Stories for 7 August 2006
Accrington
POST office workers made a last ditch attempt to stop 15 jobs being axed at their branch. more...
MOUNT Carmel RC High School, Accrington is "an improving school that is satisfactory with many good features" - according to government inspectors. more...
EVEN though the sun refused to shine, organisers said this year's Hyndburn Mela and Community Festival was one of the brightest yet. more...
THE urban environment of an East Lancashire town has been the inspiration for a group of trainee architects to explore their artistic sides. more...
AN ACCRINGTON nursery school has been saluted for its high standards and caring environment. more...
RESIDENTS from more than 40 homes in Accrington were evacuated after a fire in a cupboard sparked fears of a gas explosion. more...
Alan Calvert
IT occurred to me the other day that something has been missing from my life - an invitation to a school reunion. more...
Bands In Profile
BOLTON'S brightest young musicians rocked the town. more...
BOLTON'S brightest young musicians rocked the town. more...
BOLTON'S brightest young musicians rocked the town. more...
BOLTON'S brightest young musicians rocked the town. more...
Blackburn
RESIDENTS in Blackburn with Darwen are being sent white sacks ahead of a new service for collecting cardboard waste for recycling. more...
A POLICE officer who intervened in a dispute between a taxi driver and his drunken passenger ended up being attacked. more...
SECURITY is being stepped up at a Blackburn high school after it was burgled, or vandalised, four nights running. more...
SECURITY is being stepped up at a Blackburn high school after it was burgled, or vandalised, four nights running. more...
THE opening of the final pavilion in Blackburn's flagship Church Street regeneration has been delayed. more...
AS police dealt with an incident outside a Blackburn address in the early hours, a car came around the corner at high speed. more...
A FAILED asylum seeker who left a girl dying under the wheels of his car was blasted today for declaring: "I've been through hell". more...
Bolton News
COUNCILLORS in Bolton are to take a fresh look at calls to close a Bolton town centre to traffic on the busiest nights of the week, following the death of a teenager knocked down by a police car. more...
COUNCILLORS in Bolton are to take a fresh look at calls to close Bradshawgate to traffic on the busiest nights of the week, following the death of a teenager knocked down by a police car. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
DETECTIVES are trying to trace the last movements of 41-year-old man found collapsed with a serious head injury in Bolton. more...
POLICE are appealing for the public's help to trace an 18-year-old girl who has been missing from home for more than three weeks. more...
ARSONISTS destroyed a family's home by setting fire to it twice within hours - before targeting the house next door. more...
A NEW anti-speeding campaign was launched in Bolton today targeting people who drive as part of their work. more...
BOLTON'S brightest young musicians rocked the town. more...
ELDERLY residents have hit out at plans to have a school for troubled teenagers near to their homes. more...
THEY came in all shapes and sizes - some with waggy tails, and some so cute they melted the judges' hearts. more...
A UNIFORMED firefighter has been filmed being spun in a tumble dryer - a prank branded "reckless" by fire chiefs. more...
BOOMING music, flashing lights and the roar of engines - this was Bolton's unofficial car "cruiser" event. more...
A MOVE to block the use of stolen mobile phones within 48 hours after they have been reported missing has been welcomed by a Bolton MP. more...
WE all know the phrase "anything a man can do, a woman can do better," but is it always true? A sport select committee has been asking, should men and women be able to play football together? Kat Dibbits reports. more...
WHILE humans are enjoying the heatwave, hedgehogs in Bolton have been left struggling in the hot weather. more...
BOLTON MP Dr Brian Iddon has been handed an award for his commitment to science. more...
MEMBERS of Bolton's Muslim community have written to the Prime Minister condemning his stance on the crisis in the Middle East. more...
SCHOOLGIRL Amy Morris has achieved her dream of being a bridesmaid - three years after a life-saving heart transplant. more...
POLICE are appealing for the public's help to trace an 18-year-old girl who has been missing from home for more than three weeks. more...
BOLTON'S brightest young musicians rocked the town. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
BOLTON'S brightest young musicians rocked the town. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
BOLTON'S brightest young musicians rocked the town. more...
