A SUCCESSFUL Bolton management consultant was involved in a £15 million deal this week. Brian Buckley, of Claremont Associates Ltd, Bromley Cross, set up the transaction which saw London venture capitalists Phildrew Ventures invest in Bison Group Ltd,
HALF a million people all over the United Kingdom will be sitting down for a coffee break tomorrow to raise money for charity. Staff at the Bolton Evening News will be joining what is thought to be the world's biggest coffee morning organised by Macmillan
A MAJOR shopping study is being prepared before Bolton Council considers a controversial superstore scheme at Middlebrook. Supermarket giants Tesco want to build a huge new store near Bolton Wanderers' Reebok Stadium at Horwich. But planning chiefs want
A GUN-TOTING raider threatened to shoot a Bolton bookmaker - on the very first day handguns were banned in Britain. The thug forced the town centre bookie to open his shop's safe as he held a pistol to his head. The raider escaped with a large haul of
POLICE are being urged to continue to take tough action against football fans for illegal parking. Westhoughton Town Council are backing the police over last week's hard-line approach which saw hundreds of soccer supporters being given parking tickets
LOVED ones could be laid to rest in a picturesque memorial garden if plans to create a specially secluded area at Chorley Cemetery are given the go-ahead. Community services chiefs were due to discuss proposals for a garden of remembrance at the Southport
AMATEUR football bosses have given the red card to Bolton Council, claiming some soccer pitches are in a "disgraceful state". Alan Johnson, general secretary of the Bolton & District Sunday League, says that between them, the 40 teams in his league
AN ANGRY mother has left a Bolton Church in protest at what she described as its "blatant discrimination" against appointing a woman vicar. Pamela Singleton has accused members of St Stephen and All Martyrs Parish Church Council of favouring "the repression
SIR: I totally agree with S R Morgan. I live within smelling distance of Bolton Royal. What people don't say is, although there is sometimes a farm smell, it does not occur every day, or even every week. The farmer has every right to work his farm. He
PROTECTED trees on the controversial Birtenshaw site are under threat according to fearful residents. They accuse developers Barratt, building the Turton Heights estate, of encroaching on the protected woodland and damaging the trees while working on
St Helens Ladies FC 2 Chorley Ladies FC 0 CHORLEY put up a creditable performance against Northern Premier St Helens in the Lancashire Cup at Garswood on Sunday. They came close to scoring the first goal on 35 minutes when striker Janine Jones hit a left
SIR: All the letters of complaint about the up-and-coming Middlebrook Retail Park seem to be aimed solely at BWFC. Does this mean that when Warner Bros, Asda, Bennigons, Pizza Hut and all the other proprietors of this enterprise open their doors, they
SIR: With regards to the Reebok stadium. It never, ever, ceases to amaze me. Of course there are parking, access problems, etc etc. But once everyone has put up with the problems involved in getting to the place (and I agree access and parking should
SIR: Can I make some points on parking at the new Reebok Stadium. We attended the night match Bolton versus Tottenham and had to park on Chorley New Road, due to not having enough parking spaces nearer to the stadium. We were 25 minutes walk away, being
BURY is a town in focus with television crews filming on a variety of locations throughout the area. Granada Television has been in town this week, recording at the East Lancashire Railway Headquarters in Bolton Street, for 'The Things We Do for Love'
BOLTON Far Eastern POWs and friends of the Burma Star Association are invited to a memorial service. The 49th memorial parade and service will be held in Manchester Cathedral on Sunday at 2pm and a contingent of Bolton veterans will be attending. Cars
AN urgent appeal has been made for volunteers by Bolton Lads' and Girls' Club. So many youngsters are flooding through the doors of the Bark Street club that more adult helpers are desperately needed. One of the club officials Phil Marsh said: "Usually
BOLTON and Bury are to get nearly £1.5m extra in the fight against homelessness. Local Government Minister Hilary Armstrong revealed Bolton was to get £999,000 and Bury £448,000 out of £1.74m released by the Government from cash frozen from the sale of
IT'S hard to believe that the town's licensing officers have no rule governing guide dogs being allowed in taxis and private hire vehicles. So, the BEN was glad to highlight the anomaly, and gain a new look at the rules. While it's easy to feel sympathy
WORK experience became an international adventure for a Bolton school boy. Instead of hopping on a bus to sample the adult world of work, 15-year-old Paul Rollinson jetted to America. And the visit was a dream come true for aspiring marine biologist Paul
KNEE-jerk reactions tend to have the kind of long-term result that turns round and kicks society in the rear end. So, it's no surprise to all those who raised eyebrows at plans to outlaw handguns that a raider with a gun held up a Bolton bookies on the
WANDERERS have received an allocation of 2,200 tickets (adults £20, concessions £11) for the game at West Ham on Saturday, Oct 18. They will go on sale tomorrow to season ticket holders who renewed this summer; to new season ticket holders on Tuesday
DEAN Holdsworth was expected to complete his record-breaking transfer to Bolton today bringing a successful end to a five-month chase. Wanderers boss Colin Todd shook hands on a deal with the Wimbledon striker last night after the clubs had agreed a fee
ELIZABETH White, a business consultant at Bolton Business School, has been appointed business correspondent for the Business Hour TV programme. It is to be broadcast on The Learning Zone on BBC2 every Monday from 5am to 6am, starting on Monday. Elizabeth
GARRETTS, the national law firm associated with Arthur Andersen, has taken on its first trainee solicitors. Six out of 17 trainees are joining the firm's northern practice - three in Manchester and three in Leeds. The Manchester newcomers include Heidi
