Stories for 18 September 2006
Alan Calvert
WE have just returned from a trip to an island paradise where the sun shone brightly and the natives were friendly. more...
Athletics Round-Up
Norman, 69, accepts Great North Run challenge. more...
Bands In Profile
SOMETIMES a band comes along who exceed expectations to the extent that you just have to break the rules. more...
The Killers: It has been almost exactly a year since we last saw The Killers on these shores, bowing out of the UK with a standout performance at the Reading Festival after a summer that saw their chart-topping debut, Hot Fuss, top the million sales mark in the UK (they've done half that again since, and global sales currently stand at a staggering five million). more...
SOMETIMES a band comes along who exceed expectations to the extent that you just have to break the rules. more...
The Killers: It has been almost exactly a year since we last saw The Killers on these shores, bowing out of the UK with a standout performance at the Reading Festival after a summer that saw their chart-topping debut, Hot Fuss, top the million sales mark in the UK (they've done half that again since, and global sales currently stand at a staggering five million). more...
The Killers: It has been almost exactly a year since we last saw The Killers on these shores, bowing out of the UK with a standout performance at the Reading Festival after a summer that saw their chart-topping debut, Hot Fuss, top the million sales mark in the UK (they've done half that again since, and global sales currently stand at a staggering five million). more...
SOMETIMES a band comes along who exceed expectations to the extent that you just have to break the rules. more...
SOMETIMES a band comes along who exceed expectations to the extent that you just have to break the rules. more...
The Killers: It has been almost exactly a year since we last saw The Killers on these shores, bowing out of the UK with a standout performance at the Reading Festival after a summer that saw their chart-topping debut, Hot Fuss, top the million sales mark in the UK (they've done half that again since, and global sales currently stand at a staggering five million). more...
Betting Tips
Read the racing page in full. more...
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
Billington News
A RIBBLE Valley woman who witnessed first hand the devastation caused by the Asian tsunami is continuing her pledge to help orphans of the disaster. more...
Blackburn
TWO crime-fighters are to swap the police station for the pub in a bid to get to know an area's residents better. more...
UR Business Awards 2006 has seen the biggest ever number of entries. more...
FIVE soldiers from a North West regiment facing allegations of war crimes or improper behaviour in Iraq were due to appear before courts martial today. more...
A COUNTY council newspaper which bragged about how much the authority was spending on buses has been branded an insult' and an affront' to people who have lost services. more...
Muslims in East Lancashire have welcomed the Pope's apology for offensive' remarks made about the Prophet Muhammad. more...
A 23-YEAR-OLD man was killed in a road smash yards from where he worked - just a month after passing his driving test. more...
Bolton News
CHALLENGES faced by firefighters are to be tried by eight pupils at Withins School, Bolton, as part of a new scheme to build links between the emergency service and young people. more...
A FATHER who let his son have a party at his home was battered across the back of the head when a gang of gatecrashers went on the rampage. more...
A FATHER who let his son have a party at his home was battered across the back of the head when a gang of gatecrashers went on the rampage. more...
A FATHER describes what happened when gatecrashers invaded a party. more...
A FATHER who let his son have a party at his home was battered across the back of the head when a gang of gatecrashers went on the rampage. more...
Six men arrested after a gang knife fight outside a Bolton pub. more...
A MAN has been questioned by police in connection with an attack that left a teenager in hospital. more...
THE Independent Police Complaints Commission has launched an investigation into the death of a 43-year-old man at Lancaster police station. more...
THE Bishop of Bolton says traditional Halloween merchandise - such as scary masks - is helping to creat an annual "climate of fear". more...
MORE than 10,000 sightings of wild and exotic animals have been reported in the UK since 2000 and the figure is set to grow, according to a study compiled by the group Beastwatch UK. more...
PEOPLE are queueing up to buy a jumbo-sized piece of town centre life. more...
STAFF at an animal sanctuary accused of killing healthy greyhounds say they have become targets of a hate campaign by animal rights activists. more...
A NEW phone mast could go up in Westhoughton - but town councillors say they cannot consider plans for it without more information. more...
