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Stories for 2 August 2000
Accrington News
Graveyard shift for security guards
SECURITY guards are to patrol cemeteries in Hyndburn after a spate of vandalism and what police describe as a "racist attack" on gravestones. more...
Delia puts pies in premier league
ACCRINGTON today returned to the centre of the footballing world's attention as the town played host to a signing with a difference. more...
Driver trapped after van overturns
A VAN driver was trapped in his cab for an hour after overturning on a notorious East Lancashire road. more...
Blackburn News
£55m jackpot for East Lancashire
REGENERATION chiefs were today celebrating after they hit the jackpot with a cash injection of more than £55 million for projects in East Lancashire. more...
Brothers cleared of duty charges
TWO Lancashire brothers have been cleared of evading duty on large quantities of beer, wine, tobacco and cigarettes after a judge ruled that a jury could not be told of alleged admissions they made in interviews with customs officers. more...
Town centre plan 'needs action'
A MULTI-million-pound drive to breathe new life into Blackburn's town centre could fail unless plans are backed up by a string of policy changes, according to opposition councillors. more...
Thief goes undercover
ONE man's art turned out to be another man's blanket following the Arts in the Park extravaganza, a court was told. more...
Bonds £1m Lancs winner
A LUCKY punter was celebrating today after scooping the £1million jackpot on the Premium Bonds. more...
Packed 'n' ready to go
THE landlord and landlady of one of East Lancashire's first Italian restaurants are saying arrivederci. more...
Learners' preview
MORE than 100 potential students attended a series of "taster days" in the childhood studies department at Blackburn College. more...
Man, 77 suffers burns
A 77-YEAR-OLD man suffered burns to 50 per cent of his body during an incident at a nursing home. more...
Teenager looking for parrot
A TEENAGER is desperate for the return of her pet parrot, which flew the nest on Friday night. Antonia Church, 16, of Longsight Road, Clayton-le-Dale, is hoping that someone will have heard her chattering blue-fronted Amazon, called Wesley. Her mother, Ann, said that Wesley escaped after he was taken outside in his cage. more...
Bolton Business
Groups merge ops for major venture
EEF Lancashire President Brian Ward, left, shakes hands with BTG Chairman David Ball watched by, left to right, David Guthrie, John Brown and Robin Booth. more...
Potential for problems on e-mail and Internet
A LOCAL law firm is warning that Internet and e-mail access for workers can cause huge problems for employers. more...
Premier website brings the best news stories
Tim Parr (left) and Chris Sudlow more...
A name and shame service
THE RECENT launch of a new service could result in Bolton businesses being named and shamed on the Internet if they do not pay their bills on time. more...
Air Miles bargain
WESTHOUGHTON e-tailer Dabs.com has secured a customer benefit deal with Air Miles. more...
Bolton Leisure
What's On if you visit galleries and exhibitions
The Jurassic xhibition at Bolton Museum ARC GALLERY STORE, Oldham Street, Manchester. Mon to Sat 10am to 6pm. Sun noon to 5pm. Adm free. You Looking At Me, exhibition by Tom Hackney, Runs to August 6. Ring 0161 831 7454. more...
What's On in and around the Bolton area on Thursday
LEISURE, SPORT AND KEEP FIT BOLTON Excel, Lower Bridgeman Street, tel: 334456: 50+ badminton, table tennis, squash and gym, 1pm-3pm; body conditioning, 2pm-3pm. more...
What's On if you like something a bit different
BOLTON CHA RAMBLING CLUB, walks every Saturday. Saturday August 5 car ramble to Heptonstall and Blackshaw Head, 11 miles, leaving Bolton at 9.30am. For more details ring Bolton 697610. more...
What's On at the theatre
OCTAGON THEATRE, Bolton. Ring Bolton 520661. more...
What's on at the Millennium Waterfront experience
There are many reasons to venture out of doors and enjoy the sunshine this more...
Bolton News
More gays want to be parents
BOLTON'S most high profile lesbian has announced that she is leaving her job to have a baby. more...
Chantel, 15, chokes to death in freak accident
Chantel gives little brother Tyler a hug in this family snap more...
