I REFER to the letter from Ahmed Patel of March 28. Just to set the record straight, both the Mayor's Charity Ball and the Woman of the Year, organised by the Mayor's Charity Committee, are open to all. The Mayor's Charity Ball is open to anyone wishing
I RECENTLY read your article, "Pokeman Crazy", especially the comments of Mrs Bellows. She blamed manufacturers for exploiting children and blackmailing parents. So, who do we blame when our children only want particular brands of crisps and biscuits
FIRE Brigade union bosses have gagged a branch official who called for a colleague accused of making racist remarks not to be sacked. Ged Birch, the FBU representative at Bury, angered union officials following his remarks to the BEN arguing that firefighter
FOUR more dog owners are counting the cost of allowing their dogs to foul in public and failing to remove the mess. Bolton magistrates handed out two fines of £370, one of £345 and another of £200 to the four owners and again expressed their disgust that
By Gayle Evans A FORMER Bolton couple have set up an Internet site in memory of their daughter who died more than 30 years ago. Gerald and Christine Stansfield want to help other parents whose children have died. Their daughter, Heather, was born in 1962
TOUGH new moves are being drawn up to drive thugs out of Bolton's town centre pub land -- so that magistrates will allow more late night opening hours. They include exclusion zones and a new "bush telegraph" system to give early warning of trouble. Bolton
WE would like to clarify a few issues in response to the letter in the BEN dated March 28, regarding the lack of recognition of ethnic minority communities, and the subsequent comments about the Asian Elders' Initiative. We totally agree that many of
BOLTON MP Ruth Kelly called for more "comfortable and convenient" places for parents to feed their babies in Parliament after Speaker Betty Boothroyd banned breast feeding in the Chamber. The Speaker also banned it during committee hearings of the Commons
BOLTON Wanderers have selected a top US clinic to repair Ricardo Gardner's badly damaged knee. The Jamaican winger flies out tomorrow for an operation at the world-renown Steadman Hawkins Clinic in Vale, Colorado - in the heart of America's ski country
to the people BOLTON Council will take politics to the people after next month's local elections. A series of area committees will be set up, with details being drawn up to be presented to councillors at a management and finance committee meeting next
INSURERS have refused to fund replacement wooden huts at a Bolton Scout campsite targeted by arsonists. Firestarters razed two huts to the ground at Bolton Scout Trust's camp on the Hulton Park estate, off Newbrook Road, Little Hulton, early this year
VISIT any town centre on a Friday or Saturday night and you're almost certain to see your fair share of drunks, idiots and booze-fuelled brawls. Sadly Bolton isn't an exception. So we welcome the news that town centre bosses are planning to create an
ANN Summers -- the famous sex aids chain -- is opening a store in Bolton town centre this summer. And it's already causing a furore among family values groups. Spokesman for the Snowball Trust, Tom Jones, has slammed the plan saying it will lead to a
BOLTON schoolchildren will perform the story of an "unsung hero" called George in a special drama production at the Millennium Dome. The 20-minute performance on May 11 will be one of 200 presentations from all around the country involving more than 20,000
TOP television actor Jack Marsden was behind bars today after taking his former girlfriend, Bolton model Ruth Higham, on a ride of terror. Marsden, immaculately dressed in a dark pin stripe suit, visibly paled when he was jailed for three months by Bolton
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