By Nick Jackson IT can be easy to forget just how good traditional British cuisine can be in these days of ethnically obsessed gastronomy. So it comes as a pleasant surprise to encounter a new eatery doing British and international dishes with such style
CHORLEY 188 HARROGATE 228-8 CHORLEY'S Lords dream is over for this season after they were well beaten by a strong Harrogate side in the Windsor Park sunshine. The Yorkshire outfit posted a formidable total, and while in the past Chorley have successfully
out on the Jubilee pool HAVING just returned from holiday, it was pleasing to read (Your Views, Friday, June 25), that Mrs Feeney was praising the Jubilee Pool and its attendants. I was disappointed to read though that she describes the pool as a Cinderella
PLANNING councillors were warned yesterday that if a designer shopping village does not come to Bolton, it will be on our "doorstep." The claim was made at a presentation of the scheme at The Esporta health and fitness club in The Valley by developers
£35m leisure scheme clears first hurdle DELIGHTED developers were today celebrating winning the first round of a battle to create a £35 million shopping and leisure development in the Tonge Valley. Planning councillors yesterday deferred making a decision
OUR old country traditions are fast disappearing - burning witches, beheading your wife if you found her unsuitable, bar baiting, cock fighting, pit bull dog fighting, badger digging, the stocks. Now fox hunting is under threat. Is the last clarion call
MAY I congratulate your photographer, Paul Heyes, on the magnificent picture of a little boy from St Peter's, Halliwell, William Lyons, in the BEN Monday, July 5. I don't know if your photographer knew, but this little boy has Down's Syndrome. Therefore
A BOLTON man is taking roundabout measures to protest about losing his job. William Robinson is so angry about being fired from Bethell Construction last week, he has taken to Kearsley roundabout on one of the area's busiest road junctions today to make
WHERE does Daubhill, Bolton, begin and end? Perplexed, Daubhill Though marked on most local maps and closely linked with Rumworth, Daubhill finds no place in the town's official topography and is purely a colloquial name for the area around the daub (
FANATICAL Star Wars fan Simon Capeling has grown bored of swapping Luke Skywalker figures and Princess Leia stickers - he's just gone one step further in his quest to become more like his screen idols. For Simon (pictured) has opted to swap his official
LONG distance walker Brian Fisher is a real ton-up trekker. For Brian, aged 47, passed the stamina test in style when he completed his maiden 100-mile walk without any major stops - in aid of the Cancer Research Campaign. Brian, of Pennine Road, Chorley
POLICE chiefs have vowed to crack down on a minority of known teenage trouble-makers following fresh allegations of arson and vandalism in the Eaves Lane area of town. Operation Cromwell, run from Chorley police station, swung into action this Monday
TOWN centre lager louts are to be weeded out thanks to an imaginative new crime strategy to be launched this summer. For Chorley Police, in partnership with the town council and Lancashire Partnership against Crime, has secured a £2,000 grant to tackle
THE discovery by police of a massive credit card fraud will send a shiver down people's spines today. Fraudsters advertised flights and mobile phones at cheap prices, and then when customers hand over credit card details to the three companies involved
ANNE Allcock, who lives in the Bolton area, has been appointed Finance Director (International) at Lancaster Synthesis Ltd in Morecambe. She has joined the company from Headlam Group plc, where she was finance director for Sundour Fabrics, acquiring experience
THE new director general of the Engineering Employers' Federation, Martin Temple, has made an introductory visit to Bolton-based EEF Lancashire. He met chief executive John Brown, senior staff and members of the executive committee. EEF Lancashire president
STAR WARS: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace (cert U) Starring Ewan McGregor and Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman and Samuel L Jackson. Written and directed by George Lucas. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away . . . Twenty years ago, these words first
TRAVELLING by coach to one of the many festivals on offer this August can help you make a saving on your next purchase of outdoor gear from Blacks. The National Express coach service is available to a number of festivals and when you travel with the company
VETERAN heavy metal outfit Black Sabbath have announced their last ever live gigs, to take place at London's Earls Court on 14th and 15th August. The event, entitled 'The Last Supper', will be the culmination of a two year-long worldwide tour and will
Essential listening MICK Jagger and Marianne Faithfull summed up the mood of the swinging 60's perfectly with their tragically flawed love affair. Whilst there was Paul McCartney and the prissy Jane Asher, John and Yoko and even Ringo and Maureen it was
Wayne Sleep Bright young things get a chance to show top form YOUNG amateur dancers from dance schools throughout the UK - including Bolton - will be performing in the Stars in Our Eyes show at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, tomorrow and Sunday. On Saturday
