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  • Wanderers win - and lose

    Injury shock for scorer Dean Holdsworth Gordon Sharrock reports from Indianapolis: Indiana Blast 0, Wanderers 2. EVERY player who hangs up his boots and turns to coaching and management yearns for a chance to get out there and show the lads how it's done

  • Keogh name change

    BOLTON-based Keogh Ritson is changing its name -- to Keoghs Solicitors. The firm has 23 partners, more than 370 staff and branch offices in Coventry and Southampton. Marketing Director Mike O'Donnell said: "Many clients and contacts refer to us as Keoghs

  • More success for Year in Industry

    MORE than 220 students and their employers from around the North-west have marked another successful year of growth for the Year in Industry scheme, supported by the Engineering Employers' Federation. A celebration dinner was held at the University of

  • Pardon me, I'm a success

    IN the fashion industry, it could indeed be termed a rags to riches tale. Bridalwear specialist Jacqui Pardon (pictured) built-up her business, Elegant Brides, from nothing. But six years after she started her business from home, Mrs Pardon has just opened

  • Plans to put brakes on off-road motorcyclists

    A MAJOR crackdown on off-road motorbikes which destroy the peace in Atherton neighbourhoods is being planned. The initiative is a Borough-wide scheme to put an end to the distress and nuisance being caused to residents. It follows a report from environmental

  • Advice goes out to estate

    BOLTON Citizens' Advice Bureau has opened a new outreach branch in Little Hulton. The service will be open on Friday afternoons between 12.30pm and 3.30pm. It has been funded by money granted from the Single Regeneration Budget, and aims to make the service

  • Reebok praised all over the world

    I LOVE your Reebok Stadium!. That's hardly the opening remark you expect from a total stranger in these parts. But the pride of Bolton has found fame and won acclaim the world over, so why not in Indianapolis? Actually Ron Lawson, the full time chief

  • Old view of Bradshawgate

    Bradshawgate, 1936. Tram H to Doffcocker is just passing Yates Wine Lodge. The trams had not long to run, and many services including this one were replaced by motor buses in 1939. Next to Yates was Ship Gates, which took its name from the Ship Inn which

  • Hunt for Bolton lass lookalike

    A BOLTON pub is on the look out for Big Brother contestant Nichola Holt's version of a typical local lass. Greg Mullins, who owns the Crown and Cushion in Mealhouse Lane, was horrified when he heard how, in the Channel 4 show, the shaven headed 29-year-old

  • Hunt for Bolton lass lookalike

    A BOLTON pub is on the look out for Big Brother contestant Nichola Holt's version of a typical local lass. Greg Mullins, who owns the Crown and Cushion in Mealhouse Lane, was horrified when he heard how, in the Channel 4 show, the shaven headed 29-year-old

  • OPINION:Right tactics

    IT is not the first time that Stoneclough residents have felt strongly enough about being isolated that they have made official protests. There, although residents pay council tax to Bolton, they have Radcliffe postal addresses, and they feel they are

  • Tired of living in 'limbo land'

    RESIDENTS of a "forgotten" area of Bolton are determined to put their neighbourhood on the map. Neighbours in Stoneclough pay council tax to Bolton, but have Radcliffe postal addresses and say they are tired of being left in limbo, somewhere between the

  • Now he knows how it feels to be a victim...

    ACCORDING to an article in the BEN (Teenage burglar loses his appeal against 'living nightmare', July 14th), a teenage youth had, while being held in youth custody, "been bullied by other youths and had property taken from him" and had described his time

  • Winners' joy

    FROM the winner of Whitakers Father's Day Competition. Thank you so much for the competition. Mr Joe Shepherd of the Menswear Department took charge of us when we went to collect our prizes, and made us, my husband Derek and I feel really special.We received

  • Timely attack on secrecy at the Town Hall 48

    MAY I congratulate you and thank you for your excellent and most timely article in your paper on Friday, July 21 -- "Don't allow freedom of speech to die". My Conservative colleagues and I, along with the Liberal Democrats, have tried for a long time

  • 'Rescuers' who deserve awards

    MYSELF, my friend and my six-year-old grandson went for a stroll around Farnworth Leisure Park -- Crompton Lodges on Sunday, July 16. I had a very bad fall and would like to thank, through the BEN, the wonderful people who helped me. They were all total

  • All going...those little plots of green

    I ENJOY reading 'Your Views' every night. Last night and tonight I have read letters about the sale of the woods in Lostock. I know them well as I walk my dog all around this area. I also wondered how many more patches of green have the council sold.