Bury News
A MAN will appear in court today charged with the murder of a 47-year-old Bury man who was found stabbed to death at a flat in Rochdale. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
A MAN will appear in court today charged with the murder of a 47-year-old Bury man who was found stabbed to death at a flat in Rochdale. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
A MAN will appear in court today charged with the murder of a 47-year-old Bury man who was found stabbed to death at a flat in Rochdale. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
Business Headlines
A FITTED kitchen manufacturer is celebrating after it won a huge slice of the biggest ever housing refurbishment contract since the introduction of the Government's Decent Homes programme
The Westhoughton-based Bernstein Group Holdings was awarded the contract, worth "several million" pounds by GM Procure, a Manchester housing consortium whose board members come from Social Housing providers from across the North-west area. more...
A BUSINESS support agency is challenging people across the region to take the leap and start up their own business. more...
Business News
A £12.6million contract has been signed for a private firm to run several Rossendale Council services. more...
AN ABATTOIR has been fined £20,000 for polluting the River Ribble. more...
Cd Reviews
The Holloways' brash, summer ska bounce is as close as you can get to Pete and Carl's old vocal double act before it starts to become ab embarrassing Libertines pastiche. more...
Futuro by name, Retro by nature. But at least these Scots have dug out different source material than ost of the current crop of backwards-looking music stars. more...
This ethereal single from Swedish group Peter Bjorn and John has such a catchy vibe that it includes its very own whistling, as if encouraging us to do the same. more...
Independent electronica label !K7 are famous for their DJ Kicks collections, and this soul and funk mix notches up another conquered genre on their bedpost. more...
Vancouver-based rockers Blood Meridian are named for an ultraviolent violent novel set in the old west, and though their music has a diverse rawness, it's the lyrics that cement the allusion. more...
Centurions' Updates
LEIGH CENTIURIONS 36, HULL KR 10: Centurions recorded a professional six-try success against an understrength Hull Kingston Rovers at Hilton Park. more...
LEIGH CENTIURIONS 36, HULL KR 10: Centurions recorded a professional six-try success against an understrength Hull Kingston Rovers at Hilton Park. more...
Chorley Fc Match Reports
A youthful Rovers reserve side showed quality and composure to record a comfortable victory over UniBond League Chorley at Victory Park on
Saturday. more...
A youthful Rovers reserve side showed quality and composure to record a comfortable victory over UniBond League Chorley at Victory Park on
Saturday. more...
Clarets News
TWO-GOAL hero Steve Jones admits his Burnley league debut could not have gone any better. more...
Burnley boss Steve Cotterill was
delighted to see his side off to a winning Championship start at Turf Moor. more...
Clarets Reports
THERE are good debuts, very good debuts and then debuts footballers can only dream about. more...
Colne
ADULTS with learning disabilities in Pendle are being moved into new purpose-built houses within the local community. more...
Cricket Round-Up
Prestwich lost the Walkden Cup Final to Woodhouses by two wickets in an epic thriller. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
ELTON set themselves up for the title run-in with a dominant derby win over Walshaw. more...
Prestwich lost the Walkden Cup Final to Woodhouses by two wickets in an epic thriller. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
Prestwich lost the Walkden Cup Final to Woodhouses by two wickets in an epic thriller. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
Darwen
RESIDENTS in Blackburn with Darwen are being sent white sacks ahead of a new service for collecting cardboard waste for recycling. more...
HUNDREDS of mourners turned out to pay their final respects to Blackburn with Darwen's deputy mayor. more...
A 21-YEAR-OLD man who went knocking on his ex-lover's bedroom window ended up smashing the kitchen window when she refused to respond to his late-night requests. more...
A Darwen school has again come up with the right answers - winning Blackburn College's schools challenge quiz for the third successive year. more...
THE owner of a five-year-old polecat named Edgar stolen during a burglary is appealing for his safe return. more...
COMPETITORS in a memorial tournament were bowled over to raise £260 for charity. more...
COMPETITORS in a memorial tournament were bowled over to raise £260 for charity. more...
