. more...
THIS is the illuminated landmark bridge that will form the gateway to Blackburn's town centre regeneration area. more...
A MAN accepted an invitation to eat as much as he could at a buffet- style restaurant but forgot to pay the set price at the end. more...
Blackpool News
Elderly people were left in tears after being told they could lose their day centre because of funding cuts. more...
Animal rights activists took the fight against animal testing to the streets of Blackpool on Friday with a protest outside a town centre store. more...
Blackpool Council launched a Good User Guide on Monday as part of an ongoing campaign to encourage people to respect Stanley Park, wildlife and other users. more...
A troubled Blackpool school is looking to the future after agreement was reached in a year-long row. more...
Staff and volunteers at Donna's Dream House, Highfield Road, Blackpool, have been awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. more...
Staff and volunteers at Donna's Dream House, Highfield Road, Blackpool, have been awarded the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. more...
Blackpool's historic tram system has been saved by a multi-million pound government grant. more...
An estranged Blackpool couple who sparked a nationwide search after going missing last week have been found safe and well. more...
Blackpool Police are set to move to a mystery town centre location after striking a deal with the local authority. more...
Blackpool Police are set to move to a mystery town centre location after striking a deal with the local authority. more...
TV presenter and singer, Coleen Nolan, was on hand to open the first Blackpool office and information centre for the Alzheimer's Society. more...
Blackpool Council bosses are not joining the row over deputy prime minister's secret meetings with the man who wants to build a mega casino in the Millennium Dome. more...
Traditional British summer fun and the exotic world of eastern belly dancing were among the entertainments on offer at a Blackpool Church's annual summer fair at the weekend. more...
A Viking-style axe was among almost 400 dangerous weapons taken off the streets of Blackpool during a month-long knife amnesty. more...
Blackpool is remembering its veterans this week through a series of events across the resort. more...
Bolton News
A PATCH of scrubland has been transformed into a willow pond by green-fingered pupils at a Horwich school. more...
A SHAMED doctor who was struck off after allegations of sex attacks is being hunted by police over new claims that he abused a patient. more...
A SHAMED doctor who was struck off after allegations of sex attacks is being hunted by police over new claims that he abused a patient. more...
PLANS to build more than 100 homes on a car park in Bolton town centre have been approved by planning bosses. more...
A STUDENT has created a model showing how he would develop Church Wharf. more...
A STUDENT has created a model showing how he would develop Church Wharf. more...
A LEADING religious figure from India has visited a temple in Bolton as part of his first tour of England. more...
A LEADING religious figure from India has visited a temple in Bolton as part of his first tour of England. more...
CAMPAIGNERS and health officials have welcomed Government moves to raise the age children can purchase cigarettes to 18 and come down hard on shopkeepers who sell them to under age smokers. more...
SUPERMARKET chiefs have employed a of "pooch patrol" to make sure dogs left in cars while their owners are shopping do not dehydrate in the hot weather. more...
THE parents of stone-throwing louts who attack buses have been warned they face being thrown out of their homes. more...
TORRENTIAL rain caused flooding for the second time in two days. more...
BOLTON could be in line for a multi-million pound boost after Manchester Airport announced huge expansion plans. more...
A WINDOW fitter who was jailed for throwing a glass at a pub landlord was freed minutes later after a judge saw how frightened he was at the prospect of prison. more...
WHILE most teenagers spend their weekends watching celebrities and supermodels on TV, former Bolton School pupil Holly Ikin has been partying with the stars in Los Angeles. more...
NEARLY 2,000 weapons were handed in to police in Greater Manchester during the five week national knife amnesty. more...
A RoyaL Bolton Hospital patient who sparked a big search when he went went missing has been found safe in Rochdale. more...
TEACHERS say sex education in schools should be taught to younger children than at present after it was revealed that teenage abortion rates in Bolton are amongst the worst in the region. more...
OPPORTUNIST thieves are striking at homes which have been left insecure during the current heatwave, police have warned. more...
TWO men arrested under the Terrorism Act are still being questioned by police. more...
BOLTON Mountain Rescue Team is on track for the busiest year in its history. more...
THE fun of the carnival is set to arrive in Westhoughton this weekend and organisers are confident the extravaganza will be the biggest and best ever. more...
