BUSINESS advisers and chartered accountant Grant Thornton has recruited Grant Summers as tax partner in its Manchester office. Mr Summers joins three other tax partners who together lead a team of more than 40 tax specialists in the office.
AS National Customer Service Week kicks off this week, banking company First Direct has revealed that poor service is costing customers in the North-west £1.5 billion a year. Research found that every person questioned had their time wasted by poor customer
POWER supplier Transco is to close its Spa Road headquarters with the loss of 180 Bolton jobs. The offices on the outskirts of the town centre will close by next summer, management told staff and unions on Monday morning. A spokesman for National Grid
BOLTON Royal Hospital's Accident and Emergency department achieved the national target of treating 96 per cent of patients within four hours. Staff, in August, saw 98.1 per cent of patients within four hours and all patients who were admitted to the hospital
A BROWNIE pack is having lots of fun with a new £300 play parachute. The 77th Bolton St Andrew's Brownies have brought a new play parachute with funds from the Bolton Council Voluntary Sector grant scheme. The girls will use the "parachute" for a variety
TWO Bolton pubs will be selling a number of foreign and award-winning beers during the Oktoberfest beer festival. Managers at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton, and the Robert Shaw, Market Street, Westhoughton, have each lined up 25 beers for their
BOLTON Institute has the worst drop out rate for students in England with more than a third quitting part way through their courses. And almost half of students working towards a degree in Bolton leave before the end, according to Government figures.
POWER supplier Transco is to close its Spa Road headquarters with the loss of 180 Bolton jobs. The offices on the outskirts of the town centre will close by next summer, management told staff and unions on Monday morning. A spokesman for National Grid
RICHARD and Judy have done it for years. If you are a family-minded person, who better to go to work with than your nearest and dearest? Working side by side with your spouse means that you really will be sharing everything, for richer and for poorer,
LATEST tables Premier Division P W D L F A Pts Irlam MS... 10 7 1 2 34 15 22 Springhead... 10 5 4 1 24 13 19 Old Altrinchamians... 9 5 2 2 26 16 17 East Manchester... 9 5 1 3 28 15 16 Avro... 9 4 4 1 18 13 16 Stockport Georgians... 7 4 2 1 18 12 14 Dukinfield
THE winner of the Ladies 133 and Over was Marie Bell (Looney Tunes), beating M Hall (Looney Tunes) 3-1. Semi finalists were J Partington and S Ogle. The summer presentation will be held at Derby Ward Labour Club on November 26, starting at 8pm. Monies
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LITTLE Lever Cricket and Football Club continued their winning ways in the North Bury JFL, this time in the cup competition. The Under 10s won 10-0 against Chadderton. Kieron Yates led the way with a hat-trick. Josh Heald (2), Tom Dawson (2), Jake McGill
EAGLEY'S trip to Cumbria at weekend proved a huge disappointment after they crashed out of the Lancashire Amateur Shield second round 3-0 to BAE Barrow. The Villagers never came to terms with the adverse weather conditions and trailed 1-0 at the break
LEIGH Atheletic had an easy 5-3 win over Dukinfield Town. Leigh fell behind after a defensive mix-up, but were soon back on terms when Neil Sumner tapped home and then followed up with a powerful shot from the edge of the area. Danny Wilson headed home
Results 12B: Heywood Rangers 0 Chaddy End 7; Forest Wanderers 4 Ladybridge 3. 13A: Avro 3 Rad Boro A 4. 14A: Woodbank Juniors 1 Manchester 4; Westbury Sports 2 Marauders B 2. 14B: Elton Fold A 0 Horwich Colts 2; Horwich Eagles 3 Avro Juniors 5; Elton
ALMOST a quarter of North-west workers would prefer to bury their heads in the sand and wait for a problem to blow over rather than tackle it -- despite the potential damage to work relationships. According to new research from the Department of Trade
A YOUNG father was left for dead by an attacker who stabbed him in the back of his head as he walked home from a night out. Richard Ratcliffe was lucky to escape with his life when the knife blade narrowly missed his brain and left him with a three-inch
MUTTIAH Muralitharan, the controversial Sri Lankan off-spin bowler, has agreed terms to return to Lancashire next season, it was announced on Tuesday. Murali, 32, was overseas player at Old Trafford during the 1999 and 2001 seasons when he took a total
MOTORISTS in Farnworth will be disrupted as speed bumps are installed along Church Road. The work, being carried out by Bolton Council, will last almost two months.
