WHATEVER has happened to the good old deckchair? As I am getting on a bit now, I am finding it difficult to carry these new sun loungers. They are so heavy and cumbersome. Remembering all the relaxing hours spent on the beach at Blackpool in a deckchair
CONGRATULATIONS to George Brown who has suddenly seen the light and the Labour council for the disgraceful neglect of Farnworth. As a working class council tax payer who lives in Farnworth, I have constantly complained about the matters which G Brown
THE 'fluoride fallacy' is a story of greed, duplicity, incompetence, naivety, money and power. The power of myth, science and delusion has driven an intellectual bandwagon roughshod over genuine empiricism and cold, hard reasoning. Fluoridation took the
A TEENAGE factory worker who fought an inferno to save a pensioner's home was hailed a hero today. Brave David Holt, aged 17, smashed his way into 78-year-old Evelyn Howarth's house and brought the fierce fire under control using a fire extinguisher.
BOLTON celebrities will be taking to the cricket pitch in aid of a good cause on Wednesday, August 30. Radio 1 DJ and former Bolton School pupil Mark Radcliffe and his sidekick 'Lard' will be playing in a match with both current and ex-Bolton Wanderers
BOLTON south residents are set to meet police chiefs tomorrow to voice concerns about problem areas. Members of the Bolton South Police and Community Consultative Group will gathere at New Bury Community Centre, Buckley Lane, Farnworth, at 7.30pm. Everyone
A POLICE project to clamp down on speeding bikers has been hailed a success. Officers from GMP traffic unit took to the town's motorway network as part of a campaign to cut the speed of motorcyclists. Motorway officers in undercover and marked vehicles
STATE-of-the-art radio equipment is set to help Bolton police in their fight against crime. Greater Manchester Police will be one of the first forces in the UK to introduce a digital radio service which helps emergency services personnel to communicate
MOTORISTS are being warned to be on their guard against Bolton car criminals. Figures for the last three months show Halliwell to be a motor crime hotspot with 40 car break-ins or theft from vehicles. Harwood and Heaton residents have suffered 30 break-ins
BOLTON and Bury Chamber is inviting its members to a free breakfast on September 20 at the Reebok Stadium. Guests will be able to find out about a national performance tool for boosting productivity, profitability, customer service, commun- ications,
BOLTON could become a mecca for honing business skills among the young. That is the aim of the new chairman of the Bolton Young Enterprise initiative, Michael Harrison. The managing director of Bolton-based Harrison Lubrication Engineering is appealing
A MAN was arrested after an attack in a Bolton fast food takeaway. Police say a 25-year-old employee of Allen's Fried Chicken, Chorley Old Road, was injured just after midnight when a man entered the shop and vaulted the counter. The victim was taken
MULTI national companies will join forces with local firms in a drive to fill job vacancies and reduce unemployment in the area. A Jobs and Training Fair takes place at Little Hulton Community School on Wednesday, August 30. Mayor of Salford, Cllr Barry
BOLTON celebrities will be taking to the cricket pitch in aid of a good cause on Wednesday, August 30. Radio 1 DJ and former Bolton School pupil Mark Radcliffe and his sidekick 'Lard' will be playing in a match with both current and ex-Bolton Wanderers
BREIGHTMET started their new league season with an amazing 9-0 demolition of highly rated Whitworth Valley. They were 3-0 up after 15 minutes with two tremendous goals from Damien Harper and one from Paul Fletcher. Further brilliant efforts followed from
EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY, Bury. For more information ring 0161-764 7790. TATE GALLERY, Albert Dock, Liverpool. Ring 0151 702 7400 WHITWORTH ART GALLERY, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester. The Times of Our Lives. A stunning series of
HORWICH RMI CLUB, Chorley New Road, Horwich. Friday September 15, King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys. Ring Bolton 468085 (9am to 5pm) or Bolton 468911 (6.30pm to 9pm). MOSES GATE HOTEL, Farnworth. GYPSY'S TENT, Deansgate, Bolton. BULLS HEAD, Bury Rd,
TYLDESLEY RU kicked the new season off in style with a comprehensive 26-0 victory away at Ormskirk. Early pressure from the home side was met with some solid defence from the Tyldesley side. The Tyldesley back row of Harrop, Berrisford and Worsfold snuffed
