Barnum, Palace Theatre, Manchester. Runs until Saturday. CIRCUS and side-show fans should find that plenty of good old-fashioned American entertainment - courtesy of the famous P T Barnum - fits the bill perfectly this week. Recreating the role of the
BOLTON magistrates have given their verdict on a historic ruling into who wears the trousers in the town's court buildings. For years some Bolton women magistrates have battled to be allowed to wear smart trousers in court, only to have their case thrown
KEITH Branagan p encilled his name back in the promotion frame today and insisted: "Don't write me off!" The Wanderers' keeper, restricted to just four senior appearances in a season of injury frustrations, is ready to challenge for his No 1 spot again
WOODSIDE Special School is to be renamed when it splits and moves to two new sites next year. Education bosses are delighted with the news, revealed in the BEN yesterday, that the government has come up with a £3.5 million New Deal for Schools grant to
THE Deputy Chief Executive of Bolton and Bury Chamber, Mark Lloyd, is on the move. Mr Lloyd, aged 31, will be the country's youngest Training and Enterprise Council Chief Executive when he takes up the job at County Durham TEC and Business Link in May
MANCHESTER Airport has launched a £300,000 regional and national communications campaign to re-name its terminals to T1, T2 and T3 from March 28. T1 International becomes Terminal 1, T2 remains Terminal 2 and T1 British Airways and Domestic is to be known
A NEW-look evening is being planned for the dinner which forms the climax of the annual Bolton and Bury Business Awards competition. Organisers have decided to dispense with formal speakers when the popular awards for excellence and achievement are presented
STEVE Coote has a burning ambition. Newly-crowned as the German Open Champion, the Bolton thrower will fly the flag for England when the cream of world darts assemble for the home internationals next month. There's also a good chance he will make the
CHARITIES in the Bolton area, as elsewhere in the country, rely on stalwart volunteers. And, just occasionally, the spotlight is put on some of these modest, hard-working folk. That is the case with If you know someone who deserves our bouquet, write
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, March 30, 1974 A SISTER midwife at Bolton District General Hospital has been chosen as Northern Nurse of the Year. In the contest, run by the Daily Express, Lisa Teekasingh, aged 26, of Chorley Old Road, Bolton, was
CHOCOLATE and Easter will be forever linked in children's minds. But, while a choccy treat is not a problem for most children, the kind of over-indulgence that many children "enjoy" is not such a good thing for teeth and diets. One way out of this situation
I REFER to the letter in the "Your Views" column on Saturday, March 20, from the former Mayor of Westhoughton - Cllr Kath Dawson. It is beyond belief that the members of Westhoughton Council can make such petty-minded remarks against this very hard-working
I'M writing regarding the new step forward taken to secure the future of the Bolton Octagon Theatre. The Board and funders of the organisation have agreed to work with SCOT (The Support Campaign for the Octagon Theatre) to implement the Board's rescue
KEITH Branagan pencilled his name back in the promotion frame today and insisted: "Don't write me off!" The Wanderers' keeper, restricted to just four senior appearances in a season of injury frustrations, is ready to challenge for his No 1 spot again
AN elderly woman was knocked to the ground by a thug from behind and dragged along the pavement as he wrestled her shopping bag from her. The 86-year-old pensioner was walking along Cornall Street, Bury, at 10am yesterday morning when the attacker struck
THE mother of one of the teenagers killed in the St James's School Alpine crash has had her handbag stolen containing precious memories of her son. Distraught Carole Ridding was on her way home from Bolton town centre yesterday afternoon after buying
FIVE men have been jailed after they were caught in an undercover police drugs operation. Bolton Crown Court heard that during the police "sting" operation, the wholesale drug dealers were tricked into handing over £90,000 worth of heroin. Mr Alaric Bassano
BUSINESS in the Community is urging companies in Little Hulton and Farnworth to help boost social and economic regeneration. The national not-for-profit organisation is developing a Business Support Group. Pamela Lewis, the Business in the Community Development
AS a regular visitor to the Octagon Theatre, I was shocked and amazed to hear that savage cuts are planned to production at the Octagon. What is Bolton playing at? Are you barmy? It's the lively and attractive programme at the Octagon that brings visitors
I HAVE been waiting for some weeks now for one of your reporters writing an article on the ridiculous posters about smoking which have appeared on the pillars in the Market Hall. As you do not seem to have seen them, they are as follows: 'The management
Thursday Theatre, music & dance BOLTON Music Service's activities include Bolton Junior Youth Choir, 6pm-7.30pm, Bolton Girls' Choir, 6.45pm-8.45pm, Bolton Youth Choir, 6.30pm-9pm and the Gamalon Orchestra at Bolton Music Centre, The Deane School,
A MAN was fighting for his life today after a bizarre prank went horrifically wrong. Surgeons operated on Michael Hynes, 21, through the night after an incident in which his friend cut through a main artery in his wrist with a razor blade. The bizarre
