THE BT Experience is proving to be a popular attraction in Salford. The free, multi-media event runs until May 25. It features the Internet, an interactive computer games facility called Wireplay, and various other communications systems developed by
A PLAY by Bolton-born Lovejoy author Jonathan Gash has been banned from his home town because it is considered too racy and blasphemous. The snub for Viva Rosso! - about the controversial life of the composer Vivaldi - was delivered after members of Bolton
TWO JEWELLERS were fined £1,000 each by Bolton Magistrates for breaching the Hallmark Act after a man who had bought an eternity ring for his wife found it was not the 18 carat gold it was supposed to be. Graham Morris, aged 36, trading as Broomveer Jewellers
BOLTON & District Anglers Association are on the verge of completing a clean-up operation designed to rid their waters of rubbish. The association is responsible for more than 20 waters in the area. But anglers are particularly concerned about the
A BOLTON nurse has told how she helped save the life of a crash victim who was upside down and choking as fire broke out in his overturned car. Lesley Ivill, aged 44, from Brookhouse Avenue, Farnworth, put her years of training into action when she witnessed
STALLHOLDERS whose trade has been hit during the massive upgrade of Ashburner Street Market are fuming over a £1 a day levy to pay for advertising. And 60 have signed a petition opposing the extra charge on their rents. The traders are to be charged the
SIR: It is poignant that in National Pet Week we read of London Underground's inhumane treatment of a dog. Having recently lost a cherished pet, my heart goes out to those who are similarly grieving. Society unconsciously applies a pressure on people
SIR: I would like to ask the people responsible for the bowling greens on local parks, if anything is to be done about football being played on park greens. Rumworth Park green is ruined, and the bowlers have had to move to Haslam Park. The greens on
home town By MARK LONGBOTTOM A PLAY by Bolton-born Lovejoy author Jonathan Gash has been banned from his home town because it is considered too racy and blasphemous. The snub for Viva Rosso! - about the controversial life of the composer Vivaldi - was
SIR: Thinking about this Tory Government's shocking social and economic record, my thoughts went back to that period now named the 'Hungry Thirties', to a pie-eating contest that took place at a pub in the district of Halliwell. I must compare the eventual
WIGAN have to forget about last week's rugby union take over as they resume Super League action at Halifax tonight. The champions, keen to maintain the pressure on leaders St Helens, are hit by injuries with Scott Quinnell (groin) and Kel Skerrett (shin
SIR: I refer to the Government's long delay and the chaotic mess of ending the threat of so called 'Mad Cow Disease' and its effect on the general public, and parents, with the added worry of wondering whether to give or not give beef products to their
THREE North West councils were today facing action from the Government for failing to meet financial targets. Salford, St Helens and Burnley are authorities whose in-house direct labour organisations have not met targets in contracts won in competition
AN AMERICAN writer's plea in the BEN for help to trace two people featured in a famous Humphrey Spender snap of cotton-town Bolton has brought another request for help. For Harwood's area librarian Ken Beevers is also seeking the names and whereabouts
"PERHAPS your readers can help me gain further knowledge of my ancestry," comes a message over the Internet from Mr Brian Avery in British Columbia. "Joseph William Bridge (about 1838-1919) and his wife Henrietta Louisa (Jackson) Bridge emigrated from
THE names of those forming India's interim Government will be announced before the British Cabinet Mission leaves India, it was learned today. Both Mr Gandhi and Pandit Nehru today declared themselves as sure that India will soon be free. Mr Nehru said
PHIL Brown could be poised for a dramatic return to Burnden Park as Colin Todd's right hand man. The highly-respected former captain is understood to be top of a shortlist of candidates as Wanderers seek a replacement for Ian Porterfield, who left the
BOLTON Business Ventures, the local enterprise agency, has received a cheque for £14,000 from Bolton Council. Paul Davidson, BBV chief executive, said: "This is marvellous support from Bolton Metro with which to start our new financial year. "The council
THE Bury Partnership is planning five more Internet seminars during the next year. About 20 people attended the latest popular event at Link House in Walmersley Road, Bury, last night. The non-technical seminars are aimed at business people who want to
THE new owner of the businesses sold by Bolton bakers Warburtons is promising investment to develop ambitious plans for the future. Warburtons Ltd and HSBC Private Equity have completed the sale of the Warburton's retailing and pie making interests to
AN ELDERLY Farnworth couple were locked in their bedroom by thieves who stole the only memento of their soldier son - killed by the IRA 12 years ago. Billy and Kathleen Gallimore, aged 64 and 62, were locked in as they slept at their home in Westminster
JOHN Major today injected another £2 million into the war on drugs as he stepped up his personal crusade against "one of the great menaces of our age". The Prime Minister launched a new free booklet to help parents combat the menace and promised the local
EXTRA Government cash and the possibility of new laws were promised to schools today in a bid to step up security in the wake of the Dunblane massacre and the stabbing of London headmaster Philip Lawrence. Schools will also get priority for money to install
FRIENDS of the Earth have pulled out of Bolton's Environment Forum after dubbing the Council initiative "a sham" and "a waste of time." The shock decision by FoE co-ordinator, Dennis Watson to resign from the Forum steering committee comes on the eve
SIR: I say to Whitakers' head office: Do you know you have angels on your staff? I do - when I lost my car keys recently - I waited over an hour as they searched every possible place for my keys even going to the police station to ask if any keys had
IRANIAN students in Bolton are being targeted for recruitment to Islamic fundamentalist groups with links to international terrorism, it has been claimed. Bolton has been named as one of eight towns and cities in Britain where secret groups - funded by
SIR: I feel compelled to write to you, in the wake of the recent correspondence concerning the proposed march by the Apprentice Boys of Derry, which was successfully halted earlier this month. As one who would have been there to add my voice to the protest
SIR: I would like to congratulate GM Buses for their Smithills to Bolton service (the 526) this morning - there actually was a service! This contrasts with Tuesday morning when, upon arriving at the Ainsworth Arms stop at the top of Halliwell Road at
My Fair Lady, Walmsley Church AODS. Runs until Saturday. MY Fair LadyZusually brings to mind the 1964 film version, which respected Bolton film buff Leslie Halliwell described as "a cold transcription of a stage success", although it won an Academy Award
BOLTON people are being invited to star in a TV drama being shot this summer as part of a joint venture. The Wolfenden Writers and the Wolfenden Drama Group, based in Halliwell, and the Bolton College TV and video production team have got together as
WE hope that the deal between British Aerospace and the French defence group Matra Hachette, will prove successful. Workers at BAe are understandably cautious about the French merger. People at a factory which employed 4,000 people in 1980 and which will
BOLTON-born author and playwright Jonathan Gash was generous with his time and talent when he wrote a play for Astley Bridge Theatre Church's. But it is not surprising that the church felt obliged to return it. A play about the lecherous and blasphemous
THE clamour for more security in schools started last year after the murder of head teacher Philip Lawrence. Events at Dunblane highlighted the issue again. Now ministers are facing further calls for more cash to make schools safe. Yesterday, a man was
