TURTON produced another excellent all-round display to retain the Bolton Evening News Cup in the Bolton Charity Golf Tournament at The Gt Lever and Farnworth course. The team comprised Paul Gandy, Chris Hulme, Ben Crompton and Dave Crompton. Great Lever
AROUND 500 North-west employees of Wigan-based Shearings are being offered the chance to buy a stake in the holiday business. Offer documents for shares in Shearings' parent company Leisureplus Ltd were issued yesterday to staff at the Wigan HQ, the company's
!OLD Links remain top of the BGA table after a resounding 7-1 win over Breightmet as Richard Powter, Alan Ainscough, Brett Dutton and Matt Taylor maintained their unbeaten record. Also keeping a 100 per cent record are Bolton's Steve Parry, Nigel Compsty
BOOTHS Supermarkets celebrates its 150th anniversary on June 12. The company was founded by Edwin Henry Booth in Market Street, Blackpool in 1847. The first branch was opened in Chorley in 1855 and the head office has been in Fishergate, Preston since
BOLTON holidaymakers are being urged to follow the RSPCA's "SOS Code" to avoid supporting animal cruelty abroad. Each year tourists travelling abroad witness cruelty to animals including bull fighting, starving stray animals and run-down zoos. Now, the
DIVORCED dads will no longer have to trail their kids round Astley Park on wet Saturday afternoons. For a band of churchgoers have come up with a novel scheme to bring children closer to parted parents. Members of Euxton Methodist Church and Soroptomists
CRAIG Lavelle will captain the Bolton League side on Sunday in place of the injured Tim Wallwork. Lavelle is handed the opportunity to lead the side for their first defence of the Lancashire inter-league trophy against the Saddleworth League at Farnworth
A YOUNG couple renting a house in Bolton is accused of systematically destroying the privately-owned property before walking away without having to face the consequences. Now, the house owner is calling on the State to start making youths take responsibility
RESIDENTS in Chorley are set to benefit from a novel recycling scheme. The council's housing committee, meeting on Tuesday, was expected to rubber-stamp proposals to fit smoke alarms free of charge for the old and disabled. The move follows a review of
A BOLTON victim of teenage joyriders is backing the Government's proposed blitz on speeding motorists - but has warned it is only a tiny part of the problem on the roads. Carol Hornby, aged 49, spent 30 days in hospital recovering from horrendous injuries
WIGAN'S in-form second-row Simon Haughton can't wait to make the critics eat their words. The Warriors youngster has come-of-age this season with some devastating performances and is hoping to repeat that form when his side's World Club Championship kicks-off
SIR: Referring to the letter last Thursday complimenting Bolton BMC on its Union Road amenity, I feel some recognition too, should be given to the very pleasant and helpful man who operates the said amenity. While putting pen to paper, I would like to
A MIXED weekend for Chorley began with Friday's four wicket win over Leyland in the Abbot Ale cup. Electing to bat first, Leyland were soon in trouble at the hands of Gordon Lee. The paceman removed Pallett, Waddington and Kenyon to reduce the visitors
SIR: Many people are retiring younger and living longer. Making adequate provision for retirement has never been so important. To help those in mid-career improve their pension income, Age Concern is publishing the fourth edition of 'The Pensions Handbook
HORWICH Prize Medal Morris Men will join forces with dancers from Manchester for a special evening tonight. They will perform at the Sweet Green Tavern, Crook Street from 8pm, dancing styles of Lancashire and Cotswold Morris. The Horwich men will also
TWO men were hurt when a car left the road and ended up wedged between two trees in Westhoughton at 9.15pm last night. The Peugeot 205 Gti is believed to have struck the kerb on Chew Moor Road near Bolton Road before hitting a fence. Both men were treated
TWENTY-SEVEN artists and craft firms in Bolton are benefiting from a grant scheme - part of Bolton Council's Cultural Industries Development scheme - to help them start up. The cash has helped in record releases including Northern Nostalgia's "Goodbye
MEMBERS of the Ramsbottom branch of the British Sub Aqua Club will be able to splash out on new equipment, thanks to a £4,000 grant. The money, awarded by the Foundation for Sports and the Arts, which is supported by Football Pools' cash, will contribute
STAUNCH Labour supporter Frances Mann believed to be one of the oldest living Boltonians celebrates her 106th birthday today. The former Lostock woman received her traditional telegram from the Queen and a red rose from the Labour Party. Mum-of-six
A POPULAR local landlord who ran a busy Harwood pub for more than 30 years has died aged 70. John Southworth, better known as Jack to regulars at the Seven Stars Hotel at Lea Gate, died suddenly at home on Monday. Born near the Seven Stars on Tottington
