HAS anyone considered the possibility that the foot-and- mouth virus came into this country, from Europe, in an un-quarantined pet animal. It seems an amazing coincidence that the first outbreak, in 30+ years, occurs shortly after quarantine was abolished
I READ in the BEN (February 8) about Blackrod councillors turning down a mobile phone mast application on health grounds. It's about time someone showed a bit of common sense on this issue. Further down Peter Ashby a Bolton council group planning officer
THREE Cs for the Bolton Royal Hospital. No, this doesn't represent exam results, but CARE, COURTESY, CONSIDERATION. At a time when many hospitals are getting an 'F for failure' by the national tabloids, it's comforting to know that old-fashioned ideas
I COULD not believe what I read on the front page of the BEN Thursday, February 22, 'Criminals may have fines cut', because Bolton is slipping down the wage league. Who cares what a survey tells you! These scumbags choose to break the law so therefore
IN response to A Smith from Deane (BEN, February 22), the road surfaces in and around Bolton, on average, are the worst in the North-west. Some are akin to driving through a ploughed field. They've been like that for the past three or four years. My wife
FULHAM midfielder Simon Davies pulled out of Tuesday's England U-21 international after being stretchered off with a leg injury in Saturday's 2-0 victory over Gillingham. But he is expected to be fit to face Wanderers, who will be missing suspended duo
IT was a bad day for soccer bosses with Bolton connections on Tuesday. Out went former Wanderers' bosses Roy McFarland and Bruce Rioch at Cambridge and Wigan and Bolton-born lifelong Wanderers' fan Phil Stant lost his job at Lincoln City. McFarland and
LEMN Sissay, writer in residence at Manchester's Contact Theatre, is there on March 24 in a double bill with New York poetry diva Dana Bryant. Lemn, from Billinge, near Wigan, has enjoyed great success with his books, records and television work, and
MORE than 30 firms of solicitors are helping to raise money for St Ann's Hospice, Little Hulton during Make a Will Week 2001 from Monday, March 12 to March 19. They include Berry & Berry in Longley Road, Walkden and Bury New Road, Whitefield. Clients
JOHN Brown took over as Director and Chief Executive of EEF Lancashire when his predecessor, Mr Stuart Irwin, retired in 1996. Before the switch to Bolton, Mr Brown was Director (Europe) of the Government Office North West and was responsible for the
LINTON Kwesi Johnson, the man known as the "alternative poet laureate", returns to perform in Manchester after a four year absence. Recognised as the world's first dub poet, Linton, whose work has taken him all over the world, appears at Manchester's
The Stoneclough-based Bethell Group has announced that it has a £50 million order book for this year already. Group Chief Executive Tim Kilroe said: "The Bethell Group has had another prolific 12 months. "We set out to secure a 50/50 split -- term contracts
BOLTON-based EEF Lancashire has announced a major re-structuring exercise aimed at providing opportunities for development and growth. Director and Chief Executive John Brown has left and his deputy, David Gavan, has taken over. The organisation, which
THE Rotary Club of Horwich is holding the 10th Annual Duck Race on the River Douglas, behind the Waggon and Horses Pub, Adlington on Sunday, May 20, at 12.30pm. All proceeds go to local charities. Sponsorship tickets are available from Harrison's Flowers
THE Bridgewater Hall in Manchester turns to world music and jazz during the coming months. On Tuesday, April 10, Omara Portuondo, visits. She is one of the stars of the Buena Vista Social Club phenomenon and has taken her band on tour following the Grammy
A MAN has appeared in court charged with causing death by aggravated vehicle taking following an incident in which an Atherton pensioner died. Christopher Aspey, aged 18, of Everest Road, Atherton, appeared at Leigh magistrates court yesterday. He was
A MUM has appealed for help after thieves smashed her car window and stole a bag containing her son's medical records this morning. Denise Kelly, of Marion Street, Great Lever, was devastated after finding the passenger seat window of her Fiesta had been
A PENSIONER suffered facial injuries after she collided with a car driven by her friend on a car park. Phylis Mayoh, 80, of Dovedale Road, Breightmet, sustained a cut lip and nose injury following the accident on Bolton Road, Westhoughton, at 1.30pm yesterday
BURNING embers may have sparked a blaze that destroyed a large quantity of pallets at a Walkden business. Three engines from Farnworth Fire Station were called to AWA Industrial Services on Southern Street, Walkden, at 5.40pm yesterday. Station officer
The mother of the car driver who triggered the North Yorkshire train disaster today pleaded: "Please don't blame my son." Gary Hart's Land Rover plunged off a motorway and fell into the path of a high-speed express, which was derailed and then hit by
A SHOP assistant fought off two attackers who tried to throttle her during a bungled raid. The shop worker managed to dodge the attackers' clutches as they tried to grab cash from the till at the Co-op store in Bury Road, Breightmet at 10.20pm yesterday
WANDERERS were anxiously awaiting news from the Caribbean today, fearing that Ricardo Gardner could be sidelined for Sunday's top of the table showdown at Fulham. The wing ace went off injured early into Jamaica's 1-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago
THE answer to last week's teaser - can you name Stan Collymore's eight clubs in England - is: Crystal Palace, Southend, Nottingham Forest, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Fulham, Leicester and Bradford.
