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Stories for 13 March 1996

Bolton Business

Shipshape aboard Starship Enterprise

AN important North-west conference heard about enterprise today - the Starship Enterprise. Westhoughton-born Derek Green, who is managing director of United Utilities, addressed more than 300 delegates concerned about the future of the region. "Forward To the Next Millennium" was staged at Tatton Park, Knutsford by the North-west Partnership and the North-west Regional Association of Local Authorities.  more...

Ladybridge Hall 'home' to engineers

EEF Lancashire has chosen Ladybridge Hall in Chorley New Road, Bolton as the centre for this year's programme of training events, courses, seminars and conferences.  more...

Bolton News

25 YEARS AGO

From the Evening News, March 12, 1971  more...

Time to talk

GERRY Adams, sent packing from the USA with a flea in his ear, would do well to heed unequivocal calls from both sides of the Atlantic for the IRA to renounce violence and give peace another chance.  more...

'Gun lighters' no joke

LIKE Supt Ian McLoughlin, head of Bolton South Police sub division, we question the usefulness of cigarette lighters which look like guns.  more...

Tonsil sisters down in the mouth

FOUR Farnworth sisters who were due to have their tonsils out in the same hospital on the same day were split up at the last minute...because of a common cold!  more...

Man charged over drug plant find

A MAN has been charged under the Misuse of Drugs Act after the discovery of 1,200 cannabis plants at a Horwich factory.  more...

Very well executed!

The Mikado, The New Rosemere AOS, Albert Halls, Bolton. Runs until Saturday. TOM Leyland as Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, proved to be the star of this excellent production. He became better and better as the demands on him grew.  more...

Caring flair

ENJOY a look at the latest fashions for all the family - and help Pendlebury Children's Hospital at the same time. Meadow Hill Nursery in Chorley New Road, Lostock is staging a Springtime Fashion Show in The Arts Centre, Bolton School next Wednesday at 7.30pm. Mischief designerwear from Leigh will provide the children's fashions, Mea from St Andrew's Court the ladies' fashions and Aults of Newport Street, Bolton, the menswear. Tickets are £3.50 from the three shops and Meadow Hill. Licensed bar and refreshments on the night. Also, Mrs Jane Billing from the famous Arts Education School in Hertfordshire will be on hand to present the cheque for the Hospital.  more...

Charity shop chic

THE latest Spring "collection" of a Bolton town centre charity shop is being unveiled tomorrow.  more...

Hearty dinner...

BOLTON Cardiac Support Group is organising a fund-raising dinner this month. The group, which provides support and help for cardiac sufferers and their families, is running the event at the Pack Horse Hotel in Bolton on Tuesday, March 26. Guest speaker will be Dr Kieran Moriarty, consultant physician and gastro-enterologist, with Neil Midgely as MC and a supporting comedian. Tickets are £20 each from Sister Anne Kaneen at Health Link on Bolton 371561, or from sponsoring firm Chromal Plating on Bolton 861594, both daytime or 842288 evenings.  more...

Home Care Service is vital

SIR: What is happening to the Home Care Service for the elderly?  more...

James was not to blame

SIR:I refer to the story: Psychic James Byrne Mix up (BEN, February 26). I find it very strange that Mrs Susan Yates of Woodvale Grove should attack local medium James Byrne for his non attendance for readings at her home in February. This was out of James' hands.  more...

Fury at Barratt

Sir: After reading in the Internet version of your paper that the house builders Barratt are to sue Bolton council for damages I feel I must express my outrage.  more...

No ball games here

SIR: When people wish to play football, one would assume they would go to a large field somewhere. In most cases, this would be correct. But children who live in the street where I and other people live just don't seem to understand. People use the footpaths for walking, and the road for driving and parking vehicles, not for playing football. Just off Bradford Street there is a very large field, ideal for playing football. Local people are just plain tired of moving them away. The problem is, they are just too stupid to understand.  more...

You gave generously

SIR: On Saturday March 9, the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team held a Fund-raising/Collecting Tin Appeal at the Safeway Foodstores, Harwood, Bolton.  more...

Town's £4m dream comes true

A MULTI-MILLION development which will transform Farnworth town centre was today given the go ahead.  more...

