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Firms clean up
OVER £70 million has been spent on an advanced wastewater treatment facility at Fleetwood. Bury-based ductwork contractors Senior Hargreaves and Bolton-based structural engineers William Hare were major equipment suppliers. Bechtel, based at Warrington
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Update on business law
BUSINESSES can keep abreast of new legislation and current legal issues through the latest free updates published by leading Manchester law firm Pannone and Partners. The quarterly corporate update includes details on the firm's new in-house financial
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Striking secretaries 'could cause chaos'
IF the country's senior secretaries went on strike, 60 per cent of bosses would not be able to cope, according to a survey. Recruitment specialists Kelly Services, based in Bolton, asked 250 senior secretaries how well they thought their bosses would
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David warns over EU grant rip offs
SMALL businesses in Bolton are being warned about a fresh wave of "grant consultants" who claim they can provide thousands of pounds worth of European funding - in return for advance fees of up to £350. David Wainwright, partner at Farnworth-based certified
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Newsquest in £305m swoop
THE company which owns the Bolton Evening News announced today that it has bought the Westminster Press Group for £305 million. Newsquest Media Group, which is backed by American investment house Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, has won an industry race
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Final innings for hospitals' cricket match
DOCTORS at Bolton Royal Infirmary will engage in one last battle with doctors from Bolton General Hospital at the annual charity cricket match. Over the years the match has become something of a tradition with each side contending for the silver trophy
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Title hopefuls double despair
DEFEATS for title contenders Little Hulton and Clifton allowed Golborne to race away at the top of the table writes David Magilton. The champions of 1993 stretched their lead to 16 points after an exciting tussle at Edgworth and only a dramatic loss of
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£2m lottery cash puts sculpture trail on map
BURY has been successful in its bid for £2.3 million of National Lottery funding to establish an ambitious Irwell Way Sculpture Trail. The award is by far the biggest lottery grant for public art that has been made. The award of £2,316,730 will enable
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Sleaze probe rapped by top Tory
THE Nolan Committee is in danger of tarring local politicians with the same brush as colleagues in Westminster, according to a long-standing Bolton councillor. The so called sleaze inquiry set up to investigate standards in public life has turned its
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HUNT for hit-run maniacs
POLICE are hunting two hit and run drivers today after a teenager and a pensioner were injured in separate incidents over the weekend. Michael Kay, 16, was tossed in the air by the impact when he was struck by a car outside The Tavern on Wigan Road, Hunger
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Wigan boss hits back
WIGAN chairman Jack Robinson has blasted back at the club's critics - and insisted it has been a good year at Central Park. The reigning champions have had their fair share of doubters this season, having lost their Challenge Cup crown to arch-rivals
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They're out of control
SIR: The recent decision by the "Fat Cats" in the privatised utilities to push ahead with new bonus schemes, despite opposition from shareholders, shows how out of control these people are. This government has always argued that by privatising the utilities
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Classy Wigan shoot down Eagles
Sheffield Eagles 12 Wigan 54 WIGAN proved that despite the sale of Martin Offiah they still have plenty of big guns to call upon. The Riversiders still have talent in abundance and two of their leading youngsters Henry Paul and Andy Farrell produced enough
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Pity these prisoners
SIR: While we enjoy the long hot summer days, may I remind your readers of the article in the BEN several weeks ago, entitled 'Backyard Prisoners'. These rabbits, dressed in their fur coats, suffer considerable discomfort in the hot weather. Often kept
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Relief for Leigh
Leigh 32 Chorley 26 By MIKE HULME FRUSTRATED coach Eric Hughes looked on in astonishment as Leigh almost contrived to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. After opening up a commanding 32-14 lead midway through the second half Leigh should have gone
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Mission to find a flyer
SIR: I am very interested in the wartime Royal Air Force and in particular 617 Squadron and the famous Dambuster raid, which I've been researching for more than13 years. I am especially interested in those men who flew on, or trained for, the raid, and
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Facts behind shop closure
SIR: Mrs Compsty could not be more wrong in her letter, supported by the paper's headline, blaming the Council for Boydell's closure. There is a national problem; these local toy shops have been hit hard by large chain stores on out of town sites. Bolton
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Leigh put Celtic in their place!
