GREENHAM Trading, which has a trade shop in Bolton, is suggesting an unusual Valentine's Day gift - ear-plugs. Chairman and chief executive Brian Abrahams says: "All year round our branches receive requests from individuals who say their partners are
THE man who used to run Bolton's Crompton Place Shopping Centre will be the guest speaker at the Bolton & Bury Chamber of Commerce annual dinner in April. Mr Arnold Wilcox-Wood, is the special Guest of Honour at the Bolton Moat House event at 7.30pm
NEW band Chuffed really is the business. The members of the band are connected with NatWest's South East Lancashire Business Centre at Ashton House, Waterloo Street, Bolton. Guitarist Paul Stewart, for instance, has just been appointed as South East Lancashire's
TINY Sam Beckett will be watched by millions next week as he stars in Britain's smash hit comedy Common As Muck. The Farnworth baby takes centre stage when housewife Marie, alias Michelle Holmes, gives birth in what will be the last in the series of the
A BOLTON nursery school has been given top marks by inspectors. OFSTED inspectors who visited the Alexandra Nursery School in Willows Lane, Deane described it as providing a very good start to children's education with all pupils making good progress
SIR: I am hoping to contact an old army friend of mine, we were stationed in Germany together in the early Sixties. Then, he was 23816212 Sign Terry Gillard. I last saw Terry in Berlin in 1961/2. He came from the Deane area of Bolton. It would be great
SIR: Your headline 'Cash plea to boost Tonge, Burnden' filled me with great hope until I read the fine print. While it said that "the Burnden area had very high levels of deprivation", the concluding paragraph said it all. Mr Brian Collinge, Bolton Council's
PRIDE and the fear factor should spur Wigan Warriors on to glory when they take on arch-rivals St Helens at Knowsley Road tomorrow. The cup kings' incredible run of eight successive Challenge Cup titles ended in dramatic fashion with a shock defeat at
SIR: In December, I returned to the UK after being forced to abandon my attempt to cross the whole of Antarctica on foot, and unsupported - the Dyson Antarctica Solo expedition - due to medical reasons. I am bitterly disappointed not to have been able
LEIGH are gunning for the Eagles and are out to break their cup duck at the same time. After all it just wouldn't be the same if a season went by without Leigh and Sheffield Eagles meeting in one cup or another. And when last week's draw was made for
SIR: Your report on the reaction of Bolton councillors to the Lever Park Bill raises a number of issues which require clarification. The Lever Park Bill would not give North West Water extra powers which it does not already have under the existing 1902
SIR: Your columns have recently carried news and correspondence about the proposed upgrading of the Raikes Lane Incinerator. Although many individuals and organisations have expressed their views, it is a fact that the public are excluded from decision-making
BURY Under-14s manager Alistair Denham will be hoping his side can halt a run of four defeats in a row when they take on Kirkby in their North West Woodward Trophy second round at the Derby School tomorrow (ko 10.30am). The Bury lads opened the season
ASPIRING artists are being given a rare platform to show off their work, thanks to the efforts of Bolton art student Paul Stone. An art show will be staged at a former Chapmans solicitors on Bowkers Row, off Nelson Square, in a joint venture between local
SHADOW Defence Minister John Reid has accused Government big-gun Michael Portillo of "playing politics with jobs" in a head-to-head row over missile contracts. Dr Reid has hit back at claims made last weekend by the Tory Defence Secretary, who warned
BOLTON education bosses are right to get tough on employers who allow children to work long hours for little reward. It's alarming to learn that because of cutbacks, checks, which several years ago were carried out, had been dropped. So the decision to
NATHAN Blake was celebrating again today after escaping a three match ban as the Football Association upheld his appeal against his sending off at Stoke last week. The Wanderers striker, who has had two recent escapes from suspension, was cleared of any
STUART Lovell could be forgiven if he never took another penalty as long as he lived. Certainly not against Wanderers. The Reading striker will be forever reminded of the chance he missed to put the Royals home and dry in the 1995 Play-off Final. Bolton
The sight of a station, the sound of a train, Brings painful memories back again. You had no choice, you had to go, This my darling I know, I know. You were so proud, of the stripe on your sleeve, You were in the army, you had to leave. We kissed each
A LOCAL councillor has been declared bankrupt and will now be forced to resign his seat. Labour councillor Martin Donaghy, who has represented the Daubhill ward for almost 17 years, was declared bankrupt at Bolton County Court earlier this week. Cllr
MERLYN Nuttall is a brave woman. Not only did she fight back after being raped and left for dead, she continued to battle for compensation. As our report last night revealed she even had to struggle with the "system" with its unsympathetic "cogs" and
