RADCLIFFE Boro plunged to a 1-0 home defeat last night by Farsley Celtic in the Unibond League Division One. This was despite the fact that the Leeds-based visitors had their goalkeeper sent off on the 14-minute mark and played the rest of the game with
BOLTON Schools completed a hat-trick of trophies with a Merit League cup final win over Tameside Schools at Kearsley. Electing to bat Bolton were in trouble at 36 for 4 with Rees 8, Guest 7, Fearn 7, Flannagan 2 back in the dressing room. County schoolboy
LEIGH RMI hit the road today confident they can end a run of three games without a win. Tonight they travel to face Telford United knowing that if they can improve their strike rate, they are capable of picking up all three points. "Saturday was a classic
LEIGH Centurions chairman Mike Nolan has issued a firm 'hands off' warning to Halifax Blue Sox who are chasing two of Hilton Park's brightest young stars. Leigh claim that hooker Mick Higham and full-back Stuart Donlan have been approached about possible
THERE will be no room for complacency when the second-placed Shakers take on Colchester United at Gigg Lane tonight. Boosted by their fine victory over unbeaten table toppers Walsall on Saturday Andy Preece is looking for his side to extend their unbeaten
LITTLE Lever grabbed the last Lancashire Knockout spot in spectacular fashion on the final day of the Fort James Bolton League season. The Victory Road side needed a win to deny Westhoughton, but at 141-7 chasing Walkden's 172, it looked a lost cause.
Tonge turn tables on the champions WHEN Jimmy Greaves used to talk about 'a funny old game', he was of course describing football but I happen to know that he was also a cricketer of no mean ability -- he once caught me behind the wicket! I know, too,
LOCAL THEATRES OCTAGON THEATRE, Bolton. Ring Bolton 520661. PALACE THEATRE, Manchester. Ring 0161 242 2524. OPERA HOUSE, Manchester. Runs until Saturday Nov 11, The Phantom of the Opera. Tel 0161 242 2524. LIBRARY THEATRE, Manchester. Ring 0161 236 7110
ARNOLD HARRISON, of Manchester Road, Little Hulton, again recalls his childhood in Bolton, and also tells us . . . AS children, a large part of our outdoor life was spent in Deane Clough getting dirty, always wet and generally ruining our clothes. If
BOOK EARLY MEN ARENA, Manchester. October 5 to October 8, Disney On Ice, Jungle Adventures. Tickets £8.50 to £22.50. Also, October 23-24, Robbie Williams. Nov 3, Iron Maiden, tickets £20. Nov 25, Tom Jones, tickets £25.50 and £22, starts 8pm. Ring 0161
FAMILY FUN RUN/WALK, Bolton Adult Placement and Brindle Lodge Group family fun run/walk, Saturday September 9, 11am start from Leverhulme Park, Athletics' Stadium, Long Lane, Bolton. Choice of around two mile course (runners, joggers and walkers) or short
THE Astley & Tyldesley Miners' Welfare Club are promoting the British Team Cycle Speedway Championship Semi-Finals and Final, on Sunday September 17. The event is being jointly sponsored by the Bolton Evening News and our sister paper, the Leigh Journal
LANCASHIRE Road Club racing section entered 12 riders in no fewer than 4 different events with members producing some excellent times in all the races. The best ride was undoubtedly that of Frank Mackin whose trek to the Knaresborough area was rewarded
RADCLIFFE Raglan experienced a baptism of fire with their first game in the Bolton Combination League when they were torn apart by a rampant Bolton Lads Club. A brilliant performance by the Lads led to a 10-goal destruction of Raglan. Alan Mitchell took
BOLTON WANDERERS LADIES 7 MOND RANGERS 2 BOLTON Wanderers Ladies got their game together to beat Bolton Wanderersd at Tempest United. Pressing from the start,they went ahead with a Jeanette Williams penalty but Mond replied with an immediate equaliser
THE first round games in the Bolton Sunday League's Open Cup brought a bag full of goals as Premier League sides faced opposition from lower leagues. Leading the way were Radcliffe Amateurs who knocked in 18 against newcomers Wellington, a second division
Finnair Manchester League ATHERTON Town won 2-0 away at Springhead in the Premier Division but according to manager Shaun Lynch 'never really played that well'. "It was only in the last twenty minutes when we really came to," he said. "Up until then it
A ROOFER who threw a two-foot piece of lead from a Bolton church roof, hitting a 12-year-old girl on the head has been fined £2,500. Michael James King, 31, of Normandy Grove, Swinton, admitted a breach in Health and Safety regulations before Bolton magistrates
RESIDENTS in a picturesque Bolton village are demanding that a public toilet block be closed and demolished. They claim the toilets are being used as a daily meeting place for homosexuals . They want Bolton Council to bulldoze the toilets at the bus terminus
THE devastated family of Emma Waters, who died after being crushed under a bus, branded the 12 month jail sentence handed down to the driver as "an insult to her memory." The bubbly 19 year-old student died from horrific crush injuries hours after falling
THE devastated family of Emma Waters, who died after being crushed under a bus, branded the 12 month jail sentence handed down to the driver as "an insult to her memory." The bubbly 19 year-old student died from horrific crush injuries hours after falling
