SIR: If President Clinton hasn't already packed his bags, he can at least look forward to a reunion with Tony Blair. Oh, no! To any normal, sane person, that would would be likened to staring sheer hypocrisy in the face. Can you imagine it? You're sitting
SOAP siren Bev Callard has made small-screen stars of a group of Bolton women. For Coronation Street favourite Bev refused to give in to producers' demands that professional models and dancers be put through their paces in her hit fitness videos. In an
WANDERERS' Premiership stars have appealed to their supporters to respect the memory of the victims of Munich. As Manchester United prepare to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the tragedy at Saturday's Old Trafford derby, Gudni Bergsson has issued
DEBT-ridden Chorley Royal British Legion Club on Water Street is to close. Jim McAuley, club chairman, branch committee member and poppy appeal organiser, said he "very much doubted" the club could survive. However he has pledged to keep the poppy appeal
BRADSHAW and Little Lever will carry the Bolton League flag when they contest the Lancashire indoor cricket finals at Old Trafford on Sunday. In the first match at 1pm, Little Lever will meet West Manchester League side MSJ Combined with the winners coming
SIR: In reply to Cllr P D Johnson, I would like to say a lot of people won't get rid of the scrap yards, two of which are in Kearsley not Farnworth, but not to the detriment of the Church Street, Primrose Street, Charles Street areas. I would suggest
ONE of the main routes into Blackburn could be closed off if a village councillor gets her way. Joan Croasdale, parish councillor for picturesque Brindle, wants to slash the speed limit on the busy B5256 Sandy Lane down to 20 miles per hour, in addition
OBJECTORS will gather at a public meeting tomorrow to draw up battle plans against a controversial new Chorley steel works that has sparked a storm of protest. They were stunned to learn that Bolton firm William Hare wants to build a factory on green
WIGAN Warriors will abide by whatever decision the courts rule over Wendell Sailor. The Australian winger has now signed a two-year deal with the Warriors but Brisbane say they have an option on his contract which expires after this season. Chairman Mike
betrayal SIR: The news that Labour have spent £11 million on overseas trips, advisors and parties is a shocking betrayal of all they said before the general election. Mr Blair claimed that his priority would be education. Yet, surely, if this were the
A FORMER pupil from Bolton School is heading to Bosnia on a mercy mission. But to get there, he needs some help himself. Nick Burton, aged 20, is travelling with a team from the Daisy Chain charity at the end of March. They will take a medical operating
AN exhibition devoted to childhood attracted more than 100 visitors when it opened in Horwich. It was officially launched by Town Mayor Cllr Mrs Betty McCracken and has dozens of exciting exhibits on show, including old video footage and even taped interviews
NICK Boyd was at work on time on Tuesday morning, driving his fork-lift truck to earn a crust to keep a roof over his head and food on the table. It could have been just another working day for the unassuming but totally dedicated Bolton sportsman. Except
SIR: I feel it my heart that I must ask you to publish this letter. Recently, as I was watching the late news on TV, I found it very distressing when they said that Myra Hindley was being transferred to another more select prison and she would be reunited
BOLTON'S Community Homes has been held up as a shining example of a "successful community". That's good to know. But surely it did not need a report to tell people of common sense that a successful community is more than bricks and mortar and that other
FORMER landlady Elizabeth Bye is celebrating her 90th birthday tomorrow. Mrs Bye ran many local pubs with her late husband George. In the 1940s, the couple ran The Queens in Darley Street, Bolton and The Waggon, at the junction of Blackburn Road and Kay
BURY South MP Ivan Lewis has backed the £23 million boost for school books which should give each school at least £1,000 extra to spend. Education Minister Estelle Morris told him in the Commons that the Government was to spend the cash on top of the
ARTISTS have been told to go back to the drawing board after revealing their plans for roadside sculptures in Bolton. Politicians were unhappy when they learned that the final sculptures would be different to the drawings submitted to the town hall. Cllr
BOLTON West MP Ruth Kelly visited a Radcliffe factory - at the invitation of Bury South MP Ivan Lewis - to discuss issues facing exporters. Fluid Air Compressors wanted to show Ms Kelly, a member of the Treasury Select Committee, how they were exporting
BOLTON couple Nick Stocks and Louisa Tanner are going under cover - after landing a plum job in the sun. They will soon be leaving wintry Bolton to manage a four star camp site in Vosges, North East France. Former Canon Slade pupil Nick, now 28, has spent
SIR: Margaret Gilmour (BEN, January 22) extols the virtues of windfarms, based on her experience of a tiny co-operative site near Ulverston. However, it is extremely misleading to compare this with the 15 massive turbines planned for the Darwen Moors.
