TICKETS go on sale this week for Walmsley Church Amateur Operatic Dramatic Society's next production, Call Me Madam. The show runs from April 30 to May 5 and is at the Parish Hall Theatre, Blackburn Road, Egerton. The production is in the experienced
A LEADING Music in Worship workshop was held for the first time in Radcliffe, in response to a request from the 1996 Methodist Conference. The course encourages participants to develop various skills to be able to lead the music in worship and was completed
Bolton...8 Urmston...1 BOLTON Hockey Club Ladies 1st and 2nd XIs have dominated their leagues this season. The 1st team, in Division 2 of the Greater Manchester League, and the 2nds, in Division 4. And both chose this weekend to confirm their Divisional
THANK you for your letter and a very big thank you for the three videos which I collected from your offices today, being one of the lucky winners of the Paramount Competition. I am most grateful. B Revans Corrie Crescent Kearsley
SUCCESS stories are always welcome. But when a school which narrowly escaped closure and faces special measures faces a bright future, it is especially pleasing. Oldhams County Primary School in Astley Bridge failed its Ofsted in 1999. It looked set to
I AM answering in reply to E Ben Haim. I will back Cllr Peel, as I am a tenant of De Lacy Drive. My home is decent and clean, my children are naturally normally behaved children and controlled. E Ben Haim, are yours? Have they grown up, or still young
I WOULD like to add something to the recent comments that have been in the paper over the last few weeks regarding The Deane School. My daughter is a pupil at this school (which incidentally used to be a good school) and is being bullied by a girl I can
IT'S amazing the problems some people who use 'assistance dogs' (guide dogs and 'hearing dogs') experience when they try to book a taxi. Many drivers don't realise that assistance dogs are trained to sit quietly on the floor in front of their owner --
I HAVE some empathy, but not sympathy with Richard Morris's experiences (BEN: Saturday, March 24) regarding his received parking ticket, but not for getting the ticket himself. He is big enough to admit that it was fairly given and the answer to his first
A SENIOR Bolton teacher has been charged with raping and indecently assaulting a 17-year-old girl during a school trip to the Isle of Wight. Lee Savage, of Roseland Drive, Prestwich, appeared at Isle of Wight Magistrates Court yesterday charged with the
THESE award-winning youngsters are on the beat in the fight against crime. For the pupils of St George's RC High School, Worsley, have won through the district stages of a GMP competition and have a place in the grand final. The 'On the Beat' contest
MOST people will remember this building in Great Moor Street as the former County Grammar School, or later part of Bolton Institute, which is now being converted into apartments for town-centre living. However, the back of this 1907 picture called it
IT is difficult to write objectively about subjects involving youngsters and music, especially, if, like me, music has been an integral part of your life. The difficulty is how to impart praise without being patronising; to judge performances without,
A 12-year-old schoolgirl suffered minor injuries after a collision with a car as she ran for a bus yesterday afternoon. Rachel Poole of Dukes Street, Radcliffe, suffered bruising in the incident in Manchester Road, Bury. She was allowed home after hospital
THE popular Hoghton Tower Sprint which features a day of classic motorcycling at the historic venue near Blackburn, on April 22, has been cancelled because of the foot and mouth crisis.