Mindhive, The Gypsy's Tent MINDHIVE play. And listen to them. Arid vast nothingness, and I think the miracle of our times is that so many people can write down or sing so many words that mean absolutely nothing. It's almost impossible to write down words
IN these days of multi-million dollar corporations gobbling up our green belt at a drastic rate, it was a breath of fresh air to see Mrs Nightingale standing up for the people of Chorley. Her stand against the development of the proposed new roads/housing
A BOLTON woman who raised thousands of pounds for a famous cancer hospital has died, aged 76. Mona Hutcheson, from Hall i'th' Wood, raised the cash for Christie Hospital in Manchester as a "thank you" for treatment she received there at different stages
ROGER Jones, a top composer of modern Christian Musicals, visited the Victoria Hall, Bolton, to give a preview of his latest composition Snakes and Ladders. Twenty-five interested worship leaders heard extracts from the musical and enjoyed a buffet lunch
MEMBERS of the ACT group who are aiming to find a new theatre for amateur groups in Bolton are meeting next Wednesday at 7.30pm at St Paul's Church Lounge, Deansgate, Bolton. Anyone interested in the project is invited to attend. People from ACT have
BREWERY bosses are confident that anyone who steps into the Finishers Arms will get tip top standards of service. Because the seven staff at the Church Road pub have all earned the Inn Partnership Pub Staff Development award. The award is designed to
STAR struck youngsters are being urged to tread the boards in order to raise cash for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Bolton's Saturday Club is staging a child talent contest at Runworth Labour Club, on Prescott Street, Daubhill on Friday July 23. Entrants
A TOWN centre nightclub is aiming to bring a bit of culture to Bolton teenagers - with the help of one of the biggest boy bands of the decade. Club Ikon is hosting a new Club Culture session for 14-17-year-olds from Monday. And special guests E-17 (formerly
A HORWICH recycling company left reeling after an arson attack is putting up a £2,000 reward to capture the culprits. Fire chiefs and police are investigating the cause of the blaze at Armstrong's Environmental Service on the Fowler Industrial Estate
EVENTS for weekend July 16 to July 18. Information supplied by the North West Tourist Board. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: This weekend's Halton Show promises to be bigger and better than ever, as Spike Island is transformed to host one of the region's largest
CHARITY workers are back on the buses after a lottery cash injection paid for a new vehicle. Bolton's Mayor Cllr John Monaghan paid volunteers and staff at Bolton Community Transport a visit to officially hand over keys for their new 13-seater mini-bus
FIRE union chiefs claim thousands of Bolton Wanderers' fans attend the Reebok Stadium each week without realising there may not be a fire engine available at the nearest station. And the Fire Brigades Union is calling for full time manning of the Horwich
I WOULD like to thank your readers for helping to make last November's Will Aid a huge success. Over 2,000 branches of solicitors throughout Great Britain and Northern Ireland waived their fees for simple will-making in November and instead suggested
Music & dance BOLTON Strings Together Ensemble, junior strings together approximate grades 1-3, 9.30am-10.45am and advanced ensemble, approximate grades 4-7, 11am-12.15pm, Somerset Road United Reformed Church, off Chorley New Road. BOLTON Music Service's
LEIGH RMI kick off their first of nine pre-season friendlies tomorrow with a visit to Netherfield. Manager Steve Waywell will have several new faces on show, including new signing Brian Ross from Southport. The England semi-pro striker could also link
CHA-MING the Chinese Gander suffered unspeakable pain at the hands of man, when his wing was broken to stop him flying. Now happily rehabilitated and free from abuse, Cha-Ming is a well-loved member of the Farplace flock, although he will be disabled
AN Euxton woman - and the Chorley Citizen - this week sparked a nationwide trading standards investigation following a draw in support of a cancer charity. The concerned housewife, whose father died of cancer, thought she had won free membership to a
Fan, Bolton. The comedienne Hylda Baker was born in Farnworth and was educated at Plodder Lane Council School. In April this year, actress Jean Fergusson staged her one-woman show about Hylda - She Knows You Know - at Bolton's Octagon Theatre. Converted
I REFER to the letter from George K Brown (BEN July 5). While I echo his sentiments regarding the effectiveness of public opinion pressure on local councils, I have to correct him on one point. He says that, in the case of the Labour group's proposal
A THIEF who stole a transit van loaded with textiles before being involved in a police chase through Bolton was just TWELVE-years-old. The boy drove off in the van as its owner was unloading curtains and bedding from the rear door of the vehicle. The
DETECTIVES say they have uncovered a massive credit card fraud which could have raked in hundreds of thousands of pounds from victims - some from Bolton. A probe into the fraud has been launched but police believe they have just scraped the surface of
IN your issue of March 23 last, you printed a review by Mr Leslie Gent, of my book: Rambling Recollections of Seven Decades, in which he referred to it as being "eminently readable". I am writing to thank him sincerely, and to say that as a result of
