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Parr join the TEAM
RECRUITMENT consultancy Parr Associates has joined a countrywide association of recruitment and employment businesses. The company, based in Bark Street East, Bolton, is now a member of TEAM - the Employment Agents Movement. John Parr, managing director
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Fourth leisure plan is unveiled
PLANS have been revealed for a FOURTH Bolton leisure complex. An application has been made to council chiefs for a development on the Weston Engineering Works site at Summerfield Road, Bolton. It is just across the road from another entertainments complex
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Caravan serves up food safety
A CAMPAIGN is being organised in Bolton to raise awareness of food hygiene. The fourth national Food Safety Week runs from Monday, June 10, to Sunday, June 16, and the Food Control Unit of Bolton Council's Environmental Health Services is supporting the
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Police spies nab garden thieves
POLICE arrested two men in a night time surveillance operation after a nursery boss complained that his plant stock was being devastated by sneak thieves. Detectives lay in wait last night at the Heaton Fold nursery - which is run as a training centre
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Charges plan for museum shows
ADMISSION charges could be introduced at Bolton museum and art gallery for the first time in the new year. Management are to explore the possibility of charging the public to go into special exhibitions. But museum boss Dr John Gray strongly denied the
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Rescued . . . the terrier terror with a nose for trouble
A MISCHIEVOUS terrier's nose for the rabbits sent firemen, the RSPCA, council staff and a farmer barking mad when she sparked a massive three hour search down a land drain. The terrier terror, Sadie, disappeared during a walk with owner Wayne Gildart,
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Nigel's Olympic call
LEIGH judo ace Nigel Donohue has won a place in the British team for the Olympic Games in Atlanta next month. Atlanta will be Donohue's second appearance in the Games after competing in Barcelona four years ago. he will compete in the Under 60kg category
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Drummond is back
DES Drummond has stepped out of retirement to play for Second Division strugglers Chorley. Bolton-based Drummond quit last year after a two-season spell with Workington Town. For the past three weeks Drummond has been acting as fitness coach with Chorley
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Noise is a real risk to health
SIR: I couldn't believe what I read in Cllr Peter Johnston's letter (Viewpoint, May 30). Noise is a real risk to health, ask any doctor. For anyone with a stress-related illness, such as a heart condition, noise can be a killer. To suggest that this isn't
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Business group launched
WOMEN in business in the Bolton area may well enjoy attending a group about to be re-launched. Women in Business North West is starting up again with an open evening next Wednesday from 5.15pm to 7.30pm at The Conference Suite, Windmill Lane, Denton.
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The vandals
Pen cannot put to paper All the damage they have done Against Society at large. And, like mice - how they run! Perhaps that's why we catch so few. They want no audience, But this I know - they'll never rue Their deeds, with no conscience. See how their
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Boys and girls come out to learn to play
HAVE children lost the ability to play? One source of problems encountered with youngsters today, it has been argued, is the disappearance of traditional games from the playground, and the emergence of solitary pursuits like computer games. Look in many
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Planet's top R & B boys hit town
TOURING the world and thrilling audiences with their unique style of rough, tough and rockin' R&B from the early forties, King Pleasure and The Biscuit Boys are certainly the hottest ticket in town. They come to Bolton's Albert Halls on June 22. Acclaimed
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Caring force
THE fact that Bolton's voluntary sector generates a combined annual income of around £15 million is timely news during Volunteers Week. It highlights the fact that this town, with its 500 or so groups, is one of the most caring in the country, boasting
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Open day for Mrs Merton
TV personality Mrs Merton was today opening a new executive accommodation wing and extended conference and banqueting facilities at a Manchester hotel. Comedienne and actress Caroline Hook was performing the lunchtime ceremony at the four-star Victoria
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Weight Watcher Karen steps up
FORMER chef Karen Jones has been appointed Manchester Area Manager of Weight Watchers (UK) Ltd. Karen, aged 40, who lives in Middleton, trained to become a Weight Watchers leader in 1990 after following the programme. Since then she has run up to 16 meetings
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Sir David speaking for the 'greater'good
SIX hundred invitations have gone out for the seventh annual Bolton Business Lecture. Sir David Trippier will be speaking at Bolton Town Hall on July10 on "Marketing Manchester." This is a new private and public sector partnership launched in April to
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Ruth marries her No 1 supporter!