FIREFIGHTERS have urged people not to throw water on chip pan fires after a flat fire in Great Lever yesterday. A chip pan caught fire in a first floor flat in Manchester Road around 4.30pm. Firefighters successfully put out the blaze - but only after
A LADIES evening in aid of Christie Hospital by Horner's Hair and Beauty of Chorley Old Road, Bolton, will be held at at Chew Moor Methodist Chapel, Lostock, Bolton tonight at 7.30pm. There will be demonstrations and make overs at reduced prices and a
WINNERS of our Kissing Sid James caption competition were: Mrs S Norwood, of Harden Drive, Bolton, for her caption "Oh What a Carry On!"; and Mrs E Oatley, of Upton Road, Atherton, for "Kissing Sid James -- I'd rather kiss 'Hissing Sid'". Both receive
A POST mortem examination on a man who collapsed at the wheel of his car at the weekend has confirmed he died from a heart attack. Mr Roy Whitehead, 59, of Mather Avenue, Whitefield, suffered a cardiac arrest seconds before his Ford Escort car ploughed
PUPILS were evacuated from a Bolton school when a toilet roll was set on fire. More than 1,200 children were forced to put down their pens as fire spread through the boys' toilets at Sharples High School, in Hill Cot Road. Teachers attempted to damp down
STAFF at a children's group in Bolton are seeing double -- a staggering FIVE times over. Bolton Saturday Club now has five sets of identical twins on its books following the recent addition of four-year-olds Michael and Adam Weston. The youngsters make
ANIMALS at a Tottington rescue shelter will be the stars of the show tomorrow night on BBC1 at 7.30pm. Dorothy Maden, who runs the Pets In Need charity from her Turton Road farm, will appear on Animal Hospital together with her amazing collection of rescued
TWO Bolton businesses feature in the latest Asian "rich list" produced by the Eastern Eye newspaper identifying Britain's 200 wealthiest Asians. Anwar Patel and family are 63rd on the list (up from 70 last year) with business interests estimated to be
THERE was more fun by half when pupils from Turton High School took the 50:50 challenge on television and romped home winners. Afternoon viewers saw the group of 50 Year 7 pupils from the Bromley Cross school give it their all at the start of a brand
ATHERTON voters will go to the polls on Thursday for a by-election to select a successor to the town's late elder statesman Joe Clarke. The three candidates for the Atherton ward vacancy on Wigan Council are Mark Aldred, Rosina Oxley and Bob Splaine.
FORMER servicemen traumatised by their peacekeeping duties may receive help from the Government following proposals by a Bolton MP. Ruth Kelly has called for an investigation into the funding of treatment for ex-servicemen suffering from post-traumatic
A JUDGE jailed a man for six months after he was involved in a 85 mph police chase through the streets of Astley and Tyldesley. The high-speed chase only ended when drink-driver Paul Philip Mulcahy crashed into a brick pillar, a court heard. Even then
SHOP owner Gillie Charlson will soon be jetting off to Romania to help children in the impoverished country set up a "cottage industry" -- making dolls. Mrs Charlson, who set up her doll making studio in Bolton Road, Adlington, 26 years ago, will spend
THE Champion of Champions will be held at Westhoughton CC on Sunday commencing at 12 noon. The 16 sectional champions from the last season compete in this tournament. Group 1 -- Darcy Lever CC A (scratch), Darcy Lever CC B (+20), North West Energy (+35
HORWICH are the winners of the Bolton Cricket World junior indoor tournament. Horwich won the toss and elected to bat. Busby and Ainscough opened the batting scoring 21 off the first five overs but two wickets were lost in the process. Walton and Hunt
FORREST C captured a superb double with victory in both the Section D title and the David Ashcroft Memorial Cup. The League title was achieved in exciting style, relying on the closing games of the current season to clinch it. Springfields C were the
WESTHOUGHTON Lions U8s enjoyed a 40-10 win over Oldham St Annes, a result that was hardly in doubt from the first few minutes as Top Tackler Matthew Crow skipped through to score the first try of the match. Further first half tries came from Man of the
JAMIE Mann has come in from the cold ready to burn up the speedway tracks of Britain. The 17 years old Little Lever rider has just returned from a 2 month tour of America, where he finished third in the world speedway ice racing championship. And now
RESIDENTS of a Kearsley street are demanding Bolton Council take action over speeding motorists hurtling past their homes at almost twice the speed limit. And their local councillor is also "on the warpath" with Bolton traffic bosses she claims promised
THE top of the table clash between Bolton Wanderers and Chester City finished all square in an exciting match at Chester. Joanne Fairclough levlled the scores in the 57th minute and grabbed an equaliser in the dying stages from the penalty box after she