Who was responsible?

SIR: Are the 'grievous errors of judgment' that led to there being no intensive care bed for little Nicholas Geldard the responsibility of the relevant NHS Trusts or are they the responsibility of the Government which devised a system which means there is a chronic shortage of intensive care beds?  more...

Scrap the supertip

HORWICH youngster Matthew Cunningham handed over a massive 9,000 signature petition to Bolton planning chiefs calling for plans for a supertip at Red Moss to be scrapped.  more...

Book search

SIR: I am trying to trace a copy of the book taken from the recent Channel 4 TV series 'The 3,000 Mile Garden' written by Roger Phillips.  more...

Sickening sex attack on widow, 80

A TERRIFIED 80-year-old widow was raped and subjected to an hour-long sex attack by a thug who broke into her home in Little Hulton.  more...

Fortune teller accused of 'wrong' predictions

A CLAIRVOYANT consulted a consumer advice centre when a client was demanding money back because her predictions had not come true!  more...

Inspectors praise 'good start' school

A SMALL Bolton primary school has been given top marks after a visit by a Government inspector.  more...

School mourns gym tragedy teacher

A BOLTON head teacher today paid tribute to a member of his staff whose sudden death aged 42 has stunned the school.  more...

Disaster aide is still a Red Cross stalwart at 80

A RED Cross volunteer who helped to deal with casualties from the Burnden Park disaster back in 1946 is still a member more than 56 years after joining.  more...

Pilgrims flock to see miracle aubergine

MUSLIM pilgrims have been cramming into the home of a Bolton couple to examine the "miracle aubergine" whose seeds spell out the name of their God, Allah.  more...

Police boss blasts gun lighter sales

A POLICE chief today bitterly condemned sales of a cigarette lighter "pistol" after a firearms alert on the streets of Farnworth.  more...

Mel raises the Titanic!

TITANIC enthusiast Mel Martin recreated the famous ship . . . in snow. Mel, aged 50, came up with the idea a couple of years ago and had been waiting for suitable snow to fall ever since.  more...

Bolton Sport

Survival target looks set at 40

THE battle to beat the drop hotted up today when Joe Kinnear became the latest relegation-threatened manager to set his players a Premiership survival target.  more...

RMI transfer blow

LEIGH RMI's attempt to sign Atherton LR's Lee Cryer appears to have been thwarted - at least for the time being.  more...

Lancashire Business

Costs hit chemical firm profits

RISING raw material costs hit profits at William Blythe chemicals.  more...

Strength that saved race ace

RACING driver Martin Brundle can thank a Darwen-based firm for its part in his dramatic escape from a 185 mph Grand Prix crash.  more...

Trunk road to £160,000

STAFF are celebrating a £160,000 crop of orders. Blackburn-based Thorsman has won five recent orders for its cable management products.  more...

Learning by buggy building

A TRAINING group is on the look-out for teenage girls interested in a career in engineering.  more...

Lancashire Leisure

10 YEARS AGO: Anger on the buses

BUS SERVICES across East Lancashire were to grind to a halt in an all-out strike over pay.  more...

5 YEARS AGO: 'Appalling' conditions

HEALTH watchdogs were "appalled" by conditions in the psychiatric unit of an East Lancashire hospital.  more...

Lancashire News

Shock report targets patient care

A SHOCK report today claimed that hospital casualty departments may need to be merged to improve patient care.  more...

No to religious festival sparks anger

NURSERY nurse Katrina Lofthouse was so impressed with the way Burnley council marked the muslim Eid Festival, she called for a repeat performance for Christians in the town.  more...

Superbikers aim to hit town centre

SUPERBIKES will be revving up in Rawtenstall town centre in September for the fourth annual Rossendale Valley Motorbike Show.  more...

Museum dogma

AS YOU reported (LET, February 28), Blackburn Council once again displays the narrowness of its political dogma and its imposition of political correctness rears its ugly head on the pretext that it is attempting to be a prudent authority.  more...

Nice one, nicotine nobblers: Hospital trust honoured for helping staff to quit smoking

A HOSPITAL trust in East Lancashire has scooped a national award for inspiring its staff to ditch the dreaded weed.  more...

