LESLEY Jeavons thinks it's wrong that McDonald's should have a diner in the Millennium Dome (January 22). Well I don't. McDonald's is just one of the big American companies who operate in the UK, along with Ford, Vauxhall, Gillette, etc. They provide
Brit Award nominee Lynden David Hall FRESH from being nominated in the Best Male category at this year's Brit Awards, Lynden David Hall has announced a headline tour, including a gig at Manchester University on Saturday, March 13. But what a year 1998
BURY'S most comprehensive ever look at crime is being put out for public consultation. The first ever crime and disorder audit - like that in Bolton - is to meet the requirements of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. It brings together information from
TENANTS on a Bolton council estate are being given the chance to give their homes a personal touch. They are being given points which can be "spent" on optional extras to make their house feel like home. The points scheme is the first of its kind in Bolton
OWNER managers are being warned that they should prepare themselves for forthcoming workplace legislation. A free employment law seminar is being held at the Reebok Stadium, Lostock on February 3. It is being presented joinly by Bradford and Bingley Building
THE Octagon Theatre is one of the main things that makes Bolton a good place to live in and to visit. Through a time of very uncertain funding it has been renowned for putting on high quality work and doing well at the box office. If it's hit a bad patch
NEW technology with all its advantages is bound to have a down-side. And, as many parents already know, this is in the form of the large amount of computer porn available on the Internet. So, the responsible attitude of teachers at Hayward School in Bolton
OUT-OF-SCHOOL care is now available for children in Deane, Derby and Daubhill whose parents are looking for a job or training. The subsidised scheme has been introduced to provide a helping hand for parents who can search for a job safe in the knowledge
FOR Britain - "famously a nation of animal lovers" - a ban on battery hen farming cannot come soon enough, says Bolton's Euro MP Gary Titley. Mr Titley was speaking during a debate on European Commission proposals to amend existing EU laws and increase
BOLTON'S Woman of the Year Luncheon next month is likely to be a lively affair. Not only is Houghton Weaver funnyman Norman Prince back once more by popular request, but the other main speaker is former broadcaster Clare Bowles - an Irishwoman with a
THREE men had amazing escapes when a stolen car crashed on to its roof after a major police pursuit in Bury last night. Two men from Salford were arrested and a third man fled the crash outside the Bay Horse pub in Pole Lane, Unsworth. A parked Rover
I REFER to the letter from "Traumatised Mum" (BEN, January 22. My son and his four friends, all in their first year at Turton High School, were faced with a similar occurrence on Newport Street on January 16. While shopping, they were pounced on by some
AWARD-WINNERS from Bolton found themselves surrounded by controversy when they attended a ceremony in London. They were at a public service workers "oscar-style" event where the main speaker was Prime Minister Tony Blair. But the ceremony at the Queen
I READ with interest (BEN Thursday, January 14) your article giving Mr Crausby's views on community charge. I was a Labour voter when Mr Crausby was a little lad, and just as everyone does, worked and saved to get a home together. Now I am old enough
A DISGRUNTLED motorist has slammed breakdown company bosses for failing to send her compensation and free membership, as promised. For five months Margaret Young, 61, badgered staff at Green Flag for £10 compensation, owed to her after a recovery vehicle
ACCORDING to insiders on the block-buster film, The Mask of Zorro, its leading actors endured six weeks of intensive coaching in the art of fencing. By all accounts they took to it like ducks to water ... especially leading lady, Catherine Zeta Jones.