MANCHESTER APOLLO, Manchester. Kd Lang Wed, October 11. Tickets £25 and £22.50 on sale now. Also, Saturday October 28, A1, tickets £15. The Saw Doctors, Saturday December 16, tickets £13.50. Ring 0161 242 2560. MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS ARENA, Manchester
KERSAL FESTIVAL, Littleton Road Playing Fields, Kersal. Sunday September 10. A family fun day with music, clowns, stalls and outdoor side shows. Starts noon. Ring Sue Barnes on 0161 736 9448 for further information. OTLEY BLACK SHEEP FOLK FESTIVAL. Friday
THE MET, Market Street, Bury. Ring 0161 761 2216. BLUE CAT CAFE, Shaw Rd, Heaton Moor, Stockport, 0161 432 2117. DUCIE BRIDGE, Corporation St, Mcr, 0161 834 1006. FROG AND BUCKET, Oldham St, Mcr, 0161 236 9805. IGUANA, Manchester Road, Chorlton, 0161
TATTON PARK, Knutsford. The 31st Cheshire Autumn Antiques Fair. Runs to Sunday September 10. Ring 01277 214677. VARIOUS VENUES, Birkenhead. To Sunday September 10, Hamilton Jazz Festival. Ring 0151 666 5023. MANCHESTER VELODROME NATIONAL CYCLING CENTRE
LOSTOCK'S winning start to the season came to an abrupt end with a 39-7 in the Tetley Bitter Vase first round tie. Losing 10 squad members for the match and a delayed kick-off due to the late arrival of the referee was not ideal preperation for the home
VETERAN Fred Smith is ending his season in fine style. He completed Saturday's 25 mile event in 1hr 26secs then rode the Vets road race series at Elswick on Sunday where he was rewarded with the 'Lou Miller' Trophy, awarded on points scored over the whole
FOLLOWING the BEN's First Day at Work feature, here are all the details of my first day at work which now reads like ancient history! In 1938, I left the Bolton Commercial Institute, now Lord's College, and, in those days, it was not easy for juniors
The cast of Time and the Conways SANDRA Simpson directs J B Priestley's Time and the Conways for Bolton Little Theatre from September 16 to 23. The play, which will be staged in BLT's Forge Theatre, has four actors new to the theatre -- Francesca Frazer
AIR France has moved to Terminal 2 at Manchester Airport. Five daily Air France flights between Manchester and Charles de Gaulle in Paris have been switched from Terminal 1. It will enable Air France to work side by side with Delta Air Lines -- a fellow
NORTH-WEST business leaders are backing the latest phase in the war against the euro. A new campaign involves an alliance between two national campaign groups -- Business for Sterling and New Europe. Business for Sterling is a non-party political organisation
A FORMER Bolton Evening News reporter has been found dead in the sea off the Cornish coast. Andrew Hunter, formerly of Farnworth and a former district reporter in the Atherton area, was part of a Scottish scalloper crew fishing off Penzance. Mr Hunter
BEER garden drinkers had a lucky escape in rush-hour Leigh when a bus careered out of control smashing into the town's oldest pub. Up to 40 passangers were on the First Manchester single decker as it left the town centre bus station and seconds later
BOLTON youngsters are set to get their anti-crime message across in music, dance and drama. Youngsters from the town are being urged to take part in the Greater Manchester Police "On the Beat 2001" arts competition. The deadline for entrants is October
HONESTY is the best policy as far as one Bolton town centre shop is concerned with the introduction of a new pay and go service. Thanks to WH Smith, Victoria Square, you can get to all the headline news in the BEN without having to queue courtesy of their
I WANT to thank Fred Shawcross (BEN, September 7) for his excellent article about the efforts made on behalf of little Nathan Howarth and the way he contrasted the appeal with the insanity which seems to surround us ever more significantly as the days
GRANVILLE Moore (BEN September 6) offers the most extreme libertarian position in defence of total freedom of speech, and quotes the usual tatty-looking piece of Voltaire in defence of his argument. In general terms, I do not agree with political correctness
PETROL stations across Bolton had run completely dry of unleaded fuel today as the effects of the fuel crisis deepened across the country. Last night the government was given the go-ahead by the Queen and the Privy Council to use emergency powers to ensure
TOP employment experts will be on hand at a special seminar to help local businesses avoid the pitfalls often associated with foreign staff. Making sure that rights of entry, working permits and other vital paperwork is all in order can be a nightmare
DETECTIVES have renewed their appeal for information to help catch a drug-crazed thug who beat a pensioner black and blue. Great grandmother Annie Fielding was punched in the face, tipped onto the floor and dragged round by her ankles by a thug who broke
TAXI drivers in Bolton tried to bring the town to a standstill when they formed a convoy to protest against petrol prices yesterday. Fed-up Hackney cab drivers took to the town centre streets at a snail's pace to show their support of the blockades at
CRIMEFIGHTING campaigners are set to mark 10 years of battling the rogues. It is a decade since Greater Manchester Crimestoppers was created during which time nearly £10 million pounds worth of goods have been recovered. For the last three years the region