BOLTON has added six new pictures to the acclaimed unique record of local life in the 1930s created by photographer Humphrey Spender. more...
WAR veterans marched through the streets of Bolton in memory of those who fought in the Battle of Britain. more...
CONSERVATIVE councillors have given their reaction to the party's new £40,000 "scribbled" logo. more...
BOLTON'S Cop Shop has been on the move again. more...
ACTRESS Casey Lee Jolleys has a busy few months ahead of her - and not just because of acting commitments, as she tells Kat Dibbits. more...
ANGRY relatives of the last remaining residents at a Bolton Council run care home say they have not been properly consulted over plans to close it. more...
VISITORS of all faiths flocked to a mosque in Bolton to learn more about Islam. more...
RUTH Kelly has given her support to a scheme encouraging young people to write poetry, lyrics and rap. more...
MEN and women in Bolton were given a heart warning after experts discovered half of those tested in the town have cholesterol levels higher than they should be. more...
Norman, 69, accepts Great North Run challenge. more...
FANS of best-selling author Bill Bryson have been scrambling for tickets for his Albert Halls show this autumn. more...
TWELVE Bolton women will be VIPs at a glitzy event next week, all bidding to be crowned as the town's Grandma of the Year. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
STAFF at an animal sanctuary accused of killing healthy greyhounds say they have become targets of a hate campaign by animal rights activists. more...
FANS of best-selling author Bill Bryson have been scrambling for tickets for his Albert Halls show this autumn. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
Bolton'S Hidden Treasures
THERE are some 60,000 botanical specimens in the Bolton Museum botanical collection. more...
THERE are some 60,000 botanical specimens in the Bolton Museum botanical collection. more...
Burnley
A GLOBAL firm behind sports training equipment has opened a branch in East Lancashire, in a move likely to create new jobs. more...
A GRIEVING father of three who fell apart after his father's death stuffed an axe down his trousers and called police in a bid to get himself arrested, a court heard. more...
A THIEF who hid stolen cash in a secret hole in his hooded top has walked free from court. more...
LANCASHIRE League Cricket is in mourning after the death of Bacup legend Stanley Entwistle. more...
THE mum of tragic hit-and-run toddler Levi Bleasdale has been spared jail for assaulting two men after a judge said she needed support - but was warned prison awaited if she misbehaved again. more...
CAMPAIGNERS fighting for a public inquiry into the death of a former paratrooper in police custody have received a huge setback. more...
Bury News
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
Business Headlines
KEOGHS Solicitors in Horwich is hosting a free seminar entitled Taking Time Out: An Employer's Guide on October 19. more...
EXPERTS from Bolton's business community have joined forces to bid for £12 million in government cash to help develop the town's entrepreneurs of tomorrow. more...
A Bolton debt advisory company has doubled its office space to make room for growth. more...
LOCAL authorities stand to receive greater rewards for promoting local business growth. more...
ACCOUNTANT David Gorton is helping a research team from University College London climb Mount Everest. more...
BURY accountancy and advisory firm DTE Group has expanded its operations in the south of England with the appointment of corporate finance partner Andrew Beck. more...
PNC Group of Mawdsley Street, Bolton, and George Davies Solicitors are hosting a free event entitled Competent Management of Health and Safety Risks and Employee Performance
Aimed at managing directors, owner managers and HR personnel, it is at Lancashire County Cricket Club, Old Trafford, Manchester, on October 17 at 8am. more...
Centurions' Updates
LEIGH CENTURIONS 22, BATLEY 23: more...
LEIGH CENTURIONS 22, BATLEY 23: more...
Clarets News
STEVE Cotterill joked he may be turning into a clairvoyant after Andy Gray's quick-fire winner launched Burnley into third place. more...
Cricket Round-Up
James Anderson could be set to win Lancashire the County Championship title this week at Hampshire. more...
Darwen
REDEARTH residents are to team up and clean the mess left by flytippers plaguing the Redearth Triangle area. more...
DARWEN'S flagship academy now looks set to open in the troubled school it was designed to replace. more...
Education News
CHALLENGES faced by firefighters are to be tried by eight pupils at Withins School, Bolton, as part of a new scheme to build links between the emergency service and young people. more...
