THE law of averages duly came into play at Victory Park where the two UniBond First Division teams without a draw to date after a combined total of 26 matches finally shared the spoils. Leek's point was the reward for diligent, in-depth defending, their
I'M afraid that Arnold Harrison, who writes "We are now told that the smokers of cannabis will no longer be prosecuted!" is mistaken. As has been widely publicised in the press, those found possession of cannabis may not be arrested but they will still
I WOULD like to thank the kind person who poured paint stripper over my car on Hillside Crescent, Harwood a week last Thursday. It was such a lovely gesture and I hope you are very proud of yourself. Maybe we could meet one day and then I can really see
I READ in the BEN 25/10/01 That both Labour and Conservative councillors are reluctant to allow the public into council meetings on the grounds that few people would take up the offer. Councillor Harkin goes so far as to say "Having the public attend
RE: "NEW CREATION" VICTORIA HALL, OCTOBER 20. HAVING successfully presented this great new Christian musical to a very large and appreciative audience at Victoria hall, I feel I must acknowledge the wonderful support of the Bolton Methodist Mission staff
A FEW days ago I noticed BEN reported that someone said, with reference to our application to become a city, that our greatest asset was the people of Bolton. At the risk of offending the numerous honest and decent citizens, I think the speaker is in
A FIREMAN was due to appear before Wigan magistrates today charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a fatal road accident in Atherton. Christopher Baxter, aged 33, of Atherton, has also been charged with attempting to pervert the course of
DETECTIVES investigating a hit-and-run accident in which a 22-year-old man was left dying in the road have charged a man, police revealed today. Robert Huyton, aged 22, was lying in the road being attended by a friend when he was hit by a Vauxhall Astra
THE FIRST National Tennis Championship to be held at Bolton Arena has been hailed a roaring success by sports officials, players and spectators. More than 2,000 spectators attended matches throughout last week culminating in the finals on Saturday which
WANDERERS have announced ticket sale details for three matches - Ipswich away, and Fulham and Southampton at the Reebok. Tickets for Wanderers' Premiership game at Ipswich Town on Sunday, November 18 are on sale until next Wednesday to season ticket holders
DO you hate your partner's chintz living and avocado bath suite? Are you sick of his '80s bachelor pad decor? If you and your partner, friend or family are forever arguing over what constitutes "bad taste" then a TV company wants to hear from you. Swing
THOSE who missed the National Championships at the Bolton Arena last week have got another chance to see some top quality tennis. A £25,000 Challenger tournament begins today (till Sunday) and will feature players from around the world as well as Brits
GUDNI Bergsson reflected today on the chance that got away and cost Wanderers their unbeaten away record. "I should have equalised," the Reebok skipper admitted as he agonised over the chance that went begging at Villa Park where a spirited performance
A NEW film hit the cinema screens dispelling the myth of the dizzy blonde. Legally Blonde stars fair-haired Elle Woods, played by Reese Witherspoon. She is dumped by her senator-to-be boyfriend, who thinks a golden-locked lovely on his arm will hurt his
A SENIOR administrator at James Hay Pension Trustees Ltd, Bolton, has received the Society of Pension Consultants Prize for her excellent performance in the Pensions Management Institute's Scheme Design examination. Sue Richards, aged 32, was presented
REPLACEMENTS for four retiring members of the Northwest Development Agency board are likely to be announced later in the year. Thousands of people applied when the positions were advertised during the summer. An annual allowance of £7,419 a year is paid
A BOLTON window company has scooped a major national award. Grosvenor Windows Ltd, based in Manchester Road, was voted runner-up in the Fabricator of the Year competition organised by the independent window traders' organisation Network VEKA. Managing
THE Engineering Employers' Federation is one of 17 manufacturing trade bodies seeking to influence Chancellor Gordon Brown before he releases his forthcoming pre-Budget statement. They want him to invest in measures to increase productivity rather than
THE North Manchester area finals of the 2001 Shell Technology Enterprise Programme were held at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton. Nine undergraduates from Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale and Wigan presented reports on the projects they had completed for local