Eating Out: Reviews From Local Restaurants
IF it is a splendid setting you require for a meal out, night away or even a wedding, then you will do well to find much better than the Dunkenhalgh Hotel. more...
IF it is a splendid setting you require for a meal out, night away or even a wedding, then you will do well to find much better than the Dunkenhalgh Hotel. more...
Education
AN EAST Lancashire lecturer has been hailed as an example to follow in the UK's learning and skills sector. more...
MOUNT Carmel RC High School, Accrington is "an improving school that is satisfactory with many good features" - according to government inspectors. more...
A Darwen school has again come up with the right answers - winning Blackburn College's schools challenge quiz for the third successive year. more...
AN ACCRINGTON nursery school has been saluted for its high standards and caring environment. more...
Great Harwood
A LANDLADY is celebrating after turning tragedy into triumph and scooping a top industry award. more...
Haslingden
A HASLINGDEN couple rubbed shoulders with royalty and celebrities after being invited to a garden party at Buckingham Palace. more...
A REGULAR drunk Derek Maxwell has been jailed after breaking an Anti-Social Behaviour Order for the seventh time. more...
Health News
SCHOOLGIRL Amy Morris has achieved her dream of being a bridesmaid - three years after a life-saving heart transplant. more...
Helen Mead
I've read all the hints and tips on how to survive the heat: how to protect your skin, store food, tend the garden. I've learned about car maintenance in a heatwave, and how to stop your house subsiding. more...
Hyndburn News
Figures have revealed that the number of under-25s in Hyndburn not in education, employment or training is above the national average. more...
Lancashire
Lancashire bathers who take a dip after having an alcoholic drink are taking their lives into their own hands, police warned today. more...
Lancashire League
THE curse of Nelson struck the Get Solutions Worsley Cup final with the showpiece finale tantalisingly poised last night. more...
THE top four teams in the Sponsor Bank Lancashire League all secured impressive wins as the race for the title hotted up on Saturday. more...
Lancashire News
POLICE are appealing for the public's help to trace an 18-year-old girl who has been missing from home for more than three weeks. more...
A MAN will appear in court today charged with the murder of a 47-year-old Bury man who was found stabbed to death at a flat in Rochdale. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
POLICE are appealing for the public's help to trace an 18-year-old girl who has been missing from home for more than three weeks. more...
A MAN will appear in court today charged with the murder of a 47-year-old Bury man who was found stabbed to death at a flat in Rochdale. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
A MAN will appear in court today charged with the murder of a 47-year-old Bury man who was found stabbed to death at a flat in Rochdale. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
Latest Sport
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
CHRIS Casper was left distraught after two glaring defensive mistakes cost the Shakers at least a point against the 10-man Dons. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
Leigh Headlines
POLICE are appealing for the public's help to trace an 18-year-old girl who has been missing from home for more than three weeks. more...
POLICE are appealing for the public's help to trace an 18-year-old girl who has been missing from home for more than three weeks. more...
Letters
ONE must thank Jack Straw for his abridged history of the origins of the long summer's break suffered by the poor MPs (LT, July 27). more...
I WRITE with regard to a letter (LT, July 24) complaining of loud music from passing cars. more...
I AM not a member of Councillor Mark Cotterill's England First Party, and I don't support much of their policies. more...
MANY thanks to Blackburn with Darwen Council for a lovely afternoon and evening in Witton Park on Sunday. more...
Leyland News
A Leyland-based business advice service is trying to encourage people to start their own businesses, saying: "Who dares wins!" more...
Local Cricket Round-Up
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
Prestwich lost the Walkden Cup Final to Woodhouses by two wickets in an epic thriller. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
Prestwich lost the Walkden Cup Final to Woodhouses by two wickets in an epic thriller. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
Local Sports Updates
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
Prestwich lost the Walkden Cup Final to Woodhouses by two wickets in an epic thriller. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
Prestwich lost the Walkden Cup Final to Woodhouses by two wickets in an epic thriller. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
Motorsport
Luck was not on the side of Craig Jones and his Foggy Petronas Racing team-mate Steve Martin for the eighth-round races of the Superbike World
Championship at Brands Hatch. more...