HOW can you have phrases like 'Team England' when you've got a Swedish manager and a Scottish chief executive? I don't know if I'm a lone voice and I don't care but, to me, people who represent a national team should be citizens of that country. Whether
KATE Hoey talks a lot of sense for a politician. Admittedly the Sports Minister didn't have much of an act to follow in Tony - 'I wouldn't care if all Chelsea's players came from outer space as long as they win matches', 'let's scrap the England football
LEIGH Centurions' ambitions to join the game's elite in Super League has taken another step closer. The Minimum Standards Committee checked out the current facilities at Hilton Park last Friday and this week will make their findings known to Leigh officials
Time to end Old Trafford hoodoo CAN I just say what a pleasure it is to be writing for all our fans in the Bolton area again at the start of another season of Super League. Since I last wrote in the Bolton Evening News, Wigan have lost two big games against
These revellers were pictured at a New Year dance organised by Bolton Artillery in 1966 at the Fletcher Street Barracks
This was the scene in the wages office of Haslam Spinning Company, Bolton, in about 1930, says reader Mrs Pauline Barlow, who sent in the picture. Sitting at the front, left, was Mr Fred Martin, Mrs Barlow's uncle, one of the wages clerks.
EYE patients at the Royal Bolton Hospital are to be treated privately while a brand new theatre is being built. The move is to ensure surgery for patients continues during construction work on the £1 million theatre, and will mean about 180 patients will
A BOLTON family's search for a long lost relative has come to a sad end. Mr Thomas Owen, aged 66, was separated from his brother and sister and brought up in an orphanage until he was four after his mother died when he was just a few months old. Too young
FAMILY, friends and carers of a tragic 17-year-old who died after battling health problems all his life celebrated his bravery yesterday at a moving funeral service. Andrew Boston, of Constable Close, Brownlow Fold, died at the Royal Bolton Hospital after
STUDENTS will be signing for change today as Bolton Institute joins the fight for a fairer financial deal from the Government. As part of the National Union of Students (NUS) Action Week which is running this week, students at the Deane Road Institute
VOWS to wipe out the evils of racism were made as local organisations pledged to support Bolton's newly created Racial Harassment Forum. And representatives from Bolton's multi-cultural community groups joined police and civic leaders yesterday to sign
By Steve Canavan NB...check who won and insert inside commands.... SHAKERS boss Andy Preece has been pipped at the post in the race to become Division Two's manager of the month. With three wins and two draws in a fantastic February, Preece was among
Bethany was a beautiful little girl, Eyes shining, lashes that had a curl. Tiny hands always wanting something to do, Hair as soft as morning dew. Always laughing and running about, Never still so there is no doubt. You will never forget your very special
IF you were not tuned in to "Parkinson" on Saturday, February 24 then you misseed a rare piece of TV. Michael was interviewing Kirk Douglas. "So what's special about? that you may ask." It was special because Kirk, now 84, has suffered a stroke and is
SOMEONE asked in last night's paper, how the council could save money on the road's budget. Here is my suggestion. Cut the overtime for traffic wardens! At Bolton Little Theatre on Saturday night, a traffic warden went round at 9.30pm and ticketed a number
AFTER reading your story about the council accepting a proposal to turn the former Oscar's into a gym (BEN Feb 3) my first reaction was to check the date. No it wasn't April 1 and therefore the story could not go down as one of the great April Fool's
I AM writing in response to Christine M Stokes (BEN, February 20). Ms Stokes claims that eating 'veggie' makes us live longer. Is this a proven fact or is it a generalisation that us protein enriched, unfeeling omnivores are doomed to short life spans
MR Dewhurst is perfectly right to ask serious questions about the renewed American-Anglo bombings of Iraq. But, as we all know, old habits die hard. These barbaric actions are neither lawful nor are they prudent: they keep adding skeletons to our Empire
