Stories for 12 August 2006
Andrew Mosley
DO you remember that feeling as a child when the warm hues of July gave way to the fluffy clouds of August, coats were pulled tight, ear muffs adorned, colour lights twinkled in the night sky and the sound of bells drifted across the town, the air abuzz with carol singing and anticipation? more...
Bands In Profile
WHEN local singer-songwriter Rob McCulloch entered the Local Heroes music competition in the Bolton Evening News, he probably did not expect to end up playing to thousands. more...
Bolton News
PLANNING chiefs have approved a scheme to build 18 houses on a disused tip in Westhoughton. more...
THIS is the man detectives want to question over the rape of a teenage girl who was dragged into a Bolton alleyway and attacked. more...
A DRIVER knocked an 11-year-old boy off his bike, then stopped his car and ran over and shouted abuse at the boy as he lay injured on the ground. more...
WHEN local singer-songwriter Rob McCulloch entered the Local Heroes music competition in the Bolton Evening News, he probably did not expect to end up playing to thousands. more...
Britain remained on the highest level of terror alert yesterday as 19 suspects arrested over the alleged plot to blow up passenger jets had their assets frozen. more...
A BRAVE pensioner hit a young thief over the head with an umbrella when he snatched her bag. more...
TWO Bolton Labour MPs are among 100 politicians urging John Prescott to recall Parliament to debate the Lebanon crisis. more...
A TEENAGER says she was left feeling blue' after her attempts to get involved with the Tory party were shunned. more...
TRAVELLERS have set up an illegal camp on a picturesque playing field in Heaton. more...
TWO teenagers have scooped four trophies in the national St John Ambulance awards. more...
THE way medicines are prescribed to patients at the Royal Bolton Hospital has been rated as "excellent" by health watchdogs. more...
RED roses and dinners for two are out of the question for Bolton women, as a poll reveals that the town's menfolk are the least romantic in the country. more...
FOLLOWERS of the Indian yoga guru Swami Ramdev have turned up in their hundreds over the past week to see him lead sessions of the ancient art. more...
Burnley
BLAIR loyalist and Burnley MP Kitty Ussher has launched a stinging attack on the Prime Minister's handling of the Middle East crisis. more...
Bury News
TWO teenage girls from Bury are going it alone after earning their wings. more...
Business
An accountancy firm is learning the benefits of broadband after signing up to free support. more...
Businesses in Lancashire are being warned to be on their guard against traders who approach them selling fire extinguishers. more...
Nominations are now being sought for a prestigious Royal Award. more...
A North West Restaurant was short-listed in the 'Best Newcomer' category at the 2006 Best in Britain Awards
The Pearl Restaurant Bar and Lounge has been open for just ten months and was the only North West based eatery in this category. more...
Business News
PLANNING appli-cations for a multi-million pound East Lancashire racecourse have still to be submitted more than a year after the scheme was announced. more...
Chorley News
A derelict and neglected area of Chorley could be transformed into woodland for folk to enjoy through a two-year, £465,000 environmental scheme. more...
Cricket Round-Up
LANCASHIRE are eleven points clear at the top of the County Championship after their draw against Yorkshire yesterday. more...
THE Bolton Association are without two of their top players for tomorrow's MEN inter-league final against the North Lancs League at Atherton. more...
Darwen
THE owner of a five-year-old polecat named Edgar stolen during a burglary has issued a fresh appeal for his safe return. more...
Education
Twenty soldiers from across the country joined the 10th annual Sikh camp in North Wales. more...
College students were selected to attend the Youth Commonwealth Conference for the first time and meet the Queen. more...
Education News
TWO teenage girls from Bury are going it alone after earning their wings. more...
Health
EAST Lancashire's hospital authority has been rated "fair" for the way it prescribes and dispenses medicines. more...
Health News
THE way medicines are prescribed to patients at the Royal Bolton Hospital has been rated as "excellent" by health watchdogs. more...
