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School is saved by the bell!
A SOPHISTICATED fire alarm system saved a school from serious damage last night after vandals set the building ablaze. The fire was started in a pile of newspapers placed in an alcove outside All Saints Primary School in Golborne, but spread indoors to
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Sonar's nose saves couple
A PET dog called Sonar was today hailed a life-saver after alerting its owners to a fire in their bedroom. The two-year-old German Shepherd woke his owner Peter Mayoh, aged 48, about half an hour after he went to bed on Saturday night. The fire at Greenfold
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Georgian House is sold
THE Georgian House Hotel, created 25 years ago by Bolton company William Hargreaves, has been sold. The new owners are The Jarvis Hotel Group, a High Wycombe, Bucks-based group with 62 prestige hotels throughout Britain, including the Piccadilly Hotel
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Man's bonfire fall agony
A BOLTON man has been transferred to a specialist burns unit after falling on to a bonfire. David Wolfendale, aged 42 was throwing a piece of wood on to a bonfire in View Street, Daubhill on Saturday night when he lost his footing and landed on the burning
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LEIGH lost two scrum-halves and top spot in Division Two on a triple day of disaster.
Defeat by mid-table Bramley and the end of their 100 per cent home league record was hard enough to stomach but to then lose a vital player through injury and another to a rival club, it was almost too much for coach Ian Lucas to take. The future of summer
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Time to remember
SIR: With regard to the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal 1995. This year's Remembrance Sunday Service takes place at the War Memorial on the Town Hall Square on November 12, at 10.50am and I would like to extend an invitation to all residents of the
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Yitzhak Rabin
THE assassination of Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin by a Jewish right-wing extremist marks one of the bleakest moments in the history of a region not short of tragedy and injustice. Mr Rabin's death after a peace rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday night realises
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Flood of pay claims
25 YEARS AGO A TIDAL wave of inflationary pay claims by more than 2,000,000 workers may force the Government to think again about imposing an incomes policy. Mr Heath now faces the dilemma of controlling an unprecedented wages surge this winter following
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Sasa boost for Wanderers
WANDERERS, desperately seeking inspiration and encouragement from any quarter, scored a second diplomatic victory today when they were told Sasa Curcic had been left out of Yugoslavia's transatlantic marathon. Officials in Belgrade have told the Serb
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Biker roars to japan sales success
MOTORBIKE manufacturer Dave Marsden has turned the business world on its head by selling his machines to Japan. Dave who runs the Z-Power firm has gone into the heart of the modern bike empire and won the Japanese over. In a genuine "coals to Newcastle
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Young actor's hospital break
A HARPER Green school pupil is being rushed into hospital tomorrow - even though he is as fit as a fiddle. Jamie Harrison, a 14-year-old in year 10 at the Farnworth school, is making his first TV appearance as a young patient in the children's series
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Town heirlooms will return
THE head of the NW museum which was planning to display two of Bolton's most prized historic treasures has said it was never the intention to permanently take them away from the town. Dr Patrick Greene, Director of the Museum of Science and Industry in
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Sands walk boy feared dead
A BOLTON teenager is feared dead after a day at the seaside with his best friend ended in tragedy. Fifteen year old Wayne Lammas, a pupil at Sharples School, had been walking along the sands from Southport to Lytham with his friend Mark Taylor but became
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Metro bounce back to clinch cup win
THE FIRST round of the League's cup competition brought a couple of nail-biting matches in all Sections. In the E and F Sections' clash between Metro D and Walmsley B, the latter immediately set about the former's 100 handicap. Apart from second mixed
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Touch of class
SIR: I note from newspaper reports that the character of Stocks Park School in Horwich will be changing from September, 1996, when the school is intended to serve pupils aged nine years to 16, who have emotional and behavioural difficulties. It is probable
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RMI's horror run goes on
LEIGH RMI 0 MATLOCK TOWN 2 ANY hopes Leigh had of a good run in the Umbro FA Trophy were quickly dashed by an Imre Varadi-inspired Matlock. The former Everton and Manchester City star was only appointed manager last week but his influence enabled the
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It's a Trophy stroll for Boro
RADCLIFFE BORO 2 FLEETWOOD 0 RADCLIFFE Boro strolled on in the FA Trophy with a comfortable home victory over a Fleetwood side that has been in top form over recent matches. Only last week the Seasiders upset then league leaders Lancaster City but there
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The Human League, Manchester Apollo
FOR a full two hours 30-somethings were allowed to forget their responsibilities - families, jobs, mortgages - and take themselves back a decade to their carefree youth courtesy of the Sheffield trio Phil Oakey, Susan Sully and Joanne Catherall. Hence
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Sad Wanderers made to pay
ROY McFarland and Colin Todd might consider there is safety in numbers as they search for an escape route from the relegation zone. These are difficult times for the Burnden bosses as they strive to support and strengthen their survival squad with, as
