THE careers service is set for a shake-up in Bolton and Bury. Government insistence on competitive bidding means that the service throughout the country will not necessarily continue to be run by local education authorities. Locally, a partnership has
A BOLTON builder has slammed British justice after he was handed a £1,500 bill to cover the legal costs of a sub-contractor he had tried to sue. Eight years ago Dave Callaghan's firm, DC Builders, renovated a terraced house in Halliwell and he took on
Many subjects have been brought across but the only subject in my mind is my brother. I thank Mr McNeil for his sympathy (BEN August 22). In these cases the child's point of view is never looked at. At the time I was eleven and the pain just grew inside
SIMON TOPLISS COMMENTS: DO you realise that it is now two years since the Princess of Wales retired from her public life? Or did that happen in the Twilight Zone, some strange and surreal dimension where alternative realities are played out? And if you
LLOYDS Bank has become the first to introduce left-handed cheque books. They are identical to right-handed books, but are reversed so that the binding and stubs are on the right. The Left Handers' Club surveyed its 2,000 members across the country last
Over the next few weeks the BEN will publish a series of articles outlining the increasing problem of drugs in Bolton and how easy they are to obtain. The drugs epidemic in the town affects us all, no matter how old or young we may be. The Bolton Against
AMOROUS couples are doing as they are told and practising safe sex . . . next to Bolton health chiefs' offices. The secluded car park at the rear of the health authority building in Churchgate is littered with used condoms every morning. But daytime users
BOLTON homes could soon feature in a warm home league. The council is considering introducing an information base for houses which will incorporate an energy efficiency rating for the the different types of homes in the borough. The proposed league is
BOLTON'S drug addicts are committing crimes totalling an estimated £6.8 million a year to feed their addiction, the BEN can reveal today. The cash to fund their "fixes" is obtained mainly by selling stolen property taken from burglaries, car thefts and
SIR: Some of your readers may have noticed that a new series of the People's Parliament has started on Channel 4 on a Saturday night, where, according to the producers of the programme, a cross section of the population debate current issues. But in my
