Stories for 4 August 2007
Andrew Mosley
MUSIC, I've found, is like crisps or heroin - it's addictive and, in the long run, has probably not been very good for me. more...
Bands In Profile
HUNDREDS of people are expected to picnic in the park today as they enjoy the best of Bolton music. more...
Barrowford
A YOUNG boy was taken to hospital with minor injuries after he was involved in a collision with a car. more...
Blackburn
A YOUNG man who used his brother's identity to try and evade the law has been sentenced to eighteen weeks custody. more...
Blackpool News
Local school children have been getting green fingered in Mereside as they help redesign an area of open space. more...
Bolton News
Masked men brandishing a handgun stole a cash box from guards during a terrifying robbery outside a supermarket. more...
A MAGISTRATE from Bolton, who is under investigation for failing to reveal her father's paedophile past, said last night it was a simple "error of judgment". more...
A MAN is due to appear in court after being charged with making a spate of hoax calls to the emergency services over a 12-month period. more...
A FORMER Bolton Wanderers star has been declared bankrupt. more...
Film lovers in Bolton can enjoy a summer of British cinema classics in the coming weeks. more...
AN area of Bolton blighted by drug dealers and prostitutes was swamped by police in a warning to local criminals. more...
MAN'S best friend comes under the spotlight tomorrow. more...
HUNDREDS of people are expected to picnic in the park today as they enjoy the best of Bolton music. more...
A TAXI driver has been cleared of assaulting a traffic warden in Bolton town centre. more...
RESIDENTS are demanding assurances that a former rubbish tip will not be developed. more...
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts. more...
A MAN has been interviewed by detectives investigating a string of violent muggings targeting elderly women. more...
A CRICKET club in Bolton has been given the go-ahead to expand on to public playing fields, angering residents. more...
BOLTON & TURTON
77886/07 - Pendle Court Ltd, 27 Pendle Court, Bolton. Felling one horse chestnut tree. more...
A GROUP of youngsters who embarked on a 60-mile bike ride have raised £1,200 for charity. more...
TWO flytippers who left piles of rubbish strewn around the gates of a recycling centre have been fined a total of almost £500. more...
COUNCIL staff scooped silverware at a Town Hall awards ceremony. more...
CAMPAIGN group Fairtrade Bolton has beaten off 274 competitors to clinch a national award. more...
GANGS of youths armed with bottles, knives and sticks fought running battles in the street during a vicious late-night brawl. more...
A NEW play area is to be developed on the site of a playground plagued by vandals, arsonists and gangs of drunken youths. more...
MUSCLE-MAD regulars at a Horwich gym have raised more than £3,000 for the Christie Hospital by turning themselves into calendar boys. more...
FIREFIGHTERS were called to farmland of Plodder Lane, Farnworth, at 4am on Saturday to tackle blazing bales of hay. more...
FIRE crews battled a fire in a mobile home at farmland off Byrom Lane in Lowton. more...
A TEENAGER was cut free from the wreckage of a car. more...
A FORMER Bolton Wanderers star has been declared bankrupt. more...
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts. more...
TWO flytippers who left piles of rubbish strewn around the gates of a recycling centre have been fined a total of almost £500. more...
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts. more...
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts. more...
Brierfield
IT is the 50th anniversary this month of the amalgamation of two Methodist churches to form the present day Brierfield Methodist Church. more...
Burnley
FIRE officers have issued a warning about keeping rubbish bins and other combustibles too close to property after arsonists set fire to two sheds earlier today. more...
FIRE and ambulance crews were called to the Oaks Hotel, Colne Road, Burnley, at about 8.30pm, today after it was reported that a person had their leg trapped in a lift. more...
Bury News
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts. more...
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts. more...
SPEAKERS at planning committee meetings could be given more time to air their views. more...
A DERELICT pub on a Bury estate is set to be replaced with new houses and apartments. more...
A FORMER Shakers star has been declared bankrupt. more...
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts. more...
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts. more...
Business Headlines
INDEPENDENT residential property developer Cambrian Homes has recruited David Walls as Operations Director. more...