  • He's sum leader!

    NOT merely incapable of simple arithmetic, Tory leader William Hague has failed to do his homework on school spending in his own constituency. He has scored an own goal after accusing his local education authority of spending thousands of pounds on "unnecessary

  • Petrol price anger

    I HAVE followed with interest your stories and editorials regarding petrol prices. I share the outrage of your readers at the current price of petrol. It is scandalous that, since the General Election, petrol on average has risen by 25.6p per litre. It

  • Tories failed for 18 years

    NEWSPAPER reports that, just nine months after its launch, the Tories have ordered copies of the 'Common Sense Revolution' to be pulped, show how, when placed under the most minimal of scrutiny, their whole programme falls apart. Clearly, if elected,

  • Choice is simple over future NHS funding

    WHILE Labour is investing to modernise the NHS and make it faster, fairer and more convenient for patients, the Tories would make people pay privately instead. At a time when increased investment is beginning to show results such as the completion of

  • Chimney stars

    MANY thanks for the article 'Gone but not forgotten' by Frank Wood, (BEN: Wednesday, July 5) and the heading -- Seeking to save some of the remaining chimneys. My contribution is as follows: spare a thought for those who were physically employed in the

  • MP's blast as asylum seekers face homes danger

    HOME Officee Office ministers were warned today by Bolton MP Brian Iddon that asylum seekers flooding into the town are being placed in potentially dangerous properties. The former borough housing chairman is alarmed that 90 refugees have been put into

  • Chairman salms Todd's 'joke' slur

    WANDERERS chairman Phil Gartside today hit back at former boss Colin Todd, who accused the club of 'double standards'. Todd described Wanderers signing of Per Frandsen - whose transfer sparked the manager's decision to resign last September - as 'a joke

  • Firm's £48.7 million takeover deal

    Wolstenholme Rink PLC -- a Darwen company with strong Bolton links -- is the subject of an agreed £48.7 million takeover deal. An emergency general meeting of shareholders on August 11 is being recommended to accept a 600p per share offer. The bid comes

  • Post office raid in TV reconstruction

    A DRAMATIC reconstruction of an armed post office raid witnessed by two young girls will be broadcast to millions of viewers tonight. The reconstruction of the raid on Daisy Hill post office will be shown on Britain's Most Wanted at 10pm on ITV. The school

  • Accused surgeon faces new charges

    A MANCHESTER orthopaedic surgeon has been ordered by a court to cease practising while on bail accused of sexually abusing female patients -- one a girl of four. Rodney Phillips, aged 62, of Old Hall Road, Whitefield, faced a total of 11 fresh charges

  • Security system collapse hits bank

    A SECURITY failure caused a major Bolton town centre bank to keep its doors closed to customers for most of yesterday. Hundreds of people arrived to find the HSBC in Deansgate closed as workmen battled to repair the bank's alarm system. Manager Phil Hawker

  • Man jailed after stab attack over dog

    A MAN who admitted a knife attack on a man after a row about a dog has been jailed for 12 months. Neil Morton, aged 29, of Broadhead Road, Edgworth, pleased guilty to wounding Christopher Smith who was stabbed in the arm and torso. Mr Jeremy Grout-Smith

  • Forum meeting success

    RESIDENTS of Horwich, Blackrod, Westhoughton and Hulton Park turned out in force last night for the first ever community forum meeting held in the area. The forums -- a new concept for Bolton's local government -- aim to make councillors more accessible

  • Injury crisis hits on tour Wanderers

    Dean Holdsworth was injured early today WANDERERS manager Sam Allardyce today admitted: "The pre-season has turned into a nightmare." He has been forced to fly back early from Wanderers' tour of America to launch a desperate search for new recruits after

  • Chairman salms Todd's 'joke' slur

    WANDERERS chairman Phil Gartside today hit back at former boss Colin Todd, who accused the club of 'double standards'. Todd described Wanderers signing of Per Frandsen - whose transfer sparked the manager's decision to resign last September - as 'a joke

  • Big Sam flies back in a hurry

    SAM Allardyce is flying back early from Wanderers' US tour to launch a desperate search for new recruits after having his squad ravaged by injury. Dean Holdsworth (damaged shoulder ligaments) and Kevin Nolan (broken wrist) ended up in an Indiana hospital

  • Wanderers win - and lose

    Injury shock for scorer Dean Holdsworth Gordon Sharrock reports from Indianapolis: Indiana Blast 0, Wanderers 2. EVERY player who hangs up his boots and turns to coaching and management yearns for a chance to get out there and show the lads how it's done

  • Let's bring those old stations back!