FIRST time buyers will be given a helping hand to purchase their own homes at a new landmark development in Bolton town centre. more...
A WINDOW fitter who was jailed for throwing a glass at a pub landlord was freed minutes later after a judge saw how frightened he was at the prospect of prison. more...
NEARLY 2,000 weapons were handed in to police in Greater Manchester during the five week national knife amnesty. more...
TORRENTIAL rain caused flooding for the second time in two days. more...
NEARLY 2,000 weapons were handed in to police in Greater Manchester during the five week national knife amnesty. more...
NEARLY 2,000 weapons were handed in to police in Greater Manchester during the five week national knife amnesty. more...
Boxing Updates
IT WAS not the thought of fighting Amir Khan that almost made Scottish boxer Colin Bain turn down the chance of a lifetime. more...
Brierfield
A PENDLE house which residents claimed was a drugs den has been shut down by police. more...
Burnley
POLICE in Burnley are appealing for witnesses after a man was beaten up and robbed in the street in the early hours of the morning. more...
THE Mayor of Burnley Coun Mohammed Najib has launched an appeal to raise cash for two cancer scanners in memory of his brother who died from the disease. more...
YOUNGSTERS from a vandal-plagued area are being hired as wardens to look after an historic Padiham site. more...
YOUNGSTERS from a vandal-plagued area are being hired as wardens to look after an historic Padiham site. more...
A SHAKEN woman who was attacked in the street as she rescued her pedigree puppy from a dog-napper today said: "I could have been killed". more...
Bury News
SLIMMERS in Tottington celebrated the end of Sven Goran Eriksson's reign as England coach by losing him in weight twice over. more...
TORRENTIAL rain caused flooding for the second time in two days. more...
SLIMMERS in Tottington celebrated the end of Sven Goran Eriksson's reign as England coach by losing him in weight twice over. more...
BURY'S Fusiliers saluted the thousands of soldiers who lost their lives in one of history's bloodiest battles. more...
STAFF at Fairfield Hospital staged a lunchtime protest yesterday against plans to axe 800 jobs. more...
TEN people were arrested in Bury as violence broke out following England's exit from the World Cup. more...
GRANDMOTHER Audrey Ellis thought she was going to die when a drug-crazed burglar broke into her Bury bungalow. more...
GRANDMOTHER Audrey Ellis thought she was going to die when a drug-crazed burglar broke into her Bury bungalow. more...
THE future of Broad Oak and Prestwich high schools will now be decided at TWO special meetings instead of one. more...
PUPILS, parents and teachers will take their protest over school closures to the streets once more on Saturday. more...
SOCIAL services have launched a pilot project to help keep old people safe in their homes. more...
SLIMMERS in Tottington celebrated the end of Sven Goran Eriksson's reign as England coach by losing him in weight twice over. more...
SLIMMERS in Tottington celebrated the end of Sven Goran Eriksson's reign as England coach by losing him in weight twice over. more...
SOME areas of Bury experienced flash flooding during Sunday afternoon's fierce thunderstorm. more...
BOYS from a Bury school were among thousands involved in commemorations of the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme last weekend. more...
HOSPITAL bosses have dismissed fears that Fairfield Hospital's mortuary is to close. more...
AN eight-year-old boy was shot in the wrist by yobs with an airgun. more...
A MOTHER-of-four has died in a fall from a balcony at a homeless hostel in Ibiza. more...
TORRENTIAL rain caused flooding for the second time in two days. more...
STAFF at Fairfield Hospital staged a lunchtime protest yesterday against plans to axe 800 jobs. more...
THE future of Broad Oak and Prestwich high schools will now be decided at TWO special meetings instead of one. more...
PUPILS, parents and teachers will take their protest over school closures to the streets once more on Saturday. more...
SLIMMERS in Tottington celebrated the end of Sven Goran Eriksson's reign as England coach by losing him in weight twice over. more...
BURY'S Fusiliers saluted the thousands of soldiers who lost their lives in one of history's bloodiest battles. more...
BOYS from a Bury school were among thousands involved in commemorations of the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme last weekend. more...
Business Awards 2006: The Finalists
IT was a night to celebrate the brightest and the best in the business community, with a setting and an awards ceremony to match. more...
AND the winners were:
Business of the Year sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland. more...
AND the winners were:
Business of the Year sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland. more...