CHARTERED accountants Cowgill Holloway secured a multi-million pound deal for the management buy-out of Manchester-based TouchStar Technologies. TouchStar, which is a global player in mobile computer solutions, has pioneered new technology for robust
THE Northwest Development Agency has announced a new initiative to help the region's beleagured manufacturing industry. It has appointed the Manufacturing Institute in Manchester to establish a Regional Centre for Manufacturing Excellence. It will deliver
A NEW company car tax regime will lead to alterations in the composition of company vehicle fleets, a survey reveals. The Institute of Directors and chartered accountants and business advisers HLB Kidsons found that nearly half of the companies surveyed
TELLY star Vernon Kay can't wait to bump into Liam Gallagher after seeing Wanderers score that incredible triumph at Old Trafford. The pair are good pals and every time they get together the conversation inevitably turns to football with the Bolton celebrity
A MOONLIGHT skinny dip ended in tragedy when a 33-year-old man drowned in the icy waters of a remote moorland reservoir. Mitchell Lee Bury disappeared without a sound as he and two friends swam the 250 yards across Wayoh Reservoir, Entwistle, near Bolton
WESTHOUGHTON'S last remaining textile firm is planning to shut with the loss of 47 jobs. Bosses at fabric manufacturers Ames Europe Ltd today confirmed that they are in negotiations about the closure of the Church Street factory. Managing director Peter
NEW dad John Marland is living life to the full after the birth of his daughter, Evie. But six years ago John was battling for his survival after being diagnosed with leukaemia. He was so ill that doctors told him that he would die unless he had a bone
THE senior manager at Charles Booth & Co in Swinton, Lisa Moss, has been shortlisted for a prestigious accountancy award. She was nominated in the Accounting Technician of the Year category and will know the result in London in November.
BURY-based DTE Group has appointed Richard Taylor, aged 36, from Warrington as its new audit partner. He will be at the Bolholt Country Park Hotel in Bury on November 20 when he hosts the first in a series of DTE business seminars aimed at assisting owner
BOLTON-based Tempo Recruitment has launched an offshoot -- Careers North West. Managing director Malcolm Hughes, pictured, said: "This is a new division primarily aimed at taking the temp out of Tempo." It plans to find permanent jobs for people in all
BRITISH Airways is launching a new direct route between Manchester and Zurich on Sunday. The twice-daily service will operate on a 49-seat Embraer 145 regional jet. The early morning departure from Manchester and return flight at 7pm from Zurich will
HORWICH Leisure Centre stages a top thai boxing show next month. A host of British and English belts will be fought for on the 12-fight card featuring boxers of all ages and weight ranges. The Thai Boxing British Championships takes place on November
tBOLTON'S bid to host a prestigious business event during the Commonwealth Games has been lost to Manchester. Organisers of the Commonwealth Games Business Club have instead decided to host the huge event at the Bridgewater Hall. At one point it was envisaged
QUOTE of the week: Three thousand Bolton fans singing: "Can we play you every week," during last week's victory at Man United.
ALEX Ferguson has infuriated Real Madrid by saying the Spanish side's European Cup success in 2000 was lucky. It certainly was. How fortunate can you get to be drawn against two Italian sides at their lowest ebbs for years in the quarter and semi finals
I DON'T have much sympathy with managers who get the chop. As I see it, being treated badly evens up the poor treatment many of them see as their right to dish out to whosoever they wish when they've got a job. Having cut my teeth as a football reporter
WHEN Nikolas Goodfellow was glued to the TV watching motor-racing at the age of two, his parents must have guessed what he would end up doing. And Nikolas, now aged 17, has not let them down. The talented teenager is one of the country's top kart racers
ANDY Preece did not know which to be more happy about on Saturday - a win or no bookings. A referee not yellow carding a Shakers player lately has been a sight rarer than a red squirrel colony in Radcliffe. The club were hit with a £25,000 suspended fine
THE Merrills family from Halliwell are true fighters -- Thai style. Nicki Merrills, her husband Tony and 10-year-old son Anthony are all recent converts to Thai Boxing. And mum Nicki is taking the lead -- having just won her debut professional fight.