DURING July, 5.1 per cent of staff were off sick at the Royal Bolton Hospital. The most significant absences were in Medicine & Elderly, Service Development and Operations. The average figure for absence at the hospital is 5.4 per cent.
BOLTON fire stations joined in the biggest car wash of the year as fire stations throughout the country picked up the bucket and sponge to clean cars. Drivers queued at Bolton Central, Horwich and Farnworth to get their cars hosed by the professionals
WANDERERS star Jay-Jay Okocha has ruled himself out of Nigeria's World Cup qualifier against Gabon on October 9. Okocha told BBC Sport that his participation in Wanderers' Premiership game against West Brom on Saturday has worsened a groin injury he has
FORMER Arsenal and Chelsea midfielder Emanuel Petit has not given up hope of joining Wanderers, despite criticising them for trying to get him on the cheap in the summer. The 34-year-old former France World Cup winner, who is availabe now because he is
HENRIK Pedersen is hoping to extend his Reebok stay, despite admitting he misses Denmark. The Wanderers top scorer's contract expires at the end of the season and, although Sam Allardyce is expecting to open talks around Christmas time, the Denmark international
IVAN Campo volunteered to play for Wanderers' reserves on Monday night in an attempt to recover his lost form. The Spaniard is understood to have had a heart-to-heart with Sam Allardyce, after being hauled off early in the second half of Saturday's 2-
TWO Greater Manchester Police officers have been removed from front-line duties after allegations that they sent racist text messages to each others. The pair have not been suspended but an internal misconduct inquiry has been launched. The messages were
IT could have been a scene from the film The Mask of Zorro -- the sound of swords clashing, faces hidden behind masks and the perfectly-rehearsed fighting technique. But in reality the setting was Bolton Arena and the 250 budding Antonio Banderas' were
Bolton Sunday League BULL'S Head stormed to the top of the Bolton Sunday League Premier Division after outplaying Armitage in a 5-0 beating. That helped them to leapfrog Arkwrights, who had to be content with a 3-3 draw at Bowling Green. In the Premier
IN an exciting and close LFA Inter League Cup encounter, the U12s Boys Fed team overcame Bury and Radcliffe with a gritty performance and goals by Jackson, Abdullah and Gough, to advance into a semi-final tie away at Barrow in three weeks time. In the
Turton tops after hard fought win TURTON moved three points clear at the top of Division One of the BSF over 35s after a hard-fought and tight 1-0 victory over new boys Littleborough. Elton Vale are their closest pursuers after a good 4-1 home win over
NORTH-west manufacturers have seen a consolidation of the upturn in business reported through the first six months of 2004, according to the latest survey of the sector by EEF, the manufacturers' organisation in the region. Figures for order books from
THE latest "super Chamber" for Greater Manchester businesses has been officially launched. The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, formed by a merger between Manchester and North Manchester Chambers of Commerce, has more than 7,000 members and covers
LARGE parts of Bolton were left without full fire service cover on Monday night after pranksters made a series of malicious phone calls. Firemen from Bolton Central fire station were called out on three occasions by people calling from phone boxes or
BOLTON Institute has the worst drop out rate for students in England with more than a third quitting part way through their courses. And almost half of students working towards a degree in Bolton leave before the end, according to Government figures.