Mystery death was an accident

DETECTIVES probing the mystery death of Padiham man George Jarrad now believe he was the victim of an accident.  more...

Town buzzing in grip of cup fever

CLITHEROE is being gripped by football cup fever again this week as the local club sets out on the road to Wembley once more.  more...

Mayor puts charity in the picture

"BET YOU can't." "Bet I can!" Blackburn Mayor Coun Maureen Bateson can never resist a challenge - especially when it's for charity.  more...

Behind mask

I SUPPORT your Opinion "Shoot meddler down," (LET, March 6) for condemning Defence Secretary Michael Portillo's use of an unelected "special adviser" with right wing credentials when considering defence contracts.  more...

It really can seriously damage your sex life

SMOKING can affect your love life!  more...

Surfer's paradise down at public libraries

DIRECT links with the world's information superhighway may soon be available to the public at East Lancashire libraries.  more...

Fury over college PR

A COLLEGE sacking staff to save money is reported to be bringing in a PR firm to boost its image.  more...

Queen sweep for Gerry!

STREET sweeper Gerry Newton, pictured right, swapped the streets of Rishton for Buckingham Palace when he picked up his MBE from the Queen.  more...

Spin doctors will only make things worse

ALL is obviously not well at one of East Lancashire's leading centres of further education.  more...

Gun laws must be tightened up after horror

THE horrific slaughter of thirteen little children in a Scottish school by a madman with a gun appals beyond words.  more...

£60 insult

REGARDING your story "£60 a week is fair, says boss in pay row" (LET, March 6), how can mattress factory proprietor Mr Peter Cunliffe blame MP Janet Anderson and Coun Dave Smith for "depriving someone of work."  more...

Tell-tale love bytes

WHAT will they computerise next? For now, it seems, you can get a bit of the other in bytes.  more...

Thieves lift charity gifts

THIEVES whisked away up to £450 worth of donations which had been left in sacks for Oxfam collectors.  more...

Go-ahead for new flats?

WORRIED neighbours, who formed a residents' association to fight plans for a block of flats and maisonettes near their homes, seem set to lose the battle.  more...

Short-sighted leaders

I WAS most distressed by your report (LET, February 28) concerning council cuts and the restricted opening of Blackburn Museum.  more...

Smokers create misery for young

SMOKERS are increasing the misery of dozens of young asthma sufferers in East Lancashire.  more...

Charities benefit in will

FORMER Todmorden journalist, Horace Greenwood Stephenson has left money to six charities in his will.  more...

Residents oppose new homes plans

OPPONENTS of a major housing scheme in Ridge Avenue, Burnley, will attend tomorrow's (Thursday) planning committee meeting.  more...

They'll not miss us

RECENT media interest in the decline in male fertility reveals how conceited mankind has become.  more...

Lancashire Sport

Heath hits out at hate mob

FURIOUS Adrian Heath has called for a clampdown after the Burnley bench was subjected to a Bloomfield Road hate mob attack.  more...

Holm-ing in on second chance

MATTY Holmes is in line to start a second successive Blackburn Rovers game tonight - for the first time since the early days of the season.  more...

Brolin's still to show his best warns Niklas

TOMAS Brolin has yet to show English football the full range of his remarkable talents.  more...

Bamber Bridge 3, Chorley 0: Magpies are blasted out of cup

CHORLEY were emphatically knocked out of the ATS Lancashire Challenge Cup after holders Bamber Bridge kept up a repeat of last year's final with Morecambe by cruising to a comfortable victory.  more...

RUGBY UNION: Stockport RUFC 25, Blackburn RUFC 20

BLACKBURN Rugby Club lost 25-20 away against Stockport.  more...

NETBALL: Anna shoots her goal

YOUNG netball star Anna Newell had a dream come true when the Rishton teenager captained the England under-16 team against the Republic of Ireland under-18s, writes SUZANNE GELDARD.  more...

Blackpool 3, Burnley 1: Gloomfield Road

BIG Sam Allardyce shivered and shook in the Bloomfield Road players' tunnel.  more...

  
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