BOLTON schoolgirl Amy Hunt has retained her Rav 4 Series National Juvenile Mountain Bike Championships for the second time. The talented cyclist, a pupil at Rivington and Blackrod High, won her final race in Wrexham to clinch national glory for the second
SO far this season I have seen four excellent cricket matches that ended as draws, writes Peter Stafford. But this, most emphatically, was not one of them! It was a game which underlined the huge difference between the top and the bottom of the Fort James
FOUR Bolton primary schools are celebrating today after learning they are to receive a £250,000 windfall for urgent repairs. The schools were overlooked in the first round of bids for the Government's New Deal for Schools, but have been given the cash
PENSIONER Sam Brereton has returned to a 'home sweet home' that is better than ever. The 67-year-old is the first resident to return to newly-modernised homes on Ramsbottom's Peel Brow estate. Sam's house is one of 24 bungalows which are being converted
CUSTOMERS at the local B&Q store could be forgiven for thinking they have seen management trainee Stuart Kay's face before. For when the giant company wanted to launch a nationwide TV advertising campaign they certainly did it themselves -- and recruited
AS developers have unveiled plans to turn Blackpool into a kind of North-west Las Vegas with multi-million pound casinos and hotels, Frank Wood takes a look at how the resort is today, and what local people see as its future RUN-DOWN Blackpool desperately
A JUDGE jailed a man for five years for a series of drive-by handbag snatches, including ripping the bag from the hands of a 72-year-old woman as he drove past in a stolen car. Jamie Lee Benson, of Second Avenue, Atherton, appeared at Bolton Crown Court
WILL the water companies compensate anyone damaged by fluoridation when the fluoride to be used is toxic waste from the chimneys of the phosphate fertiliser industry and is very different from natural calcium fluoride? Neither can it be right to medicate
IN reply to Paul Hilton's letter (August 18). Mr Hilton suggests I have attacked him and the forum. It was Mr Hilton who took issue with my letter in the first insance. I have merely defended myself. It would seem that I may be the one under attack, but
IT appears that Sheila Jones (August 16) does not believe that, at 44, I have all my teeth and no fillings. My name and address appear after this letter and, if Ms Jones would like to call, I will be happy to show my teeth to her, my daughter likewise
A SEVEN-year-old boy was arrested last night after a girl was shot. The 10-year-old girl was shot by a ball-bearing firing rifle but did not need hospital treatment. A police spokesman said the shots broke the girl's skin and were removed by the youngster's
TWELVE men were due to appear before Manchester magistrates today on kerb crawling charges. They have been charged under the Sex Offences Act 1985. The court appearance follows a crackdown by police on city centre prostitution. In July, GMP launched a
A CYCLIST was critically ill in hospital today after falling under a bin waggon. Mariuscz Mazurek, aged 16, suffered serious head and leg injuries in the accident yesterday. Police closed the top of Longsight Road, Holcombe Brook, for more than three
A VINTAGE Bugatti car which a Bury man sold for a mere £30 has fetched a staggering £54,293 at auction in the United States. The gleaming 1922 type 13 Brescia Bugatti was bought in 1946 by Mr Andrew Heib of Bury. Then, it was just a bare chassis, the
SKATING prodigy Kevin McGuire was upbeat after coming third in the national Playstation Skating Championships. The 16-year-old travelled to London on Saturday to compete against another six competitors from across the country in the prestigious contest
A BOLTON pensioner has claimed another success in his battle to stop bus drivers leaving their engines running. Andrew Chattlin, aged 72, of Bridgeman Street, Farnworth, has been waging a three-year one-man campaign against drivers who sit with engines
DEAN Holdsworth saved Wanderers blushes with an 85th minute match-winner after Macclesfield had threatened to spring a surprise at the Reebok. The record signing, in for his first game after picking up a shoulder injury on the pre-season tour of America