    From the Bolton Evening News files 25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, July 25, 1975 SEVERAL local railway stations should be reopened as unmanned halts to boost commuter services, the South Turton Association of Ratepayers says in a report to Bolton

  • What's On information supplied by the North West Tourist Board

    EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY, Bury. For more information ring 0161-764 7790. TATE GALLERY, Albert Dock, Liverpool. Ring 0151 702 7400 WHITWORTH ART GALLERY, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester. The Times of Our Lives. A stunning series of

  • What's On if you don't mind travelling

    NORTH PIER THEATRE, BLACKPOOL, The Grumbleweeds, with Stu Francis, pictured,. Runs to October 24. Seats £10. Also, Hale and Pace with support from Hilary O'Neil and Steve Rawlings. Starts Wednesday to Friday 8pm and Saturday at 7pm. Also, Roy 'Chubby'

  • What's On in and around the Bolton area tomorrow

    Leisure, sport and keep fit COCA Cola Netball Skills, New Bury Community Centre, Buckley Lane, Farnworth, 1pm-3pm. Tel: 334185. TIME to play cricket skills, Heywood Adventure Playworld Recreational Zone, High Street, 1pm-3pm. Tel: 334185. COCA Cola FA

  • What's On at local galleries and exhibitions

    ARC GALLERY STORE, Oldham Street, Manchester. Mon to Sat 10am to 6pm. Sun noon to 5pm. Adm free. You Looking At Me, exhibition by Tom Hackney, runs to August 6. Ring 0161 831 7454. ASTLEY CHEETHAM ART GALLERY, Trinity Street, Stalybridge. Open Mon to

  • An old view of Churchgate

    Churchgate, looking east towards the parish church and through a battlemented arch decked with flags and bunting for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, 1877. To the right is the Star Inn which replaced the notorious Theatre of Varieties, one of the town's

  • Wendy's big meeting with stargazer Russell Grant

    COMPETITION enthusiast Wendy Houghton has had stars in her eyes after answering a call from phone company BT. School secretary Wendy was amazed when she learned she had won through to the North West heat of the BT Payphones' Cosmic Callers competition

  • Mill crash boss may look for new base

    A Farnworth businessman is considering looking for a new base after part of the Victorian mill he leases came crashing down into the car park. David Jackson, who runs double glazing firm Astra Windows, was horrified to learn that tons of bricks from the

  • Murder trial hears of police pressure claim

    THE partner of a man accused of dousing two men in petrol and igniting it has claimed a detective put her under pressure to make a statement. Pauline Kelly was a prosecution witness in the Manchester Crown Court trial of William Oakes, 35, who denies

  • Mayor's message for twin town

    THE Mayor of Bolton today pledged to carry the town's condolences to Germany in the wake of the Concorde disaster. Cllr Alan Wilkinson will pass on the sympathies on behalf of the people of Bolton when he visits our German twin-town of Paderborn this

  • OPINION:Hero for our times

    HERE in Bolton, we don't need Olympians or highly-paid professionals to provide heroic role models. We've got people like Rob Hodgkiss. The 34-year-old Egerton dad had to have a heart transplant four years ago. He'd been a talented and successful athlete

  • Caring Jim helps fix it for flood victims

    Jim White and Jimmy Chambers prepare to transport furniture to Todmorden to help with the disaster fund A CARING Bolton businessman has donated two van loads of furniture to help flood victims . . . in YORKSHIRE. Jim White, 47, was moved by the plight

  • Dale hopes for a wizard role!

    YOUNG actor Dale Peters is hoping to magic up a part in a new Harry Potter movie after winning a role in the popular TV drama, "Where the Heart is". Dale, of Ulleswater Close, Little Lever, is hoping for a Hollywood breakthrough after sending off an audition

  • Do you think Fred was right to buy a bride?

    BOLTON shoppers have mixed feelings about the morality of a Bolton pensioner "buying" a young bride from Thailand for £5,000 as reported yesterday Some people spoken to by the BEN in Victoria Square said they were sickened by the idea of paying for a