YOU recently published an article highlighting the dangers of unmanned railway stations. You pointed four out -- and yet the picture carried was not one of the four named. If the photographer had gone one station down the line to Hall i'th' Wood, you
YOUR correspondent N G Charnley quotes the Old Testament (Leviticus 20:13) in justification of discrimination against homosexuals on grounds of their sexuality. This gives me a bit of a moral problem, not least because my copy of the Authorised Version
THE LATEST 'neighbours from hell' story, together with 'both eyes wide shut' councils and police authorities, is neither surprising, nor indeed isolated, as one BEN correspondent suspects. There are thousands of other rowdies in this lawless country of
THE WORD 'pervert', meaning 'to turn a person or thing aside from its proper use or nature', is used most frequently in connection with sexual abuse. But what about the perverting influence of institutionalised violence, specifically that of militarism
Wanderers 3, QPR 1 WILL the real Bolton Wanderers please stand up, writes Neil Bonnar They couldn't buy a win recently. Before that they could do no wrong. In fact the only predictable thing about them is their complete unpredictability! Sam Allardyce
A Farnworth woman has joined Accrington-based travel operator Fraser Eagle. Michelle Hurst, aged 25, has been appointed marketing officer after holding key marketing positions at two other North-west businesses. Michelle, who attended Bolton Sixth Form
TWO accountancy practices -- Jackson Stephen, Leigh and P G Bogle & Co, Bolton -- have merged. They are now trading under the Jackson Stephen name in Bradshawgate, Leigh. The firm, which acts for more than 1,500 clients, has nine partners and more
MR Gary Wheeler, from Moses Gate Welding Works Ltd , has been elected chairman of Bolton Business Environment Network Members' committee. Mr Peter Callon from Peter Hunts Bakery Foods and Mr John Watson from Armadillo Industrial Safety are vice-chairmen
A NEW partnership led by the Northwest Development Agency and Sustainability Northwest aims to regenerate North-west England. The partnership, made up of some of the region's leading experts in regeneration and land reclamation, plans to make a major
CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown is being urged to appoint a Treasury minister to champion tax simplification. The call comes from the British Chambers of Commerce organisation in its 2001 pre-Budget submission. The BCC warns Mr Brown that the complexity of the
SO many adult students have achieved success in exams that for the first time the presentation ceremony will have to be moved from the Clarence Street Centre to the Festive Hall. The presentation will take place tomorrow at 2pm when Cllr Linda Thomas,
SAM Allardyce admits he hasn't got a penny to spend as he desperately searches for more firepower in his bid to keep Bolton Wanderers on the promotion trail. The Reebok boss is scouring Europe for the man he wants to replace striker Isaiah Rankin whose
I HAVE received a request for pictures of a couple of local pubs. Sue Johnson, of 26, Old Doctors, Tottington, Bury, BL8 3ND, tells me that her cousin in Holland (Barbara Jagger Smith) has been trying for some time now to track down photographs of The
A WAREHOUSE worker who was sacked after swearing at his boss has had his case for unfair dismissal upheld at an industrial tribunal held in Manchester. Barry Wallis, 45, of Barsham Drive, Bolton, claimed £6,000 in compensation after the tribunal held
A WAREHOUSE worker who was sacked after swearing at his boss has had his case for unfair dismissal upheld at an industrial tribunal held in Manchester. Barry Wallis, 45, of Barsham Drive, Bolton, claimed £6,000 in compensation after the tribunal held
DIVERS may have to wait for winter's end before they can search for a missing Westhoughton policeman. It is nearly a month since Greater Manchester Police detective Albert Paxford disappeared during a dive on a wreck off the Scottish coast. Mr Paxford
OUR story about the aftermath of the flooding makes sorry reading. We sympathise with those whose homes and businesses were damaged during the torrential rain. And we reiterate the warning from the North-west Environment Agency that everyone should stay
PATIENCE is going to be needed as motorists face delays on St Peter's Way and elsewhere in the borough because of roadworks. It is sensible that repair work on St Peter's Way will cease from December 9 to January 7 -- the busiest shopping period of the
PLEASE reconsider. That is our message to Ian Taylor, Bolton Council's head of parking services, about the decision to charge the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association for parking. As our story today reveals, trainee guide dogs and their instructors had
A SEMI-retired builder who died after falling from the roof of a Bolton house was the "author of his own misfortune" after failing to secure the scaffold and ladder he was working from. John Hollingworth, 68, of Chassen Road, Heaton, was taken to the
MORE than 80 million working days are lost each year in this country due to stress-related illnesses, according to the International Stress Management Association. And poor Bolton folk don't escape these figures. Nearly 60pc of working adults have experienced
BOLTON Museum and Art Gallery's international reputation is enhanced this weekend with the start of a major Rubens exhibition. Staff at the art gallery were delighted when they managed to secure the loan of 80 important woodcuts and engravings created