THE final prototypes for a range of public art work and sculptures have been unveiled. They will provide the finishing touches to a £300,000 facelift for two major Bolton roads. The art works will become permanent features along Blackburn Road and Halliwell
CAR parking charges are set to rise in Bury, although short stay parking will not be affected in a bid to woo shoppers. The increases will create an extra £26,200 for Bury Council, who already face competition from Mill Gate car park and free parking
A CHORLEY councillor has dealt a devastating blow to Tony Blair's New Labour by resigning from the party. David Heyes made his decision eight months after Labour came to power, claiming he is "fed up" with national policy. Mr Heyes, 32, has been a councillor
DETECTIVES are investigating an arson attack which gutted a town centre Indian take-away. Fire crews were called to Tandoori Nights, Bolton Street, when a policeman spotted the blaze at just after 2.40am on Thursday. The inferno gutted the kitchen and
PLANS to provide new play facilities for local children in a Chorley village have been unveiled to residents. Proposals to site the new toddlers' playground at Great Greens Lane were discussed at a public meeting of Clayton parish council. Cash for the
THE CHORLEY Citizen will have its name firmly cemented in history when a January 1998 edition is buried under a Chorley church later this year. As part of centenary celebrations at Lyons Lane Independent Methodist Church, a time capsule lying untouched
CHORLEY Borough Council's top officer has been asked in private to investigate an expensive housing department computer system that "went wrong." A small group of concerned councillors is demanding answers from chief executive Jeff Davies who has launched
CALLS by Chorley Liberal Democrats for part of the town to be redeveloped like the city of Bath have received a cold response from the public. Last week's Citizen exclusively revealed that the party's councillors want to see the Royal Ordnance site in
WALKDEN postman Rob O'Connor stunned local amateur boxing by winning a North West Counties title on his ABA debut. O'Connor was a massive underdog when he went in against Merseysider Eddie Roberts in the regional lightweight final at Everton Park sports
Chorley 0 Boston 2 A STRANGELY low-key performance by Chorley saw them gift two goals and three points to championship hopefuls Boston. A howler from Simon Marsh and a Mark Jones's own goal proved enough to move the Pilgrims into second place behind Barrow
EDUCATION chiefs have given pupils top marks following a big leap in primary school standards. The 1997 Key Stage 2 assessment results in English, mathematics and science for 11-year-olds show substantial improvement has been made in classrooms throughout
Chorley 2nd XV 10 Warrington Senior XV 30 WHILE Chorley's first team licked their wounds and prepared for next week's return to league action, the second team played host to Warrington. Captain Steve Richardson, returning from a knee injury, led his team
A NEW £400,000 health and fitness suite at a Bolton leisure centre has been described as a "joke" by users. They say the luxury health spa at Horwich Leisure Centre is dirty, unsafe and badly designed. Managers have admitted there were problems at the
ROB Matthews today gave goal-starved Bury the striker boost they have been praying for. Gigg Lane's forgotten man emerged unscathed from his first game in 10 months to declare: "I'm ready for anything." A damaged knee has sidelined the quicksilver 27-
MORE than 120 delegates helped launch a major North-west environmental initiative at the Reebok Stadium. The Bolton Bury Technology Management Centre introduced its Environmental Specialism to companies and business advisers from across the region. The
A MAN seriously injured in an accident with a bus in Bolton town centre was still fighting for his life today. Pedestrian Paul Wilson, 26, suffered severe head injuries when he was catapulted into the windscreen of the bus as he was crossing Great Moor
WE welcome the tough new measures to deal with under age drinkers in Bolton. It is right that licensees know about the schemes that are run to prevent under age drinking as part of the general clampdown on young people who try to buy alcohol. There is
POLICE are hunting a gunman who fled empty handed after firing a shot in a post office. The man demanded cash and fired the blank cartridge in the air inside the post office on Bury New Road, Prestwich. He ran off without anything. No one was hurt. He
BEST pals Sam and Zena are looking for a new home. The Bolton branch of the RSPCA hopes to be able to re-home the dogs together as they are firm friends. Their owner was forced to give the animals up when she lost her home. It was a wrench as they were
BURY is set to go greener after winning a huge slice of cash aimed at environmental projects. The town will receive a £90,000 cut from £1.5 million allocated to the "Greening Greater Manchester" grant scheme. The money has come from landfill operator
THOSE residents in Bury who object to paying to park outside their own front doors seem to want it all ways. They demur at paying £15 a year for a residents-only parking permit, but want to prevent motorists who work in the town centre from parking outside
SIR: Margaret Gilmour (BEN, January 22) extols the virtues of windfarms, based on her experience of a tiny co-operative site near Ulverston. However, it is extremely misleading to compare this with the 15 massive turbines planned for the Darwen Moors.
NAMES of war dead are to be restored on Little Lever's Memorial. Stone masons have been approached and asked to tender for work to make names of second world war heroes clearer. Local councillor Bob Evans told the BEN that the work would be carried out