Business Updates
AND the winners were:
Business of the Year sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland. more...
COMPUTER forensic company CY40R flew the flag for Bury by being the town's sole firm to win an award outright. more...
STAFF at Bury-based computer forensic company CY40R celebrated "at the double" but without managing director Joel Tobias available to bask in the warm glow of success. For the businessman, under whose leadership the firm has tripled in size since its launch in 2002, was involved in a more important task preparing for his own wedding which took place at the weekend! more...
STAFF at Bury-based computer forensic company CY40R celebrated "at the double" but without managing director Joel Tobias available to bask in the warm glow of success at the Bolton and Bury Business Awards 2006 ceremony. more...
IT was a night to celebrate the brightest and the best, with a setting and an awards ceremony to match. more...
IT was a night to celebrate the brightest and the best, with a setting and an awards ceremony to match. more...
COMPUTER forensic company CY40R flew the flag for Bury by being the town's sole firm to win an award outright. more...
AND the winners were:
Business of the Year sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland. more...
Hollins-based K2 Greetings Ltd notched up a fantastic foursome by clinching highly commended awards in the Small Business of the Year, International, Family Business of the Year and Young Entrepreneur of the Year categories. more...
AND the winners were:
Business of the Year sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland. more...
Cd Reviews
Kenny Anderson and his Fence Collective musical associates have been dubbed as "nu-folk", but this melancholy number still has a few traditional features, not least the vibrating vocal style. more...
Chorley News
Hundreds of mourners are set to pack a Chorley church today to say a final farewell to a printworker who died just a fortnight after receiving an MBE from the Queen. more...
Police have issued a warning after a house was burgled when a man called to ask the way "to the vicarage". more...
Clarets News
Burnley's chief executive Dave Edmundson insists there were no cost-cutting motives behind scrapping the club's reserve side. more...
Clayton-Le-Moors
A 74-year-old man died of carbon monoxide poisoning after a wiring fault caused a fire at his Clayton-le-Moors home. more...
A 74-year-old man died of carbon monoxide poisoning after a wiring fault caused a fire at his Clayton-le-Moors home. more...
Darwen
TRAFFIC problems will worsen in Darwen town centre after plans were approved to close off Bridge Street to through traffic, it was claimed today. more...
Edenfield News
A LANDOWNER has launched a legal challenge to try to block a controversial windfarm on hills above Rossendale. more...
Editor'S Comment
THE task of providing Blackburn with a complete orbital route has become one of East Lancashire's longest running sagas. more...
Education
CHILDREN at Haslingden Primary School, which is celebrating its 90th year, were treated to a special flight-related lesson. more...
Education News
A PATCH of scrubland has been transformed into a willow pond by green-fingered pupils at a Horwich school. more...
TEACHERS say sex education in schools should be taught to younger children than at present after it was revealed that teenage abortion rates in Bolton are amongst the worst in the region. more...
THE future of Broad Oak and Prestwich high schools will now be decided at TWO special meetings instead of one. more...
PUPILS, parents and teachers will take their protest over school closures to the streets once more on Saturday. more...
PEOPLE thinking about returning to higher education are invited to drop by Holy Cross University Centre for some essential advice. more...
THE future of Broad Oak and Prestwich high schools will now be decided at TWO special meetings instead of one. more...
PUPILS, parents and teachers will take their protest over school closures to the streets once more on Saturday. more...
Events In And Around Leigh
A HEIGHT of summer concert promises to be a stunner when St Mary's High entertain at St Joseph's Hall in Leigh. more...
Fairfield Baby Unit Closure Protest
STAFF at Fairfield Hospital staged a lunchtime protest yesterday against plans to axe 800 jobs. more...
STAFF at Fairfield Hospital staged a lunchtime protest yesterday against plans to axe 800 jobs. more...
Fleetwood News
Child safety is still top of the agenda at Fleetwood's Freeport say bosses, who marked the Child Accident Prevention Trust's Child Safety Week last month. more...
Fusiliers' Museum Project
BOYS from a Bury school were among thousands involved in commemorations of the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme last weekend. more...
BURY'S Fusiliers saluted the thousands of soldiers who lost their lives in one of history's bloodiest battles. more...
BURY'S Fusiliers saluted the thousands of soldiers who lost their lives in one of history's bloodiest battles. more...
