Lancashire | Archive | 2002 | January
HUNCOAT councillors have branded discretionary cash payouts of £200 to residents being forced out of their homes as 'ridiculous.' more...
A FARMER who lost his prized cattle and sheep in the foot and mouth epidemic today urged Government officials to do all they could to make sure the disease never returns. more...
THE father of a young cerebral palsy sufferer spent New Year's day trying to give his daughter new hope that her rooftop haven might be saved. more...
AN enforcement notice on an Accrington "school" has been lifted after a decision to reduce the number of pupils being taught there. more...
SCHOOLS across East Lancashire are to benefit from a £300,000 cash boost in a bid to keep out vandals and arsonists. more...
SAMARITANS volunteers were kept 'exceptionally busy' over New Year as depressed and suicidal callers jammed the telephone lines. more...
IT was a case of keeping it under his hat when former Blackburn man Michael Carbine presented his mother with her belated Christmas present. more...
A £300million bid for government funding to pay for a waste-burning incinerator has been submitted by Lancashire County Council. more...
SERGEI Shtaniuk and James O'Connor scored for Stoke, as The Seasiders were beaten 2-0 by the division's new leaders at the Britannia Stadium. more...
NATIONAL Savings has launched a free tracing service to help customers track down forgotten accounts, unclaimed Premium Bond prizes, certificates or long-lost savings. more...
A dedicated marketing team is set to boost the North-west and Manchester as a top tourism destination in the run-up to the 2002 Commonwealth Games. more...
UNEMPLOYED and under-employed people in the East Bolton Regeneration Area are to benefit from extra help to get into work. more...
MEMBERS of Farnworth Little Theatre may be sitting pretty now that the last instalment on their building has been paid -- but that is not good enough. more...
THE woman widely acclaimed as being the UK's finest female drummer visits the Horwich RMI Swing Suite with her orchestra on Sunday, January 13. more...
BOLTON patients have come bottom of the pile in a postcode health lottery, according to damning new figures. more...
NEW Year Resolutions are all very well .... but how about someone making a few come true for Bolton? more...
THE New Year brings a new round of Honours for people all over the country. more...
IF you want to swap a euro for an Aero then a Bolton newsagent has the answer. more...
AS 12 countries grapple with their brand new euros, one important question remains for Britain -- will we be the next to join? more...
FIRST born babies bounced into the New Year at Bolton's Maternity Unit after they all skipped Christmas to make a special appearance in 2002. more...
MOUNTAIN rescue volunteers helped police and ambulance paramedics to recover the body of a 65-year-old man from an Atherton river. more...
CHURCH members in Heaton are being forced to clear away smashed bottles and empty beer cans before they can attend their Sunday services. more...
TWO community groups have been boosted by grants from the Worsley and Boothstown Community Committee. more...
A COMMONWEALTH Games gold medal winner has been awarded an MBE for his services to the community. more...
A YOUNG Bolton mum who set sail for Australia in the 1950s is celebrating her diamond wedding tomorrow. more...
MEMBERS of the Westhoughton Conservative Club Golf Society are celebrating 25 years of teeing off across the region. more...
A SENIOR police officer has announced his retirement. Chief Supt Eric Hewitt is leaving his post as commander of the Oldham division. more...
THE Department for Education and Skills 'Get On' campaign is designed to help adults in the North-west who have problems with numbers. more...
CUMBRIA had its "at risk" status from foot and mouth disease lifted yesterday. The area recorded its last case of the disease on September 30. more...
FIELDINGS Porter Solicitors of Silverwell Street, has raised £150 for Derian House Children's Hospice. more...
ENTHUSIASTS turned out in force to Holcombe Old English Game Fowl Club's annual show. more...
BOLTON Council is to carry out an urgent review of its winter gritting arrangements after a senior council official admitted that the condition of many roads was "unsatisfactory". more...
A MAN had to be airlifted to safety after he fell and banged his head while out walking with his family in Rivington. more...
