PART of a major local landmark is being put up for sale as the communications industry looks forward to the next century. The two BBC TV transmitters attached to the Winter Hill mast are being made available as part of a national privatisation drive by
PATIENCE has run out for a man who claims a leak has been pouring water for seven months at the side of his house. Furious Tony Downing says he has been trying since March to get something done about a steady stream of water which is running where the
THE Home Office has pledged to keep the trade in potentially lethal deactivated weapons under close review - but there are no plans yet to ban them. Bolton North East MP Peter Thurnham sent a dossier of BEN articles to Home Secretary Michael Howard highlighting
A FATHER of six who loved Christmas was electrocuted in front of his horrified son as he put up his tree lights. Martin Mojsej, aged 35, suffered a massive electric shock as he used an extension lead to plug-in the lights on the Christmas tree he bought
A BOLTON nurse has finally won his battle for promotion ...three years after his death. Martin Oozeer died in August 1992. But his family continued the battle he had started to get the post upgrading he knew he deserved. Now, Mr Oozeer's representative
HUNDREDS of local truck workers sacked at the height of the Leyland DAF collapse were unfairly dismissed, an industrial tribunal has ruled. But the victims - many of who have never worked again _ probably won't get any compensation. The hearing in Manchester
ALL the world's a stage, or at least that's the case for a hundred theatres nationwide when curtains draw back for the world premiere of Nasty Neighbours - and Chorley theatre-lovers can get a slice of the action. The Chorley Amateur Dramatic And Operatic
A FISHERMAN couldn't believe his eyes when he saw hundreds of fish in a Chorley canal - and discovered they were all dead. Ian Robinson came across the sorry sight at the Johnson's Hillock Lochs at Wheelton. He said: "There seemed to be thousands of dead
WOMEN in Chorley are being warned NOT to send for a self cure breast cancer booklet advertised in leaflets delivered to homes. Trading standards officers who are investigating the material believe their swift actions have put a clamp on the widespread
JIM Chadwick trebled and Glen Payne and Nigel Hallows won one each as Bolton's Inter-league team drew 5-5 away to Manchester. Meanwhile, in the Premier Division Meadow Hill 'A' went down 7-2 to Little Lever 'A' mainly due to a treble from Ron Durose and
RADIO HAMS had contact from more than just transmitters when they broadcast from a haunted house. The Eccleston-based enthusiasts spent the weekend at Chingle Hall near Preston. Event organiser for the Red Rose Amateur Radio Group Ian Riley said: "We
LANCASHIRE Trading Standards officers have issued advice to munchers of tequila worm lollies following a series of rigorous testing. Earlier this month, the Chorley Citizen revealed that the lollies were due to arrive in Britain at the beginning of December
THE CELLS at Chorley Police Station were bursting at the seams following dawn raids in the town. More than 30 Chorley uniformed and plain clothes officers went on 17 swoops in the district - including one in Fleetwood and four in Liverpool - as part of
SIR: I refer to the letter from Mr Farnworth (BEN, November 25). He suggests that Lady Thatcher is responsible for the destruction of eleven hundred years of history, and that women only have one among between them. I think it is nearer the truth to say
THE Chorley Citizen is tops Down Under after being captured in the Net. We've been picked up on the Internet - the information super highway - in Australia by a former Chorley man! Gobsmacked Gary Thomas was accessing the system when to his amazement
MANCHESTER LEAGUE Wythenshawe 3 Atherton Town 1 "We just couldn't believe it!" said Atherton Town defender Dale Green. "We played really well early on and then suddenly going into half time we were three goals behind. In the second half we played equally
A BOLTON head teacher has called on parents and the public to take a stand against swingeing cuts to the education budget. Frank Vigon, head of Turton High School, one of the country's most successful state schools, has attacked the latest threat of cuts
WORRIED women council workers have urged their bosses to find them a car park ... away from Bolton's red light area. They have complained that they are frightened walking to their cars at night because they have to go through an area where prostitutes
