TWO local business people have been appointed as regional organisers for Understanding Industry. Wendy Smith from Lostock was until recently the education liaison officer with NORWEB, based at the training facility at Chorley, and Mike Snape from Westhoughton
A BONFIRE night party turned to horror at an organised Bolton pub display when the last firework of the evening shot into the crowd. About 10 people were taken to hospital from the Lostock Arms, but all escaped serious injury. Terrified revellers flung
BOLTON is set to welcome at least two major retailers to the town centre early next year. The transfer of Marks and Spencer to its single site Deansgate store and Boots to The Gates centre has opened up the opportunity for new businesses to move in. The
FILM fans are turning back the clock to the Golden Age of Hollywood in a bid to escape the pressures of everyday life. Bolton's audio visual library has reported a renewed interest in older movies like The Searchers, the cowboy classic starring John Wayne
DETECTIVES are trying to track down three champion race horses in their efforts to bring a gang of art thieves to justice. The three horses - Arkle, Red Rum and Desert Orchid - are featured in a popular print stolen last week in a break-in at a Blackrod
PRIVATE hire drivers have warned that some face losing their livelihood in the busy run-up to Christmas - because, they claim, Bolton's only testing centre cannot cope. The drivers claim that the centre - run by Bolton Council's Direct Labour Organisation
LOOKING for a useful present for a difficult-to-please adult? The Royal National Lifeboat Institution may have one answer. They have just published their own cookery book, featuring the work of some of the North's best-known chefs. A La Carte costs £8.99
SIR: I think the name of our new stadium is already cut and dried. The Reebok Stadium and why not? A company founded in Bolton and known worldwide. Now the four stands. The main one should be The Nat Lofthouse stand after the owd Lion. But let's not forget
FIRE crews used a heat seeking camera to locate a fire in a cavity wall at the Early Learning Centre in Bolton town centre. Staff alerted fireman after discovering smoke on the stairs at the Deansgate store at 6.30pm yesterday. It is believed a joist
WORK will start immediately on redeveloping the Agecroft Colliery site as part as a £1 billion package to regenerate former mines. British Coal has agreed to transfer former coalfield sites to the regeneration agency English Partnerships, Environment
DELIGHTED residents at a Bolton old people's home are celebrating after a generous BEN reader offered to donate a video recorder. After reading in the BEN how a thief sneaked into the Firwood House home on Crompton Way and snatched the residents' video
POLICE hunting the killer of Helen Bootle hope footage from security cameras in Leigh town centre will provide vital clues. Miss Bootle, 92, of Endsleigh Gardens, Leigh, died last week from injuries after she was mugged in Bond Street, just after she
ENGLAND'S Euro 96 heroics have been blamed for Westhoughton's summer show making a loss. The two-day carnival began on June 15, the same day as England beat Scotland at Wembley. The show made a loss of £2,650 this year, after breaking even last summer
MICKEY Mouse and a host of Disney characters went to a funeral in Lowton today. For the cartoon favourites were featured on the ties of mourners at the funeral of five-year-old Rachael Barlow who died after a long, brave, battle against cancer. Parents
PENSIONERS have paid a glowing tribute to their "ringleader" who has scoured Bolton winning business support for a new-look community centre. Beryl Cross has received top praise from fellow members of the Barlow Park Pensioners Association. The pensioner
BOLTON is in buoyant mood and we share the general feeling of optimism and confidence in the continued success of our town centre shopping areas. It was a big day yesterday for both Marks and Spencer and Boots. M and S transferred to its single site Deansgate
SCOTT Green begins his comeback in the reserves tonight. The Wanderers' Mr Versatile will get a runout against Stoke City reserves at Burnden Park as he begins the final phase of his recovery. Green has been sidelined since having a hernia operation following
BURY chairman Terry Robinson today expressed his "delight" at the £125,000 fee set on goalkeeper Dean Kiely from York City. A transfer tribunal fixed the price, plus 20 per cent of any on-going transfer when the Manchester hearing was completed at the
A DOUBLE fitness race began today in a bid to get Wanderers' key men Nathan Blake and Gudni Bergsson fit for their next match at Birmingham. Striker Blake has been pulled out of the Wales squad to meet Holland on Saturday while Bergsson's chances of leading
WANDERERS were today mourning the death of assistant youth development officer Jimmy Dewsnip. Mr Dewsnip was appointed by former Burnden manager Bruce Rioch as part time youth development officer almost three and a half years ago. A retired headmaster
THE Halifax building society has appointed a new manager for Bolton and District. Mr John Burnyeat, whose area also includes Farnworth and Walkden, is based in Knowsley Street, Bolton. Whitehaven-born Mr Burnyeat, aged 49, has been with the Halifax for
