STAY away voters were last night branded "a disgrace" as an all-time low turnout was recorded in a Bolton Council election. Fewer than one in four of the borough's electorate bothered to go along to the polling station to cast their vote. In Farnworth
TWO Bolton health organisations are in line for a "substantial" cash handout - thanks to the Manchester and Salford Hospital Saturday Fund. The non-profit making health fund is to match the proceeds from ticket sales for the forthcoming Bolton Prom, aimed
WHEN the fixtures came out last summer we were ecstatic about the last game being away at Chelsea. We were so confident that we would be safe somewhere in the mid-table by then that we were not really worried about the result, we were just pleased not
HARPER Green School pupil Vicki Stansfield has been awarded the Young Enterprise Achiever of the Year award for 1998. Vicki and her team beat off stiff competition from members of 12 other Young Enterprise companies from Bolton schools. Vicki was presented
SIR: My sister and I took a nostalgic trip to Lancashire a few years ago and enjoyed it very much, but were disappointed to find our old school, St Patrick's, Bolton, had been demolished. Do any readers have photos of the old school and any information
SIR: Thank you and your promotions staff, for the prize that I was fortunate to win recently. The beaming faces of the youngsters to whom I distributed the creme eggs, were a pleasure to see. John Higson Radcliffe Road Darcy Lever Converted for the new
ACCOUNTANTS are warning that the Government seems determined to phase out free fuel for employees' private motoring. Mr Mark Sheen, President of the Bolton Society of Chartered Accountants, makes the claim in comments on the last budget. Where an employer
Flog it for Free. That certainly suits me. The garage is overflowing. Must make room for the car. So some of it is going. Began filling it up, years ago. Glad I saw your advert, and so, At last I'm clearing out the surplus toys. Some were the girls, and
ON the night following December 15, 1997, Edward Simpson's business went up in flames in a suspected arson attack. It was a spectacular blaze which tore through the warehouse of Interservices (UK) in Walkden, fought by more than 30 firefighters, and seen
THIS may be a green and pleasant land, but when grass cutting leaves pathways dangerous and untidy someone must act. In Westhoughton, when grass verges outside old people's housing have been cut, a slippery green mess has been left on paths.We hope this
WHILE many invest in Sky TV or upgrading their computers, hundreds of other people in Bolton today do not even have that most basic of items: a cooker. In Bolton last year, the Guild of Help spent more than £15,500 providing cookers for needy people who
SIR: I visit Bolton two or three times a year, as I have a friend who lives there. Last year I was lucky enough to visit while Bolton Show was on. My friend and I went along, and spent the whole afternoon and evening watching the bands play at the Greenbridge
THOUSANDS of pounds of charity cash was spent last year providing needy townsfolk with cookers. The shock statistics are revealed in the annual report of Bolton's Guild of Help, which offers charity aid to hundreds of the most needy people in the town
HIGH-flying Bolton MP Ruth Kelly was being tipped for early promotion to ministerial office today after being invited to a Downing Street brain-storming session. The 29-year-old former Guardian journalist and Bank of England economist, who is expecting
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, May 8, 1973 THE Government's battle against inflation is a triumph for 'reason, moderation and common sense', Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr Anthony Barber said today. 'We now have an unparalleled opportunity in this
TODAY is the 53rd anniversary of VE-Day. The day that marked the end of the war in Europe. On this day in 1945 Winston Churchill told thousands of British people "This is your victory." He was right. It was the ordinary people of Britain, men and women
SIR: The Conservatives manipulated the unemployment figures, by making an astonishing 35 changes to the way in which they are measured. The result of this was to deceive the public, and completely play down any urgency to tackle the problem. Last month
A BOLTON woman has ridden off with the main prize in a national riding competition. Alison Hartley, aged 26, won the UK National Dressage Championships in Wiltshire. Married Alison, a policeman's daughter, who lives in Bromley Cross, won the title on
DEAN Holdsworth is losing his fight to be fit for Wanderers' do-or-die battle for survival at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. The record signing, who scored his third goal for the club as substitute in the 5-2 thrashing of Crystal Palace, has aggravated a
SIR: Mrs E Atkinson of Great Lever (BEN April 30), hoped I would help with the 'double whammy' of council tenants who pay rent, contributing through general taxation (as we all do) towards the housing benefit paid to other council tenants, as well as
