Stories for 30 January 1998
Bolton Business
THOUSANDS of tons of concrete have been poured into the foundations of the new Marks & Spencer store in Manchester. more...
OFGAS, the national gas watchdog body, believes thousands of Greater Manchester householders are in the process of switching their gas supply.
Competition policy - introduced by the Conservatives and supported by the present Government - means several different suppliers are competing with British Gas to sell domestic gas.
The new system comes into operation in Bolton, Bury, Leigh and other local towns on February 27. more...
INGERSOLL-Rand is taking a stand at the Bauma '98 exhibition in Munich, Germany from March 30 to April 5. more...
Bolton News
By Gayle McBain
A GROUP of orphans playing football with plastic bags touched the heart of a Bolton trainee store manager. more...
A LANDLORD in Burnden is appealing for support to stop trade dying as the area turns into a 'ghost town.' more...
GIPSIES converged on Bolton yesterday to pay their final respects to a fellow traveller. more...
SIR: Many of your readers may recall the touching story of Leah Todd (BEN January 8, 1997) describing the thrill of walking down the street with her first guide dog, Doris. The last puppy of mine to qualify did so with a partner who 80. Living alone, this gentleman has had to endure, in addition to his severe visual impairment, chronic deafness since WW 2. Having qualified with this, his first guide dog, his life has now been transformed. more...
BOLTON Council's determination to prevent fluoride being put into the borough's water supply is obviously still supported by most townsfolk. Turning to page 59 of today's edition certainly proves that! more...
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FILM star Shirley Anne Field is helping to pull in the cash needed to refurbish a Bolton theatre. more...
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HORWICH councillors have called for lighting to be installed on the two main footpaths used by Wanderers' fans and shoppers in Horwich - because they are "dangerous". more...
SIR: I noticed in a recent BEN that the local PDSA shop in Ridgway Gates was asking for donations of cuddly toys to raise money for animals needing care. While I commend this request, other concerned friends and I raise the question: When are we going to have a local dispensary in our own town so that the fund-raising will benefit our animals? more...
A BOLTON boy who beat meningitis is back home after spending a month in hospital fighting the deadly bug. more...
A BOLTON businessman told a public inquiry how he tried in vain to relocate his firm when he was told the land was needed by the council. more...
EXCLUSIVE ball gowns worth more £30,000 have been stolen from a dress shop in Ramsbottom. more...
LANCASHIRE County Council is fighting to ban devices which allow homeowners to pay for water in advance. more...
BUYING and maintaining your own home has never been an easy option and most of us have to meet the costs ourselves. more...
EX-MINER Patrick Weaver is dying - a helpless victim of years of breathing in coal dust.
Doctors say the Bolton man, who developed chronic bronchitis after spending 25 years down the pits, has between just six and 18 months to live.
But today he vowed: "I won't go down without a fight, even though this has severely affected my life for years and eventually it will be the death of me." more...
A BOLTON pensioner has boycotted her post office - over a gas bill. more...
BOLTON health bosses have defended their funding policy after recent criticism that they are putting price before patient well-being.
In the past week Wigan and Bolton Health Authority has come under fire for refusing to fund private treatments for women suffering from the slimmers' disease anorexia.
The BEN reported the case of teenager Michelle Bridgland whose parents want the health authority to fund a referral to a private clinic in Berkshire, which charges £300 a day. more...
SIR: I refer to the story (BEN, December 30) reporting the theft at my home on Christmas Day. Your reporter was Angela Warhurst. I am pleased to inform you that the local police have retrieved and returned the inscribed canteen of cutlery and gold watch. more...
SIR: In a written response to a query from an elected representative relating to access from Wigan Road, Westhoughton to land at rear of Westhoughton Police station, an officer of Bolton MBC at director level said (letter March 16) Planning application B43750 August 6, "a road short of full adoption standards should be acceptable." more...
FIREMEN saved a couple's beloved pet dog from a blaze which ravaged a Bolton pub. more...
A PUB landlord plunged through a first floor window as his helpless wife and baby son watched.
Dino Lewington, who runs the Railway Tavern on Westleigh Lane, Leigh, crashed through the glass only minutes after receiving official notice that police were to object to a renewal of his liquor licence.
The application for renewal is to be heard before licensing magistrates on February 10. more...
A BOLTON pair who created their very own 'Wild West-houghton' were forced to rein in fellow fans at the last minute when the television cameras paid an unexpected visit.
Jenny and John Ramwell started their Country and Western Club, Buckskin Joe's, only a month before Granada TV asked to film them in action. more...
SIR: While agreeing with R. Anderson's remarks headed: A cruise turn-off (Your views, January 21) I should like to say that firstly my family and myself have been privileged, through my husband's and my hard work to sail on numerous cuises with P & O to the Caribbean. more...
Each Monday night at Deane Church Hall, more...
HORWICH'S next Carnival Queen could be... a HUNKY MAN. more...
LIKE mother, like daughter...brave tot Taylor Booth proved what a survivor she is when she arrived at a Horwich toy shop for a special presentation. more...
