A MAKARA should know that anyone may stand as an MP, if that person is a British citizen, or a Republic of Ireland, or Commonwealth citizen, over 21 years old and on the electoral register. All that is needed is two nominations from persons who live in
A MOTORCYCLIST who was injured when his machine left the road and hit a garden wall has died in hospital. Ian Royle, 48, of Higher Lane, Whitefield, was trapped under his Harley Davidson after the crash in Radcliffe New Road, Whitefield, just after midday
25 YEARS AGO PARLIAMENT may be handed Bolton's 22,000-name anti-fluoridation petition if the Lord Mayor of Manchester continues his refusal to accept it. The dispute concerns the exclusion of Manchester from the North-west Water Authority and allegations
Wed Nov 18: Hooton, 182 Lee Lane, Horwich (5,30pm to 6.30pm). Sun Nov 22: Nash, 15 Devon Street (9am to 10pm); Landmark, 12 Chorley New Road (9am - 1pm and 2pm - 11pm); Cohens, 576 Blackburn Road (9am to 10pm); Sykes, 328 St Helens Road (11am to 1pm);
I REFER to the article in (BEN, November 2), about fireworks. Supt. Stewart Bailey says the police are aware of firework nuisance. It is a widespread problem. There would be no problem if the shops were banned from selling fireworks until November 4.
I APPRECIATE very much the very fair comments from the CPS, concerning the case of Mr Patel, BEN, October 30. Perhaps if the BEN had got the full facts of the case, before publishing the article, their readers could have considered the complete story,
A GROUP of teenage girls who shut themselves into a small kitchen for a baking session ended up in hospital after they were overcome by fumes last night. The girls, aged 14 to 17, had closed the doors and left the windows shut, and turned on the oven
AFTER-school activities took on a whole new meaning at St James's CE School . . . when pupils were taught a lesson in 'sleeping rough'. Sleeping bags and cardboard boxes were the only comforts handed out to Year 7 pupils and prefects at the Farnworth
FA Cup heroes Leigh RMI have dug themselves a little goldmine. Yesterday's sensational 1-1 draw with Kevin Keegan's Division Two giants Fulham has set up the prospect of a money-spinning replay at their Hilton Park home on Tuesday, November 24. The minnows
MORE than £8,000 is to be pumped into two Bolton groups carrying out vital work in the community thanks to grants from the National Lottery Charities Board. The Board has announced cash injections totalling £41,210 to 14 groups in Greater Manchester under
THE finger of fortune will soon be pointing down on Bolton hospitals' 3,000-plus employees. From February next year, employees of Bolton Hospitals Trust, will be able to chance their arm on a new, private lottery. Only those members of staff on the payroll
I RECENTLY visited the Royal Bolton Hospital plaster clinic and noticed the large number of men, women and children with broken bones. Surely if children at school were taught to learn how to break a fall, it would be with them throughout their lives.
