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Lancashire | Archive | 1995 | October

Stories for 24 October 1995

Bolton News

MORE than 20,000 Bolton school pupils will get an unscheduled day's holiday on Monday - a result of

VIDKUN Quisling, Norway's arch traitor, was shot in Oslo at 2-40 this morning. The King, sitting in Cabinet yesterday, refused an appeal for a reprieve made by Mrs Quisling, and ordered that the sentence of death should be carried out. Quisling was leader of Norway's Fascist party, and was condemned on charges ranging from high treason to the theft of silver from the royal palace. One of the main points for the prosecution was that Quisling had subscribed to a plan to incorporate Norway in a "Germanic Federation" with Hitler as president. more...

Nothing to hide

WE don't believe that Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust and the Community NHS Trust have anything to hide. more...

Council rapped for war widows' plight

BOLTON Council has been slammed in a national report on the way local authorities treat war widows and pensioners. Saga Magazine, for the over 50s, has carried out a survey on which councils refuse full reductions in council tax and rent. They classify 458 councils in England, Wales and Scotland as "the good, the bad and the ugly." more...

Council rapped over widows' plight

Couple fly high with RSPB's top award

A COUPLE from Horwich who have been a driving force in making the Bolton RSPB members' group one of the most successful in Britain have been rewarded for their efforts. more...

Would you be able to help if somebody collapsed?

LESS than half the population of Britain would know what to do first if faced with an unconscious person. more...

'Living lifts' for the disabled - now you're talking

By JULIE FREER THE lifts have come "alive" in Bolton town hall ... with the sound of talking. Shocked visitors to the council's offices have been been taken aback when they have stepped into the lifts. more...

Look at me when I'm talking to you! Palace Theatre, Manchester

Dame Edna's master clas BARRY Humphries is a masterly entertainer. more...

School mourns death of second teacher

A BOLTON primary school was today mourning the death of a second teacher in a few weeks. more...

School mourns second teacher

A BOLTON primary school was today mourning the death of a second teacher in a few weeks. more...

Bonfire danger from rogue drivers

CHEEKY truck drivers are using Bonfire Night as an excuse to dump rubbish. more...

Save all the horses

SIR: There was perhaps a touch of irony in the timing of ITV's Network First - "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?", screened less than 24 hours before the mighty Red Rum was humanely put down in a manner and after a retirement we would wish for all equines. more...

Spreading the word

SIR: I have just read about Michael Bolton in the BEN. I am pleased he is spreading our fame to America. more...

VANDAL-HIT BOSS MAKES PLEA TO COUNCIL

By BEVERLY GREENBERG A SNOOKER hall boss is desperate to speed up council plans to knock down his business . . . before the vandals bleed him dry! more...

!Lottery Officer Vivienne keeps fingers crossed for local cash bids

LOTTERY fever is taking over at Bolton Council - and they've created a full-time post to deal with it. Newly installed Lottery Officer Vivienne Morris says: "The idea is to promote the Lottery and get as much money into Bolton as possible. "Current estimates suggest that every year Camelot will have at least £750m to give out for the five good causes - heritage, art, sport, charity and the millennium - so the potential is enormous." more...

Head worried about special needs pupils

THE headmaster of a Bolton school at the centre of a major shake-up in the education of children with behavioural problems has expressed his concern for the future. more...

Tears of rape ordeal nurse

A NURSE from Bolton wept as she told a court how a man posing as a policeman smashed his way into her flat and raped her Steven Murphy, 31, of Bromwich Street, Bolton, and later of Seymour Road, Astley Bridge, pleaded 'not guilty' at Bolton Crown Court to charges of rape and of committing another serious sexual offence, against her. The court was told that the 24-year-old nurse had only been living in the flat above a shop in Bury for four weeks when the attack took place. more...

Our Jenny is sight students must see

Tourist chief slams scheme to more...

Time running out for Raikes Lane burner

By MARK LONGBOTTOM ENVIRONMENTAL campaigners have warned that a new plan to generate energy from burning rubbish is not a solution to pollution problems. more...

'Save centre' for young problem adults

A PLEA has been made to protect the future of a centre which offers support and help to young adults with learning difficulties and their families. more...

