NEW companies in Bolton face a new fine if they fail to tell the Inland Revenue when they began to trade. According to Steve Crompton, tax manager at UHY Hacker Young chartered accountants in Manchester, companies of all sizes must now inform the Inland
A GARDEN centre has been recognised as the best of British after it played host to a group of more than 100 American garden centre owners. Bents, a family-run business in Glazebury, near Leigh, is one of only 10 garden centres of excellence in the country
Keeping it in the family ON Friday, October 1, we were lucky enough to see McFly at the Manchester Apollo (only three rows from the front). We had a fantastic time and they exceeded all expectations. After the concert we were lucky to meet Danny Jones
TWO vintage railway posters created by a famous Bolton artist are expected to fetch £1,000 when they are auctioned at Christie's. Images advertising the seaside resort of Mablethorpe, in Lincolnshire, and London Underground's Central Line, were produced
ELEVEN disruptive families have been thrown out of their council homes over the last four months on estates throughout Bolton in a crackdown on anti-social behaviour. Specialist council squads are using hi-tech spying equipment to target residents who
A CHRISTMAS party for the Bolton and District Spinal Injuries Association is on Thursday, December 16 at the Albert Halls, in Bolton Town Hall, from noon. Tickets are £15.95. Contact Edna on 07711 260933 or Brian on 01204 693156 to pay a £5 deposit.
THE council is inviting applications for the role of Rock Czar. Bolton town hall bosses have created the position in a bid to put the town on the map for live music. The 30 hour-a-week job commands a salary of nearly £19,000. As previously reported in
A 20-year-old man was robbed as he made his way home from a night out in Atherton. He was walking along Leigh Road at around 3am on Sunday when he heard some men shouting at him close to the junction with Murray Street. The victim turned round and saw
A CHAIN of cut-price stores is on the expansion trail -- and looking to buy up old mills in the Bolton area. Simon Yates, managing director of QS Discount Outlet, which has branches in Atherton, Chorley and and Sale, wants to buy at least two more sites
A TOP disc jockey has come to Farnworth ahead of a glittering ball to raise money for a youth club. Dave Lincoln, whose silky tones can be heard on Smooth FM, dropped in at Zac's Youth Bar to celebrate its fourth anniversary. The DJ will be hosting the
NW Counties Division One: Trafford 5 Atherton Colls 2 FORMER Stockport County youngster Phil Carratt scored twice for Trafford to condemn Collieries to their first defeat in four games. Trafford were 3-0 up by half-time, with Rod Thornley scoring with
FA Cup Second qualifying round: Atherton LR 2 Hyde 3 NEIL Tolson's last-minute winner for Hyde broke Atherton LR hearts in a gripping FA Cup tie at Crilly Park. Tom Foster's North West Counties League side almost pulled off a cup upset as they twice led
CAN anyone tell me exactly how greedy the council can get? It is Sunday evening -- it is cold, wet and windy -- typical autumn weather. Usually, when you go to the local video shop, you will find a number of cars are parked on the double yellow lines
HUNDREDS of tonnes of road surface from a stretch of motorway in Cumbria are to be ripped up, recycled and put back in. More than 20 lorry loads of motorway surface will be taken off the M6 between the Killington Lake Services and junction 37. The method
THIEVES stole seven lorries containing chocolate worth £500,000 in an armed robbery in Lancashire. Security guards were threatened, tied up and held for almost five hours by the gang, who were armed with koshes. The gang burst into Great Bear Distribution
BUILDINGS may have to be sold to bail out the cash strapped Royal Bolton Hospital. The hospital is facing a debt of more than £2 million from the last four months alone. On top of that is a £3.7 million overdraft that has already been deferred for a year
RESIDENTS fear that a planned Hindu religious centre could turn a residential street into an accident blackspot. Neighbours have organised a petition against proposals for the Shree Kutch Hindu Mandir centre in Tong Road, Little Lever. Applicant Govind
TWO decades after it was derided as a failed experiment, high-rise living is back -- only now it is designer led and expensive. Andrew Mosley reports IN the late 1950s, high rise living was seen as the future. Onwards and upwards they went, the tower
SEASIDE resorts must crack down on drink-fuelled louts or risk becoming no-go areas for families a tourism chief has warned. Alan Woods, chief executive of clean beach campaigners Blue Flag, said esorts can resemble "war zones rife with rubbish and soaked
SEASIDE resorts must crack down on drink-fuelled louts or risk becoming no-go areas for families a tourism chief has warned. Alan Woods, chief executive of clean beach campaigners Blue Flag, said esorts can resemble "war zones rife with rubbish and soaked
THE Institute of Directors in the North-west is holding a business networking lunch at the Lowry Hotel, Manchester, at noon on Wednesday. Guest speaker is Steven Broomhead, chief executive of the North-west Regional Development Agency. Tickets are £25
