Lancashire | Archive | 2001 | July
A YOUNG Asian woman who has family and friends in Accrington is missing from her Luton home. more...
THE families of two men with stab wounds are keeping a vigil at their hospital bedsides. more...
THE families of two men with stab wounds are keeping a vigil at their hospital bedsides. more...
BACK Care (Fylde Branch) are hosting a presentation by Mr Royston MS FSH from The World Healing Crusade. more...
BOLTON and Bury Chamber is to return to its former headquarters at Commerce House, Bridgeman Place, Bolton. more...
BOLTON'S wealth of talent once again took centre stage in the annual Greater Manchester Drama Federation awards. more...
BOLTON Music Service presents a concert at Bethel Church, Clarence Street, Bolton on Saturday, July 14 at 7.30pm -- and there are strings attached! more...
SMITHILLS Big Band Night at Rivington Barn, Horwich, takes place on Friday, July 13, 8pm to 11.30pm. more...
CORONATION Street's Sarah Louise will be seen being "groomed" for abuse by a chat room pervert -- but in real life, only six such cases have been reported in this country. more...
COMPUTER child pornography was first being investigated by the Unit in 1995. Mostly, they concentrated on internet "news groups", often explicitly titled, where information and images are swapped. more...
ACTRESS Tina O'Brien talks about Coronation Street's planned storyline. more...
PERVERTS who prey on children who use the internet strike fear into any parent's heart. more...
THE latest operation, Appal, took place in March of this year. more...
For more information on keeping your children safe in cyberspace, visit www.chatdanger.com www.childnet-int.org or www.safekids.com more...
AROUND 85 per cent of the Unit's work is "reactive" -- where their assistance is needed in allegations of child abuse. more...
THE estimated cost of repair work to seven key bridges in Bolton is at least £8.5 million, the BEN can reveal today. more...
STAFF and parents at a Bolton primary school have been left reeling after a damning Government report labelled it as "failing to provide an acceptable standard of education". more...
Reports by Paul Britton at Trent Bridge more...
PATROLS have caught more than 150 traunts in the past year, the BEN can reveal. more...
FORMER weaver Doris Horton celebrates a century today and has revealed the secret of her long and happy life -- plenty of fruit and vegetables. more...
NEWSREADER Gordon Burns came to the rescue when hard-working pupils missed their awards day due to a mix-up. more...
TWO drunken wedding reception guests who laughed after terrorising a defenceless taxi driver have each been jailed for nine months. more...
A FORMER Olympic champion is coming to Bolton to see how millions of pounds of lottery cash have been spent to boost sporting facilities in the town. more...
NEWSREADER Gordon Burns came to the rescue when hard-working pupils missed their awards day due to a mix-up. more...
A HORRIFIED neighbour has told of her shock after a badly decomposed body was discovered next door -- just days after she moved in. more...
YOUNG performers can attend an audition for a show to be performed next February. more...
A mother-of-three died after inhaling butane gas and drinking strong lager at a friend's flat. more...
FIVE and 10 kilometre jogs will be held to help raise money to fight leukaemia. more...
TWO security guards needed hospital treatment after a masked man burst into an office and threw a tin of paint over them. more...
A DOMESTIC dispute ended with Paul Etheridge pushing his pregnant girlfriend and their two children out on to the streets during the early hours. His girlfriend walked the streets for five hours before contacting police. more...
DAREDEVIL shop workers braved being thrown 200ft into the air in a reverse bungee jump stunt. more...
CHRIST Church, Heaton, Mother's Union presents its annual summer supper on Wednesday July 18 in the Parish Centre. Tickets are £1.50. Proceeds will go to the North-west charity "Away from it all". Mr Peter Worrall from the Halle Orchestra will be the speaker. more...
THE annual flower festival at St Anne's Church, Turton, which also hosts a sale of books, jams, refreshments, plants and crafts, will be held on July 28 from 10am to 8pm and Sunday July 29 from noon to 6pm. Donations will go to local charities. more...
THE Christ Church, Heaton Lunch Club holds its next meeting on July 20 at 12.30pm in the Church Centre. Mr Hindley will present a photographic walk around some of the familiar landmarks in Bolton. There will be a Beetle Drive on August 24 instead of August 17. more...
