A MAN whose 21-month-old daughter died of cancer has appealed for help in raising cash for Derian House Children's Hospice. To get his message across, John Ryan, of Calder Avenue, Hindley Green, whose daughter Katie died in 1995, has created a web site
MARKETING Manchester is developing incentive package ideas for major German firms. A recent sales mission to three German cities was a big success. Mary Jane Wiedemann, Conference Sales Manager with Marketing Manchester's Visitor and Convention Bureau
A LANCASHIRE company advertised itself in a big way when it held a conference at the Reebok Stadium, Horwich. Cars on the car park were arranged to form the letters TCS - Total Cellar Systems. The company, which was formed eight years ago, now has a staff
A NEW survey shows that the lack of skilled employees is now the single most important problem for firms with more than 25 employees. According to NatWest and the Small Business Research Trust, the situation is worse than at any time since 1989. Peter
SPECIAL Books of Remembrance honouring Bolton's war heroes have been badly damaged by vandals. Pages have been ripped and cut from five of the six books honouring the dead of the First World War kept on display in Bolton's Hall of Memory at the Town Hall
THE Government will tomorrow, be asked to throw its weight behind expanding Bolton's pioneering scheme for solving angry neighbour disputes nationwide. Brian Iddon, the Borough Housing Chairman turned MP who introduced the system, believes it is a low
SIR: Does anybody else wish that the New Labour Government would allow Parliamentary time to ban fox hunting at the expense of that set aside to cut the benefits of single mothers and their children? ?Roger Bannister UNISON National Executive Council
THE brave mystery motorist who rescued twin tots from a house blaze has been tracked down. Today the BEN can reveal that Darren Whitehead was the hero who pulled two one-year-old girls to safety after a Christmas tree went up in flames in their house.
SIR: I would like to write in response to what I see as Cllr Johnston's misguided attitude. Homosexuality is wrong, and it is against God's law, and God is quite clear when he speaks in the Bible about persons having 'unnatural relations' - no eternal
SIR: I would just like to say, I'm sick of people out of Horwich saying that everyone in Horwich is complaining about the Reebok and Middlebrook development. As it so happens, I am totally overjoyed, and I know lots of people who are too. The letter from
WIGAN Warriors new coach John Monie is wasting no time in making changes at Central Park. Just over a week after taking the reins Monie is poised to cut the number of full-time professionals at the club. He said: "The place is in a mess, there's a lot
IT will cost Leigh Centurions fans more to watch their team in Division One next season. Hilton Park officials have 'reluctantly' increased ground admission prices by £1 to £7 - the first rise since 1992. But admission prices for senior citizens and students
SIR: The response of Cllr Ronson (Lib-Dem) to the highlighting of the dangerous one-way system imposed on Horwich by her senior political partners, the ruling Labour group, and also her response to worries of Horwich town centre traders to the Middlebrook
SIR: I am responding to the letter from Dr Anthony Kravitz. He says that there is now growing support for fluoridation, from 66 per cent - 79 per cent. Why then has the B.D.A. joined up with a multinational company, in order to promote it? I refer to
THE former Mayor of Bolton, Cllr Campbell Benjamin, has announced that he will not be standing again for election as councillor at May's local elections. Cllr Benjamin, of Roscow Avenue, Breightmet, told Labour colleagues of his decision before a candidate
BOLTON people are being urged to watch their gardens this Christmas in a "winter wonderland" bird spotting survey. The Bolton Wildlife Project's annual garden survey starts Saturday through to January 2. Angela Downing, Urban Wildlife Officer, said: "
AN amnesty is being declared at the Royal Bolton Hospital in the hope ex-patients will return bed linen - to avoid a major shortage. Warm winter blankets with the hospital emblem stamped on them are constantly going missing from the hospital. And hospital
A YOUNG schoolgirl badly hurt during an attack by vicious bullies, is now home recovering. The 10-year-old victim, featured in last week's BEN, was so badly hurt in the attack which began at St Philip's Junior School in Atherton, that she was detained
THE incident in which Cllr Paul Perry is alleged to have attacked a campaigner protesting at Town Hall cuts does not reflect well on anybody. Cllr Perry said he pushed the protester and made some comments after being called a name himself. Anyone in the
