Stories for 23 August 2006
A-Level Results 2006
SCHOOLS and colleges posted their best ever
A-levels result this year. more...
A BOUT of chicken pox just two weeks before her exams did not stop Claire Davies from becoming one of the top students in the country. more...
A BOLTON School pupil found himself juggling his studies with representing his country in this year's Commonwealth Games. more...
BOLTON SCHOOL BOYS' DIVISION - Grades A to E, AS results in brackets. more...
BOLTON SCHOOL GIRLS' DIVISION - Grades A to E, AS results in brackets. more...
THESE former Canon Slade students could not have done any better if they had tried. more...
WHATEVER your grades it is not too late to rule out
university. more...
CANON SLADE SCHOOL - Grades A to E, AS results in brackets. more...
BOLTON SIXTH FORM COLLEGE - Grades A to E, AS results in brackets. more...
BRIDGEWATER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL, WORSLEY - Grades A to E, AS results in brackets. more...
FOR some young people the pressure to do well can be unbearable and in extreme cases has led to some taking their own lives.The cases of students taking their own lives is well documented, less known is about the numbers who actually make a suicide attempt. more...
STAR student Chay Brooks is on his way to Cambridge after gaining three As in his A-levels. more...
WESTHOUGHTON SCHOOL - Grades A to E, AS results in brackets. more...
WHETHER you have made the grade or not, what to study and where to do it are never the easiest of decisions. more...
WITH more students than ever meeting the grade, those who have ended up with none must be distraught. more...
EMMERDALE actress Sammy Winward, now 20, recalls making the difficult decision to leave school at the age of 16 to pursue her acting career. more...
BURY GRAMMAR SCHOOL BOYS - A to E, AS levels in brackets. more...
ANIMAL lovers Nadia Alnaimi and Nina Cooke have achieved their childhood ambitions to study veterinary science at university. more...
DANIEL Morton, from Egerton, was one of thousands of students to secure a place through clearing. more...
LEIGH ST MARY'S CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, ASTLEY - Y13 A Level passes A to E. more...
Angela Kelly
IT is a reassuring truism that it is not the length of your life that matters but how you live it. more...
BIG Brother on TV has many fans but I'm not one of them. more...
THIS week we wave farewell to a four-legged friend who's lived with us these past couple of months. more...
THE search for a Maria von Trapp for Andrew Lloyd Webber's new production of "The Sound of Music" makes compelling viewing. more...
THIS week I spent several minutes waiting on the phone after a recorded Ansafone message told me that a "message collection service" had a message waiting for me. more...
THE North's beautiful Lake District is likely to get a tourist boost when the film Miss Potter is released at the end of the year. more...
A GREAT-grandma from Oldham provided one of the most satisfying TV moments for a while when she tore a strip off judge Simon Cowell at the start of the latest X-Factor series. more...
Blackburn
FOUR men have been arrested and a vehicle has been seized by police investigating the hit-and-run death of a seven-year-old girl. more...
A LUNCHTIME diet of crisps, pies and high-fat sandwiches is killing East Lancashire's workforce and hitting company profits, health bosses have warned. more...
Bolton News
A MAN from Bolton has appeared in court in connection with a £5.4 million cocaine seizure. more...
BREAST cancer patients across Britain were celebrating today after winning their fight to be treated with the wonder drug, Herceptin. more...
COMMUNITIES Minister Phil Woolas praised Bolton's race relations during a visit to the town. more...
A YOUNG family fled from their burning house after a three-year-old boy set fire to bedding with a lighter. more...
SAVVY tourists and investors are snapping up thousands of pounds worth of American dollars as the exchange rate soars to its highest for years. more...
A VALUABLE sculpture which stood in Bolton town centre for 20 years is to move amid fears it will become the target of vandals. more...
TWO men have appeared at court in connection with a drive-by shooting in Bolton. more...
THE Fusion Festival hit the streets of Bolton in a riot of colour and an explosion of music, drama and dance. more...