Members' anger at gym charges
ANGRY members of a Bolton gym have hit out at a new charge which they claim makes a mockery of their membership fee. more...
89pc cheaper with us Bolton firms tell John Prescott
BOLTON businesses could have furnished your home cheaper, Mr Prescott -- and saved the nation a packet! more...
Health watchdogs to draw up battle plans
HEALTH watchdogs in Bolton have vowed to fight the Government decision to axe Community Health Councils. more...
Seven wonderful years married to my Thai bride
A HUSBAND from Westhoughton man has defended marriages to young Thai brides after his seven years of wedded bliss. more...
Rugby players set to help school beat summer blues
A PROFESSIONAL Rugby League coach is teaming up with a Little Hulton school to tackle the problem of boredom during the summer holidays. more...
Family's fortune
A BOLTON couple are celebrating after their family won £4.42 million in Saturday's National Lottery. Julie Curbishley's mother and father -- James and Dorothy Gambles -- were one of three lucky ticket holders to split Saturday's rollover jackpot which topped £13m. It is rumoured a large chunk of the win will be shared with Julie, who until this week worked for Bolton Council as a home care worker and husband Christopher, who is also employed by the local authority as a joiner. more...
Eleanor - 104 years young
Eleanor Mayoh: Could teach the Queen Mother a thing or two about leading an active life more...
Club rocks on thanks to John
John Turner with other club members and the trophy he donated more...
From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO: From the Evening News, August 2, 1975 more...
Mr Ashworth and his grammar school class of '46
This picture of a class at Farnworth Grammar School in 1946 (the teacher was Mr Ashworth, the biology master) has been sent to me by Mr Jack Mullen, of Woburn Avenue, Bolton. Jack is in the middle of the back row - 'the slim, Brylcreem, slip of a lad' - and my fellow columnist on the Evening News, Fred Shawcross, is second row from the back on the right. He's certainly changed since then . . . more...
It's motorway hell ahead for drivers
DRIVERS are being warned of seven months of motorway hell as workmen begin a £3.3 million scheme to repair bridges on the M61 between Kearsley and Horwich. more...
Celebration time for Asian group
Artist Wendy Headley, of Northwich, Cheshire, with some of her pupils at the lantern making workshop more...
£9.5m school for all ages
A MULTI-MILLION project to transform one of Bolton's oldest schools into an "open all hours" community education centre for everybody was given the official go ahead yesterday. more...
Woman dies in factory horror
A WOMAN was killed in an horrific accident after being trapped in a textile machine. more...
Nichola still in the house
BOLTON woman Nichola Holt has again escaped eviction from TV's Big Brother house. more...
Town hit by invasion of flying ants
BOLTONIANS are coming under siege from swarms of flying ants. more...
More strikes in wage row
A WAGE dispute between a Westhoughton firm and 300 of its staff is continuing following a one-day strike on Monday. more...
Flat raid burglar hunted
DETECTIVES are hunting a burglar who ransacked a 101-year-old woman's flat as she lay terrified in bed this morning. The offender broke through a window of Ann Lee's ground floor flat in a sheltered accommodation block in Walkden, at 5am. more...
Bobby tells of shooting ordeal
A WESTHOUGHTON bobby told today how he dodged a gunman's bullets during a terrifying ordeal. more...
BEN tribute to 100 glorious years
THURSDAY's edition of the print version of the Bolton Evening News contains eight pages of reports and pictures celebrating 100 glorious years of the Queen Mother's life including unique pictures of a Royal visit to the Bolton area. It will be on sale from noon. more...
Rookie PC's gunshot terror
ROOKIE PC Jason Bell this afternoon described the moment his cop partner stared death in the face as a gunman opened fire. more...
It's the wrong place to put speed traps
HAVING read with interest the many contributions on the subjects of speed cameras on St Peter's Way, and the funding of road repairs, I would like to offer my own views. more...
Drugs fiasco blasted
THE drugs situation is a fiasco. The further £300 million, together with the £1.4 billion that this Government already spends of the taxpayers' money, will do little to stem the relentless growth of drug abuse in Britain today. more...
It's wrong to speak ill of the dead
IN response to Mrs D Perks, Your Views July 24, who, in her first breath condemns a man for insulting the Queen Mother, then goes on to insult the late Princess Diana with a vicious attack. more...
