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European funding for heritage manager
A BOLTON-based project manager is being sought for the Greater Manchester Industrial Heritage Initiative. European funding has been secured in principle for the post, which pays £16,575 to £19,260 on a fixed-term contract until June, 1998. The advertisement
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'Our Gracie' scoops tourism accolade
THE "Our Gracie" exhibition at Rochdale Museum won a top tourism accolade last night. This look at the life and times of the town's famous entertainer Gracie Fields scooped the Local and Regional Award at the second annual Greater Manchester Business
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Fingers crossed for Hayley
FRIDAY the 13th may be unlucky for some, but one Bolton birthday girl has a particularly good reason to keep everything crossed. Hayley Williams is not celebrating just any birthday on this infamous day...by a quirk of fate, she is actually 13 today.
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Missing teenagers found
TWO Bolton teenagers were found last night after being missing for nearly a week. Craig and Anthony Torkington, 13 and 12 respectively, fled from their home in Towers Avenue, Deane, last Saturday afternoon. Police found the brothers sleeping in a shed
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Airbags are threat to babies, warns MEP
PARENTS should be warned that car air bags can kill if used with certain child safety seats, says a Euro MP. This week the European Commission officially recognised that inflating air bags can crush babies in rear-facing child seats. But Euro MP Gary
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Medic treated woman with gun at his head
AN ambulance paramedic had a gun pointed at his head as he treated an injured woman in Bolton last night. Mark Healey, who was answering an emergency call with student paramedic Jason Herd from Bolton North ambulance station, was crouched over the bleeding
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ID cards
SIR: May we welcome the opposition by all three main local government bodies to the expensive imposition of ID cards. However, to kill this dead we need local government to make it clear it will not utilise or implement these proposals. We in the Liberal
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Weigh up the evidence
SIR: On radio recently - the question was asked "What is going to happen to the 1lb glass jar". The answer is it is still being used - it now contains 454 grammes. This has been so for ages. My tub of margarine contains 500 grammes which is just over
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Two Old Farts In The Night
Albert Halls, Bolton. SOME of their material would not have been out of place in a pantomime and the pace they set was never faster than leisurely, but Barry Cryer and Willie Rushton delighted a predominantly middle aged audience last night. Barry Cryer's
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The inspiration for Bolton artist Mary
ARTIST Mary Rudkin has inspiration on her doorstep when she turns to the canvas. For the views from Mary's home - a 200-year-old cottage on the lanes high above Horwich - not only take in Morecambe Bay, Southport and Joddrell Bank on a clear day, but
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Coyle on his way
OWEN Coyle's proposed £500,000 move to Dundee United was expected to go through today. The Wanderers striker - who refused personal terms with the Scottish First Division club last week - is close to agreeing an improved deal after fresh talks. Dundee
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West to get Bury nod?
BURY are set to give new signing Dean West his full debut at Fulham tomorrow. The 22-year-old is on standby to replace David Pugh who begins a three-match ban at Craven Cottage. Shakers boss Stan Ternent will not reveal his decision until shortly before
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House prices lowest in North-west
HOUSE prices in Bolton are among the lowest in the North West, according to new figures released by the Halifax Building Society. The average price of a semi-detached house in the town is now £48,650 compared to a North West regional figure of £52,415
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Timbers' history lesson
WORK on the restoration of one of Bolton's most treasured historic buildings has entered a new phase. Discarded timbers from the roof of Hall i'th' Wood, the home of inventor Samuel Crompton, are being put under the historic microscope to establish a
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Pupils back to school - as teachers
A QUARTER of a century after moving to a new school three young men have grown from science pupils to successful science TEACHERS. The trio were among the first class to move into the High School section of Deane School when it opened in 1970. And after
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Donor pledges bring new life
BOLTON MP Tom Sackville has praised the success of the NHS Organ Donor Register which gives hundreds of people a new lease of life. The register has clocked up more than two million applications and the junior health minister called on more people to
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Councillors branded 'crackers'
BOLTON'S proud industrial heritage should be kept firmly within Bolton and not shipped out to Manchester, a leading local historian has claimed. The chairman of Bolton and District Family History Society, Bill Sheppard, has hit out at the decision of
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Tongan ace signs
AMBITIOUS Leigh have swooped to sign a leading member of the Tongan World Cup squad - and they are planning talks with a second today. Winger or centre Jimmy Veikoso has signed a contract until 1997 and once a mountain of red tape has been cleared, he
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League's big spenders bid to cash in at LR
UNIBOND LEAGUE DIVISION 1 - ATHERTON LR go into FA Trophy action tomorrow with one of the top attractions of the first round draw - big spending Chorley the visitors to Crilly Park. Brian Ross, the England semi pro international striker will be in the
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Law and justice
THE Lord Chief Justice, Lord Taylor, has been hasty in dismissing the "get tough" sentencing policies touted at the Tory Party conference by the Home Secretary, Michael Howard. Lord Taylor says Mr Howard's proposals for automatic jail terms, and mandatory
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Brunette's flashy chasis
25 YEARS AGO A YOUNG brunette stopped the Motor Show preview in London today - by taking off the top of her bikini. Men gathered around ten-deep, photographers' flash bulbs popped, and another bikini-clad girl - her top firmly under control - looked disapprovingly
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Wanderers sign £1m midfield star
WANDERERS have clinched a £1million-plus deal to sign Yugoslav international Sasa Curcic. Weeks of secret negotiations concluded yesterday with Burnden bosses Roy McFarland and Colin Todd settling the fee and personal terms for one of Eastern Europe's
