POLICE are questioning two men today following a robbery at a shop in Farnworth yesterday when staff were threatened with a knife. Three men, wearing balaclavas, burst into B and M Bargains in the Market Precinct, Farnworth, at 5.20pm armed with a knife
SIR: Would I be correct in assuming that of all working people who perform their duties in 'normal' daytime hours, the vast majority operate between 9am and 5pm? If so, why is it that main roads such as Bury Road and Blackburn Road consist of endless
SIR: Everyone will be so concerned about the Queen Mother's fall, and her treatment etc, at 98 years. Well, what about the elderly here in Bolton, who fall, and also get mugged etc? I know of people on our estate, who have been waiting for hip and knee
STAN Ternent could soon be faced with the decision which could make or break Bury's First Division survival hopes. As exclusively revealed in Wednesday's Evening News, Charlton Athletic boss Alan Curbishley is planning a £1m bid to prise Shakers centre
BACK in the 17th century John Dryden observed: "The wretched have no friends." Alan Fleming may be homeless and he may be poor, but wretched he is not. A well-known figure in Bolton, Alan is to be found selling The Big Issue on his regular pitch beneath
SIR: We are a group of 12 care officers working at Merton High Dependency Unit and we were very concerned to read Cllr Peters' letter Your Views (BEN January 19 1998). Cllr Peters infers that the department is offering a new service to the tenants of
ENTIMENTALISTS who fear wingers are a dying breed will be pleased to know Wanderers have a youngster on their books who is determined to buck the trend. He's still a kid with a lot of growing up to do but 17-year-old trainee Peter Morrison is a wide boy
SIR: The decision to pull down the two old properties on Churchgate is a total disgrace. These buildings are of historical interest and obviously blend in to Churchgate unlike the hideous modern tack which has recently been thrown up. Who says the buildings
Wigan Warriors 42 Hull Sharks 6 NEW Aussie recruit Danny Moore was thrown in at the deep end last night when he made his debut just 10 hours after arriving in the country. The former Manley centre landed at 9am and spent most of the day worrying about
SIR: Following your article A Mickey Mouse Council (the words of Cllr David Wilkinson of the Westhoughton Town Council) - I find it appalling, that anyone could brand his fellow councillors as having no bottle to make decisions. The electorate of Westhoughton
A GROUP of pensioners are giving the younger generation a run for their money. The new breed of super-grans have cast aside their zimmer frames and are lacing up their running shoes for a mile-long jog through Bury's Chesham Woods. The lively group of
COLIN Todd has taken a swipe at unscrupulous agents he claims are "brainwashing" footballers into making excessive cash demands. The Wanderers boss reveals exclusively in the Evening News today that a typical starting point for players negotiating the
