School life is a farce The Happiest Days of Your Life, St Vincent's Church, Over Hulton, runs until Saturday. IT never fails to amaze me how many people in this area devote great amounts of their spare time to amateur dramatics, both on stage and behind
THE OCTAGON has always been one of the best theatres in the country, not only in the North West. In the past, we have had some of the biggest names in theatre or in film here in Bolton. We have also had some of the most wonderful productions here. Many
RECENTLY, along with another parent, the Headmaster and three children from Mytham, we descended on London to hand over our petition to replace two 30-year-old mobile classrooms. The petition was duly handed to Mr Charles Clark, Minister for Education
BOLTON traffic police are making a second appeal for witnesses to a fatal accident which happened in Farnworth last Thursday. The accident occurred at 2.30pm when cyclist George Harris, aged 50, of Cemetery Road, Kearsley, was fatally injured in a collision
I'M writing in regard to Tonge Moor CP School. I think it is degrading and sickening for the children and teachers to have to consider changing places with another school. Children who may have to leave Tonge Moor for another school like Castle Hill,
HAVING just returned from four weeks in Macedonia, I felt I must write to express my thanks to all those readers who have been supporting UNICEF's appeal for the children of Kosovo. I am pleased to report that we have been able to make a real impact on
plans for land ANOTHER controversial planning application has been submitted for land at Lee Hall, Westhoughton - this time for a super-sized business park. Earlier this year, an application to build a super estate consisting of 1,100 homes led to an
BOLTON firefighters will picket their bosses' annual meeting tomorrow, amid calls for Greater Manchester Fire Authority's chairman to be sacked. Union chiefs are calling for Cllr Fred Walker to be de-selected after employers revealed proposals to alter
EIDUR Gudjohnsen will have little time to dwell on his Wembley heartache after being drafted into Iceland's European Championship campaign. The Wanderers' striker is in the squad for his country's qualifiers against Armenia in Reykjavik on Saturday and
trip down memory lane A LIFETIME of memories - and beyond - are celebrated when a Farnworth church reaches a milestone this weekend. It is a case of 100 not out for All Saints Church on Devon Street, and members intend to celebrate the century in style
PANIC-STRICKEN Bolton families are flocking to Liverpool's passport office, joining queues of would-be holidaymakers hoping to get their passports in time for their holiday in the sun. But staff adjustments to a new £120 million computer system, and new
a travel double Sales up from £500,000 to £33m in five years ATHERTON-BASED Travel Counsellors has won two top industry awards. The "virtual" travel agency sends representatives armed with lap-top computers into customers' homes or offices. After five
THIS week is Volunteers' Week and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund would like to take the opportunity to thank our many thousands of volunteers for their hours of work with us throughout the year, and to call on any other spare pairs of hands in the
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, New York
Technicolour treat for young and old Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Palace Theatre, Manchester, runs until Saturday, June 12 A PACKED house enjoyed a spectacular performance by The Really Useful Group of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
YOUR front page article (May 22) concerning the closure of primary schools due to falling numbers confirmed my fears that the decisions as to which schools should close had in fact been taken months ago. The working party, through no fault of its own,
IN response to the recent article entitled "Tragic Jamie's legacy of life" may I point out that whilst the child's death was unfortunate accidents do happen occasionally, especially where children and water are concerned. Are we going to attempt to drain
BOLTON Round Table members have pulled in the pounds for a popular children's club. Mark Sheen, chairman of the group, was on hand to pass on a £225 donation to the Bolton Lads' and Girls' Club in Bark Street. The money was raised in the Round Table's
HEALTH experts have revealed that 27 Bolton people were struck down by a dangerous bug discovered in a reservoir supplying tap water. The cases were identified in the period between April 1 and May 17. High levels of cryptosporidium - a micro-organism
THE BOLTON Coalition against War in the Balkans wishes to make clear that the letter from Bertie Lewis (BEN, May 29) was written in his personal and not official capacity; in particular, it wishes to disassociate itself from his reference to the Kosovan
FREE nursery places for every three year old is excellent news and, as a playgroup, we are more than pleased that the government has recognised that parents need freedom of choice to suit their individual needs when it comes to pre-school provision. The
BOLTON Wanderers have answered speculation over Colin Todd's future by putting up the 'business as usual' signs at the Reebok. Todd has discussed with his chairman, Gordon Hargreaves, the repercussions of the team's failure to win promotion back to the
THE HEARTBROKEN mum of a five-year-old girl who choked on a lollipop in a freak accident today told how her daughter died peacefully as she cradled her on her knee. Tracey Evans, 24, said she and her husband Carl had made the decision to switch off Sophie's
IT is totally unacceptable that the Labour party in Bolton should be seeking to close schools. I would therefore like to suggest to disgruntled parents that at the next local election they should target some councillors. The people of Westhoughton have
BOLTON bosses can go to the bottom of the class for generosity after snubbing a chance to sponsor local children to take extra English lessons. As reported in the BEN, education chiefs wrote to 1,000 local firms and organisations asking them to sponsor
I AM writing to you to express my anger and horror at the proposed closure of Christ's Church Harwood, or amalgamation with Longsight. These proposals are totally unacceptable. We should not be considering losing any schools in the popular areas of Bradshaw
JACQUELINE Longworth has a problem. Her children insist on going to the monthly night out for 13-17 year olds at The Temple, and then refuse to get up for school the following day. Come on, Jacqueline, we are talking about children - your children. If