BOYS from a Bury school were among thousands involved in commemorations of the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme last weekend. more...
Gig Guide
Dozens of up-and-coming bands will descend on Blackpool on July 15 as part of the Wah Wah Festival. more...
Haslingden
TWO masked men lay in wait for a 77-year-old Haslingden man before attacking him with a spanner and stealing his high-performance car. more...
TWO masked men lay in wait for a 77-year-old Haslingden man before attacking him with a spanner and stealing his high-performance car. more...
CHILDREN at Haslingden Primary School, which is celebrating its 90th year, were treated to a special flight-related lesson. more...
Health
A NURSE from Rishton who was jailed for killing an elderly patient in a shocking case of neglect has been found guilty of professional misconduct. more...
AN NHS project which helped care home workers cut residents' toe nails was among the winners at a new awards ceremony. more...
Health News
CAMPAIGNERS and health officials have welcomed Government moves to raise the age children can purchase cigarettes to 18 and come down hard on shopkeepers who sell them to under age smokers. more...
TEACHERS say sex education in schools should be taught to younger children than at present after it was revealed that teenage abortion rates in Bolton are amongst the worst in the region. more...
Health Updates
SLIMMERS in Tottington celebrated the end of Sven Goran Eriksson's reign as England coach by losing him in weight twice over. more...
SLIMMERS in Tottington celebrated the end of Sven Goran Eriksson's reign as England coach by losing him in weight twice over. more...
SLIMMERS in Tottington celebrated the end of Sven Goran Eriksson's reign as England coach by losing him in weight twice over. more...
SLIMMERS in Tottington celebrated the end of Sven Goran Eriksson's reign as England coach by losing him in weight twice over. more...
Ice Hockey Updates
Detroit Red Wings captain Steve Yzerman has announced his retirement after an illustrious 22-year NHL career. more...
In the wake of the two highly succesful Junior trials weekends, the Manchester Phoenix Junior Development programme has announced its initial coaching appointments. more...
Jack Straw
I WAS woken on Monday to learn that the building of the M65 from Whitebirk to its junctions with the M6 and M61 had been a bad idea. more...
Lancashire
Key issues surrounding funding could halt the proposed merger of Lancashire and Cumbria police forces, according to police chiefs. more...
A record number of reported crimes have been detected in Lancashire. more...
A record number of reported crimes have been detected in Lancashire. more...
Lancashire police are backing a drive to combat attacks on cash-in-transit' vans. more...
Barnardo's, Britain's biggest children's charity, has begun its search for this year's Lancashire Woman of the Year. more...
Lancashire News
NEARLY 2,000 weapons were handed in to police in Greater Manchester during the five week national knife amnesty. more...
OPPORTUNIST thieves are striking at homes which have been left insecure during the current heatwave, police have warned. more...
NEARLY 2,000 weapons were handed in to police in Greater Manchester during the five week national knife amnesty. more...
NEARLY 2,000 weapons were handed in to police in Greater Manchester during the five week national knife amnesty. more...
NEARLY 2,000 weapons were handed in to police in Greater Manchester during the five week national knife amnesty. more...
Latest Sport
IT WAS not the thought of fighting Amir Khan that almost made Scottish boxer Colin Bain turn down the chance of a lifetime. more...
THE Bolton Schools Athletics Championships produced some outstanding performances at the Leverhulme Park track. more...
Leigh Headlines
A WINDOW fitter who was jailed for throwing a glass at a pub landlord was freed minutes later after a judge saw how frightened he was at the prospect of prison. more...
A VICTORIA Cross awarded to a Leigh soldier in the First World War has been sold at auction for £126,000. more...
A YEAR on people are this week remembering tragic 10-year-old Lauren Pilkington-Smith, pictured left, who last summer was killed just yards from her home in Leigh. more...
A YEAR on people are this week remembering tragic 10-year-old Lauren Pilkington-Smith, who last summer was killed just yards from her home in Leigh. more...
ELDERLY village residents have been warned to be on their guard against a bogus pet hunter. more...
HINDSFORD schoolchildren had stars in their eyes when a life-size rocket touched down in school. more...
A WINDOW fitter who was jailed for throwing a glass at a pub landlord was freed minutes later after a judge saw how frightened he was at the prospect of prison. more...
