A DISASTROUS weekend saw Chorley crash out of two cup competitions with the dream of another Lord's final in the National Knockout ending on Sunday and a heavy deafeat the previous day in the Slater Cup. Yorkshire side Wickersley racked up a formidable
IT IS good to see the immediate positive response throughout the town to last weekend's racist attack on Asian taxi drivers. A new organisation is already being created to help kick racism firmly out of Bolton. Members of Bolton Socialist Club have decided
THROUGH your paper, may I say thank you to the very kind person who sent a very generous donation to Ladywood School Little Lever, for our daughter Jayne's light/sensory room. This kind person has made it impossible to thank them personally, as there
DOCTORS could be brought in from the Continent to help solve Bolton's shortage of GPs. The number of doctors in the town is steadily falling and, with 42 per cent of local GPs aged over 50-years-old and facing retirement, the problem is not going to go
I THINK that Miss Waters has a lot to learn regarding prams and trolleys on buses and a lot to learn about manners. I do not know who she is but to write such a nasty letter to the BEN on July 17 leaves much to one's imagination. I often read her letters
AS an employee at the Royal Bolton Hospital, I would like to address some of the issues raised recently over waiting lists and cancelled operations. On a surgical ward of 25 beds, at any given time at least five of those beds will be taken up by patients
I WRITE on behalf of a group of Greater Manchester business people and economists who are committed to membership of the EU and the Single Market, but who regard replacing the pound with the Euro as a threat to British prosperity Since the Euro's launch
The estate of Hoghton Tower buzzed to the tune of engines on Sunday as it hosted the tenth annual Classic Car Show. Hundreds of vehicles, dating back as far as pre-1930, revved up the hill to show off their shiny bodywork to enthusiastic admirers. There
CHORLEY Lions' new president Yvonne Day is hoping to be a 'roaring' success in her new role after she was voted the first female president in the history of the club. In its 26-year history, Chorley Lions has seen a number of presidents come and go, but
WHEN Ron Seddon set out to raise £2,000 on a charity bike ride, he didn't expect to have an armed guard. But that's exactly who he will be travelling with when he sets out on his 500km bike ride along the River Nile. Ron, of Whittle-Le-Woods in Chorley
COMMONWEALTH Games organisers signalled the one year countdown to next summer's sporting event with a huge party in Bolton today. Hundreds of people gathered in Victoria Square to mark the occasion. A number of sporting personalities, including badminton
MEMBERS of St Philips Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society are on a winning streak. They scooped two prizes in a prize winning run at the Greater Manchester Drama Federation's One Act Play Festival, and three separate awards at the organisation's annual
OUTSTANDING buildings in Bolton are invited to enter the Civic Trust Awards. The 2002 awards will be announced next April and nominations are being taken until September 28, 2001. One building sure to be in the running is the Smith Knight Fay Audi car
MULTIPLE Sclerosis sufferers are being invited to a national get-together in Birmingham on September 15. Young people aged between 18 to 35 are invited to relax and chat and discuss various issues ranging from employment to latest MS treatments and research
A BOLTON school-leaver is going back to the classroom this autumn - in Australia. Laura Tomlinson, from Lostock, will work at a Sydney school as part of her gap year after leaving Bolton School Girls' Division. She will help out with sports, drama and
