ACADEMICS are being encouraged to act as ambassadors by putting Manchester forward as a major conference destination. The new Academic Conference Ambassador Programme is co-ordinated by the Greater Manchester Visitor and Convention Bureau in partnership
THE managing director of Beloit Walmsley Ltd, Alfred J. Pettengell, retires at the week-end. Mr Pettengell steps down from the top job at the American-owned Bolton company after 18 years in the hot seat. He joined Walmsley's (Bury) Ltd as contracts manager
SIR David Trippier has started his personal campaign to make sure towns like Bolton are not overlooked in the new "Marketing Manchester" campaign. He has reacted in a remarkably positive manner to a sceptical view expressed by the leader of Bolton Council
THE popular Mini Le-Mans pedal car race will keep on rolling. Fears that the race, a major Bolton charity event over the past 16 years, would have to be scrapped have been lifted, thanks to Bolton Round Table. The race was under threat because of a failure
COUNCIL leader Cllr Bob Howarth today declared that Bolton's "green week" will go ahead ... even though Friends of the Earth have pulled out. A furious Cllr Howarth launched a scathing attack on FoE co-ordinator Dennis Watson who announced they were quitting
BOLTON Special Constable Karen Scholes is preparing to go into battle in front of an audience of millions. The 23-year-old is one of only 32 out of a 20,000 hopeful applicants to be chosen to be a contestant on the popular television show, Gladiators.
CHORLEY'S new mayor Mel Coombes was installed this week with a vision of "harmony" for the borough. The south east ward Labour councillor officially replaced outgoing mayor, Conservative George Birtill, at the annual meeting of Chorley Borough Council
SIR:I refer to the article: Poor Access to NHS Funded Abortions (BEN, May 9). I wonder, do people really want hard-pressed NHS funds to be spent on free and more easily accessible abortions? Especially in view of the fact that, in the overwhelming majority
SIR: N Bamford is justified in claiming that local bus fares are the highest in the country (Viewpoint, May 13). When buses were deregulated 10 years ago, we were promised lower fares and better services and we have got neither. The Labour Party, which
A ROW has erupted after the council allowed a regular Sunday car boot sale to set up on Chorley's Flat Iron car park. Furious town centre and market traders fear their livelihoods will be hit by the new sale which they claim is more like a flea market
SIR: My wife and I would like to say a very big thank you to the retiring Mayor and Mayoress, Cllr Alan Rushton and his wife, Audrey, for the wonderful way in which they made themselves at home when they came to visit us on our Diamond Wedding Day and
A GOVERNMENT inspection report rates a North-west college amongst the best in Britain. City College, Manchester which attracts many full and part time students from Bolton, achieved Grade I and 2 in the seven criteria. Converted for the new archive on
RAIDERS escaped with clothing, worth up to £10,000, after smashing into a Bolton store last night. The gang forced security shutters of the Rip Rap store on Victoria Square then smashed a display window shortly after 10pm. They activated the store's security
Car stealers, muggers, vandals and thieves, Must all be laughing up their sleeves. Confident they'll do no time, Even though they know they're committing crimes. Because the prisons are all filled, With honest people who can't pay their bills. Council
TALENTED youngsters received their awards and prizes for winning entries in the recent Design An Ad competition at a celebration party sponsored by Pizzaland, Deansgate. Having impressed the competition judges with their imaginative slogans and designs
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, May 17, 1971 RUGBY-mad Leigh fans painted the town red and white last night to welcome home Alex Murphy's Cup-winning side after they beat Leeds at Wembley. An estimated 40,000 people thronged the 10-mile victory route
THE DELAY in completing Alan Stubbs' record-breaking transfer to Celtic has left the door open for a counter-bid from the Premiership. The England B defender is still a Bolton Wanderers player, despite being paraded in Glasgow last week as the Parkhead
They entered four teams in the stableford competition and two of them finished first and second. Their previous wins were way back in 1920 and 1957. The winning team comprised M Vancuylenburg 33, S Hudson 40, F Dawson 36, S Lyons 38 for a 147 total. They
CHAMPIONS Deane made a terrific start to the Bolton Golf Association club championship when they beat Breightmet 6-2. First week results: Andy Runciman beat Darren Durose 3/2 Phil Standing lost to Neil Woolfrey 5/4 Steve Greenall Jnr beat Warren Laverty
