ELECTRONIC pen pals met when a group of lecturers and students from the Hameenlinna Institute for Business and Computer Studies arrived in Bolton. Hameenlinna Institute students have been using E-mail to correspond with their opposite numbers at Bolton
A BUSINESS which was once advised to consider leaving Bolton is to move into the flagship industrial development in the Tonge Valley. Erskine Ltd, which took over Lancashire Print Services in 1993, is to make the short trip from Blackburn Road to a major
THE NEW Mayor of Horwich, Cllr Barbara Ronson, will have a dual role at this year's town carnival on Saturday and Sunday, May 25 and 26. As the town's First Citizen, Cllr Ronson will be carrying out one of her first public engagements at the various events
By MIKE HULME LEIGH Centurions will today transfer list skipper Shaun Bannister in a shock move. Hooker Bannister as been unsettled at Hilton Park for some weeks but things came to a head last night when he made himself unavailable for training. Bannister
SIR:I and several other over-60 people went to the Albert Halls to listen to the Bolton heat of the Senior Citizens' Talent Contest'. It really was good. We all were in agreement that given the opportunity we would put these contests on TV. Perhaps someone
SIR: I refer to the article about a topless barmaid. I'm sorry but you really must print my letter! I noticed in your leader column that you said we are 'tasteless'. Then I turned to the centre pages and saw male nudity with the caption: Bolton is the
SIR: At the end of the Second World War, the Nazi leaders were condemned to death for making 'Aggressive War'. It is now time for the Israeli-American axis to be made to account for their War Crimes. For openers: The bombing and shelling of defenceless
Runs until June 8. THIS is not one of Alan Ayckbourn's most acclaimed works, although it contains his hallmark ingredient of middle England marital trauma. This production relies heavily on the audience's willingness to persevere with Ayckbourn's occasionally
IS YOUR garden glorious? Do you have a top plot? Or is your blooming back-yard upfront with the best? If you're a green-fingered gardener with the flowers to prove it, the Bolton in Bloom competition wants to hear from YOU! This popular competition is
By DOREEN CROWTHER IT'S a non stop charge of pulsating rhythm with enough decibels to set the ears ringing and the audience loved it. GreaseZdoesn't have to shout about its success, its legions of fans who love the 50s-style music recalling those golden
ONE of the things that always surprises visitors to towns like Bolton is the wealth of lovely countryside that's literally on our doorstep. Within minutes of leaving the town centre, it's possible to enjoy the fresh air and unspoiled attractions of places
From the Evening News, May 17, 1971 STUDENT Peter Swain's reign as Labour councillor ended today just three days after it began - because he was born four hours too late. Peter, aged 21, had been chosen by nearly 3,000 people in Bolton's Tonge Ward last
THE Republic of Ireland striker, who scored in Wanderers' Wembley triumph last May, grabbed the extra-time winner that saw Dundee United swap places with Partick Thistle in Scotland's Premier League. The play-off triumph brought a happy end to a season
CELTIC today insisted Alan Stubbs is legally-bound to join them on July 1. The Glasgow club paraded the Wanderers captain and England B defender at a Parkhead news conference a week ago as their record £3.5 million signing. Celtic public relations chief
TRAFFORD Park became the world's first and largest industrial park in 1896. At its peak in 1945 there were 75,000 people employed there, but by the mid-1980s decline had set-in and there were just 600 companies and a workforce of about 19,000. Since February
A MAN threatening to take his own life caused an explosion scare in Atherton today. Police were called to Coniston Avenue in the early hours after reports that a man inside was in a distressed state and threatening to harm himself. Because of fears of
TWO missing schoolboys are back home safe today . . . thanks to the Bolton Evening News. Damian David Laing, and Brian Farr, both aged 10, were found at Rivington after a man recognised them from pictures published in the BEN last night. Damian, of Hibernia
A NEW tennis complex in Worsley is set to create up to 120 new jobs in the next 12 months. David Lloyd Leisure plc has applied to build a complex boasting 10 indoor and eight outdoor tennis courts, an indoor and outdoor swimming pool and a fitness centre
CAMPAIGNING MP Janet Anderson has welcomed the backing of rank and file bobbies for her bid to outlaw stalking. The Police Federation conference in Scarborough voted unanimously in favour of a new criminal offence of stalking and called for a maximum
A SCHOOLBOY has had two mountain bikes snatched in eight weeks - by adults. In the latest theft, Daniel Humphries, aged eight, from Hatfield Road, Halliwell, was approached in nearby Eskrick Street by a man and a woman pushing a baby in a pram. According
ARMED raiders escaped with thousands of pounds after threatening a female security guard and forcing her to hand over a cash box. The pair struck as the woman was delivering cash to the Higher Chorley Old Road Post Office in Bolton. One of them brandished
FIREMEN have praised a brave six-year old boy who saved his sleeping family from a blaze at their home. John Walton, from Levens Drive, Breightmet, was awoken by the smell of smoke. His four-year-old brother Matthew had been playing with a cigarette lighter
A MAJOR shake up in the regulation of grant maintained schools has been ordered in the wake of the sacking of Bolton's first opted-out school headmaster. Government sleeze buster Lord Nolan wants action to prevent the problems which hit St James's CE
A BOLTON businessman says a large hole in front of his shop is the last straw in a catalogue of problems driving customers away. John Walkden, who runs specialist cleaning company Intrim at the junction of Handel Street and Halliwell Road, claims council
