THE search is on for talented young people with innovative ideas to boost the future prospects of local businesses. A key new feature in this year's Bolton and Bury Business Awards will be the Young Innovator's Award. The idea is the brainchild of the
JUST five years after opening her antiquarian and secondhand bookshop at The Last Drop Village, Bolton, ex-Bromley Cross library assistant Val Johnstone is to be joined in the business full time by her husband and daughter. Husband Malcolm has always
ARSONISTS torched a car parked in quiet residential street. Residents were woken by glass blowing out when the firebugs lit a Fiat Uno in Mather Street, Kearsley at about 5am on Sunday. The flames spread to an E registration Metro owned by Mrs Barbara
HORWICH man Harry Hilton has scooped one of the top awards in the North West in Bloom competition. Mr Hilton, 60, of Factory Hill, won the prize for the best private front garden in the region, after winning the Bolton in Bloom competition. Mr Hilton,
A TEENAGE boy who drowned in a Leigh canal may have been trying to escape from a group of youths just before the tragedy. Detectives today confirmed that they are investigating reports that other youths were chasing 15-year-old David Brown towards the
COMPETITION was fierce among young "athletes" from Horwich taking part in a mini Olympics at the town's Station Park. The event was the highlight of a two-week playscheme at Horwich Resource Centre based on an Olympic theme. The children took part in
A SOLDIER fresh home from Bosnia has strenuously denied accusations that he is a love "rat." Jason A'Barrow went to the war zone and proposed via the BEN to girlfriend Karen Campbell back in April. But four months later he was pictured in the BEN again
SIR: When one looks around the Bolton Streets, one wonders could the young people who are always misbehaving be put to the job of cleaning the streets of this rubbish (say from 10pm to 6am). It really is a disgrace! While on this subject, where have all
A BOLTON dog owner has called for new rules to restrict horse riders after her puppy was kicked in the face at popular beauty spot. Black labrador Poppy was horribly injured after being kicked on a daily walk at Rivington with owner Angela Brushett. The
SIR: Could you please pass this information on to any comrades of 148 and 15 Brigades, living within your circulation area and who served in Central Norway in April,1940. They may not have been able to obtain a copy of the Norwegian book 'Nakne Soldater
DEPOSED cup kings Wigan are ready for pay-back time - thanks to the fear factor. Failure in the Premiership will leave the Central Park giants without a trophy for the first time in 12 years. And skipper Andy Farrell admitted: "The fear of not winning
SIR: I would like to express my whole-hearted thanks to a team of nurses employed by Bolton (NHS) Community Health called "The Rapid Response". After days and nights of nursing my mother at home, these angels arrived to give their help as an alternative
SIR: It is an appalling situation when elderly people who need Community Care are holding hospital beds, because there are not enough places in nursing homes, and depriving patients desperately needing treatment. The answer surely to remedy this situation
LEIGH RMI came from behind to earn a replay at Hilton Park tomorrow after their 1-1 draw at Belper Town in the FA Cup preliminary round. The Railwaymen had trailed to a 56th-minute penalty before levelling 15 minutes later again from the spot. But assistant
LIVERSEDGE 0 ATHERTON LR 0 "AT the end of the day we achieved our basic objective," says Atherton LR assistant manager Peter Lee, "which was at the very least to not lose and get them back to our place. "The pitch was a bit of a hindrance in that it had
There is a house, In the middle of the country, The quietest place I've ever been. Surrounded by trees, And grounds so free, It just has to be seen. The birds they sing, The sweetest things, From the trees up high. And when you wake up in the morning,
Bolton Barbershop Harmony Club in concert with the Houghton Weavers, Albert Halls, Bolton. THE Cottontown Chorus and the quartet, Chordial Exchange, both drawn from the Bolton Barbershop Harmony club, had something in common with the Houghton Weavers
HORRIFIED churchgoers found their war memorial wrecked when they arrived for morning service at a Bolton church. Vandals had shattered the stone memorial at Breightmet United Reformed Church on Bury Road. Church Leader Lilian Parr said the cost of repairs
THE Bolton Group of the Institute of Advanced Motorists is calling for Government action to stop motorists using mobile phones while driving. There is no specific legislation to prevent this dangerous practice, the group says. But the police are clamping