A SPECIALIST sound insulation manufacturer is poised for growth of almost a third over the next few years after a successful management buy out. more...
Chorley News
Chorley folk have given their GPs the thumbs up in an independent patient survey on access and choice across its practices. more...
Hundreds of children enjoyed hours of fun at one of the best ever Playdays held in Chorley. more...
The Chorley and South Ribble Hospital has received top marks in a survey looking at cleanliness, food and privacy. more...
News of a Foot and Mouth case in southern England has raised horrific memories of the 2001 disaster which saw thousands of cattle and sheep destroyed. more...
Clarets News
BURNLEY manager Steve Cotterill is delighted with the comprehensive way his side have completed their pre-season campaign. more...
THERE was much debate about whether there would be one last early morning run. After all, a 7am jaunt wasn't avoided on Tuesday just because it was a matchday. more...
Clitheroe
POLICE and trading standards officers will be patrolling rural areas of Lancashire to ensure that there is no illegal moving of livestock following the outbreak of foot and mouth in Surrey. more...
Colne
A SERIAL arsonist is believed to have struck in Colne earlier today. more...
Cricket Round-Up
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
WHEN Keith and Stuart Hornby walked out to begin Egerton's reply against Farnworth on Saturday, it made me wonder if a father and son had ever before opened the batting together in a Bolton League match. more...
SUCH is the camaraderie between this year's Cross Cup finalists, Standish and Golborne, the two teams are sharing the same coach to and from tomorrow's clash at Edgworth. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
SUCH is the camaraderie between this year's Cross Cup finalists, Standish and Golborne, the two teams are sharing the same coach to and from tomorrow's clash at Edgworth. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
Farnworth
MAN'S best friend comes under the spotlight tomorrow. more...
SUPPORTERS of a mother and son deported to the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo fear for their safety after they went into hiding. more...
Fred Shawcross: Gives It To You Straight
COMPUTERS and I don't get on. I don't like or trust them. We first met in the mid-1980s when I was Racing Editor of "TODAY", Eddie Shah's national daily. more...
Gisburn
POLICE and trading standards officers will be patrolling rural areas of Lancashire to ensure that there is no illegal moving of livestock following the outbreak of foot and mouth in Surrey. more...
Great Harwood
A GARAGE was set on fire in Coniston Road, Little Harwood at 10.18am today. more...
Health News
DEMENTIA is a cruel illness which robs people of memory and relatives of individuals. But, as predictions point to numbers of sufferers soaring in the future, one group of people in Bolton is showing the way forward . . . more...
RACISM and sexism are often talked about, but ageism is a subject rarely tackled in the media. more...
MORE than 90 per cent of Bolton people have decided what they would like once they have passed away, according to Age Concern. more...
Horwich
BOLTON Hospice's charity shop in Horwich has been refurbished. more...
A GROUP of youngsters who embarked on a 60-mile bike ride have raised £1,200 for charity. more...
MUSCLE-MAD regulars at a Horwich gym have raised more than £3,000 for the Christie Hospital by turning themselves into calendar boys. more...
Ingol News
Gangs of yobs who cause trouble on two Preston estates could soon be frog-marched home as part of a crackdown on anti-social behaviour. more...
Lancashire
POLICE and trading standards officers will be patrolling rural areas of Lancashire to ensure that there is no illegal moving of livestock following the outbreak of foot and mouth in Surrey. more...
Lancashire farmers face the prospect of another crisis after a case of foot and mouth was confirmed for the first time since the disastrous outbreak of 2001. more...
Lancashire farmers face the prospect of another crisis after a case of foot and mouth was confirmed for the first time since the disastrous outbreak of 2001. more...
Latest Sport
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
SUCH is the camaraderie between this year's Cross Cup finalists, Standish and Golborne, the two teams are sharing the same coach to and from tomorrow's clash at Edgworth. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
SUCH is the camaraderie between this year's Cross Cup finalists, Standish and Golborne, the two teams are sharing the same coach to and from tomorrow's clash at Edgworth. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
Leigh Headlines
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts. more...
TWO flytippers who left piles of rubbish strewn around the gates of a recycling centre have been fined a total of almost £500. more...
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts. more...