DEFENDER Mike Smith returns from suspension for Ramsbottom United in time for tonight's home derby clash at the Riverside ground with Atherton Colls. Rams' goalkeeper John Parrott was injured in Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Abbey Hey and Keith Neild is expected
FARNWORTH Social Circle beat Tonge Seconds by 5 wickets. Batting first Tonge were bowled out for 100 (Tony Bradley 9-43). Social reached their target despite Nick Biggar's 4-50. Little Lever beat Egerton by 95 runs. Lever were bowled out for 161 (Gary
KEARSLEY produced took another firm step towards the Bolton League championship with a nine wicket win after dismissing Horwich for only 45, writes Sports Editor Peter Mensforth And their title bid was strengthened even more as second placed Egerton could
25 YEARS AGO TEENAGERS swelled Britain's dole queue to over 1,250,000 this month . and the North West was one of the blackest spots. The national jobless, including 165,623 school leavers, is the worst since the war. CLEANING woman Mrs Geraldine Hill
DURING the 19th century, the early Victorian age, life expectancy in Bolton and towns like it was very low. Children under the age of five accounted for more than half of all deaths, although if you managed to survive until you were five, you had a much
PALACE NIGHTCLUB, Blackpool. Search for the next generation of disco superstars with Talent 2000. Singers, lookalikes, tribute acts, speciality acts, boy and girl groups, dance troupes, disco bands and DJs take their turn on the stage every Thursday night
THE Lancashire Road Club 12 hour time trial which is one of the few remaining races of its type in the time trial calendar. Most time trials are length based with the riders competing over a set distance, the winner being the competitor completing the
THE WORTHINGTON'S Tuesday Sixth Division is proving to be a real contest, with every team in the division losing at least one game in their first three. The most surprising result of all came when Billy's Boots turned in a stunning performance, beating
ON a colder-than-expected morning, due to thick mist, Bull Hill was a welcome start to the day, the extremities warming on the long ascent. At the top, bright sun broke through briefly before the plunge back into the cold mist down to Darwen. On approaching
BOLTON District Ladies, who have been in runners up spot for most of the season, lost 117-101 to in-form Farnworth District Vets who have won three of their last four games. Bolton District batted first and were dismissed for 36 runs with eight bad balls
IN Monday's Division A Mardi Gra Experience kicked off the new league with a good 8-1 win over Harveys Taxis. with the winning goals coming from Rick Gunby (2), Chris Grady (2), Phil Hartley (2) and John Jordan (2), while Athletico Redvales claimed three
WELL represented in the pre-season tournament quarter finals were the various 1st divisions as their respective teams occupied seven places. The only premiership outfit was Andy Arnauld's B.B.2.K. who, without doubt, were hoping to be among the top three
Robinson clincher earns last eight spot THURSDAY SUMMER CUP Group One -- Griffin All Stars booked their place in the quarter finals in beating Dabs Direct 1-0, courtesy of a Simon Robinson goal. VM Mets play Dabs in their final game, and need a draw to
THE parents of Big Brother contestant Nichola Holt today insisted she is welcome back to Bolton. Nichola revealed during an interview on national TV that her father Frank, aged 54, had told her not to come home to Bradshaw after lurid revelations in a
A BOLTON schoolboy's dream of landing one ofthe most coveted film roles in history has been dashed. Dale Peters was hoping to impress Hollywood movie moguls into letting him play wizard Harry Potter in the forthcoming film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
FORMER Bolton Wanderers manager and one of English soccer's most decorated players, Phil Neal has bid farewell to his prestigious collection of medals and caps. The 49-year-old is taking the unprecedented step of selling his entire collection -- to help
BEN reporter, Karen Stephen spent a weekend in Blackpool along with her 90-year-old grandmother and offers this personal view. Both have vowed never to go there again MY nan hadn't been to Blackpool for about five or six years and always held happy memories
THOUSANDS of local people will know first-hand exactly what Blackpool would have to live up to as a Northern Las Vegas. But for those who have never visited the famous desert gambling resort, BEN deputy editor Ian Savage -- a self-confessed US fan --
