IT has been reported in the BEN over the past few weeks, that pensioners and other members of the public are being terrorised in their own homes. Doors and windows kicked in and suffering verbal abuse, afraid to go in and out. Where has the police presence
THANKS BEN for a special day earlier this month, at the Grand Clowns Parade. We were treated to an excellent meal at the Olympus Restaurant -- many thanks to Tasos, his most courteous staff and Sue in the office. After our meal we joined the parade, where
ON Tuesday, August 28, I fell while getting on the 9.10am 501 bus in King Street, Farnworth. There was a gentleman on the bus who came to help me. I would like him to get in touch with me, so I can thank him. He got off the bus at the second stop in Harrowby
IT would be interesting to know how many of the patients waiting on trolleys in the A & E Department and the full wards at the Royal Bolton Hospital actually came from the Bolton area. It is known that patients from Leigh, Atherton, Tyldesley, Hindley
IN reply to Grenville Moore, who commented on my letter in Your Views on September 14 -- I agree Jesus was talking to his disciples but, then, I consider all who follow Jesus are disciples. Did not the Lord command his disciples to go out and make disciples
I AM writing to ask your readers to help raise £60,000 for breast cancer research. October is designated Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and I want your readers to invite their friends and family to share breakfast, brunch or lunch -- and then charge them
I HAVE just read the letter from Tom Liggett (BEN, September 20) regarding the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, and, for the benefit of your readers, would like to put the record straight. I trust the following points will be of interest: There are in
BOUNCING baby John Lloyd became Bolton Wanderers' youngest ever fan . . . aged just two minutes old! Proud mum and dad Wayne and Nicola registered their newly-born son as a member of the Bolton Wanderers' Lofty's Kids Club as soon as he entered the world
GUDNI Bergsson admits that Wanderers are getting a taste for the high life. Despite exceeding their own expectations by topping the Premiership table for longer than any other team this season and knowing victory over Sunderland will put them back in
ROLL-UP, roll-up, it's time to welcome Mr Reid to the Reebok - let's hope we don't get a repeat performance of the Southampton game! Sunderland like to attack and with the 6ft 10 Niall Quinn and 5ft Kevin Phillips they are always difficult to defend against
GUDNI Bergsson admitts that Wanderers are getting a taste for the high life. Despite exceeding their own expectations by topping the Premiership table for longer than any other team this season and knowing victory over Sunderland will put them back in
The BEN continues its occasional series on SPORTING CHARACTERS OF BOLTON by Dougie Tobutt who talks to Wanderers' fanatic Florence Brandwood IN 1938, 14-year-old Florence Brandwood was taken to Burnden Park by her brother, Jim. Since then, only the war
TWO post office workers were injured during a robbery in Bury yesterday. Four men burst into the Sunny Bank post office in Sunny Bank Road and threw a concrete block through a security screen before smashing down an access door. The postmistress was hit
CLITHEROE'S 'Psycho' midfielder Mark Stewart is being headhunted by Chorley. Magpies boss Ken Wright, who is allowed to speak to the player from today, thinks the tough-tackling hardman could help shore up the UniBond First Division side's midfield. But
RESIDENTS with DSS worries are being invited to visit the recently reinstated "surgery" at Little Lever Area Council Office, Market Street, on the first Tuesday of the month from 10.30am to 11.30am. They will also havge an opportunity, on the second and
A HIGH-powered leader is being sought for the Northwest Development Agency. The current chairman, Lord Thomas of Macclesfield, retires in March and the region is looking for someone else to fight its corner in the corridors of power. Advertisements for
DARING Bolton residents are invited to take part in an indoor charity abseil to be held at the Manchester Velodrome on Sunday November 25 in aid of the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign. Training will be included and participants raising £145 in sponsorship
NORTH-west firms stand to benefit from up to £200 million in cash which Barclays is putting behind plans to support enterprise and business regeneration in the regions. Up to £66 million is available for a new DTI initiative to make venture capital funding
REEBOK reserve striker Paul Wheatcroft has joined Rochdale on a month's loan to gain first team experience.