HOME Secretary Michael Howard is coming under fire from anti-drug agencies after freeing two jailed drug dealers who had served only 11 months of an 18-year sentence. But as Mr Howard has pointed out, this was a wholly exceptional case in which he acted
TORRENTIAL rain yesterday caused flooding in many houses in Bolton. For hours on end the NFS was engaged on "special service" calls - pumping water from submerged roadways, from living rooms and kitchens, and even from a mill cellar. THERE is no indication
WANDERERS' new green away kit is being threatened with the red card treatment. Burnden officials could be forced to put the new strip in mothballs after wearing it just twice. Players of both sides got shirty at Loftus Road yesterday when the dark green
QPR 1 Wanderers 2 IT would be all too simple to say Wanderers have forgotten all about relegation as they sit proudly on top of Division One today. The smiles are back and there's just a hint of swagger to go with the style. But there is also a determination
MANY a small firm in the building industry has landed in financial problems through miscalculation when estimating a price for a contract. To help prevent that happening the School of Civil Engineering and Building at Bolton Institute has arranged a special
STAFF interested in brushing up their computing skills in the workplace are being given the opportunity to enrol on a new HNC course at City College, Manchester. "Business Information Technology" is a part time programme starting in September at the College's
BOLTON-based Horwich Castings has been put forward for a prestigious NORWEB Business Energy Award after making environmental changes to its operation - and considerably improving staff morale. The company manufactures iron castings for the engineering
A WALKDEN company is making another major contribution to the work of the British Antarctic Survey team. Rothwell Robinson Ltd of Holyoake Road has put the finishing touches to a new building which will help team members study birds and seals in extreme
TOP RESTAURATEUR and former Bolton College student Paul Heathcote has been honoured by The Association for Colleges at the House of Commons. Along with fellow distinguished alumni of Further Education colleges, Speaker of the House of Commons Betty Boothroyd
s=10f+bos=9o Mr Kelly went missing on Thursday, the day before a pub club's outing to Perth Races for which he had been acting as treasurer. Angry members of the Albion Arms Punters Club had to cancel their trip after Mr Kelly failed to attend a meeting
COUNCIL binmen are set to clean up in Bolton for the next six years with a £17 million contract. More than 140 jobs will be secured if the planning and environment services committee award the contract in-house, as recommended. Two bids have been submitted
ONE motorcyclist died and another was fighting for his life today after a head-on crash at a Lancashire beauty spot. Andrew Robert McKenzie, 34, of Norwich Drive, Bury, was airlifted by police helicopter to hospital after his Yamaha 1000cc collided with
FORTY disabled "orange badge" drivers were booked for illegally parking in Bolton last month - prompting a warning from a police chief. Up to 65 per cent of the handicapped motorists were caught by traffic wardens illegally parking in loading or no-loading
SIR: What an excellent idea, to fit 1,000 smoke alarms in the homes of the elderly (BEN: August 16) As you said in your editorial the following night - a small price to pay when compared to lives that can otherwise be lost. But £50,000 for 1,000 smoke
SIR: Please allow me to comment on your piece in the BEN on August 26 "Customer Comes First". This was in respect of a happy customer of RRG Garage, where the repairs department, which could have got away with bodging the particular rusted area on the
WANDERERS 4-4-2 KEITH BRANAGAN ...7 STEVE McANESPIE ...7 JIMMY PHILLIPS ...7 *PER FRANDSEN ...9 GERRY TAGGART ...8 CHRIS FAIRCLOUGH ...8 MICHAEL JOHANSEN ...7 DAVID LEE ...8 NATHAN BLAKE ...7 JOHN McGINLAY ...7 ALAN THOMPSON ...8 Subs: Scott Taylor, Andy
COLIN Todd kept his cool and his dignity as Wanderers marched to the top of Division One. But the Burnden boss couldn't disguise his anger at Sky TV for putting him on the spot over speculation linking Bruce Rioch with a return to the club. He rapped
Bury 4 Bristol City 0 WHAT a way to celebrate Stan Ternent's magnificent first 12 months in charge at Gigg Lane. This simply electrifying display was a fitting tribute to the way the cool, calculating boss has transformed Bury from a team going nowhere
