ENGINEERING bosses say there has been a marked increase in the number of industrial tribunal cases going to a full hearing rather than being settled in advance. The Engineering Employers' Federation says 660 full hearings were handled last year - an increase
YOUNG golfing stars of the future from Pennington Golf Club will be looking to follow in the footsteps of the European Ryder Cup heroes by playing at Valderrama in the final of the 1997 Daily Mail PGA Junior Championship. The Club qualifying round is
A NEW report by the Low Pay Network reveals that increasing numbers of Bolton families are relying on Family Credit to top up their wages. Figures show that there were 110,000 claimants in October, 1996 - a 48.7 per cent rise on the total of 74,000 in
POLICE are appealing to Chorley traders to update the list of people who own keys to their businesses. PC John Cooke made the plea following a number of instances where people they call no longer have keys to premises involved in an incident. The situation
BRYAN Griffiths is relying on years of experience in non-league football to help him revive Chorley's fortunes. The newly-appointed Magpies boss watched his side throw away a lead and succumb to Unibond hot shots Boston United on Saturday. But former
A BOLTON paediatrician has backed national calls for routine screening for the life threatening disease Cystic Fibrosis. Dr Peter Powell, consultant paediatrician and at the Royal Bolton Hospital has supported the call made by the country's top CF specialist
CHORLEY old folk are set to benefit from a novel town hall scheme to replace old smoke alarms in the borough. Housing chiefs are due to meet soon to rubber stamp a proposal to install new alarms for all council tenants in Chorley. The alarms, to be fitted
A FURIOUS Kearsley man is organising a petition against controversial plans by Bolton Council for a multi-million pound business park. As revealed in the BEN, council chiefs have proposed plans for the industrial development - which could create 300 jobs
SIR: As an Oxford United fan, I would like you to print this letter to the team and supporters of Bolton Wanderers. I was at the match last Saturday and was privileged to watch a superb display of football. You are truly worthy to be called Champions.
SIR: I was recently in touch with your Mr Gordon Sharrock regarding the photograph of Bolton Wanderers 1939 Regimental Team published in the BEN. I cannot speak too highly of his help and kindness that he gave to me sorting out my problem. Needless to
PRICELESS fairground equipment used to help raise thousands of pounds for charity has been destroyed by firebugs. And devastated owner Jonathon Hall has blasted the thieves who have wrecked his life's pride and joy. Mr Hall, aged 71, from Tyldesley, had
THE battle to portray the wartime exploits of Bolton Wanderers on the big screen could end in failure because of a lack of British financial backing. Bolt-On Films have already been promised financial support from America and Spain and there are talks
THE Royal Mail has been pressed into replacing the most beleaguered, vandalised post box in Bolton. Thieves and vandals targeted the box outside Castle Hill Post Office on Tonge Moor Road for almost a year, despite a variety of surveillance and security
SIR: For years councillors have been whinging about not having the power to do anything about nuisance neighbours. Now they have been given this power, in the form of trial tenancies, and some of them are still whinging. Jeff Smethurst sees a problem
THE Secretary of State for Defence Michael Portillo joined Ministerial colleage Tom Sackville on the campaign trail yesterday. Mr Portillo and the Bolton West MP spent more than an hour at the Westhoughton aircraft engineering works of Bellhouse Hartwell
THE nominations for the Lancashire County Council election on May 1 have closed - with 24 candidates doing battle against each other in the six Chorley divisions. They comprise six Labour, six Conservative, six Liberal Democrat and six Natural Law candidates
Chorley Ladies FC 7 Urmston Ladies FC 1 CHORLEY Ladies won promotion to division two on Sunday with a classy performance full of grit and determination. Urmston started doggedly and tried to make it difficult for the league leaders, working hard in the
HENRY Paul is out of Wigan Warriors' home clash with Oldham Bears on Sunday and is almost certain to miss the international Down Under the following week. Paul has been out of action since sustaining a severe lower back injury against St Helens on Good
SIR: I was incensed by the article 'Thatcher joins union row'. How she came to become a Baroness I'll never know. She was the working class' enemy and made no bones about it, and still is! I'll admit some unions were over dominant, eg dockers, car workers
SIR: Facts about Germany (1993) describes their lead in developing the (now) European Union since 1952. Chancellor Khol says that - "German unity and European Union are two sides of one and the same coin" whose aim is to complete Europe's integration
SIR: My brother, Christopher, is 37 years of age and a lifelong supporter of Bolton Wanderers, even though we moved away from Bolton to live in Stoke on Trent when he was still at school. He has been a season ticket holder for many years until July last