LANCASHIRE LYNX 8 WHITEHAVEN WARRIORS 21 LANCASHIRE Lynx will be looking to forget about Friday night. In a game that Lynx never managed to get into, Whitehaven cruised to victory, proving that revenge can be sweet - as it ex-Lynx boss Kevin Tamati whose
COLIN Todd has dismissed a Bradford City approach for Per Frandsen as an insult to the Denmark international. The Wanderers boss described the offer from the Premiership new boys as "a slur on the player's ability." The audacious bid - details of which
BOLTON campaigners have given a whole new meaning to the term "forging links in Europe." In Bolton town centre, in major cities of Britain and in seats of power abroad, they have helped to create links in massive "human chains" to try to shame world leaders
CHORLEY cricket captain Nigel Heaton has urged his team to go flat out for the Northern League title following a weekend of double disappointment. The skipper wants the side to finish the season with a flourish after bowing out of the National Knockout
DELIGHTED residents in Atherton have vowed that a massive government cash injection will bring genuine power to the people. As reported in yesterday's BEN, nearly £6 million of Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) money has been awarded to Atherton and the
YOUNG Chorley Harrier Keith Johnston put in another impressive display to finish fourth in the latest instalment of the club's four-mile night series. Johnston's time of 20min 25secs saw him finish less than a minute behind race winner Bill Crowther.
POLICE in Lancashire are supporting this year's National Road Safety Week by clamping down on the region's motorists and passengers who don't wear seat belts. Although reports suggest that 90 per cent of front seat occupants wear seat belts, nationally
A HI-TECH "eye in the sky" will be used to swoop on Bolton's railway trespassers and vandals, Railtrack warned today. A helicopter will circle the borough's train tracks and railway stations, combing the ground for criminal activity in a clamp-down on
TWO of Farnworth's most prominent charity groups with a combined history of 118 years have been forced to fold due to lack of support. Farnworth and District Rotary Club has had to disband after a proud 62-year history in the town. And its female counterpart
BRADFORD Festival's final exciting weekend starts with top class bands performing for free in Cafe Bradford, Centenary Square, Tonight , and Saturday . The international line-up includes Fanfare Ciocarlia from Romania, Te Vaka from Polynesia, African
MORE than 400 special classroom helpers face an uncertain future under a shake up of special needs services. Education chiefs have given the green light to a scheme which could see individual schools take responsibility for some classroom support services
DIRECTORS at Antler Ltd in Alfred Street, Bury, are involved in a management buy-out from parent group Wassall plc. They are convinced they can further consolidate Antler's position as the UK's No1 luggage brand by expanding its position in the High Street
CRISIS-hit farmers are staying loyal to the prestigious Royal Lancashire Show which takes place in Chorley at the end of this month. Delighted show organisers say the farming community has rallied round to boost exhibit numbers, despite the economic pressures
LOCAL real ale enthusiasts are out and about in the pubs of Bolton, Bury and Leigh with a series of events during the next few weeks. The Bolton branch of the Campaign For Real Ale is hosting a summer social on Thursday at the Hen and Chickens on Deansgate
PEOPLE have nothing to fear about health cover during the Millennium, so say local health chiefs. But things will only run smoothly if people don't besiege the NHS with minor problems, according to bosses at North West Lancashire Health Authority, who
LOCAL engineering bosses continue to be gloomy about their industry's future, even though the picture is more optimistic nationally. John Brown, chief executive of the Bolton-based EEF Lancashire association, says the latest Business Trends Survey from
PARKING in Chorley may never be the same again. The town's services have been reviewed in a bid to make it a better place in which to live and work. Increased charges, improved facilities and a crackdown on non-payment of fines were among proposals discussed
Jazz, Cinema EMI JAZZ is cool...trouble is that whilst many people enjoy jazz, the genre is so diverse the hard part is knowing what to buy. This double cd isn't a bad way to start, featuring 30 odd tracks that are based (naturally enough given the title
LOCAL alternative hip-hop band Freestyle Disorder have recently emerged from the studio with a brand new demo which they hope will put them on the road to success, and are currently looking for local gigs. Recorded at Bolton's Ionian studio, the demo
THE mast wars saga being enacted in Heaton has entered a new episode. The local residents who are fighting against the proposed erection of a mobile phone mast at Heaton Cricket Club have on their side the local MP Ruth Kelly who is "very concerned" and
AN INVENTOR from Anderton is finally opening the door to success after a ten-year slog. Donald Catterall, of Lees Road, (pictured) has spent a decade perfecting his 'Eezi Doors', which he is convinced will revolutionise homes up and down the country.