LEIGH RMI 2 GLASGOW CELTIC 0 ALTHOUGH elated with his side's victory over a young Celtic side, Leigh RMI manager Steve Waywell was still playing down the significance of pre-season successes. The Railwaymen are now unbeaten in four starts, winning three
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It's a sell-off
BEFORE we get too maudlin about our poor British divers who have to flog off their Olympic kit on the street, let's not forget why they did it. The two were not raising cash for food, or to put shoes on their feet, but, according to Robert Morgan, to
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Sneaky plan
LAST month a free government benefits advice line closed. This month the Government is spending £500,000 on an advertising campaign to publicise a confidential telephone line, already being dubbed the "Snooper's Charter", for people to give information
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, August 4, 1971 BOLTON should bring work to the town's unemployed, an MP urged today. Mr Laurance Reed, MP for Bolton East, said the town could provide jobs by starting a public works programme with the unemployed fencing
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Dane quick to makes his mark
York 0 Wanderers 2 By GORDON SHARROCK PER Frandsen celebrated his Wanderers debut in sensational style with a taste of things to come. The tall, blond Dane - the more experienced half of Colin Todd's summer package from Copenhagen - lashed in an unstoppable
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Safety is good for business, says HSE
BUSINESSES throughout the North West are being urged to look forward to European Week for Safety, Hygiene and Health at Work which takes place between October 7 and 13. The principal aims of the week are to emphasise the economic as well as social importance
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Whitehall traffic move 'puts region in a jam'
THE North West is getting a raw deal from the Government because of the closure of the local traffic commissioner's office, says Cllr Derek Bateman, chairman of the North West Regional Association's Transportation Working Group. The region has not had
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The earth moves as new stadium gets underway
WORKMEN have moved in as the countdown begins in earnest for the creation of Bolton Wanderers new stadium. Earth moving equipment and contractors have been clearing the land during the past few days around the new pitch, which was laid earlier this year
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Atherton recapture lost form
ATHERTON finally found their form after several weeks in the doldrums to account for neighbours Daisy Hill by five wickets. Chris Bannister hit 36 as Hill scored 149-9 with Dixon grabbing 3-26, but Andy Hall's 64 and Phil West's unbeaten 64 saw Atherton
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Balloon goes up on airship scare
WORRIED residents sparked a major scare when they reported that an airship had crashed in fields at Bury. The police helicopter was scrambled and officers combed dark fields near Castle Hill Road, Bury, after the calls on Saturday night. Checks were also
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Smiths star for Walkden
THE Smiths stole the show as Walkden proved far too good for Bradshaw on Saturday. John Smith nipped in with 5-53 to restrict Bradshaw to 187-8. Neil Johnson was the home team's top scorer with 62. Brother David Smith then took command with a stylisk
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Colorvision shops 'back in business'
COLORVISION shops in Bolton and Bury are expected to be open again for business today as talks continue on their future. As reported in the Bolton Evening News last week, the TV and video chain Colorvision went into administrative receivership on Wednesday
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Holders cruise to Cup glory
THERE was no stopping holders Elton as they cruised to more Cross Cup glory against a shell-shocked Standish. From the moment openers Howard Pawson and man of the match Graham Bushell got into their stride there was only ever going to be one winner. The
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Tonge are tops
TONGE set themselves up for a league and cup double when they pipped Kearsley in the Hamer Cup final clash of the titans. The League high-flyers produced the thriller everybody anticipated with one of the most gripping climaxes in the history of the competition
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TV tec Mirren meets first female top cop
FACT met fiction for the first time when Britain's top woman cop met the telly 'tec with whom she's often compared. The country's first and only woman Chief Constable Pauline Clare dropped in on the Manchester set of ITV's 'Prime Suspect' to meet its
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Reprieve for former Silverwell Sports Centre?
AN anonymous developer with a multi-million pound scheme to save the former Silverwell Sports Centre is to submit detailed plans to Bolton planning bosses. The scheme would see the listed building transformed into a Information Technology Centre or "Cybercafe
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Aussie's top form worth the wait
HEATON'S professional Chris Sainsbury is making up for lost time. The Aussie may have made a slow start to his Bolton League career but now he is in explosive form. He followed up his 8-39 and 84 last week with 8-64 and a record breaking 161 not out against
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Moss must be saved
SIR: I wonder how many of the (178) different birds recorded in the Bolton area around 1953, wagtails, jays, wrens, kingfishers, chaffinches etc, will be seen over old Horwich when the Wanderers' new stadium gets built and Bolton Council adopts the 'unwanted
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Beer fight goes to next round
BREWERY giant Bass has won a stay of execution after a Bolton landlord was awarded an astonishing £215,000 in a county court ruling - for refusing to buy the firm's beer. Colin Joynson, 53, licensee of the New Inn, Halliwell Road, for 16 years won the
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Tory smear farce
SIR: The recent multi-million pound smear campaign orchestrated by the Tories - "New Labour New Danger", is a farce. Only six months ago we were being told that the Labour Party remained 'Old Labour', now it is said to be new but dangerous. How much money
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Battling Boro hold Everton
KEVIN Glendon's Radcliffe Boro put up a terrific show in an entertaining scoreless draw with a strong Everton X1 in the Frankie Bunn Testimonial game at Stainton Park. Club secretary David Murgatroyd summed up the occasion when he said: "It was a great
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Poet's Corner
This is not the way ahead On Ulster's streets Another's dead Bullets fly as women cry Angry flames light up the sky. This is not the way ahead That's for sure I've heard it said Shattered hopes of peace have died The man with the bomb again has lied.
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Thug steals newsboy's bike
A THUG stole a bike from a teenager as he was delivering the BEN. Craig Green, aged 14, who works for Nash Newsagents in Castle Street, Bolton, was approached on Saturday afternoon by a young man in Chadwick Street. He threatened to beat him unless he
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Rocket for waste
SIR: I was struck by the juxtaposition of two news items on the front page of the BEN for Thursday, July 25. The first concerned the imminent decision of the Government to place £3.5 billion of arms orders, some of which might go the British Aerospace