CHAIRMAN of Horwich Conservatives, Mark Perks has praised a local public house manageress for her action in banning alcopops. And Mr Perks, a primary school teacher, is calling for Horwich off-licences and supermarkets to be more vigilant when serving
A COUNCIL chief has welcomed moves to end the "hiving off" of town hall services. The new Labour Government has announced that it plans to end compulsory competition. This is where councils have to bid to run services against competition from private
One summer of innocence a long time ago, Me and my friends rode the west. There was Billy the Kid and Jesse and Frank, Having shoot-outs to see who was best. I played the Lone Ranger protecting the good, Looking out for an Indian attack. I wore leather
ALAN Macpherson's production of this witty, fast-moving and saucy farce by Ken Ludwig has been cast with great skill and is exceptionally good. At last night's opening all eight characters were comfortable with their accents, American and Italian, and
GREEN Hall School in Atherton has been praised by OFSTED inspectors for its work with pupils who have moderate learning difficulties. The Government team visited the school in April. The resulting report states: "Green Hall School has many strengths.
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, June 5, 1972 THE Duke of Windsor was buried at Windsor today after a simple but moving funeral service in St. George's Chapel. When the service began, the Duchess, all in black and heavily veiled, was a small, frail
BOLTON-based EEF Lancashire increased its membership by 25 to 262 last year. Chief Executive John Brown says in the annual report that the Association has also continued to develop its services to member companies. "In particular we have strengthened
PARENTS of a girl in six billion left imprisoned in her home by Bolton thieves have issued a new appeal for help. The heartless thugs were featured in the BEN last week after stealing the portable oxygen cylinder the four year old youngster relies on.
BOLTON bookworms are falling by the wayside and being overtaken by the audio visual age. Statistics produced by the borough's library service reveal a decline in book loans and an increasing interest in non-book material including compact discs, videos
THE Met Office recorded 14 chemical alerts in the North-west last year according to figures released today. But Bolton was not been badly affected with only a handful of minor chemical leaks reported over the 12 months to the end of March. Weather plays
MUM Ann Hoskins claims her toddler daughter "could have been killed" when a supermarket trolley in which she was sitting fell over. Shannon Hoskins, two, was left badly bruised following the accident in the Asda car-park in Farnworth. The youngster was
LITTLE Madalina Zapodeanu is staying in Bolton after being flown from her orphanage in Romania for medical treatment. The five-year-old with a cheeky smile has been seen by doctors in England to see if anything can be done about her disabled arm. Madalina
DISABLED residents in Chorley's villages are set to benefit from a tried and trusted transport service. The county cars initiative has been extended by council bosses after its success in other parts of Lancashire. Now the parishes of Withnell and Wheelton
A WESTHOUGHTON family say they were left kicking their heels in airports for TWELVE hours when their two-week break to Spain went wrong. And mother of two Jane Harrison, aged 32, of Kennet Close, is calling for drastic improvements from tour operator
CRUEL thieves have picked on a girl in six billion! Little Evelyn Jones -who attends Chorley's Mayfield School - is the only known person in the world suffering from Undiagnosed Congenital Syndrome. But callous car robbers imprisoned the four-year-old
BOLTON is shaking off its crime black-spot reputation with a large fall in the number of reported crimes. During the last year recorded crimes in the town were cut by 9.4 per cent to 28,434. The tumble in the figures was predicted in the BEN earlier this
HOUSING chiefs are glowing with praise for a new £1/4m contract for vital safety work in thousands of Chorley council homes. From this week, the town hall's own operational services department became responsible for all servicing and repairs of central
SIR: May I remind Trevor T Mellows (BEN, May 31) that no-one has a blinkered opinion of Tom Sackville as he stated. I would like to remind him that anything good he campaigned for, falls into insignificance when compared to the atrocious and obnoxious
A CHORLEY teenager is aiming to clog the opposition when East Lancashire hosts the country's first ever champion of champions clog dancing contest this weekend. Toe-tapping title holders past and present have been invited to take part in the inaugural