Are payers of council fees entitled to free access to advice?
REGARDING the article in BEN, Saturday, July 29 Page 14, 'Town Hall courts legal challenges'. more...
Fluoride is not poison
I AM happy to confirm for reader Brian Derbyshire (Protect teeth and grandchildren, Monday, July 17 2000) that fluoridated water is not at all poisonous. more...
Cabinet secrecy offends common sense
I REFER to Cllr Hanscomb's letter and would support his opposition to the Cabinet and secrecy, together with scrutiny committees and forums etc re bureaucracy 'in excellis'. more...
The dangers of tongue piercing
THE BRITISH Dental Association is urging anyone considering having their tongue pierced to do everything they can to ensure the procedure is as safe as possible. We are also asking that they visit their dentist for advice on oral hygiene during the period when the piercing is healing. more...
Bolton Sport
Chairman hails Goldline
"MAGNIFICENT" is how chairman Kieran Tilley describes the qualifying games played to date in the Goldline Trophy in association with the Bolton Evening News. more...
£15m complex ready to be a home for the stars
TWO members of Britain's Davis Cup team are to make the new £15 million state of the art Bolton Arena their home. more...
Classic five
1) Who is pictured lifting a trophy? more...
Classic six
1) Who are the Wanderers opponents? more...
The latest quiz for Wanderers fans
Where did Bolton sign Tony Caldwell from? more...
WANDERERS: Off target RMI bow to Manuel magic
Leigh RMI 0 Wanderers 1 more...
Burnley News
Fight rent rises call to council
BURNLEY Council is being urged to take out a High Court injunction to stop Burnley and Padiham Housing raising rents by up to 200 per cent. more...
Results of probe into custody death
A SENIOR policeman called in to investigate the death of Christopher Alder found no evidence of an assault by other officers, an inquest heard. more...
Masts 'would keep us in touch'
CONTINUED objections to telecommunications masts being set up in Burnley would leave the town out of touch with the modern world, councillors were told. more...
Birthday eve blaze tragedy
FIRE victim Sean Matthew Woodvine would have celebrated his 28th birthday the day after he died in a house fire in Hunslet Street, Burnley. more...
Love is in the open air
THE world's greatest love story, Romeo and Juliet, was brought to life in the unlikely setting of Barrowford Park. more...
Clitheroe News
Cement firm sends bags of help
A LITTLE piece of the Ribble Valley has been shipped over to Romania. more...
Sealed with a kiss!
THE number of visitors to the area has increased -- thanks to the rolling countryside and some East Lancashire loving. more...
Colne News
Changing rooms for kids' nursery
YOUNGSTERS at a Pendle nursery school can look forward to a bright future thanks to the hard work of volunteers. more...
Darwen News
Row over homes plan
A WAR of words has erupted between Darwen's two Connor councillors about a plan to build new homes on a green field site in their ward. more...
Hotline to help people in need
A NURSE who has become one of the first operators of a telephone medical service today spoke of her desire to help people in need. more...
Hovis' wit butters up the audience
SUCCESSFUL comedian Chris Addison had to cancel his appearance at The Humour Section, in Darwen Library Theatre, at the last minute for an undisclosed personal reason. It may not have been a laughing matter but his replacement certainly was. more...
An eye on antennae
A CAMPAIGNING councillor has vowed to keep a 'close eye' of proposals to extend a telecommunications site opposite Sett End playing fields in Roman Road, Darwen. more...
Lancashire Business
Enterprise 'yes' to ARM merger
ECONOMIC development firm Enterprise has agreed the terms of a merger with the utilities company ARM. more...
Nigel promoted to sales manager
A FORMER machine operator is taking to the road as a sales manager for the company. more...
Lancashire Leisure
East Lancashire events on Thursday, August 3
Teddy Bears Picnic, Recreation Ground, Belthorn Village, 1.30pm. more...
Lancashire News
Five years ago: Teeny boozers
OUT-OF-TOWN booze bandits were being blamed for a weekly flood of teeny-bopper drunks in Blackburn town centre. more...