RUTH Kelly, the prospective Labour candidate for the marginal Bolton West seat, put thoughts of the forthcoming General Election on the back burner for a day when she married Derek Gadd at St Patrick's RC Church in London. Ruth, an Oxford graduate who
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Hammer raiders chased away
A BRAVE householder chased off two intruders in a bungled burglary bid despite being struck with a hammer. The man, aged 25, who has not been named, disturbed the men who had broken into his Farnworth home through the kitchen at about 11.30pm last night
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Street party to mark sad farewell
NEIGHBOURS laid on a street party for an American couple returning home after five happy years in Bolton. Tim and Jenny Kangas were guests of honour at the farewell party on Saturday in Victoria Grove. Mrs Sharon Whelan, aged 28, was one of the group
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Leigh left frustrated
LEIGH'S inability to win the toss resulted in their fifth draw from seven league outings against Liverpool on Saturday. Once again Leigh batted first, and despite the early loss of openers Dimery and Bailey, they were soon progressing nicely. Dove and
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New course leaves options open
SCHOOL leavers are set to benefit from a new style course at Bolton College which allows them to choose from a wide range of vocational options while getting the GNVQ Foundation in Information Technology. Designed specifically for youngsters who want
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Cyclist mown down and killed
A BOLTON cyclist was killed after being mown down by a speeding stolen car on a busy commuter road yesterday. Crompton Cornthwaite, 44, from Springfield Road, Kearsley, was struck by the Austin Maestro on the A666 in Clifton during the afternoon rush
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Will they pay?
SIR: I see that the probation officers' union thinks that people who do not pay their fines, television licences etc should not be sent to prison. Would this organisation be prepared to pay the debts of these people? S R Morgan, Normanby Street, Bolton
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BSE helpline
SIR: I'm sure that many young people like me will have been left worried and confused over the latest news about BSE - Mad Cow Disease, and now they are looking for answers. I'm the youth contact in Bolton for VIVA The Vegetarian Charity and we have launched
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Forget it, Fred!
SIR: We would like to offer Fred Dibnah a bit of advice. He should forget the loves of his life, steam engines and old industrial artefacts, and instead build a new waste incinerator in his garden. In Bolton (and Oldham too for that matter) you can build
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Myron was remarkable
SIR: I would like to pay my own personal tribute to Dr Myron Kofman, whose tragically sudden death was reported in your pages on May 29. For several years I shared an office with him and kept in contact after I retired from the Institute just over a year
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School for toddlers
A NEW scheme that should please local parents begins with the new term at Sunninghill School in Daubhill in September. Childminders Christine Bridge and Karen Bailey are starting a daycare centre, with 30 places for children aged from two-and-a-half to
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How to look a cut above rest
HAIR care is a top priority for most of us today. So HAIR-LINE offers useful advice on looking after our crowning glory, especially in the summer months. Top hairdresser RALPH KLEELI, right, who has a salon in Bolton's Churchgate, has the tips and facts
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'Road rage' charge
DETECTIVES have charged a man with assault following a road rage incident in which two terrified men were allegedly threatened with a gun. As reported in the BEN last weekend the two men alerted police after their shock ordeal at the junction of Chorley
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Firearms handed-in
A RUSSIAN rifle was among a small haul of weapons handed in at Bolton police station during the first two days of the national gun amnesty. The firearm and a revolver were taken to Bolton Central police station. An air pistol and a started pistol have
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On the list
DAD'S Army would have been delighted. North Turton councillors have asked National Heritage to put a Second World War pill box , which has stood guard over Chapeltown Road for more than 50 years, on its roll of listed buildings. Who knows, if Hitler's
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Easy money
LOTTERY bosses may argue until they are blue in the face that running the company successfully is very hard work. We are not convinced. The Camelot directors have a private monopoly on a popular licensed gambling venture. It would take considerable hard
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GRANADA this week took the cover off two new programmes which could become firm favourites with view
FIFTY-two people are reported dead, most of them by suffocation, and 200 injured, in a fire which swept through the 20-storey Lasalle Hotel, Chicago, early today. Without waiting for safety nets to be spread, scores of panic-stricken guests jumped from
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Shakers stars sign up
BURY's promotion-winning stars are signing up in numbers to help in next season's Second Division campaign. Midfielders Tony Rigby and Lenny Johnrose and striker Mark Carter have all agreed new deals this week. They follow team-mates David Johnson, Ian