JANE Lim is a full-time mum from Egerton who has added a weekly cross-country run to her regular school one. Aged 41, she is devoted to her 8-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter. Jane looks after herself too -- by eating sensibly and following the Weight
BOLTON School high flying sixth formers have been urged to innovate by an eminent expert in the field of leadership. Professor John West-Burnham, of the International Leadership Centre at the University of Hull, also told his young audience to understand
SITTING in a Bolton town centre pub with Vernon Kay is entertaining to say the least. Not simply because Vernon is excellent company but because of the attention he attracts. Especially female. As more people enter the bar, the more he is recognised and
HORWICH Leisure Centre have started a new ladies only session every Tuesday. From 6.30pm to 9.30pm, women and girls (aged 14 years and upwards, if accompanied by an adult) can use the Lifestyles Fitness Suite, Swimming pool and join in an Aquafit session
IF you work with young people and are based in the Breightmet, Tonge, The Haulgh, Burnden or Hall i'th' Wood areas of Bolton, talk to Bolton Metro Pathways. The project is running a series of Activate Plus courses for over 16s involved with community
IF you would like to learn how to cycle safely, Pathways in co-ordination with the road safety team are running a "Safe Cycling Course" during the half term holidays. Two sessions will be running per day from 9am to 11am and 1pm to 3pm from Monday, October
RESULTS: Under 12 Inter-League K0 Cup BURY & RADCLIFFE JFL...1 BOLTON BOYS FED...3 Under 12 Div Two WOODBANK B...0 LITTLE LEVER...5 HORWICH ST MARY'S A...1 WALSHAW SPORTS WOODBANK C...1 HORWICH ST MARY'S B Under 13 Div 1 NORDEN ST CLEMENTS...0 BRANDLESHOLME
MANOR 5S THE October presentation evening saw 24 of the 28 expected award winning teams converge in the clubhouse to salute the success of a number of teams But the most moving came with the emotional standing ovation reserved for the Manor 5s Manager
Results for Sunday October 28: Division 1 NEW EDITION...3 HALLIGANS...3 Johnson, Wolstenholme, Greenhalgh Stewart, Clark 2, Woods WINDOWPLAS -- B-S...0 ANGLERS...3 GRIFFIN...2 GILNOW...7 Yates, Montgomery Warlow 3, Battle 2, Settle, Robinson Division
DOROTHY Waters (letters 26/10) is a little economical with the truth in her criticism of the public services in general and the NHS in particular. No one in their right mind would agree that we live in a utopia, but it is worth while recording that all
REPLYING to Mr W J Nelson (Your Views Weds, Oct 10). Regarding noise at the fair -- I have lived near Leverhulme Park for 36 years and we have to put up with the Bolton Show plus the fair three or four times a year, and, if the weather is bad, all the
OUR schools and our public services should not used as breeding grounds for the vices of nationalism and militarism, at the root of countless past wars, of the atrocities recently carried out in America and of wars now being waged around the world. Charity
THE Forest goes urban in Manchester. The Forest and Me exhibition at the Museum of Science and Industry was created by Heureka Science Centre in Finland. Visitors can get involved in more than 40 interactive and multi media activities including crawling
LEE Childs was still celebrating today after winning the National tennis Championship final on Saturday, beating the 17-year-old underdog Alex Bogdanovic in straight sets. Childs, still a teenager himself, became the first person since Tim Henman to successfully
BOLTON television presenter Vernon Kay will present this year's Smash Hits Poll Winners Party. The 28-year-old has been asked to help front the show, to be aired on Channel 4 on December 9. It is the latest project for Lostock-born Vernon who began his
BOLTON and Bury Chamber is offering businesses access to a new energy auditing service to help them cut waste, increase efficiency and boost profits. The new service is provided by its Chamber Energy service providers Utility Auditing Ltd and is launched
HOW the drama unfolded at Villa Park with the BEN's Gordon Sharrock. Michael Ricketts gave the Whites a great start only for Villa to lead 2-1 at half-time and add another through Angel early in the second-half. In the 76th minute Ricketts added a second
FAILURE to comply with the new Data Protection Act could get costly for Bolton companies. A transition period for the new Act ended this week and businesses which fail to meet the more stringent requirements will face fines of up to £5,000 in magistrates
FORMER pupils of Harper Green School are urged to join in the fun of a reunion. Anyone who left the school from 1961-1963 is invited to the event in April 2002. For further information call Paul on 579204 or Rosemary on 708466.