A TEENAGE cyclist involved in a road accident as he took a short cut across a busy dual carriageway was fighting for his life in hospital today. Stuart Shaw, aged 16, suffered serious head and internal injuries in the rush hour accident on the East Lancs
TWO Bolton companies are in a group of eight North-west businesses selected to represent the engineering sector in a new environmental project. Edbro and Bellhouse Hartwell are taking part in Environet 2000. The initiative, which is being supported by
EDUCATION bosses have welcomed Government plans to establish a series of out of hours school clubs. The Government's announcement that a £200 million, Lottery-funded network of 8,000 homework clubs will be established to support primary and secondary
AN eco-friendly firm which could not expand because its factory is on green belt land is appealing against Bolton Council. Westhoughton plastic-waste recycling firm Frank Mercer and Sons described the decision not to allow planning permission as "ludicrous
A LOCAL football club's dreams of having smart new changing facilities hang in the balance after objections from English Heritage. Atherton Colleries Football Club, which has been been based at the Alder Street ground since 1916, is enjoying success on
POLICE are searching for a woman who left her home in Daubhill to use a public telephone box three days ago and has not been seen since. The woman, Hasna Hirnai, aged 22, disappeared on Saturday afternoon after saying she wanted to make a telephone call
FILM star Shirley Anne Field was back home in Bolton yesterday - to launch a Hollywood-style hall of fame. The 1960's sexpot, who grew up at The National Children's Home, Edgworth, set her handprints in concrete at Middlebrook Retail Park to become the
SIR: May I say a sincere thank you on behalf of the Bolton Lions Club to Harper Green Under 16s School football team, who represented our club in the National Lions Competition recently. Unfortunately, the team were defeated in the first round but gave
JIM Shaw, the driver of the coach which plunged down a ravine in the Alps, killing three Farnworth youngsters wept in a French court as he recounted his horrific ordeal. Shaw was at the wheel of the coach when it plunged more than 60 feet down a ravine
SIR: Brian Derbyshire asks where the money is to come from to provide facilities children need. Obviously from tax payers. I believe our taxes are too low to provide the education, health service, pensions etc. If parents sacrifice earnings to look after
SIR: I refer to a letter by a Derek Hilton (Your views, November 26). As for Horwichers being whingers, people like you give us cause to be. We didn't ask for the new stadium, it was a condition of getting the shopping complex. Horwich pays the highest
DEVOTED Cyber Pet owner Kelly Tomlinson lays claim to have the oldest computer dog on record - after it reached the staggering age of 81. The Little Lever schoolgirl is now anxious to find out if anyone in Bolton has managed to keep their Cyber Pet alive
PEOPLE who allow their dogs to foul the ground ANYWHERE in Bolton and don't clean it up could soon face prosecution. Town hall officials are studying whether its byelaws - which outlaw dog fouling on some pavements, verges and parkland - can be extended
Christmas trees, fairy lights, Shining so brightly on a cold winter's night. Biting wind, drifting snow, little faces all aglow, Bright coloured holly, berries blood red, Ivy entwines its glossy green head. Silence creeps on a sleeping earth, Patiently
WE join honorary alderman Ken MacIvor, president of the Bolton and District Combined Ex-Servicemen and Women's Association, in condemning the mindless vandals who damaged special books of remembrance honouring the town's war heroes. Councillors are now
A PROJECT set up to develop art in Bolton's schools and give artists the opportunity to take their skills into the classroom is being extended. In February last year the education authority set up a pilot project to establish an Artist Agency which works
BEST friends Madalina and Alexandra are worlds away from the orphanage where they lived together in Romania. Our photograph shows the happy faces of the six-year-olds who will be celebrating Christmas this year in England. They will enjoy a traditional
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, December 15, 1972 THE days of cheap and abundant fuel may soon be at an end, says a report published today. 'There are already signs of increasing pressure on world resources,' it reports, and warns that North Sea oil
GUDNI Bergsson has joined the growing band of casualties stretching Wanderers' Premiership resources to breaking point. The Bolton skipper damaged his ankle in the last five minutes of Sunday's dramatic 3-3 draw with Derby, leaving Colin Todd with the
