LOCAL bosses have been challenged to back the Government's Welfare to Work initiative. Money raised by a windfall tax on privatised utilities will be used to help young people between 18 and 24 who have been unemployed for more than six months. Options
A HALLOWE'EN party wouldn't be complete without toffee apples and that's why two enterprising fundraisers are now appealing for help. Mandy Grimshaw and her pal, Michelle Kidd, both of Pilkington Road, Kearsley, were spurred into organising a children's
BOLTON schools hit the jackpot today with a double cash windfall from the Government. Nineteen schools and a nursery are to share £381,000 to bring buildings up to 21st century standards by improving heating and lighting. And Prime Minister Tony Blair
SIR: Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson was quick to submit video evidence to show that Gary Pallister should not have been sent off. I wonder if he will now be sending another video to prove that Roy Keane should have been sent off during the match
TAXI and private hire drivers may be forced to take guide dogs in their vehicles under new rules being drawn up by Bolton Council. The move comes after the Bolton Evening News brought the plight of a blind woman to the attention of licensing officers.
SIR: I read with interest the article written by Mark Longbottom in the BEN. I am another furious Wanderers fan who returned to his car to find a fixed parking fine issued. I would not care so much, but I park away from the main resident areas because
SIR: In the Bolton Evening News on September 23, you asked for thoughts on the story "Crackdown on soccer trouble". The article starts: "Residents living near the Reebok Stadium are calling for a football nuisance committee to be set up". Well I'm a local
POLICE are appealing for witnesses who may hold the key to the last hours of a 21-year-old woman. Her body was found in the Leeds Liverpool canal behind the Sportsman Pub, Leigh yesterday. Her identity has not been revealed. Police say she died from natural
Radcliffe Boro 3 Great Harwood 0 COLIN McRory returned from injury last night for Radcliffe Boro and put in a scintillating performance in his side's 3-0 home Unibond League Challenge Cup first round win over Great Harwood Town. The veteran striker scored
BOLTON MPs Brian Iddon and David Crausby have praised Prime Minister Tony Blair's Key note address to the Labour Party Conference yesterday. Bolton South East Dr Iddon said: "It was a terrific speech, the best speech I've heard in four years of attending
Workington 1 Leigh RMI 1 AN under strength Leigh RMI came from behind to earn a replay at Workington last night in the first round of the Unibond Challenge Cup. With only five first team regulars available and only 12 players on duty, manager Steve Waywell
AN anti-drugs message is to be launched in Bolton's schools for children aged between eight and ten. But it will be very much a softly, softly approach and be based on artistic projects such as painting, music and dance. The idea is that it will gently
BOLTON'S Christmas pantomime in the Town Hall has a deserved reputation as family entertainment. And local families are represented as much on stage as off. Every year, scores of young would-be stars excitedly try out their talents at the auditions for
TRANSPORT chiefs have taken their fight to have Greater Manchester designated a trial area for a fully integrated public transport network to the Labour Party Conference. Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority has suggested the scheme to Deputy
ENVIRONMENTAL health chiefs fear they could be left with a huge bill for the cost of preventing an E.coli food poisoning outbreak. They believe they will have to take on at least two new members of staff to cope with the extra inspections of food shops
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, September 30, 1972 TELEVISION and the car were the main reasons for the drop in football attendance, Mr Eldon Griffiths, the Minister of Sport, said today. Violence was only partially to blame, he said. 'I think that
SHEFFIELD United have dropped their interest in Bury striker David Johnson. The Blades were linked with a £1.5million bid for the quicksilver Shakers front man at the weekend. A Bramall Lane spokesman confirmed they have been monitoring the 21-year-old
WANDERERS 4, LEYTON ORIENT 4. Aggregate: 7-5. WANDERERS 4-4-2 GAVIN WARD ... 5 STEVE McANSEPIE ... 5 ANDY TODD ... 5 MIKE WHITLOW ... 5 JIMMY PHILLIPS ... 5 JAMIE POLLOCK ... 6 PER FRANDSEN ... 6 ALAN THOMPSON ... 6 MICHAEL JOHANSEN ... 5 *PETER BEARDSLEY
COLIN Todd is on the brink of ending his search for a striker. The Wanderers boss, desperate to reinforce his Premiership attack, is hoping to conclude a deal before Saturday's Reebok clash with Aston Villa. "I'd like to think I would have somebody in
By Gordon Sharrock: Bolton Wanderers 4, Leyton Orient 4 (Agg: 7-5) PHIL Brown pulled no punches on the hot-line to absent boss Colin Todd. Within minutes of seeing his team embarrassed by Third Division opponents, the Wanderers chief coach - in charge
A SURVEY by KPMG Corporate Finance shows that there have been more than 30 North-west management buyouts - worth £350 million plus - this year. One of the biggest was the £25 million buyout of Worsley-based John Kennedy (Civil Engineering) Ltd last month
MANCHESTER Financial and Professional Forum organised a meeting for more than 60 of the city's leading financial and professional services professionals. Marianne Neville-Rolfe, regional director, Government Office for the North-west, presented some of
THE North West Business Leadership Team has appointed Neville Chamberlain as its new chairman. Mr Chamberlain, who is deputy chairman and formerly the chief executive of BNFL, takes over following the retirement of the Duke of Westminster. The team brings
A HORWICH man is believed to have bled to death when he severed a main artery after locking himself out of his Spanish apartment block. John Hawarden, aged 36, died in a private clinic in the resort of Benidorm. Mr Hawarden was rushed to the town's main
WOMEN living in Surrey live an average of NINE years longer than their counterparts in Bolton and the rest of Greater Manchester. The shock figures have been obtained by Bolton West MP Ruth Kelly. And they reveal that in some inner cities, male life expectancy
TV soap Brookside has been recruited for a new Government drive to boost reading standards. Education Secretary David Blunkett said this school year would be the "National Year of Reading", with more than £50 million earmarked for the literacy drive.