THE other night on the TV news, it was nauseating and degrading to see the Foreign Secretary shaking hands with Mugabe. The things he has done in Zimbabwe, it was pure hypocrisy and a disgrace. I wonder what the staunch Labour supporters thought, it is
FIREFIGHTERS rescued a pony from a canal in Wharf Fold Road, Whitefield, at 6.30am on Friday. Firefighters from Whitefield and Eccles joined the horse's owners, a vet and RSPCA in trying to rescue the animal. The Water Rescue Unit from Eccles arrived
A 20-YEAR-OLD man was pushed to the ground and knocked unconscious by a robber. He was walking along Clifton Road, Prestwich, on Saturday at 11pm when he was struck from behind and knocked out. A bracelet was stolen and the man suffered bruising. The
THIEVES broke into a flat above a village pub in Little Lever on Saturday morning. They escaped with a quantity of cash and a laptop from the Church Inn in Market Street at 11am. A resident who lives near the pub called the police after she saw two men
BOSSES at Manchester Airport are planning to build nearly 2,000 extra car parking spaces to cope with an increase in the number of passengers. They want to build enough space for 1,800 more cars near the airport because the present car parks are reaching
RICARDO Gardner voiced the massive disappointment of a bunch of embarrassed and discontented Wanderers when he said: "We let the manager down." The Reebok flyer was one of the lucky seven who left for World Cup duty, relieved to be out of the firing line
DARREN Moore's delight at winning his heavyweight duel with Les Ferdinand summed up the tale of the unexpected as Wanderers came crashing down to earth at The Hawthorns. "It was a great battle with Les, I knew it would be," said the man-mountain Albion
IT WAS a disappointing weekend with defeat at West Brom, particularly with the first half chance I missed when I hit the post. On another day it may have gone in. But a frustrating match also resulted in a recurrence of Jay-Jay's injury which is a big
SAM Allardyce's claim that he has never had a stronger squad looks like being tested to the limits. Wanderers came down to earth with a bump at West Brom on Saturday -- the first Premiership team this season to lose to one of the newly-promoted trio -
NWCL Cup first round: Daisy Hill 4 Padiham 2 DAISY Hill gained revenge for last month's league defeat at Padiham thanks to extra-time goals from Jon Saxon and David Ashworth. Ryan Cain and Saxon had put Daisy 2-0 up, but Padiham scored twice in the last
AN INTERNET service based on Friends Reunited has been launched for business organisations across the UK. The site, www.e-co.co.uk, is a community for small businesses with a vital emphasis on trading, information and support. Trials have attracted more
MORE than half of workers in the North-west want to be more productive -- but are too bogged down in dealing with day-to-day detail to fully realise their potential, according to a DTI survey. Many said that being in control of their work-life balance
BARKSTON Plastics Forming Ltd, the Westhoughton-based manufacturer of sheet plastics, has become the first Vacuum Forming company in the UK to be recognised for its Health and Safety management. The company has achieved Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations
WELL said, Martin Mansell! In the past week, I have travelled to Bradford and Manchester to see live rock music. I asked one band why they don't come to Bolton and they said: "We'd love to, but there isn't anywhere suitable to play." The soon-to-be-vacated
WITH reference to the council's purchase of the three waste recycling lorries, Cllr Heyes has made a genuine attempt to explain that the decision was taken by the previous Labour administration. But he could have enlightened readers more. In reality,
A MEDAL belonging to a Westhoughton soldier who died in the Boer War has been donated by his family to a military display. The Queen's South African medal, which belonged to Private Jack Heyes, who served with the 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers, was taken to
ANGRY commuters on Monday said timetable changes had led to "jam-packed" carriages. Frustrated Manchester city centre workers were banned from getting on their usual 7.52am train at Farnworth because a guard ruled that it was already too full. But Christine
COUNCIL tax payers in Bolton are facing a record rise in bills of 14 per cent, new council figures have revealed. Town hall finance chiefs believe the hike will be required just to maintain council services at their current level and implement improvements
AN author is donating a copy of his book on career advice to every secondary school in Bolton. Adam Walker has decided to spend his entire book advance on buying thousands of copies of his own book When Success Is Not Enough so he can donate one to UK
A NEIGHBOUR saved a house in Roocroft Court, Brownlow Fold, Bolton, from being destroyed by fire. A discarded match is believed to have ignited a waste bin in the kitchen of the property at 7.20pm on Sunday. The owner was not in but a neighbour spotted
POLICE are trying to trace the owner of a red Toyota Corolla that was involved in a crash on Friday night. Emergency services were called to Manchester Road, Great Lever, where the vehicle had collided with a tree near the junction with Green Lane. There
