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  • Nationwide Investor in People

    NATIONWIDE Building Society's Bolton branch has been re-accredited as an Investor in People. The Newport Street branch has become the first building society nationally to receive re-accreditation for the award it initially won in 1993. Investors in people

  • BPB scheme gets the OK!

    BPB Recycling of Bolton has been presented with the Investors in People Award. The company, which is based in Folds Road, has received the award in recognition of the company's commitment to the training and development of its employees. It made its commitment

  • Paul wins it by a nose!

    BOLTON'S teen dream actor Paul Nicholls won another award for his good looks when he was voted Top Man in the Red Nose Awards on television last night. The Eastenders' star knocked last year's winner Ronan from the Irish band Boyzone to land the top spot

  • No land mines say runway tunnellers

    PROTESTERS campaigning against Manchester Airport's second runway have denied claims that they have laid home-made land mines and other booby traps to foil bailiffs. Professional tunnellers trying to bring protesters out of the warren of tunnels at the

  • Backing for shot soldiers' pardon

    BOLTON ex-servicemen have welcomed the prospect of the government issuing an pardon to more than 300 British soldiers, executed during during World War 1 for cowardice, desertion, and other battlefield offences. Armed Forces Minister John Reid has ordered

  • Bad impression for visitors

    SIR: I am writing to inform you that the Town Hall is not impressing the visitors at all, who come from another city or town, by this graffiti on the walls, litter on the floor and glass bottles, pollution and paper blowing from all over. I would like

  • Neighbourhood scheme is streets ahead!

    A NEIGHBOURHOOD in Leigh in which almost eight out of 10 houses were declared technically unfit for human habitation is well on the road to recovery. The Bedford area of Leigh was formally declared a Renewal Area in June last year after a successful bid

  • More litter bins needed

    SIR: I am writing to you to tell you that the rubbish in this part of Bolton is getting worse each year. I think the council should be doing something about it. My suggestion is to have more bins (on the street), and recycling bins, the bins should be

  • L-Test teachers could be driven out of work

    DRIVING instructors in Bolton are struggling to stay on the road because of a sharp drop in demand for lessons. And the problem has been blamed on the controversial new written exam. A British School of Motoring spokesman said: "It's true that business

  • SIR: I am reporting about the litter in Bolton.

    The fast foods shops are putting too much wrapping on the foods. If you just want to eat it straight away you have to take all the wrappers off. The sort of things they put on can be recycled. I find a lot of rubbish in the streets. I think you should

  • Magnificent Albert Halls

    SIR: I have lived in Bolton for 82 years and for the first time in my life went into the Albert Halls. What a magnificent building it is. And but for one young lady I would have been lost. Some friends of mine persuaded me to go in for the Senior Citizens

  • BEN brought us together

    SIR: Last August/September, I wrote you about my quest to seek the address of an school friend of mine. He had emigrated to Canada in 1980 and his new address had been lost. By printing my letter in your editorial I was able to not only get his address

  • Wigan wonders stun Saints

    St Helens 12, Wigan 65 WHAT an amazing transformation in less than a month. The Silk Cut holders St Helens were humiliated by their biggest ever defeat at Knowsley Road by an awesone Wigan side that produced a breathtaking display. The Warriors were simply

  • Mysterious new disease

    SIR: Reading recent correspondence regarding self centred and plain ignorant behaviour by various members of the community e.g. the indiscriminate and filthy pastime of allowing one's dog to deposit faecal matter on the towns thoroughfares and grass verges

  • Drive safely -don't speed

    SIR: I would like to take this opportunity to offer a police response to the article published on page 17 of the Bolton Evening News dated May 22 last - 'Speeding driver hits out at Police'. Greater Manchester Police is committed to all aspects of road

  • Opening out minds

    SIR: I've never been Politically Correct in my life! But I find James Marshal Bridge's argument confusing (BEN May 20). Perhaps it is his former National Front sympathies which puzzle me. But he appears to believe that the educational system will "turn

  • Ruth Kelly - new mum

    BOLTON MP Ruth Kelly has finished with labour . . . after the birth of her first child. Eamonn Frederick Gadd weighed in at 7lb 11 ounces at the Royal London Hospital last night. The Bolton MP was heavily pregnant during the election campaign when she

  • Commons Gun Club to become creche?

