BOLTON and Bury Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a seminar on September 29 designed to demonstrate a new approach to marketing. "How to unlock fast profit growth for your business" is one of a series of seminars designed by a company called Open Page
BOGUS grant "consultants" are beginning to target the Asian business community, it is claimed. The menace of these high-pressure salesmen has been highlighted in Bolton several times over the last few years. In Manchester, the local Business Link says
A NEW Bolton business is helping to make life smoother for people involved in compensation claims. Enterprise Consultancy, which specialises in psychological matters and medico-legal reports, has been established for a month in the Bolton Enterprise Centre
THE future of a £15 million plan to transform Lever Park will be discussed by Bolton Council chiefs tomorrow. The controversial scheme has been thrown into jeopardy after plans for a Blue Planet visitor centre failed to attract Millennium cash. Policy
A SCHOOLBOY has walked free from court after being cleared of causing the death of a six month old baby he was looking after. The 15-year-old boy from Chorley was charged with the manslaughter of baby Calum Bryan who died in July last year. But when he
CHORLEY enjoyed another excellent weekend with two more fine victories. Roland Horridge's men improved their league position with a seven wicket hammering of Lancaster and moved into the last eight of the Thwaites Lancashire Knockout with a 24 run success
A COUPLE of stranded pensioners were rescued by two 'knights of the road' from Coppull when their 60-year-old vintage vehicle broke down. Now Peter and Eileen Liptrot want to say a big thank you through the Citizen to their young helpers who stayed with
NEIL Fairbrother and John Crawley talked each other through the nervous nineties and into a match-winning position against Sussex at Old Trafford. The pair hit wonderful centuries in a 243-run stand for the third wicket to help Lancashire to 380-5 at
ANGRY Bolton songwriters say they have been "kicked in the face" by marketing bosses who commissioned the town's new identity song from someone who does not even live in the borough. Alec Martin, who organises an annual North-west songwriting competition
A SCHOOL in Horwich has rounded off its centenary celebrations by getting rid of an eyesore and replacing it with a garden. Chorley New Road Primary School has created the garden on the site of an old tram stop which had become overgrown and was used
ALMOST 100 lucky scouts from Chorley will be jetting off to Canada next week as part of a North American jamboree. Scouts from five local groups will make their Atlantic crossing next Monday and Thursday - and the trip was so popular that hundreds more
SIR: My grand-daughter and I would like to thank the young man who rescued my great-grandson when he fell in the River Croal. My great-grandson ran away and didn't see the edge of the riverbank as there is high grass. Fortunately the reeds caught him
POLICE today got new powers to confiscate booze from under-18s who are caught in public possession of alcohol and arrest adults who buy drink for them. The move is part of a major crackdown on under-age drinkers and controversial alcopop soft drinks unveiled
A FORMER soldier from Chorley was overjoyed when he was reunited with a foreign friend from the Second World War. Les Price, of Collingwood Road, first met Tonnie Hendrik when he stayed at her parents' farmhouse, in Oploo, north Holland, during the war
Top seed struggles through IAN Stott, the No 1 seed, and reigning champion, failed to produce his best form when he came up against the 1996 Boys Singles champion last evening in the BSF Tennis Championships. Simon Pearson matched Stott in end to end
HUNDREDS of local workers are celebrating after Royal Ordnance was awarded a multi-million pound arms contract this week. The £62m order for specially-designed new Royal Navy shells is likely to safeguard jobs at the firm's Euxton plant. It's a real boost
SIR: This is to tender my heartfelt thanks to the RSPCA for all the help, I have never received from them during the last two years over four separate incidents. I was always under the impression they were there to ease the suffering of animals especially
CIVIL war could be about to break out in a quiet corner of Chorley with a village divided by the town's planners. Disgruntled residents in Lower Adlington are fuming at the prospect of staring at rubbish skips for the next 18 months. But just two miles
SIR: Reading Ron Freethy's Living World column in your June 28 issue, we wished we had been with him watching the young badgers playing. We weren't at all surprised to read that a hedgehog had taken the opportunity to snatch some peanuts. At this time
HEALTH chiefs in Chorley are celebrating after the town's hospital was ranked among the most efficient in the country. Chorley was well placed in the latest national performance tables despite having to cope with the busiest winter in the history of the
ACCIDENT prevention specialists will challenge youngsters to a giant game of noughts and crosses this Saturday. The game has been designed by Home Safety advisers as a fun way of teaching basic safety rules and will be at the Playfair event on the Town
The young mechanic in 'The Street', As we know, his name is Kevin. But another woman has entered his life, And started his engine revvin! His marriage to Sally was once rock solid, With a family close and cosy. How could he have easily gone astray, Without
MEMBERS of a Westhoughton gym are putting in some extra hours to ensure they're fit for a gruelling charity challenge later this month. At least six teams, consisting of a total of 30 people, from The Gymnasia, will be tackling the Krypton Challenge assault
BOLTON supporters are being offered loyalty discounts to match their Bury rivals at the Clash of the Champions friendly at Gigg Lane on July 29. The £2 discount, for seat tickets bought in advance, will cut the admission price for Wanderers' season ticket
COLIN Todd is insisting on setting his sights high as he continues his search for a striker. The Wanderers boss is one of a number of Premiership bosses scouring the markets, home and abroad, for a top line attacker. But his efforts to date have been
