IN reply to Allan Horsfall's letter about homophobia and Clause 28, I for one am sick and tired of him bleating on and accusing everyone who isn't homosexual of being homophobic. People will always fear homosexuals, just as people will always fear spiders
I FELT really glum today. I saw housing being built on a Horwich town centre car park. I didn't know it had been proposed. I must get out more. Because this is happening, Horwich town centre must be closing down, though I haven't seen any sales yet. Our
I AM writing to 'Your Views' to find out if there are any other elderly, disabled people who have no family or any other people to help them and who are in the same situation as I find myself -- yes, the severe lack of care given to this group by Social
AS the post-privatisation chaos continues on the rail network, the impact of the 'revised timetables' is only just beginning to sink in. By 'rescheduling' services, the rail operators are able to save money by not paying compensation to passengers for
THE recent revelation that the National Health Service will not be recruiting an additional 20,000 nurses is yet another example of Labour lies concerning the health service. When the Labour Government published their NHS Plan, they promised to recruit
POLICE are searching for a 38-year-old Leigh man who has gone missing from his home. David Alexander Rogerson was last seen leaving licensed premises in St Helens Road, Leigh, on Tuesday, December 2. Police are becoming increasingly concerned as Mr Rogerson
PATIENTS could be transferred to two nursing homes in a bid to ease pressure on emergency beds at the Royal Bolton Hospital this Christmas. Twelve beds are being provided at the two homes as stand-by cover -- freeing beds for trauma and emergency patients
PEOPLE power has won the day at Egerton after the council did a U-turn and lit up the village Christmas tree. Bolton Council had told residents that there would be no lights on the festive pine at the Dunscar war memorial this year. But now the tree is
A FORMER magistrate has been cleared of rape. Nasrullah Khan resigned as director of Bury Racial Equality Council in order to fight three allegations of rape made against him earlier this year. Speaking at the end of his eight-day trial at Bolton Crown
Ruth Kelly, David Crausby and Brian Iddon are appalled that the town's youth court could not imprison the thugs who taunted 56-year-old former fireman Ken Arrowsmith after he collapsed chasing them away from his home. Now they are writing to Jack Straw
MAY I firstly pass on my deepest sympathy to Mr Arrowsmith's wife and family, who died protecting his property (The yobs who walked free, BEN, December 12). A lot of people are very angry at the verdict on the yobs who helped to cause his death. Every
HOWEVER well intentioned, the proposal of health authorities and others in pursuit of a reduction in pregnancies fails to heed the lessons over the years. Despite the use of contraceptives and the availability of the pill for many years, surgical abortions
I WOULD just like to say I am a Conservative voter, but in the last election I did not vote. There were many electors like me. That is why the Conservative vote dropped in the last General Election and New Labour took home a thumping majority. I also
A DRUNKEN man who attacked a fellow drinker in his flat with an axe and then three weeks later tried to set his house on fire has been jailed for four years. Leslie Holt hit John Patrick Garry with an axe when he was sat on the settee and again when he
WHAT a class act! Nohow Productions have always delivered polished performances and this 10th anniversary offering is no exception. Thirteen singers -- all excellent soloists -- staged an evening which charted Nohow's charity fund-raising years. In fine
ANIMAL-lovers in the Bolton area are being asked to share the Christmas spirit with the town's abandoned pets. The Destitute Animal Shelter in Northolt Drive, Great Lever, will be home to 30 unwanted cats and 50 dogs over the festive period. And staff
HUNDREDS of people took to the streets of Breightmet for a torchlight parade to herald the coming of the new year. The sight of a throng of children carrying colourful home-made paper lanterns on the procession to Withins Hill even brought some spectators
A YOUTH club leader has urged frightened residents to break a conspiracy of silence and name the burglars who have forced the club to close. Dawn Wallbank said people were too scared to name the gang who took sweets, crisps, drink and cash worth £355
MOTORCYCLIST Marc Simon Burke died after his bike hit gouge marks in the road and went out of control. An inquest heard that the 22-year-old was riding his 250CC bike from Egerton towards Darwen when he hit some marks in the road causing his machine to
THIS car has been left abandoned in a Bolton town centre street for more than a week. And, because of red-tape, nobody appears to have the power to remove it. Although complaints have been made to the police and the council, legal procedures mean the
