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Fish death mystery
THE CAUSE of a sewage leak which threatened fish in two Bolton lodges is still a mystery. Bolton Anglers' Association alerted the National Rivers Authority after fish were found gasping for breath at Firwood Lodges near Firwood Fold. Aerating machinery
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Bypass threat to wildlife - report
THE planned Westhoughton bypass has been named by Wildlife Trusts as part of eight square miles of the North West's best wildlife sites threatened by road schemes. The Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria Wildlife Trusts are calling for an urgent moratorium
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It took courage
SIR: The October 31 edition of the BEN will have brought much hope to the local residents who have been opposing the proposed Supertip on Red Moss. The courageous decision by the four Labour 'rebels' to oppose the Council on Wednesday night must be applauded
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Matter of conscience
WE applaud Bolton Tory MP Peter Thurnham for voting with his conscience - and against his own party - over the disclosure of MPs' outside earnings. Statements from Tory MP Sir Michael Neubert that he may defy the new rules, which come into effect next
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LILLIAN Board, Britain's golden girl of athletics, has flown to Bavaria for cancer treatment. Lillia
BRITAIN has well and truly broken the world's air speed record. Just one hour after Group-Captain H.J. Wilson in his Meteor jet plane Britannia had achieved the record average speed of 602 miles an hour over the Herne Bay test course this morning, Mr
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Hungry Mac's new start
NEIL McDonald prepared for his Preston debut in an Auto Windscreens Shield clash with Scarborough tonight convinced he has erased doubts about his appetite for football. The former Newcastle and Everton midfield ace made only six senior appearances for
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Skipper's cup warning
SKIPPER David Pugh today urged his Bury teammates to temper their confidence with caution going into tonight's potentially highly-charged Coca-Cola Cup clash at Reading. The Shakers start again at Elm Park after the original third round tie was controversially
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Record year for Young Enterprise
YOUNG Enterprise, the scheme that puts school pupils and college students feet first into the world of business, looks set to break all records in Bolton this year. Around 280 young people have signed up to take part and are already busy setting up boards
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Job axe waiting game
SEVENTY British Aerospace Lostock workers who faced redundancy next year will be told this week that their jobs are safe. But it will be a case of "first the good news, now the bad." For on Thursday, the company will also tell more than 200 other workers
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Local Tory rebels stun Major
TWO local Tories contributed to the Prime Minister's humiliating defeat in last night's dramatic Commons vote in favour of disclosing MPs' outside earnings. Bolton North-east MP Peter Thurnham was one of 23 Tories who voted with his conscience and against
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The Great Wall of . . . Bolton?
A GREAT WALL of Bolton and a parkland extending into the heart of the shopping centre could both be created to welcome the new millennium. They are among a mass of suggestions "in the melting pot" for when Bolton bids for a share of next summer's third
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Don't dump centre on us
SIR: I was appalled to read in the BEN on October 16/17 about the progression of plans to build the mammoth Dumplington shopping centre near to the M63 in Trafford. Bolton Metro Council are quite right to oppose the scheme strongly. It is shameful that
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The North-west's disappearing jobs
THE North-west is one of two regions in the country to suffer a net fall in the number of jobs, claims the Greater Manchester Low Pay Unit. Using figures published by the government's Employment Gazette the unit claims that while the rest of the country
