THE Colin Hendry transfer saga rumbled on today after Sam Allardyce, believing he had everything sewn up last Friday, admitted the deal was in danger of collapsing. The Wanderers' boss claims a dispute between Hendry and his current club, Coventry City
HEAVY rain has once again hit racing causing the abandonment of today's cards at Plumpton and Wetherby. And fixtures later in the week are also under threat from flooding and waterlogging. Wetherby's meeting was called off after an 8.30 inspection on
Leigh Centurions 19 Barrow Border Raiders 8 LEIGH finally got out of the NFP starting blocks a week late and cantered to victory without too much bother. Although it needed a late drop goal and try from Simon Svabic, Leigh didn't really look like losing
By William Hayler THE recent rainy spell has left many trainers shaking their heads as winning opportunities pass by with the abandonment of jumps racing nationwide. As a result, there are some unusual visitors at Musselburgh tomorrow as stables travel
BOLTON Under 15s must try again to reach the second round of the North West Alder Cup following their 2-2 extra time draw against Trafford on Saturday. The local youngsters have been without a game for the past couple of weeks due to waterlogged pitches
25 YEARS AGO THE 21st century home will be all-electric, according to ... an electricity board chief. Mr Tom Potts, Norweb's assistant chief commercial officer, says that supplies of oil and natural gas would last only 25 years. 'Electricity will inevitably
JIM Crompton, of Longsight, Harwood, has forwarded this article, written by his grandfather, and which appeared in a newspaper or magazine, he thinks, one Christmas in the early 1960s when his grandfather retired. He died in 1967. "From what people tell
By Neil Bonnar WANDERERS will be hoping lightning does not strike twice for FA Cup hero Colin Addison. The Yeovil boss brings his Nationwide Conference table toppers to the Reebok Stadium on January 6 dreaming of repeating one of the FA Cup's most memorable
DEAN Holdsworth delved deep into his memory bank today as he shared in the celebration of Kevin Nolan's first goal in senior football. "I know how I felt when I scored by first goal for Watford," said the seasoned striker, "and I know what Kevin will
BOLTON Under 15s must try again to reach the second round of the North West Alder Cup following their 2-2 extra time draw against Trafford on Saturday. The local youngsters have been without a game for the past couple of weeks due to waterlogged pitches
CHORLEY'S duty chemist between noon and 1pm on Sunday, December 10, will be Scholes Chemists Ltd, T/A Cohens Chemist, 209/211 Spendmore Lane, Coppull. Weekday out of hours services in the Chorley area are: M D Rimmer, 22 Runshaw LaneTM, Euxton (Mon-Fri
STUDENTS at Bolton Institute may stage a mass walk-out next week after bosses decided to make staff cuts. People are concerned the quality of their courses could suffer if tutors quit and are considering leaving their lecture rooms in protest. Principal
CONGRATULATIONS to the Smith Knight Fay Bolton Audi Centre which has won a prestigious Civic Trust Award. It is proof positive that some modern architecture blends well with the more traditional buildings in Bolton. The showroom was singled out as the
BOLTON'S Destitute Animal Shelter warns that there is "no room at the inn" for more abandoned animals over the hectic Christmas season. The shelter in Northolt Drive, Great Lever, is already packed to capacity with stray dogs and cats, and is currently
THE Government grant of nearly £500,000 for children in Bolton with special needs is very welcome. As our story today reveals, the money will provide information and advice for parents, improve training for staff and support pupils who are unable to attend
PARENTS have been urged never leave their babies alone in the bath after a five-month-old Asian boy drowned. Acting coroner Simon Nelson recorded a verdict of accidental death on Amir Mohamed Abdulah. Mr Nelson said: "The consequences of this case must
A CHILDHOOD spent in Canada nurtured Janet Riley's love of Christmas house displays. So, when she and her family moved into their house in Brodick Drive, Breightmet, two years ago, she was determined to throw herself into the same spirit. And now every
A WESTHOUGHTON man has made a timely plea for help in tracing a precious heirloom from his heroic grandfather's past. Retired transport worker John Rutter, 64, is asking for information about a missing medallion awarded to his late grandfather Enos Rutter
IT'S hugs all round for "super" grandparents Angela and Derek Barker. The happy couple, who brought laughter back into the lives of their two grandchildren, have just won an all expenses paid trip to London. Angela and Derek, from Morris Green, have beat
Re: Crimebeat December 5 - "Police step up fight to catch paving thieves". l am so glad. So too are the residents of Halliwell Road. Our old, secure paving stones were taken and cheapo modern ones put in their place. Why? There was nothing the matter
I AM afraid that your comments and those of the Council spokesperson re the ice rink are wrong. Welcome though it is, it is not the first or the only one. This was set up and used outside the Town Hall in Manchester at Christmas 1998 -- together with
WHY is it that when the Primary School SATs results are published the BEN has to give the schools a ranking order? There is no doubt that this ranking provides no evidence of the relative quality of education provided by any school. Indeed your accompanying
XMAS CARDS It's time to write those cards and choose a verse. The list gets longer and the writing worse. This year, however, add on an EXTRA LINE. "Hello, dear friend, hope you're feeling fine. "How about meeting for a coffee or a meal? "Could chat about
