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Teamwork saves starter plan
TEAMWORK has saved a popular scheme which has given a helping hand to hundreds of new Bolton businesses. Headstart, which has operated in Bolton and Bury for about three years, was threatened earlier this year when the Government changed the rules. Money
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BOLTON Wanderers could be forced to ferry emergency water supplies into Burnden Park in tankers foll
The quality of the Burnden Park turf will be at risk if head groundsman Richard Norton is not allowed to keep regular supplies of water - even with the help of rain like the downpours of today. As reported in later editions of last night's BEN, NWW has
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Shooting victim held in hotel raid
A MAN gunned down outside his Bolton home was arrested early today by detectives in a swoop on a Lancashire hotel. Barry Lomax, aged 38, was held by police after officers burst into a room at the Yarrow Bridge Hotel, Chorley. Today police would only confirm
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£10m dog track leisure plan
lDEVELOPERS plan to build a £10 million leisure and entertainment centre on Bolton's famous dog track. The Raven Group from London has agreed terms to buy the Bolton Greyhound Stadium business from the family owners for an undisclosed sum. It is now seeking
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Traffic hazards in Death Valley
SIR: I wish to express my deep concern about the heavy use of traffic on Redcar Road, Little Lever. All kinds of traffic use this road as a short cut through the village and, as it is a residential area, it is a nightmare. There have been one or two accidents
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Atherton keep up the pace
ATHERTON LR 1 FLEETWOOD 0 ATHERTON LR kept up the push at the top of the Unibond Division One last night with a slightly fortunate 1-0 home win over Fleetwood. Gavin McDonald got the vital strike just 13 minutes into a game for LR in which centre back
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Children come first for Aladdin star
THOSE who were in the audience for Billy Pearce's Adult Evening at the Albert Halls, Bolton, earlier this year need have no qualms about the type of jokes he will be delivering when he plays the title role in the pantomime Aladdin at the Palace Theatre
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Only in America
THE sensational acquittal yesterday of OJ Simpson has left America herself on trial. That a jury should take just four fours to dismiss the mountain of evidence amassed during the nine-month trial means the jurors could have had no faith in the system
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Firemen take action
25 YEARS AGO BOLTON firemen have refused to carry out one of their traditional weekend jobs - cooking meals for prisoners in the town's police station cells. Cooking is classed under "special service" duties which the firemen are refusing to do in support
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Mac set to buy
WANDERERS are ready to spend again in their bid for Premiership survival. Already buoyed by successfully clearing their first hurdle in the Coca-Cola Cup, all the indications from Burnden Park are that the chequebook is out again. The managers were staying
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Gigg jig!
BURY 4 SHEFFIELD UNITED 2 (Bury win 5-4 on agg) GARY Kelly had another surprise in store for his shell-shocked brother Alan after the Shakers keeper won the latest battle in their long running family at war tussles. "He jokes that I never ring him but
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Burnden boys taste success at last
ROY McFarland jogged a few memories to help Wanderers avoid a dose of their own giant-killing medicine at Griffin Park last night. The manager's half-time dressing down inspired a second half performance of character and class that not only put the fizz
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Cash boost for mental health care
BOLTON health bosses have been given £900,000 to improve services for the mentally ill. A 15-bed high dependency rehabilitation unit will be built on the Bolton General site and will open in August. It is part of the hospital's plans to overhaul and improve
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Thieves make magician's charity trailer vanish
BOLTON magician Richard De Vere found that a trailer he uses for charity work had done a disappearing trick - without any help from him. With his canine assistant Schnorbitz, a huge St Bernard, Richard collects soft toys and distributes them to children's
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Firework campaign moves into its fourth year
Bolton council staff are joining forces with the police and fire service to mount Operation Bonfire Safety for the fourth year running. The campaign, run by the Bonfire and Firework Safety Strategy Group, is aimed at ensuring that the bonfire night celebrations
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Head's tribute to tragic star pupil
A HEADMASTER has paid tribute to a former head boy who died after a walking accident in Snowdonia. As reported in last night's BEN, Nick Porter, was airlifted by helicopter to hospital after falling 300ft while walking with 11 members of his university's
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College's £2m sports for all plan
THE long-awaited £2 million leisure centre at Bolton College will finally be launched on Friday. College and council leisure chiefs will sign a contract for the development which they are hailing the first of its kind in the country. The new centre on
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The BEN's war on drugs
Special report by JOHN HORNE IT is every parent's worst nightmare. Something that happens to other people - but not to you. Yet, as the figures for addiction, drug-related crime and overdoses continue to climb, more parents than ever are having to accept
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Serve our needs!
SIR: I refer to Bolton Council's promise (September 27) to improve the properties of Lower Halliwell. Doesn't Hill Top Conservation Area deserve consideration? The above properties are well maintained and yet we can't have the pot-holed road resurfaced
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Boss blasts 'gutless' RMI
LANCASTER 5 LEIGH RMI 2 LEIGH RMI joint manager Steve Waywell has promised a clear out at Hilton Park making all his players available for transfer after the 5-2 hammering at Lancaster last night in what he described as: "A gutless performance". RMI,