A PRIMARY school has been judged outstanding by government education inspectors. more...
Events In And Around Leigh
FANS of best-selling author Bill Bryson have been scrambling for tickets for his Albert Halls show this autumn. more...
FANS of best-selling author Bill Bryson have been scrambling for tickets for his Albert Halls show this autumn. more...
Fans' Verdict
For some weeks now I have been reading the various letters on the subject of the "stayaway" fans. more...
As a long time season ticket holder I am fast approching the point of no return. more...
Garden Of Tranquility
HAIRDRESSER Denise Harrison knows the impact feeling good can have on patients with terminal illness. more...
Gig Guide
SOMETIMES a band comes along who exceed expectations to the extent that you just have to break the rules. more...
The Killers: It has been almost exactly a year since we last saw The Killers on these shores, bowing out of the UK with a standout performance at the Reading Festival after a summer that saw their chart-topping debut, Hot Fuss, top the million sales mark in the UK (they've done half that again since, and global sales currently stand at a staggering five million). more...
SOMETIMES a band comes along who exceed expectations to the extent that you just have to break the rules. more...
The Killers: It has been almost exactly a year since we last saw The Killers on these shores, bowing out of the UK with a standout performance at the Reading Festival after a summer that saw their chart-topping debut, Hot Fuss, top the million sales mark in the UK (they've done half that again since, and global sales currently stand at a staggering five million). more...
SOMETIMES a band comes along who exceed expectations to the extent that you just have to break the rules. more...
The Killers: It has been almost exactly a year since we last saw The Killers on these shores, bowing out of the UK with a standout performance at the Reading Festival after a summer that saw their chart-topping debut, Hot Fuss, top the million sales mark in the UK (they've done half that again since, and global sales currently stand at a staggering five million). more...
SOMETIMES a band comes along who exceed expectations to the extent that you just have to break the rules. more...
The Killers: It has been almost exactly a year since we last saw The Killers on these shores, bowing out of the UK with a standout performance at the Reading Festival after a summer that saw their chart-topping debut, Hot Fuss, top the million sales mark in the UK (they've done half that again since, and global sales currently stand at a staggering five million). more...
Gigs Throughout The North-West
SOMETIMES a band comes along who exceed expectations to the extent that you just have to break the rules. more...
The Killers: It has been almost exactly a year since we last saw The Killers on these shores, bowing out of the UK with a standout performance at the Reading Festival after a summer that saw their chart-topping debut, Hot Fuss, top the million sales mark in the UK (they've done half that again since, and global sales currently stand at a staggering five million). more...
SOMETIMES a band comes along who exceed expectations to the extent that you just have to break the rules. more...
The Killers: It has been almost exactly a year since we last saw The Killers on these shores, bowing out of the UK with a standout performance at the Reading Festival after a summer that saw their chart-topping debut, Hot Fuss, top the million sales mark in the UK (they've done half that again since, and global sales currently stand at a staggering five million). more...
SOMETIMES a band comes along who exceed expectations to the extent that you just have to break the rules. more...
The Killers: It has been almost exactly a year since we last saw The Killers on these shores, bowing out of the UK with a standout performance at the Reading Festival after a summer that saw their chart-topping debut, Hot Fuss, top the million sales mark in the UK (they've done half that again since, and global sales currently stand at a staggering five million). more...
SOMETIMES a band comes along who exceed expectations to the extent that you just have to break the rules. more...
The Killers: It has been almost exactly a year since we last saw The Killers on these shores, bowing out of the UK with a standout performance at the Reading Festival after a summer that saw their chart-topping debut, Hot Fuss, top the million sales mark in the UK (they've done half that again since, and global sales currently stand at a staggering five million). more...
Health News
MEN and women in Bolton were given a heart warning after experts discovered half of those tested in the town have cholesterol levels higher than they should be. more...
Norman, 69, accepts Great North Run challenge. more...
Hyndburn News
A MIDDLE-aged woman was molested as she did her washing in a launderette, a court was told. more...
A SEX offender who plied three teenage girls with booze, drugs and money before sexually abusing them has been jailed for five years. more...