TWO flytippers who left piles of rubbish strewn around the gates of a recycling centre have been fined a total of almost £500. more...
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts. more...
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts. more...
Local Cricket Round-Up
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
SUCH is the camaraderie between this year's Cross Cup finalists, Standish and Golborne, the two teams are sharing the same coach to and from tomorrow's clash at Edgworth. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
SUCH is the camaraderie between this year's Cross Cup finalists, Standish and Golborne, the two teams are sharing the same coach to and from tomorrow's clash at Edgworth. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
News Round-Up
MAN'S best friend comes under the spotlight tomorrow. more...
RESIDENTS are demanding assurances that a former rubbish tip will not be developed. more...
A MAN has been interviewed by detectives investigating a string of violent muggings targeting elderly women. more...
A MAN has been interviewed by detectives investigating a string of violent muggings targeting elderly women. more...
A MAN has been interviewed by detectives investigating a string of violent muggings targeting elderly women. more...
A SUPERMARKET has announced plans to extend one of its stores. more...
BOLTON & TURTON
77886/07 - Pendle Court Ltd, 27 Pendle Court, Bolton. Felling one horse chestnut tree. more...
A NEW play area is to be developed on the site of a playground plagued by vandals, arsonists and gangs of drunken youths. more...
Pne Reports
BLACKBURN Rovers got off to an absolute flier at Deepdale in the last of their pre-season friendlies. more...
BLACKBURN Rovers got off to an absolute flier at Deepdale in the last of their pre-season friendlies. more...
Prestwich Headlines
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts. more...
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts. more...
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts. more...
STAFF at Fairfield General Hospital have taken part in a pioneering DVD project to train healthcare workers in breaking bad news. more...
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts. more...
Radcliffe Headlines
THE head of policing in Radcliffe has revealed that incidents of crime in the town are falling. more...
Rovers News
CHAIRMAN John Williams admits he would be "very disappointed" if Blackburn Rovers fail to see off UEFA Cup minnows MyPa. more...
Rovers Reports
BLACKBURN Rovers got off to an absolute flier at Deepdale in the last of their pre-season friendlies. more...
BLACKBURN Rovers got off to an absolute flier at Deepdale in the last of their pre-season friendlies. more...
BLACKBURN Rovers got off to an absolute flier at Deepdale in the last of their pre-season friendlies. more...
Seven Days
News and sport stories
from The Bolton News, Bury Times Group, Leigh Journal
and associated newspapers and websites
in Lancashire from
the last seven days more...
Shakers Updates
A FORMER Shakers star has been declared bankrupt. more...
Sport
An amazing display from Skipton Kashmir's Zaffer Iqbal was not enough to keep West Bowling Attock from another victory in the West Riding Sunday Council. more...
Sport From Around The Area
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
SUCH is the camaraderie between this year's Cross Cup finalists, Standish and Golborne, the two teams are sharing the same coach to and from tomorrow's clash at Edgworth. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
SUCH is the camaraderie between this year's Cross Cup finalists, Standish and Golborne, the two teams are sharing the same coach to and from tomorrow's clash at Edgworth. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well. more...
Stacksteads
A PROGRAMME of summer fun for 10 to 16-year-olds is taking place at Stacksteads Neighbourhood Activity Centre. more...
Tell Us: Your Comments On Our Top Stories
Film lovers in Bolton can enjoy a summer of British cinema classics in the coming weeks. more...
SAMMY Lee underlined his commitment to play wingers in the Premiership when he made the Norwegian international, Daniel Braaten, his 11th summer recruit yesterday. more...
SAMMY Lee underlined his commitment to play wingers in the Premiership when he made the Norwegian international, Daniel Braaten, his 11th summer recruit yesterday. more...
The Third Age: For The 50+
MORE than 90 per cent of Bolton people have decided what they would like once they have passed away, according to Age Concern. more...
Harold Evans of Breightmet writes:
I HAVE been reading the Third Age page since it started and think it is a very informative page. I don't think there are enough stories about older people in newspapers and when there are often the coverage is negative. more...
DEMENTIA is set to soar in the North-west with experts forecasting a 33 per cent rise over the next 15 years. more...
