Stories for 1 July 1996
Bolton Business
HOPES are rising that the Government will back British Aerospace when it announces missile orders worth more than £1.3 billion.
The decisions, which could come in the next couple of weeks, are of vital significance to the future of the BAe Defence Dynamics factory at Lostock, Bolton.
Management and staff are waiting anxiously and are not getting too carried away by upbeat stories which have appeared in the national press about the likelihood of successful missile and aircraft bids, apparently contributing to a rise in the BAe share price last week. more...
HEALTH and safety chiefs are urging Bolton businesses to get involved in a nationwide campaign. more...
YOUNG people are to be shown the bright new reality of modern garages. more...
JOB prospects in the North-west have taken a turn for the worse, according to a new survey published today. more...
THE world's newest jet airliner, the award-winning Boeing 777, will be making its first visit to Manchester Airport on Thursday. more...
Bolton News
MR J.E. Hinks, in his presidential address to the annual conference of the National Union of Railwaymen at Morecambe today, said it was anticipated that nationalization of the railways would take place in the near future, and noted with pleasure that the Government intended to link up the roads with the railways in their nationalization proposals. Compensation would be given to shareholders, and members of staffs were entitled to adequate consideration if they were displaced. more...
THE Parachute Regiment is to be sent back to Ulster, according to a national newspaper report today. more...
NO wonder the Queen is exasperated by the failure of Prince Charles and Princess Diana to reach agreement over the terms of their divorce. more...
WHEN there are so many more deserving causes, it is scandalous that teenage single mothers in South Wales have been given more than £150,000 by the EU for driving lessons, free creche facilities and hair-dos. more...
BOLTON'S learner drivers are preparing to get into top gear for the new theory tests. more...
THE birth of baby Nathan Noble offers hope to childless couples in the North-west. more...
A £300,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of armed raiders who stole £6 million in cash and cheques in Salford a year ago has still not been claimed. more...
BOLTON'S Parish Church is celebrating 125 years, beautifully.
In fact, for a building that has survived through town centre wartime bombs, Depression, Recession and the reign of six monarchs, this remarkable edifice still stands as a beacon of solidity and security.
This is not only thanks to the foresight of cotton manufacturer Peter Ormrod who met the entire £45,000 building costs in the 1870s. Nor to the Lancaster architect E J Paley who designed this splendid example of Victorian Gothic architecture.
It is also due to the many church officials, parishioners and other local people who, in the last four years, have helped to raise the £450,000 for a facelift to ensure that future generations can enjoy our church of St Peter, Bolton-le-Moors. more...
You're on the Internet and you're interested in Bolton? more...
My sister and I, we went out to play. more...
ST James's School, Farnworth, has been reimbursed for £17,500 by the quango which finances the grant maintained sector. more...
WORSLEY MP Terry Lewis is to tackle Labour leader Tony Blair over plans to increase party discipline and sack disloyal or sub-standard MPs. more...
SIR: As a reader of the BEN for almost 40 years and one who has criticised you sometimes. I must comment on your Viewpoint (June 25) about elderly people who live in Bolton Council homes. more...
SIR: I have worked for the Society for Abandoned Animals for four years, a small amount of time, considering that the Society has been a registered charity for 36 years. In the time that I have worked for them we have never received Government funds or Lottery funds, even though we have applied for both on a regular basis. The saddest thing about this fact is, even though we have been very short of funds for a considerable time, we have continued to serve the community by rescuing and taking in unwanted or stray animals. more...
SIR: As the Patrons of Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund's 1996 World's Biggest Coffee Morning with Nescafe we would like to say a huge thank you to all of you who raised a mug and joined us in last year's event. Then, 438,552 people, in just four hours, raised an absolutely spectacular £1.2 million. more...
SIR: On behalf of Bolton and Bury Amnesty International Group, I would like to thank those of your readers who took the time on Saturday June 8, to sign a postcard as part of our campaign against human rights abuses in China. Their interest and support are much appreciated. more...
SIR: Not only does Cllr Peter Johnston seem to condone noisy street footballers, he also gives his backing to the police in their apparent negative attitude towards these uncaring youngsters, saying they are 'much too busy with domestic burglary, car theft, and crimes of violence'. more...
A DISABLED voluntary worker, viciously attacked by a thug trying to snatch her handbag, is desperate to thank the mystery man who came to her aid. more...
SIR: I most strongly back your view on Old People's homes. more...
AN angry pensioner is demanding compensation after being left without drinking water for more than 10 days.
Furious Robert Kay, aged 72, and his wife Patricia, say they have been forced to carry home heavy bottles of water from the supermarket after their tap water began to taste and smell "disgusting." more...
A LOCAL businesswoman has slammed Bolton Council's proposed plans to give the town hall square a £1m facelift. more...
LABOUR today claimed that the North West had the biggest hospital waiting list in England as it unveiled plans to release £100 million of NHS funds to get people treated more quickly. more...
HUNDREDS of weapons handed in at Greater Manchester police stations during the firearms amnesty - held in the wake of the Dunblane massacre - were put on display today. more...
THOUSANDS of Bolton householders are drinking water with a "gritty taste" because of the drought.