Lancashire News
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
Latest Sport
Norman, 69, accepts Great North Run challenge. more...
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
RADCLIFFE Boro went out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle against a team two levels below them in the non-league pyramid. more...
LEIGH CENTURIONS 22, BATLEY 23: more...
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
LEIGH CENTURIONS 22, BATLEY 23: more...
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
RADCLIFFE Boro went out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle against a team two levels below them in the non-league pyramid. more...
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
Leigh Headlines
STAFF at an animal sanctuary accused of killing healthy greyhounds say they have become targets of a hate campaign by animal rights activists. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
STAFF at an animal sanctuary accused of killing healthy greyhounds say they have become targets of a hate campaign by animal rights activists. more...
THE horrifying moment a victim seen talking to a Leigh man's former girlfriend was attacked in a town centre was caught on CCTV.
A judge jailed the attacker and described it as "a frenzied attack with ruthless determination to inflict serious injury."
Read the full account of the trial in The Bolton News, on sale from early Tuesday morning.
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THE horrifying moment a victim seen talking to a Leigh man's former girlfriend was attacked in a town centre was caught on CCTV. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
Local Sports Updates
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
Looking Back With Frank Elson
Inspections by civic worthies were always a good source of photographs for local newspapers in days gone by. more...
Mela Guide
This year's Mela '06 will be attended by Bollywood actors Saif Ali Khan, Kajol and Ajay Devgan. more...
Movies
We catch up with photographer-turned actor, Boman Irani, who plays a vicious villain in Khosla Ka Ghosla. more...
News
A one-time terror suspect says Muslim extremists need to be understood, not condemned. more...
There has been a mixed response by Muslims to Pope Benedict's apology for his comments on Islam. more...
Pendle News
RESIDENTS of a Pendle village are celebrating success after being voted the best small village for the first time in Lancashire's Best Kept Village competition. more...
Prestwich And Whitefield Headlines
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
Public Transport
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
Radcliffe Boro
RADCLIFFE Boro went out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle against a team two levels below them in the non-league pyramid. more...
RADCLIFFE Boro went out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle against a team two levels below them in the non-league pyramid. more...
Radcliffe Headlines
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
Rossendale News
COUNCILLORS in Rossendale are set to discuss plans for brand new community facilities in Edenfield. more...
Rovers News
MORTEN Gamst Pedersen finally had a reason to smile yesterday as he helped inspire Blackburn Rovers to their first league win of the new campaign. more...
Rugby League Round-Up
LEIGH CENTURIONS 22, BATLEY 23: more...
LEIGH CENTURIONS 22, BATLEY 23: more...
Shakers Updates
Hereford Utd 1 Bury 0
: CHRIS Casper admitted Shakers' lack of a cutting edge is beginning to prove costly. more...
Soccer Headlines
RADCLIFFE Boro went out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle against a team two levels below them in the non-league pyramid. more...
ATHERTON Colls's best start for 10 years in the North West Counties First Division continued with an impressive 3-0 home victory over Squires Gate. more...
ATHERTON Colls's best start for 10 years in the North West Counties First Division continued with an impressive 3-0 home victory over Squires Gate. more...
RADCLIFFE Boro went out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle against a team two levels below them in the non-league pyramid. more...
Sport From Around The Area
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
ATHERTON Colls's best start for 10 years in the North West Counties First Division continued with an impressive 3-0 home victory over Squires Gate. more...
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
ATHERTON Colls's best start for 10 years in the North West Counties First Division continued with an impressive 3-0 home victory over Squires Gate. more...
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
Sporting Highlights
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
RADCLIFFE Boro went out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle against a team two levels below them in the non-league pyramid. more...
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
RADCLIFFE Boro went out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle against a team two levels below them in the non-league pyramid. more...
A BRONZE to mark the first and last winners of former jockey Lester Piggott will be unveiled by the racing legend at Haydock Park Racecourse on Saturday. more...
Stanley News
ANDY Todd is living proof that good things come to those who wait. more...
Stars From The Bolton Area
ACTRESS Casey Lee Jolleys has a busy few months ahead of her - and not just because of acting commitments, as she tells Kat Dibbits. more...