A 31-YEAR-OLD man is still critical in hospital after a road accident which left his six-year-old son dead. more...
AS the year 2001 was the most successful ever for Smithills School and Bolton Sixth Form College Music Department, may I take this opportunity to thank everyone at the BEN, my colleagues, our outstanding young musicians, their parents, and our superb local sponsors, for the most extraordinary year. more...
WITH regard to the article about the widow losing an asbestos claim. (BEN: December 11) I, too, like Mrs Fairchild, have a case against two firms on behalf of my late father, who also died in 1996. more...
IT has been a modern anomaly that where you live could dictate the quality of your healthcare. This kind of "postcode lottery" is not an acceptable way of ensuring equality of treatment. more...
REGARDING the story 'Road crossing danger' (BEN, Decemeber 17), I see that Cllr David Wilkinson and his party are again using the new school at Wingates (The Gates) as an opportunity to attack Bolton Council. more...
I WAS surprised to read "Churchgoers buck national trend" (BEN: Friday, December 28) in which it was claimed that "Church attendances in Bolton this Christmas have remained steady, despite a 20 per cent national rise". more...
EVERY year about two inches of snow falls and Bolton comes to a grinding halt. more...
TWO really interesting pieces of information have appeared in the papers recently. more...
SO, why did Bolton's roads not get gritted on the freezing night of December 29? more...
THIS is the festive season. We sit round the table eating turkey and Christmas pudding, wishing everyone a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year, we watch television news and the systematic destruction of Bethlehem, Nazareth and Ramallah. more...
HOSPITAL staff and paramedics are bracing themselves for the inevitable winter blitz of respiratory illness and influenza. more...
I WRITE to thank you and say how delighted I was to win Russ the Rabbit. more...
DOZENS of spade-wielding supporters were not able to do enough to save Bury's match against Wrexham yesterday. more...
LEIGH RMI were left sitting on the sidelines for the second time over the festive season on New Years Day as their game at Stalybridge fell victim to the weather. more...
THEsecond Goldline Trophy Semi-Final between Atherton Collieries and Prestwich Heys has been re-scheduled for Tuesday, February 5, after confusion reigned concerning Colls' fixtures. more...
A COMMONWEALTH Games gold medal winner has been awarded an MBE for his services to the community. more...
WANDERERS have signed goalkeeper Jeremy Bon from French First Division club Bordeaux. more...
A RUN of 80 consecutive league and cup games ended for Bolton Wanderers' midfielder Roy Greaves when he missed the Second Division clash at Sheffield United. more...
IF Wanderers cannot sort out their defensive problems they are going down writes Neil Bonnar more...
AT the half way stage of the season Wanderers' mid-term report reads: 'Good work, can do better' writes Neil Bonnar more...
Who earned the plaudits more...
Ball by ball - from the first minute shock from Robbie Fowler more...
SKY TV pundit Andy Gray and guest "prophet" Alan Shearer both predicted victory for Leeds at the Reebok. more...
LIVERPOOL 1, WANDERERS 1: THANK heavens Kevin Nolan's shooting is more precise than his memory! more...
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By Ian Doyle of the Liverpool Echo more...
GOALSCORER Steven Gerrard admitted Liverpool had performed below par and paid tribute to Bolton for their fightback more...
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NEIL Whatmore heads home his 11th goal of the season to ensure Wanderers earned a 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest 25 years ago and (top) the striker celebrates in style more...
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LIVERPOOL 1, WANDERERS 1: THANK heavens Kevin Nolan's shooting is more precise than his memory! more...
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ROCKET Man Michael Ricketts has received yet more praise in a comparison of the leading strikers in the Premiership by the Press Association's Chief Sports Writer Frank Malley, more...
CAPTAIN Fantastic, Kevin Nolan, insisted today that Wanderers have what it takes to stay in the Premiership. more...