THE Redwaters Coronation Cup semi-final showdown clash of the top two in Division One was settled emphatically in Higher Folds favour. Royal Oak may currently head the division but on this cup occasion they finished second best by a 3-0 margin. Steve
AN experienced Wanderers line up went down to a goal scored after just four minutes at Boundary Park last night. Neville Roach broke clear to shoot past Tommy Wright and from then on the home side had the better of the first half. Wright made a good save
THE quality and character of Premier Division leaders Kersal Vale was tested to the full by Stoneclough in a Premier Cup Round One tie. Twice the Brook Street outfit took the lead but each time the Salford lads stuck to their task to bounce back and apply
OLDHAM boss Andy Ritchie has responded to claims of gamesmanship by Bury's Andy Preece by fighting fire with fire. Preece was furious after Latics Matthew Tipton failed to properly return the ball to Bury after the Shakers had kicked the ball out of play
MEMBERS of St Peter's (Methodist) Amateur Dramatic Society will await the verdict of their audience when the company's latest production takes to the stage. They will be performing Agatha Christie's play Verdict, a traditional whodunnit written specifically
SECTION A champions Little Lever clinched the Cleworth Cup with a resounding 4-0 victory over Hindley. Little Lever pressed from the start, but their first attack collapsed when the ball was lifted into the circle. Tracy Haslam made an important interception
MAY I, through your columns, thank the Royal Bolton Hospital, the High Dependency Unit, the doctors and staff who worked very hard when my daughter, Clare, was admitted on Saturday, March 17, with meningitis. The tender loving care shown to her was wonderful
THE story of how a cow in Westhoughton got its head caught in a barred gate, and to release it the farmer cut off its head is well-known, of course, and that is why Westhoughton is known to some as Keaw Yed City. Here, MRS JOAN JONES (nee Barlow), of
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after two handbag snatches within six hours in Bolton Road, Walkden. A 71-year-old pensioner suffered a leg injury after thieves snatched her handbag at a bus stop at 2.15pm yesterday. A youth then snatched a 23-year-old
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an accident in which a women was taken to hospital. Angela Perkins, aged 59 of De Lacy Drive, Bolton, was taken to the Royal Bolton Hospital with whiplash injuries after her VW Polo was involved in the road accident
A MILLENNIUM oak tree will be planted at Moss Bank Park tomorrow by the Mayor and Mayoress of Bolton along with Mrs Enda Brooks. The tree will be planted in memory of Edna's husband Bob Brooks who died last year. Bob served the Bolton community through
A TODDLER accidentally locked himself in his bedroom today -- and told firemen who were called to free him that he was desperate for the toilet. Curtis Lee Walker, aged two-and-a-half, caused alarm when the lock on his bedroom door became jammed. His
A TORY hopeful has backed Prime Minister Tony Blair's decision to postpone this year's General Election. James Stevens, prospective parliamentary candidate for Bolton West, said the announcement was "the right decision". And referring to the foot and
ALAN Kelly promised to do his Blackburn mates a favour at the Reebok tonight after answering an SOS from Stockport. "First and foremost Stockport need to win a couple of games to make sure they are clear of relegation," the Republic of Ireland keeper
LEIGH RUFC scraped to a narrow 6pts-3 win over Wilmslow on a heavy pitch saturated by heavy overnight rain. Leigh wasted a simple penalty chance when they elected to tap the ball and run but Chris Lee made amends when he converted a fine touchline penalty
Broughton 7 Bolton 36 BOLTON eased their relegation worries with a comprehensive 36-7 victor over bottom club Broughton moving level on points with both Heaton Moor and Burnage and have a game in hand on the Stockport side. The last three games are all
BLONDE popstar Suzanne Shaw has made a confession to warm every Lancastrian heart -- she loves an ample portion of Bury's famous black pudding. Suzanne revealed her penchant for the staple Bury grub when asked to list the things she missed most about
Pioneer Sunday League PREMIER Division Mason's Arms were pushed all the way against Faux Forest of Division Two before winning 4-3. Masons' goals came from Stokes, with two, Egglestone and a matchwinner in the 87th minute from Morley. Horwich RMI proved
A WORLD war was raging, communities struggled with ration books and times were fraught -- but the music was good! And that is just what a charity Glenn Miller 1940's night intends to commemorate when the event is staged on Friday, April 20 at the RMI
WHEN members of the drama workshops from the Harrowby Day Centre in Farnworth take to the Octagon Theatre's stage tomorrow night there will be an atmosphere of pride. These adults with learning disabilities will be proving that achievement is an individual