MULTI-MILLION pound plans to transform rundown areas of Bolton have been given the green light. The Government has approved first year proposals for a scheme to breathe new life into the Deane, Derby and Daubhill areas. In total, the council will receive
A WORKSHOP that was damaged by floods is back in business today at Bolton College. The Flexible Learning Workshop on the second floor of the Manchester Road Campus, was severely damaged by an overnight flood last October. Today the facility - which provides
A PUB manager who phoned the police after violence erupted among Manchester United fans in his bar was flabbergasted when his 999 call was diverted to an operator in . . . Newcastle! Derek Allmark raised the alarm after a full scale pitched battle broke
A TEENAGER - labelled Bolton's "one boy crimewave" - has been locked up for four years. The 16-year-old, who is suing Bolton education authority for allegedly causing his delinquency, has been sent to a Young Offenders' Institution. The youth, who was
A BOLTON man lost his eye and his livelihood as he protected a group of women in a nightclub. John Rowley, aged 27, was attempting to break up a brawl in Manchester's Piccadilly 21 Club when a bottle smashed into his eye, splitting it into two. A splinter
BOLTON councillors could throw out plans for a supertip at Red Moss following a bid by the outgoing mayor and a former Tory leader to force a vote on the issue. Cllr Alan Rushton and Cllr John Hanscomb submitted a Notice of Motion on the tip plans to
BOLTON's Community Education Service has scored a double when it comes to adult learning. Two students have achieveded academic and vocational success in a national awards scheme which is aimed at encouraging young and old into the world of learning.
A CHARITY fund-raiser will wheel-y need packs of pedal power when he sets out on a 1,000 mile bike ride. The Emerald Isle Expedition will take Chris Mann, from Ashton, Preston, virtually round the coast of Ireland in just a fortnight from May 25. Half
WIGAN'S in-form Andy Farrell is confident the champions can carry on where they left off at Halifax when they travel to Cumbria on Saturday night, writes DAVID MAGILTON. The Riversiders showed no mercy as they ran in 50 points against the Blue Sox who
DRUNK children, some as young as eight, are causing havoc in a Chorley village. And shocked residents - left reeling from the damage and disruption caused by the youngsters - say they are too frightened to speak openly for fear of reprisals. One resident
SIR: We often return from our travels with small change from the countries we have visited. I would like to ask for parents, teachers and pupils among your readers to support a project which will raise funds for Help the Aged using such 'un-wanted' foreign
ATHERTON Colls have received the official 'thumbs up' for NWCL Division One football. The Alder House ground was accepted by members of the Ground Grading Committee for promotion into the top flight. In a marvellous effort behind the scenes, all the required
BOLTON'S jobless total fell by 87 in April - from 8,707 to 8,620. There were 76 fewer males out of work - 6,930 compared with 7,006 - and the female figure fell by 11 from l,701 to 1,690. In the same period the local Jobcentres placed 675 people in work
FORMER Icicle Works frontman Ian McNabb is back on the road with his new band After Life. And the man described by respected pop writer Colin Larkin as 'England's most under-rated, natural lyricists' is promoting his new albumZMerseybeastZwith a stop
MOST viewers know Coronation Street's main characters, and most of us can recall a particular favourite episode in which they starred. But, as the 4,000th episode of the nation's favourite soap has just hit the screen, we wondered exactly what were the
AN elderly man was rescued by firefighters from his home yesterday. Francis Peploe, 77, was saved from his upstairs flat in Starkie Road, Tonge Moor, by firemen from Bolton North station. Mr Peploe woke in the afternoon to find his bed on fire. It is
A CONSUMER watchdog has said it will not be getting involved in a row over higher gas bills - brought about by problems with a new computer system. Thousands of British Gas customers face bills up to 50 per cent higher than usual because of delays caused
CAT lover Jacqueline Hood feared that curiosity had killed her playful tabby after it went missing without trace for SIXTEEN days. Mrs Hood was distraught after Lucy Bea, aged six, could not be traced despite desperate searching by friends and neighbours
IT'S good news that the former Co-op supermarket site in Bolton town centre finally is to become a shopping complex. The old building was levelled in 1991, although the elegant stone facade retained. Since then, the empty land has been a scar on the face
THE contented happiness on the faces of Harwood couple Jim and Alice Ryder, who yesterday celebrated 70 years of marriage, was wonderful to see. Naturally, they are looking forward to spending the rest of their lives together. A couple in Peterborough