MARKETS in the US and the UK have enjoyed a much needed recovery this week following the savage sell-off since the terrorist attacks. Much of this can be put down to bargain- hunting, with many stocks looking very attractive at such low prices. On the
A COMMUNITY skatepark for Radcliffe is a step closer to reality after reaching its funding target. Now young skateboarders, in-line skaters and BMX riders are being asked for suggestions on how to spend £50,000 set aside to buy equipment. The Radcliffe
EARLY indications on our exclusive "where will they finish" poll suggest Wanderers fans are confident their heroes will be in the Premiership again next season. More than half those voting believe Wanderers will do enough to stay up next season. Place
A SHOPLIFTER and drug addict who had "turned yellow" due to liver and kidney problems, asked to stay in custody when he appeared before a district judge at a combined Bury and Rochdale Magistrates' Courts session in Bury. The court was told that Peter
BOLTON Philatelic Society will hold its next meeting on Thursday October 18. The President's Evening meeting will he held in the Oak Room of St Andrew and St George United Reformed Church on the corner of Knowsley Street and St George's Road, Bolton at
LEARNING and Film Education is offering a free film screening of Roald Dahl's Matilda on Saturday, October 13, as part of National Family Learning Weekend. Tickets are being distributed through local libraries many of which are holding activities of their
CONFIDENT Wanderers fans, once full of pre-season gloom, are now convinced their heroes will stay in the Premiership next season. Early indications on our exclusive "where will they finish" poll suggest the majority of Whites are sure they will remain
SOAP star Zak Dingle popped into a Bury pub for a charitable cause. Zak, alias actor Steve Halliwell, from the ITV series Emmerdale, swapped the Woolpack for the White Horse in Hall Street, Walshaw. Steve, whose brother Clive is a pub regular, handed
A WOMAN has thanked people who helped her 90-year-old mother when she fell on the pavement in Bolton town centre. Eunice Humphreys said she was grateful to the men and women who comforted elderly Hilda Cranshaw when she injured herself walking near Whitakers
ALERT council staff in Bury caught Tanvir Ashgar before he had a chance to benefit from his fraudulent claim. Bury magistrates heard how Ashgar from Manchester Road in the town initially submitted two Housing Benefit claim forms and a rent book in order
THE BBC's Food and Drink supremo Anthony Worrall-Thompson is backing the national Water is Cool in School campaign which aims to promote a higher intake of fresh water among children. The campaign hopes to see children choosing water over fizzy drinks
EARLY indications on our exclusive "where will they finish" poll suggest Wanderers fans are confident their heroes will be in the Premiership again next season. After one day, 14 per cent believe a Top Six place can be achieved. Then the more conservative
JUSSI Jaaskelainen is the latest member of the Wanderers' squad to win acclaim as a result of the flying start to the season. The Finland international has been named as the goalkeeper of the month for August by Shoot magazine. Jaaskelainen has been in
SAM Allardyce was dismayed after being told Wanderers have no right of appeal over Ricardo Gardner's red card at Arsenal. The Reebok boss had hoped the FA's video appeal panel would review the incident which led to the Jamaican international being sent
BOLTON schoolchildren will be walking out en masse next week as part of a national campaign to encourage safety on the roads. Parents are being urged to leave the car at home from Monday onwards as National Walk to School Week gets underway. Bolton Council
TIME has finally caught up with Bury's eye-catching Whitehead Clock Tower. Since it was first built in 1914 the tower, which was a gift to the town from Henry Whitehead in memory of his brother and eminent surgeon, Walter, the structure, contained within
A BOLTON entertainments booker is preparing to tour Germany, Cyprus, Gibraltar and Bosnia. John Chamberlain, of Yewdale Gardens in Breightmet, promotes entertainments throughout Europe and the Near East on British, American and NATO bases. He has just
DOES anyone remember a sweet shop on Rishton Lane? Reader Mrs Fiona Haselden (nee Taylor) tells me that as a young child growing up on Green Lane, Great Lever (she was born in 1968), she used to visit the shop, which was, she thinks, between Bullough's
MY story and pictures on September 18, headed "Early days of cars in Bolton", concentrating on the firms of Gordons, and Bradley, brought a letter from Mr Keith Moran, of Clough Flats, Heywood. "I was interested to see the photographs of the Model T Fords
