Stories for 22 August 2006
A-Level Results 2006
SCHOOLS and colleges posted their best ever
A-levels result this year. more...
BOLTON SCHOOL BOYS' DIVISION - Grades A to E, AS results in brackets. more...
Accrington
A PARANOID amphetamine addict who subjected an Accrington postman to a terrifying ordeal has been jailed. more...
Athletics
Neil Tattersall, the most prolific winner in the history of the Blackburn 10K Road Race, added another one to his list, but this time with the added bonus of the county title. more...
Betting Tips
Signatory can step up on his most recent run to land the ultra-competitive totesport Ebor at York for trainer John Gosden. more...
Blackburn
FORENSIC experts have been called to catch the hit and run driver who mounted the pavement and struck a pedestrian. more...
POLICE in Blackburn are appealing for witnesses after burglars broke into six houses in Mill Hill in one night. more...
POLICE in Blackburn are appealing for witnesses after burglars broke into six houses in Mill Hill in one night. more...
AN MP today called for an international cricketer to be extradited to Britain to stand trial for allegedly fondling a girl at a match. more...
THE county's parking enforcement services did not break even last year - despite collecting around £4.6million in fines. more...
Bolton News
A GUN-toting gang robbed six teenage boys in the space of just two hours. more...
CASH rewards of £50 are being handed out for shopping "meter cheaters" after figures show Bolton has one of the highest incidences of stealing gas and electricity in the country. more...
POLICE have launched a manhunt after a mother and her three children were found murdered at a house in Cheadle Hulme. more...
TALENTED Ana Tanaka is a star in the making - despite failing to make it through The X-Factor auditions. more...
PLUMBERS, electricians and locksmiths drink the equivalent of 1.3 bathfuls of tea every year, a survey has found. more...
BOLTON'S Christmas lights ceremony has been moved to a Sunday afternoon after gangs of yobs spoiled the last two festive switch-ons. more...
FOUR people appeared in court yesterday after drugs worth nearly £2 million were seized by police. more...
A FESTIVAL for young actors, musicians and performers was being launched in Bolton today. more...
MOST families look forward to spending quality time together on their summer holidays. more...
A PROBLEM with bats at a nursing home earmarked for demolition will be resolved by the autumn, say nursing home chiefs. more...
AN article published in the Bolton Evening News on August 16 about a cannabis farm in Salford reported that Tony Bethell, aged 43, of Caldbeck Drive, Farnworth, and John Edgar, aged 21, of Kenyon Way, Little Hulton, had pleaded guilty to possession of the drug with intent to supply. more...
TWO men suffered head injuries after being punched to the ground as they queued for a taxi. more...
THIS is the scene left behind by fly-tipping travellers after they abandoned their illegal camp. more...
BOLTON Council for Voluntary Service has hit back at a national report describing the borough as a "charity desert". more...
CINEMAS in Bolton could soon become entertainment venues offering gambling, old movies and big screen games. more...
A SCHOOLGIRL from Bolton hopes to knock Kate Moss from her role as Britain's top model after reaching the finals of a regional competition. more...
THOUSANDS of pounds are being made available for local events and activities. more...
THE cost of treating patients who have contracted the MRSA superbug at the Royal Bolton Hospital could, it has been claimed, be as high as half-a-million pounds. more...
A GIANT flag of St George made from red and white pansies stole the show in this year's Horwich in Bloom competition. more...
IT was showtime for Bolton gardeners when Edgworth and District Horticultural Society staged their annual event. more...
THERE used to be hundreds of people in Bolton who were too embarrassed to admit to writing poetry. Then Julian Jordan and Dave Morgan set up Write Out Loud to encourage new talent - and watched as it became an international phenomenon. Kat Dibbits reports. more...
Business Headlines
HUNDREDS of jobs in the North-west have been saved by the efforts of a Bolton business advisory firm. more...
A BOLTON-based property investment company has bought a £500,000 industrial unit in Telford. more...
Clarets News
STEVE Cotterill could shuffle his pack ahead of tonight's cup clash with Hartlepool. more...
BURNLEY boss Steve Cotterill is looking forward to another glorious cup run. more...
Cricket Round-Up
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council. more...
TONGE upset the odds beating Bolton League joint leaders Greenmount to claim a 43-run victory in the final of the Hamer Cup at Farnworth. more...
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council. more...
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council. more...
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council. more...
Darwen
RESIDENTS want a judicial review to decide the future of the controversial Redearth Triangle. more...
RESIDENTS want a judicial review to decide the future of the controversial Redearth Triangle. more...
Editor'S Comment
THERE has been a lot of controversy in East Lancashire about the level (and principle) of parking charges and the rigorous way in which those who overstay are pursued and penalised. more...
Fleetwood News
A ladies rugby club which was forced to drop out of the league because of dwindling numbers in 2003 is facing the same fate again. more...
A ladies rugby club which was forced to drop out of the league because of dwindling numbers in 2003 is facing the same fate again. more...