INFORMATION for Business '96 is running locally from until November 10. It is sponsored by the Library Association as part of their Information for Business Campaign. The aim is to increase company awareness of the importance of information to business
THE North-west economy has narrowed the gap but regional growth rates are still below the UK average. Mr David Kern, NatWest Group's Chief Economist and Head of its Market Intelligence Department, said yesterday that the region has made considerable progress
A FORMER Bolton School pupil's latest history book is being hailed as a masterpiece by scholars. Professor Norman Davies spent years writing "Europe: A History", and its recent publication has met with widespread acclaim. Professor Davies, born in Bolton
THE Government has launched a crackdown on TV and video violence in the wake of growing concern about the breakdown in respect for law and order among young people. In a series of moves: Home Secretary Michael Howard has demanded a report from the British
BOLTON churchgoers have begun reaching out across the airwaves with the launch of the North-west's first Christian radio station. Reach FM, broadcasting on 106.2fm, is the culmination of more than a year's hard work by Bolton Pentecostal Church, in conjunction
A 'SPANISH inquisition' of a different kind took place when representatives from a Bolton primary school visited their counterparts in Malaga. Headteacher Jack Hatch and deputy head Mrs June Roberts, from St Bede CE Primary School, were on a fact-finding
BOLTON couples will finally have a romantic venue befitting a register office wedding from this weekend. A race against time is going on at Mere Hall, the former derelict early Victorian mansion in Halliwell, to finish a £1 million refurbishment in time
LEIGH'S New Zealand stand-off Alan Mason leaves for France tomorrow keen to make a new start after his Hilton Park career hit the rocks. Maori Mason, a free agent since being released by Leigh at the end of the season, is to join Palau, a sister side
SIR: I refer to the letter from M Perks. The Horwich Ward councillors fought hard in Bolton Council against the closure of Stocks Park House and sympathise entirely with the residents and their families. I cannot accept the accusation that the closure
SIR: I would like to comment on your leader (BEN, November 2), regarding police claiming compensation for psychological damage due to attending the Hillsborough football disaster. Did we not have a similar thing in Bolton years ago? What claims did the
SIR: I refer to the article (BEN, October 22) about waiting times at the new A and E at the Royal Bolton Hospital. Ann Schenk, director of service development for the Bolton Hospitals' NHS Trust, stated that in general waiting times are being reduced
A FURIOUS grandmother has blasted Bolton's "greedy" sportswear shops. Brenda Hindle says she paid above the recommended retail price for a pair of Manchester United shorts - to find they were on sale in a nearby shop for £3 cheaper. The grandmother of
MORE than 35,000 eager shoppers visited Bolton's Market Place centre on the first day of Sunday trading as the festive countdown got underway. The figure was revealed as delighted town centre bosses predicted a bumper Christmas shopping season. Bolton
ROBBERS brandishing a shotgun stole a large quantity of cash in a raid on a security firm. Four masked robbers burst into Security Plus on Firsdale Industrial Estate in Leigh at 7.40pm, yesterday. Members of staff are believed to have been in the premises
ATROCIOUS playing conditions and the distraction of fireworks going off all round the ground, failed to deter either side last night as they put on a super show. Boro came out on top in the UniBond Division One game but the result could have gone either
IF you've just started your Christmas shopping, you'll already know that buying toys is a minefield. To help out, Argos stores reveal the Top Ten toy predictions for this year. 1. Barbie - Strollin' Fun Barbie at £16.75 and Barbie Picnic Van at £26.40
Icy glass stars cover the sky, While icicles of cold teeth are hanging by. Even the sun sends out frozen rays, As we see once more the bleak winter days. Pavements are turned into skating rinks, And alpine snowy slopes eclipse local golf links. Windows
A MOTHER is taking her fight for a school bus pass for her daughter to the Government and the local Ombudsman. Mrs Wendy Dumville was incensed when her daughter Amy,11, was refused a free pass by Bolton Council because she lives just within the three
IF you've always wanted to help a local organisation, but weren't sure where to start, the Bolton Volunteer Bureau can furnish ideas. The Bureau, at Bridge House off Bark Street, acts as the go-between for groups needing volunteers and local people who
IN a concerted move Home Secretary Michael Howard, Home Office Minister Tom Sackville and National Heritage Secretary Virginia Bottomley are tackling the problem of TV and video violence. The Government crackdown comes in the wake of growing concern about
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, November 6, 1971 ALL 1,000 'sample' holidays offered by a British travel company, giving one-night stays in Majorca or Spain for £1 all-in, have been snapped up in five days. LABOUR'S lead in popularity among public