AN ice cream freezer set on fire at a store in Tonge Moor yesterday afternoon. more...
A POLICEMAN needed hospital treatment after he was sprayed with glass when a man smashed his car's windscreen. more...
A LECTURE on riverside wildlife will take place at Hall i'th' Wood Museum, Green Way, off Crompton Way, on Wednesday, July 25, at 7.30pm. Admission is £2, with concessions £1. To book, call 332245. more...
FIREFIGHTERS attended a fire at an old people's home in Bromley Cross early this morning. more...
CHARITY efforts at Christ Church, Heaton, raised £1,900 for Dr Peter Wilkinson's Chemotherapy Unit at the Christie Hospital, Manchester. more...
A CRIME prevention booklet has now been sent out to more than 130,000 Bolton homes. more...
A BOLTON forensic expert, who helped lead the dig for missing Sheila Fox, has won a prestigious award. more...
CRIMEFIGHTING residents are being urged to surf the Net to pick up tips on how to "shop" criminals. more...
A TEENAGER was punched in the face and robbed as he walked home from school. more...
PATROLS have caught more than 150 traunts in the past year, the BEN can reveal. more...
THE estimated cost of repair work to seven key bridges in Bolton is at least £8.5 million, the BEN can reveal today. more...
CORONATION Street's Sarah-Louise Platt, who this week becomes conned by an Internet stalker, today urged schoolchildren to be careful when they go online. more...
CORONATION Street's Sarah-Louise Platt, who this week becomes conned by an Internet stalker, has urged schoolchildren to be careful when they go online. more...
I WAS at the Royal Bolton Hospital on Friday, June 29. more...
IN reply to the article -- Bridge of sighs for private hire drivers. more...
I AM nearly speechless after what I witnessed recently. more...
REGARDING the letters concerning the Royal Bolton Hospital and their latest stupid idea of 'Smokers' shelters'. more...
"MRS Thatcher was the greatest leader this country ever had..." so said Alan Bates of Chorley New Road (Your Views: June 27). more...
REGARDING the article in the BEN on June 26 and the so-called crisis in the Ambulance Service. more...
I JUST had to put pen to paper and write about a recent trip my husband and I have just been on -- "Madonna in Paris". more...
"ANGRY Private Hire Driver" is certainly entitled to his views on the present traffic restrictions on Newport Street. more...
MARGARET Rothwell, our local councillor, says she has steam coming out of her ears over the rather small advertisement signs put on Kearsley Island. more...
WITH reference to "Thanks for the verse" (Your Views: Monday, July 2). more...
THANK you for my new Bolton Wanderers shirt which I won in your competition. more...
MIGHT I just thank the very kind man who sat, juxtaposed, with me on a bench in the Town Hall Square. The man went out of his way to go to a nearby shop to purchase a chocolate bar for me, as I was feeling dizzy as a result of my compromised blood sugar levels, due to having diabetes. The kind gentlemen sat with me until I was feeling well again. I believe I owe you some money. more...
COULD someone please explain why it is safe for buses and taxis to cross the Newport Street bridge, but not private cars? more...
Some recent events have triggered so much discussion and widely diverse opinions that I feel I should do my best to comment on most, if not all of them. more...
I do not get many chances to relax at home in front of the television. more...
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BURY defender Matt Barrass has reported back for pre-season training determined to banish two nightmare campaigns. more...
ON Saturday afternoon on a ten mile course near Chester Fred Smith clocked 23mins 27secs to lead the Clarion riders. more...
ON Sunday morning, Lancashire Road Club had no fewer than eight riders entered in the Veterans National Championship 50 mile time trial run over a picturesque course along the side of Basenthwaite in the Lake District. more...
BIHE bandwagon moves steadily on at the top of Section C. Even an understrength team proved too much for Langford, who languish one place away from the bottom of the table. more...
Summer Points Series races seven and nine. Winds were north westerly, force three to four with pronounced wind shifts which caused problems for a number of competitors, and resulted in some capsizes. more...