A ladies rugby club which was forced to drop out of the league because of dwindling numbers in 2003 is facing the same fate again. more...
Garden Of Tranquility
GREAT-grandfather Albert Howarth is urging people to get behind the Bolton Evening News' Garden of Tranquility campaign - so he can watch his grandchildren playing in open space. more...
Health
AMBULANCE response times for seriously ill patients are increasing because of a surge in calls, with weekend binge-drinkers party to blame. more...
Hyndburn News
RESIDENTS are set to be handed a £300,000 boost after funding was announced to repair housing in Clayton-le-Moors. more...
Ice Hockey Updates
With under a month to the start of the 2006/07 Elite League season, Manchester Phoenix coach Tony Hand has signed Swedish winger Johan Molin, taknig his roster to 14. more...
With under a month to the start of the 2006/07 Elite League season, Manchester Phoenix coach Tony Hand has signed Swedish winger Johan Molin, taknig his roster to 14. more...
Lancashire
THE county's parking enforcement services did not break even last year - despite collecting around £4.6million in fines. more...
Latest Sport
LEIGH RMI's new boss admitted his first match in charge without Andy Nelson by his side was like "losing an arm". more...
RADCLIFFE Borough will be looking to notch their first victory of the season tonight when they entertain Leek Town at Stainton Park. more...
LEIGH RMI's new boss admitted his first match in charge without Andy Nelson by his side was like "losing an arm". more...
RADCLIFFE Borough will be looking to notch their first victory of the season tonight when they entertain Leek Town at Stainton Park. more...
Leigh Rmi
LEIGH RMI's new boss admitted his first match in charge without Andy Nelson by his side was like "losing an arm". more...
LEIGH RMI's new boss admitted his first match in charge without Andy Nelson by his side was like "losing an arm". more...
Local Sports Updates
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council. more...
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council. more...
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council. more...
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council. more...
Looking Back With Frank Elson
The recent talk about reviving the Bolton Marathon prompted local photographer Anthony Williams to contact me and show me some of the pictures he took in 1984 and 1985. more...
News
A taxi-driver is being hunted after a mother and her three children were found dead at a house in Cheadle Hulme. more...
A taxi-driver is being hunted after a mother and her three children were found dead at a house in Cheadle Hulme. more...
Pendle News
PENDLE Council has a new ruling body which will save the borough almost £500,000 a year. more...
Preston News
MORE than 40 people are to lose their jobs at a Lancashire NHS call centre - because the Government said they should be paid more. more...
Rovers News
Blackburn Rovers have submitted a claim for wrongful dismissal with the Football Association in relation to Andy Todd's sending-off at Portsmouth on Saturday. more...
DUTCH defender Andre Ooijer could be a Blackburn Rovers player in time for the visit of champions Chelsea on Sunday. more...
Shakers Updates
Chris Casper is relishing the visit of Championship side Sunderland - despite possibly being without four first-choice players. more...
Chris Casper is relishing the visit of Championship side Sunderland - despite possibly being without four first-choice players. more...
Sport From Around The Area
LEIGH RMI's new boss admitted his first match in charge without Andy Nelson by his side was like "losing an arm". more...
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council. more...
LEIGH RMI's new boss admitted his first match in charge without Andy Nelson by his side was like "losing an arm". more...
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council. more...
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council. more...
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council. more...
Sporting Highlights
RADCLIFFE Borough will be looking to notch their first victory of the season tonight when they entertain Leek Town at Stainton Park. more...
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council. more...
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council. more...
RADCLIFFE Borough will be looking to notch their first victory of the season tonight when they entertain Leek Town at Stainton Park. more...
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council. more...
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council. more...
Stanley Reports
THE footballing histories of Accrington Stanley and Nottingham Forest entail romance and tragedy beyond the wildest imagination of William Shakespeare himself. more...
Stars From The Bolton Area
PRINCESS of pop Kylie Minogue has chosen Manchester as the final stop on her comeback tour following a one year battle with breast cancer. more...
MCFLY are using a video sharing website to show fans recordings of their performances. more...
Stephen Cummings
IS THERE ever a good time to play your bogey side? I only ask the question because if ever there was a good time to play Wolves, it should have been Saturday. more...
Wanderers News
WANDERERS have handed a new two-year deal to 36-year-old midfielder Gary Speed that will keep him at the Reebok until the end of the 2008 season. more...
NICOLAS Anelka may have claimed to be "close" to a move to the Reebok, but Wanderers are determined to keep a low profile. more...
Bolton manager Sam Allardyce has launched a scathing attack on the Israeli Football Association for expelling defender Tal Ben Haim and "blackening" his name. more...
We Say
EVEN Christmas, it seems, is not safe from the yobs. more...
MANY people object to travellers setting up camp anywhere and when they leave behind a mess such as the one in playing fields in Heaton it is easy to understand why. more...