Lancashire League
NELSON skipper Mike Bradley hasn't ruled out a challenge for the Lancashire League title after his side won the Worsley Cup. more...
News
UK foreign policy is giving ammunition to terrorists say Muslim observers and Tony Blair should do more to end attacks on civilians. more...
Politics
BLAIR loyalist and Burnley MP Kitty Ussher has launched a stinging attack on the Prime Minister's handling of the Middle East crisis. more...
Preston News
Preston is a city in urgent need of more affordable housing. more...
Rovers News
BLACKBURN Rovers winger Jerome Watt has signed for Northampton Town on non-contract terms. more...
Sport
Rochdale based club Asia Fc are to hold their annual 5-a-side Football Tournament. more...
Stanley News
LAST season Accrington Stanley's players were playing the likes of Forest Green. Now they can line up against Wayne Rooney - courtesy of a computer game. more...
Wanderers News
JUSSI Jaaskelainen reckons his Reebok team-mate, Kevin Davies, is just a stroke of luck away from mounting a serious challenge for a place in Steve McClaren's new-look England squad. more...
We Say
ACCORDING to a survey, we are the Easy Girl Generation. It suggests that young woman today are caught up in the world of celebrity and, rather than pulling their heads out of the clouds and into the office, they are itching to live the Z-list celebrity dream. Tracey Scott reports. more...
Asian Image Business
An accountancy firm is learning the benefits of broadband after signing up to free support.
more...
Businesses in Lancashire are being warned to be on their guard against traders who approach them selling fire extinguishers.
more...
Nominations are now being sought for a prestigious Royal Award.
more...
A North West Restaurant was short-listed in the 'Best Newcomer' category at the 2006 Best in Britain Awards
more...
Asian Image Education
Twenty soldiers from across the country joined the 10th annual Sikh camp in North Wales.
more...
College students were selected to attend the Youth Commonwealth Conference for the first time and meet the Queen.
more...
Asian Image News
UK foreign policy is giving ammunition to terrorists say Muslim observers and Tony Blair should do more to end attacks on civilians.
more...
Asian Image Sport
Rochdale based club Asia Fc are to hold their annual 5-a-side Football Tournament.
more...
Bolton Evening News News
TWO Bolton Labour MPs are among 100 politicians urging John Prescott to recall Parliament to debate the Lebanon crisis.
more...
A TEENAGER says she was left feeling blue' after her attempts to get involved with the Tory party were shunned.
more...
TRAVELLERS have set up an illegal camp on a picturesque playing field in Heaton.
more...
TWO teenagers have scooped four trophies in the national St John Ambulance awards.
more...
THE way medicines are prescribed to patients at the Royal Bolton Hospital has been rated as "excellent" by health watchdogs.
more...
RED roses and dinners for two are out of the question for Bolton women, as a poll reveals that the town's menfolk are the least romantic in the country.
more...
FOLLOWERS of the Indian yoga guru Swami Ramdev have turned up in their hundreds over the past week to see him lead sessions of the ancient art.
more...
THIS is the man detectives want to question over the rape of a teenage girl who was dragged into a Bolton alleyway and attacked.
more...
A DRIVER knocked an 11-year-old boy off his bike, then stopped his car and ran over and shouted abuse at the boy as he lay injured on the ground.
more...
WHEN local singer-songwriter Rob McCulloch entered the Local Heroes music competition in the Bolton Evening News, he probably did not expect to end up playing to thousands.
more...
Britain remained on the highest level of terror alert yesterday as 19 suspects arrested over the alleged plot to blow up passenger jets had their assets frozen.
more...
THE number of teachers signing off sick with stress in Bolton is at a record high - costing council taxpayers nearly half-a-million pounds.
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A FOURTH generation dairy farmer in Westhoughton is considering quitting the business after 30 years because supermarkets are squeezing milk prices.
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A BRAVE pensioner hit a young thief over the head with an umbrella when he snatched her bag.
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