A HEALTH watchdog is investigating claims that a patient at the Royal Bolton Hospital was left in agony without painkillers or fresh water. more...
A RECRUITMENT drive has begun to find civilian police staff to pound beats across Bolton. more...
A PARISH church has been earmarked for demolition - a year after it closed because of dwindling congregation figures and spiralling maintenance costs. more...
PARENTS with youngsters suffering from anxiety and prone to temper tantrums may soon be able to access pioneering treatment. more...
BOLTON Council's archives room will close on Saturday for more than two weeks to allow maintenance and stock work to take place. more...
BOLTON Council has been criticised by the Local Government Ombudsman over the wording on its parking tickets. more...
A NEW play area for youngsters is to be built in Little Lever after councillors approved a £60,000 scheme. more...
A TEENAGER is appealing for witnesses after a bike given to him by his friend was stolen. more...
MEMBERS of Bury Libraries can now access extensive reference and information facilities on-line free of charge. more...
Business Headlines
BOLTON Wanderers have appointed a world-leading sponsorship consultancy to develop the club's brand and increase its partnerships with business. more...
a growing Bolton-based business development consultancy has moved to new offices in the commercial centre of the town. more...
Centurions' Updates
Bury scored twice late on to inflict more misery on 10-man Sunderland. more...
Bury scored twice late on to inflict more misery on 10-man Sunderland. more...
Clarets News
BURNLEY boss Steve Cotterill has slammed the officials after last night's embarrassing Carling Cup defeat to Hartlepool. more...
Cricket Round-Up
James Anderson will make a return to bowling action tomorrow night when he features alongside Kartik Murali for Lancashire against England. more...
Darwen
COUNCILLORS and shop owners have vowed to fight a planning application for another takeaway in Darwen. more...
Education News
A BOLTON MEP says the current education system "fails our young so badly". more...
A NEW website has been launched for GCSE students in Bolton who plan to find a job after they receive their results tomorrow. more...
Garden Of Tranquility
A HEADTEACHER who has raised thousands of pounds for Bolton Hospice is backing the Bolton Evening News Garden of Tranquillity appeal. more...
Health News
CASH is being pumped into a research project which aims to find a cure for breast cancer. more...
Hyndburn News
A RETIRED engineer who launched a one-man crusade against fly-tippers has been banned from his local tip - for taking too much rubbish. more...
Latest Sport
Bury scored twice late on to inflict more misery on 10-man Sunderland. more...
RADCLIFFE Boro notched their first point of the season - but it should have been three as they failed to turn their dominance into goals against a hard-working Leek Town outfit in the UniBond Premier League. more...
Bury scored twice late on to inflict more misery on 10-man Sunderland. more...
RADCLIFFE Boro notched their first point of the season - but it should have been three as they failed to turn their dominance into goals against a hard-working Leek Town outfit in the UniBond Premier League. more...
Old Pals: Keeping In Touch Around The World
I am trying to locate an old school friend Michael Christopher Ward (b. 1951-2). more...
I am trying to locate a Bolton Family I knew back in the 1950s. more...
I am looking to find living relatives descending from James and Mary Howarth who lived in Bolton. more...
I am looking to find living relatives descending from James and Mary Howarth who lived in Bolton. more...
I am looking to find living relatives descending from James and Mary Howarth who lived in Bolton. more...
Radcliffe Boro
RADCLIFFE Boro notched their first point of the season - but it should have been three as they failed to turn their dominance into goals against a hard-working Leek Town outfit in the UniBond Premier League. more...
RADCLIFFE Boro notched their first point of the season - but it should have been three as they failed to turn their dominance into goals against a hard-working Leek Town outfit in the UniBond Premier League. more...
BORO'S season got off to an inauspicious start as bad luck, questionable refereeing and a slow start all conspired to see Andy Johnston's side slip to an opening day defeat. more...
Rovers News
BLACKBURN keeper Brad Friedel has told his team-mates let's get back to basics' as Rovers prepare to face Everton at Ewood Park tonight. more...