SNOOKER star Tony Knowles jabs the television screen with his finger as he watches world championship action from the Crucible in Sheffield. He demonstrates which cushions need to be hit and I nod, trying to pretend that I would do the same. It does not
SIR: I was interested to read the article (BEN, April 23) "Garden wall man's fight", and your leader comments. It was stated that if Mr Derek Jones is successful in his appeal, then this case will pave the way for thousands of residents in dozens of similar
BURY'S Tories managed to claw back two seats from Labour in one of the poorest local election turnouts the town has ever seen. The average turnout across the borough was just 26.85pc. Tories now have six seats, compared to Labour's 39. The Liberal Democrats
NEW plans for a golf course at the controversial Rumworth Lodge site have been submitted to Bolton planners. An 18 hole course could be built on land around the lodge, four years after golf club proposals there were driven out by angry protests. Plans
MEMBERS of Bolton Mountain Rescue were so touched when a local woman left them £25,000 in her will that they decided to dedicate a plaque to her memory. The plaque was presented to the late Ellen Sykes' local church, St Thomas of Canterbury RC Church
SURELY it can't come down to this! It was suggested at the time that it would be a travesty - even a tragedy - if the "goal that never was" controversy had any bearing on Wanderers' fortunes in the Premiership. But no-one thought for one minute that it
SIR: I wonder if anyone in Bolton housing dept has any idea what happened to the men who were hired to insulate the cavity walls on the Mossfield Road Estate, Kearsley. They were in the area at the same time as the men who were installing UPVC windows
SIR: I refer to the daily poem (BEN, May 5).Its title is "The Divine Weaver" and it can be bought from any Christian bookshop. A Sharples Ashbury Close, Bolton Previous news story Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting
SIR: I have been reading about Nat Lofthouse and his worthiness to receive a knighthood. I honestly hope he becomes Sir Nat. However, how can they overlook a man who I nominated some time ago for an award. This man devoted 50 years to physical training
SIR: We have had one year of the New Labour Government, and as an OAP, I would like to say thanks for nothing. The MPs started off by giving themselves £180 per week rise in salary, and gave the OAPs less than £3 per week, based on inflation, then in
SIR: Having recently had surgery in Royal Bolton Hospital, Urology Department, A4 Ward. I cannot praise too highly the medical treatment and care I received by the operating staff, the consultants, and the after care by the A4 ward nursing staff The meals
SIR: It is very sad to read letters like the one printed in a recent edition of the Bolton Evening News, by Mr Alex Martin, who in sarcastic tones objects to people who complain about smoking in public. I think it has been medically proven now, that smoking
BOLTON has come out in the top half of a national league table of how local councils have performed. The borough is 34th out of 83 metropolitan councils for the way it delivers its services. The councils are judged on their results in the Audit Commission's
BOLTON'S John 'Jan' Thomas was all at sea when he had to find a cake big enough to commemorate The Royal Naval Association's re-launch of his area magazine. However, it did not take too long for the retired navy man from Atherton to steer himself in the
THE Labour Party in Leigh last night claimed a huge vote of confidence in their £150 million Xanadu snowdome complex after retaining control of all wards. But the Green Party, fielding candidates in all seats, say the Hope Carr vote, which saw Labour's
IT'S just as well Peter Reid has the not inconsiderable matter of a Division One play-off to occupy his tortured mind on Sunday. For if there was ever a case of divided loyalty, then the Sunderland manager is suffering it ... big style. "I'm caught between
COVENTRY boss Gordon Strachan has vowed to make Everton fight tooth and nail for their Premiership lives. "Other teams showed us no mercy when we were in the same position," Strachan said ahead of Sunday's Goodison Park showdown, "and we will have to
SIR: I write in response to two recent letters about the subject of Labour's election pledges. It is true that those five pledges are the yardstick by which the electorate should judge the Government, and in my opinion the Government has made a brilliant
FORMER Lancashire County councillor Pat Case is back on Chorley Council after winning Anderton ward by just 20 votes for the Tories. But Labour maintained control of the council once led by Mrs Case 20 years ago, despite losing four seats. The Adlington
A BOLTON man's planning appeal victory could set a precedent for tens of thousands of people living on modern housing estates. Homeowner Derek Jones has been told by an inspector that he can keep a garden wall fronting his Sharples home - despite Bolton
QUICKS Trucks, the main Iveco Ford dealer in Greater Manchester, has won the company's annual Dealer of the Year Award. The Quicks Trucks team, selected from the Manchester and Bolton branches, beat 45 other dealerships in the final in Jersey. Twenty-two
