ANTI-FRAUD experts are warning that extra vigilance is necessary while offices and workshops are running with reduced staffing levels. People already on the fiddle are known to target the peak summer holiday period for their own illegal gain - internal
LOCAL cable TV pioneer Peter Collins has launched a new venture. Mr Collins has set-up e-str@tegies Ltd to feed business services into fast-growth enterprises. In the 1980s he was managing director of six Cablevision companies, better known as Pactel
IT was interesting to read the articles in the Bolton Evening News about Alice Foley and Robert Heywood. What your writer portrayed was a catalogue of their achievements, but failed to mention what inspired them to do such noble service for Bolton. Both
PETROL power is taking a back seat in Bury as council bosses road test alternative power. The local authority is trying out an electric vehicle to find out whether or not it could be suitable for everyday use. Currently the council's fleet of cars, vans
25 YEARS AGO A PLAN to build a five-storey complex of shops and offices in Nelson Square has been thrown out by the Planning Committee. The decision could block the redevelopment of this important site for the next 20 years. The site contains the Calendar
WHY does our grossly inefficient bureaucratic system waste so much of our Council Tax money on trivial planning and development laws involving such minor matters as the pillared portico in Horwich or the six-foot fence not long ago? Petty rules cause
Theatre, music & dance CABARET evening with various artists, tombola and raffle for Bolton Veterans Association, Halliwell Central Reform Club, Brownlow Way, 7.30pm. Tickets £1.50. THE Farnworth Aces Morris Dancers is holding a practice night for
IN the BEN of July 9 I read that the BEN is to be increased in price - I quote - "by one pence to 28 pence." Shouldn't this have read "28 pences"? Of course not. The increase is to be one penny. It says so on the coins quite clearly. Alan Crank Edge Fold
I REFER to my letter to Rat of the Week last week about stolen plants from tubs and a hanging basket Would you please express my thanks to the gentleman who came round on the Sunday with two urns, to replace the ones that had been stolen, and a bird table
RATS of the week are the despicable, lower than a snake's belly, persons who knocked my husband down on Tonge Moor Road on July 7. They drove off and my husband now has swollen knees, lots of bruising and we were at hospital for three and a half hours
I WOULD like to express my appreciation for the publication of your article in the BEN on Tuesday, June 29, and the words: Fisherman slams industrial bosses. I only wish your camera had been there before 11am on June 28, as I was to witness the disgraceful
THE new Vicar of Bolton, Canon Michael Williams, was officially licensed and welcomed to the town last night in a ceremony at Bolton Parish Church. There to welcome him was the Right Rev Christopher Mayfield, Bishop of Manchester, and the Venerable Lorys
A NEW image and an expanded role is in store for Bolton's successful Neighbour Dispute Service. Since it was set up seven years ago the service has helped more than 1,500 warring neighbours settle their differences. And it is now dealing with increasing
MARK Fish has joined the casualty list as Wanderers' pre-season injury crisis lurches from bad to worse. The South African, back in action just 24 hours, cut short a session at the Euxton training camp yesterday when he limped out with a thigh strain.
I WOULD like to thank the many people who contacted me with stories and thoughts about East London. I have now completed a book, tracing the area from pre-history to the present day, called: My East End: A History of Cockney London, which will be published
TWO Leigh soldiers dived into maritime history when they explored a First World War wreck in Bermuda. Lance Sergeant Nick Ward and Corporal Paul Burrows carried out a daring underwater archaeological survey of a British ammunition ship wrecked off the
WHEN all the Millennium hype is over and all the razzmatazz has died down, how are, you going to remember it? Medical research charity the Arthritis Research Campaign has joined forces with legendary mountaineer Doug Scott and his Specialist Trekking
PARENTS and governors at a Westhoughton primary have hit out after being pitched into a race against time to save their school. Fourgates CP has officially rejected a proposal which could see the school merge with St John's (Wingates)at either a new school
THE Environment Agency has appointed Annette Pinner, aged 45, of Hale, Altrincham, as the new North West Regional Water Manager. She is responsible for flood defence, water resources, fisheries, conservation and recreation throughout Greater Manchester
CEDILLA Systems of Manchester has won a £50,000-plus contract to supply a business computer system to Cheshire Masonic Charities. The company, formed by a management buy-out in 1991, is led by Barry Matthews, born in 1959 and educated at Bolton County
IN a recent issue of the BEN there was a reply about the film A Kind of Loving but you failed to mention Radcliffe. Some scenes were filmed in Coronation Park, Sailor Brows and Radcliffe New Road. I was, at that time, living just off Radcliffe New Road
A DISTRAUGHT mum from Tyldesley has urged men not to ignore embarrassing lumps after the death of her 35-year-old son. Part-time doorman David Bramhall died from septicemia days after he eventually reported the lump and went into Salford's Hope Hospital
BOLTON'S Ye Olde Pastie Shoppe is quite a "spectacle" in the town centre . . . And to reinforce the point customers are continually dropping off unwanted glasses at the shop - in the aid of an old charity appeal. But although the appeal is now over the
THE Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal will not form part of a year 2001 project to restore the country's canals, British Waterways has revealed. The organisation aims to restore and reopen more than 200 miles of Britain's historic canals before 2001.
IN the recent story about flooding affecting Thomas More Close, you reported a resident's claim that the Association "ignored our pleas". I strongly disagree with this. It is correct that the storm drains could not cope with the downpour, causing flooding
COSTLY drugs are pushing Bolton's hospital bosses into the red. Just two months into the new financial year, Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust already has a deficit of £24,000. Mr Graham Hewitt, director of finance with Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "While
WHILE taking a walk the other night, I got talking to two of the people who suffered flood damage from the recent storm. Their carpets and belongings were outside their homes sodden. It must have been a nightmare. The man and his wife said the drains
HOSPITAL bosses are bidding for a SEVENTH intensive care bed to cope with increasing pressures. Just months after securing the cash to open a sixth bed and staff it, Bolton Hospitals Trust is bidding for another bed to meet the rising demand. In the first
COUNCILLORS have had an increase of more than 18 pc in their "pay" for performing their duties. A total of £358,000 was paid out in allowances for 1998-99, compared with £301,000 for the previous 12 months. This was an 11 pc increase on 1996-97, when
THE latest quarterly economic survey from the British Chambers of Commerce suggests that the UK economy is now on track towards recovery. Richard Bindless, chief executive of Bolton and Bury Chamber, said: "Local economic trends appear to be in line with
Night has fallen, the curtains are closed, Awoke with a sound, I must have dozed. The cloak of night is a heavy black, My weariness tells me to hit the sack. The day's ups and downs have had their toll, All I need now is to rest body and soul. Prepare
RECENTLY we praised the North West Traffic Commission for taking action against a Bolton bus operator for poor service. Stagecoach Ribble was fined for operating unreliable timetables and banned from operating additional services. Another company, Stagecoach
I REFER to Cllr Pauline Spencer's outburst regarding not building on brownfield sites. For a start, this statement flies in the face of present Government policies and Agenda 21. This statement also conflicts with her husband, Noel, in a previous statement
WE expect our letters' columns to be overflowing with comments about the amount of "pay" Bolton councillors receiving for performing their duties. As our story tonight reveals a total of £358,000 was paid out in allowances for 1998-99 compared with £301,00
