THE man cleared of the manslaughter of Mark Ashworth in Bolton town centre today expressed his sorrow to the dead man's parents. Following his acquittal, reported in the final edition of last night's BEN, on the charge of unlawfully killing Mark Ashworth
VALENTINE'S Day is one date that won't be forgotten easily by Bolton woman Shirley Jackson - from now on it will be her wedding anniversary! Shirley and her fiance Brian Edwards exchanged vows at a special ceremony on the most romantic day of the year
EDUCATION chiefs are hoping to win a cash windfall to jazz up music lessons for local school pupils. They are hoping to be awarded over £565,000 to give ALL Bolton pupils the chance to learn about music they like. And if they get the cash, pupils will
EDUCATION chiefs are hoping to win a cash windfall to jazz up music lessons for local school pupils. They are hoping to be awarded over £565,000 to give ALL Bolton pupils the chance to learn about music they like. And if they get the cash, pupils will
SO the agony of hundreds of families over which secondary school their children are to be allocated was prolonged by another two weeks. Is the "confusing" application form not the same as previous years? If so, are we a particularly thick batch of parents
WANDERERS plans' to field an unchanged side for tomorrow's BSkyB screen test at Birmingham rest on Neil Cox's powers of recovery. The in-form defender missed training yesterday after being laid low by a bout of flu and is doubtful for the St Andrew's
TREVOR Francis is starting to worry that his pre-season predictions are about to come true. The Birmingham boss tipped Sunderland and Wanderers to dominate Division One and win the race for the two autopmatic promotion places. And he's seen nothing yet
THE early deaths of his parents prompted a local businessman to take to the fund-raising trail. Derek Robertson, owner of IP Gill Estate Agents in Swinton, is turning back the clock 30 years to raise cash for the Heart Research North-west appeal. Both
I REFER to the BEN (February 12). It is indeed wonderful to see the youth of Bolton coming together and displaying its musical talent. However one aspect concerns me as a parent of a "musical child" who attended the Junior Orchestra then "graduated" to
my relatives I am the last surviving relative of my late grandfather's marriage and I am trying to trace any relatives on his side of the family. He was unknown to me and I know little of him except the following and would be pleased to hear from anyone
EDUCATIONALISTS are looking at ways of bringing learning closer to the homes of people in Bolton in a bid to get them learning. New places are being sought where adults can take lessons in the areas they live without going to traditional colleges. Community
BOLTON'S pub landladies are some of the best people at barring crime in the town, a report has revealed. The Home Office study shows that one of the best ways of keeping violence out of the town's watering holes is to have a middle-aged landlady behind
A SHOPKEEPER'S prayers to be an actor were answered this week . . . when he hit TV screens playing a vicar! Acting novice Clint Jollie, 39, landed his reverential role in a short film which featured on Wednesday night's midweek National Lottery draw programme
AFTER a trial lasting all week, a Bolton Crown Court jury took just over one hour to find Farnworth man Mohammed Ramzan, 32, not guilty of attempting to murder his wife Shazir. Andrew O'Byrne prosecuting, told the jury that in a row between the couple
OH. Well that's all right then. Genetically Modified grub is A O-K. Kosher. None other than Our Beloved Leader says so. And if it's fine by Big Tone. It's fine by me. Not!!! I suppose given the dithering and polical double-speak from his Cabinet Ministers
FORMER Grenadier Guardsman Norman Isherwood, who became involved in computer porn, has been ordered to register as a sex offender. Mr Michael Williams prosecuting, said that Isherwood, aged 50, was arrested at his home in Radcliffe Road, Bolton, after
A HOLIDAY of a lifetime turned into a dream trip down Memory Lane for a Bolton woman who met up with her bobby sox idol Eddie Fisher. The possibility of getting to see the man she has worshipped for more than 40 years was a deciding factor when Prim and
A HOLIDAY of a lifetime turned into a dream trip down Memory Lane for a Bolton woman who met up with her bobby sox idol Eddie Fisher. The possibility of getting to see the man she has worshipped for more than 40 years was a deciding factor when Prim and
WANDERERS plans' to field an unchanged side for tomorrow's BSkyB screen test at Birmingham rest on Neil Cox's powers of recovery. The in-form defender missed training yesterday after being laid low by a bout of flu and is doubtful for the St Andrew's
Jimmy Clean Clogs or Jimmy Stewart lived in Bird Street, behind Fletcher Street Methodist Church. He had clean clogs and followed the Salvation Army Band. But the inspectors at the terminus in Great Moor Street used to chase him off for kicking the buses
VALENTINE'S Day is one date that won't be forgotten easily by Bolton woman Shirley Jackson - from now on it will be her wedding anniversary! Shirley and her fiance Brian Edwards exchanged vows at a special ceremony on the most romantic day of the year
I HAVE just received a copy of the BEN of January 25. A possible programme for Easter 1999 is mentioned. This programme links Jesus with adultery. The screening of such a programme will shock and upset many people. I strongly protest - such a programme
COUNCILS throughout the North-west will converge on Bolton next week to draw up new battle plans against compulsory fluoridation of water. More than 30 years after Bolton said a resounding "NO" to moves to add fluoride to tapwater, the Government has
IT was interesting to read that the railway poster which featured a cup-tie between Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers, sold for £7,500 at auction recently. The match was the FA Cup Final of 1904 played at Crystal Palace, which City won 1-0. The only
CONSERVATIVE spokesman, Paul Brierley is yet again getting caught up in the politics of cheap point scoring. In his latest tirade (BEN February 10) he claims that Bolton MPs David Crausby and Ruth Kelly, are engaging in "gimmicks" by offering to help
I WOULD have thought that as a person with ambitions to get on to Bolton Council, P Brierley would have taken time to read the BEN before making himself look silly with daft comments. Had he bothered to read the BEN he would have seen that the recent
A FORMER Mayor of Bolton frightened off a would-be car-thief . . . by shouting at him. The scruffily dressed man tried to get into the car of Honorary Alderman Mrs Barbara Hurst as she parked in Bath Street, Bolton town centre yesterday. As the man pulled
PATIENTS are being forced to wait weeks between medical appointments because of a lack of cash. Community health bosses are seeing more people joining waiting lists for podiatry and clinical psychology services. This means long waits for initial treatment
IT-off time was only an hour away and the tension was building up fast for the Chippendales' 20 minutes' "teaser". The strippers were drumming up trade ahead of their summer tour and hundreds of girls - and less than a handful of men - had made their
IF you go to the Bolton Museum now you'll see lots of colourful paintings by an artist called Jerry Gordon.You might think they're just a collection of canvasses - depicting famous sites such as Stongehenge, the pyramids in Egypt and St Basil's in Moscow
A NEW scheme has kicked off to help young Asian footballers impress professional football scouts. Bolton Wanderers have teamed up with Bolton Council and Bolton Racial Equality Council to launch the Advanced School of Football Coaching - a scheme to target
BURY Council is to pay a man £600 compensation after he lodged an official complaint. The man - given the alias Mr Redfern - was unhappy over the way the borough's social services department dealt with him. Local government Ombudsman Patricia Thomas has