Theatre News From The Bolton Area
ONE of John Godber's most popular plays, Teechers colourfully conjures up life at a modern comprehensive, as we chart a drama teacher's precarious progress through two terms of recalcitrant pupils, cynical colleagues and obstructive caretakers. more...
Wanderers News
WANDERERS' hopes of a third successive home win were frustrated by a stubborn Middlesbrough side in an uninspiring scoreless draw at the Reebok. more...
The prosperity of the partnership between Nicolas Anelka and El-Hadji Diouf is the key to Wanderers' success. more...
Wanderers 4-3-3. more...
2 mins: Anelka gets an early sight of goal, courtesy of Nolan's pass, and glides past Pogatetz only for Schwarzer to knock him out of his stride. more...
NICOLAS Anelka claimed today that he is just four games from being back on top of his form. more...
SAM Allardyce wants a new pitch, just three games after it was re-laid with turf that will be used at the new Wembley. more...
A FOOTBALL writer from the North-east covering the Middlesbrough game poured scorn on the 19th Century football on display. more...
We Say
BOLTON has always enjoyed a reputation for its acceptance of people of all nationalities, faiths and cultures. more...
BOLTON has always enjoyed a reputation for its acceptance of people of all nationalities, faiths and cultures. more...
IT IS good news that Bolton has acquired several new Humphrey Spender photographs showing how people lived in Bolton in the 1930s. more...
What'S On In The Bolton Area
Evenets round-up for Tuesday. more...
Events round-up. more...
Events round-up. more...
Events round-up. more...
Events round-up. more...
BOLTON breast unit is holding a charity night to raise funds for a digital faxitron system which provides instant on-screen viewing of specimen X-ray images. more...
Events round-up. more...
Norman, 69, accepts Great North Run challenge. more...
FANS of best-selling author Bill Bryson have been scrambling for tickets for his Albert Halls show this autumn. more...
TWELVE Bolton women will be VIPs at a glitzy event next week, all bidding to be crowned as the town's Grandma of the Year. more...
FANS of best-selling author Bill Bryson have been scrambling for tickets for his Albert Halls show this autumn. more...
Whitefield Headlines
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
TRAFFIC in the North-west will be totally gridlocked within 20 years. more...
You Say
IN The Bolton News of September 12, Peter Johnston defends the comprehensive school system and condemns the idea of reintroducing grammar schools. more...
WHAT an appalling state of affairs when the decision-makers are at odds over the validity of documentation sent to the Secretary of State for Rural Affairs by Bolton's legal department about the proposed housing development in Darcy Lever's former railway line (September 11). more...
WHAT an appalling state of affairs when the decision-makers are at odds over the validity of documentation sent to the Secretary of State for Rural Affairs by Bolton's legal department about the proposed housing development in Darcy Lever's former railway line (September 11). more...
WHO is telling the truth? I refer to Mark Williams' letter, "People prefer using cars to buses" (September 12). more...
I THINK James Marshall Bridge is at least a couple of millennia out when he says (September 14): "Mass immigration started much later than Victoria's reign". more...
ON the front page of The Bolton News of Tuesday, September 12, we read about a man who was attacked with a golf club. more...
Asian Image News
There has been a mixed response by Muslims to Pope Benedict's apology for his comments on Islam.
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A one-time terror suspect says Muslim extremists need to be understood, not condemned.
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Bury Times News
THE rail network in the North-west must be extended otherwise traffic in the region will be gridlocked within 20 years, experts have said.
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Bury Times Sport
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RADCLIFFE Boro went out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle against a team two levels below them in the non-league pyramid.
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Lancashire Telegraph News
COUNCILLORS in Rossendale are set to discuss plans for brand new community facilities in Edenfield.
more...
Leigh Journal News
FANS of best-selling author Bill Bryson have been scrambling for tickets for his Albert Halls show this autumn.
more...
STAFF at an animal sanctuary accused of killing healthy greyhounds say they have become targets of a hate campaign by animal rights activists.
more...
THE rail network in the North-west must be extended otherwise traffic in the region will be gridlocked within 20 years, experts have said.
more...