Nelson
A BURGLAR who breaks into houses through cat flaps has been jailed for two-and-a-half years. more...
Northern Premier League
Chorley's recent revival continued with an emphatic ten-wicket win over Leyland at Fox Lane. more...
After the heroics of last week's demolition of leaders Morecambe, Darwen's inconsistency in the league continued with a disappointing draw at St Annes. more...
Poems
By Bill Austin, Bute Road, Blackburn. more...
Politics
EAST Lancashire religious leaders united to call for peace in the Middle East. more...
Prestwich Headlines
A MAN will appear in court today charged with the murder of a 47-year-old Bury man who was found stabbed to death at a flat in Rochdale. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
A MAN will appear in court today charged with the murder of a 47-year-old Bury man who was found stabbed to death at a flat in Rochdale. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
A MAN will appear in court today charged with the murder of a 47-year-old Bury man who was found stabbed to death at a flat in Rochdale. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
Rant Or Rave: The Page To Let Off Steam
Just so you know this will not be a totally serious page here are two initial offerings:
Why is it that when I tell people I get the 540 to work some people always presume I start very early in the morning. more...
Just so you know this will not be a totally serious page here are two initial offerings:
Why is it that when I tell people I get the 540 to work some people always presume I start very early in the morning. more...
Just so you know this will not be a totally serious page here are two initial offerings:
Why is it that when I tell people I get the 540 to work some people always presume I start very early in the morning. more...
Just so you know this will not be a totally serious page here are two initial offerings: more...
Ribblesdale League
Aamer Saeed almost bowled Clitheroe's rivals back into the VEKA Ribblesdale League senior division championship title race. more...
Clitheroe's hopes of lifting the Ramsbottom Cup rest with Naeem Ashraf when the final resumes at Baxenden tonight. more...
Ribchester News
A RIBBLE Valley church is set to revert to its medieval roots when it transforms into a harvest market. more...
Rossendale News
A £12.6million contract has been signed for a private firm to run several Rossendale Council services. more...
Rovers News
Mark Hughes insists he will do everything in his power to keep defensive duo Ryan Nelsen and Lucas Neill at Blackburn Rovers. more...
BLACKBURN Rovers are chasing Dutch World Cup star Andre Ooijer. more...
Rovers Reports
AFTER a frustrating 12-month wait, it took Benni McCarthy just 20 minutes to demonstrate just why he has remained top of Mark Hughes's wish-list since last summer's foiled attempt to lure the striker to Ewood Park. more...
AFTER a frustrating 12-month wait, it took Benni McCarthy just 20 minutes to demonstrate just why he has remained top of Mark Hughes's wish-list since last summer's foiled attempt to lure the striker to Ewood Park. more...
A youthful Rovers reserve side showed quality and composure to record a comfortable victory over UniBond League Chorley at Victory Park on
Saturday. more...
A youthful Rovers reserve side showed quality and composure to record a comfortable victory over UniBond League Chorley at Victory Park on
Saturday. more...
Rugby League Round-Up
LEIGH CENTIURIONS 36, HULL KR 10: Centurions recorded a professional six-try success against an understrength Hull Kingston Rovers at Hilton Park. more...
LEIGH CENTIURIONS 36, HULL KR 10: Centurions recorded a professional six-try success against an understrength Hull Kingston Rovers at Hilton Park. more...
Seven Days
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
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
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
and associated newspapers and websites
in Lancashire from
the last seven days more...
Shakers Updates
MK DONS 2, SHAKERS 1: Chris Casper was left distraught after two glaring defensive mistakes cost the Shakers at least a point against the 10-man Dons. more...
MK DONS 2, SHAKERS 1: Chris Casper was left distraught after two glaring defensive mistakes cost the Shakers at least a point against the 10-man Dons. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
MK DONS 2, SHAKERS 1: Chris Casper was left distraught after two glaring defensive mistakes cost the Shakers at least a point against the 10-man Dons. more...
