As a young man of Farnworth he thought he could be In a position to pursue his own destiny. White powder in packets sent him really high Till he saw himself -- through his own mind's eye. Each day of his life was a struggling ordeal But knew how to hide
I do not get many chances to relax at home in front of the television. That's one by-product of living a full social life, involving greyhounds, music, children and grandchildren. I'm not complaining. Just stating a fact. Still, it is no great loss. I
COULD someone please explain why it is safe for buses and taxis to cross the Newport Street bridge, but not private cars? And could we be assured that this closure is temporary, and not a precursor to permanent closure to private traffic: leaving it the
THANK you for my new Bolton Wanderers shirt which I won in your competition. Today I went to the Reebok to pick it up and had my photo taken with Mike Whitlow. I have had "Jussi" put on the back of my shirt and just as we were leaving Jussi came past
REGARDING the article in the BEN on June 26 and the so-called crisis in the Ambulance Service. I can't see any crisis, but your article could cause concern to a lot of people if they draw the wrong conclusion and begin to panic. I am speaking as a retired
I AM nearly speechless after what I witnessed recently. I have a vehicle specially adapted to carry a wheelchair and went into Bolton and parked in the bays on Back Cheapside, especially for disabled users. I was parked perfectly correctly and displaying
IN reply to the article -- Bridge of sighs for private hire drivers. Well, you have enraged me to comment on your letter. While I have no problem with what the letter says about private hire cars not being allowed through, in fact I was quite on your
A TOTAL of 26 swimmers aged nine to 14 represented Bolton Swimming Club in the penultimate gala in a series of Manchester and District Team Competitions. Against strong opposition, particularly from Swinton and Worsley, the Bolton team swam well to gain
THE estimated cost of repair work to seven key bridges in Bolton is at least £8.5 million, the BEN can reveal today. That is the 'best guess' prediction of council engineers for essential strengthening work to seven Railtrack-owned road bridges over railways
BOLTON'S wealth of talent once again took centre stage in the annual Greater Manchester Drama Federation awards. Farnworth Little Theatre scooped a hat-trick of top prizes and there was also success for members of St Philips AODS, Phoenix Theatre Company
CHARITY efforts at Christ Church, Heaton, raised £1,900 for Dr Peter Wilkinson's Chemotherapy Unit at the Christie Hospital, Manchester.
BOLTON and Bury Chamber is to return to its former headquarters at Commerce House, Bridgeman Place, Bolton. Staff will move out of Clive House in Clive Street at the end of the month. Commerce House, which is owned by the Chamber, is one of Bolton's landmark
FIREFIGHTERS attended a fire at an old people's home in Bromley Cross early this morning. Toast on a grill set alight, causing smoke to fill the ground floor of Eagley Court in Darwen Road.
LEICESTER City's new £2.5m keeper signing Ian Walker will miss the first two games of the season - including the opener against Wanderers - after being sent off in a reserve game for his old club Spurs
A LECTURE on riverside wildlife will take place at Hall i'th' Wood Museum, Green Way, off Crompton Way, on Wednesday, July 25, at 7.30pm. Admission is £2, with concessions £1. To book, call 332245.
THE annual flower festival at St Anne's Church, Turton, which also hosts a sale of books, jams, refreshments, plants and crafts, will be held on July 28 from 10am to 8pm and Sunday July 29 from noon to 6pm. Donations will go to local charities.