BOLTON Sailing Club Belmont Early Summer Points Series on Sunday saw rain, mist and strong winds from the north west gave some of the most exciting racing this summer. The patrol boats were kept fully occupied with sometimes four or more boats capsized at a time but after the warm weather the water was not cold and only dignity was damaged . Bolton hosted the Lightning trophy races inside the handicap fleet this Sunday. more...
Peter Stafford's personal view CRICKET is full of surprises, and last Saturday the biggest surprise was that any cricket at all was played in the area. more...
Association 2nd X1 review THE first semi-final in the Isherwood Trophy saw a thrilling encounter between Darcy Lever and Astley and Tyldesley. more...
Reports by Paul Britton at Trent Bridge more...
LITTLE Lever simply did not put enough runs on the Trent Bridge scoreboard to secure victory -- and achieve their dream of becoming the first state school to lift the Lord's Taverners Trophy. more...
Heaton hold off Circle's brave Trophy challenge THE two best under-18 teams in the Bolton League one day league came face to face to battle it out for the Rueben Mather Memorial Trophy. more...
MUTTIAH Muralitharan has confirmed that he does not expect to be back with Lancashire next season. more...
GREENMOUNT tied with Bradshaw. Chasing Bradshaw's 208-5 Nigel Duxbury 48, Ian Tattersall 71, Wayne Green 32 not out, Greenmount could not score the four runs off the last over and ended up on 208-8. more...
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TWO top matches last week produced excellent games with the results going in favour of the top teams by very narrow margins. more...
WANDERERS will be looking to tie up Paul Warhurst on a new deal in the next few days. more...
GUDNI Bergsson has ended weeks of speculation by agreeing a one-year extension to his contract with Wanderers. more...
LEICESTER City's new £2.5m keeper signing Ian Walker will miss the first two games of the season - including the opener against Wanderers - after being sent off in a reserve game for his old club Spurs more...
WANDERERS have informed fans that their season ticket TeamCards will be posted out towards the end of July. more...
A TOTAL of 26 swimmers aged nine to 14 represented Bolton Swimming Club in the penultimate gala in a series of Manchester and District Team Competitions. more...
SUPER swot Philip Larter was so desperate to pass his degree course that he postponed his honeymoon for a year so he could study! more...
A MAN who kicked in a glass door at a cafe after staff told him it was shutting, has been sent to jail for two months. more...
THE parents of a teenage girl from Radcliffe who died in an horrific road accident told today how she had only recently met the two friends who were killed with her. more...
MOTHER'S Day can be quite busy for Radcliffe born and bred Irene Mallalieu, who could teach a thing or two to the old woman who lived in a shoe. more...
PETITE model Nicola Ulian may have made it big in the glamour world but home is where the heart is for the former Philips High School pupil. more...
BORED youngsters in the Brandlesholme can look forward to a brighter future, following top level discussions about a providing better youth facilities. more...
HERO Andrew Hargreaves, who saved his two uncles from drowning, has been honoured by his school. more...
BURY'S top hospital doctors are backing industrial action by medical secretaries in protest at working conditions. more...
STAFF, governors and the pupils at Prestwich Community High School are celebrating after receiving all-round praise from Ofsted inspectors. more...
THE parents of a five-year-old boy who cannot speak are to appeal against a High Court decision which ruled that Bury Council did not have to pay for a classroom sign language tutor. more...
A YANKEE doodle doddle! That's the aim of a 75-year-old Bury runner who is heading for Manhatten to compete in the New York Marathon. more...
DAMAGE totalling £15,000 was caused by a mystery blast which destroyed a Prestwich kebab shop last week. more...
PUPILS in Bury have pioneered the way for others after earning the prestigious Government-backed Basic Skills Quality Mark. more...
CORONATION Street's Sarah-Louise Platt, who this week becomes conned by an Internet stalker, has urged schoolchildren to be careful when they go online. more...
A TEENAGER was punched in the face and robbed as he walked home from school. more...
A FARMER'S son died from a gunshot wound to the head after an incident in Ainsworth. more...
POLICE are investigating two separate arson attacks in Bury early this morning. more...