CRITICISM of the current exam system, which has again led to record A-level results, has been rife. more...
You Say
I was very sorry to hear of the recent death of Harry Booth, one of Bolton's leading amateur sports administrators. more...
AS Tony Blair and David Cameron return in their carbon dioxide emitting aluminium tubes from respectively Barbados and Corfu, I cannot help but reflect back to their posturings with respect to global warming over the last 12 months. more...
LATEST figures from the Department of Transport show that 3,201 people died in crashes on the roads of Britain, in 2005 - apparently the lowest number since records began - and well down on the 5,217 killed in 1990, when speed cameras first came on the scene. more...
I WAS delighted to read Jane Lavender's article about the IBIS-11 trial of the drug Anastrozole, taking place here in Bolton. more...
I must disagree with Councillors Zaman and Walsh regarding a "new" Water Place. What was wrong with the old one? Bad management figures everywhere. more...
FOR a council to make a bridleway for all areas (August 18, "Too many horseriders killed"), is an impossibility. more...
THE catalogue of assault, robbery, even setting fire to, and abuse of elderly and disabled people as recorded in the Bolton Evening News is shaming. more...
Asian Image News
A taxi-driver is being hunted after a mother and her three children were found dead at a house in Cheadle Hulme.
more...
Bolton Evening News Business
HUNDREDS of jobs in the North-west have been saved by the efforts of a Bolton business advisory firm.
more...
A BOLTON-based property investment company has bought a £500,000 industrial unit in Telford.
more...
Bolton Evening News News
TALENTED Ana Tanaka is a star in the making - despite failing to make it through The X-Factor auditions.
more...
PLUMBERS, electricians and locksmiths drink the equivalent of 1.3 bathfuls of tea every year, a survey has found.
more...
BOLTON'S Christmas lights ceremony has been moved to a Sunday afternoon after gangs of yobs spoiled the last two festive switch-ons.
more...
FOUR people appeared in court yesterday after drugs worth nearly £2 million were seized by police.
more...
A FESTIVAL for young actors, musicians and performers was being launched in Bolton today.
more...
MOST families look forward to spending quality time together on their summer holidays.
more...
A PROBLEM with bats at a nursing home earmarked for demolition will be resolved by the autumn, say nursing home chiefs.
more...
AN article published in the Bolton Evening News on August 16 about a cannabis farm in Salford reported that Tony Bethell, aged 43, of Caldbeck Drive, Farnworth, and John Edgar, aged 21, of Kenyon Way, Little Hulton, had pleaded guilty to possession of the drug with intent to supply.
more...
TWO men suffered head injuries after being punched to the ground as they queued for a taxi.
more...
THIS is the scene left behind by fly-tipping travellers after they abandoned their illegal camp.
more...
BOLTON Council for Voluntary Service has hit back at a national report describing the borough as a "charity desert".
more...
CINEMAS in Bolton could soon become entertainment venues offering gambling, old movies and big screen games.
more...
A SCHOOLGIRL from Bolton hopes to knock Kate Moss from her role as Britain's top model after reaching the finals of a regional competition.
more...
THOUSANDS of pounds are being made available for local events and activities.
more...
THE cost of treating patients who have contracted the MRSA superbug at the Royal Bolton Hospital could, it has been claimed, be as high as half-a-million pounds.
more...
A GIANT flag of St George made from red and white pansies stole the show in this year's Horwich in Bloom competition.
more...
IT was showtime for Bolton gardeners when Edgworth and District Horticultural Society staged their annual event.
more...
THERE used to be hundreds of people in Bolton who were too embarrassed to admit to writing poetry. Then Julian Jordan and Dave Morgan set up Write Out Loud to encourage new talent - and watched as it became an international phenomenon. Kat Dibbits reports.
more...
A GUN-toting gang robbed six teenage boys in the space of just two hours.
more...
CASH rewards of £50 are being handed out for shopping "meter cheaters" after figures show Bolton has one of the highest incidences of stealing gas and electricity in the country.
more...
POLICE have launched a manhunt after a mother and her three children were found murdered at a house in Cheadle Hulme.
more...
Bolton Evening News Sport
LEIGH RMI's new boss admitted his first match in charge without Andy Nelson by his side was like "losing an arm".
more...
RADCLIFFE Borough will be looking to notch their first victory of the season tonight when they entertain Leek Town at Stainton Park.
more...
Bury Times Sport
RADCLIFFE Borough will be looking to notch their first victory of the season tonight when they entertain Leek Town at Stainton Park.
more...
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council.
more...
Leigh Journal Sport
LEIGH RMI's new boss admitted his first match in charge without Andy Nelson by his side was like "losing an arm".
more...
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council.
more...
Prestwich And Whitefield Guide Sport
Pakistan have threatened to withdraw from their forthcoming one-day series against England if captain Inzamam-ul-Haq receives a lengthy ban from Friday's disciplinary hearing with the International Cricket Council.
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