WOULD you like to buy a brick for Bolton Lads' and Girls' new club? We are waiting patiently for the foundation stone to go down. First the ground must be blessed. Does anyone realise how hard a youth leader works, seven days a week, unsocial hours. And
IF you fancy a meal out but cannot face keeping the kids in check, a trip across the moors towards Rochdale could be just what you are looking for. These days most pubs and restaurants claim to be family friendly but the Manor is one of a handful completely
I wandered down a leafy lane, And memories returned, Of childhood days and happy times, And lessons truly learned. There stood my village schoolhouse, Surrounded now by weeds. Sweet roses covering every wall, And wild flowers spreading seeds. The school
iEVERYONE enjoys a good excuse for a good drink and a knees-up - and none more so than the crew at O'Neill's Irish bar. The latest good excuse comes on Monday, when the Bradshawgate pub pays homage to the female equivalent of St Patrick, St Bridget. St
WHILE sympathising with The Octagon Theatre on their financial difficulties, and appreciating that this may be partly due to a freeze on arts subsidies, I think we must take a detailed look as to why audiences are falling. Quite simply Bolton has become
WHAT a wonderful afternoon I spent at the Bolton Museum and Art gallery. The Moran exhibition must not be missed. The painting is really special and the light shimmers from the mountains with the still Indians in the distance giving an impression of scale
KENNY Baker, one of the finest trumpet players to emerge from the British contemporary music scene, is the latest big name to be booked for the regular Jazz Jamborees staged in Bolton. The former lead trumpeter with the great Ted Heath band will appear
A SCHEME to encourage children to be more healthy has got off to a flying start in schools in Deane, Derby and Daubhill. Children as young as four are being encouraged to drop the junk food and develop a healthier lifestyle thanks to a partnership formed
THE pioneering Bolton professor who developed a revolutionary brain tumour treatment has vowed to continue to find new drugs to fight cancer. As reported in later editions of last night's BEN, former Bolton School pupil Professor Malcolm Stevens was instrumental
A BOLTON schoolboy with a fascination for "gambling" in amusement arcades has vanished without trace. Mehul Patel, aged 14, has not been seen since he left his Deane home for school three days ago. And today, as police throughout Britain were alerted
BOLTON schools have "crossed the Atlantic" in their bid to stop pupils downloading computer porn into local classrooms. Hayward School is the first in Britain to try out an American system to block children's access to pornography or other undesirable
A PRIVATE railway company wants to build a cross channel rail link between the North-west and France. And the development chief believes that if it gets the go ahead it will provide a major jobs boost for Bolton. Central Railway, based in London, has
OUTRAGED Littlewoods workers have blasted job axe plans as an "insult to the town" and "a major snub". Angry staff, still reeling from this week's shock news that 578 jobs are to go at Littlewoods' Holden Mill, and the Dove and Blackrod distribution centres
IT is a matter of pride for the town of Bolton that the pioneering professor involved in developing life-saving drugs is a former Bolton School pupil. Professor Malcolm Stevens has not only helped develop a new brain tumour treatment, but has vowed to
TAKE a bow Michael Johansen, Per Frandsen, Claus Jensen and Scott Sellars! The back four rightly had to carry the can in the early weeks of the season when goals were being leaked but fingers were pointed at the midfeld quartet, who weren't providing
FORMER Bury boss Mike Walsh admits he cannot believe why a big club has not come in for Chris Lucketti. Walsh, the assistant manager at tomorrow's opponents Swindon Town, set Lucketti on the way to a Football League career when he plucked him out of non-league
A RADIO enthusiast pensioner who battled to beat the Germans' famous Enigma code machine in the Second World War has been telling his story after being freed from a 50 year vow of secrecy. Gerald Openshaw, aged 78, was one of the hundreds of civilians
NATWEST Equity Partners has announced the institutional buy-out of the family-owned IMO Car Wash Group in a transaction worth £138 million. The Group, which is the largest conveyor car wash business in Europe, has more than 400 sites in the UK and continental
BOLTON Council has beaten competition from the private sector to win a major water contract. North West Water's Sewerage Management Services Contract for the Bolton area has been awarded to the Council's Main Drainage Group. The five-year-contract, beginning
THE Nick Jackson Band have added acoustic guitarist Brendan Doherty to their line-up for their date at Bolton's Gypsy's Tent a week tonight. Jackson is aiming to reproduce the sound live which was achieved on the acclaimed Buskers Ball CD Out of Oblivion
JAMES Arkwright is the surprise wing choice as Leigh Centurions set off on the Challenge Cup trail against Humberside amateurs Norland at Hilton Park on Sunday. Arkwright is normally regarded as a stand-off but has won a place on the Centurions' right
PAUL Warhurst could give Colin Todd an unwelcome selection problem tomorrow if he fails a pre-match fitness test. Wanderers' latest recruit, whose form has been a major influence during the recent unbeaten run, hasn't trained for a week after picking
FORMER Horwich town councillor and breast cancer research campaigner Dylis Barry has died. Mrs Barry, aged 60, became a leading figure in national campaigns to raise cash for research into breast cancer. She was diagnosed with breast cancer just days
A MAJOR breakthrough in the treatment of brain cancer has been pioneered by a Bolton man. The new brain cancer drug, officially unveiled by the Cancer Research Campaign today, has been developed by former Bolton School pupil Professor Malcolm Stevens.
MOHAMMED Ali, beat Joe Frazier on points by a unanimous decision over 12 rounds at New York's Madison Square Garden last night, and then said: 'I didn't have to dance. I had to do a lot of slugging. I did it because I had to. I'm a slugger, but I'm a
TONIGHT (Friday, 29.1.99): The Gypsy's Tent, Spa Road, Bolton (Riff Raff). Bottom Bull, Bury Road, Bolton (Badger). Witchwood, Ashton-u-Lyne (Serena). Roadhouse, Manchester (Gabrielle's Wish, Drift, Darth Nagle, Johnny Dangerously & Bryan Glancy,
BOLTON and District Pipe Band is celebrating a belated Burns Night with guest bands, music and ceili dancing at Dixon Green Labour Club, Farnworth, at 7.30pm. Tickets are £5 including a traditional supper of haggis, neeps and tatties (mashed potatoes