MK DONS 2, SHAKERS 1: Chris Casper was left distraught after two glaring defensive mistakes cost the Shakers at least a point against the 10-man Dons. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
Soccer Headlines
MK DONS 2, SHAKERS 1: Chris Casper was left distraught after two glaring defensive mistakes cost the Shakers at least a point against the 10-man Dons. more...
MK DONS 2, SHAKERS 1: Chris Casper was left distraught after two glaring defensive mistakes cost the Shakers at least a point against the 10-man Dons. more...
MK DONS 2, SHAKERS 1: Chris Casper was left distraught after two glaring defensive mistakes cost the Shakers at least a point against the 10-man Dons. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
MK DONS 2, SHAKERS 1: Chris Casper was left distraught after two glaring defensive mistakes cost the Shakers at least a point against the 10-man Dons. more...
MK DONS 2, SHAKERS 1: Chris Casper was left distraught after two glaring defensive mistakes cost the Shakers at least a point against the 10-man Dons. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
Sport From Around The Area
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
LEIGH CENTIURIONS 36, HULL KR 10: Centurions recorded a professional six-try success against an understrength Hull Kingston Rovers at Hilton Park. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
LEIGH CENTIURIONS 36, HULL KR 10: Centurions recorded a professional six-try success against an understrength Hull Kingston Rovers at Hilton Park. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
Sporting Highlights
MK DONS 2, SHAKERS 1: Chris Casper was left distraught after two glaring defensive mistakes cost the Shakers at least a point against the 10-man Dons. more...
MK DONS 2, SHAKERS 1: Chris Casper was left distraught after two glaring defensive mistakes cost the Shakers at least a point against the 10-man Dons. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
MK DONS 2, SHAKERS 1: Chris Casper was left distraught after two glaring defensive mistakes cost the Shakers at least a point against the 10-man Dons. more...
MK DONS 2, SHAKERS 1: Chris Casper was left distraught after two glaring defensive mistakes cost the Shakers at least a point against the 10-man Dons. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight. more...
FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship. more...
BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season. more...
Stanley News
ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman believes there are lessons to be learnt from their first game back in the Football League. more...
Fans are invited to join a parade to celebrate Accrington Stanley's first home game in the Football League for 44 years. more...
Fans are invited to join a parade to celebrate Accrington Stanley's first home game in the Football League for 44 years. more...
Stanley Reports
A LOT has happened since 1962. England have won the World Cup, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon and the Berlin Wall has come down. more...
Steve Dunthorne Blog
Despite the defeat at Brentford, it was by and large an impressive start for Blackpool's new boys. more...
The Third Age: For The 50+
ELDERLY residents have hit out at plans to have a school for troubled teenagers near to their homes. more...
Tockholes News
A Tockholes resident is protesting against plans for a nine-metre high wind turbine near his home. more...
Trawden
A POLISH man was fighting for his life today after a street attack in a quiet village. more...
Tv Reviews
THE burning question of the day, it would seem, is How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? more...
Wanderers Headlines Of The Day
TAL Ben Haim is going nowhere. That was the reaction at the Reebok to reports that the Israel international is a target for Premiership rivals, Portsmouth. more...
Wanderers have accepted a bid from Saudi Arabia club Al Ittihad for striker Jared Borgetti, according to reports this afternoon. more...
WANDERERS boss Sam Allardyce has decided not to pursue an interest in former Lecce defender Lorenzo Stovino. more...
WANDERERS boss Sam Allardyce has decided not to pursue an interest in former Lecce defender Lorenzo Stovino. more...
Wanderers have accepted a bid from Saudi Arabia club Al Ittihad for striker Jared Borgetti, according to reports this afternoon. more...
TAL Ben Haim is going nowhere. That was the reaction at the Reebok to reports that the Israel international is a target for Premiership rivals, Portsmouth. more...
Wanderers News
WANDERERS boss Sam Allardyce has decided not to pursue an interest in former Lecce defender Lorenzo Stovino. more...
Wanderers have accepted a bid from Saudi Arabia club Al Ittihad for striker Jared Borgetti, according to reports this afternoon. more...