Lesley Richards
I BELIEVE a secret plan to introduce compulsory water metering nationwide is being worked on by the environment minister who believes metering is the fairest way to charge customers. more...
I BELIEVE a secret plan to introduce compulsory water metering nationwide is being worked on by the environment minister who believes metering is the fairest way to charge customers. more...
I LOVE the Grumpy Old Men - and Women - programmes on Friday night TV. more...
CAN I appeal to litter louts? more...
Letters
I READ with interest the article "Sort hospital parking mess" (LET, June 27). more...
DO you remember wakes weeks? Do you have vivid memories of wakes weeks, when everything shut down and most of the town headed off to the seaside? more...
RE the lead letter (LET, June 29) about the story on young Asian males in Blackburn who were speeding and causing accidents, some of which were fatal. more...
WITH regard to the awful Light Sabre' to be erected in Sudell Cross, Blackburn, why can't the council or whoever is responsible, renovate and return the marvellous Victorian drinking fountain which once stood at Salford and is now abandoned down at Pleasington fields? more...
ON behalf of Blackburn Christadelphinians I would like to thank all those who came to make the fund raising sale a success. more...
Are Citizen readers aware that the European Union Constitution is continuing as normal in spite of two countries rejecting it? more...
Now in it sixth year the Reunion of units from Bad Eilsen, Bckeburg, Obenkirken, Rinteln has more than 300 members from 10 different countries and covers the whole period 1945 to 1957
Reunions are held every August at Bad Eilsen, whilst, small regional gatherings in the UK happen about three times a year. more...
Once more, the nice weather is here and football games now are a scourge in our streets. more...
I was interested to learn that we are due to get a new public health chief. more...
I read recently that Worden Park in Leyland had been voted one of the best in the country for dog walking. more...
Leyland News
A Leyland woman has been ordered to pay back almost £2,000 which she claimed in income support, housing benefit and council tax benefit while working. more...
South Ribble MP David Borrow visited youngsters in Leyland as part of National Childminding Week. more...
Local Cricket
At a blisteringly hot Stanley Park on Saturday Blackpool found the later Leyland batsmen too stubborn and could not force a win despite scoring 196-8 in their 50 overs writes Gerry Wolstenholme. more...
St Annes were summarily dismissed from the Thwaites Cup on Sunday by an in-form Kendal who batted first and made 239-1 from their 40 overs. more...
Preston earned a much needed win at Fleetwood in the Surridge Northern Premier League on Saturday thanks to professional Bilal Asad who took five wickets for 55. more...
Preston earned a much needed win at Fleetwood in the Surridge Northern Premier League on Saturday thanks to professional Bilal Asad who took five wickets for 55. more...
A strong batting performance by Great Eccleston which saw them score 234 for five at home to Penwortham has put them on level points with the visitors at the top of the Moore and Smalley Palace Shield Premier Division. more...
Local Cricket Round-Up
ARCH rivals Elton and Walshaw are doubling up in their domination of the Bolton Association. more...
Longridge
For the third year running, Longridge Hospital, has been recognized in an official patient environment survey which is responsible for the hospital's cleanliness. more...
Longton News
The Longton Open gardens event will see the village's most spectacular gardens open to the public for one afternoon. more...
Looking Back
THIS remarkable photograph, which was taken in 1913, weaves an interesting tale. more...
TODAY, we turn the clock back 93 years to the day Blackburn welcomed King George V and Queen Mary. more...
Lytham News
A teenager from St Annes is set to follow in the footsteps of Robert Redford, Grace Kelly and Lauren Bacall after landing a place at one of the world's most famous drama schools. more...
Fylde Borough Council has brought out a third edition of its cycle map. more...
Motorsport
RALLY preparation specialists RVL Motorsport of Accrington make a return to the British Championship with a three-event deal to run Neil Normington's Proton Satria kit car. more...
DANIEL Barritt and Phillip Morrow have two targets in their sights this weekend. more...
DANIEL Barritt and Phillip Morrow have two targets in their sights this weekend. more...
WITH an entry list of over 300 cars and crews, it's twice as big - and twice as popular - as any round of the World Rally Championship. more...
Museums And Galleries
THE centrepiece of the £1.3million improvement scheme at Sudell Cross will be 'The Braid', a 10 metre high modern light feature. more...