A PENSIONER who was without electricity overnight claimed she was left in the dark because of Norweb's "inefficiency". Mrs Cecilia Blackburn, who lives alone, said the catalogue of disasters resulted in her losing a night's sleep with the worry. Her problems
BOLTON education bosses are leading the way in their efforts to keep track of schoolchildren when they move. Two years after the death of schoolboy Tommy Oakes, the local education authority has taken steps to make sure youngsters do not "slip through
ANTI-abortion activists are set to stand against two local MPs at the next election. The Pro-Life Alliance yesterday launched plans to field up to 70 candidates at the general election targeting prominent MPs "who have demonstrated an extreme anti-life
A UNHOLY row has forced a Christian church school to close. The decision to close Leigh's Kings Park School was taken by the church council's five members after teachers at the day school resigned en-masse. The resignations follow a major row about management
BOLTON's newest radio station Variety Gold FM says its heart is in the right place - the community. The station, which will take to the airwaves for the first time in March, is currently hard at work forging links with schools, charities and organisations
SIR: I refer to your article in the BEN, Monday, January 27: People power blocks Lever Park changes. Please note that the petition handed to Tom Sackville by Tony Johnson, who happens to be Leader of Bolton RSPB Members Group, was not presented on behalf
TELEVISION personality Martin Henfield is to join fund-raisers on the annual walk up Rivington Pike organised by Horwich New Heart Club. The walk on Sunday, May 11, is staged each year by the club which raises funds for the Transplant Centre at Wythenshawe
A FURIOUS Bolton man claims he has been gazumped by the council after discussing with them his plans to take over a garden centre . Don Faulkner, of Seaford Road, Harwood, says the move has cost him around £20,000 plus a wasted journey from South Africa
SIR: On behalf of all the parents of children attending Washacre County Primary School who have to cross Leigh Road, may I say a big thank you for the publicity you gave to our situation when the local Council decided we no longer needed a School Patrol
IT was a kiss that said "You're my hero". Brave Douglas Kirkpatrick, who was shot as he tackled a cold blooded gunman in the Bury Council Tax office raid, gave a cuddle in his hospital bed to the girl he was trying to protect - his pregnant fiancee Jayne
SIR: Despite the comments made by Mr Garvey of Cleveland Waste Management (BEN January 31, Power to the Raikes Project), the information we gave to the BEN regarding Cleveland's environmentally damaging waste contracts was correct. No matter how the figures
ATHERTON Colls' management duo Steve Walton and Ian Lamb have been busy in the transfer market in a bid to pep up the Alder House squad for an end of season push which they hope will start with tomorrow's visit to Vauxhall GM tomorrow. But some of that
GOALS from Addison, Grundy, Benjamin and Mann put WEST LANCS LEAGUE side Tempest United into the semi-finals of the Richardson Cup. Striker Andy Morris was on the mark yet again for Blackrod Town as a 1-0 victory at Feniscowles eased his side clear of
SHOPPERS have been quizzed about the effectiveness of Salford City Council's anti-violence campaign "Zero Tolerance." Researchers from Salford University invited shoppers from Walkden, Swinton and Eccles to take part in a street survey about "Zero Tolerance
COUNCIL workers are expected to lobby Bury MP Alistair Burt over millions of pounds worth of cuts in the town which will lead to hundreds of job losses. The protest at Bury Town Hall at 5.15pm today has been organised by the public sector union UNISON
LEIGH RMI must return to winning ways against Whitley Bay at Hilton Park tomorrow if they are to regain their tag as promotion favourites. A slump in form as seen them take only only one point from their last three games - all away from home - and, although
A LANDOWNER fed up with gypsy invasions on his land has refused to pay the legal bill to get them shifted. Caravans have moved onto land off Tonge Moor Road close to the Matalan car park. The land is owned by Nottingham based RG Foster Textile Machinery
BOLTON householders are being urged to "spend to save" in a energy saving campaign mounted by Bolton Council. The Government has told local authorities that it wants a 30pc improvement in home energy efficiency and has made councils responsible for getting
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RESIDENTS whose homes back on to a controversial opencast mining site are demanding to know when promised regeneration work will be finished. Work to return the land to its former glory should have been completed by the end of October 1995. But local
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, February 7, 1972 A MULTI-million pound plan to held cut the jobless total was announced today. Thanks to Bolton East MP Mr Laurance Reed, Environment Minister Mr Peter Walker has launched a massive springclean for Britain
HIGH-FLYING Bury have received a double warning not to expect an easy ride from crisis club Bournemouth tomorrow. The Shakers start strong favourites to continue their unbeaten record at fortress Gigg Lane. But boss Stan Ternent is under no illusions