RAMRAIDERS smashed a van through the wall of a computer equipment warehouse at 10.10pm yesterday. They reversed the Ford Transit van into Anker Systems on Barrs Fold Road, Westhoughton, and loaded it with computer equipment. The raiders had to abandon
COMMUTERS were given a welcome boost today when train drivers called off a 24-hour strike. Officials from ASLEF accepted a new deal offered by First North Western, averting seven days of industrial action planned over the next month. The union claimed
ARTY Bolton residents are invited to send in their masterpieces for a charity auction that will help cement Anglo-Irish relations. The organisation Anglo-Irish Penfriends, which provides contacts between Britain and Ireland will be holding a charity auction
AUDIENCES are set to be tickled pink by a new orchestra whose patron is Ken Dodd. The Manchester Light Orchestra was created by experienced musicians from throughout the area and Bolton audiences will be able to judge their success for themselves at a
RESIDENTS in Bolton are being given the chance to 'chip in' with ideas to relieve congestion on the M60 motorway between Eccles and Simister. A series of public exhibitions will be held to give drivers using the motorway and residents living nearby, to
LOFTY the Lion, Bolton Wanderers' mascot, transferred to Nottingham Forest for the day. He joined the Midlands club in a sponsored bike-athon to raise money for the Leukaemia Research Fund. The 18-strong team started out from Old Trafford, the home of
THE International Finance and Enterprise Week (IFEW) is being held between October 30 and November 2 in Manchester's new International Convention Centre. Ambitious companies in the North-west are being invited to establish links with key global players
WARREN HEGG led Lancashire into their C&G quarter final at Blackpool today with a message of support for John Crawley. The Red Rose skipper was again missing because of the recent death of his mother, with the funeral tomorrow. "It's an honour to
WELL done to Chorley FM and a big 'thank you' especially to Mick and Fish who provided music and entertainment most mornings over the Chorley Midsummer Festival period. Their unique mix of music and northern humour really cheered me up (and I don't usually
IN reply to recent letters in the Citizen, we would be failing in our duties as a responsible Parish Council, if we did not act on any complaint received from residents or shop owners in our village. A number of unofficial requests were made to the International
FURIOUS residents in a Chorley street have received backing from the council in the fight to stop their garden flooding with sewage. Now the council's legal team may be called in to help, after water company United Utilities said the problem could take
A FEW days after smashing a bottle into a man's face in a Bolton nightclub Mark Walsh emigrated to Gran Canaria. Walsh held his leaving party at the Ikon nightclub in 1999 because he was leaving to start a new life. Two years later he returned to the
THE future of homes which the council describe as "overbearing" and some neighbours have labelled "monstrous" is hanging in the balance. A planning inquiry has opened into proposals to raise the height of nine houses at Antler Homes' development behind
A TASTE of Spain is set to take Horwich by storm. And it has nothing to do with the arrival of Spanish football teams Deportivo Alaves and Athletic Bibao at the Reebok Stadium next month. Spanish chef Jarvier Garcia has been snapped up by one of the town's
A NEW organisation representing every corner of the community in Bolton is being set-up to help kick racism out of the town. Everyone from councillors to football stars is being asked to join together and let the thugs who brought violence to the streets
EUROPEAN doctors could be brought in to solve Bolton's shortage of GPs, a major NHS watchdog has revealed. The town is the seventh worst in the country, with patients struggling to get appointments, according to the Commission for Health Improvement.