SIR: I have often wondered how enlightened are the people who preside over the letter of the week or do they allow flattery to cloud their judgement? more...
Bolton Sport
THE Reebok roar could come into its own as Wanderers step up their survival bid. more...
WANDERERS full-back Bryan Small has joined Bury's fight for Division One survival. more...
LEIGH RMI travel to inform Marine tomorrow after a week off and a big improvement in their injury situation. more...
GORDON Strachan revealed his blueprint for Premiership survival as the rival camps geared up for tomorrow's Reebok six-pointer. more...
WIGAN'S latest recruit is dreaming of just one thing - playing at Wembley. more...
LEIGH Centurions suffered more injury heartache today when rising star Sfraz Patel was ruled out for up to three months. more...
STEPHEN Holgate gets a chance to make the grade when he starts as prop for Wigan Warriors in a friendly against Hull Sharks tonight. more...
PAUL Butler is determined to halt the march of the club he could soon be trying to help win promotion. more...
THE result of tomorrow's 'six-pointer' at the Reebok will not decide Wanderers' Premiership fate. more...
Lancashire Business
HUNDREDS of new jobs are set to be offered to East Lancashire school leavers. more...
ENGINEERING firms in East Lancashire are being urged to bid to bring another accolade to East Lancashire. more...
STAFF at a pizza factory have proved themselves to be among the upper crust! more...
Lancashire Leisure
WORKERS at a Burnley factory had a narrow escape after a fire, which could be seen for miles, tore through the building. more...
CAMPAIGNERS worried about the future of Ribchester Hospital said the reaction they were getting from Ribble Valley MP David Waddington was "disgusting" and showed how little Mr Waddington knew about the hospital. more...
Lancashire News
MORE than 200 workers from former housewares manufacturer Prestige in Burnley will receive three months' wages following an industrial tribunal. more...
DEMAND for attack alarms has been so high among Pendle pensioners that an extra 800 have been ordered. more...
A MAN was taken to hospital with a lacerated ear after being pinned against a wall by a bull at a slaughter house. more...
Friday Folk more...
HUNDREDS of children were sent home early yesterday when a school had to close because of a water leak. more...
Political Focus, with Bill Jacobs more...
Drive & Stroll, with Ron Freethy: Waddington more...
I WAS concerned by statements made by Ron Freethy (LET, January 20) and Mike Clarke (Letters, January 23) about the proposals for the future of the Lewis Textile Museum in Blackburn. more...
YEARS of talk about reducing traffic levels have produced a consensus that something must be done. more...
YOU were good enough to publish (Letters, January 12) my views on the subject of breath-testing during the last Christmas period. more...
IF another example were needed of how dead Old Labour is, surely its response on public sector pay provides it. more...
REGARDING her remarks in 'Disgust at dustmen' (Letters, January 27), the woman concerned should get off her pedestal and stop being so patronising. more...
I AM trying to contact an old friend with whom I've lost touch. more...
WHILE acknowledging that the Lewis Textile Museum is owned by Blackburn with Darwen Council, I more...
A SEVERELY disabled teenager's family have won compensation after they waited almost nine months for a council renovation grant for their "unfit" home. more...
A POPULAR young mechanic from Clitheroe was killed after he lost control of his high performance Ford Capri on a canal bridge. more...
A ZERO tolerance campaign is to be launched against private hire drivers who illegally ply for trade in Blackburn and Darwen. more...
RESIDENTS on a busy road claim they are having to play "Russian roulette" every time they reverse their cars out of their driveways. more...
HUGE increases in council tax bills for most of Lancashire have been rubber stamped at a finance meeting. more...
HANDYMAN Darren Weeks has invented a gas safety device which could prevent tragedies like the one in which three people died of carbon monoxide poisoning in Burnley. more...
DETAILS have been released of the £290,000 deal for Ilex Mill, thrashed out between councillors and jailed property tycoon Owen Oyston. more...
ABATTOIRS across East Lancashire have escaped a slaughtering in a national hygiene inspection. more...
A YEAR after the murder of former Burnley man Stuart Gaskell, the two men accused of his killing have still to be tried in court. more...
SNOWY the donkey really knows how to get the stars to make asses of themselves! more...
Lancashire Sport
Liverpool v Blackburn Rovers - Peter White's big match preview more...
TIM Sherwood has been rewarded for his inspired leadership of a remarkable Blackburn Rovers revival - by signing a one year's extension to his contract. more...
CHRIS Waddle will turn to some Aussie grit to help Burnley climb off the foot of the Second Division for the first time since the turn of the year. more...
Burnley v York City - Pete Oliver's big match preview more...
BLACKBURN Rovers aim to stay at the forefront of youth development, chairman Robert Coar told the annual meeting of shareholders at Ewood last night. more...
SOUTH African spinner Corrie Jordaan will not be returning to Lowerhouse, writes TONY GARNER. more...
LANCASHIRE Hawks face a head-to-head with a former skipper this weekend-twice over. more...
