AFTER reading the BEN on Monday September 4 regarding Vale House at Stoneclough, I was disgusted at the proposal of a demolition order. This is truly a famous landmark and should be restored to its former beauty. I also believe it is a listed building
AS an ex-Labour voter of some 50 years, I grow more despondent at the way our Labour/Tory government have behaved in the past three years. Not a week goes by that we don't hear of something being cut or reduced in strength; even to closing public toilets
WHAT interests me about Cllr Michael Kilcoyne's letter, in the BEN September 1, is the personal venom against me it contains. If I was doixng such a bad job why had Cllr Kilcoyne not the courage as a senior councillor to come and tell me so, face to face
READING the BEN I noted the disagreements over subjects like homosexuality and foreign nationals coming to settle in this country. When some people speak out in disapproval, and clearly disagree, they are then branded homophobic and xenophobic. Words
A BOLTON primary school teacher has been quizzed by detectives only weeks after a jury cleared him of indecent assault. Neville Moss, aged 50, was interviewed by officers at Astley Bridge Police station. The BEN understands detectives are investigating
MACCLESFIELD 3, WANDERERS 1 Aggregate: Macclesfield win 3-2. WANDERERS 4-4-2 STEVE BANKS 5 Failed to make the most of a rare opportunity; not at all convincing on goals two and three. JOHN O'KANE 5 Promising start but had chances to deliver the decisive
ORGANISERS of the Parcelforce Worldwide Small Business Awards competition have extended the deadline for entries until September 29. About 50 North-West companies have already entered and the likelihood is that more will take advantage of the extension
LOFTY the Lion and Bolton Wanderers captain Mike Whitlow are in on a new craze -- electric scooters. Street Scooter Ltd -- a subsidiary of Power Controllers Ltd in Swinton -- is donating a South Beach micro scooter as second prize in the Wanderers' Golden
A MAN from Breightmet who had a lucky escape after slipping into a Bolton lodge as a child has joined the Evening News campaign to fill them in. Twenty years ago Wesley McArdle was like any other boy of his age with a natural curiosity and sense of adventure
A TYLDESLEY man suffered back and neck injuries and a suspected broken arm after a car accident last night. David Warhurst, 18, of Lynton Road, Tyldesley was a front seat passenger in a Citreon Saxo car which ended up on its roof after colliding with
THE Bolton Group of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is migrating. Alterations at Bolton School mean the group cannot use the Girls' Division theatre where they have held their winter lectures for many years. This autumn and winter, the venue
SAM Allardyce is facing the painful prospect of being without his influential defender Mark Fish for up to 10 weeks! The Wanderers' centre-back suffered ankle ligament damage in last night's shock Worthington Cup exit at Macclesfield and could face a
SHAKERS boss Andy Preece was in philosophical mood after last night's Worthington Cup first round defeat. His side hadn't been second best to First Division opponents in each of the two legs but they paid the price for two defensive slips. "I was disappointed
SHAKERS boss Andy Preece was in philosophical mood after last night's Worthington Cup first round defeat. His side hadn't been second best to First Division opponents in each of the two legs but they paid the price for two defensive slips. "I was disappointed
Horwich Sunday League HORWICH Sunday League kicked off their diamond jubilee season with a number of new teams. One of the newcomers FC Gap played out a thrilling 3-2 victory away at last season's division one cup holders Wingates despite starting the
WHEN this performance is put into perspective, there is only one word to describe it ... frightening. If Manchester United can do this to another Premiership team with what virtually amounts to a reserve side, then they might as well inscribe their name
Bury 1, Crewe Alexandra 2 (Crewe win 4-3 on aggregate) IT isn't often fans give their team a rousing ovation after a first round cup defeat but that was the scenario at Gigg Lane last night. The Shakers may have bowed out 4-3 on aggregate to their First
THE first of 14 firefighters were due to give evidence into the death of their colleague Paul Metcalf today. Part-time firefighter Metcalf, of Whalley Road, Shuttleworth, drowned when his safety rope snagged on an underwater obstacle as he searched the
A MAN from Breightmet who had a lucky escape after slipping into a Bolton lodge as a child has joined the Bolton Evening News campaign to fill them in. Twenty years ago Wesley McArdle was like any other boy of his age with a natural curiosity and sense
The caption to this picture which appeared in the Evening News in January, 1949, read: 'Road repairs at Lower Adlington, where a bridge over a disused mineral line is being demolished and the road levelled. These pictures show how the new section is being