RACISM and sexism are often talked about, but ageism is a subject rarely tackled in the media. more...
Wanderers News
EL-HADJI Diouf's agent has raised fresh doubts over the Senegal star's Reebok future by suggesting he could be on the move before the transfer window closes on August 31. more...
A FORMER Bolton Wanderers star has been declared bankrupt. more...
Don't forget to order your copy of The Bolton News on Monday which contains a great 16-page pre-season guide for all Wanderers fans. more...
SAMMY Lee underlined his commitment to play wingers in the Premiership when he made the Norwegian international, Daniel Braaten, his 11th summer recruit yesterday. more...
SAMMY Lee underlined his commitment to play wingers in the Premiership when he made the Norwegian international, Daniel Braaten, his 11th summer recruit yesterday. more...
EL-HADJI Diouf's agent has raised fresh doubts over the Senegal star's Reebok future by suggesting he could be on the move before the transfer window closes on August 31. more...
A FORMER Bolton Wanderers star has been declared bankrupt. more...
We Say
THE news that yet another Bolton landmark could be transformed into more apartments may not, on first hearing, appear too good. more...
IT has come to something when anti-vandal paint cannot be used because the council could end up being sued by those the paint is intended to deter. more...
SEVERAL years ago The Haulgh, just on the fringe of the town centre, was blighted by prostitution and crime. more...
What'S On In The Bolton Area
MAN'S best friend comes under the spotlight tomorrow. more...
HUNDREDS of people are expected to picnic in the park today as they enjoy the best of Bolton music. more...
Withnell News
Lancashire farmers face the prospect of another crisis after a case of foot and mouth was confirmed for the first time since the disastrous outbreak of 2001. more...
Lancashire farmers face the prospect of another crisis after a case of foot and mouth was confirmed for the first time since the disastrous outbreak of 2001. more...
You Say
AS we do every year, Bolton Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament/Stop the War Coalition will be holding a silent vigil in memory of the victims of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and August 9, 1945. more...
I AM delighted to learn that the Bolton NHS Primary Care Trust is making a collaborative research-based effort to improve the dental services for older people. more...
I HAVE just read the letter from Cllr Barbara Ronson and where to donate to the flood appeal. more...
I RECENTLY went to register the birth of my son at the register office in Salisbury, where I now live. more...
I AM writing in response to the article in The Bolton News (July 26), about the wearing of short skirts at Woodhey School in Bolton. more...
I AM writing to say how very much I concur with the story and the Opinion piece regarding the dilapidated state of Trinity Street railway station. more...
MY letter, over one year ago, highlighted the sub-standard facilities at Bolton railway station -and the problem has not gone away (see recent letters). more...
Your Blackburn Town Centre News
If manners maketh man then bad manners maketh this man see red! more...
Your Haslingden News
After yet another series of accidents and road closures, the debate concerning the safety of the Grane Road between Haslingden and Blackburn continues. Despite HGV restrictions and speed limits being introduced, incidents on this now notorious road happen with alarming regularity. more...
Michael Ingham has stepped down from his role as captain of the Lancashire League side and will be replaced by Graham Knowles. more...
Asian Image Sport
An amazing display from Skipton Kashmir's Zaffer Iqbal was not enough to keep West Bowling Attock from another victory in the West Riding Sunday Council.
more...
Bury Times News
A FORMER Shakers star has been declared bankrupt.
more...
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts.
more...
Chorley Citizen News
News of a Foot and Mouth case in southern England has raised horrific memories of the 2001 disaster which saw thousands of cattle and sheep destroyed.
more...
Leigh Journal News
TWO flytippers who left piles of rubbish strewn around the gates of a recycling centre have been fined a total of almost £500.
more...
A FORMER Bolton Wanderers star has been declared bankrupt.
more...
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts.
more...
Leigh Journal Sport
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well.
more...
SUCH is the camaraderie between this year's Cross Cup finalists, Standish and Golborne, the two teams are sharing the same coach to and from tomorrow's clash at Edgworth.
more...
Prestwich And Whitefield Guide News
An MP is urging people to keep using a bus service in a bid to save it from being axed.
more...