IT is now some 15 months since I started taking the Bolton Evening News. I really enjoy reading it and also doing the numerous competitions. I have been quite lucky and have won many prizes, the latest one being a caravan holiday in the recent 'Freetime
AT a meeting of the SRB3 Farnworth/Little Hulton Joint Steering Committee meeting on March 28, 2001, I asked that money no longer to be spent on Singing Clough, Kearsley, be re-allocated to the Kearsley Industrial Improvement Area. This is the area around
WOULD you please allow me to ask the following question to our esteemed councillors and, in particular, Cllr Michael Kilcoyne? I have just been asked by a local councillor to support plans for a cabinet system with a leader (after Mr Kilcoyne told the
IT beggars belief that the prospective Conservative parliamentary candidate for Bolton South East, Haroon Rashid, did not know that his fax machine was being used by members of Bolton Muslim Council to sing the praises of Labour's Dr Brian Iddon MP, as
AFTER reading the article concerning the failure of Bolton Institute to gain University status and the subsequent comment in the BEN Opinion column, I felt moved to make my own observations known. I am in my fourth year of a part-time course for an honours
SEX offences should be taken as seriously as the damage toll they wreak. But in the case of the Bolton mother of two who seduced a 13-year-old boy, many people today will be wondering if the sentence is a true reflection. Twelve months' probation for
THIS is the plea from many farmers and rescue centres throughout the UK, in the face of the growing foot and mouth crisis. Many cloven-hoofed animals are also family pets or at rescue centres, recovering from cruelty and neglect. They are often in secure
A MOTHER-of-two narrowly escaped being sent to jail after admitting having sex with a boy aged 13. Stephanie Fletcher persuaded the teenager's parents to let him keep her company at night and then seduced him. The 21-year-old woman, of Tintern Avenue,
IF Andy Kilner looks unusually calm and confident when he arrives at the Reebok with his County set tonight, he has good reason. On the face of it, the delayed derby is a David and Goliath contest between a Bolton team gunning for the Premiership and
VICTIMS of Bolton criminals are set to get an extra helping hand. The Princess Royal was on hand last Thursday to launch the Victim Support and Witness Service Greater Manchester at the University of Manchester. The new organisation incorporates the 10
BOLTON police officers are going shopping -- to help fight crime. They are patrolling local supermarket aisles giving crime prevention advice to shoppers. Bolton North police have launched a 'lobby bobby' project in which community officers will be 'stationed
RIVINGTON Rustlers are holding a social evening of Line Dancing featuring the Country duo 'Jailbreak' on Friday, April 27, 8pm-11pm. The event at Emmett Street Social Club, Horwich is £3.50 for adults and £2.50 for accompanied children. Enquiries to Marion
A PENSIONER needed hospital treatment after a street mugging in broad daylight. The 69-year-old woman suffered a head injury when she was grabbed and pushed to the ground by a thief who grabbed her handbag in Alfred Street, Bury at 3pm yesterday. A passing
LANCASHIRE cricketer Mike Watkinson is guest speaker at a sportsman's dinner in aid of the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. Former England international all-rounder Watkinson, who was born in Westhoughton, will be joined by comedian Micky Gunn for
ADVENTUROUS Bolton residents are invited to a mass charity abseil later this month. Recruits are needed for the 100ft abseil to raise money for the British Lung Foundation. The event will take place at Manchester Velodrome on Sunday, April 29. Those who
PUPILS were left heartbroken when thieves stole £100-worth of Easter eggs which were to be used for a fund-raising raffle. Children at Westhoughton Parochial CE Primary arrived at school yesterday morning to find 30 boxes had been stolen. A collection
A POPULAR dance hall's last hurrah was witnessed by more than 500 people on Saturday. Motown group The Drifters played the Pembroke Hall, in Walkden, for the 36-year-old venue's last concert before it is sold to a property developer. Previous acts have
A MASKED raider held a terrified pensioner at gunpoint and demanded money during a bungled post office robbery, a court heard. May Weaver had just received her pension when she was grabbed from behind by the robber who stuck a pistol to her head and shouted
DEFENSIVE errors yet again cost Old Boltonians Premier Division points in a 3-3 home draw with Walshaw Sports. "We were coasting," fumed team boss Peter Cooper. "But over the course of the game we gave them two goals with silly individual errors, the
SEVENTEEN months have now elapsed since the formation of the Manor 5s small-sided football leagues with over 2,000 league games having been played. Noticeable, as we progress through Season V, Spring/Summer 2001, is that with each season, the score lines
