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Spaniard to spearhead BICC Euro drive
A MULTI-lingual Spaniard has been appointed by BICC Cables to spearhead its increasingly pan-European approach to business. Alberto Alsina, 27, is the new business development manager for the company's construction and industrial cable systems division
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Pensioner's £80 bill for sharpening shears
BOLTON pensioners are being urged to be on their guard after two men demanded £80 from a 90-year-old woman ... for sharpening a pair of garden shears. Peter Welsby, of the Poppies cleaning firm, confronted them at the home of a client in Hillside Avenue
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Heritage centre dream comes true
THE dreams of a group of Horwich history enthusiasts will be realised next week with the opening of a heritage centre in the town. Horwich Heritage was set up in 1984 to record the history of the town before the closure of the rail works altered it forever
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Challenge from disabled people
SIR: Reading the article Stepping out to help the disabled in your issue of October 2, caused me as a disabled person some annoyance. The list of delegates included planners, engineers, Nynex, gas workers, hospital consultants, police and fire service
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THE Government's battle to curb strikes and the unions is on. Productivity Minister Robert Carr toda
BOLTON'S Thanksgiving Week got off to a good start today, with almost a quarter of the £1,000,000 target already being reached. This time, instead of saving to provide weapons for war as in previous money-raising efforts, we are asked to lend all we can
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League is Bury aim
BURY boss Stan Ternent has urged his players to forget their midweek cup glory and restore promotion as their top priority. The Shakers stunned First Division form team Sheffield United and delighted their manager with Tuesday night's magnificent Coca-Cola
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Coyle facing Burnden exit
OWEN Coyle could have played his last game for Wanderers. The Scottish striker appears surplus to requirements at Burnden Park after a deal was agreed yesterday with Dundee United. Wanderers boss Roy McFarland confirmed: "We had agreed a fee with Dundee
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Emirates' boss has transport message
A MAJOR international conference on the transport needs of the North of England is to be held at the management centre of Bradford University on October 27. It has been organised by the Northern Region of the Chartered Institute of Transport and is sponsored
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30 new jobs at meat factory
AN extension scheme is creating up to 30 new jobs at Golborne meat processor B R and M Holmes. The new positions will be in hygiene management and food processing as the family-owned concern completes the commissioning of its new £1.5m plant at the turn
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Planners quash bid to build 'super estate'
A MASSIVE Westhoughton housing scheme has been turned down - because the roads can't cope with any more traffic. M-kn a dramatic U-turn, Bolton councillors refused applications from Redrow Homes to build 183 detached houses at Edges Farm between Leigh
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Plastic dole payments on the cards
A REVOLUTIONARY new system for the payment of Social Security benefits looks set to be in place by the end of next year. Claimants in Bolton will face drastic changes which will mean the end of giro cheques and order books. The new system will involve
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New hope of donor for Karl
THE campaign to find a bone marrow donor for brave little Westhoughton boy Karl Phillips has been given a boost. Karl's delighted mum Christine told the BEN that a special donor clinic session is to be held in an attempt to register more local people
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YOUNG MUSICIANS IN PLEA OVER LONDON CONCERT
YOUNG musicians with Smithills School Senior Brass Band have an invitation to play on one of the world's premier stages - but first they need to be able to get there. The band, who won the national champions title, is due to perform in the 1995 Youth
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Bolton's new £2m sports centre unveiled
PLANS for a new £2 million sports and exhibition centre were unveiled at Bolton College today. The development at the college on Manchester Road is being hailed as the first scheme of its type in the country. It will also be used as a major training centre
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Stop snarl-ups
SIR: On at least two occasions per day I travel along Beaumont Road with the intention of continuing up Victoria Road along the ring road. On numerous occasions this is severely impeded by vehicles stopping at the second signal (after the right turn)
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COMMENT 06/10
BOLTON planning councillors were right to turn done a massive housing scheme for Westhoughton. As the three Westhoughton councillors pointed out the roads cannot cope with any more traffic. They are the men-on-the-spot and they should know. Previously
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SINGER Andy Williams will be among a dozen stars appearing in this year's new-look Royal Variety Per
FIVE German prisoners of war were hanged at Pentonville Prison this morning for the murder of a fellow prisoner in the Perthshire Camp last December. Czech authorities in London were puzzled today by a charred body, surplus to the passenger list and burned
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Forest tickets date
Wanderers' allocation of 4,500 tickets for the trip to Nottingham Forest on Saturday, October 21, go on sale on Saturday. Priced at £17 and £10 concessions, the tickets are available for existing season ticket holders until next Wednesday when new season