    BOLTON'S Ruth Kelly could be the first MP to benefit if women win a battle of the sexes about to be waged in the Commons. The Labour Party's Womens' Group are to step up their campaign to convert the House of Commons gun club into a creche. Gun Club members

  • Former Old Boys keep reunion tradition alive

    FORMER pupils of Horwich Old Boys' School got the chance to reminisce when they attended the 33rd reunion dinner at the town's Conservative Club. The evening was organised by the Horwich Old Boys' School Association which was formed following the first

  • Record number of airport passengers

    A RECORD 230,000 passengers passed through the terminals at Manchester Airport over the bank holiday weekend. The eight per cent rise saw passengers departing the airport to a variety of world-wide destinations. Majorca, the Costa del Sol and Tenerife

  • Family's heartache as pet dog disappears

    DISTRAUGHT dog owner Ann-Marie Cann, of New Drake Green, Daisy Hill is appealing for help to find her missing dog. Codie went missing when a friend taking her for a walk was hit by a car in New Bury, Farnworth. She was frightened by the incident, ran

  • New PO boss to oversee change

    TYLDESLEY subpostmaster Hugh Morgan-Jones is the new Vice President of the National Federation of Subpostmasters. Hugh, of Manchester Road Post Office, will represent the views and concerns of some 16,000 subpostmasters from around the UK, following his

  • Todd priced out

    WANDERERS have been priced out of a bid for Norwich City's England Under-21 star Darren Eadie. Colin Todd is understood to have checked on the availability of the 21-year-old Carrow Road ace but baulked at the £6 million price tag. Canaries boss Mike

  • D-Day for Bolton criminal 'tags'

    POWERS allowing Bolton magistrates to electronically tag offenders could be in force in the town this summer. More than 100 magistrates from the Bolton bench were meeting today to see a full demonstration of how the system works. And if they are impressed

  • Vicar condemns gays' surrogate baby plan

    A BOLTON vicar has condemned a gay couple after revealing they plan to share a baby with a lesbian couple in a surrogate swap. Russell Conlon, aged 39, and Chris Joyce, 32, are now scouring the classified sections of the gay press looking for a lesbian

  • Demand to get tough on contact sports

    A BOLTON martial arts instructor is demanding action by the Sports Council after the tragic death of a teenage kick boxer in the ring. Sandy Holt, who owns the Bolton Thai Boxing Club, spoke out after Sean McBride, aged 18 of Cabra, near Dungannon, collapsed

  • Villagers' joy as sport plan fails

    VILLAGERS have won their fight against a sports complex in Ainsworth after the controversial plans were KO'd by Bury councillors. Ainsworth Community Association had opposed plans to develop greenbelt land in the village to replace sports facilities at

  • Lancahire aim to break duck

    LANCASHIRE hit the road this week in search of a Championship victory. After failing to win one of their three opening fixtures at Old Trafford they will be hoping for better luck on their travels. They could not have asked for a tougher start. On Thursday

  • In-form Golborne's double cup rout

    GOLBORNE produced the same form that has taken them to the top of the Bolton Association when they thrashed Great Harwood by nine wickets in the Lancashire KO and then followed it up with a 10-wicket victory over Adlington in the Cross Cup. The Ribblesdale

  • Butchers in killer bug test

    RANDOM tests on butcher shops in Bolton are to be carried out by environmental health chiefs checking for the deadly E.Coli bacteria. The safety measures were announced this afternoon - just one day after a second major outbreak of the killer E.Coli was

  • Local ladies bowled over

    LANCASHIRE Ladies lost narrowly to Northumberland in the Ist Round of the National Inter County Double Rinks at Appleby There were high hopes this year of the Ladies making headway in this competition with a strong contingent of six Bolton members forming

  • Leigh rekindle promotion dream

    Leigh Centurions 13, Hunslet Hawks 12 A WEEK ago Leigh thought it was all over. Now they're not so sure. Last Sunday's shocker at Barrow looked to have scuppered their promotion chances but yesterday they managed to resurrect the dream with a gutsy last

  • Birthday gifts

    CHILDRENS BIRTHDAY GIFTS The children come in with their drawings, On this my 'special' birthday. For now that I am 90, I've travelled a long way. I've seen many things, done many things. But the nicest thing of all, Was the happiness on the children's

  • Photo finish for Tina!

    ONE of the most popular faces at Bolton College has left for pastures new. Tina Elliott, the learning support co-ordinator for deaf students at the college, will, however, have a lasting memento of her time in Bolton. The group of 35 students presented

  • From the BEN files

    25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, May 26, 1972 A FORMER US defence expert today claimed that the United States had superseded the atomic bomb by inventing a science-fiction type weapon called the 'matter energy scrambler'. He said the scrambler used

  • Wanderers' ticket delay

    KEEN Wanderers fans will have to wait before getting their hands on their precious Premier League season tickets. Bolton fanatics know what they will have to pay for seats at the magnificent new Reebok stadium but they are still in the dark over precisely