BOLTON's sexual health services will be run by the Primary Care Trust rather than the Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust. The Geninto-urinary Medicine Services will switch so health education and prevention can be incoporated into the service, which ranges from
A CAR dealer has been allowed to expand on to neighbouring land currently being used as a service station. IGW, in Belmont Road, Astley Bridge, had been to an appeal over conditions he was unhappy about, one of which being that no more than four vehicles
A GUN was held to the head of a postmaster in Leigh during a terrifying raid. Two masked men armed with firearms burst into the Plank Lane Post Office in Firs Lane on Monday shortly before 11am and forced their way behind the counter. While one of the
YOUNGSTERS from a high school in Walkden had a taste of life on the ocean waves when they stepped aboard the Royal Navy's mine hunter HMS Sandown. Pupils from St George's High School were given a guided tour around the ship when it docked at Salford Quays
TWO Bolton pubs will be selling a number of foreign and award-winning beers during the Oktoberfest beer festival. Managers at The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton, and the Robert Shaw, Market Street, Westhoughton, have each lined up 25 beers for their
YOUNGSTERS enjoyed a day of doing all things "green" at a special school event. St Mary's Primary School, Horwich, took part in a variety of environmentally-aware activities such as walking to school, tidying up litter and collecting clothes and other
A DERELICT patch of land in Breightmet has been turned into a haven for the community. Residents in East Bolton, The Wildlife Trust and Bolton At Home pulled together to turn the land, which was regularly used by flytippers, into a community project,
COSTS of demolishing a block of council flats in Bolton have soared after workers discovered more asbestos than had been identified in a survey of the site. A specialist team has been called in by Bolton at Home, the independent group which manages the
IT could have been a scene from the film The Mask of Zorro -- the sound of swords clashing, faces hidden behind masks and the perfectly-rehearsed fighting technique. But in reality the setting was Bolton Arena and the 250 budding Antonio Banderas' were
LEIGH RMI will attempt to put two disappointing defeats behind them and pick up precious points at home against Carlisle United on Tuesday night by David Magilton The Railwaymen have a clean bill of health, but have to bounce back after leaking in four
A 77-year-old grandmother who was seriously injured after being dragged down her garden steps by a thief has been touched by the kindness of hospital staff. On hearing about her ordeal, porters at the Royal Bolton Hospital had a whip-round for her and
MANCHESTER'S own "London Eye" will transform the city's skyline. The spectacular 60-metre wheel is being transported from Paris where it has been glittering in the Champs-Elysee. Lorries are bringing the £3.5 million attraction across The Channel to Exchange
A £10,000 donation has given Adlington Town Council a big helping hand in its plans to set up a CCTV security-camera system. Councillors have been campaigning for cameras in the village for seven years and the cash will go a quarter of the way towards
A MOTHER is preparing to scale Britain's highest mountain to raise money for an epilepsy charity. Jill Wood is determined to conquer 4,408 ft Ben Nevis in Scotland and raise money for Epilepsy Action, following her 10-year-old daughter Melissa's diagnosis
VANDALS are blighting the lives of parishioners at a Horwich church. For the last three months members have been arriving at Lee Lane Methodist Church for their Sunday services to discover the building has again been attacked. This week it was a broken