A BOLTON student has been praised after attaining one of the country's top five marks for this year's GCSE Office Application exam. Sobayha Valli, pictured, former head girl at Bolton Muslim Girls School in Swan Lane, Bolton, was congratulated by the
BOLTON television presenter Vernon Kay will present this year's Smash Hits Poll Winners Party. The 28-year-old has been asked to help front the show, to be aired on Channel 4 on December 9. It is the latest project for Lostock-born Vernon who began his
BLACKROD carnival committee is holding a quiz night on Thursday November 8 in aid of local charities. The quiz will be held at Hill Top Sports and Social Club, Hill Lane, Blackrod. Teams of up to six may enter at £1.50 per person, payable on the night
HORWICH Leisure Centre stages a top thai boxing show next month. A host of British and English belts will be fought for on the 12-fight card featuring boxers of all ages and weight ranges. The Thai Boxing British Championships takes place on November
A CELEBRATION party will be held at Bolton Moat House on Thursday night to mark the end of a chapter in the town's community health. Because of a radical health shake-up next April, the community trust will no longer exist. It will be replaced by Bolton's
WHERE IS IT? It consists of five vertebrae from the top of your pelvis downwards. WHAT DOES IT DO? It is the main support for the spinal column, the cervical and thoracic vertebrae sit on top of these five vertebrae (lumbar). Unlike the other parts of
TEChINVEST, the business angel service run by the North West Development Agency, is sponsoring two sessions at the International Finance and Enterprise Week conference and exhibition at the Manchester International Convention Centre from October 31 to
WORKERS at Holland's Pies celebrated the company's 150th anniversary with a birthday cake -- and a free meal of pie, chips and gravy. The Baxenden-based company, which has a workforce of 500 and is part of the Northern Food Group, produces 75 million
THE North-west service sector reported a recovery in both sales and orders during the third quarter of 2001. The latest survey conducted by the North West Chambers of Commerce in conjunction with the Royal Bank of Scotland shows that the net balance of
ASTON VILLA 3 WANDERERS 2: SILVER linings do not come much better than beating the man they still regard as the best goalkeeper in the world -- twice! There is also a lot to be said for a group of players who, trailing 3-1 to a rampant team on its way
SPORT chiefs are confident Bolton's contribution to the Commonwealth Games will be a winner after it was revealed the town has one of the region's highest number of volunteers. A total of 852 people from the Bolton area have registered to help out at
THE FA have got it half right by taking no further action against David O'Leary for his angry outburst at officials following Graeme Le Saux's horror tackle last weekend. The Leeds boss was dismissed from the dug out by referee Paul Durkin and faced being
IF you are looking for work and feel that you may need some help and advice on how to complete application forms, prepare for, and conduct yourself in an interview, then this is for you. Bolton Metro is holding a "Jobs Fair" at the Excel Centre on Bridgeman
WHEN I printed a picture on October I7 (sent to me by Mr Ernie Hamilton of Worsley) of St. Gregory's School, Grade 2A, in 1932, he managed to name many of the pupils on it, including a John Kennedy. I have now received an e-mail from Ian Kennedy, at Manchester
Four of Radcliffe's senior runners went to the Southport five mile road race, the latest one in this year's disrupted club championship. Fast times were not too easy as there were lots of twists and turns on the selected route. Despite this, Adrian Harris
DETECTIVES investigating a hit-and-run accident in which a 22-year-old man was left dying in the road have charged a man, police revealed today. Robert Huyton, aged 22, was lying in the road being attended by a friend when he was hit by a Vauxhall Astra
