A FORMER union negotiator has been elected to a top post in the engineering employers' federation. Bury-born Peter Whitnall is the new vice-president of EEF Lancashire, an organisation which represents more than 250 engineering firms in an area stretching
A FORMER union negotiator has been elected to a top post in the engineering employers' federation. Bury-born Peter Whitnall is the new vice-president of EEF Lancashire, an organisation which represents more than 250 engineering firms in an area stretching
ASTLEY Colliery Tip near Leigh is so polluted that plants will be unable to grow there for decades, says a company planning to create a waste disposal site on the land. A survey carried out by ADAS, the executive agency of the Ministry of Agriculture,
They were presented with a cheque for £1,000 by Graham Yardley, Fort Sterling's director of purchasing, with runners up Eagley receiving £500. The club was also honoured with individual awards, Les Whittle taking the league bowling prize and Aussie Simon
A £40M deal will create a national holiday operation based in Bolton - and new jobs. Sunset Holidays in Manchester Road, Kearsley, and the famous Club 18-30 youth business are now owned by a new company, the Flying Colours Leisure Group. The deal makes
SIR: The Spencer family provided a delightful wife for the Prince of Wales in Lady Diana and she has proved herself a clever "Queen of hearts"! She's both pretty and popular! Her concern for her young prince sons is very great. Despite a lengthy blazing
SIR: After reading about Prince Charles and Princess Diana in the newspapers, and also watching a television on Diana telling her side of the story, I was disgusted at the way Princess Diana has been treated. I admire her courage. Prince Charles has no
St Paul's Amateur Players need them to play parts in their pantomime Puss In Boots at the Community Centre, Railway Road, Adlington from December 30 to January 6. One of them, the Cobbler, makes Puss his magic boots and also acts as narrator. The other
GARY Wilmot heads the cast of Me and My Girl at the Blackpool Opera House where the show is completing a two-year tour of the UK. The show which, on its original opening in 1937 introduced rhyming slang to the general public and sparked off an international
25 YEARS AGO THERE were angry scenes outside Bolton's main post office in Victoria Square yesterday when 130 telephone operators and counter staff walked out on strike. Many of the crowd locked out of the post office were old people who had travelled
BOLTON Wanderers are refusing to take 'no' for an answer in their efforts to tempt Newcastle to sell Scott Sellars. Magpies boss Kevin Keegan revealed today that he has rejected a Burnden bid for the 30-year-old midfield ace. But Wanderers are hoping
SOLICITOR Ian Worsley has stepped down as senior partner of Fieldings Porter after reaching the age of 60. Mr Worsley, who held the position for 10 years, is remaining as a partner but will be working a four-day week. He joined the firm (then Fielding
GREATER Manchester Fire Service's campaign to fit free smoke alarms in the homes of pensioners turned out to be a life saver today. Robert Longworth, pictured, aged 66 and his son, Christopher, 29, were 'saved by the bell' when an electric blanket caught
ONE of Bolton's leading martial arts experts will be packing a punch in a pioneering new scheme to combat school bullying. Bolton Thai Boxing Club leader Sandy Holt will open his heart to hundreds of youngsters to tell them he was a victim of daily bullying
THE parents of tragic schoolgirl Joanne Gorringe have sent a big thank you to local people who have helped to boost their appeal. Joe and Florence Gorringe, of Coniston Road, Tyldesley, started the Joanne Gorringe Appeal after the nine-year-old's death
FED-UP Janis Jones is calling for action after her home was damaged by a wayward golf ball. Janis, 40, lives in Mossfield Road, Kearsley, .near Manor Golf Club. She says golf balls often land in her garden and last week one crashed though a front bedroom
THE PEOPLE of Horwich turned out in force last night to voice their objections to the proposed Red Moss super tip. At a packed public meeting at St Joseph's RC School, leaders of the Red Moss Action Group called for thousands of letters of protest to
NURSERY places for under fives could be scrapped throughout Bolton in a desperate attempt by education bosses to balance the books. The borough's education chief has described the cost-cutting options facing councillors as "horrendous". In a report to
WALKERS and cyclists have joined forces to claim back some roads from the internal combustion engine. The Cyclists' Touring Club - which has big branches in Bolton and Bury - and the national Pedestrians' Association say a huge shift is needed in transport
TOP try scorer Glynn Davies has rocked Leigh by asking for a transfer. Centre Davies, until yesterday Leigh's leading scorer with ten touchdowns, is unhappy at being left out of the side that walloped Doncaster 38-12 to end a run of four straight defeats
BOLTON trio Lee Pryers, Peter Morrison, Scott Fairhurst have been named in a 16-strong Greater Manchester Under-16s squad for their Northern Counties group match against Merseyside at Ashton United tomorrow , kick off 7.15pm. Converted for the new archive
RADCLIFFE Boro's prize for earning a place in the first round of the FA Umbro Trophy for the first time in the club's history is a home tie against Unibond Premier Division bottom club Matlock Town on Saturday, January 20. The kind draw is no more than
Mezzo-soprano Antonia who lives at Harwood, is in her fifth year at the Royal Northern College of Music. On November 11, she sang Rule Britannia when Manchester's schoolchildren staged their own Last Night of the Proms. She has been engaged to sing in
WE are deeply concerned at the threatened scrapping of all Bolton nursery places, together with a hair-raising catalogue of cost-cutting options. The education committee will consider a report outlining a variety of ways in which it can lop £4 million
BURY have been hit by a three-match ban to centre half Chris Lucketti. And the Shakers face more suspension trouble with Lucketti's defensive partner Michael Jackson and key men Shaun Reid and Phil Stant just one booking away from two-match bans. Lucketti