I refer to the article by David Crausby MP and Brian Iddon MP about the proposed charges to the voting system. I must agree completely that these changes are a crazy idea. Maybe the government should stop gerrymandering the voting system and concentrate
DEAN Holdsworth says Wanderers have to develop a mean streak if they are to get back among the Premiership hopefuls. The record signing was back on the scoresheet in the 2-2 draw with Tranmere and is confident the goals will continue to flow. But he says
A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl was fighting for her life today after she was knocked down crossing a busy road in Bolton. Sarah Marsh had just spent money "from the tooth fairy" at shops in Ainsworth Lane, Tonge Moor, on Saturday morning when she was involved in
MASKED thugs pelted a chasing police car with house bricks last night as they raced away from the scene of a ram raid at a Bolton superstore. The raiders hurled bricks at the traffic officers through the sun roof of a stolen BMW car as they sped along
THIS polished production of Alan Ayckbourn's farce is staged in BLT's Forge Theatre. Although the action takes place on one level only, the ingenious use of "steps" and divided bedrooms gives the impression of the three floors the script demands. The
Sheffield United 3 Bury 1 By Mike Hall BURY'S search for that elusive first away win of the season goes on after they were blown away by a second half Petr Katchouro hat-trick at Bramall Lane. It looked so promising for the Shakers at the break with Lutel
SOME time ago I wrote in the BEN, that today's magistrates do not live on the same planet as the rest of us. The disgraceful conviction of Mukesh Patel proves I was right! In a fair society, this man, who was merely defending himself and his property,
ANTHONY Makara (Letters, BEN, November 2 and November 3) obviously doesn't like political parties much -- sometimes, nor do I. But I know why they are necessary, and he doesn't. We have a political system in which politically independent individuals can
BIG-HEARTED Horwich people raised more than £4,000 in one night at a special charity dinner. The dinner for 140 people was held at the Brookfield Masonic Hall and raised the cash for the North-west New Heart New Start Appeal to support Wythenshawe Hospital
BOLTON Community Healthcare Trust has appointed two new non executive directors. Businessman Andrew Taylor is managing director of Holdsworth Brothers Ltd and a past president of Bolton and Bury Chamber of Trade and still serves on the council. He is
Tranmere Rovers 2 WANDERERS: Jaaskelainen, Cox, Fish, Strong, Whitlow, Johansen, Frandsen, Jensen, Sellars, Holdsworth, Gunnlaugsson. Subs: Taylor for Holdsworth 75 mins, Elliott for Whitlow 75 mins, Aljofree for Jensen 82 mins. TRANMERE: Achterburg,
A YOUNG guitarist from Bolton has rocked his way to the top by winning through to a national guitar players' final. Anthony Batley, 21, of Honiton Drive, Breightmet, has made it through from thousands of hopefuls to be one of only a handful to perform
COLIN Todd faces a double derby suspension blow to add to his mounting problems . . . unless he can persuade controversial referee Chris Foy to make a dramatic U-turn. Stand-in skipper Mark Fish, sent off in the 2-2 draw with Tranmere, looks certain to
FA Cup heroes Leigh RMI have dug themselves a little goldmine. Yesterday's sensational 1-1 draw with Kevin Keegan's Division Two giants Fulham has set up the prospect of a money-spinning replay at their Hilton Park home on Tuesday, November 24. The minnows
AN action plan has been drawn up by council bosses to prevent the millennium bug bringing Bolton to a standstill. Town hall chiefs have put all their 600 buildings on red, amber and green alert for action before the turn of the century. Top "red" priority
By Godon Sharrock: Bolton Wanderers 2, Tranmere Rovers 2 KENNY Irons stoked up the controversy of the three-penalty Reebok rage today when he admitted: "I didn't think any one of them should have been given!" Wanderers fans, players and officials, all
CARTOONIST Terry McCluskey is hoping his new business will be a big draw. Salford-born Terry, aged 49, has swapped a comfortable lifestyle in Calgary, Canada, for a more precarious existence in Bolton. It is the latest in a series of different career
FULHAM 1 LEIGH RMI 1 CLOWN prince Dave Felgate was last night crowned the King of London. RMI's heavyweight joker in the pack produced the game of his life as Leigh's part-time collection of postmen and electricians fought a magnificent rearguard action
Autumn leaves come fluttering past, In bronze and gold array. Soon winter's rain and stormy blast Will carry them away. It's best to banish hopeless dreams, Which fade like Autumn leaves. And start afresh on happier themes, That steadfastness achieves
WITH reference to the article in the BEN November 5 regarding the fluoridation of drinking water, and the comments of Dr Colwyn Jones, would Dr Jones please tell the people of the North West what source the chemicals Hexaflourosilic Acid (H,SiF,) and
THEATRE, MUSIC & DANCE BOLTON Burns Club is holding a dancing class at the Social Centre for the Blind at 7.45pm. THE Bolton and District Electronic Organ Society will be entertained by Howard Beaumont at the RMI Club, Chorley New Road, Horwich at