SIX people were injured after a car crashed into a telegraph pole in Darcy Lever. The driver of the Peugeot 205 GTi lost control as he was negotiating a bridge in Radcliffe Road shortly before 7pm on Saturday near the junction of Snowhill Road. Reece
WESTHOUGHTON'S last remaining textile firm is planning to shut with the loss of 47 jobs. Bosses at fabric manufacturers Ames Europe Ltd today confirmed that they are in negotiations about the closure of the Church Street factory. Managing director Peter
THIEVES stole a baby's cot from a car in Farnworth. Six-month-old Jordan Roberts' travel cot was in the boot of his grandparents' car after he had stayed with them the previous night. After dropping Jordan off at his home in Moorside Avenue at 7.30pm
CHILDREN from Halliwell have been busy over the summer months creating colourful murals. The pieces of art produced by the boys and girls have now been put on display at St Matthew's Church Hall, in Brownlow Way, and a celebration launch of the work has
MICHAEL Serridge has come up with a winning formula for his soccer side -- just keep it in the family. The football-crazy team includes dad, son, nephew and cousin -- who all notched a goal, or two, at a crunch amateur game. Now, they believe they are
A CORONER warned a suspect at an inquest into the death of an Atherton pensioner that he may still face charges. In recording a verdict of unlawful killing, coroner Aidan Cotter hit-out at key-witness Christopher Aspey who failed to turn up to give evidence
THE FIRST National Tennis Championship to be held at Bolton Arena has been hailed a roaring success by sports officials, players and spectators. More than 2,000 spectators attended matches throughout last week culminating in the finals on Saturday which
THE number of motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians being injured or killed on Bolton's roads is on the increase, according to the latest figures. There were 245 casualties compared with 192 in 2000, making up almost a third of all those injured in
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Non-LeagueBy John Bullen City in here Leigh RMI 2 Worksop 4 By Martyn Hindley Sad RMI suffer costly cup exit LEIGH RMI crashed to an abysmal defeat in the FA Cup final qualifying round against Unibond Premier League side Worksop Town which cost them £20,000
Under 13 1st Round Subsidiary Cup Abraham Moss Warriors...3 Herristone Park...5 Under 13 Premier Section STAND SPORTS...4 MARAUDERS A...1 Under 13 Section A DOUGLAS VALLEY...3 SPRINGSIDE...2 ROSSENDALE UTD...4 MARAUDERS B...1 Under 12 Section A MARAUDERS
PILATES is now available at Kearsley Leisure Centre every Tuesday from 6.30pm to 7.15pm, and at Hayward Leisure Centre on Tuesdays from 8pm to 8.45pm at only £3 per session. Pilates is a set of principles and corrective exercises which combined work the
Radcliffe Boro 4 Osset Albion 1 ACE marksman Jody Banim was sent off in the final minutes of a home win that moved Boro two points clear at the top of the Unibond Division One table. Through on goal for a possible hat-trick the striker was hauled down
Double glee for Preece ANDY Preece did not know which to be more happy about on Saturday - a win or no bookings. A referee not yellow carding a Shakers player lately has been a sight rarer than a red squirrel colony in Radcliffe. The club were hit with
BOLTON Under 15s are still without a win this season after going down 5-1 to Oldham in their Greater Manchester Schools' League match on Saturday, writes Graeme Hollinshead. The local youngsters, who have suffered a recent string of heavy defeats, found
BURY have been handed a vital cash payout, thanks to former goalkeeper Dean Kiely's success. The Shakers will receive £50,000 after Kiely - currently sporting a black eye after a training ground clash with former Wanderers' star Andy Todd - played his
ASTLEY Miners still remain top of the Pioneer Sunday Football league after a 3-0 away victory over Masons Arms. Neil Moss opened the scoring after 23 minutes with a shot from the edge of the box. John Powell made it 2-0 after he raced on to a ball from
