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Panic after snake escapes
A SLIPPERY snake caused havoc when it escaped from a pet shop. The South American Garter snake slipped out of Pets Corner on Queens Street on Friday - and sparked panic on the streets. Police were called out, but despite being reassured by shop owner
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Men survive car plunge
FOUR men escaped serious injury after their car hurtled 50 feet down an embankment at Belmont. The BMW 318 had been heading along Rivington Road just before 7pm on Saturday when it skidded and rolled down a sleep slope near the Blue Lagoon. The driver
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Shopping battle
plan by traders BUSINESSES in Leigh are fighting to establish the town centre as a major shopping area. The first meeting of a new Traders' Forum is being held at 6pm on Thursday night in the Mick Martyn bar at Leigh Rugby Club. It follows a questionnaire
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Mercy crew cheat death
TWO ambulancemen cheated death when their new £28,000 vehicle careered off the motorway and spun onto its roof. Driver, paramedic Andrew Gullick, and his colleague, leading ambulance technician Graham Sleight, were lucky to escape alive in the terrifying
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Takeover of pizza firm saves more than 40 jobs
MORE than 40 jobs in the Bolton area have been saved following the takeover of a local pizza manufacturer. Fiesta Fine Foods, which operates on the Wingates Industrial Park in Westhoughton, was ready to close following significant trading losses with
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Study tour a
big success A STUDY tour of Bolton by delegates from all over the country has been hailed as a huge triumph. Council chiefs have received glowing letters of thanks following the Federation of Economic Development Authorities' visit to the town in September
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Horror crash brothers rally back
RALLYING brothers Michael and Graham Shiel are enjoying the sweet taste of success six years after they were left disabled in an horrific accident. Michael, aged 34 and Graham, aged 33, who were born and raised in Bolton, had been competing in a rally
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SIR: Once again, Tom Sackville has made yet another ridiculous statement. To suggest that council es
I have personally argued with him in the past when he assumed, quite wrongly, that young girls are getting pregnant in order to acquire a council house for themselves. I find it nauseating that he assumes that children from middle class families behave
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Fair shares
A BILL set to become law next month gives greater property rights to unmarried people who live together. One of its effects will be that women could stay in a shared house owned by their partner and could even get him evicted. Men will have the same rights
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NORMAN Buckley, aged 62, a Lake District hotelier, drove his boat Miss Windermere 1V to a new Britis
BOLTON'S clean air programme has not only cleaned the atmosphere but also improved the growth of plants, said Bolton's Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Ross. Bedding plants were flowering much better, and larch and other hardy conifers could now be grown
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By NEIL BONNAR
Boss blasts inept Bury BURY boss Stan Ternent made a startling admission in the wake of Saturday's inept 2-0 home defeat by Scarborough. "The fans have every right to call for the manager to be sacked after performances like that." In the event it was
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Off-key Boro still hit four
RADLIFFE BORO 4 WORKINGTON 1 THE scoreline suggests that Kevin Glendon's side has returned to top form, but far from it according to club football secretary David Murgatroyd. "We didn't play particularly well," he said. "It was certainly a good result
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WE DIDN'T USE ILLEGAL AGENT SAY WANDERERS
By GORDON SHARROCK Wanderers are reporting no injury problems for tomorrow's home Coca Cola Cup game against First Division leaders Leicester City. Seat tickets can be bought on the night while it's pay at the turnstiles for the terraces. Converted for
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DOWN BUT NOT OUT
Wanderers improving despite trio of late blows Nottingham Forest 2 Bolton Wanderers 1 DEFIANT and determined words from Colin Todd couldn't disguise the damage done by another last gasp catastrophe. The sound of silence in the away team dressing room
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Thieves stab shop manager in hand
A STORE boss was stabbed when he was ambushed by two knife-wielding thugs only yards from his home. The 32-year-old Asian shop manager was stabbed twice in the hand as he tried to hold on to a cash bag. The thugs escaped with the bag - which contained
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Robot controllers contract for BAe
By MARK LONGBOTTOM BRITISH Aerospace at Lostock have signed an agreement with a Japanese company to manufacture controllers for robots. The robots, to be used in manufacturing, will be designed and developed by Kawazaki Heavy Industries (KHI) in Akashi
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We can't lose our heritage
SIR: It was with growing dismay that I read of the decision to loan a number of early textile artefacts from the Museum collection to the Manchester and Helmshore Museums for an initial five-year loan with options for extensions. The decision to loan