Manchester League side Pennington started off their Goldline Trophy campaign in positive fashion with a workmanlike performance that ended the challenge of Turton. Pennington opened the scoring in the twentieth minute when Steve Booth collided with Turton
TODMORDEN Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society holds auditions for The Rise and Fall of Little Voice on Sunday, July 29, at 2pm. The play, written by Farnworth's Jim Cartwright, has seven roles up for grabs, including Little Voice, who must also be
YOUNGSTERS, even as young as five years, must surely realise the dangers of playing alongside the motorway. But it seems that groups of children have started playing deadly games of dare in which they dodge traffic along the section of the M61 close to
SHOPKEEPERS on Pall Mall, in Chorley are alarmed after a bag of used syringes was found in the street. One trader said two young men were seen acting strangely going into the public toilets close to the Big Lamp Roundabout at the junction of Pall Mall
STAFF at Chorley Hospital are concerned about the future of some of its services if a proposed merger goes ahead. The Joint Staff Side, a board of 16 representatives of the different trade unions at hospital, fear essential services may be transferred
AN application to extract thousands of tonnes of stone from Heskin Delph quarry near Chorley to make way for a diving school has been refused by planning chiefs at County Hall. In a meeting by the Environment Directorate on July 18, the application by
FARMERS with livestock have been urged to stay away from next weeks Royal Lancashire Agricultural Show amid fears the foot and mouth virus could be spread during the event. But the president of the National Farmers' Union, Ben Gill, speaking at the launch
BOLTON firefighters could be on strike within 10 days as the dispute in Liverpool continues. Union bosses are writing to the chairman of the National Joint Council asking him to acknowledge that the Merseyside Fire Authority is wrong, or they will take
CHILDREN as young as five are playing a deadly game of dare, dodging traffic on Bolton's motorway network. Police patrols had to close both carriageways of the M61, near Kearsley and Farnworth, to rescue stranded youngsters, aged just five and six, from
THE girlfriend of a paratrooper beaten to death in a vicious attack has lost her fight for his killers' jail sentences to be increased. Joanne Done spearheaded a campaign calling for the two men who killed Benjamin Kamanalagi to get longer prison terms
STAFF and customers at the Sir Robert Peel pub in Unsworth, Bury, raised £1,200 for Christies against Cancer. Pub goers held a series of quiz nights. Relief manager Tracy Judd handed the cheque to Christie's Bolton team member Adrian Ross.
HIGH flyers from the Millennium Dome Show come to the Lowry from August 29 to September 1, with an aerial extravaganza entitled Storm. The show at the Quays Theatre features 25 acrobats and musicians. Tickets, priced at £10 to £15, are available from
A BOY, aged 11, had to have a ring spanner cut from his left index finger. Firefighters took an hour to free Jack Stephen James, from Great Lever, with an axe-saw. After an hour of cutting, they eventually freed the middle index finger of the schoolboy's
DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses after a white Rover was set alight on Bromley Print car park, Moor Lane, Bolton. A man was arrested in connection with the incident on June 7 but was released on bail without charge. Anyone with information can call
CHORLEY manager Ken Wright has offered former Southport skipper Mark Schofield the chance to resurrect his career with the Magpies. Schofield, who led the Sandgrounders to promotion from the UniBond Premier Division to the Nationwide Conference in the
RESIDENTS of Oldhams Lane and Cameron Street Residents Association are having a clean-up day on Saturday. The Astley Bridge residents have set themselves a task of cleaning the whole of Oldhams Estate. Bolton Council has provided eight skips and binmen
A POLISH artist whose life has taken him from the Institute of Fine Art in Krakow to a career decorating for Crewe Council exhibits his work at the Portico Library and Gallery on Mosley Street, Manchester from Thursday, August 2. Tadeuxz Was graduated
UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT: A school performance of the popular musical Oliver! definitely left audiences wanting more. The colourful production by St James CE High School, in Farnworth, was staged for three days in front of packed audiences. This was the Lucas
CAWDOR Residents Association is holding a family Fun Day a Doe Hey Park and Community Building, Cawdor Avenue, Farnworth, on Friday, August 24. Now in its second year, the event promises lots of family entertainment and will be opened by Mayor of Bolton
BOLTON pacesetters are being urged to put their best foot forward and go a long way for a worthy cause. Townsfolk entering the Manchester Marathon, which takes place on September 23, are being urged to run to help raise cash for Help the Aged. Sponsor
