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Lancashire | Archive | 1999 | January

Stories for 30 January 1999

Accrington News

Homeless: A Stable place after life in street

THE plight of homeless people in East Lancashire is under the spotlight this weekend. more...

'Cantona' sex pest help plea

A SEX pest who looks like soccer ace Eric Cantona and preys on schoolgirls has struck again, despite a high-profile police campaign to catch him. more...

Blackburn Info

Blackburn Leisure

PlayStation: Tomb Raider 111

WILL this lady's star ever fade? Will I ever stop lusting over Ferraris? more...

PlayStation: Toca 2: Touring Cars

I'VE not had as much fun behind the wheel since I was a lad, zooming about in a battered MG softop. more...

Nintendo: Turok2-Seeds of Evil

A GAMES-mad 11-year-old told me it was brilliant, so who am I to argue? Yes, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil for the N64 has enough action and atmosphere to keep any games junkie glued to the screen. more...

BABYLON ZOO: All The Money's Gone (EMI) - The belated follow-up to the 1996 one-hit-wonder Spaceman, which shot to Number One on the back of a Levi commercial. This sounds like an Oasis covers band attempting an impression of T-Rex. Considering the delay in coming up with material, there may be some truth in the title for Zoo man Jasinder Mann. This is dire. (3/10) PB more...

PlayStation: Actua Soccer 3 and Libero Grande

IT'S time to pull on the football boots as we take a look at two soccer games for the PlayStation. more...

PlayStation: Going googly!

FED-up with the usual sporting fodder on the PlayStation? You know, soccer, tennis, more soccer, golf, ice hockey, wrestling, ice hockey and even more soccer? more...

PlayStation: Music

ANYONE fancy joining the ranks of mega-rich music superstars? Nice thought, eh? Well if you like music but can't play a note then a new release for the PlayStation could be the answer to your dreams. more...

PlayStation: Cool Boarders 3

I'VE never been a great fan of the Cool Boarders games, until now that is. more...

PlayStation: Colony Wars: Vengeance

THE great Christmas rush is well under way and there are so many new games around that you will have to be careful not to waste your hard earned cash (or spends) on a real turkey. more...

Who's playing where in the North West

TONIGHT more...

Local events tomorrow and Monday (January 31st / February 1st)

SUNDAY more...

Blackburn News

Row over old folk's deaths

A POLITICAL row has blown up after seven pensioners died after leaving care homes which are threatened with closure. more...

Going for a song?

Collecting vintage guitars has become big business, writes local musician and guitar collector PETER GRADWELL. Peter, 50, of Rishton, is studying media studies at Blackburn College and is member of revivalist group The Accrington Rockers. more...

Playing from the heart

YOUNG lo-fi rockers Element will play their hearts out next month when they appear at a charity concert inspired by the struggle for life of one of the band's family. more...

Row over old folk's deaths

A POLITICAL row has blown up after seven pensioners died after leaving care homes which are threatened with closure. more...

No finer cause than hospice, says Straw

HOME Secretary Jack Straw kick-started a huge fund-raising drive to raise £1.3 million to convert the East Lancashire Hospice into a centre of excellence. more...

Chance to nominate your favourite nurse

THE closing date for nominations is looming in the hunt to find the 1999 Community Nurse of the Year. more...

Paramedic sacked over harassment allegation

AN AMBULANCEMAN has been sacked after he was accused of alleged sexual harassment against a female colleague. more...

Blackburn Sport

Rovers skipper heads for Ewood exit

TIM Sherwood could well have played his last game for Blackburn Rovers, with all the signs pointing to the exit door for the Ewood skipper. more...

Clarets player fights for first team shirt

NEIL Moore headed for Lincoln City today determined to hang on to his first-team shirt. more...

ICE HOCKEY: Great Britain star in race against time

MATT Jones is facing a frantic race against the clock to make Blackburn Hawks' date with Chelmsford at the Arena tonight (face-off 6pm). more...

Mirthy beat!

The Saturday Interview Peter White talks to JASON McATEER more...

Moore fights for first team shirt

NEIL Moore headed for Lincoln City today determined to hang on to his first-team shirt. more...