Ten years ago: Warehouse gutted
INVESTIGATIONS were under way into the cause of a huge blaze which gutted a paper warehouse in Blackburn. more...
£55m jackpot for East Lancashire
REGENERATION chiefs were today celebrating after they hit the jackpot with a cash injection of more than £55 million for projects in East Lancashire. more...
Fight rent rises call to council
BURNLEY Council is being urged to take out a High Court injunction to stop Burnley and Padiham Housing raising rents by up to 200 per cent. more...
'Rabble' are right
IF, as Chris Wrigley says (Letters, July 27), Jack Straw is pandering to the rabble regarding Myra Hindley's continuing incarceration, then count me as one of the rabble and proud of it. more...
Park arts day beats dome
LIKE thousands of other Blackburn residents, I attended many of the events that made up the Arts In The Park festival last weekend. It was a superb programme of attractions, ranging from local amateur groups to top class professionals -- there really was something for everyone. more...
Road view makes sense
AT last, a common sense viewpoint -- from Pauline Vaughan (Letters, July 24) -- on the local authority's proposals to close Church Street in Blackburn to through traffic and create additional limited-time car parking in Church Street and Darwen Street. more...
Japan should stop whaling
AS the Japanese whaling fleet prepares to leave port, we call upon the Japanese government to end "scientific" whaling. more...
Stop the rot on back streets
REGARDING your 20/20 Vision article (LET, July 27) on Blackburn Council's targets for improving on the environment, I am pleased that our area is leading the way in the composting of household waste. more...
Evening went with a bang
ON behalf of a group of residents and staff, I would like to thank all concerned for the wonderful proms and fireworks evening in Corporation Park, Blackburn -- until 10.30pm! more...
Make repairs the priority
ISN'T it time Blackburn Council finished off repairs to their main car park and also swept it on a Monday morning before they start their stupid plans for closing Church Street? more...
Big thank you for festival
A BIG thanks to Blackburn with Darwen Council for putting on an excellent festival last weekend. more...
I would kill the killers
WHEN are we going to bring back the death penalty? more...
Will nations give or take?
WOULD Chris Davies MEP (July 21) care to tell us how many of the countries queuing to join the EU are wealthy nations eager to put more into the pot than they expect to get out of it? more...
The youngsters find their feet
Nature Watch, with Ron Freethy more...
Lancashire Sport
Local cricket: Ajay is keen to return
IT HAS been a bitter-sweet week for Padiham professional Ajay Sharma. more...
County cricket: Simpson relishes crunch clash
LANCASHIRE coach Bob Simpson today spelt out the importance of the showdown with Championship leaders Surrey at the Oval. more...
Stanley draw in impressive display
Accrington Stanley 1, Rochdale 1 more...
Golf: Nick's on course
NICK Dougherty is on course to follow in the footsteps of his mentor Nick Faldo after coasting into the third round of the English Amateur Championships. more...
Local cricket: Astle signs
ACCRINGTON professional Nathan Astle will be back at Thorneyholme Road next season. more...
Oldham starlet out for Turf contract
FORMER Oldham Athletic midfielder Nathan Wharton is trying to win a contract at Turf Moor. more...
Davis plans fitness boost
CLARETS skipper Steve Davis is hoping to move another step towards First Division battle-stations against Manchester City tonight. more...
Nat's the way to do it
Burnley reserves drew 2-2 at Ramsbottom United last night thanks to a late equaliser from young trialist Nathan Wharton. more...
Peacock move hits wage hitch
DARREN Peacock's move to Portsmouth is in danger of collapsing unless the player agrees to a massive pay cut. more...
Deane deal still possible
ROVERS' hopes of signing Middlesbrough striker Brian Deane could become clearer in the next couple of days. more...
Leeds come to Ewood
ROVERS tonight continue their pre-season build up against Leeds United at Ewood. more...
Nelson News
Charity boss goes back to his roots
THE new director general of Age Concern, England, Gordon Lishman, will return to his roots this week when he meets the Pakistani Welfare Association in Nelson. more...
Lock up at night warning
HOUSEHOLDERS in Pendle are being warned to lock up tight, particularly at night, after a spate of walk-in thefts in Nelson and Barrowford in recent weeks. more...
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