North West Water says that reservoir levels are so low that water which contains a harmless micro-organism is coming through taps in the Harwood and Bradshaw areas.
One Bradshaw Brow resident is blaming it for a bout of diarrhoea. more...
A WALKDEN mother of four crushed by a runaway trailer as she waited at a bus stop was fighting for her life today. more...
FLASHING green men are to make lollipop ladies redundant at a number of sites around Bolton. more...
BOLTON is going cinema crazy ... with another plan unveiled for a multi-screen complex. more...
A BRAVE post mistress was undaunted when she was confronted by a thug who threatened to shoot her with a shotgun. more...
Bolton Sport
Warrington 0 Wigan 21
WIGAN'S youngsters came to the fore when an injury hit side still proved too powerful for resurgent Warrington. more...
LSTAND-IN coach Allan Rowley didn't mince his words as off-key Leigh handed Carlisle a first-ever Hilton Park league victory on a plate. more...
ATHERTON'S Steve Walsh and Steve Dixon defied the Golborne bowling attack for a desperate ten overs yesterday. more...
BLACKROD'S Terry Southworth came within an ace of joining the ten wicket club on Saturday. more...
HORWICH finally came good at the 13th attempt when they won their first game of the Bolton League season on Saturday more...
KEARSLEY and Tonge are locked at the top of the Bolton League as the championship chase reached the halfway point of the season on Saturday. more...
Lancashire Business
ITS a jungle out there - but those who can adapt to the difficult business environment will survive and flourish. more...
Lancashire Leisure
EURO MP Mike Hindley was narrowly defeated in his bid to become Labour candidate for Hyndburn at the next General Election. more...
A MASSIVE explosion brought fear of a new IRA terror campaign to Lancashire. more...
Lancashire News
FURIOUS Blackburn Rovers fans today ripped The Sun to shreds over its coverage of the Alan Shearer saga. more...
I AGREE with Mrs Gladys Robinson (Letters, June 17) who scorns Neil Kinnock's suggestion to have the European flag on car number plates. more...
I JUST love your style, especially in the Opinion column. The one entitled 'But what about jobs?' (LET, June 24) was a classic. more...
FOR the past two years, Cowpe Country Fair was a victim of the weather, so the date was changed. more...
HYNDBURN Council is preparing to sell council houses to raise funds to pay for repairs on rundown estates. more...
CELEBRATIONS marking 1,400 years of Christianity in the village of Chipping reached a climax at the weekend. more...
TOWN hall chiefs are hoping to bring the big screen back to Accrington and have been holding secret talks with cinema chain bosses. more...
TONY BLAIR has already promised that a Labour government would not tear up the Tory NHS reforms overnight. more...
AS the last handful of survivors gather for the 80th anniversary today of the start of the Battle of the Somme - in which the flower of Britain's manhood was destroyed - it is worth recalling too how Europe was then. more...
We would like young readers who would like to have friends from the island of Malta to write to us. more...
DETAILS of lottery and Government cash bids for the future of Marl Pits sports complex will be discussed when members of Rossendale's leisure sub-committee meet on site tomorrow. more...
OF late, Labour have mystified me by claiming they are the party for Britain's youth. In fact they are the party of youth unemployment. more...
PENDLE MP Gordon Prentice has joined left-wing colleague Paul Flynn in launching a bitter attack on Labour leader Tony Blair's dictatorial style party management. more...
THE BISHOP of Blackburn, the Rt Rev Alan Chesters, has denied accusations that the Church covered up an eight-year affair between one of its most senior East Lancashire clerics and the daughter of a church organist. more...
I WOULD be grateful if anyone can assist me with a book I am compiling on recipes containing our mothers' and grandmothers' old and most popular favourite recipes. more...
Lancashire Sport
ALAN Shearer (pictured) jets off to the sunshine leaving behind a storm still being brewed in the national tabloids. more...
BURNLEY boss Adrian Heath (pictured) today revealed the name of his Portuguese target. more...
THESE are dark days at Thorneyholme Road. more...
ONLY a cynic would suggest that lowly Rawtenstall might be glad of two points from the day's only 'no result' fixture. more...
PETER Martin was today left to reflect on the cost of missing Lancashire's latest Championship game - his England place, writes ANDY WILSON. more...
BARNOLDSWICK claimed top spot in the Vaux Ribblesdale League after a thrilling victory over Blackburn Northern. more...
BRAVE Charles Shepherd failed by half a point to win the British super featherweight title from champion PJ Gallagher at the Erith Sports Centre in Kent. more...
SPRINGBOK professional Billy Stelling celebrated his 27th birthday in style - and launched East Lancs' Lancashire league title drive. more...
A THREE way battle for the World Superbike title emerged from Sunday's fifth round at the Brno circuit in the Czech Republic where Australian Troy Corser dominated both races. more...
CHORLEY boosted their prospects in both the Northern league title race and the Skipton Lancashire Cup with weekend victories at Netherfield and Morecambe. more...
A FIGHTING 47 from Gareth Cordingley failed to prevent Darwen falling to Blackpool at Stanley Park in the Northern League. more...