Bolton was the only NHS Trust in the north west to get a one star rating with most hospitals gaining a two star, with Blackburn, Hyndburn and the Ribble Valley Trust getting three stars. It is the first year that the government have assessed hospitals
THE chairman of the British Medical Association has said that it is important not to blame the Royal Bolton Hospital and to stop managers jumping through "hoops". Dr Peter Hawker said that he is worried that the star-ratings will blight confidence in
AMBULANCE bosses are to meet with Royal Bolton Hospital chiefs next week in an attempt to ease the burden of patients cramming into the town's accident and emergency department. The Greater Manchester Ambulance Service (GMAS) admits many patients have
BOSSES at the crisis hit Royal Bolton Hospital are setting up a package of measures to combat the beds shortage. A team of bed managers is being set up to provide 24-hour cover following this week's damning government report. Other measures include switching
A ROAD rage driver who rammed a car in which his ex-girlfriend was a passenger has been jailed for three months. Mathew Morris followed the vehicle for several miles and rammed it three times, Preston Crown Court heard. Morris also banged his fists on
THE last of a group of drug dealers caught in a highly successful undercover police operation in Bury has been jailed for three years. Wayne Harrison had been on the run since October last year but police arrested him on August 15 this year on a warrant
FA Cup Second Qual Rnd - Whitby Town v Ramsbottom Utd Unibond League Division One - N Ferriby Utd v Radcliffe Boro North West Counties League - Division One - Atherton Colls v Abbey Hey, Gt Harwood Town v Atherton LR Division Two - Oldham Town v Daisy
CHORLEY boss Ken Wright is hoping his side can repeat last season's 8-1 drubbing of Lincoln United. But the manager, whose side have won three and lost five in the UniBond First Division this season, would just be happy to get the three points. "I don't
AT regular intervals, we are informed by the BEN of financial problems at the Royal Bolton Hospital. On the latest occasion, Thursday, September 20, overspending by hospital bosses was blamed. According to Mrs Peacock this could lead to schemes for improving
WITH regard to the recent letter in the BEN, whereby John S L Evans proclaims his doubts about the Bible, and claims religion is based on faith not fact. As a Christian, I would like to point out that faith grows BECAUSE of the facts. John also states
I AM appalled at the hospital situation in Great Britain, who brought the whole civilised world into the 20th century with improvement of hospital care and good hygiene, giving all patients a better chance of recovery. After 200 years patients are being
ONE word guaranteed to prompt an opinion from any local resident, plus a steep rise in blood pressure, is "parking." The lack of it, how it is policed and fines for doing it badly are a consistent source of controversy in the Bolton area. Watch out for
PARKING fines are set to increase by FIFTY per cent -- and there are fears that the rise could drive shoppers away from Bolton's prestigious shopping centre. Motorists now face illegal parking penalty charges of £60 instead of £40. Council chiefs are
Wanderers Reserves 2, Liverpool Reserves 1 DAVID Norris and Akinori Nishizawa were on target as Wanderers' reserves repeated the success and the same scoreline of their first team counterparts when they beat Liverpool at the Reebok last night. With Gareth
JUSSI Jaaskelainen is the latest member of the Wanderers' squad to win acclaim as a result of the flying start to the season. The Finland international has been named as the goalkeeper of the month for August by Shoot magazine. Jaaskelainen has been in
THE Wanderers' fixture list on the Sunderland treatment room wall is a dead giveaway. Black Cats physio, Mark Leather, is a proud Bolton fanatic and he doesn't mind who knows it. "I got the fixture chart out of the Bolton Evening News pre-season supplement
PER Frandsen is still in favour with Denmark, despite being on the injury list. The Wanderers' midfielder, who was in sensational form before damaging ankle ligaments in the home defeat by Southampton, has been named in a 21-man squad for the crucial
KEVIN Nolan may not have to wait long for an England U-21 call. FA form checker Dave Sexton has been running the rule over the 19-year-old Wanderer and Sam Allardyce says it is only a matter of time before his abilities are recognised. "He will get there
EVERYONE likes to feel clean and healthy. But, washing our most sensitive parts may need specialist products. Lactacyd Femina Daily Protective Wash is a unique, new, soap-free daily cleanser for the external vaginal area. It can be used as a part of your
A CHIP shop in Little Hulton was evacuated last night when fat caught fire. Fire crews were called to the takeaway on Manchester Road West at 9pm. Minor damage was caused and business was able to continue as normal.
