A LOCAL firm has made a special contribution to brighten life for visitors, staff and patients at the Royal Bolton Hospital. Superior Pet Products' £1,000 donation to the Bolton Hospitals Art Project has been spent on commissioning 10 pet cartoon pictures
THE stage is set for the region's leading quality-orientated companies to compete for what are fast becoming known as the North-west "Oscars of the Workplace." Applications are being invited for the North West Quality Awards, a scheme designed to recognise
HEARTLESS thieves broke into a car snatching a disabled child's buggy and a portable oxygen cylinder and flow meter. The incident occurred last Tuesday when Barbara Jones parked her black and grey Nissan Micra in the Morrisons store car park in Dawes
HORWICH Town councillors have given their support for a massive new Tesco superstore. At the town's planning committee, members recommended approval for a two part application which involves Tesco doing a land swap with next door factory Fort Sterling
THE grieving mum of Anthony Chambers who was killed earlier this year when a wall collapsed on him says she feels that Bolton Council has failed to learn the lessons created by his death. Michaela Chambers, 32, contacted the BEN after reading about a
BOLTON councillors are calling for the labelling of genetically modified food, following fears over its safety. The technology now exists to transpose a gene from any plant or animal to another, to produce new characteristics and as a short-cut to achieving
A BOLTON councillor has received a death threat after speaking out about drug dealers and criminals on local housing association estates. Cllr David Wilkinson received an abusive letter yesterday threatening to "do" him with a "shooter" if he does not
HOLCOMBE Brook have preserved their National Premier League tennis status despite being decimated by injuries. The local ladies team did enough to stay in the top flight as they faced up to the tough challenge without being able to put out their strongest
SIR: Having read the letter published on May 20, from Bill Collision, Bolton Road, Kearsley. We just cannot understand why he bought a house on a busy main road next to a road junction and, of all places, next door to a garage with access road at the
SIR: As you may recall (via the record books), David Jack was presented with two medals in the 1923 Cup Final - one medal as the Cup winner, and one as the first player to score a goal at Wembley Stadium. I feel it would be in keeping with tradition if
A BURY schoolboy has taken the first steps toward motor racing stardom by winning a top karting race. Ben Hanley, 12, scored a superb win in the opening round of the National Karting Championships in the Junior Formula TKM class. Ben, who is a pupil at
MOST weekend gardeners think a geranium, a fuschia, a petunia or two and a few trailing lobelia stuck in compost make a brilliant hanging basket. Bless them. They should speak to the expert, June Sneddon. Those who imagine competitive gardening takes
NORTH West water and electricity company United Utilities today announced pre-tax profits of nearly £500 million. During the last year profits rose by 14 per cent to £444 million for the super-utility formed by the merger of North West Water and Norweb
AMBITIOUS Bury are planning a multiple summer transfer market swoop. Shakers boss Stan Ternent reduced his squad strength to 16 when he released Mark Carter and Nick Reid before beginning his recruitment drive with the £100,000 signing of striker Tony
BOLTON Old Links had their second convincing win away from home beating Horwich 6-2. Gary Adamson considers his team to be worthy contenders for the league title. Turton had their team match postponed for the second week running due to a flooded course
A BOLTON company has won the North West of England and North Wales title of 'Travel Agent of the Year' in the 1997 Agent Achievement Awards. St Andrews Travel won the top prize based on, not the number of holidays sold, but in recognition of professionalism
THE cost of playing golf in the Bolton area is turning potential future stars away from the game. That is the view of the Bolton Golf Association who decided to survey members to try and find out why there was a drop in the number of juniors competing
BABY Eamonn Gadd could soon have an early baptism into politics! For Bolton Labour MP Ruth Kelly hopes to give her new-born son a taste of life at Westminster. And she is determined not to let motherhood stop her saying a big "aye" to laws proposed by
ENTERPRISING residents could soon be enjoying free organic fruit and vegetables in exchange for a load of rubbish. The Community Composting Scheme will encourage householders to leave their "green" waste - like food scraps and potato peelings - in special