SIR: Jim Alker in his reply to Mr B Collinson's letter about the Kearsley relief road (Your Views, May 28), stated that there should be a relief road built which would then take all the traffic onto the motorway. Unfortunately, once the road is built
LOCAL lady angler Marian Wharmby's talents have been recognised in the best circles when she was asked to partner England team member and current Kamasan match man of the year, Dave Vincent, in a prestigious mixed pairs event. Marian, who lives in Walkden
CHORLEY'S Mark Worrall came up with a big idea to satisfy his love of old military vehicles - he bought two 60-ton, 750 horsepower Chieftain tanks. Mark, aged 35, of Eaves Green, Chorley, found the decomissioned tanks through a dealer in Portsmouth. He
SIR: The following is an open letter to those who destroy. I do not know who you are, nor do I know why twice in two months time you tried to deface my car. And there were other signs that express, somewhat, a clouded, disturbed mind. I have nothing against
WHAT have an American college professor and former Chorley mayor's attendant got in common? Quite a lot, it appears. For Ken Smalley, 64, of Marlborough Street, Chorley and Allen Stern, aged 48, of Proctorville, Ohio discovered they are almost certainly
YOUNG gun Safraz Patel made an explosive second half impact to fire Leigh right back into the thick of the Division Two promotion battle. The 20-year-old substitute was only in action for 36 second half minutes but he triggered a rousing finale which
SIR: Why, one wonders are today's hit songs far less memorable than their earlier acknowledged, remembered counterparts? Many (senior) viewers would have, with sheer delight watched the televised 'Good Old Days" programmes from Leeds, which bought together
A MEETING is to take place next week to discuss the plague of flies outbreak at Ulnes Walton tip - with councillors demanding to know how it was allowed to happen. Homes were hit by swarms of flies earlier this month after the site owners Lancashire Waste
BOLTON pensioner Elizabeth Westwell failed to win through to the finals of a major song and dance contest in Morecambe last night. The Bradshaw woman, a former nurse who sings with the Manchester and District Hospitals Choir, described her "disappointment
THERE has been a huge drop in the number of people killed on Greater Manchester's roads over the last eight years, figures reveal. But there have been more accidents in which people have suffered injuries. These figures have been reported to the Association
BOLTON Artillery bids its own farewell to Burnden Park with a charity sportsmen's dinner later this month. Only Wanderers legend Nat Lofthouse and The Bolton Artillery have been honoured with the freedom of Bolton and the artillery's links with the club
THE Greater Manchester Police helicopter is proving a vital asset in fighting crime around Bolton, according to a new report. And in the report to the region's police authority tomorrow - recording the air support unit's work during the last year- police
AFTER making a complete recovering following a motorcycle accident last October, Yorkshire-born comedian Billy Pearce is set for his date at the Albert Halls, Bolton, on June 20. An Adult Evening With Billy Pearce should have taken place in March, but
A PIONEERING Bolton scheme for the homeless has been given a cash lifeline by the Government. Housing Minister Hilary Armstrong has announced that the Bolton Bond Board will be awarded £39,573. And Shirley Morris the organisation's administrator and fundraiser
BOLTON author Tom Bridge has cooked up a campaign to put British beef back on the menu. The international Master Chef has produced a book containing 200 mouth-watering recipes which have beef as the main ingredient. And he believes the tasty dishes will
OLD military men used to maintain: "One volunteer is worth 10 pressed men." Today it is our civilian life that, without volunteers, would disintegrate. So many people depend on those who give their time and effort without payment, it is fitting that this
A TELEPHONE fault which cut a Bolton fundraising hotline has been blamed on . . . a group of hungry WALLABIES! Fundraiser Sue Marsden called in BT engineers when she discovered the fault. And she was amazed when they told her that wallabies living in
A BOLTON College is fast becoming a victim of its own success. The college is suffering from a shortage of work experience opportunities for engineering students. Lecturers at the Manchester Road campus have now issued a plea for more engineering firms
THE Visitors' Centre at the new Reebok Stadium is to close for a fortnight. Extensive sewer work is needed on the Horwich site near to the area where every week thousands of Wanderers fans have kept up to date with the development and enjoyed a grandstand
BOLTON Wanderers are confident the Reebok Stadium will be ready to stage Premiership football in August. Work on the £35 million project is on schedule and club chairman Gordon Hargreaves today allayed fears that the ground would not be ready. Contractors