I TOOK my son to see the Bolton/Grimsby match. I would like to thank the club and everyone involved. Although the result was wrong, we had a good time. We went the whole match without hearing one bit of swearing. Granted we were in the family stand, but
By David Sumberg, North West Conservative MEP ONE extraordinary feature of the European Parliament is that it meets in two places. For three out of the four weeks of the monthly cycle we are in Brussels attending our committees -- I am on Foreign Affairs
A YOUNG criminal, with 28 previous convictions, is today in a young offenders institute after admitting committing even more mayhem. At Bolton Youth Court the 17-year-old Great Lever yob pleaded guilty to 12 new offences, including theft of cars, driving
BOLTON Ethnic Minority Substance Misuse Initiative have launched a smoking cessation service. The free service is available to people from ethnic minority backgrounds and hopes to provide advice and information geared towards kicking the habit. For information
A MAN is appealing for BEN readers to help trace his former school friends for a nostalgic reunion. Joe Cain is seeking ex-pupils of Bolton Technical School who started there in 1951 -- 50 years ago. All pupils would today be aged in their 60s. The reunion
A LONG term mental patient accused of attacking a male nurse had charges against him reduced by Bury magistrates court. Adnan Gondal aged 38, whose address was given as the Edenfield Centre of Prestwich Hospital, was initially charged with assaulting
THOSE who want to nominate someone for a Horwich Civic Medal must do so by March 31. The nominee must have provided more than 20 years' service to Horwich in any field such as sport, entertainment, politics, the voluntary service, caring for children
A DISABLED man is continuing to improve after being involved in a collision with a car. Ian Howarth, of Shackleton Grove, Johnson Fold, suffered multiple fractures and a serious head wound in the accident in Moss Bank Way. The 31-year-old was making "
TWO drivers were taken to hospital following a collision in Bolton this morning. The collision in Folds Road outside the Ribble bus depot at 9.15am involved a Proton taxi owned by Tonge Moor Taxis and a Renault Clio. The Proton, which was not carrying
A COURT case involving a German Shepherd dog called Frank, which was alleged to have bitten a 16-year-old boy, was thrown out by a judge. A formal not guilty verdict on the directions of the judge was returned against George Clubb, who was accused of
A COMPLETE review of the laws of cricket has led to a winter of revision for umpires and players alike. Some of the changes are virtually insignificant but there are others that could have a profound effect on the game. FRED ELMORE, chairman of the Bolton
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, February 27, 1976 A DOCTOR'S suggestion that young couples should take an exam before marriage was given the thumbs down by shoppers in an Evening News' survey in Bolton town centre today. Dr Gerald Addlestone, a Leeds
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, March 1, 1976 IT'S St David's Day, look you. And Bolton businessman Alan Riding marked the occasion not by wearing a Welsh daffodil, but by eating it! "Delicious," said Mr Riding, of Albert Road West. "The nicest I've
RESIDENTS in Bolton and Bury do not live as long as their nationwide neighbours, health authority figures have revealed. Average life expectancy in England is 74.7 years for men and 79.8 years for women. But latest figures show both women and men in Bolton
TWO elderly women were rescued from their burning bedrooms early this morning. The two women were sleeping when fire broke out at Woodlands Residential Home in Woodlands Drive, Atherton, at 3.20am. Staff evacuated some of the 30 elderly residents as smoke
A TERRIFYING midnight attack with a piece of wood left a former barman at a Bury pub semi-conscious and covered in blood. Denis Bosicek was battered when his former employer Terence Grady and another man, Juan Larez, allegedly burst into his home in Bury
A BURGLAR was caught by a startled house owner trying to break into his house using the cat-flap in his back door. Would-be cat burglar Christopher Berry tried to gain entry by poking his arm through the cat-flap in an attempt to undo the door catch.
A SEVERELY autistic boy is finally learning to communicate with his family thanks to a pioneering teaching system. Mobeen Ahmed, aged eight, of Bury New Road, Bolton, has learned how to spell words and phrases including "Help me talk" thanks to a process
