THIS play provides plenty of laughs. An appreciative audience gave well over a minute's worth of applause at the final curtain - a positive verdict on Farnworth AODS's performance of Sailor, Beware! It is a social comedy centred around the domineering
IT turns out that, if Bolton Education Authority succeeds in closing Scot Lane End School in 2001, there will be insufficient space in Blackrod Church School to accommodate the extra children, and the Education Authority concedes that additional buildings
SIX young children have narrowly escaped plummeting down a quarter-mile deep pit shaft. Horrified Marie Hope's six grandchildren had been playing in the garden of her Leigh council house where a three metre hole suddenly appeared. "It's frightening to
FARNWORTH residents have been given hope by planning councillors who deferred making a decision about proposals to build a cash and carry on land opposite their homes. The neighbours, featured last week in the BEN, are concerned that the plans would mean
FORMER Liverpool manager Roy Evans was the early favourite as the guessing game began today over who will replace departing Wanderers' manager, Colin Todd. Evans walked away from a joint management role with Gerard Houllier a year ago after four and a
I WOULD sincerely like to thank all who had a collecting box for the terrible disaster in Turkey. And now a special thanks to all who gave their donations. The total money collected came to £425.22 and has been handed over to the Red Cross. I must also
BOLTON Wanderers today find themselves without a manager and languishing in the bottom half of the First Division. Who can rescue them from the doldrums? Do you think Colin Todd was right to throw in the towel? Also what do you think of Per Frandsen's
BOLTON South East MP Brian Iddon is calling on highways chiefs to think again after they opted to raise the height of railings at a busy road bridge by just 15 centimetres. Bradford Street bridge was the scene of a tragedy 16 months ago when 29-year-old
I applaud the decision to approve the Tonge Valley Plan which shows that councillors have thought for themselves instead of being influenced by planning officers and playing '"follow my leader". What are the town centre shops afraid of - competition?
PER Frandsen's £2.25 million transfer to Blackburn Rovers was expected to be finalised today. The deal between Wanderers and their Division One rivals and neighbours has been agreed subject to the midfielder passing a medical examination. Provided the
A DIY store has launched an investigation into claims that a member of staff facing redundancy verbally attacked a customer. Mrs Carol Anderton says she was distraught when a male member of staff in Focus Do It All, in Manchester Road, Bolton, demanded
By Gordon Sharrock: Bolton Wanderers 2, Gillingham 0 (agg 6-1) NONE of the players knew it at the time but this was to be Colin Todd's swansong! The curtain came down on seven years' service to Bolton Wanderers with a victory, a triumphant march into
BOLTON Wanderers are looking for a new manager today after Colin Todd sensationally left the club. Six weeks into his fifth season in charge of team affairs, the former England international resigned as a deal was being concluded to sell star midfielder
A NORTH-West hospital communication network is set to double in size to allow more efficient health care for patients. TRUSTnet, a high-capacity medical network, allows the exchange of voice, data and multi-media traffic between NHS trusts and other health
I WRITE with regard to the recent attacks on both fox hunting and the Conservative Party by Messrs Schmid and Gillatt via the Letters Page of the BEN. Both writers are vociferous in condemning fox hunting and yet I would be very surprised if they had
A SENIOR Bolton teacher is off to Helsinki today to give Finnish headteachers a glimpse of the future. Chris Roberts will conduct two workshops at a conference at Helsinki University. The Smithills deputy head, who is currently acting head at the Deane
25 YEARS AGO TEENAGERS have started a campaign to save their youth club, which they say is threatened with closure for three nights a week. Over 1,000 people have signed a petition organised by members of Highfield Youth Centre in Wildman Lane, Farnworth
NOBODY driving on UK motorways over the last six months could have failed to see the enormous increase in the number of foreign trucks. Sadly, many of these vehicles are here because of our Government's policy of ultra high duty on diesel and ultra high
MANY of us have gone through school thinking there is something a bit sinister about our head teacher. But none of us could have come face to face with one as truly frightening as the head who gives his name to this fast and funny musical production.