THE horrifying moment a victim seen talking to a Leigh man's former girlfriend was attacked in a town centre was caught on CCTV.
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Leigh Journal Sport
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Prestwich And Whitefield Guide News
THE rail network in the North-west must be extended otherwise traffic in the region will be gridlocked within 20 years, experts have said.
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Prestwich And Whitefield Guide Sport
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The Bolton News Business
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LOCAL authorities stand to receive greater rewards for promoting local business growth.
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ACCOUNTANT David Gorton is helping a research team from University College London climb Mount Everest.
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BURY accountancy and advisory firm DTE Group has expanded its operations in the south of England with the appointment of corporate finance partner Andrew Beck.
more...
PNC Group of Mawdsley Street, Bolton, and George Davies Solicitors are hosting a free event entitled Competent Management of Health and Safety Risks and Employee Performance
more...
The Bolton News News
FANS of best-selling author Bill Bryson have been scrambling for tickets for his Albert Halls show this autumn.
more...
A FATHER who let his son have a party at his home was battered across the back of the head when a gang of gatecrashers went on the rampage.
more...
A FATHER who let his son have a party at his home was battered across the back of the head when a gang of gatecrashers went on the rampage.
more...
TWELVE Bolton women will be VIPs at a glitzy event next week, all bidding to be crowned as the town's Grandma of the Year.
more...
Six men have been arrested after knife-wielding gangs battled outside a pub in Little Hulton last night.
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A MAN has been questioned by police in connection with an attack that left a teenager in hospital.
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THE rail network in the North-west must be extended otherwise traffic in the region will be gridlocked within 20 years, experts have said.
more...
THE Bishop of Bolton says traditional Halloween merchandise - such as scary masks - is helping to creat an annual "climate of fear".
more...
MORE than 10,000 sightings of wild and exotic animals have been reported in the UK since 2000 and the figure is set to grow, according to a study compiled by the group Beastwatch UK.
more...
PEOPLE are queueing up to buy a jumbo-sized piece of town centre life.
more...
STAFF at an animal sanctuary accused of killing healthy greyhounds say they have become targets of a hate campaign by animal rights activists.
more...
A NEW phone mast could go up in Westhoughton - but town councillors say they cannot consider plans for it without more information.
more...
BOLTON has added six new pictures to the acclaimed unique record of local life in the 1930s created by photographer Humphrey Spender.
more...
A PHOTOGRAPH in The Bolton News on September 14 of former Bolton Wanderers player Ralph Banks was incorrectly identified as Stanley Matthews. We apologise to the family of Ralph Banks for the error.
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WAR veterans marched through the streets of Bolton in memory of those who fought in the Battle of Britain.
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CONSERVATIVE councillors have given their reaction to the party's new £40,000 "scribbled" logo.
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CHALLENGES faced by firefighters are to be tried by eight pupils at Withins School, Bolton, as part of a new scheme to build links between the emergency service and young people.
more...
BOLTON'S Cop Shop has been on the move again.
more...
ACTRESS Casey Lee Jolleys has a busy few months ahead of her - and not just because of acting commitments, as she tells Kat Dibbits
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ANGRY relatives of the last remaining residents at a Bolton Council run care home say they have not been properly consulted over plans to close it.
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VISITORS of all faiths flocked to a mosque in Bolton to learn more about Islam.
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"IT'S hard work!" laughs Casey Lee Jolleys. But she is not talking about her role as Stacey the "Thai bride" in Coronation Street, or about her upcoming performance in Aladdin at The Lowry, but about motherhood.
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RUTH Kelly has given her support to a scheme encouraging young people to write poetry, lyrics and rap.
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A PRIMARY school has been judged outstanding by government education inspectors.
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MEN and women in Bolton were given a heart warning after experts discovered half of those tested in the town have cholesterol levels higher than they should be.
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CHRIS Casper admitted Bury's lack of a cutting edge is beginning to prove costly.
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RADCLIFFE Boro went out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle against a team two levels below them in the non-league pyramid.
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Centurions' Super League ambitions went up in smoke when they were sensationally dumped out of the play-offs at the first hurdle.
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