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts.
more...
The Bolton News Business
INDEPENDENT residential property developer Cambrian Homes has recruited David Walls as Operations Director.
more...
A SPECIALIST sound insulation manufacturer is poised for growth of almost a third over the next few years after a successful management buy out.
more...
The Bolton News News
GREATER Manchester is set to push ahead with plans to introduce a city centre congestion charge. Part of the proposal also calls for charges in the towns outside the M60 ringroad but Bolton Council is opposed to local charges . . .
more...
A GROUP of youngsters who embarked on a 60-mile bike ride have raised £1,200 for charity.
more...
TWO flytippers who left piles of rubbish strewn around the gates of a recycling centre have been fined a total of almost £500.
more...
COUNCIL staff scooped silverware at a Town Hall awards ceremony.
more...
CAMPAIGN group Fairtrade Bolton has beaten off 274 competitors to clinch a national award.
more...
Bolton and Blackburn councils have clashed over safety moves on a moorland road where a teenager was killed recently.
more...
GANGS of youths armed with bottles, knives and sticks fought running battles in the street during a vicious late-night brawl.
more...
An MP is urging people to keep using a bus service in a bid to save it from being axed.
more...
A DEVASTATED mother is demanding an apology after finding a massive pile of earth dumped on her daughter's grave by cemetery workers.
more...
A NEW play area is to be developed on the site of a playground plagued by vandals, arsonists and gangs of drunken youths.
more...
MUSCLE-MAD regulars at a Horwich gym have raised more than £3,000 for the Christie Hospital by turning themselves into calendar boys.
more...
FIREFIGHTERS were called to farmland of Plodder Lane, Farnworth, at 4am on Saturday to tackle blazing bales of hay.
more...
FIRE crews battled a fire in a mobile home at farmland off Byrom Lane in Lowton.
more...
A TEENAGER was cut free from the wreckage of a car.
more...
Masked men brandishing a handgun stole a cash box from guards during a terrifying robbery outside a supermarket.
more...
A MAGISTRATE from Bolton, who is under investigation for failing to reveal her father's paedophile past, said last night it was a simple "error of judgment".
more...
A MAN is due to appear in court after being charged with making a spate of hoax calls to the emergency services over a 12-month period.
more...
A FORMER Bolton Wanderers star has been declared bankrupt.
more...
SMOKING ban rebel Nick Hogan is to face court after defying an order to meet council bosses.
more...
Film lovers in Bolton can enjoy a summer of British cinema classics in the coming weeks.
more...
AN area of Bolton blighted by drug dealers and prostitutes was swamped by police in a warning to local criminals.
more...
FEARS that rented accommodation is leading to problems of drugs, prostitution and anti-social behaviour have led to plans to convert two homes into flats being thrown out.
more...
MAN'S best friend comes under the spotlight tomorrow.
more...
HUNDREDS of people are expected to picnic in the park today as they enjoy the best of Bolton music.
more...
A TAXI driver has been cleared of assaulting a traffic warden in Bolton town centre.
more...
DEMENTIA is a cruel illness which robs people of memory and relatives of individuals. But, as predictions point to numbers of sufferers soaring in the future, one group of people in Bolton is showing the way forward . . .
more...
RESIDENTS are demanding assurances that a former rubbish tip will not be developed.
more...
CONSUMERS are being urged to track down forgotten cash as banks step up efforts to reunite customers with money in dormant accounts.
more...
A MAN has been interviewed by detectives investigating a string of violent muggings targeting elderly women.
more...
A CRICKET club in Bolton has been given the go-ahead to expand on to public playing fields, angering residents.
more...
BOLTON & TURTON
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MORE than 90 per cent of Bolton people have decided what they would like once they have passed away, according to Age Concern.
more...
RACISM and sexism are often talked about, but ageism is a subject rarely tackled in the media.
more...
The Bolton News Sport
Two writers for The Bolton News debate a big issue in the game . . . and you can have your say as well.
more...
SUCH is the camaraderie between this year's Cross Cup finalists, Standish and Golborne, the two teams are sharing the same coach to and from tomorrow's clash at Edgworth.
more...