TAL Ben Haim is going nowhere. That was the reaction at the Reebok to reports that the Israel international is a target for Premiership rivals, Portsmouth. more...
WANDERERS boss Sam Allardyce has decided not to pursue an interest in former Lecce defender Lorenzo Stovino. more...
Wanderers have accepted a bid from Saudi Arabia club Al Ittihad for striker Jared Borgetti, according to reports this afternoon. more...
TAL Ben Haim is going nowhere. That was the reaction at the Reebok to reports that the Israel international is a target for Premiership rivals, Portsmouth. more...
We Say
IT may have passed many people by, but the national United Kingdom Youth Parliament (UKYP) is quietly working away in the background. more...
THE youth of today are often stereotyped as selfish chavs who do not care about anyone apart from themselves - but as we all know the vast majority are caring young adults. One such person is Emma Simpson, one of two Bolton representatives on the Youth Parliament. Wes Wright reports. more...
You Say
READING about the phone box hoaxers made me wonder why we actually need phone boxes these days. more...
I must respond to Councillor Nick Peel (Transport body won't defend First, Letters, August 4), telling us that since deregulation in 1986 commercial bus operators' do not have to answer to the GMPTA. more...
Yet again, we have unwelcome visitors to Hulton Lane playing fields. Travellers arrived to set up camp at 7.45 on Thursday evening. more...
We hear so many complaints about National Health Service hospitals and their low standards. more...
What has happened to our society? The total lack of respect we have for others is making Bolton and the rest of the UK a miserable place to live. more...
Just a few points on the latest postal changes, highlighted by Ian Upton. The new "Pricing in Proportion", due on August 21, together with the previous pricing changes in April, 2006, would be bad enough on their own. more...
Your Favourite Pet Pix
Zoe, aged 12, having a shampoo and set more...
Attached is a photo of a cat that will be very familiar with Bolton Evening News readers who commute into Manchester. more...
Here's a cat that will be very familiar with Bolton Evening News readers who commute into Manchester. more...
Here's a cat that will be very familiar with Bolton Evening News readers who commute into Manchester. more...
Here's a close encounter with our Penny more...
Bolton Evening News Business
A FITTED kitchen manufacturer is celebrating after it won a huge slice of the biggest ever housing refurbishment contract since the introduction of the Government's Decent Homes programme
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A BUSINESS support agency is challenging people across the region to take the leap and start up their own business.
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Bolton Evening News News
A MAN will appear in court today charged with the murder of a 47-year-old Bury man who was found stabbed to death at a flat in Rochdale.
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BOOMING music, flashing lights and the roar of engines - this was Bolton's unofficial car "cruiser" event.
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A MOVE to block the use of stolen mobile phones within 48 hours after they have been reported missing has been welcomed by a Bolton MP.
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WE all know the phrase "anything a man can do, a woman can do better," but is it always true? A sport select committee has been asking, should men and women be able to play football together? Kat Dibbits reports.
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A CHARITY which cares for autistic children in Bolton may have to close because of a lack of funding.
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WHILE humans are enjoying the heatwave, hedgehogs in Bolton have been left struggling in the hot weather.
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BOLTON MP Dr Brian Iddon has been handed an award for his commitment to science.
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MEMBERS of Bolton's Muslim community have written to the Prime Minister condemning his stance on the crisis in the Middle East.
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COUNCILLORS in Bolton are to take a fresh look at calls to close a Bolton town centre to traffic on the busiest nights of the week, following the death of a teenager knocked down by a police car.
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COUNCILLORS in Bolton are to take a fresh look at calls to close Bradshawgate to traffic on the busiest nights of the week, following the death of a teenager knocked down by a police car.
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BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season.
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A VIOLENT rapist from Bolton who terrorised two women was due to be sentenced today.
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DETECTIVES are trying to trace the last movements of 41-year-old man found collapsed with a serious head injury in Bolton.
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SCHOOLGIRL Amy Morris has achieved her dream of being a bridesmaid - three years after a life-saving heart transplant.