BOTH Bolton's main job centres were open today during a national one day strike over pay. Staff at the two town centre offices at Great Moor Street and recently opened Blackhorse Street had been urged by the Civil and Public Services Association (CPSA
A COUNCILLOR who served on Bolton's education committee for 20 years has expressed "extreme dismay" over the threatened £4 million budget cuts. Cllr Peter Johnston was speaking 24 hours before the Government announced local authority spending levels -
A REPORT about GCSE and GCE results this year was presented to a council committee yesterday with the caveat that it was not an accurate reflection of what went on in schools. We could not agree more. There are many other things which ought to be taken
25 YEARS AGO RAIN fell in Bolton every day but three this month - and brought the town one of the wettest Novembers on record. Up to 10am today, 7.78 inches of rain had been recorded. Weathermen say that the rain is likely to continue. It follows four
WANDERERS are hoping to clinch the signing of Scott Sellars in time to throw him straight into the Premiership survival fight this weekend. Sellars was locked in transfer talks with the Burnden management today after Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan accepted
NORWICH 0 WANDERERS 0 JOHN McGinlay paid tribute today to the defenders who kept Wanderers on the Wembley trail and laid the foundation for a Premiership survival mission. The star striker was just a crossbar's width away from booking a quarter-final
PEOPLE in Bolton are being warned to watch out for bogus hospice fund-raisers. The alert follows a report that two women, said to be in their early or mid-thirties, knocked on doors in the Greenhill Avenue area of Deane saying they were selling brooches
THE Home Office has pledged to keep the trade in potentially lethal deactivated weapons under close review - but there are no plans yet to ban them. Bolton North East MP Peter Thurnham sent a dossier of BEN articles to Home Secretary Michael Howard highlighting
WHEN Bertha West bought a potted plant little did she know it would create such interest among friends and neighbours two years on. Now baffled Bertha is asking - what the "Shelley" is it? Bertha, of Kimberley Street, Coppull, was visiting a school spring
A COUNCILLOR has called for a package of safety measures after the latest crash at an accident blackspot. Cllr Barry Briggs is pressing Bury Council for immediate action after last week's drama - reported in the BEN - when a car smashed into a house on
COST-CUTTING leisure chiefs could be forced to shut three Bolton sports centres at weekends. They are having to consider closing the Hayward, Little Lever and Kearsley dual use centres which are currently open between 9am and 6pm at weekends in a bid
ONE in ten 16-year-olds leaves a Bolton school with no GCSE passes. A detailed breakdown of the GCSE and GCE results this year reveals almost a quarter of boys in year 11 at The Deane School left with no GCSE passes under their belts. At Withins School
A POLICE Santa patrol arrested 67 thieves over SIX days last week in a seasonal crackdown on crime in Bolton town centre. On average 11 pickpockets, shoplifters and car thieves were arrested a day committing crimes in the shopping centre and surrounding
FIVE Hungarian army officers will troop to their 'twin' today. The officers from Szekesferhervar - Chorley's twin town - have been invited to the town hall to be shown the certificate in the Mayor's Parlour linking the two towns. The visit follows October's
CHORLEY 17 LEIGH 29 IT took Leigh less than 12 minutes to dig themselves a hole - and then spend the next 68 trying to dig themselves out! Twice in the opening minutes Leigh's lingering defensive frailties cost them tries as cock-a-hoop Chorley scented
SIR: I'm not reading newspapers at the moment ( I have a cataract operation impending) so I don't know whether the BEN highlighted the recent schools' League Tables, but it does seem to me worth mentioning that in the 'Times' list of forty 'Top Comprehensives
A GROUP of Bolton writers have proved that they're top of the class by publishing a book of their work. The Wolfenden Writers grew out of regular creative writing classes, lead by teacher Richard Marlow. Now, they have published Milltown - a collection
A NEW building which will house the "nerve centre" of Bolton police is now nearing completion - in Leigh. The area operations room is expected to go live in August 1996. The communications centre, on a former car park behind Leigh police station, will