THE East Lancashire Paper Mill Company Ltd at Radcliffe has appointed Gordon Whalley to the new post of engineering director. He has specific responsibility for the company's forthcoming £10 million investment programme. East Lancs is upgrading its three
A BOLTON charity set up to help house homeless people in private rented property has held a review of its service in an attempt to plan for the future. The Bolton Bond Board (BBB) issues non cash deposits in the form of a written guarantee to landlords
A COUNTERFEIT goods ring worth hundreds of thousands of pounds has been cracked by trading standards officers in Bury. Officers swooped on a town centre factory where they discovered a highly sophisticated computer controlled stitching machine, used to
CAR crime could become a thing of the past in Charnock Richard thanks to a local bobby's brainwave. PC Dave Sumner has set up a crime prevention scheme on his patch aimed at stamping out car theft. The Vehicle Watch Scheme, supported by Charnock Richard
SIR: I recently went to look at the new Asda store in Horwich at Middlebrook. Firstly, I was very impressed at the amount of spaces for cars and also the amount of check-outs in the store itself. I was, however, wondering why they don't have the "pay
PLAY on! That's the message from a new committee set up to locate and promote the town's long list of playgroups. The Chorley Play Forum has launched a fact-finding initiative to establish the extent of child's play in the borough. A directory of local
A MAN serving a 15-year jail term for a series of horrifying kidnappings is trying to enlist the help of his victims - in a bid to clear his name. Wayne Shaw was dubbed the "hooded hijacker", the man behind a catalogue of terror throughout Bolton and
A PENSIONER watched in horror as a greyhound savaged her cat to death in her back garden. Cecilia Parker, aged 71, who has heart trouble, dashed out of the house in a desperate attempt to save the pet, putting her own safety at risk. She tried to frighten
SIR: So "Sunday is Special" (Your Views: September 24). Can Michelle Bostock tell me what is so nice about everything being closed on Sunday? Not everyone has a family they can spend the day with, and the lovely shops and stores that open are a welcome
BRICK by Brick is how the day care extension at St Catherine's Hospice is progressing. A little bit more is added everyday and the building is rising much faster then expected. Appeals organiser John Nickson described it: "The work is cracking on," he
support SIR: Thank you for publishing my letter on September 15, about the Reebok Stadium. May I also thank the gentleman who phoned me and others who I've spoken to and who complimented me on my letter and supported my views. In reply to Mr Morris (September
Chorley RUFC 39 Burnage 0 CHORLEY gave visitors Burnage a warm welcome in this first league match of the new season. Burnage had no answer for the power and aggression of the Chorley forwards, and would have lost by a cricket score if the Chorley backs
TWO of Wigan's star players will be missing when the Warriors fly the flag for Britain tomorrow night. Scrum-half Tony Smith is ruled out for the rest of the season with medial knee ligaments while centre Gary Connolly misses the clash with Hunter Mariners
Chorley 4 Runcorn 2 FOOTBALL constantly changes - not always for the better - but its capacity to surprise is an enduring feature. Certainly this game demonstrated the point perfectly. Two goals in front and cruising. Runcorn seemed assured of returning
SIR: Why oh why do I keep seeing on TV and in the press about the so-called Guns Amnesty? It is no such thing. We firearms certificate holders, who are in legal possession of handguns, have been forced by Government legislation to hand in our guns because
CALLS for safety measures and better play facilities have gone out in the wake of the tragic death of a young boy who was killed running across the motorway. Little Garry Cunliffe, aged seven, was struck by a car on the M61 close to junction nine on Sunday
BURY is a town in focus with television crews filming on a variety of locations throughout the area. Granada Television has been in town this week, recording at the East Lancashire Railway Headquarters in Bolton Street, for 'The Things We Do for Love'
THE steamy jungles of Madagscar will be home for a Bolton academic for the next year. Dr Frankie Kerridge is to spend 12 months studying the lifestyle of the elusive cat-like creatures, fossas, in their tropical home. The Honorary Research Fellow in Biology
By B Derbyshire, Ribchester Grove, Bolton. I had to finish work because my health was bad, And I wondered how I'd pass away the time, So I pottered in the garden, doing this and doing that, And quite soon everything was looking fine. The children in the
A CHARITY rounders match to help disabled Romanian tot Madalina Zapodeanu has raised £200. Teams from the Blundell Arms, Chorley Old Road and Devenney Butchers in Waterloo Street competed in a fun match to raise cash for the five-year-old, pictured front
SHOPKEEPERS are being warned that tough new firework regulations will come into force later this month. It will be an offence for a retailer to sell fireworks to anyone under 18, rather than 16 in the past. Bolton trading standards officers are warning
FUNDRAISERS from Bury made heads turn when they dressed as a wedding party on the 'Dublin Dash'. The 'bride, groom and two bridesmaids' handed out pieces of wedding cake and sugared almonds to their bemused "audiences" up and down the country as part
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, October 2, 1972 FOUR Bolton youths were among seven football supporters arrested after a crowd of supporters went on the rampage in Halifax town centre, smashing windows and throwing stones and bottles before Saturday's
BURY defender Gordon Armstrong faces a race to be fit for Saturday's First Division trip to Stoke City's new Britannia Stadium. Armstrong, who returned to the bench last Saturday after missing three matches, suffered a reaction to his thigh injury in
WIMBLEDON manager Joe Kinnear admitted today he was reluctant to let Dean Holdsworth go - despite banking a near-£3 million profit on the Walthamstow-born striker. "If Deano goes it will be good business," Kinnear acknowledged: "But I'd still be delighted