ANGLICANS from Bolton will cross the Pennines next month for York Minster's biggest ever service. Churchgoers from St Augustine's, Tonge Moor, will attend the minster on Saturday, May 17, for a celebration of a Festival Eucharist. The Bishop of Beverley
LOCAL referendum party press officer Chris Young was today recovering from a car accident. She was driving to work in Horwich from her Bromley Cross home when she was forced into a ditch by another driver near the Old Barn at Rivington. The driver hit
FIREFIGHTERS rescued a horse from a slurry pit in Bury yesterday. The horse had stumbled into the 15 foot slurry pit at Brandlesholme Hall Farm, Brandlesholme Road. Leading fireman Christopher McNally said: "Because the horse was struggling it was sinking
TWO thugs ganged up on an 84-year-old man at a bus stop - and stole a wallet from his coat pocket. One of the thieves stood on the pensioner's right foot to stop him moving, while the other forcibly removed the wallet containing cash and personal items
A BOLTON minister told a national church conference in Norwich that his home had been burgled twice in the last 12 months. Rev Tony McNeile, minister of Bank Street Chapel, Bolton, spoke to delegates at the Central Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian
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LABOUR'S Education supremo David Blunkett came to Bolton yesterday to promise the town's Institute university status and claim he scented victory for his party in the air. The Shadow Education Secretary said that the Institute had met all the current
A DAISY Hill man believes he has an explanation for reports of UFO sightings over Rivington. Many Bolton skywatchers contacted the Bolton Evening News claiming to have seen red and green lights coming from an object shaped like a satellite dish. But Allan
BOLTON people are being urged to keep their eyes peeled for foxes. Foxwatch 97 is being co-ordinated by Manchester Metropolitan University and has been prompted by numerous sightings of foxes in Manchester City Centre. Recent sightings of foxes have been
A LOCAL driving instructor has joined the furore over identification for the new written driving test. John Higham, who runs a driving school from his home in Blackburn Road, Bolton, believes the new "photograph idea" is open to widespread abuse. Mr Higham
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, April 17, 1972 GORDON Banks is the 1972 Footballer of the Year. The 33-years-old England goalkeeper, who helped Stoke City win the Football League Cup and reach the FA Cup semi-finals, collected 75 per cent of the votes
UNHAPPY Nathan Blake remains undecided about his international future after seeing Bobby Gould get off scot-free in the race row that rocked Welsh football. Wanderers boss Colin Todd has advised Blake to reconsider his earlier insistence that he will
FOUR local golfers helped Lancashire 'B' to a 12-6 victory over Cheshire at Stand. In the singles Gareth Hastie (Dunscar) crushed Marcus Stam (Royal Liverpool) 6 and 5, Andy Runciman (Deane) edged home 2 and 1 over David Charlton (Brackenwood), while
ABOUT 40 local companies are to be given a helping hand with new technology. Business Link Bolton and Bury has announced a successful partnership bid under the Government's Local Competitiveness Challenge. It has secured £185,000 from the DTI which is
A TEENAGER who was seriously injured in a road smash which killed his friend has left hospital. Paul Eckersley is back at home with his family after being discharged from North Manchester General Hospital, where he had been in intensive care. 17-year-old
ASTLEY Park will come alive to the sound of music this summer! On Saturday, July 5, Chorley's first music festival hits the historic park, giving the town's talent a chance to shine in a crowd which, it is hoped, will be thousands strong. Called Music
VICTORY will be sweet for the winning party in the General Election, but for the average punter the run-up is just as sugar-coated. From chocolate lollies to specially baked cakes, voters can reveal their intentions before the big day at the same time
ONE of Bolton's most over-subscribed comprehensive schools has been praised by Government inspectors. In 1996, 432 people applied for just 240 places at Turton High School, Bromley Cross. One of the school's particular strengths, say the OFSTED inspectors
THE rejuvenation of Bolton's Nelson Square is finally set to begin after a pub chain's long fight for licensing approval ended in victory. National company JD Wetherspoon was awarded the provisional drinks licence during a special sitting of Bolton Magistrate's
JANET Darwell is not content to simply sit back and relax as her 50th birthday approaches. Instead she is set to put more power into her pedals and cycle her way across Europe. Janet, who will be 50 in October, is refusing to let age be any boundary and
HEARTLESS thieves have left a toddler in tears after stealing his cherished toy car. Little 17-month-old Jordan Rigby cannot understand where his favourite plaything has gone, following the theft from his garden. Mum Carol Rigby, of Weldbank Lane, Chorley
ANXIOUS Bolton families are spending the joyous Eid al-Adha anxiously awaiting news of relatives and friends caught up in the fire disaster at Mecca. Today is the Moslem equivalent of Christmas Day but with no more news of the fate of the 200 plus Bolton