A LUXURY Georgian mansion in an exclusive quarter of London may be a perfect home for a Prime Minister, but Bolton pensioner Hilda Mann would not swap it for her own modest council flat. Last week it was revealed that Tony and Cherie Blair were paying
A WITNESS to a fire service rescue attempt which went tragically wrong described their efforts as uncoordinated and "out of control". Range warden Christopher Wilde watched helpless as firefighter, 40-year-old Sub Officer Paul Metcalf, drowned in a lodge
AN investigation is taking place after two trains on the West Coast Main Line came close to colliding in Cumbria. An automated safety system has been praised for helping to prevent a serious incident on Monday at Oxenholme, which serves Kendal and the
LATEST results Premier Division: Bolton Lads Club 1Gregorians 0; Bury GSOB 1 Oldham Hulmeians 4; Little Lever SC 2 Rossendale Amateurs 3; Lymm 3 Old Boltonians 4; Old Mancunians 0 Radcliffe Town 0; Prairie United 2 Hesketh Casuals 0; Rochdale St.Clements
TABLE Division Premier P W D L F A Pts Kirkham & Wesham... 7 6 1 0 26 6 19 Burnley United... 9 6 0 3 28 15 18 Dalton United... 8 6 0 2 14 12 18 Freckleton... 10 5 1 4 19 15 16 Eagley... 7 5 0 2 17 9 15 Turton... 6 5 0 1 15 8 15 Hesketh Bank... 8 5
LATEST details U8 Section A: Boothstown Brazilians 5 Westhoughton Jun Stripes 1; Boothstown Jun 1 Horwich St Mary's Tornadoes 1; Eagley Rangers Dream Team 0 Eagley Rangers Nightmares 8; Elton & Walshaw Panthers 1 Ladybridge Lightning 4. U8 Section
LATEST tables Premier Division P W D L F A Pts Prairie Utd... 5 4 1 0 12 3 13 Rochdale St Clements... 4 3 1 0 11 5 10 Chaddertonians... 5 3 0 2 15 8 9 Radcliffe Town... 5 2 3 0 5 3 9 Rossendale Ams... 4 2 2 0 8 5 8 Old Mancunians... 4 2 2 0 4 2 8 Bury
LATEST details U8s Section A P W D L F A Pts Eagley Rangers Nightmares... 4 4 0 0 23 3 12 Boothstown Brazilians... 4 4 0 0 19 3 12 Ladybridge Lightning... 4 2 1 1 10 8 7 Jun Stripes... 4 2 1 1 11 11 7 Farnworth Tigers... 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 Bromley Cross Aces
LADIES Section B captains please note that the open night letter N in the fixture book has now been filled by the Queens' B team, contact number Mandy Fardoe 01204 407708. Results: Men Section A: (September 20) Church A 2 WMC A 6; Hardy Idiots 3 Hardy
Premier Division: Daisy Hill 1 Hulton Lane A 5; King William 6 Farnworth SC 4; Spread Eagle 1 White Horse 5. First Division: Great Lever 6 Little Lever CC 1; Hulton Lane B 3 Hall Ith Wood 2; N Bolton 15 Astley Bridge Cons 0; Queen Anne 2 Greyhound 1;
BLACKROD Town beat Manchester League Division One side Hindsford 2-0 in the Lancashire FA Amateur Shield first round proper. Striker Sam Cardwell clinched the win for Blackrod with a goal in each half, and, although Hindsford played excellent passing
RESULTS and tables ATHERTON S&S...2 ASPULL...2 DE LA SALLE...5 ATHERTON LIB CLUB...2 ATH COLLS RES...4 FIR TREE RES...1 ROPE & ANCHOR...1 ASDA GOLBORNE...7 LEIGH LEGION...0 AFC TYLDESLEY...6 P W L D F A Pts AFC Tyldesley TKs... 5 5 0 0 22 2 15
Division One SPRINGFIELDS...3 BOOTLE...2 Division Two MILL HILL ST PETERS...1 HASLINGDEN ST MARY...0 STONECLOUGH...2 BOLTON COUNTY...0 Aldred 2 Division One Reserve CHARNOCK RICHARD...0 TURTON...7 COPPULL UNITED...5 POULTON TOWN...2 EAGLEY...4 NORCROSS
LITTLE Lever Cricket and Football Club continued their winning ways in the North Bury JFL cup competitions. The U10s won 10-0 against Chadderton. Kieron Yates led the way with a hat-trick. Josh Heald (2), Tom Dawson (2), Jake McGill, Rory Hulmes and Gareth
LATEST tables Premier Division P W D L F A GD Pts Ellesmere... 4 4 0 0 14 2 12 12 PartyPeople.co.uk... 4 3 0 1 22 11 11 9 Hulton Lane A... 4 3 0 1 20 12 8 9 Astley Miners... 3 2 1 0 12 6 6 7 Masons Arms... 3 2 0 1 14 10 4 6 White Horse... 3 2 0 1 11 10