A mother-of-three died after inhaling butane gas and drinking strong lager at a friend's flat. Miss Claire Davies, aged 27, of Davenport Gardens, Bolton, died at the Royal Bolton Hospital after she was found in a collapsed state at a flat in Skagen Court
YOUNG performers can attend an audition for a show to be performed next February. Organisers of the Saturday dancing club have arranged a Junior Showtime extravaganza following the success of this year's performance, which raised £1,800 for the Mayor's
NEWSREADER Gordon Burns came to the rescue when hard-working pupils missed their awards day due to a mix-up. Pupils at St Thomas of Canterbury School, Heaton, should have attended a ceremony at the House of Commons after being highly commended in a national
WANDERERS will be looking to tie up Paul Warhurst on a new deal in the next few days. Manager Sam Allardyce, who secured the Reebok's penultimate out of contract star on new terms yesterday when Gudni Bergsson agreed a 12-month extension, is becoming
TWO top matches last week produced excellent games with the results going in favour of the top teams by very narrow margins. Nationwide XI went into their clash with Rose Lea, three points ahead and just two behind the League leaders Farnworth & District
MUTTIAH Muralitharan has confirmed that he does not expect to be back with Lancashire next season. The little Sri Lankan signs off for 2001 at Old Trafford tomorrow in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy tie against Sussex. He is still hoping to return
LITTLE Lever simply did not put enough runs on the Trent Bridge scoreboard to secure victory -- and achieve their dream of becoming the first state school to lift the Lord's Taverners Trophy. But in no way were they outclassed by the famous white collars
Reports by Paul Britton at Trent Bridge A BOLTON team's dream to become the first ever state school to win a prestigious national cricket competition is over. In a game which had been described as "the Lords versus the Lads," Little Lever School's Under
BOLTON Sailing Club Belmont Early Summer Points Series on Sunday saw rain, mist and strong winds from the north west gave some of the most exciting racing this summer. The patrol boats were kept fully occupied with sometimes four or more boats capsized
BIHE bandwagon moves steadily on at the top of Section C. Even an understrength team proved too much for Langford, who languish one place away from the bottom of the table. Accurate shooting skills from Laura Pugh and Carla Elding helped to secure a 28
ON Sunday morning, Lancashire Road Club had no fewer than eight riders entered in the Veterans National Championship 50 mile time trial run over a picturesque course along the side of Basenthwaite in the Lake District. The fastest on actual time was Dene
TWO drunken wedding reception guests who laughed after terrorising a defenceless taxi driver have each been jailed for nine months. George Donahue and John Evans, both aged 25, attacked and racially abused the Asian driver as he took them home from a
NEWSREADER Gordon Burns came to the rescue when hard-working pupils missed their awards day due to a mix-up. Pupils at St Thomas of Canterbury School, Heaton, should have attended a ceremony at the House of Commons after being highly commended in a national
FORMER weaver Doris Horton celebrates a century today and has revealed the secret of her long and happy life -- plenty of fruit and vegetables. Doris, who gets her telegram off the Queen today and has survived two World Wars was celebrating at Lever Edge
PATROLS have caught more than 150 traunts in the past year, the BEN can reveal. The extent of the problem was highlighted yesterday as police and education officials staged a sixth crackdown on youngsters skipping school. Seventy five children, the highest
THE estimated cost of repair work to seven key bridges in Bolton is at least £8.5 million, the BEN can reveal today. That is the 'best guess' prediction of council engineers for essential strengthening work to seven Railtrack-owned road bridges over railways
AROUND 85 per cent of the Unit's work is "reactive" -- where their assistance is needed in allegations of child abuse. If a child makes such a complaint -- "the hardest police investigation there is", according to Insp Jones -- the Unit will investigate
COMPUTER child pornography was first being investigated by the Unit in 1995. Mostly, they concentrated on internet "news groups", often explicitly titled, where information and images are swapped. Previously, 61 hours of internet research would yield
CORONATION Street's Sarah Louise will be seen being "groomed" for abuse by a chat room pervert -- but in real life, only six such cases have been reported in this country. "That's not to say there haven't been many unreported incidents," said Insp Terry
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SMITHILLS Big Band Night at Rivington Barn, Horwich, takes place on Friday, July 13, 8pm to 11.30pm. The event features Smithills Big Band and the music of Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Count Basie and Ted Heath among others. Tickets for the concert are
Some recent events have triggered so much discussion and widely diverse opinions that I feel I should do my best to comment on most, if not all of them. First, the ones which concern you and me directly, such as traffic congestion and road repairs. The
MIGHT I just thank the very kind man who sat, juxtaposed, with me on a bench in the Town Hall Square. The man went out of his way to go to a nearby shop to purchase a chocolate bar for me, as I was feeling dizzy as a result of my compromised blood sugar
WITH reference to "Thanks for the verse" (Your Views: Monday, July 2). D P Crompton thanks me for my poem replying to his poem, rather, I think, tongue in cheek, this time in prose, so I will reply in prose. Over the years I have written many small poems
MARGARET Rothwell, our local councillor, says she has steam coming out of her ears over the rather small advertisement signs put on Kearsley Island. Is it really any different than direction signs at the junction, billboard signs on the junction, pedestrians
"ANGRY Private Hire Driver" is certainly entitled to his views on the present traffic restrictions on Newport Street. But his reference to Woodside School is, I feel, extremely insulting. Woodside is a special needs school which caters for children with
I JUST had to put pen to paper and write about a recent trip my husband and I have just been on -- "Madonna in Paris". This was advertised in your paper and, as we have not used this service before, we were a bit apprehensive -- although we needn't have
"MRS Thatcher was the greatest leader this country ever had..." so said Alan Bates of Chorley New Road (Your Views: June 27). Now he wants the Tories to move even further to the right to privatise the public sector appeal more to the white majority and
REGARDING the letters concerning the Royal Bolton Hospital and their latest stupid idea of 'Smokers' shelters'. I think this is the last straw, and, before praising them for the waste of money, please consider the following facts: 1. Smoking shelters,
I WAS at the Royal Bolton Hospital on Friday, June 29. My daughter-in-law was taken ill and rushed into hospital by ambulance. All was going well until I saw an old lady of 90 years of age whom, in my opinion, was very ill and looked very distressed.