SIR: I would like to say how very grateful I have been, to the nurses and doctors of J2 Ward of the Bolton Royal Hospital. My brother was a patient from July last year until his death in January this year and, during all that time, both he and I were
A BOLTON primary school has been praised by Government inspectors for "its many good features" and for providing a "positive, welcoming environment for its pupils". Christ's Church CofE Primary School on Stitch-mi-Lane, Harwood, received a positive response
SIR: Now the dust has settled, most Evening News readers will perhaps feel free to go with the flow of the Blair-Prescott victory of victories. The Labour landslide arguably gave more pleasure to more people than any event since our 1966 World Cup win
A COUPLE'S romantic trip to see the bulbfields of Amsterdam turned into a "blooming" disaster . . . when they arrived out of season. Horrified John and Alice Walkden found that the tulips had died and there were just fields and fields of headless stalks
SIR: On behalf of the residents of Heaviley Grove, we wish to thank the people of Horwich and surrounding areas, councillors from Horwich, Blackrod, Westhoughton and Bolton and Wendy Fox (Planning Officer), Horwich Heritage, Ramblers Association, Friends
THE latest details of the controversial Trafford Centre development have been revealed with a promise that Bolton will benefit. A group of VIPs from across the region were given the opportunity to view the massive development from the air with organised
PEG 29 of Barnsley's Fleets Dam is 'booby-trapped' but it didn't stop Cliff Smith junior from taking the honours in the latest Lord Nelson aggregate angling match. Fishing pole next to a rusting jetty he found the bigger fish wise to the underwater metalwork
LEIGH Centurions are still sweating on a possible trial by video after Sunday's home clash with Hunslet Hawks exploded into violence. Match referee Peter Gilmore put both teams on report following a punch-up between both packs in only the second minute
SIR: I was alarmed to read about drug dealers being given housing association homes after being evicted from council houses (BEN: May 22). At long last, Bolton Council are getting rough with pest neighbours, but they are still pussy-footing about, trying
SIR: Why, oh why, are Bolton Wanderers administration taking an eternity to organise season ticket sales and new shirt sales? I acknowledge that we have a new stadium, but so have others and they have been selling tickets since early February!! Take the
SIR: As I waited in my car on a health centre car park in the town, it was with dismay and some disbelief that I watched the antics of a group of very young teenagers (12 and 13 year olds) gathered around the entrance. Some of the girls were clearly drunk
Never Too Late I sit behind a wooden desk, Just like 30 years ago. But this time, it's so much different, Willingness I show. The knowledge gained from my past life, Has stood me in good stead. It's such a pleasure to rise in the morning, Instead of just
YOUNG Martin Trundle's five month search for a nursery school placement has finally come to successful end. The youngster, who celebrated his fourth birthday last week, suffers from developmental delay and was featured in the BEN back in November when
FOOD...glorious food...is the subject of a one-day promotion in Bolton tomorrow. Could you kill for a succulent square meal? Or is the meal likely to kill you? For over a year, Community Nutrition Assistants have been all over the borough spreading the
\LUCKY Sue Jackson took time off from basking in the sun to win a top competition, and will now be heading for even warmer climes. The 29-year-old mother-of-two, who celebrates her 30th birthday on Saturday was thrilled to scoop £1,000 in the Rock FM
THERE must be a few green fingers on the hands regularly wrapped round pints in Bolton's pubs. So where are they? The organisers of the annual Bolton in Bloom event are hoping enough hands will swap pint pots for trowels to make this year's competition
BOLTON Wanderers' newest £1.5 million star signing puts his name to another contract next week when he makes the perfect love match. The team's latest recruit, defender Neil Cox, marries his childhood sweetheart, Rachel Whitelock, on June 8. The 25-year-old
UNLUCKY Carol Eardley missed out on more than £6,000 in a radio competition but still managed to keep smiling. Carol from Brown Street, Radcliffe, was the disappointed finalist in Spence MacDonald's "Down the Pan" game on radio station Key 103. Carol
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, May 29, 1972 THE Duchess of Windsor was unable to receive mourners who called today at her Paris mansion after the death of the Duke of Windsor. Court mourning will be observed until after the funeral, but most of the