TELEVISION prankster Jeremy Beadle came to Bolton to consider giving charity backing to a new hospital wing for the parents of premature babies. The former You've Been Framed star visited staff and parents at the neo-natal unit where hospital chiefs hope
A BOLTON education boss has been drafted in to take over at troubled Rochdale where the education director quit following a damning OFSTED report. The borough's deputy director of education Terry Piggott is to take over from Mr Brian Atkinson on a six
SAM Allardyce today warned his surprise package Wanderers team to give Grimsby Town ultimate respect tonight. All the pointers signal a Wanderers win in Humberside but Allardyce dismisses any talk of being favourites for a game which could see his side
BOLTON badminton international is off to Sydney to compete in the Olympics and in the first of a regular series of articles for the BEN he looks ahead to the challenge. THIS last week, prior to leaving for Sydney, has been extremely hard, and not just
2nd XI Review Atherton snatch title initiative from Adlington's weary grasp THE Second XI title is now in the hands of Atherton after winning both games at the weekend as long time leaders Adlington were defeated by Clifton on Saturday. Atherton lost
Honours shared in local thriller LOCAL rivalry invariably adds a little spice to a match which, to the uninitiated, may appear to be one of the less attractive fixtures. Over the years, Astley and Tyldesley have often come out best from these encounters
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, September 11, 1975 TOUGHER laws to prevent any of Britain's 4,000 working men's clubs banning members on racial grounds are proposed in Government plans published today. And thousands of social clubs, including golf
NORTH PIER THEATRE, BLACKPOOL, The Grumbleweeds, with Stu Francis. Runs to October 24. Seats £10. Also, Hale and Pace with support from Hilary O'Neil and Steve Rawlings. Starts Wednesday to Friday 8pm and Saturday at 7pm. Also, Roy 'Chubby' Brown, Saturday
BOLTON CHA RAMBLING CLUB. Saturday September 9, a walk of approximately 12 miles around Dearden Clough, Waugh's Well and Cowpe. Meet 9.30am. Also, Saturday September 16, Yarrow Valley, Anglezarke and Round Loaf, 12 miles. Start 10.30am from Rivington.
Asda Logic West Lancs League TEMPEST United moved into the top four of the Division One table with a 2-0 away win at the Hesketh Bank side which had gone into the weekend second in the listing. Richard Collier opened the scoring for United on 20 minutes
ARC GALLERY STORE, Oldham Street, Manchester. Mon to Sat 10am to 6pm. Sun noon to 5pm. Adm free. Ring 0161 831 7454. ASTLEY CHEETHAM ART GALLERY, Trinity Street, Stalybridge. Open Mon to Fri (not Thurs) 1pm to 7.30pm, Sat 9am to 4pm. Tel 0161 338 2708
AFTER a wet summer, it always seems strange to start off the a season in lovely warm sunshine, but hockey is a game for all weathers. Bolton Hockey Club returned to action this weekend, hoping to build on the team and individual success of the past two
BOLTON progressed comfortably into the next round of the Tetley Vase with a 46 - 0 win over Carnforth at Avenue Street and showed more organisation and aggression than in last week's poor performance in the league. From the opening whistle the Bolton
THE success story of a Bolton junior sports' league could have an unhappy ending. The future of the Bolton-le-Moors Junior Badminton League -- which has taught scores of youngsters the sport and produced county and England players -- is under threat.
FURIOUS motorists accused garage owners of profiteering today after petrol stations increased their prices as demand for the last few drops of fuel soars. Some have reported price hikes as high as seven pence per litre overnight as more and more service
THE parents of a four-week-old baby who died have paid tribute to their son. Oliver Mannion's father Stephen said: "He had real character and even though he was so young we will never forget him." Acting coroner Simon Nelson recorded a verdict of death
IT'S panto time again. At the weekend scores of young wannabes flocked to the Albert Halls, Bolton, for auditions for this year's production of Cinderella. Reporter Beverly Greenberg went along to see them being put through their paces. TOES pointed,
BOLTON police chiefs have drawn up battle plans to fight young muggers who target other children. Senior officers have unveiled plans as part of a new initiative, 'Operation Hawk', to fight back against street robbers in the town. Today Supt Don Brown
PETROL stations across Bolton had run completely dry of unleaded fuel today as the effects of the fuel crisis deepened across the country. Last night the government was given the go-ahead by the Queen and the Privy Council to use emergency powers to ensure
All films run from Friday September 8 to Thursday September 14. WARNER VILLAGE CINEMA, Middlebrook, Bolton. Ring Bolton 669988. Scary Movie (18); Snatch (18); Shanghai Noon (12); The X-Men (12); Gossip (15); Cherry Falls (15); Gone in 60 Seconds (15);
THE Lancashire over 50s side won the English Cricket Board 50-plus County Cup final at Bolton Cricket Club on Sunday. Batting first, Lancashire, managed by Bolton Association secretary Roy Cavanagh, reached 167-4 with Denton's Mike Bocarro and Howard