Sherwood heads for Ewood exit

TIM Sherwood could well have played his last game for Blackburn Rovers, with all the signs pointing to the exit door for the Ewood skipper. more...

Rovers to interview fans over price policy

BLACKBURN Rovers have responded to the complaints of season-ticket holders by commissioning a major survey - and chief executive John Williams promised at last night's annual meeting of shareholders that the club would listen to their fans. more...

Bolton Leisure

What's on in and around Bolton

Music & dance Sunday CEILI Dancing with Michael Kierans, St Edmund's Church Hall, off Deansgate, 7.30pm-9.30pm. Monday BESSES Boys' Youth Band for boys and girls, beginners, 6pm, full band rehearsals, 7pm, Clarkes Hill, Prestwich, Tel: 0161 766 9407 evenings. more...

Bolton News

From the BEN files

BOLTON Conservative Counc Robert Horrocks today lost the final round of his slander action against Labour Ald. Peter Lowe over remarks made at a council meeting over four years ago. The House of Lords held that Mr Lowe was entitled to the defence of qualified privilege if, as was conceded, he believed the truth of his remarks. Mr Horrocks was ordered to pay Mr Lowe's costs. more...

Pub jobs boom

AN amazing total of 800 new pub jobs have been created in Bolton in the past TWO years. more...

Let's get married again

YOU may kiss the bride...again. more...

THERE can be few, if any, more ardent lovers of jazz than Paul Kendall.

Vocalist Paul is a well-known "face' on the local music scene and out and about most nights, trawling the clubs and pubs of the North West to listen to and 'guest' with local groups and musicians. He has become firm friends with many who value his support and enthusiasm. more...

I'm not all right, Jack

I haven't seen my best friend Jack since 1973. more...

Thank heavens for kindness

AROUND seven years ago, Janet Aspinall saw her best friend die after a long and brave battle against breast cancer. more...

Thank heavens for kindness

AROUND seven years ago, Janet Aspinall saw her best friend die after a long and brave battle against breast cancer. more...

A visit to the Cumberland pencil museum

THE AREA around Keswick is splendid walking country sandwiched between Bassenthwaite Lake and Derwentwater and overlooked by Skiddaw mountain. more...

BOLTON PREMIER QUIZ LEAGUE

RESULTS (January 25) more...

VALENTINE'S Day is looming and, for those lonely Boltonions who don't have a loved one to sent a car

Natural Friends is Britain's and, probably the world's, only dating agency for non-smoking singles. more...

Hi-tec flowers

WE suppose it could be described as "blooming marvellous" - a web-site for Bolton's flower fanciers. more...

It's a capital chance

THE London Marathon takes place on Sunday, April 18, and it's hoped runners from the Bolton area will be taking part on behalf of Cancer Research Campaign, who called for 75 runners last October. more...

BOLTON OPEN

QUIZ LEAGUE RESULTS (January 26). more...

Ryan splashes out

IT seems footballer, Ryan Giggs has discovered a new way to fly the flag for Wales. more...

ACDO HORWICH QUIZ LEAGUE 98/99

RESULTS Week 13, (Toll Bar) - Victorians 37 Long Pull 39; Bay Horse 36 Brown Cow 34; Bridge Inn 44 Willie's Wanderers 31; Blazing Saddle 40 Albert Tosspots 20; Vic Taverners free week. P W L F A Pt DIFF more...

It's just another scam

I REPLY to the article New Deal Response BEN January 25). The real purpose of the government's New Deal is to push the long term un-employed into low paying rotten jobs under the threat of having their benefits stopped. Employers have signed confidentiality clauses with the employment services. Such secretive measures clearly prove that the New Deal scheme is yet another scam that will fill the coffers of the rich and greedy at the expense of the working class. more...

The honour is well overdue

I WAS delighted to read of the forthcoming honour to Sir Arthur Rostron, hero of the Titanic rescue. more...

Day for sharing cultures

I AM organising a multicultural exhibition and craft day to take place at Haigh Hall on September 19, 1999. more...

Lively theatre

THE OCTAGON is Bolton's own. Two letters in BEN on January 26 criticise Bolton's very own live theatre. But the live theatre at the Octagon is alive and kicking. more...

Changing rooms!