BURY defender Matt Barrass has reported back for pre-season training determined to banish two nightmare campaigns. more...
A GRANDFATHER has died after suffering serious head injuries when he tackled burglars who raided his Spanish holiday home. more...
POLICE were today investigating the cause of an accident in which a woman died after her car came off the A59 and collided with a tree. more...
A RESIDENT who went absent without leave from Kemple View psychiatric unit in Langho bumped into a member of staff outside a Whalley club the following night. more...
Spring Vale Rambling Class meet Hoghton Bottoms, 7pm. Leader: Tom Johnstone. more...
A GRANDFATHER has died after suffering serious head injuries when he tackled burglars who raided his Spanish holiday home. more...
THE families of two men with stab wounds are keeping a vigil at their hospital bedsides. more...
AS a representative of many parents of children with Asperger's syndrome and autism in Lancashire we should like to echo the concerns of the union representative (LET, May 31) "Job loss shock for teachers." more...
COULD there be some explanation as to why, when some Muslim graves in Accrington were vandalised, not only did the headlines declare it as a racist attack, but this was backed up in the same words by a police spokesman. more...
REGARDING the remarks of Mr E Duxbury (Letters, July 4), I am, of course, aware of the existence of the Bank Top Community Association in Blackburn. Their efforts, as far as they go, are welcome. more...
IN reply to Mrs G Robinson (Letters, June 29) I could not believe that anyone could possibly think such rubbish, never mind write it. more...
SUPPORTERS of the euro often claim that "over half our trade is with Europe" -- and that's why we should join the single currency. more...
THE recent fire attack on the Asian family in Accrington is appalling. I am shamed to be part of a community where a decent, law-abiding family can be terrorised in this way. more...
REGARDING the 'wish-list' that residents of Blackburn's Audley area have improvements they would like to see in their neighbourhood (LET, June 30), what about a wish-list for the residents of Little Harwood? more...
LET'S get one thing straight -- the votes gained by the British National Party at the recent election were gained legitimately. more...
I HAVE in front of me a standard police 'Take Action' leaflet, which specifically states: "A racist incident is any incident which is perceived to be racist by the victim or any other person." more...
IT has been asserted that our membership of the European Union costs us £25 million a day. more...
FROM The Rev Chris Sterry's mammoth sermon, to 20 staff from Asda Accrington cramming themselves into a mini. more...
THE case of the Calderstones Hospital patient jailed for a sex attack on a woman nurse being classed as 'too dangerous' to be there in the first place raises disturbing concerns. more...
BLACKBURN referee Eddie Wolstenholme admitted it took him all of two minutes to turn his back on a 20-year engineering career for two years as a top-flight referee. more...
CHORLEY kick off their bid to return to the UniBond Premier Division against North Ferriby United -- but are looking forward to the clash with newly promoted local rivals Rossendale United more. more...
AMATEUR John Cockroft played one of the rounds of his life to make it through regional qualifying for the Open with a stunning six-under-par 66 at Wilmslow. more...
SHAW Hill's Nick Dougherty has been named, as expected, in the Great Britain and Ireland squad to face the Americans in this year's Walker Cup. more...
ALAN Kelly is ready to talk to Spurs about a £600,000 move to White Hart Lane. more...
CLARETS boss Stan Ternent may be ready to turn to Greece again to strengthen the goalkeeping department at Turf Moor. more...
BURNLEY reported back for pre-season training today with Ternent expecting a full roll-call. more...
CLARETS boss Stan Ternent may be ready to turn to Greece again to strengthen the goalkeeping department at Turf Moor. more...
ALAN Kelly is ready to talk to Spurs about a £600,000 move to White Hart Lane. more...
ROVERS boss Graeme Souness hasn't closed the door completely on a move for Celtic midfielder Eyal Berkovic. more...
TURKISH international Tugay remains the number one target and Souness is also after a further midfield player and a left-sided defender to add to the capture of striker Corrado Grabbi. more...
CORONATION Street's Sarah-Louise Platt, who this week becomes conned by an Internet stalker, has urged schoolchildren to be careful when they go online. more...
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