THE centrepiece of the £1.3million improvement scheme at Sudell Cross will be 'The Braid', a 10 metre high modern light feature. more...
Nelson
A SHOPLIFTER from Nelson who was trying to beat his heroin addiction returned to crime after drinking, a court heard. more...
News
It's Bean a busy week for Simon Grayson and his Blackpool charges, with transfer market moves and a return to pre-season training. more...
Blackpool's game at Fleetwood Town on July 15 has been declared all ticket due to a limited capacity at Highbury while work continues to build a new stand for the rapidly-progressing port side
Fleetwood boast a host of connections with their visitors. Included in the Fleetwood line-up will be Phil Charnock, the former Liverpool man who had a loan spell at Bloomfield Road a decade ago and went on to have an extensive league career with clubs like Crewe Alexandra. more...
Blackpool's game at Fleetwood Town on July 15 has been declared all ticket due to a limited capacity at Highbury while work continues to build a new stand for the rapidly-progressing port side. more...
A Blackpool football ace hit the headlines this week for scoring off the field with a reality TV celebrity. more...
A Blackpool football ace hit the headlines this week for scoring off the field with a reality TV celebrity. more...
News About Local Schools
THE future of Broad Oak and Prestwich high schools will now be decided at TWO special meetings instead of one. more...
PUPILS, parents and teachers will take their protest over school closures to the streets once more on Saturday. more...
THE future of Broad Oak and Prestwich high schools will now be decided at TWO special meetings instead of one. more...
PUPILS, parents and teachers will take their protest over school closures to the streets once more on Saturday. more...
News From The Schools
HINDSFORD schoolchildren had stars in their eyes when a life-size rocket touched down in school. more...
Nicola Mostyn: Shoots From The Hip
Although the package holiday boom was well in the swing by the 1970s, we didn't all jet off to other countries for our jollies. Either from timidity or frugality, some parents ignored the be-shorted hoards heading in search of high temperatures and umbrella-crested cocktails and plumped for less exotic destinations. more...
Oid Pals
Calling all Red Hat Society members of the Fylde coast. more...
I am looking for old pals from my days in the special police in South Shore, 1983/1985. more...
Old Pals
I WAS born in Colne, went to school at Primet and moved to Essex ten years ago. more...
Oswaldtwistle
YOUNGSTERS in Hyndburn are set to enjoy new £100,000 changing rooms after cash was found to replace the facilities which were burnt down in an arson attack. more...
THE parents of an Altham worker who died in the July 7 bomb today told of how they are still haunted by image of the London bus on which she died. more...
Pendle News
CYCLISTS from across the country are racing to take part in the new Pendle Pedal ride. more...
A BID to re-open a railway line between Pendle and Skipton could cost up to £60million, it was revealed today. more...
Pne News
Preston North End defender Tyrone Mears is to be unveiled as a West Ham United player today after his agent set up a deal to instigate his Deepdale exit. more...
Poems
From Keith Sowerbutts, Oswald Street, Accrington. more...
Preston News
Plans for a World Football Museum outside of Preston will not mean the end of the Deepdale site, museum chiefs insist. more...
Plans for a World Football Museum outside of Preston will not mean the end of the Deepdale site, museum chiefs insist. more...
Health chiefs have urged the public to take precautions as the heatwave looks set to continue. more...
Health chiefs have urged the public to take precautions as the heatwave looks set to continue. more...
Key highways staff will be retained by Preston City Council, despite a major shake up of the highways services that will see all the work transferred to the county council. more...
Preston St John Ambulance volunteers John Wareing and Paul Davison have won the North West regional first aid competition. more...
Mounted police were called in after a drunken mob of up to 300 youths turned up at the end of a balloon festival in Preston on Saturday. more...
A man whose name has been synonymous with motobikes in Preston for 58 years, said a final thank-you to his staff and customers this week. more...
Prestwich Headlines
THE future of Broad Oak and Prestwich high schools will now be decided at TWO special meetings instead of one. more...
PUPILS, parents and teachers will take their protest over school closures to the streets once more on Saturday. more...
THE future of Broad Oak and Prestwich high schools will now be decided at TWO special meetings instead of one. more...
PUPILS, parents and teachers will take their protest over school closures to the streets once more on Saturday. more...