CORONATION Street's Sarah-Louise Platt, who this week becomes conned by an Internet stalker, has urged schoolchildren to be careful when they go online. Tina O'Brien, who plays the Street's teenage mother, is lured into meeting a man in his 30s in a special
CORONATION Street's Sarah-Louise Platt, who this week becomes conned by an Internet stalker, today urged schoolchildren to be careful when they go online. Tina O'Brien, who plays the Street's teenage mother, is lured into meeting a man in his 30s in a
PATROLS have caught more than 150 traunts in the past year, the BEN can reveal. The extent of the problem was highlighted yesterday as police and education officials staged a sixth crackdown on youngsters skipping school. Seventy five children, the highest
A TEENAGER was punched in the face and robbed as he walked home from school. The 16-year-old boy was attacked at 4pm on July 5 as he headed along Tenterden Street, Bury, past two other youths. He was grabbed by the arm and them punched in the face, falling
CRIMEFIGHTING residents are being urged to surf the Net to pick up tips on how to "shop" criminals. The Crimestoppers group has just revamped its website which offers information about the service it provides. Now people can visit the site at www.crimestoppers-uk.org
A BOLTON forensic expert, who helped lead the dig for missing Sheila Fox, has won a prestigious award. Crime scene examiner Linda Nelson, a trained forensic anthropologist, was presented with the coveted Ustinov Award for the most meritorious diploma
A CRIME prevention booklet has now been sent out to more than 130,000 Bolton homes. And police chiefs have confirmed that residents have already given the thumbs-up to the guide which details tips on how to prevent burglars, secure vehicles and how to
BOLTON Music Service presents a concert at Bethel Church, Clarence Street, Bolton on Saturday, July 14 at 7.30pm -- and there are strings attached! The event features New Century Strings, Bolton Music Centre's advanced string ensemble. Director is Christopher
WANDERERS have informed fans that their season ticket TeamCards will be posted out towards the end of July.
A POLICEMAN needed hospital treatment after he was sprayed with glass when a man smashed his car's windscreen. The officer's liveried Volvo was attacked at 4.45pm yesterday when a passenger in a stolen BMW left his vehicle and used an adjustable spanner
AN ice cream freezer set on fire at a store in Tonge Moor yesterday afternoon. The appliance developed an electrical fault in Dillons newsagents, at the corner of Entwistle Street and Ainsworth Lane. Damage was confined to the freezer and stock.
