ANGRY residents claim a temporary police blockade of a busy Bolton road when Wanderers play at home has created a traffic headache. One side of the A6027 dual carriageway spur-road between the A6 and junction six of the M61 has to be blocked for a maximum
GAETANO Giallanza is determined to secure a Premiership future for Wanderers. The Swiss-born Italian, who made an eye-catching, almost heroic debut in the heat of Saturday's grandstand finish at the Reebok, admits it's looking grim in the battle to beat
TALENTED footballer Luke Hardman faces a season on the bench following a vicious attack outside a Bury nightspot. Luke, a mid-fielder for Ramsbottom United, had his jaw fractured in two places when he was punched in the face while waiting for a taxi.
WATSON Steel has landed a £3.5 million design and build contract in Wigan. The Lostock company's latest project is Wigan's new football stadium at Robin Park. The 25,000 seater stadium will be built on a landfill site and will involve the fabrication
SIR: I would like to nominate for 'Rats of the week', the persons who drove up Elgin Street at 8.30 pm on Friday, April 17. They hit two cats and left them both badly hurt in the road. No other cars were on the road at that time, so it could have been
SIR: As a pensioner, I feel I must put pen to paper to express my surprise at the attitude of the Conservative Party these days. Under Mr Major, we got a couple of extra pounds, when the temperature fell below freezing for a week. Thanks a lot! Mr Blair
SIR: What a disgrace that in excess of 40 mature protected trees have been axed courtesy of Bolton Planning Department (BEN, April 8). "The firm has paid the council £12,500 as a condition of planning permission to help finance tree planting schemes in
PAUL Wingfield has turned his back on Wembley-bound Sheffield Eagles and will stay with Leigh Centurions for at least another month. Goal-kicking winger Wingfield ended his first month on loan from Warrington Wolves at Hilton Park with a flawless eight
THE Oscars of the working world will be presented at the Reebok Stadium later this month. Bolton Bury TEC is on countdown to the Modern Apprentice of the Year event, which celebrates the success of modern apprentices in the Bolton and Bury areas. The
PETER Beardsley has rejected an offer to return to his footballing roots with Carlisle United. The Cumbrian club's 'supremo', Michael Knighton, confirmed he has failed to coax the former England international to Brunton Park, where his career kicked off
A BURY company is one of a dozen in the North-west to win the Queen's Award for Export Achievement. W.H. Tracey Textile Recyclers, which has been trading since 1935, exports baled and sorted second-hand clothing and footwear to Kenya, the Baltic States
A QUICK thinking cashier dived for cover and activated a panic alarm to foil a post office raider. She threw herself to the ground when she was confronted by a thug brandishing a pistol at a sub post office in Bolton Road, Atherton, last night. The thug
SIR: I reply to C Adams (BEN April 1), who accused Labour of double crossing voters and commented about the missing pledge cards. Having just retrieved mine from my wallet, I would like to remind her that when I received it I was asked to judge Labour
BOLTON'S Mayor Cllr Peter Birch has vowed to campaign for Bolton's most famous footballing son to be knighted. Nat Lofthouse is already the proud recipient of the OBE, but Cllr Birch - a lifelong Bolton Wanderers' fan - believes that he should be a Sir
A BURGLAR found the decomposed body of a middle aged man after breaking into an Eccles flat. Police were contacted when a woman made a 999 call saying that a friend had discovered a body when he climbed into the home. Officers were sent to the flat in
BOLTON Wanderers star Alan Thompson launched an emotional appeal today for thieves to return a treasured cup medal. The Geordie midfield player was speaking after a second burglary bid on his Bolton home in the space of four months. Thompson and his young
OFSTED inspectors were full of praise following a visit to Higher Lane County Infants School in Whitefield, declaring it a school which offered "good value for money". A four strong inspection team found little to fault after an extensive study of the
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, April 19, 1973 FORGET your troubles and rising prices. This seems to be the attitude of thousands of holidaymakers who look like making it a record-breaking Easter for getting away from home. Hikers who undertake the
