WHITBREAD Inns are recruiting 80 full and part-time workers for a new family pub/restaurant in Bolton. The former Walkers Leisure Club in Green Lane, which closed at the weekend, is being transformed into a Brewers Fayre outlet. A £1.9m refurbishment
A 17-YEAR-OLD girl who has just left the dole queue helped a Government minister mark the creation of nearly 400 jobs in Halliwell, Bolton. Christine Burtak, of Mere Hall Park, Bolton, is now looking after children at Alphabet Zoo, a children's adventure
A BOLTON MP wants a code of practice to govern the way contractors working for cable companies conduct themselves. Peter Thurnham will raise the issue in a parliamentary debate tomorrow prompted by complaints about Nynex CableComms contractors. He says
The Lancashire skipper took the award after finally breaking into the England Test side where he quickly established himself with two outstanding performances. The 34 years-old Westhoughton man led Lancashire to a Benson and Hedges victory but capped
HUMAN mole Alan Harrison dug for three hours after Lucky the dog got trapped underground. Alan tunnelled so deep into the side of the hill using shovels and pickaxe that the ground became unstable. He even chopped down a tree over the hole in Little Lever
MORE Bolton children are being forced into crime by peer group pressure. They also drift into a life of crime because of "less severe" punishments through the courts, a unique survey has revealed. The report says schoolchildren are stealing from local
LEIGH RMI, unbeaten in their last three games, hope to extend the run tonight when they replay their FA Trophy match against Bridgnorth at Hilton Park. They drew 1-1 in Shropshire on Saturday thanks to a Chris Walmesley header ten minutes from time. The
MEMBERS of Bolton and District Animal Rights held a demonstration outside fast-food restaurant McDonald's. An effigy of Ronald McDonald was hung on gallows outside the Knowsley Street branch in the town centre. The demonstration was held to coincide with
BOLTON town centre returned to normal today after "gun law" scenes around the Crown Court. People passing near the Black Horse Street courts have been stunned by the morning and evening arrival and departure of police vehicles manned by officers in bullet-proof
BOLTON Institute is a step closer to securing university status. The Institute is the only major academic body with research degree awarding powers which does not have the "university" title and has fought a long campaign to achieve its goal. In a move
A FURIOUS Bolton mum is demanding an inquiry after her 11-year-old son was left standing alone at a bus stop when a clipper card machine refused to accept his pre-paid card. Linda York is angry that a bus driver only gave her son Carl two choices when
LEIGH will be on a spying mission in their own back yard tomorrow! They will be running to rule over a number of possible targets when the Cook Islands take on Russia at Hilton Park in the Emerging Nations World Cup, kick off 7.30pm. "It's an ideal opportunity
LEIGH pack star Paul Marsh will be out of action until at least next summer after undergoing major knee surgery. Back rower Marsh, 24, has snapped a cruciate ligament and has had a reconstruction operation. Surgeons say he will be out for a minimum of
SIR: I wish to express my concern that on attending for Jury Service at Bolton Crown Court on October 9, smokers and non-smokers had to share the same room. There were far more smokers than non-smokers and the room soon became most unpleasant to sit in
SIR: Retiring Police Supt Frank Birkenshaw is 'spot on' about an overhaul of the justice system (BEN Oct 12). It is blatantly self-perpetuating, even concerning lesser crime and civil matters. I purchased, many years ago, a £40 cross-member for our Morris
GOOD news for lovers of organ music. The magnificent organ, built for All Souls Church, Astley Street, Bolton by Isaac Abbot in 1882, has recently been put back into playing order. To mark this, a recital will be given at the church, just off Blackburn
On Sunday, October 22, The Shades Jazz Orchestra play the music of Stan Kenton at the Novotel, Worsley. It's an 8.15pm start. From October 23 to 28 Adlington Music and Arts Society present Brigadoon at the Community Centre, Railway Road, Adlington. The
WHEN it was first announced that Bolton's collection of historic textile machinery might be shunted out of town we forcibly stated our opposition to that plan. While Dr John Gray, head of Bolton's museums, argues persuasively about the unsuitability of
25 YEARS AGO CANADIAN police armed with sweeping wartime powers pressed a massive manhunt today for kidnappers of a British diplomat and a provincial minister. More than 1,000 troops took over guard duty at key buildings in Quebec to give 12,000 police
WANDERERS are facing a race against time to get clearance to play Yugoslav Sasa Curcic in the Sky TV showdown against Bruce Rioch's Arsenal. Burnden officials are hoping red tape can be unravelled to give their new £1.5 million midfielder the green light