WORK will finally start next month on transforming Smithills Hall into a tourist attraction. Leisure chiefs will begin the massive task by restoring three rooms to their Victorian splendour. But they hope it will just be the first phase of a long-term project to bring back to life the grade two listed building. more...

Tranquil refuge

THE emotive language of your report on the widow who wished to mount a picture of her husband on his grave, and could not have a free choice of colour for the headstone, indicates considerable sympathy for her. more...

Sack Hoddle, says Bolton disabled supporter

AN outraged official of the Bolton Wanderers' Disabled Supporters' Association has joined national calls for England soccer boss Glenn Hoddle to be sacked. more...

Who lived there?

I AM trying to trace people who may have lived at 85 Venice Street, Bolton on or around 1915 (July). more...

Sick burglars strip kids' club

CHILDREN were left toyless after callous burglars stole everything from their after school club. more...

Caring staff

I recently spent a week in the Royal Bolton Hospital's Women's Healthcare Unit on H3 ward. The care that I was given by Mr R Hopkins and his team of medical and nursing staff was second to none. From my first consultation, through all the preliminary tests and checks and right through to my operation and discharge I was given information and involved in every decision that was taken. more...

Kind OAP tricked by sick purse thief

A KINDHEARTED pensioner paid a heavy price for her generosity when a thief duped her and snatched her purse containing £25. more...

Not a steam ship

IT was with some satisfaction we read in your paper the intention to commemorate the actions of the captain of the SS Carpathia, in rescuing survivors of the Titanic tragedy 1912. more...

Police chief denies 'wasted cash' claims

THE Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police David Wilmot has denied allegations of "millions of pounds" being wasted in the force. more...

'Let Prescott decide' on store scheme

A COUNCILLOR is calling for an inquiry into a controversial planning application to be heard in public. more...

M-way death crash horror

A RAMSBOTTOM woman died after she was hit by a car on the motorway after a crash near Rochdale yesterday morning. more...

Good bosses have nothing to fear

GOOD employers have nothing to fear from the Government's proposed Fairness at Work Bill, according to Bolton North-east MP, David Crausby. more...

Missing boy, 14, is safe

A MISSING Bolton schoolboy has been reunited with his family after he was spotted from his photo in last night's Bolton Evening News. more...

20ft plunge man's lucky escape

A MAN had a lucky escape after plunging 20ft from scaffolding in Westhoughton. more...

Bolton Sport

SOCCER: Determination holds the key

BURY'S old guard are determined to spread the Shakers' notorious never-say-die spirit to Gigg Lane's new boys, writes NEIL BONNAR. more...

Per misses great Danes

PER Frandsen believes life without the Laudrups will take its toll on Denmark's international prospects. more...

PLEASE RELEASE ME

MARK Fish and Colin Todd speak as one in the club v country debate . . . but is anybody listening? more...

Burnley News

Lucas jobs fears

UNION leaders representing more than 1,000 East Lancashire workers have voiced concerns over the future of LucasVarity - and its huge pension fund. more...

`Bone idle' parents are urged to walk to school

PARENTS have been urged by a councillor to stop being "bone idle" and and walk their children to school. more...

`Goalposts moved' in cash bid

THE GOVERNMENT moved the goalposts when it rejected Burnley's bid for a £25 million development package for the town, says council leader Stuart Caddy. more...

Darwen News

M-way demand for quiet will be loud

MOTORWAY neighbours plan to make a noise themselves when they meet Highways Agency bosses about the din from the M65 extension. more...

Quality aim for hotels

VISITORS to Lancashire can expect top quality service and accommodation thanks to a series of workshops aimed at improving standards. more...

Naked snow shock

A MAN walked down a Darwen street in the snow wearing nothing but a vest and a pair of socks, a court heard. more...

Nelson News

Theatre company hit by Shakespearean tragedy

A PENDLE theatre group's plans to stage one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies has been struck a blow. more...

Woman, 80, in birthday crash

A WOMAN has told how she feared her elderly mother was dead after a freak road accident in Nelson on the eve of her 80th birthday. more...

Rawtenstall News

Janet joins ward closure protest

ROSSENDALE'S MP Janet Anderson is backing a health watchdog's protest over the planned closure of a hospital ward for the elderly mentally ill in Rawtenstall. more...

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