BRADFORD-based publishing company SmallPage need help from Bolton parents to compile a book of amusing statements and humorous anecdotes uttered by children. If you think you can help contact the company on 01274 691445.
THE Mencap team is appealing for runners to take part in the Flora London Marathon next year. Mencap offers guaranteed race entries together, training advice with a week by week training schedule and fundraising support. For details phone: 0845 9 777
ADLINGTON Music and Arts Society is holding a karaoke and disco pyjama party at the community centre in Railway Road. The party will be held on Saturday at 7.30pm and tickets cost £5 including a pasty and pea supper. Fancy dress is optional and tickets
HORWICH New Heart New Start club will present a Country and Western evening at Hill Tops Social Club in Blackrod. The fundraising evening on Friday October 12 includes music from North West country band Nashville as well as dancing, a hot pot supper and
Wanderers (from): Jaaskelainen, Barness, Whitlow, Bergsson, Charlton, Johnson, Frandsen, Warhurst, Nolan, Pedersen, Holdsworth, Gardner, Wallace, Diawara, Southall, Ricketts, Banks, N'Gotty. Sunderland (from): Sorensen, Macho, Williams, Gray, Craddock
OUTSPOKEN Boltonians are needed to tell Government ministers what life is like in the town. The Neighbourhood Renewal Unit has launched a recruitment drive to find 20 people from the North-west's poorest areas to share their views in a community forum
WHAT was game for a laugh Bolton Wanderers' chairman Phil Gartside doing to keep his side of a zany sporting bargain with his high-flying Premiership stars? Click on our CELEBRATION FEAST file on the left link to see what happened
JUSSI Jaaskelainen, who has proved his fitness and been in impressive form since the start of the season, has earned a recall to the Finland squad for the World Cup qualifier in Germany next Saturday. New team-mates, Ricardo Gardner and Jermaine Johnson
FORMER pupils of Rivington and Blackrod Grammar School and High School will be getting together for a reunion. The Old Rivingtonians Association hold their annual reunion weekend from Friday October 12-14. The event kicks off on Friday with a dinner at
BOLTON'S new Tesco superstore will open in Mansell Way, Horwich, on Monday October 1 - and Wanderers legend Nat Lofthouse OBE will be on hand to cut the ribbon. The Mayor of Horwich Cllr Joyce Kellet and Mayoress Nichola Kellet will also attend. The Tesco
TIME has finally caught up with Bury's eye-catching Whitehead Clock Tower. Since it was first built in 1914 the tower, which was a gift to the town from Henry Whitehead in memory of his brother and eminent surgeon, Walter, the structure, contained within
TWENTY five years ago, lovers of fine art in Bolton were treated to their very own society when the Bolton branch of the National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Society (BDFAS) was set up by Norma Mills. The inaugural meeting took place in October
CHAPELTOWN mother-of-three Deborah Dunleavy has become the newest member of North Turton parish council. But council chiefs are disappointed by a poor turn-out in the parish council election. Mrs Dunleavy, aged 37, of Green Arms Road, Chapeltown, stood
RETIRED miner Fred Dover celebrated his 90th birthday in fine style ... when five generations of his own family arrived to throw him a surprise party. And great-great grandfather Mr Dover, of Firwood Avenue, Farnworth, had another reason to smile as his
THE glow of early Christmas goodwill lit up Bolton Parish Church this week to launch a charity campaign. Youngsters from Bolton Parish Church School joined organisers from Bolton Hospice for the start of this year's Light Up A Life appeal. The appeal