Radcliffe Boro
CHRIS Casper has pledged to use several first team players when his side take on Radcliffe Borough at the Inn2gether Stadium on Tuesday night. more...
CHRIS Casper has pledged to use several first team players when his side take on Radcliffe Borough at the Inn2gether Stadium on Tuesday night. more...
Regeneration
THE centrepiece of the £1.3million improvement scheme at Sudell Cross will be 'The Braid', a 10 metre high modern light feature. more...
Rishton
A NURSE from Rishton who was jailed for killing an elderly patient in a shocking case of neglect has been found guilty of professional misconduct. more...
Rossendale News
ROSSENDALE Council has arranged an event for private landlords on eviction procedures and possession proceedings. more...
Rovers News
Blackburn Rovers boss Mark Hughes is still lining up a swoop for Egyptian striker Mido, it emerged today. more...
Seven Days
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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
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Shakers Updates
CHRIS Casper said he can handle the pressure of pre-season alone until he finds the right person to replace Ian Miller. more...
CHRIS Casper has pledged to use several first team players when his side take on Radcliffe Borough at the Inn2gether Stadium on Tuesday night. more...
CHRIS Casper said he can handle the pressure of pre-season alone until he finds the right person to replace Ian Miller. more...
GOALKEEPER Alan Fettis could have four or five years of league football left in him, according to his manager Chris Casper. more...
CHRIS Casper has pledged to use several first team players when his side take on Radcliffe Borough at the Inn2gether Stadium on Tuesday night. more...
IT may be only a week old, but Bury's fixture list has already been altered. more...
Soccer Headlines
CHRIS Casper said he can handle the pressure of pre-season alone until he finds the right person to replace Ian Miller. more...
CHRIS Casper has pledged to use several first team players when his side take on Radcliffe Borough at the Inn2gether Stadium on Tuesday night. more...
CHRIS Casper said he can handle the pressure of pre-season alone until he finds the right person to replace Ian Miller. more...
CHRIS Casper has pledged to use several first team players when his side take on Radcliffe Borough at the Inn2gether Stadium on Tuesday night. more...
Sport Tasters
ROVERS boss Mark Hughes is still lining up a swoop for Egyptian striker Mido, it emerged today. more...
Burnley chief executive Dave Edmundson insists there were no cost-cutting motives behind scrapping the club's reserve side. more...
Sporting Highlights
ARCH rivals Elton and Walshaw are doubling up in their domination of the Bolton Association. more...
RADCLIFFE AC fell runner, Gerry Dewhurst, has plenty to smile about. more...
Stanley News
SEAN Doherty admits that he feels anything but the new boy at Accrington Stanley. more...
Tasters
A 14-YEAR-OLD girl who was groomed for sex by gangs of men today spoke of how her life spiralled horrifically out of control. more...
THIS is the illuminated landmark bridge that will form the gateway to a town centre regeneration area. more...
Theatre
Popular musical, Annie, sparkles into life at Fleetwood's Marine Hall from July 12 to 15. more...
Thornton News
Pupils from Millfield Science and Performing Arts College, Belvedere Road, Thornton gave a helping hand to victims of domestic violence. more...
Travel
TRAFFIC problems will worsen in Darwen town centre after plans were approved to close off Bridge Street to through traffic, it was claimed today. more...
A BID to re-open a railway line between Pendle and Skipton could cost up to £60million, it was revealed today. more...
A BID to re-open a railway line between Pendle and Skipton could cost up to £60million, it was revealed today. more...
THIS is the illuminated landmark bridge that will form the gateway to Blackburn's town centre regeneration area. more...
Tv News
TV presenter and singer, Coleen Nolan, was on hand to open the first Blackpool office and information centre for the Alzheimer's Society. more...
Tv Reviews
STICK a bunch of complete strangers away from their family, friends and normal way of life then film them 24 hours a day. more...
Wanderers Headlines Of The Day
SAM Allardyce is in the hunt for two World Cup stars as he tries desperately to strengthen his squad for the new season. more...
SAM Allardyce is in the hunt for two World Cup stars as he tries desperately to strengthen his squad for the new season. more...
Wanderers News
SAM Allardyce is in the hunt for two World Cup stars as he tries desperately to strengthen his squad for the new season. more...
SAM Allardyce is in the hunt for two World Cup stars as he tries desperately to strengthen his squad for the new season. more...
