I READ last week about the council clearing up some land in Farnworth due to gypsies. Take a look at the land starting in Brentwood Drive, just after GUS Mill. What a site! Rubbish dumped everywhere -- surely a health problem! Also take a look at Howorths
I WAS a recent winner of tickets to see the New Rosemere AOS production of "The Pirates of Penzance" on March 28. What a performance! Superb singing, beautiful costumes and a feel good factor of 10 (on a scale of 1 to 10). What a tonic -- now we are looking
I WOULD like to put Brian Derbyshire in the picture about the election of a mayor in the USA. The people vote the mayor into office, then he picks his council, ie police chief, fire chief, etc -- he even picks the dog catcher. They are all responsible
DOES any older reader recall a Bolton lad, Ronnie Smethurst, who joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Seaman in November 1945 when he was aged 16 and trained at HMS Ganges, the Navy's renowned training establishment at Shotley, near Ipswich? Ronnie and I met
I WOULD be most grateful if you would allow me to thank the people of Bolton who have recently made donations towards our appeal to renew equipment in the Lions Hospital Radio Studio at The Royal Bolton Hospital. One of our major projects is to update
FOLLOWING on from the letters of D Hilton (BEN, March 28) and F Isherwood (BEN, March 16), I write to raise three points for consideration. Firstly, the issue of whether there are greater sinners within the Church, as opposed to outside the Church, is
MUSICAL director Paul Payton promised that church acoustics would create music which was "right in your face". He did not disappoint. From the moment that strings swept along in Bizet's L 'Arlesienne Suite No. 23 and the brass resonated around the building
LEIGH RMI opened up a five-point gap at the top of the Unibond Premiership with a 4-1 victory over Bishop Auckland at Hilton Park last night. Their nearest rivals Gateshead were held to a 2-2 draw at Droylsden while Hyde won 1-0 at Guiseley. RMI have
IN reply to the letter sent in by 13-year-old Rachel Millington. Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't young people under the age of 16 have to show a bus pass to prove their ages? I've heard drivers asking to see them. Surely this would stop drivers accusing
WHEN we grow up we stop believing in Father Christmas -- but unfortunately not the myth of democracy and freedom! It is a farce to say we have a choice when the parties are the same, act the same in power, speak the same, and serve themselves and the
ON Friday, March 31, I was listening to the news about asylum seekers. It was stated that a top police officer said that when asylum seekers had been interviewed by the appropriate people and then informed that their application had been rejected, only
WHEN the first CCTV cameras were installed in town centres, my first impression was that it was an infringement of civil liberties, something from Big Brother. But with hindsight, I have come to appreciate the value of this apparatus. We have seen on
I SEE that a number of Labour spokesmen (sorry, spokespersons) are quoted in a newsletter currently being sent to voters in Bury North. They claim that taxes paid by the average family have fallen, but as we all now know the Chancellor has had to own
I AM writing to you on behalf of the 150 British Epilepsy Association (BEA) branches across the region, including several in your region, to ask for you and your readers' generous support. This year is the Golden Jubilee of BEA, and we will be highlighting
A HAVE-A-GO hero was repeatedly stabbed in the head with a screwdriver today as he tried to stop two thieves stealing his girlfriend's car. Engineer Ivan Mallia punched his fist through the window of the car and grabbed one of the thugs as the Orion car
