BUS bosses have rung the bell on Atherton's Howe Bridge depot, where 245 people are employed. Greater Manchester Buses North management have told the workforce their last run will be on Saturday, February 7. "Drivers will be transferred to other depots
SIR: I refer to Doreen Crowther's article of January 3 - Little ole wine drinker me! Doreen is right, wine drinking doesn't stop north of Watford. However, having read her article, I am not surprised provincial journalists are not often invited to such
SIR: I read with interest "Disappointed's" letter about the Eagley Brass Band, BEN Thursday, January 1. Every New Year's Day, they turn out in all weathers to play carols round Eagley Village. This year they started at 9.30am, and as I made my way to
WIGAN Warriors have denied claims that Brisbane Broncos have an option on Aussie ace Wendell Sailor. "We don't know anything about that," said vice-chairman John Martin. "We told Brisbane we opened free and open talks with Sailor and his agent. There
SIR: The National Canine Defence League (NCDL) would like to thank everyone who kindly supported the charity last year. Sadly, thousands of dogs are abandoned throughout the year and the problem is often particularly acute during the 'season of goodwill
FORMER Leigh skipper John Pendlebury is doing his bit to help his old club. Pendlebury, now coach of Super League club Halifax Blue Sox, has recommended two of his young forwards to his Hilton Park opposite number Keith Latham. Second rower Paul Highton
FATHER-of-five Dale Monks has cleaned up in a prestigious competition organised by the BEN and Bolton council. The 39-year-old raced ahead of his competitors in his Green Machine, scooping the Street Cleaner of the Year Award. And Dale clearly loves his
BOLTON has secured a top Euro green award. The town's successful battle to become cleaner and greener has won a prestigious Certificate of Distinction in the European Sustainable City Award 1997. Bolton was competing against more than 100 cities and towns
BURY boss Stan Ternent has blasted rival FA Cup skipper David Holdsworth for an off-the-ball clash that put Paul Dalglish in hospital with a broken nose. Dalglish, the son of Newcastle boss Kenny, needed an operation on a complicated nose fracture, after
delicacy that's 100 years old UNCLE JOE'S - the Wigan-made nut brown mint balls that became so famous the Houghton Weavers recorded a song about them - are 100 years old. William Santus and Co, of The Toffee Works, Dorning Street, is still using the same
A TICKET stub from one of Bolton Wanderers' most famous footballing victories has been bought by the town's museum bosses - for £320. The stub from the 1923 FA Cup final, in which Bolton beat West Ham 2-0, was secured via a postal bid in an auction of
UP to 2,000 members of the Bolton Asian community are expected to take part in a town centre march in memory of tragic taxi driver, Quadir Hussain on Saturday. Mr Hussain, 32, died after an alleged incident in his cab on the Saturday before Christmas.
COUNCIL bosses have been landed with a huge bill after emergency teams dealt with nearly 300 calls during the Christmas gales. Workmen battled to clear fallen trees, repair street lighting and make a gable wall of a house safe at the height of the storm-force
A YOUNG boy was left devastated when thieves stole his mountain bike from outside his home. The family say it was the final straw - after having three bikes stolen in just 12 months. Christopher Greer, eight, asks his mum every night when he gets home
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, January 8, 1973 A HONOLULU nightclub owner, concerned over sagging interest in topless and bottomless waitresses, is offering a new twist - nude waiters. 'It's really giving business a shot in the arm', says club owner
PLANNING councillors were being warned today that if approval is given to a massive new supermarket scheme at the former Wanderers' former Burnden Park site, it will jeopardise an ambitious scheme which would create 300 jobs in Farnworth. As reported
A FORMER RAF squadron leader is the new director of the Wigan-based North West Chambers of Commerce organisation. Mr Terry Cook, aged 46, has succeeded Mr Miles Middleton, who is taking up a new appointment in the North-east. Mr Cook, who was born in
MILLIONS of pounds of extra Government cash will help keep pensioners warm this winter. Around £200 million is being paid to pensioners nationally to help them pay their winter fuel bills. And Bolton's elderly - estimated to number around 50,000 - will
DEAN Holdsworth is still struggling to make his Reebok return in Saturday's relegation six-pointer against Southampton. Wanderers' record signing is close to being fully fit after being sidelined with a shin injury but he cut short a training session
SIR: May I express my concern about the Social Services proposal to close three High Dependency Units in the Bolton area. One of these units was a life saver for my family and I. We relied on the staff to allow my mother to live an enjoyable and fulfilling
STUNNED police officers found the driver of a crashed stolen car was just 11-YEARS-OLD when they targeted an area plagued by unruly youths. Police are hailing their clean-up operation of the troubled Westleigh area of Leigh as a big success. But they
EDUCATION and employment experts have joined forces to help boys perform as well as girls in exams. New statistics show that 34pc of Bolton boys gained five GCSEs grades A-C last year, compared with 46 pc of girls - one of the biggest discrepancies in
SIR: I am asking the totally selfish, uncaring person, who has a totally untrained dog, and allows it to deposit its dirt on the pavement, at the corner of Crompton Way and Montrose Avenue every evening in the dark, to please lead the dog 12 inches to
SIR: I would like to express my dismay at the New Year's offerings on ITV. Last week 's McCallum was too explicit for me anyway and I hope that the series improves. In the first place, the actor John Hannah is as cheerful as Hong Kong chicken and I am
BOLTON is classed as a "success city" in a report out today. The London-based economic consultancy Business Strategies investigated employment growth in the years 1981-1995 in towns and cities across the UK. Bolton is 16th out of 51 in a list which has
BOLTON'S Octagon Theatre is featured in a special TV debate tonight featuring Coronation Street star John Savident alias Fred Elliott. Close Up North on BBC2 at 7.30pm focuses on the Octagon as a major success story in the region. And the Octagon's artistic
SIR: Having read the headline in the BEN (December 30 1997) "Free Sunday parking bonanza for shoppers", I am deeply concerned that Bolton Planning & Environmental Committee have somehow got themselves put under deep hypnosis, and are under the illusion
He picked up his paper without much hope, Being a loner can cause one to mope. Then a special column caught his eye, He might be a devil and just have a try. Taking stock of himself what did he see. He began to perk up, and felt quite free. What kind
CONTRACTORS have been at work at Bolton's Ashburner Street Market after three stalls were put out of action by a leaking roof. As reported in the BEN, traders were furious when water poured through the roof during Saturday's heavy rain. Workmen, using
THE acclaimed Bridge String Quartet from London returns this Sunday to the Bolton School's Art Centre where they will continue their series of four concerts based on the American Dream. They will perform the American Quartet by Dvorak and Beethoven's
DETECTIVES fear a haul of expensive golf equipment could be sold on the black market following a raid at a Bolton club. Clothing and equipment - valued at more than £5,000 - was snatched in a ram raid at Bolton Open Golf Course in Harwood. Raiders smashed
WE appear to have wandered into a parallel universe. The latest row surrounding further development in the Middlebrook area certainly defies normal logic. Tesco want to move their Horwich store from one side of the road to the other in a sensible-sounding
SIR: May I have one last opportunity to explain to Brian Derbyshire my concern about children today? I have never said that children do not need discipline, but I believe that using physical violence to correct misbehaviour is teaching a child that violence
AMBULANCES in Greater Manchester improved their response times despite a huge increase in call-outs over the Christmas period. And calls during a hectic New Year's Eve could have been even sharper - had it not been for a massive total of 130 fruitless
