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Spencer's prize cure
A BURY company are in line for a national award after reducing costs and improving profits. John Spencer (Hazelhurst) Ltd, who recently celebrated 150 years in business, have been entered for the Norweb Business Energy Awards. Winners of the regional
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Frank, 86, survives three days in open
A FRAIL old man has been found safe after three days and nights in the open.. Mr Frank Bleakley, aged 86, was found by a mounted policeman huddled against a fence in the grounds of Beloit Walmsley on Crompton Way yesterday afternoon. Mr Bleakley, dressed
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Headmistress suspended
A BOLTON primary school's long serving headmistress has been suspended following a damning report on the way her school was being run. Bolton Education Authority today confirmed the suspension of Miss Angela Smith from the headship of St Bernard's RC
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Brass band goes for gold
BOLTON gets its first chance to help Britain to gold in next year's Olympic Games when a fund-raising concert is held at the Albert Halls this month. A rousing concert of classic music with an American Olympic theme is promised by Corus Brass Ensemble
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What a load of rubbish!
BOSSES at Bolton Council are being told to practise what they preach. The council is being rapped by Westhoughton resident John Wood who claims contractors working on a road scheme in the town left behind a mound of rubbish. Mr Wood said only a few weeks
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Collar them all
SIR: Having been the unfortunate recipient of vandalism, burglary and theft in the recent past may I take advantage of your columns to suggest an inexpensive but effective method of curtailing the perpetrators. It is obvious that the majority of petty
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Charity holds out hope for head injury victims
THE frustration, anger and despair of people who struggle to cope with the aftermath of head injury are being tackled by a North West charity. Headway, based at Hope Hospital, Salford, is part of a UK charity but is also a charitable body in its own right
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Mill wall collapse
25 YEARS AGO TONS of masonry crashed into a Bolton road today as part of a 50ft mill wall collapsed in gale-force winds. The wall - at Delph Mill, Chorley Old Road - swayed crazily for several seconds before falling. Police had earlier sealed off the
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Maine Road win can open up vital gap
JOHN McGinlay has no hesitation in spelling out the significance of tomorrow's basement derby crunch at Maine Road. "The Arsenal game was a big one but this is even more important," says the hero who shot a hole in the Gunners' title hopes and raised
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Blaze scare old folk call for more security
TERRIFIED elderly residents are calling on the council to step up security following an arson attack earlier this week on warden controlled flats in Great Lever. Yobs set fire to wheelie bins and then pushed them to the back of the flats in Lever Edge
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Spend savings on schools, not allowances
THE leader of Bolton Council's Tories is calling for money saved by closing a special school to be ploughed back into other schools. Bromley Cross Cllr Norman Critchley welcomed the proposed closure of Lostock Park School for children with emotional and
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Brave Zoe jets off for dream swim
TEENAGER Zoe Foster was jetting out to America today to fulfil her dream of swimming with the dolphins. Thanks to a local fund-raising drive, the schoolgirl who is fighting for her sight will be able see her dream come true. Zoe, from Harwood, suffers
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Sisters give birth on the same day
A BOLTON mum is overjoyed after her two daughters gave birth to babies on the same day in the same hospital. Anne-Marie Neagle's and Joanne Easy's babies were due to arrive five weeks apart but they confounded all the odds by giving birth at Bolton's
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Minutes from disaster
A BLAZE in an old mill at Westhoughton could have turned into a major disaster. Part of the building at Glebe Mill behind Westhoughton Town Hall was being used to store propane gas cylinders and firefighters had to create a barrier to stop last night's
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Bolton will share in 2002 Commonwealth glory
BOLTON was flying the flag and keeping its fingers crossed today as Manchester entered the final straight in the bid to stage the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The decision of the Games Federation was expected in Bermuda at teatime today. And if, as widely
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Showdown time
LEEDS have to beat Wigan tonight or they can give up any hopes they have of the Centenary Championship. That is the view of Leeds' ex-Wigan prop Barrie McDermott, who lines up against his former team-mates at Headingley. Second-placed Leeds trail Wigan
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Solving the gypsy problem
SIR: After reading various letters and comments regarding the on-going gypsy problem, I wonder if the following might be a solution? As we know, the gypsy way of life is that of total mobility, so perhaps the answer is to restrict (or at least threaten
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Boro's big trophy hopes
RADCLIFFE BORO's best chance of realising manager Kevin Glendon's dream of a big cup this season to add to success in the league is with the FA UMBRO Trophy. Tomorrow Boro entertain Fleetwood in the 2nd Qualifying round. A month ago this tie would have
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Cash will help canoeist Paul make a splash
A CANOEIST from Tyldesley is hoping to benefit from cash raised to send the British team to the Olympic Games. Paul Radcliffe, who is 22 next week, is training for the Games in the USA, but he will return to Britain on November 17 for the British Olympic
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Regiment on parade
THE colours of the 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers will join their predecessors from down through the centuries at a special ceremony to be staged at Bury Church tomorrow. The Colours, presented to the Battalion in 1969, are officially changed
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Rough justice
THE Appeal Court judges who ruled that a pensioner must pay £4,000 damages to the burglar he shot are disturbingly out of tune with both natural justice and common sense. Ted Newbury, aged 83, was protecting a brick shed on the allotment he has tended
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Shakers lucky to bring back Ellis - Ternent
BURY boss Stan Ternent today emphasised the Shakers' good luck in attracting Sam Ellis back to Gigg Lane,writes NEIL BONNAR. Former Bury manager Ellis began his new job as number two to Ternent this morning, five years after leaving to take on the assistant
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Wanderer's Maine task
WANDERERS go into tomorrow's basement derby with Manchester City confident but not cocky after denting Arsenal's Premiership title hopes. It will be "same again" for the team that opened up a five point lead over bottom-of-the-table Blues and the battle
