SEVEN Queens Moat Houses hotels in the North-west have introduced an improved loyalty programme for business guests. The magnetic swipe-based card system is available until February 28, 1998 at the Moat Houses in Bolton, Liverpool, Chester, Bramhall,
LOCAL businesses will be taking a close look at the multi-million pound opportunities presented by a new Government computer link-up. A new North-west register has been launched to match projects and suppliers under the Government's Private Finance Initiative
A WESTHOUGHTON company has won public recognition for the work it does for British Aerospace's Military Aircraft Division. Bellhouse Hartwell is one of 60 companies in the Division's Preferred Supplier Process. The joint approach aims for a mutually beneficial
CIVIC Medals are to be awarded by Horwich Town Council in recognition of service to the community. At the same time, the council has agreed to honour past town mayoresses by presenting a medal to mark their year in office. At present only the retiring
LOSTOCK Leisure Centre manager Stephen Blakemore and fitness instructor Kevan Goodwin are really putting their weight behind a charity challenge round the 23-mile Three Peaks Circuit in Yorkshire. They hope to complete the circuit over Whernside, Ingleborough
LITTLE Hulton tenants are to have a say in Salford City Council's ambitious plans to revamp their area. Housing chiefs have put forward two proposals with private sector partners to improve the quality of housing in the area, including the local environment
STAFF and pupils at Chorley New Road Primary School, Horwich turned back the clock to the Victorian era yesterday. The school was celebrating its centenary, and children and teachers dressed in period costume including headteacher, Peter Charnock, who
A BOLTON MP has warned that the town's economy could be hit following the closure of public toilets on Bridge Street. David Young, MP for Bolton South East, said that a lack of facilities would dissuade people from visiting Bolton and shopping in its
SIR: I agree with Julie Carmichael and Brian Rigby (BEN, May) 17, Topless barmaids aren't tasteless. However, Julie and Brian insult female impersonators by describing them as transvestites. Female impersonators were employed in pubs and clubs long before
SIR: In his letter, David Allman (BEN April 25) admires Tom Sackville for speaking the truth. They do say that truth is stranger than fiction. Over the past 17 years, we have had unemployment figures massaged and manipulated, health services and local
DAFFODILS I think Nature is so wonderful, And we just take things for granted. Each year, my daffodils are so lovely, and It's 22 years since they were planted. But every year when they are open, We get wind and rain. It makes me feel they won't last
TWO children's hospitals have benefited following a memorial concert held at Westhoughton. The concert at Greenfield's Club was organised by John and Barbara Staniforth whose son Chris a mining engineer died last September while working in India. More
WESTHOUGHTON Town Council is hoping to twin with a town over the border in Yorkshire. The council is to advertise in parish and community magazines for a town of similar size to forge community links. The proposal was put to councillors by Westhoughton's
LEARNER drivers in Bolton will take the new compulsory theory exam at a new test centre in Churchgate. The Driving Standards Agency have announced that the tests will be held in the new centre when the written exam comes into force on July 1. More than
A WOMAN aged 79 has been left frightened and upset by electricity bill demands she does not have to pay. Widow Lily Williamson says she has hardly slept since receiving a threat that Norweb would force entry to her home to install a power card meter,
A JUBILANT football team is planning a Wembley winners-style celebration for their championship victory ... in the Bolton Sunday League third division. Darcy Lever FC will parade the championship trophy through the streets of Bolton - on an open top bus
SIR: I write in reply to the letter about topless barmaids being tasteless. It is a cheap and tasteless ploy, as well as not being politically correct for women to have to prostitute their bodies in this degrading manner simply because the brewery industry
ZSIr: You scared me to death with your front page headline story Give Us A Kiss, then I realised that Jim and Alice are celebrating 70 years of marriage. I could not believe my eyes. Truly a marriage made in heaven. Obviously Alice can peel a potato or
WANDERERS are to continue with their season ticket instalment plan, which proved a popular innovation last year. More than 2,500 fans paid for their season tickets on the credit scheme, which spreads the cost over a number of months. Tickets will go on