SHOPPERS are being warned about buying bogus goods after a mock auction came to Chorley last week. Knock-down electrical items were being sold in the store on Chapel Street formerly owned by Norweb. Fly posters in the shop window, which was covered with
ONE day wonder Gary Yates has put himself in line for a starting place in Lancashire's Championship team. The 29-year-old off-spinner was a key figure in their Lord's double last year but was bitterly disappointed that he didn't play a first class match
HISTORIC Astley Hall will unlock the doors to allow visitors to step back nearly five centuries for the very first time next week. For people will be able to walk through one of the oldest parts of the hall - the north wing - following its official opening
SIR: Whatever happened to the lunch-time concerts? If towns like Rochdale can attract a weekly following by engaging quality artistes to entertain for a full hour at an entrance fee of only 60p (until recently 50p) and offer reasonably priced light lunches
TASTY fish and chips have arrived in the Ukraine thanks to a Chorley charity. International Aid, based in Withnell, near Chorley, regularly sends aid convoys to the area, particularly helping the victims of the Chernobyl disaster. Now, thanks to the charity
SIR: I have been surprised at the recent letters and articles bemoaning the lack of Ballroom Dancing facilities in Bolton. For the last 18 months I have been going to Hughes' Dance Centre in Bradshawgate on Wednesday evenings. Starting as a complete beginner
ORGANISERS of a top local carnival are sew eager to hear from volunteers after launching an appeal for help. They are looking to recruit people with sewing machines to stitch some five miles of new bunting which will decorate this summer's 26th annual
SIR: I refer to the letter from L Cheatle about Bolton Wanderers Football Book which was 70 years old. I think my husband has a very old one of his belonging to his father, Thomas Heveran. Items in it go back to 1800 or earlier. I think that the book
LOCAL match ace Mark Addy has been named in the England squad who will fish the world championship on Hungary's Lake Velence. The venue should suit the Tri-cast Highfield angler as the water responds well to bloodworm. Mark is no stranger to the England
FACTFILE: Full name: Den Dover. DOB: 4/4/38. Birthplace: Warrington. Home: Countess Way, Euxton. Family: Married, with one son and daughter. Education: Manchester Grammar School, Manchester University - First Class honours degree in civil engineering.
LEIGH Centurions have started their spring sales by releasing two players...with the prospect of more to follow. Long-serving stand-off Mike Blakeley, brother of Salford Reds skipper Steve, is the major casualty. Blakeley has been handed a free transfer
SIR: Can I put the record straight over comments in the BEN and in the Your views page over what was supposedly inferred at a recent planning meeting. I have never accused anyone of racism over this issue. As I explained to your reporter when she rang
ONE of the alleged assassins of Chorley accountant David Wilson was a Falklands War veteran, a court heard this week. Liverpool Crown Court was told that Stephen Playle was arrested at his Sidcup flat four years after the murder. When interviewed he told
CHORLEY RUFC 1sts 38 CULCHETH RUFC 10 CHORLEY started this difficult Lancashire North Division Two league match with an immense opening salvo as Richard Dempsey mercurially rounded his man to score within five minutes. Chorley, sensing a try frenzy, slightly
ASDA would like to thank all customers who, along with staff at the Blackburn Road store, raised £606 for Red Nose Day. On Sunday, the store is holding a charity fun day when double vouchers will be given on purchases over £25. In and around the store
FUNDRAISING zeal by Bury's Christie Peelers has netted more than £4,000 for Manchester's specialist cancer hospital in just 18 months. The Christie Peelers is a Bury-based group of around a dozen former cancer patients or relatives who raise money to
A BOLTON woman is desperately trying to track down the brother she hasn't seen for 19 years. Mrs Sandra Needham lost touch with her brother, Stephen Boyce, in 1978 following their father's death. She told the BEN: "He just seemed to disappear." Mrs Needham
A BOLTON woman is calling on the council to start employing "people wardens" as well as dog wardens. Dog lover Marlene Butterfield, of Hatfield Road, Halliwell, says people - particularly unsupervised children - create far more mess in Bolton's parks
The famous Bolton Wanderers are moving from their ground, As a new home in Horwich is what they've surely found. The Wanderers supporters will follow them right there, With a manager, promotion and a new strip they can wear. With Super John McGinlay and
GUDNI Bergsson and John McGinlay gave Wanderers a double fitness boost when they put their names back in the frame for the end of season celebrations. Skipper Bergsson, sidelined for five games with a calf injury, and top scorer McGinlay, who missed Saturday's
BURY goal ace Ronnie Jepson today insisted: "You ain't seen nothing yet." The experienced striker blasted the Second Division's surprise leaders to another three points with his seventh goal in his last 12 starts against Crewe on Tuesday night - then