Stanley News
JOHN Coleman has admitted he was never in any doubt that his Accrington Stanley side were capable of beating Nottingham Forest. more...
Wanderers News
SAM Allardyce has warned his happy Wanderers they will have to clear a mental hurdle if they are to get anything at Fulham tonight. more...
IF the element of surprise counts for anything, Wanderers are onto a winner with Kevin Davies. more...
CHRIS Coleman has revealed how he started preparing his Fulham players for tonight's Craven Cottage clash with Wanderers during the half-time interval at Old Trafford on Sunday. more...
We Say
THE manner in which parking tickets are issued is always controversial. more...
IT is always sad when an old community building is allowed to fall into disrepair and eventually be demolished. more...
You Say
REGARDING the story "Disabled Drivers Shock" Bolton Evening News, Monday, August 21. more...
THE following is an extract from the Westhoughton Master Plan Report 1972. more...
IN regard to the letter of August 18 about more bridleways in Bolton "Too many horseriders killed by cars". more...
HAVING just visited the most recent feature at the Horwich Heritage Exhibition, I would like to strongly encourage others to do the same. more...
SO Dr Brian Iddon thinks that inheritance tax is fair and that it is more of an issue in London, and David Crausby agrees with him - what planet are they on? more...
INSTEAD of charging the disabled - which I am - would it not be a simpler method to put the picture of the entitled person on the front, instead of the rear, of the badge. more...
Bolton Evening News Business
BOLTON Wanderers have appointed a world-leading sponsorship consultancy to develop the club's brand and increase its partnerships with business.
more...
a growing Bolton-based business development consultancy has moved to new offices in the commercial centre of the town.
more...
Bolton Evening News News
SAVVY tourists and investors are snapping up thousands of pounds worth of American dollars as the exchange rate soars to its highest for years.
more...
A VALUABLE sculpture which stood in Bolton town centre for 20 years is to move amid fears it will become the target of vandals.
more...
TWO men have appeared at court in connection with a drive-by shooting in Bolton.
more...
THE Fusion Festival hit the streets of Bolton in a riot of colour and an explosion of music, drama and dance.
more...
A HEALTH watchdog is investigating claims that a patient at the Royal Bolton Hospital was left in agony without painkillers or fresh water.
more...
CASH is being pumped into a research project which aims to find a cure for breast cancer.
more...
A BOLTON MEP says the current education system "fails our young so badly".
more...
A RECRUITMENT drive has begun to find civilian police staff to pound beats across Bolton.
more...
A PARISH church has been earmarked for demolition - a year after it closed because of dwindling congregation figures and spiralling maintenance costs.
more...
PARENTS with youngsters suffering from anxiety and prone to temper tantrums may soon be able to access pioneering treatment.
more...
BOLTON Council's archives room will close on Saturday for more than two weeks to allow maintenance and stock work to take place.
more...
A NEW play area for youngsters is to be built in Little Lever after councillors approved a £60,000 scheme.
more...
A TEENAGER is appealing for witnesses after a bike given to him by his friend was stolen.
more...
BOLTON Council has been criticised by the Local Government Ombudsman over the wording on its parking tickets.
more...
A NEW website has been launched for GCSE students in Bolton who plan to find a job after they receive their results tomorrow.
more...
MEMBERS of Bury Libraries can now access extensive reference and information facilities on-line free of charge.
more...
A MAN from Bolton has appeared in court in connection with a £5.4 million cocaine seizure.
more...
BREAST cancer patients across Britain were celebrating today after winning their fight to be treated with the wonder drug, Herceptin.
more...
COMMUNITIES Minister Phil Woolas praised Bolton's race relations during a visit to the town.
more...
A YOUNG family fled from their burning house after a three-year-old boy set fire to bedding with a lighter.
more...
Bolton Evening News Sport
Bury scored twice late on to inflict more misery on 10-man Sunderland.
more...
RADCLIFFE Boro notched their first point of the season - but it should have been three as they failed to turn their dominance into goals against a hard-working Leek Town outfit in the UniBond Premier League.
more...