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POLICE are appealing for the public's help to trace an 18-year-old girl who has been missing from home for more than three weeks.
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ARSONISTS destroyed a family's home by setting fire to it twice within hours - before targeting the house next door.
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A NEW anti-speeding campaign was launched in Bolton today targeting people who drive as part of their work.
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BOLTON'S brightest young musicians rocked the town.
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ELDERLY residents have hit out at plans to have a school for troubled teenagers near to their homes.
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THEY came in all shapes and sizes - some with waggy tails, and some so cute they melted the judges' hearts.
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A UNIFORMED firefighter has been filmed being spun in a tumble dryer - a prank branded "reckless" by fire chiefs.
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Bolton Evening News Sport
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight.
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CHRIS Casper was left distraught after two glaring defensive mistakes cost the Shakers at least a point against the 10-man Dons.
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FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship.
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Bury Times News
A MAN will appear in court today charged with the murder of a 47-year-old Bury man who was found stabbed to death at a flat in Rochdale.
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BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season.
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Bury Times Sport
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight.
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BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season.
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MK DONS 2, SHAKERS 1: Chris Casper was left distraught after two glaring defensive mistakes cost the Shakers at least a point against the 10-man Dons.
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MK DONS 2, SHAKERS 1: Chris Casper was left distraught after two glaring defensive mistakes cost the Shakers at least a point against the 10-man Dons.
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FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship.
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Lancashire Evening Telegraph Business
A £12.6million contract has been signed for a private firm to run several Rossendale Council services.
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AN ABATTOIR has been fined £20,000 for polluting the River Ribble.
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Lancashire Evening Telegraph Education
AN EAST Lancashire lecturer has been hailed as an example to follow in the UK's learning and skills sector.
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MOUNT Carmel RC High School, Accrington is "an improving school that is satisfactory with many good features" - according to government inspectors.
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A Darwen school has again come up with the right answers - winning Blackburn College's schools challenge quiz for the third successive year.
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AN ACCRINGTON nursery school has been saluted for its high standards and caring environment.
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Lancashire Evening Telegraph Letters
ONE must thank Jack Straw for his abridged history of the origins of the long summer's break suffered by the poor MPs (LT, July 27).
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I WRITE with regard to a letter (LT, July 24) complaining of loud music from passing cars.
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I AM not a member of Councillor Mark Cotterill's England First Party, and I don't support much of their policies.
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MANY thanks to Blackburn with Darwen Council for a lovely afternoon and evening in Witton Park on Sunday.
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By Bill Austin, Bute Road, Blackburn.
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Lancashire Evening Telegraph News
A £12.6million contract has been signed for a private firm to run several Rossendale Council services.
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EAST Lancashire religious leaders united to call for peace in the Middle East.
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Lancashire Evening Telegraph Sport
Luck was not on the side of Craig Jones and his Foggy Petronas Racing team-mate Steve Martin for the eighth-round races of the Superbike World
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Leigh Journal News
BOLTON'S brightest young musicians rocked the town.
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POLICE are appealing for the public's help to trace an 18-year-old girl who has been missing from home for more than three weeks.
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Leigh Journal Sport
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight.
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LEIGH CENTIURIONS 36, HULL KR 10: Centurions recorded a professional six-try success against an understrength Hull Kingston Rovers at Hilton Park.
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FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship.
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Prestwich And Whitefield Guide News
A MAN will appear in court today charged with the murder of a 47-year-old Bury man who was found stabbed to death at a flat in Rochdale.
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BURY Football Club has condemned a section of their fans as "mindless idiots" after a black player was subjected to racial taunts in the club's opening game of the season.
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BOLTON'S brightest young musicians rocked the town.
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Prestwich And Whitefield Guide Sport
RAIN put a halt to Elton's Cross Cup Final march against Atherton, but they will be confident of success when the match continues tonight.
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FARNWORTH, the big hits of last season, look to have missed out on the chance of retaining the championship.
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Prestwich lost the Walkden Cup Final to Woodhouses by two wickets in an epic thriller.
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