INTREPID staff from St James's CE School, Farnworth, are planning a triple attack on Britain's highest mountains to raise money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association. On Saturday three teams of staff will tackle Scafell Pike, Ben Nevis, and Snowdon
A NURSING angel's stolen MBE has been returned to her - thanks to the BEN. Anne Kaneen woke this morning to find the medal and three of her stolen rings had been posted through the door of her Heaton home. In last night's BEN Anne said if she could have
JIM Cumbes was named today as Lancashire's Chief Executive taking over from John Bower who left Old Trafford six weeks ago. Cumbes, formerly the club's Marketing Manager, links up with new Chairman Jack Simmons in a partnership with a deep cricketing
PRIME Minister Tony Blair and his deputy John Prescott bluntly ruled out renationalising Railtrack as too expensive today as the Labour leadership faced the prospect of a triple conference defeat. They said the £4.5 billion needed to take the firm back
A NEW partnership, set up to create new investment worth more than £60 million, has opened for business. The Little Hulton and Farnworth Partnership has got just over £11 million in Single Regeneration Budget funds from the Government's Challenge Fund
SIR: You play the lottery at your peril! That was the message of Bolton Little Theatre's production of 'Lucky Sods' by John Godber, which I saw on Saturday, September 20. It was an excellent opening production of their 97/98 season. I particularly liked
If you have any views on the Wanderers or sport in general we would love to hear from you, wherever you are in the world. If you have anything to see and want to appear in our letters column in Monday night's Bolton Evening News then send it to Peter
SIR: With regards to 'Seeing Red over a word' and Fred Dibnah's use of some old English. Does Graham Baxter ever go out or doesn't he know the outside world of today? Offending your readers by setting a low standard, that's a laugh. Let him get out among
SIR: It amazes me why some Bolton Wanderers supporters can't seem to understand why we, the Horwich residents, don't want BWFC on our doorstep. It seems like the people of Horwich have been badly represented by the councillors, who don't really care what
RAMSBOTTOM United slumped to their seventh defeat in 11 games when individual errors cost them dear at Blackpool Rovers last night. United had a mountain to climb at 3-0 down after just 18 minutes before eventually going down 5-3 in the North West Counties
Where's the lovely weather gone? Where is all the sun? People basked in the warmth, Now through the rain they run. The skies all grey and gloomy, There's not a lot of cheer. Why does summer seem to last, But a week in every year? So come on Mr Sunshine
THE populations of Bolton and Bury continue to grow, latest census figures reveal. While the populations of Manchester and Salford have steadily fallen over the last 10 years, many surrounding towns are expanding according to the Registrar General. Bury
electric blankets How To Use A Blanket Safely Check that the blanket conforms to British Standard BS 3456 and has 'overheat' protection. Always switch off an underblanket and unplug it before getting into bed. If you have an overblanket check that it
THE government's "New Deal" will be a big deal when it comes into effect next April. Up to 800 Bolton and Bury people between the ages of 18 and 24 - all unemployed for more than six months - will be aided and encouraged to become economically self-sufficient
AN ambitious £8m bid could bring the Royal Yacht Britannia into Manchester for Millennium celebrations. It would form the centrepiece floating stately home in a heritage park from a berth on the Manchester Ship Canal close to the Trafford Centre. Peel
A GET-AWAY car used by three thugs who robbed a petrol station has been found abandoned. The raiders last week threatened the cashier at Bolton West Services on the M61 with a lump of stone and a car jack. The three-man gang escaped in a Calibra which