GUDNI Bergsson has ended weeks of speculation by agreeing a one-year extension to his contract with Wanderers. The 36-year-old centre half was a key member of Wanderers' promotion-winning team and had been involved in negotiations over a new deal for
THE Christ Church, Heaton Lunch Club holds its next meeting on July 20 at 12.30pm in the Church Centre. Mr Hindley will present a photographic walk around some of the familiar landmarks in Bolton. There will be a Beetle Drive on August 24 instead of August
CHRIST Church, Heaton, Mother's Union presents its annual summer supper on Wednesday July 18 in the Parish Centre. Tickets are £1.50. Proceeds will go to the North-west charity "Away from it all". Mr Peter Worrall from the Halle Orchestra will be the
DAREDEVIL shop workers braved being thrown 200ft into the air in a reverse bungee jump stunt. Staff from the Holiday Hypermarket and Powerhouse retail electrical store, both based at the Middlebrook retail park, staged the stomach-churning event to raise
A DOMESTIC dispute ended with Paul Etheridge pushing his pregnant girlfriend and their two children out on to the streets during the early hours. His girlfriend walked the streets for five hours before contacting police. Officers went to the house in
TWO security guards needed hospital treatment after a masked man burst into an office and threw a tin of paint over them. The pair, who were on duty at the former site of the Robert Fletcher paper mill, in Ringley Road, Stoneclough, were attacked at 10.30pm
FIVE and 10 kilometre jogs will be held to help raise money to fight leukaemia. The runs will take place in Bolton on Sunday August 26, at a venue to be announced. There will also be a one and a half km route for children aged up to 10 years. Every child
A HORRIFIED neighbour has told of her shock after a badly decomposed body was discovered next door -- just days after she moved in. The grim find was made after police officers were called to the address in St Brides Close, Horwich. Police were called
A FORMER Olympic champion is coming to Bolton to see how millions of pounds of lottery cash have been spent to boost sporting facilities in the town. Javelin champion Tessa Sanderson will be joining guests and visitors at the two-day opening weekend at
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GREENMOUNT tied with Bradshaw. Chasing Bradshaw's 208-5 Nigel Duxbury 48, Ian Tattersall 71, Wayne Green 32 not out, Greenmount could not score the four runs off the last over and ended up on 208-8. Scott Parkinson hit 79, Andy Beale 31, Dave Willetts
Heaton hold off Circle's brave Trophy challenge THE two best under-18 teams in the Bolton League one day league came face to face to battle it out for the Rueben Mather Memorial Trophy. Heaton, losing the toss, were forced to bat but the two opening batsmen
Association 2nd X1 review THE first semi-final in the Isherwood Trophy saw a thrilling encounter between Darcy Lever and Astley and Tyldesley. The home team posted a total of 213-9, with Paul Stockton scoring a superb 100 not out while Atkinson, who scored
Peter Stafford's personal view CRICKET is full of surprises, and last Saturday the biggest surprise was that any cricket at all was played in the area. Just before lunch-time, after having watched the rain come down in stair-rods for the better part of
Summer Points Series races seven and nine. Winds were north westerly, force three to four with pronounced wind shifts which caused problems for a number of competitors, and resulted in some capsizes. Fast Handicap -- Race 1: 1. I Grundy/Anita Cropper,
ON Saturday afternoon on a ten mile course near Chester Fred Smith clocked 23mins 27secs to lead the Clarion riders. Rising star of the club, Paul Dickenson, rode to a new personal best, a mere 11 behind with 23mins 36secs. Ken Bath went round in 25mins
Reports by Paul Britton at Trent Bridge A BOLTON team's dream to become the first ever state school to win a prestigious national cricket competition is over. In a game which had been described as "the Lords versus the Lads," Little Lever School's Under
STAFF and parents at a Bolton primary school have been left reeling after a damning Government report labelled it as "failing to provide an acceptable standard of education". Longsight Primary School in Hough Fold Way in Harwood has been placed into Special
BURY defender Matt Barrass has reported back for pre-season training determined to banish two nightmare campaigns. Local lad Barrass, 22, has been plagued by injuries and illness since establishing himself in the Shakers' first team two years ago. And
For more information on keeping your children safe in cyberspace, visit www.chatdanger.com www.childnet-int.org or www.safekids.com If your child has had bad experiences with the internet, please contact Irma Heger in confidence on 01204 361258 (direct
THE latest operation, Appal, took place in March of this year. They targeted more than 40 locations throughout the UK in co-ordination with 26 other police forces. Warrants to search for images of children were issued under the Protection of Children
PERVERTS who prey on children who use the internet strike fear into any parent's heart. And child pornography available on the web would knock any sane person sick. The subject is soon to be highlighted when Coronation Street's Sarah Louise falls victim
ACTRESS Tina O'Brien talks about Coronation Street's planned storyline. "My character, Sarah Louise, finds it hard to lead a normal social life because she has a baby. "She turns to chat rooms to find friends. Her mum lets her have a computer in her bedroom
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