Want To Be On Tv?
Empire Media are looking for people who are mad about their pets to take part in a new TV documentary. more...
What'S On In And Around Bury
PARK rangers have arranged a series of summer walks to keep residents healthy. more...
PARK rangers have arranged a series of summer walks to keep residents healthy. more...
PIANIST Gemma Beeson will perform at a lunchtime recital at Bury Parish Church tomorrow. more...
SHIVER me timbers there's a Pirate Weekend at the Hark To Towler! more...
BURY HF Walking Club will be in full stride again this week, with events on four days. more...
What'S On In The Bolton Area
THE fun of the carnival is set to arrive in Westhoughton this weekend and organisers are confident the extravaganza will be the biggest and best ever. more...
Whitefield Headlines
BOYS from a Bury school were among thousands involved in commemorations of the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme last weekend. more...
BOYS from a Bury school were among thousands involved in commemorations of the 90th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme last weekend. more...
World Cup Briefing
SLIMMERS in Tottington celebrated the end of Sven Goran Eriksson's reign as England coach by losing him in weight twice over. more...
To be a successful bettor, you have to understand probability. more...
SLIMMERS in Tottington celebrated the end of Sven Goran Eriksson's reign as England coach by losing him in weight twice over. more...
To be a successful bettor, you have to understand probability. more...
SLIMMERS in Tottington celebrated the end of Sven Goran Eriksson's reign as England coach by losing him in weight twice over. more...
To be a successful bettor, you have to understand probability. more...
SLIMMERS in Tottington celebrated the end of Sven Goran Eriksson's reign as England coach by losing him in weight twice over. more...
To be a successful bettor, you have to understand probability. more...
You Say
I have been part of the campaign group to save Prestwich Arts College (PAC) since January 25, 2006. more...
MAY I warmly second Derek Boden's opposition to both replacement of Trident and the spending of any more money on nuclear power stations (New nuclear weapons could start an arms race', Letters, June 29). more...
MAY I warmly second Derek Boden's opposition to both replacement of Trident and the spending of any more money on nuclear power stations (New nuclear weapons could start an arms race', Letters, June 29). more...
THE Government has been encouraging people to make provision for their retirement as the state pension will not be sufficient to look after them. more...
I would like to congratulate everyone involved in the Derby High School's Summer production Derby Goes To The Movies. more...
AS you reported last week, Bury Council and the property company Ask Developments have ditched plans which would have seen a 14-storey concrete tower block opposite the town hall, on what is Bury's last remaining patch of open green space. more...
HOW is it that people who have no respect for the health and well-being of animals can be banned for life (from keeping animals), whereas drivers who have no respect for the laws that safeguard the health and well-being of vulnerable children, and kill them as a result, can escape completely from a ban, (from driving) and indeed any punishment whatsoever? more...
I MUST start this letter by stating that I have animals, especially dogs, and I hate to see them suffer. more...
I was glad that Ramsbottom Area Board chairman Councillor Yvonne Wright had the courage to admit (Tougher laws will help police to do their job', Letters, June 29) that anti-social behaviour and mindless vandalism are not perceptions or fictional anecdotes but, real people's recent real experiences, and are very unpleasant and disturbing to hear'. more...
PRESUMABLY our local authority chief executive has taken the environmental impact of an exponential rise in pollution and congestion from traffic into the equation for his new exciting development framework' (High-rise plan is cut down to size', Bury Times, June 29) in an area which is already overloaded with vehicles? more...
I have been part of the campaign group to save Prestwich Arts College (PAC) since January 25, 2006. more...
MAY I warmly second Derek Boden's opposition to both replacement of Trident and the spending of any more money on nuclear power stations (New nuclear weapons could start an arms race', Letters, June 29). more...
Your Letters To The Guide
I have been part of the campaign group to save Prestwich Arts College (PAC) since January 25, 2006. more...
MAY I warmly second Derek Boden's opposition to both replacement of Trident and the spending of any more money on nuclear power stations (New nuclear weapons could start an arms race', Letters, June 29). more...
I have been part of the campaign group to save Prestwich Arts College (PAC) since January 25, 2006. more...
MAY I warmly second Derek Boden's opposition to both replacement of Trident and the spending of any more money on nuclear power stations (New nuclear weapons could start an arms race', Letters, June 29). more...