BOLTON'S first citizen has vowed to make it his goal to see soccer legend Nat Lofthouse knighted. The town's mayor Cllr Peter Birch says it's time that both town and country recognised Nat's great sporting achievements and devotion to Bolton. His calls
BOLTON coroner Martin Coppel has called for better training for new drivers after two children were killed in a horror motorway smash. An inquest heard how 18-year-old Michael Britton had only passed his test four weeks earlier when he and his partner
SIR: The letter from Mr McManus (April 15) suggesting that I should live in a country where millions of people are murdered, simply because of their Christian beliefs, was short. Maybe he should explain in more detail. Is he suggesting that because some
BOLTON'S footballing legend Nat Lofthouse is thrilled to pieces ... after having a train named in his honour. Rail users in the town will now be able to travel in style, as their carriages are pulled along by 'The Lion of Vienna' locomotive. And the star
SIR: On behalf of the patients and staff on B1 Children's Ward at the Royal Bolton Hospital we should like to extend our warmest thanks to those who have so kindly donated CD players and CDs for the benefit of the children. We are sure they will spend
LANCASHIRE hit an injury crisis today as they faced up to their floodlit clash at Hove. Ian Austin was ruled out and Neil Fairbrother was a big doubt after both were hurt in fielding mishaps during yesterday's championship defeat by Sussex. Austin needed
SIR: I applaud Bolton Council for thinking forward to the Millennium. But, before they go for city status, wouldn't it be nice if they could get us back in Lancashire, then we could be a new city in Lancashire. I have nothing against Mancunians, but I
SIR: I am from Bolton originally but now live in Colorado USA I just had to make a comment about the man who wrote in about the Fool Monty photograph. This man is obviously back in the 1800s. We are almost on the year 2000. To express yourself in the
SIR: I refer to the article headed: Death trap school buses (April 4). We are on the busy routes which serve the Royal Bolton Hospital. People with all manner of disabilities have to negotiate platforms with as many as four or five prams crowding the
MYSTERY still surrounded the closure of a chain of local estate agents today. As reported in later editions of yesterday's BEN, hundreds of people buying and selling houses were left in limbo when branches of Dillons', including the Bolton base in Bradshawgate
A REWARD is being offered following the theft of £30,000 worth of crystal collectors' items from Tottington. The haul of 30 Swarovski pieces, mainly in the shape of small animals and birds, were taken from glass display cases during a house burglary between
HEAD-TEACHERS seldom exclude pupils lightly, but a system of sharing them out among local schools seems fairest. Secondary school heads are currently poised to agree to a new "exchange" system which would see them take in a pupil expelled from another
LEIGH'S proposed Xanadu snow centre could become a white elephant because of the number of rival ski centres being given the go-ahead, the Green Party claims. They are calling for the project, near Pennington Flash country park, to be abandoned as there
SHOPKEEPERS in Bolton are being urged to remove pavement perils and make life easier for disabled people and families with small children. The Council move follows a steep rise in complaints about businesses who are "cluttering up" footpaths with goods
A FORMER pupil from Rivington and Blackrod High School has helped out the Kenyan Government with a spot of handiwork. Corporal Stephen Thorne, 28, who hails from Adlington, spent three months in Africa working on projects to help children. Along with
The brochure sets me yearning to see the waving palms And all the golden sand and seas so blue. I'd be afraid to fly there, and there's just another snag, My cash won't stretch so far, I'll have to think anew. Now there's a rustic cottage amid the fields
SIR: As many people in this area supported UNICEF's appeal for North Korea recently, I thought they might be interested to hear how our work to save the lives of children suffering from malnutrition is progressing. I recently returned from two months
IN the true spirit of "the show must go on", a member of the audience stepped into the breach when the pianist for Farnworth Amateur Operatic Society's production of Bitter Sweet was delayed at last night's opening performance. The pianist had realised
A FORMER President of Bolton & Bury Chamber of Commerce has retired as company secretary at Vernacare in Bolton. Mr Frank Coucill, aged 61, joined the company in 1965 and helped it develop to the point where it dominates the human waste disposal industry