From the Evening News, September 5, 1975 WHAT is believed to have been the last full-size snooker table in the Horwich area has been consigned to the scrap heap. Its place at the Victoria Hotel, Chorley New Road, has been taken by two pool tables, much
BOLTON Council will tonight be asked to oppose plans to put fluoride in the town's water supply. The local authority has been a fierce opponent of fluoridation in the past. But there are fears that the debate is about to be opened up again with the publication
TWO old shipmates who had not seen each other since they dodged the German U-boats 58 years ago have been reunited -- thanks to the BEN. Last weekend the Evening News published nostalgic photographs which were taken by Harwood man Frank Baxendale, 78,
BLACKROD councillors have rejected plans to erect a 12-metre high Vodafone tower on Green Belt land. More than 30 people complained to Bolton Council's planning department about the telecommunications tower at Longworth's Tenement Farm in Dark Lane, Blackrod
ENVIRONMENTAL bosses have launched an investigation after a Bolton woman complained that a stream near her home looked like the inside of a washing machine. Ann-Marie Kay, from Bolton Road, Westhoughton, called the Environment Agency when she spotted
A COUNCIL is to urge the Government to get tough on water companies after people in the area were hit by a dangerous stomach bug. Town hall bosses in Wigan want the law changed so that North West Water could face prosecution if their supplies contain
PUNTER Peter Callan will be sharing his betting tips with millions of TV viewers after sharing in a £130,000 pay-out during a day at the races. Mr Callan, aged 53, from Hunger Hill, was one of a 27 strong syndicate which scooped the win during a stag
BOLTON is the only town in Britain to have conducted a referendum on the fluoridation of drinking water. In 1968 fluoridation was massively rejected and in 1988, it was rejected again and Bolton Council joined the 28 Councils of North West Councils Against
EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY, Bury pictured. For more information ring 0161-764 7790. TATE GALLERY, Albert Dock, Liverpool. Ring 0151 702 7400 WHITWORTH ART GALLERY, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester. The Times of Our Lives. A stunning
THE Chief Executive of Manchester City Football Club, Chris Bird, will address the Prestwich Business Forum's first Business Sports Lunch on Tuesday, September 26. He will speak on "The Fall and Rise of a Premiership Football Club." Mr Bird said: "I am
THE Government is failing to take the radical reforms needed to relieve businesses of the burdens they face from an over complex tax and payroll system, it is claimed. The British Chambers of Commerce says ministers even ignore the advice of their own
HOTEL concierge staff should be trained in recommending safe venues for women dining alone, says a new survey. The poll of women travellers by The Pan Pacific Hotel Group also revealed that women guests want female staff to be available to escort them
THE Climate Change Levy is the much talked about tax on energy use in industry, commerce, agriculture and the public sector. The Levy, set to be introduced in April. 2001, may add approximately 10-15pc to industry's energy bills. Some energy sources or
DETECTIVES last night uncovered a drugs factory in Leigh -- one of two discovered by police in Greater Manchester. A raid on premises in the town uncovered a cannabis farm, with senior officers confirming drugs worth a "substantial amount" had been seized
Fans give us a head start I would like to heap lots of praise on our fans that made the trip to Wilderspool, Warrington last week. It really spurred the players on to hear the fans in great voice before the game even started and they certainly kept it
Fans give us a head start I would like to heap lots of praise on our fans that made the trip to Wilderspool, Warrington last week. It really spurred the players on to hear the fans in great voice before the game even started and they certainly kept it
THE planned arrival of Bolton's first asylum seekers under new Government guidelines has been put on hold yet again. Officals had been expecting to sign a deal with the Home Office which would see the refugees arrive in Bolton this week. But the meeting
IT won't figure in Sydney's Olympics but townsfolk are set to get a taste for black pudding throwing. After a gap in competitions of four years, regulars at the Corner Pin pub in Bolton Road North, Stubbins, will chuck the puds at a special world championship
A FORMER comrade of a Bolton soldier has paid a moving tribute to the heroism which won him the Victoria Cross. Contemporaries of Wilward Sandys-Clarke, known from childhood as Peter, gathered to honour the remarkable courage which saw him killed on the
BOLTON CHA RAMBLING CLUB. Ring 697610. BOLTON ART CIRCLE, exhibitions, third Sunday of the month, art fair in the Penny Farthing Suite at The Last Drop. 11am to 4pm. Ring Bolton 847607. ROYAL ARMOURIES MUSEUM, Leeds. Open from 10.30am to 5.30pm. Adult