BOLTON'S Buskers Ball has been chosen to take part in a week-long nationwide event celebrating the resurgence of acoustic music and singer/songwriting. New Acoustic Music Week will run from October 11 to 17 and will be a series of special events and performances
WE'RE sure that planning councillors made the right decision yesterday in looking again at the massive designer shopping village planned for Tonge Valley. Officers had recommended refusal of the £35 million development plan by Chester-based THI because
ALAN Birtwistle, known as "Adlington's Mr Pantomime", will come out of retirement to produce and direct St Paul's Amateur Players' Millennium pantomime - Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Auditions for what the society describes as "A new and exciting comedy
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REGARDING your front page headline (July 8) Bored Out Of Their Minds. I am sure I speak for most people in the area of Brown Street, Bowland Ave, Primrose Street, Stratford Road, Stump Lane, etc when I say that we didn't know the reason that we've been
HIGH charges to visit pubs and clubs on the millennium New Year's Eve will put many customers off, according to one Pub Guide reader. Following the report on millennium activities in the Pub Guide last month, Geoffrey Breakell of Hatfield Road, Brownlow
A CHORLEY supermarket can this week boast to have one of the most secure car parks in the county - thanks to a new scheme designed to curb vehicle crime. Managers at the ASDA superstore in Clayton Green have spent the past few months working with crime
DRINKERS planning on a cheap night with a bottle of smuggled vodka have been warned: it could ruin your eyesight. Rogue batches of super strength vodka have been seized at ports in the North East, but experts fear that many of the bottles may have already
THANK goodness someone has at last taken up the plight of the youngsters and the fact that Chorley refuses to provide any sort of amenities for our youths. There are no cinemas, roller rinks, ice skating rinks. In fact, sod all. It seems to me that the
A BURY adventure-seeker will be trekking in the footsteps of the Incas when he visits Peru next year. Norman Turner, who lives at Unsworth, will be walking to the lost city of Machu Picchu to raise funds for the Children's Society. Mr Turner, a 38-year-old
IAN Millward is hoping that in-form Featherstone Rovers are beyond their peak as he takes his injury-hit Leigh Centurions side to Post Office Road on Sunday. The Leigh coach sees last year's beaten Grand Finalists as a major threat in this season's play-offs
A FOLKfestival at Saddleworth takes place this weekend - a follow up to last year's highly successful event. The main venue will be the Civic Hall in the centre of Uppermill, but there will also be a craft fair, a festival cafe, singarounds, sessions,
A WEDDING photographer has been acclaimed as a "leading light" after winning a top photographic award. Kay Halliwell, known as K, has has snapped up the Wedding Photographer of the Year Award 1999. Judges from the British Institute of Professional Photographers
BOLTON looks set to have at least one Millennium mum. Catherine Bridge has been given January 1 as the anticipated arrival date of her baby. Catherine, aged 23, believes she became pregnant on her wedding night or honeymoon with husband Philip - the exact
Vets get telly boost A POPULAR local club is set to feature in a top television comedy show. Farnworth and District Veterans' Club will be used for a Channel Four production featuring Bolton comedian Peter Kay. Club officials were delighted to hear their
IN a recent edition of the Evening News the councillors were patting themselves on the back as they boasted of their improvements in the 3Ds area, plus all the facilities they will continue to provide. This may make them look a caring authority but one
BOLTON MPs today gave a mixed reaction to news that parts of the town have kept their crucial assisted area status to create new jobs. As reported yesterday, eight of 20 council wards will still be entitled to special regional investment grants. There
PENSIONERS have been warned to be on their guard this summer after complaints about firms making cold-calls. Trading Standards officers say the summer months are notorious for scam merchants pushing house repairs. These include jobs like new waterproof
WIVES of Bolton Barbershop chorus members adapted the adage of "If you can't beat them, join them", by forming their own singing group - the Chantelles. They couldn't sign up with their menfolk in the all-male Cottontown Chorus, but they didn't want to
