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Robson joins the board of Ron Wood
RON Wood Greetings Cards Ltd, the Bury company that started life on a market stall, has grown to become the top performing company in its sector in the whole of Britain in the space of just 25 years. It has celebrated its latest trading figures with yet
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Battler Frank dies in hospital
AN ELDERLY man who survived three days and nights out in the open has died. Police launched a massive search after Frank Bleakley, aged 86, disappeared from Seymour House residential home in Astley Bridge. As reported in the BEN, the great-grandad was
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Pupils aim to top Christmas charts
PUPILS at St Mary's RC School in Horwich are aiming for the Christmas number one slot in the town. The whole school, from infants to 11-year-olds, will be recording a Christmas cassette of popular carols and songs on November 23 which will go on sale
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Crawley sweats it out
JOHN Crawley has only to think back a year if he needs any reminding that nothing should be taken for granted in international cricket. The Lancashire batsman's hopes of playing in next week's first Test may have receded a little following his non-selection
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Foul play call in row over soccer move
A COUNCILLOR has ruled a plan to find a new home for a football team offside. Leisure chiefs have given the go ahead for the Astley Bridge football team to move to the former St Cuthbert's playing fields, off Stapleton Avenue. The team had to move from
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Libyan leader Gaddafi bans old soldiers
A BRAVE old soldier has told of the heartbreak caused when Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi blocked a pilgrimage to the graves of fallen comrades in Tobruk. Colonel George Robinson, 76, was one of 135 former Desert Rats left devastated and stranded at Gatwick
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Burglars' rights
SIR: Congratulations to Lord Justice Neill on his outstanding achievement in the area of job creation. Able bodied men who have been considering a career in burglary may now proceed assured that house breaking, an activity most of us, wrongly, thought
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Keeping track
IN 1989 the idea of electronic tagging was dropped after being branded an "expensive gimmick" by magistrates. Since July this year, the scheme has again been under trial and is now being extended to cover a much wider area including Bolton. We can only
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Police hunt motorist
A HIT-and-run motorist who drove away from the scene of a two-car crash in Over Hulton last night is being hunted by the police. The driver raced away in the XR3 involved after the accident in Newbrook Road about 8pm. Police said the motorist drove out
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Workers stop for musical interlude
BOLTON workers are being urged to forsake their lunchtime gym session or pub pint and rediscover long forgotten musical skills. A Bolton music teacher has set up a service to encourage more adults to use any free daytime hours to take up an instrument
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Psychic pledges to trace Moors Murders victim
MEDIUM James Byrne last night repeated his vow to end the 30 year search for a moors murder victim's grave. And the mother of victim Keith Bennett say she has now pinned her hopes on Byrne. Speaking to a packed audience in Little Lever last night, Mr
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Bolton louts to be tagged
ELECTRONIC tagging could soon be used on Bolton offenders after a Home Office decision to extend the controversial trial scheme. The idea has been tried out since June in Manchester, Reading and the Norwich area, but only a small number of criminals have
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Robe Farm go nap!
ROBE Farm proved there was no substitute for horse sense as they galloped home to take the 1995 BEN Naps Championship. But the jubilant Sharples-based team insisted today that it was intuition, not inside information, that clinched the coveted title and
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Leigh takes a stand!
LEIGH have made a major capture from Wigan - a new stand! The club has reached agreement with Wigan Council to take the modern stand from Robin Park athletics stadium. It will be dismanted, stored and then re-erected at Hilton Park as a replacement for
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British are best
SIR: I agree with your comment about gays in the Armed Forces. We hear people saying gays are allowed in other European armed forces, but the British Armed Forces are still the best in Europe. K Jones, Milton Close, Atherton Converted for the new archive
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IN the Premier Cup, second in the Division Tottington United took on Walkers Leisure and were lucky
Walkers chased and generally gave the Tottington team very little time to settle on the ball but just needed a goal to finish off their play. Tottington went 1-0 up through Gary North half way into the first half and despite not playing their usual game
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Fuel crisis looming
25 YEARS AGO BRITAIN was on the brink of a fuel crisis as more than 110,000 striking miners brought 119 pits to a standstill today. And the situation looks like getting worse with half the country's 267,000 miners certain to be on strike within a couple
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All shook up..
BURY today played down accusations that they fought with and threatened Reading players after last night's Coca Cola Cup tie, writes Neil Bonnar. The Shakers were in the soccer dock for the second time in a fortnight after the national media machine today
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Bergsson dilemma for Wanderers
WANDERERS are hoping to clear Gudni Bergsson's name from their "foreign" register. Manager Roy McFarland is confident of scoring a victory that could prevent awkward selection problems in the Premiership survival bid. The dilemma will be highlighted in
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Shakers' Cup agony
READING 2 BURY 1 By NEIL BONNAR IF fortune favours the brave then Bury should be in the last 16 of the Coca-Cola Cup. For the second time in a fortnight the Shakers gave Reading the fright of their lives before before having a thoroughly deserved replay
