INSPECTORS put a Little Hulton school through its paces during a four day visit in June - and passed it with flying colours. St Edmund's RC Primary in Little Hulton are constantly introducing new measures to improve their standards, "ensuring that the
MORE than 20 Greater Manchester teams set off from Bolton's New Pack Horse Hotel yesterday in a bid to reach Dublin on a shoestring and raise cash for charity. The annual Dublin Dash, in aid of Marie Curie Cancer, challenges volunteers to travel to the
A MAN claims he is forced to live behind barricades to keep out criminals because the front door of his council house is held on by felt tacks. William Ogden says he only moved into the house in Pimlott Road, Hall i' th' Wood, because he was told a list
BLUES fan Richard Bindless wakes up most mornings knowing that he has a busy working day in prospect. The £56,000-a-year Chief Executive of Bolton Bury Training and Enterprise Council has an annual budget of £14 million and is responsible for 120 employees
A FORMER Farnworth woman who now lives north of the border was incensed when a shop in her old home town refused to accept her Scottish money. Adrienne Gosling, who moved to Doonfoot in Ayr two years ago, was so annoyed she wrote to the BEN. "Oh dear
CHRIS Fairclough (pictured) is ready to back Nottingham Forest's claim for justice after the Anderlecht bribe scandal. The Wanderers defender was in the Forest side cheated out of a 1984 UEFA Cup Final showdown with eventual winners Spurs when the Belgian
MARK Fish has been given a licence to thrill. Colin Todd says his new centre half can go wandering, if and when the fancy takes him, provided his teammates provide the defensive cover. The South African international, raised a few eyebrows with his bursts
WANDERERS have no axe to grind with referee Paul Durkin for letting Gary Pallister off the hook. After all, they had similar success last season when Jimmy Phillips and Nathan Blake were reprieved after appeals. But if referees are allowed to change decisions
SCHOOL children in Leigh were today asked to turn their thoughts to rugby and help come up with a club mascot for the Leigh Centurions. In association with the Wigan division of the Greater Manchester Police and Leigh RLFC, the "design a mascot competition
A PUB landlord in Tyldesley has warned the public to be alert after two women were followed home by masked men. Earl Law of The Railway pub in Wareing Street has urged people to be on their guard. In the first incident, a woman was followed home and attacked
A NEW face has taken over the team of 320 volunteers at the Royal Bolton Hospital. Mrs Sheila Barton, of Westhoughton, has been appointed project manager for the Womens Royal Voluntary Service at the hospital. Sheila takes over from Mrs Ann Wood, who
JIM Shaw, the driver of the coach which crashed in the Alps killing three Farnworth schoolchildren, will face trial in France later this year. The public prosecutor for Albertville, Rene Ternoy, has confirmed that the 43-year-old driver from Droylsden
A PRISONER committed an armed robbery while on the run after being told to make his own way to a new prison. Michael Burton, 32 had been jailed for nine years for a series of robberies. But Bolton Crown Court heard yesterday that he was given a travel
FEW people are completely satisifed with what Nature gave them. And there is probably no more controversial area for self-improvement than women's bustline. There's either too much or too little, and anything which will alter the situation for the better
THE final leg of the 1997 English Junior Fell Championship took place on Saturday on the fells at Hayfield near Glossop at the annual Lantern Pike fell race. The championship started back in April on the fells at Hebden Moor and it has taken the juniors
NATHAN Blake will win a Premiership reprieve and a chance to face one of his old clubs if Wanderers overcome Orient on Tuesday. The Reebok striker must serve a three-match ban for his "handbags" bust-up with Gary Pallister. But a place in the third round
WANDERERS' new-signing injury jinx struck again when centre-back sensation Mark Fish was dramatically ruled out of this afternoon's Premiership game at Crystal Palace. The stunning news broke today when it was revealed the South African international
ASTON Villa hot-shot Dwight Yorke insists his under-the-spotlight partnership with Stan Collymore WILL be a success. And Yorke believes Collymore, who described Monday's game at Liverpool as "the low point of my career" does have the hunger and desire
