COLIN Todd called time on the Peter Beardsley affair today when he transfer listed the former England international and immediately loaned him out to Division One crisis club Manchester City. The Wanderers boss admitted the £500,000 deal which brought
action gSIR: It is bad enough to live under a government which is preparing to bomb a Third World country illegally, without having such a disgraceful operation given the codename of my home town. That you, Sir, should be insensitive to the likely views
BOLTON'S People's Dispensary For Sick Animals shop will soon be celebrating not one anniversary, but two. The shop at 8/10 Ridgeway Gate, Bolton, will, on Wednesday, February 25, mark the anniversaries for both the shop and its manager. Stella Mort, the
SIR: Two stories caught my eye in (BEN February 10): "Youth's death, a warning to his friends' and 'Opium den charges'. It seems to me that, along with all the other problems this country faces, drugs is another major problem. The only solution is more
LEIGH Centurions chairman Mick Higgins is ready to take Karl Kirkpatrick's handling of Sunday's Challenge Cup tie against Sheffield Eagles right to the top. Furious Higgins intends to highlight the Warrington whistler's errors when he attends Thursday's
A JUDGE has criticised Bolton Council for "lulling ordinary decent folk into a false sense of security" over the future of their mosque. At Bury County Court yesterday Bolton's Muslim community lost their battle with Bolton Council over ownership of land
BOLTON town centre restaurants are cooking up a scheme to tempt people to dine out in the evenings. For starters they are producing a leaflet to show the town centre is tops for its variety of eating places. The campaign is part of a drive to boost Bolton's
TWO baby boa constrictors were still being hunted today after they were stolen in a house burglary. As reported in yesterday's BEN, the two snakes were stolen by thieves from a house in a Kirkebrook Road, Deane on Sunday. The snakes, together worth £500
STAINTON Park is the venue for one of the Unibond League's top derby games tonight as Radcliffe Boro entertain Altrincham in a Premier Division fixture. Boro desperately need league points to spark a climb away from the danger zone at the bottom of the
A BUDDING Bolton artist has won himself some pocket money and earned his school £100. Craig Green, aged 14, of Little Lever High School, won a competition set by Bolton solicitors, Adam F. Greenhalgh, for the design of a 'Welcome to Your New home Card
A PUBLIC information campaign to help people understand the European Union is leaving millions of people in the dark, claims Euro MP Gary Titley. Mr Titley is unhappy because leaflets produced as part of the Citizens First campaign are not available in
THE mental health charity, Mencap, is seeking Bolton people to join a cycle ride across "one of the most enchanting countries on earth". The 400 kilometre bike ride will span 10 days, visiting the Taj Mahal, one of the most magnificent monuments ever
DOZENS of people were evacuated from their homes in Horwich last night as firefighters battled to stop gas cylinders exploding in a garage blaze. Residents from a two-storey block of flats and several nearby terraced houses in Owens Row, off Victoria
LOSTOCK-based bakery, Greenhalgh's, has been serving up a different slice of bread to four charities. Staff at the bakery spent last year raising £10,000, marking the company's 40th anniversary, by dividing the proceeds between four charities. Each received
BOLTON'S deputy Mayor has come under fire for using the civic limousine - for a trip around the corner. Labour Cllr Eric Johnson was in the news last week when he complained it was embarrassing that, as deputy Mayor, he had to take a taxi to functions
SIR: I was interested to read the article on (January 28) regarding Care Home workers and the minimum wage. It is an absolute disgrace, that as we approach the millennium, this country does not have a national minimum wage. To pay anybody less than £3
THE new £12 million Warner Village Cinema in Horwich has been the victim of its own success. The sheer volume of customers since it opened a month ago has created a soaring number of complaints. But cinema bosses say most of the teething problems have
CUPID delivered something extra special to Bury goalkeeper Dean Kiely on Valentine's Day - a healthy 8lb 5oz baby boy! And, as the BEN sports team reported last night, it was all done and dusted in time for Bury's winning performance against Manchester
BURY Social Services are awaiting the results of a fresh inquiry at a Radcliffe nursing home where two more members of staff have been suspended. The latest disciplinary action follows an investigation into alleged verbal abuse of an elderly female resident
THE final go ahead has been given for ambitious schemes to transform two of Bolton town centre's worst eyesores. Planning councillors have given permission for a highly impressive project at the former fire station Marsden House in Marsden Road. It will
IT looks like another lamb to the slaughter after the Silk Cut Challenge Cup draw paired favourites Wigan Warriors at either Lancashire Lynx or Dewsbury. Coach John Monie was so impressed with the way his side disposed of Keighley at the weekend that
SIR: How did Tony Blair and Bill Clinton push the United Nations into the background and take over the decision making areas relating to attacks on Iraq? Perhaps our local MPs can report back? What opportunities. One - for every globe-trotting MP and
STAN Ternent today warned brave Bury to keep their feet on the ground. Saturday's glory day victory at Manchester City which ended a 12-week run without a win transformed the Gigg Lane mood from depression to optimism. But the Shakers boss stressed it
LEIGH RMI have the opportunity to stake their claim for a top five spot as they face two home games in four days, . Tonight they face Colwyn Bay at Hilton Park while Blythe are the visitors on Saturday and if results are favourable, RMI could move up
REFORMS of the national welfare system may be long overdue, but we trust that Tony Blair's promise yesterday for consultation before proposed changes is kept. Many local disabled people are very concerned about their financial future, fearing comprehensive
BOLTON Wanderers are on the look out for couples prepared to take in footballing stars of the future. The club need several home-from-homes in the Chorley and Euxton area for youth players moving away for the first time. Ideally they are looking for couples
SIR: With political corruption evermore widespread, it is due time that this country had in place a written constitution. Currently ministers are given wide discretionary powers by statute. Such powers allow ministers to act as they see fit. We need a
OUR main story tonight poses worrying questions about security at Bolton's DSS in Back Spring Gardens. If a man wielding a hammer can get in and do such tremendous damage, the time is surely right for a strict review of security. Whatever the facts of
Keep a green bough of faith within your heart, While winter days are here. Remembering before e'er long, Shy snowdrops will appear. And crocuses in coloured crowds. Will brighten up the lawn. Spring will come to earth again, And hope will be reborn. And
THE Bolton branch of the National Osteoporosis Society is holding an open meeting on the menopause, HRT and osteoporosis at the Pack Horse Hotel, Bolton on Monday, February 23. It will be addressed by Mrs Jean Marsh, North West Regional Co-ordinator of
25 YEARS AGOof+bf+iof=helveticao 50 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, February 17, 1948 THE Germans found another use for coal during the war - to make butter. I saw a sample of this today, writes an Evening News' reporter, at an exhibition by the Ministry
IT is not the job of local councils to allow situations to develop and then penalise those involved. Or, as a County Court judge commented about Bolton Council to "lull ordinary decent folk into a false sense of security". He was making this telling remark
SIR: I reply to the letter (Your views February 10) from Sheila Jones who is the Information officer of the British Fluoridation Society, the organisation promoting fluoridation financed by taxpayers' money. I must point out that it is not lack of fluoride
SIR: Not everyone wants to live near a toilet block. That's understandable, but then, not everyone wants to live near a pub. Toilets have been closed because, it's said, they attract vandals and other undesirables. The same could be said about some pubs
IS this exclusive houses development at Westhoughton set to be the luxury love nest for Manchester United superstar David Beckham and Posh Spice Victoria Adams? Rumours are rife in the town after reported sightings of the United and England midfielder