IT'S nobbut what posh Annie Walker would have thought quite right for a 40th "do"-- but next month Prince Charles visits Coronation Street to join in its 40th anniversary celebrations. HRH will visit Jack, Vera, Emily and the rest of the characters who
REGARDING Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Darwen in 1931 I'm producing a documentary for BBC Radio 4, to be broadcast next year, about Gandhi's visit to Darwen in 1931. He stayed in the town, meeting many of the locals, and visiting the cotton mills, which
MOTHER taught us all to save up and pay cash and not to use credit. Last Saturday, I was not allowed to spend £80 cash at a well-known store on Tonge Moor Road, Bolton. To say I was 'gobsmacked' is an understatement. I buy three pairs of a well-known
ANSWERING D Darroch's letter (Sept 25). I understand and sympathise with D Darroch's concerns and fears that he expresses over "freedom of speech", but I don't believe limiting freedom of speech will stop those who are determined. If you don't listen
MY letter printed in the BEN on October 12, made no personal attack on Albert Hornby. In his latest letter, he fails even to mention the facts I put to him on the cost of fuel, the escalator, and VAT etc. Obviously he was not listening to me, yet accuses
STAFF at Whiteheads store in Bolton town centre are reeling after being told that the store is to close in January. The building is to be bought by Bass Taverns. Bass anticipate that a new project will create around 35 jobs. Richard Whitehead, store director
WANDERERS 4-4-2 JUSSI JAASKELAINEN 7 Got a hand to the goal and did what he had to do - which wasn't much. JOHN O'KANE 7 Nothing spectacular but nothing silly either. One of those solid and consistent games his manager wants from him. GUDNI BERGSSON 8
A NEW study shows that the average person in the North-west spends the majority of his or her life within a 14-mile radius of home. Independent public relations network Harrison Cowley commissioned the Future Foundation to examine the local effect of
BOLTON singer Badly Drawn Boy has won another award to add to his growing collection. The songwriter, real name Damon Gough, won Q magazine's Best New Act prize in a glittering ceremony presented by Big Brother host Davina McCall last night. Damon, brought
FIREFIGHTERS were today still trying to clear a flooded area of Leigh. Plank Lane became heavily waterlogged on Monday during the heavy downpour and fire crews have been busy trying to pump water into the Bridgewater Canal. The canal's water level dropped
A DRAMATIC turnaround in Bolton primary school classrooms means no five, six or seven-year-old children are being taught in classes of more than 30 pupils. Education secretary David Blunkett today hailed Bolton as one of only a handful of North-west towns
WAR veterans from the Kearsley Royal British Legion will gather at 9.40am on Remembrance Sunday, November 12, at the legion headquarters in Springfield Road before marching to the Kearsley War Memorial in Bolton Road. A service is to be conducted by Rev
A BOLTON muscle man has put himself through a gruelling challenge to help out a worthwhile cause. Ralph Holt raised more than £600 for the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital by competing in the Ironman Wolverhampton Triathalon. The 34-year-old, who
YOUNG charity fund-raisers have received a funding boost themselves from a Millennium grant scheme. For the last few years mums Linda Rothwell and Tracy Roth have been gathering talented Bolton children together to stage charity concerts. But the group
BOLTON MP Ruth Kelly has voted against a Commons move to allow new experiments on human embryos. Liberal Democrat Evan Harris wanted to permit experiments on embryos up to 14 days old in a bid to find a cure for adult degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's
ATHERTON Colls went down to a 2-0 NWCL Division One defeat at Salford City last night. But certainly battled hard against one of the best teams in the league. The opening goal for the Salford side came on 20 minutes, when former Radcliffe Boro striker
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, November 1, 1975 SEXY siestas as a substitute for factory and office tea breaks have stirred the hearts of local union officials. They are sure that the ideas put forward by Bolton sex expert Dr Ivor Felstein would
A YOUNG Albanian refugee suffered a serious leg injury as she crossed the road to buy a loaf of bread. Rima Bagratyan was hurt in a collision with a car last night. And Bolton traffic police are warning youngsters to take greater care crossing the roads
A LEADING motorists group fears work on two of Bolton's busiest roads could lead to increased disruption at a time when the rail network is in chaos. Hugh German, vice-chairman of Bolton Advanced Motorists, says there will be more cars on the road as
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a woman who died after being hit by a train near to her home. Retired housewife Joan Halliwell died instantly in the incident on the track half a mile from her home in Hartfield Drive, Tyldesley in June. A Bolton inquest
FURIOUS Bolton traders operating in streets near the town centre are fighting back after being blitzed with hundreds of pounds worth of parking fines. Bosses of firms in the Shiffnall Street and Breightmet Street area of the town are angry that delivery