ENERGi, the new national energy brand launched by Norweb, is set to become one of the first members of the newly created Association of Energy Suppliers (AES). The association is a body of gas and electricity suppliers which aims to protect consumers
LUCKY Vicky Rudd had a real thriller when megastar Michael Jackson said he loved her. The 19-year-old travelled to Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium last Wednesday after winning the prize of a lifetime on Rock FM's Kev Seed breakfast show. Secretary Vicky
PUPILS at a Bolton primary school could face another term on a 'building site', following the collapse of a firm carrying out a £1million revamp programme. St Gregory's Primary School in Farnworth was left surrounded by concrete and scaffolding when the
A DETERMINED Farnworth bobby joined the cavalry to chase a wanted man escaping through a country park. PC Trish Shepherd turned to horsepower by commandeering a horse from a passer-by as the suspect raced away on a mountain bike. Accomplished horsewoman
WANDERERS fans could soon get a ticket to ride to the new Reebok Stadium after transport bosses announced massive improvements to Bolton's rail network. As well as a new Middlebrook station in Horwich, rail bosses are also planning improvements at Lostock
A GRIEVING dog owner has blasted a pets' funeral parlour over a cremation which she claims was "disgusting and without respect." Lesley Bennett travelled for more than five hours to Hereford and was charged £50 to have her beloved Rottweiler dog cremated
THE Bolton League's record century-maker is one of the three professionals called up for the annual Trinity Cup match against the Bolton Association at Little Lever on Sunday week. Brad Hodge, the Farnworth professional, hit eight centuries last season
A MAN embarked on a campaign of fear against two of his former bosses and their solicitor, a court heard. A jury at Liverpool Crown Court was told yesterday that it did not matter why Leslie Vickerstaffe was sacked from his job with Edbro plc of Lever
CHORLEY this week mourned the tragic loss of two children whose funerals were held on Tuesday. At Sacred Heart Church, Tom Calligan, 5, and his father Graham, who were killed in a fire at Wordsworth Terrace, Chorley, last week, were laid to rest. Meanwhile
SIR: I have visited your web site for the first time and I am pleased to find the BEN online. I was born and raised in Bolton but am now living in Boston, Massachusetts and was thrilled to be able to read about my home town over the internet. I will be
THOUSANDS of local aerospace jobs have been saved after Germany's decision to press on with the Eurofighter project. And Chorley's MP Lindsay Hoyle has received an important accolade after leading the fight to defend the scheme. News that Eurofighter
Reply-To: From: "Rod Connah" To: Subject: Thanks from a Boltonian down-under Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 18:44:24 +1000 X-Msmail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Dear Sir I was delighted to find your web-site on the Internet and thought I would
MORE than 500 mourners flocked to St Anne's Church in Clifton to say their last farewell to two pals whose funeral was held today. As well as mourning the great loss, the funeral was also a celebration of the lives of Keith Ridding and Robert Boardman
SIR: I write simply to express sympathy with Mr Jackson's views (Your view, July 7). Whose bright idea was it to abandon Wakes Week after what must be over 100 years? What possible reason could there be - none, just dogma or someone's small minded sense
SIR: Further to the letter from John Rothwell (Don't transfer the problem, BEN, July 9), may I state: "Yes John, I have been across the moss, and viewed together with legally elected representatives for those areas on the route proposed". You also state
THE countdown has begun to this year's ever-popular Royal Lancashire Show which could be having its final fling at Chorley's Astley Park. Negotiations are taking place for a new site in Chorley and show chairman Tom Alty declared this week: "It's very
SIR: Mr Tony Blair leader of the Labour Party knows the Child Support Agency is in dire straits. A survey carried out by Labour's Gerry Sutcliffe just before the general election firmly established that MPs are simply not prepared to carry on dealing
THE Unitarian Charity are sending 17 Bolton children and three leaders from the Sunnyside Play Centre, Great Lever on a week's holiday to Derbyshire. The party leave on July 21. The trip is funded by the charity, named 'Send-A-Child-To-Hucklow-Fund',
A SECOND Bolton band is toasting success this week. Hoover Band (Bolton) has been promoted to the second section nationally in the brass band contesting world. The promotion was achieved by the band's performances over three years in national contests
BOLTON Institute, which is on the verge of attaining university status, has welcomed a report which says higher education has a major impact on the UK economy. The report, The Impact of Universities and Colleges on the UK Economy, reveals that investment
A BOLTON vicar stepped out with a group of campaigning marathon walkers. Rev Ian Brown, vicar of St Paul's Halliwell, joined the "Cry For Justice" walkers who are en route from John O'Groats to Land's End to highlight the plight of unborn children. The
From the Evening News, July 17, 1972 A BIG sea lift which brought 111 children from strife-torn Ulster at the weekend for a free holiday in local homes went off 'like clockwork' one of the organisers said today. Six people from Leigh travelled to Ireland
ARNAR Gunnlaugsson has been told he must wait another fortnight before he can make his Bolton debut. The Iceland international striker signed for Wanderers in a £100,000 transfer from Akranes last week but international clearance is only expected to come
CREWE ALEXANDRA 2 WANDERERS 1 THERE appears to be no limit to Dario Gradi's ability to unearth and nurture exciting, young prospects at his Crewe academy. Liverpool, Leicester and Spurs are the latest admirers to offer top dollar for the fruits of his