WANDERERS have signed goalkeeper Jeremy Bon from French First Division club Bordeaux. more...
A SCHOOLBOY is looking forward to being a mascot at a Bolton Wanderers match this month -- supporting the opposition! more...
CHURCH leaders today appealed for landlords to ban topless barmaids after a pub began using half-naked women to pull in the punters. more...
THREE Toyota Carina cars were involved in an accident in Padiham Road, Burnley, at 3am on New Year's Day. more...
A SUPERMARKET recently subjected to an armed robbery has now been targeted by burglars. more...
BURY Council has come under fire for failing to keep the borough's roads clear during the weekend snow storms. more...
PARENTS in Bury have been warned to be on their guard after a man tried to abduct an 11-year-old girl by throwing her in the boot of his car. more...
DOZENS of spade-wielding supporters were not able to do enough to save Bury's match against Wrexham yesterday. more...
IF Stan Ternent needed reminding what he really wanted for Christmas, he got it at Maine Road on Saturday. more...
DISABLED people can get fit more easily after improvements to Darwen Leisure Centre. more...
CHURCH leaders today appealed for landlords to ban topless barmaids after a pub began using half-naked women to pull in the punters. more...
SAMARITANS volunteers were kept 'exceptionally busy' over New Year as depressed and suicidal callers jammed the telephone lines. more...
IWAS surprised to read the remarks of Ron O'Keeffe Senior, defending recent remarks made by his son, Ron Junior, president of Blackburn Chamber of Trade (Letters, December 26). more...
COUNCILLOR Ashley Whalley (LET, December 21) blames drivers for the confusion caused at the opening of Blackburn's new orbital route. more...
COUNCILLOR Ashley Whalley is at it again. more...
IN response to your article (LET, December 6) about the shopping trip to the Trafford Centre in Manchester organised by our association, this was aimed to give people who cannot afford their own transport an opportunity to go on an affordable excursion. more...
ROGER Brewster of Clayton Le Moors Harriers was the winning veteran at the Ribble Valley 10K after surviving a race long challenge from Blackburn Harrier Bob Shorrock. more...
WITH the latest edition of the Fixtures Calendar just issued, it's the right time to join the Fell Runners Association. more...
AS the battle for Commonwealth Games selection begins, one man who knows already that he'll be there is John Schofield. more...
NEIL Tattersall of Pendle AC was a Boxing Day winner when Red Rose Road Runners staged their Annual 10K Road Race at Leyland. more...
TONY Croft, the North Fylde athlete who suffered a heart attack at last year's Ribble Valley 10K, was back on Sunday to try again. more...
SUE Becconsall won the ladies veteran title at the Hot Toddy Road Race on Sunday. more...
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today urged his players to keep the faith despite watching them crash to another damaging defeat at the hands of Spurs yesterday. more...
AFTER a second postponement inside a week Clarets boss Stan Ternent wondered: "Maybe it is time for us to look at the possibility of playing summer football." more...
MANCHESTER CITY displaced Burnley at the top of the first division as the race for the Premier League hotted up - despite the freezing temperatures. more...
AFTER a second postponement inside a week Clarets boss Stan Ternent wondered: "Maybe it is time for us to look at the possibility of playing summer football." more...
NEW Year, same old story! For Andy Cole's much publicised arrival from Manchester United might have raised spirits on and off the pitch but it failed to provide a change in fortunes as Rovers crashed to their sixth defeat in seven Premiership outings. more...
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness today urged his players to keep the faith despite watching them crash to another damaging defeat at the hands of Spurs yesterday. more...
A LOOK at the key stats and figures from the game against Spurs. more...
LEIGH RMI were left sitting on the sidelines for the second time over the festive season on New Years Day as their game at Stalybridge fell victim to the weather. more...
SHOPS in Brierfield will be given a make-over this year in a bid to reduce vandalism and improve the appearance of the town. more...
FEW signings, if any, can transform the fortunes of a football club overnight. more...
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