ABOUT three-quarters way through The Censor, which recounts the brief encounter between a pornographic film maker and the man with the licensing scissors, the young man next to me gasped: "Oh no, she's just ****." Then he giggled. A doctor would tell
AS a sequel to my last letter, I wish to say congratulations to the water engineers who have solved the problem of getting the fountains' water level at last. Now it's a real treat to sit beneath the trees an Victoria Square after a tiring day's shopping
THE recent announcement of the takeover of Asda by American shopping giant Walmart and their plans to create hypermarkets that will be four times bigger than current supermarkets, failed to tell how Walmart are perceived in the US. While they certainly
I'M Joe Inglis, from the BBC1 programme - Vets in Practice and I'm writing to your readers today with a special appeal. In March 2000, the charity Scope (formerly The Spastics Society) will be organising the second year of their fantastic White Peaks
WANDERERS' Chairman Gordon Hargreaves said the parting had been an amicable one as he sat with Todd and his Chief Executive Des McBain round the table at the Reebok this morning. Mr Hargreaves said: "It has nothing to do with recent results although people
NURSES are providing front-line medical services in Leigh. The nurse-led minor injuries unit at Leigh Infirmary, deals with accidents which happen in the home, workplace or school. The unit was opened after the closure of the casualty unit in 1995. As
RECENTLY, I was a winner of one of your competitions. The prize was a meal for two at the Royal Balti Restaurant in Farnworth. On a Sunday evening we went to receive the prize. We were warmly welcomed by the manager and his staff and shown to our table
A KEEN amateur Bolton football player collapsed and died within minutes of coming off the pitch at Burnden Sports Centre. Dave Brockhouse, believed to be 39 years old, from Breightmet, had just finished playing for the Burnden Sevens team, Alliance Windows
BOLTON magic man Glenn Scott is on the lookout for a new assistant. Ambitious Glenn - who aims to become bigger than David Copperfield and has his sights on making a million in Las Vegas - found himself assistant-less when sister Adele Urmston started
STROLLING down Trinity Street recently I nearly dropped my copy of the BEN in shock. The hoardings had been removed from the derelict site at the junction of Bridgeman Place and Manchester Road. I hope, our council have finally found a use for a site
COLIN Todd ended a seven-year association with Bolton Wanderers today having played a central role in one of the most exciting periods in the club's history. When he teamed up with Bruce Rioch in the Summer of 1992, Wanderers were in the doldrums of the
THE stage is set for a multi-thousand pound Millennium play based around Little Hulton, Walkden, Worsley and Boothstown . A feasibility study has been carried out, a grant has been awarded, and a professional writer, director and international designer
BOLTON'S innovative "hot house" programme for Young Entrepreneurs is now under way. Fifteen youngsters have been selected following a large number of applications and they had their first meeting at Bolton Enterprise Services. The group attended a workshop
BOLTON Metro brought in the £1,000 fine for dog fouling because recent central government legislation has allowed it to do so. It is a way of obtaining money from a powerless minority. The best way to get people to do as wished might be by reward, not
ON a more positive note for Wanderers, the club has finally sold their former Burnden Park home. That's excellent news not only for the club but for Bolton. The site has been a blot on the landscape for the two years since Wanderers played their final
The summer is over, moaned the Mouse, At the house where the buddleias grow. Oh, surely not, said the Hedgehog, There must be some weeks to go. But not for me, said miserable Mouse, The summer is over for me. When the buddleias' blooms lose their purple
BOLTON Wanderers today find themselves without a manager and languishing in the bottom half of the First Division. Who can rescue them from the doldrums? Do you think Colin Todd was right to throw in the towel? Also what do you think of Per Frandsen's
WHILE some Wanderers' fans will be saying "good riddance" now that Colin Todd has quit the club, we are not among them. In his seven-year stint with Wanderers - three years as coach and four as manager - Todd has given the club one of its most exciting
THEATRE, MUSIC & DANCE BOLTON Music Service's activities include Bolton Junior Youth Choir, 6pm-7.30pm, Bolton Girls' Choir, 6.45pm-8.45pm, Bolton Youth Choir, 6.30pm-9pm and the Gamalon Orchestra at Bolton Music Centre, The Deane School, New York