A BOLTON man has been appointed fashion market manager for North-west Europe at global e-business software company Intentia. Chris Houghton, aged 36, who lives in Knightswood, off Beaumont Road, has worked in the fashion industry for more than 10 years
THE Jarvis International hotel at Blackrod -- formerly known as the Georgian House -- has had another name change. It has become the Ramada Jarvis Bolton following the Jarvis group's announcement in June that 56 of its hotels were to be rebranded under
A QUARTER of a century ago they were confident young characters in an upwardly mobile Bolton Wanderers team that was destined to hit the big time. As "Big Sam" and "Reidy" they were two of the loudest and liveliest in the dressing room, where the laughs
DASHING young winger Eric Andrews has joined the growing exodus from the JJB Stadium to Hilton Park. Andrews, 19, is Wigan Warriors top try scorer at Alliance level this season but clearly sees his long-term career future with Leigh Centurions by agreeing
From the Evening News, September 27, 1976 25 YEARS AGO PUB darts team treasurer Mary Kenmuir loves her job. She has travelled to dozens of pubs in Bolton with the seven men of the Crofters' darts team from Bradshaw. Collecting subs, cheering the lads
This photograph of Whitehall Lane, Blackrod, (formerly Coal Street), was taken in February, 1939. The cottages were built in 1775, and although much modern development has taken place in the area over recent years, I am told that the cottages still stand
PEOPLE aged 50 and over in Bolton are set to get a new body to help tackle the threat of ageism. Bolton's Older People's Charter, and the town's first ever Federation for the Over 50s will be officially launched next week. Both launches will celebrate
LITTLE Jack Harper is a happy lad after his favourite toy, a £250 adventure playground, was returned. The two-year-old, of Lichfield Avenue, Tonge Moor, was delighted when he saw the multi-coloured plastic set again after thieves stole it two weeks ago
THIS is the face of a man suspected of carrying out a brutal sex attack on a mother who was kidnapped in her car at Whitefield and forced to drive to Birmingham. A manhunt was launched by two police forces following the abduction. The 45-year-old married
UNION officials claim that council owned buildings could be sold off, leading to job losses and poorer services for vulnerable people. Concerns about possible sell-offs have been raised by members of the Bolton Council branch of Unison. A union newsletter
A SERIAL flasher who confessed to committing crimes police did not even know he was connected to has been jailed. Bury Magistrates heard that Keith Shaw's offending went back over a long period and had continued despite various rehabilitation options
A UKRAINIAN grandmother who fled to Bolton after being persecuted by the Nazis died after she was involved in a car accident as she crossed a busy Bolton street. Kateryna Lewyk, aged 81, of Hilden Street, Bolton, had just started to go out again after
BURY have appointed Graham Barrow as first team coach until the end of the season. The vastly-experienced Barrow will stand in for cancer victim Billy Ayre until he is able to resume his coaching duties. The new man got to work this morning to help manager
THE man behind the consortium waiting to take control of Bury FC has broken his silence in the wake of the club's dismal start to the season. orkshire-based Turkish businessman Alex Tarsus is urging all fans to get behind chairman Terry Robinson and manager
THE right result tomorrow at North Ferriby United could see Radcliffe Boro take over at the top of the Unibond League Division One. Current leaders Rossendale United are on FA Cup second qualifying round duty at Thackley and Boro go into the weekend just