LOFTY the Lion rocked the Albert Halls with his own brand of music on Saturday. Following his role as Lofty the mascot, the cuddly lion went one step further in his quest for charity fundraising and starred in his own musical. With the help of his young
REPRESENTATIVES of different religions in Bolton will come together to design and create a banner in a bid to bridge the gap between faiths. Around 50 people from several churches and mosques across the town will each design a small section of the banner
NEW plaques remembering Farnworth's war dead are ready to be put on the town's memorial. A rededication ceremony is being planned in Farnworth Park for Remembrance Sunday in November. The new plaques will finally grace the war memorial after the originals
KEVIN Nolan was looking long-term on Monday as he prepared for a short-term lay-off. The young Wanderer checked into hospital for a minor operation to remove a small piece of floating bone from his right ankle, knowing he could be struggling to get back
11 mins: Speed is well-positioned to clear Moore's header off the line as the big Albion skipper gets on the end of Greening's corner. 22 mins: Wanderers get a let off as Greening misses a golden opportunity, firing over from close range after a Haas
THE seven Bolton internationals who were off on their travels on Monday were the lucky ones. For the next week and a half, Jussi Jaaskelainen, Tal Ben Haim, Radhi Jaidi, Stelios, El-Hadji Diouf, Gary Speed and Ricardo Gardner can concentrate on World
WEST BROM 2 WANDERERS 1: AS banana skins go, this was the daddy of them all -- and Wanderers stepped right on it. Seven Premiership games without a win, the axe about to fall on Gary Megson, reports of dressing room bust-ups and two key players sin-binned
THE arrival at Manchester United of Liverpool-born Wayne Rooney has created a bit of a quandary for terrace songsters. Against Middlesbrough on Sunday two songs in particular were noticeable by their absence from the Old Trafford songsheets. Two of the
FA Cup Second qualifying round: Radcliffe Boro 3 Shildon 3 RADCLIFFE face a tough replay in the North-East on Wednesday night after coming back from 2-0 down at home to a side two divisions below them. Albany Northern League side Shildon took a shock
Bury 2 Macclesfield 1 By Phil Thorp: THE bad sequence of results that blighted September was ended with aplomb thanks to a rejuvenated Jon Newby. Making his first league start since the opening day of the season, he scored one and set up Dave Nugent for
A CHARITY auction selling a host of fabulous prizes is being organised to help pay for an operation for a seriously ill Bolton woman. Friends and family of 26-year-old cancer victim Gemma Feeney are holding an auction selling items ranging from a fitted
TWO vintage railway posters created by a famous Bolton artist are expected to fetch £1,000 when they are auctioned at Christie's. Images advertising the seaside resort of Mablethorpe, in Lincolnshire, and London Underground's Central Line, were produced
AN outspoken councillor has been chosen to contest David Crausby's Bolton North-east seat at the next General Election. Bradshaw Conservative Cllr Paul Brierley believes he can snatch back the constituency for his party which held it from its creation
A MOTHER who claimed she lost her job after her bosses discovered she was pregnant has won a long legal battle with her former employers. An industrial tribunal inspector has ruled that Mary Siergiejew suffered sexual discrimination and was constructively
SAILING for 18 days half-way across the world in a yacht is a journey many would never contemplate making. And it is one journey Peter O'Sullivan's wife, Mary, wishes her husband would not make. But father-of-three Mr O'Sullivan is to sail the Atlantic
A MEDAL belonging to a Westhoughton soldier who died in the Boer War has been donated by his family to a military display. The Queen's South African medal, which belonged to Private Jack Heyes, who served with the 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers, was taken to
A CANCER sufferer says he has been forced to travel 150 miles to get treatment because of a "postcode lottery". Bob Norburn, aged 56, will travel to Sunderland to undergo cryotherapy treatment for prostate cancer. The procedure, which involves killing
AN eight-year-old girl saved the life of her baby sister after she spotted her choking on a dummy. Caroline Bleakley noticed two-year-old Natasha Winstanley was going blue in the face and was struggling to breathe. She slapped the toddler -- who had swallowed
A SINGAPORE Airlines plane en route from Frankfurt to JFK airport in New York was diverted to Manchester Airport on Monday following a bomb threat, Greater Manchester Police said. The plane landed safely at 11am without a military escort. A Greater Manchester
LOFTY the Lion rocked the Albert Halls with his own brand of music on Saturday. Following his role as Lofty the mascot, the cuddly lion went one step further in his quest for charity fundraising and starred in his own musical. With the help of his young
THE Met, Bury's live arts venue, has announced that the town' Mill Gate Shopping Centre will be the main sponsor for its Christmas 2004 production of The Snow Queen.
SAINSBURY'S is recruiting 10,000 extra staff nationwide, including 1,000 in the North-west, to work in its stores over the Christmas period. The supermarket chain is mainly seeking to fill customer service positions.