IN reply to Barrie Wade and Debora Blount. The fox may be classed as a pest but the bigger pest is the rider on the horse that is hunting it down with a pack of hounds with the intention or ripping it to pieces. This is not a recreation, nor is it necessary
At Christmas time when I was a boy, We didn't get much, maybe one or two toys. We would wake up in the middle of the night, Me and my three brothers, scrambling for the light. The presents were at the bottom of each bed, And we made enough noise to awaken
I HAVE nothing against ice skating or small rides for young children. Where I think that the Town Centre Company have let us all down is in their clear support for the placing of these additions all along Oxford Street and across Victoria Square. Would
I HAVE felt moved to write to you after recently becoming aware of the heartbreaking situation many older people find themselves in each Christmas, that of being lonely and cut off from others. The devastating facts that over one million people in Britain
IN recent issues of the BEN (November) I read two articles that interested me. The first was from the series 'Looking Back - 25 years ago' which mentioned in November 1975 that vandalism was costing the country millions of pounds a year and something
THE FAMILY of Bolton heart transplant girl Emma Standish were today praying for their little angel as she battled to recover from her life-saving operation. The 10-year-old child was described as "critical but now stable" this morning after under-going
WANDERERS will be hoping lightning does not strike twice for FA Cup hero Colin Addison. The Yeovil boss brings his Nationwide Conference table toppers to the Reebok Stadium on January 6 dreaming of repeating one of the FA Cup's most memorable days. He
WANDERERS 4, CREWE 1. THE cynics can nit-pick all they want but you can't take anything away from the Wanderers. They know there are no prizes for being second in the table in December but they have 42 points in the bank and the season still hasn't reached
BURY North MP David Chaytor is backing calls for the Government to extend its winter fuel payment to severely disabled people. He is one of a group of MPs concerned that one million disabled people below the age of 60 are not eligible for the £200 payment
BOLTON Council's environmental management unit has become the first in the North-west to win a prestigious award. It has gained an international management standard for its work in protecting the environment. The unit received the certificate for its
VANDALS have been branded "sick" by a Breightmet couple after a Christmas lights display in their garden was trashed. Children from all over the estate had flocked to see the lights outside the home of Dave and Joan Roberts. The couple were among several
DALIAPOUR will have his last race for Sir Michael Stoute when he contests the Hong Kong International Vase at Sha Tin on Sunday. The Aga Khan's 1999 Derby runner-up has been sold to local property dealer Robert Ng, whose colours the son of Sadler's Wells
Bury 2 Mansfield Town 1 BURY brought their ten-game run without a win to a timely end in this LDV Vans Trophy first-round tie at Gigg Lane. But Andy Preece's experimental side didn't have it all their own way against Third Division strugglers Mansfield
AHERTON Colls go into tomorrow night's home game with Flixton still looking for a first win for new manager Chris O'Brien after five games at the helm. On Saturday, "O'B" saw his side go down 5-2 at Curzon Ashton but the scoreline in no way reflected
By William Hayler, PA Sport THE Aga Khan used a speech on Saturday night to many of Ireland's leading figures in racing to call for revisions in the distribution of prize-money at the lower levels of racing, to prevent smaller enterprises from going out
Bolton YMCA male voice choir was pictured in January, 1944, practising for forthcoming engagements at the Wilkinson Sanatorium and the Sunday Hippodrome. The conductor was Mr George Lightbown, and accompanist (left) Margaret Howarth. During the past five
Leigh Centurions 19 Barrow Border Raiders 8 By Mike Hulme LEIGH finally got out of the NFP starting blocks a week late and cantered to victory without too much bother. Although it needed a late drop goal and try from Simon Svabic, Leigh didn't really
ANYONE who doubts the validity of the old saying "There's nowt as strange as Lancashire folk" should pick up a copy of a wonderful new book, The Straggling Town. As well as having the best Christmas laugh since Barry Pilton's One Man and His Bog, you'll
ONE of Bolton's best-known figures has died after losing his battle against cancer. For more than five years, Bob Hill served thousands of Bolton Evening News readers, selling them their daily paper to keep them in touch with everything going on in the
EMBATTLED Lostock residents are mounting a fresh defence against what they see as another invasion of their sought-after suburb. Residents of Hollinshurst Drive have formed an action group to protest against plans to knock down two homes in neighbouring
STUDENTS will stage a mass walk-out tomorrow in a protest over proposed staff cuts at Bolton Institute. The angry students are outraged by plans they say would slash staffing levels by 40 per cent. They claim they were purposely kept in the dark about
NO wonder Dave and Joan Roberts think the vandals who wrecked their Christmas lights display are "sick". It is probably too kind a word for the people who ripped apart a Christmas reindeer -- a feature of the display in the Roberts' Brodick Drive garden
I am trying to trace the following people or their decendants, for family history purposes: Albert & Alma Barlow once of Tomlin Sq and Romer St; John & Florence Barlow once of Villiers St; John Nethercotte Barlow & June Barlow once of Heaton