TRADING standards officers have warned residents to cold shoulder the cold callers who do not supply cancellation rights. A number of companies operating in Bolton and Blackburn have been offering agreements for services such as double glazing without
ADVENTUROUS fundraisers are being sought by a charity to climb Africa's highest mountain. They are needed to join the trip to climb the 5895m high Mt Kilimanjaro in September 2002. The Kilimanjaro Villages Education Project (KVEP) - which provides educational
THE British Lung Foundation is looking for Bolton volunteers to raise money by abseiling off an 80ft building. No experience is required for the event, which takes place on September 22 and 23 at Halton College, Widnes. Each participant is asked to raise
THE jury in a case where a man was left unconscious in the street is expected to retire to consider its verdict today. Neil Yates was allegedly attacked and beaten by his former wife's new partner and his two daughters' boyfriends. The defendants claim
A MAJOR conference to discuss ways to improve children's healthcare in Bolton and surrounding towns was staged in Manchester today. Headed by the Chief Executive of the Wigan and Bolton Health Authority, Dr Tom Mann, the forum of 60 health professionals
VISITORS to this year's Royal Lancashire Show on July 27, 28 and 29 will find it hard to leave the County Council's Marquee because it is offering the best programme of events, activities and exhibitions yet. Among the many activities and attractions
BOLTON Wanderers showed that not just their footballers are Premiership class -- their groundsmen are too! Two of the club's green-fingered team visited the VisionAid charity's headquarters in Junction Road, Deane -- to cut the lawn. The groundsmen took
FOR most of the last century it formed part of the town centre skyline. The golden globe on the tower of Prestons of Bolton glistened on top of the Deansgate building. But shoppers and workers in the town have noticed that in the past few weeks the famous
A MAN with a promising career in the RAF will now be booted out of the service after he was jailed for jabbing a bottle in another man's face. Commanding officer Flt Ltnt Elizabeth Nicholls told the court that if Anthony Traynor was sent to jail he would
RICARDO Gardner is back at the Reebok after taking a belated holiday following his World Cup exploits with Jamaica. He was given special dispensation to miss the first phase of the team's pre-season training after a hectic spell of international duty.
COLIN Hendry is refusing to accept that his international career is over. The Scotland captain, banned for the final three World Cup qualifiers against Croatia, Belgium and Latvia, believes he can still secure a place in Craig Brown's Tartan Army, with
FOUR Bolton youngsters helped a North West roller hockey team to third place in a top national tournament. Greg Ruxton, Ryan Johnston, James Usherwood and Chris Keating played for Blackpool-based West Coast Wasps in their successful BIPHA Under-14s national
By Dougie Tobutt THE world's best ever darts player Phil "The Power" Taylor can count himself lucky - Bolton's Jackie "Mighty" Wilks was born 50 years too early for him. Born in 1914 as John Clifford Wilks, he was affectionately known as Mighty, small
LEISURE, SPORT AND KEEP FIT BOLTON Excel, Lower Bridgeman Street, tel: 334456: Lifestyles Fitness Suite, Yoga, Judo, Circuits, Short Mat Bowling, Aerobics, Pilates. Open Monday to Friday 7.30am to 10pm and Saturday and Sunday 9am to 7pm. DEANE Leisure
I FELT I must write to you to inform you on how both Chorley FM and the MIdsummer Festival have had a great effect on the community. Since they have started this summer, I feel it has increased morale within the community and given Chorley an identity
A QUICK note to air my views on Chorley FM & the midsummer fest. I think the two have worked brilliantly hand in hand, and have generated a really positive effect on the local community. I think that this should continue year on year, or at least
EYE experts at the Royal Bolton Hospital have assured patients they are not at risk of being infected with the human form of mad cow disease. The reassurances have been issued following new evidence that surgical instruments used for certain eye operations
A BOLTON-based national law firm is to cut its workforce by 50. Keoghs Solicitors is making 25 redundancies at its new headquarters building on the Parklands Business Park -- opposite the Reebok Stadium. And another 25 will go when the firm -- one of
FORMER Bolton Wanderers star Nat Lofthouse will open the town's new Big W store next month on the site of the club's former stadium. The opening date for the multi-million pound development currently being built at Burnden Park has been set for August
Turton's march Goldline Trophy Review by Martyn Hindley MANCHESTER League side Pennington started off their Goldline Trophy campaign in positive fashion with a workmanlike 3-2 win that ended the challenge of Turton. Pennington opened the scoring in the20th