Firebomb threat loud music

LOUD music drove a 49-year-old man to threaten to firebomb his neighbour's home over the weekend, Bolton magistrates were told. John Neil Holland, unemployed, spent two nights in custody until appearing in court where he pleaded guilty to threatening to damage property. Mr William Donnally, prosecuting, said Holland lived in an upstairs flat, and Judith Tickle lived underneath at the property in Wasdale Avenue, Breightmet, Bolton. more...

Clean sweep for council workers

BOLTON Council has swept the board to win a crucial cleaning contract - and saved 520 jobs. more...

Stop leading us up blind alleys!

BOLTON folk have lost the pride of their alley - because town centre alleyways have been forgotten. more...

Bolton Sport

ROY McFarland insisted today that no news on the transfer front does not mean Wanderers are slacking

"We've got money to spend and we are trying to strengthen the team," the Burnden boss confirmed, "but it's unfair to raise supporters' hopes until we can say for sure we are bringing players in. more...

MANCHESTER City will officially unveil their new million-pound-plus training complex at nearby Platt

More than 300,000 people will use the facilities, built in partnership with the local council, during the coming year. The complex helped earn City the title of the Premiership's top community club for 1995. more...

Early strike

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Lancashire Business

A Danz step to success

DANZ Marketing Ltd is celebrating a successful summer of new client signings. more...

That's what friends are for

FRIENDSHIP and personal contacts are still vital for success according to Lancashire businesses. more...

Lancashire Leisure

10 YEARS AGO: Champ's life on television

A HAIRCUT nearly spoiled snooker king Dennis Taylor's chance of being the subject of the "This is Your Life." TV show. more...

5 YEARS AGO: Film should have warning

A TELEVISION series containing explicit sex scenes prompted an outcry in East Lancashire. more...

Lancashire News

Friesian flown out for Uganda needy

HOLY COW! Church-goers have helped a needy Ugandan family to get back on their feet - by flying out a Friesian! more...

P JEPSON, Shaftesbury Avenue, Darwen.

HAVING listened, almost to the point of boredom, to the arguments for Blackburn's unitary authority status against those for the retention of the two-tier system with Lancashire County Council, I suspect that most people in the borough, and for that matter much of the county, care not a jot whether their local government services are provided by a unitary or two-tier authority. more...

Firemen hurt in tower block blaze

TWO firemen needed hospital treatment after a serious fire in a block of flats early today. more...

Ellen's brave fight against crippling illness

CHARITY worker Ellen Small is appealing for cash for a specially adapted wheelchair - so she can continue to help others. more...

Public don't think beat police are low status

THE FIRST thing that needs to be said about the leaked Audit Commission report pointing to widespread waste and inefficiency in Britain's policing is that the claims are far from established fact. more...

COUN J R FAIRLESS, chairman, Community and Leisure Services Committee, Blackburn Council.

REGARDLESS of the "unitary" authority issue, the first task of my vision for Blackburn schools would be to restore the morale of teachers to make them all feel valued. more...

MINNIE NORMAN (late Darwen Street greengrocer's, next to the old GPO), Shear Bank Road, Blackburn.

HOW wonderful to see the old photograph of PC Harry Bullock on point duty in Blackburn in your Christmas 1945 supplement (LET, October 18). It was a joy to behold - no-one could say he wasn't the "tops" on duty. more...

ALLAN KENYON, Bennington Street, Blackburn.

I HAVE a message for all the middle-aged and elderly fans of Blackburn Rovers who walk the streets wearing the club's tops, hats, scarves, etc: you look ridiculous. Leave the club's regalia to the kids, and grow up. more...

Yob firework attack injures Brett, 5

A TEENAGE yob pushed a lit firework into a five-year-old boy's jeans pocket and ran off laughing. more...

G E RAYNER, Whinney Lane, Langho.

YOUR report heading "NHS care system is failing patients" (LET, October 13) aptly describes "Care in the Community," the subject of a recent conference of health care officials. more...

Woods rapist's description

The rapist struck at around 1.30pm on Sunday October 8, dragging his victim from the footpath between Killiards Lane picnic area and Witton Park. more...

Plea of woods rapist: HELP ME

A DESPERATE rapist has appealed for help and offered to give himself up in another chilling letter to police, it was revealed today. more...

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