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BBV help firms to expansion cash
BOLTON Business Ventures helped 23 local companies obtain Government expansion grants in the last six months of 1995. The enterprise agency says the total amount involved was £579,000, which went towards total investment costs of nearly £1 million. BBV
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Henry's roller dream comes true
A PENSIONER who has never owned his own car has been given a VIP trip in a Rolls Royce by a Bolton garage. Henry Armstrong, aged 65, spends his retirement walking round the Kearsley and south Bolton area with his dog Tara. He takes scenic pictures of
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Cyclist tells of grisly find
CYCLIST Paul Lindsay from Horwich was the man who discovered the body and sparked a nationwide hunt for a sex killer. Fellow cyclist Mr Eric Collins, from Ainsdale Drive, Darwen, told today how Mr Lindsay flagged him down in Stones Bank Lane and asked
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Cash cuts hold up £1m road scheme
A MAJOR Bolton road scheme faces the axe because the Department of Transport will no longer fund it. Shocked council chiefs have been told that there will be no money for the £1 million junction improvements of Tonge Moor Road and Crompton Way. The work
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The shattering cost of education today
A PRIMARY school plagued by vandals and thieves has spent more than £5,000 repairing broken windows and replacing equipment since last April. As reported in last night's BEN, Highfield County Primary School in New Bury, Farnworth was attacked again at
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Bollards smashed to create rat run
TONGE Moor residents are furious over the destruction of bollards put up to try and stop lorries using their street as a short cut. Union Road was blocked off with concrete bollards last March in an effort to stop huge lorries bound for the Tonge Valley
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Murder victim's twilight world
DETECTIVES were today probing the twilight world of murder victim Angela Heyes. After reports that the 33-year-old Bolton mum may have worked as a prostitute, murder squad police are anxious to question her associates, including street girls and men who
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First class
IN preparation for next week's top of the table Lace Mawer Hockey League match with Alsager, Bolton first XI strolled to a comfortable 3-1 victory over Southport Trinity. Bolton dominated the game and two goals from Chris Aitken and another from Chris
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Put Britain first
SIR: Why a crane from Germany to carry out work on the Bolton Marks and Spencer store? Surely there are companies here that would have supplied one. For goodness sake lets put our own country first. G Smith, Bradford Park Drive, Haulgh Converted for the
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There is no proof about meat
SIR: I have observed from your centre page story (BEN, January 11) that another character has jumped on the BSE bandwagon. First we had Professor Lacey, then Linda McCartney and now this one from V.I.V.A. Being connected with the meat trade since 1936
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RMI Trophy test
REVITALISED Leigh RMI face their stiffest task since manager Steve Waywell took command when they visit Morecambe tonight in the second round of the ATS Trophy. They travel to the Conference side unbeaten in their last eight games and have kept clean
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Revenge mission
ATHERTON LR entertain big spending Premier Division side Chorley tonight in the second round of the Lancashire ATS Trophy as they look to avenge a League Challenge Cup 1-0 defeat at Crilly Park. LR must be wary of catching the visitors on the rebound
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Why was the plug pulled?
TRANSPORT Department mandarins must explain why they are pulling the financial plug on two major road improvement schemes in Bolton - and their reasons need to be good. Councillors will hear in a report on Thursday that £1 million earmarked for the chronically
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Hair-raising fun!
25 YEARS AGO SOME eyebrows are going to be raised in Blackpool this summer - by the sight of young men and women without any clothes! They won't be seen on the sands or the Golden Mile, though. The group of nudies will be on stage at the Winter Gardens
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Bury's injury crisis boost
BURY boss Stan Ternent is on the verge of having the luxury of a full strength squad for the hectic promotion run-in. Striker Mark Carter showed no reaction to a hamstring strain following a reserve outing seven days ago and plays again tomorrow night
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Bolton's super Serb backs England
SUPER Serb Sasa Curcic is backing England in the world soccer stakes. Curcic, dubbed a "Serbian George Best" by Bradford boss Chris Kamara after his two-goal display in the FA Cup, played another key role as Wanderers grabbed a Premiership lifeline with
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Hunt for armed robbers
POLICE are appealing for information following an armed robbery outside a supermarket. A security guard was confronted by two gunmen on the Kwik Save car park in Bolton Road, Atherton at 5pm last night. He was forced to hand over a cash-box, and the men
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Buyer hope in bid to save travel firm
HOPES are high that a buyer can be found for struggling Bolton travel firm AFB Travel and Leisure Ltd. As reported in yesterday's BEN, the receivers have been called in to try and save the company based in Manchester Road, Kearsley, which for the past
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Under-fives poverty shock
A SURVEY of Bolton's under-fives reveals a shocking degree of deprivation in parts of the borough. Figures released by the 1991 census reveal there are approximately 18,400 children in Bolton under the age of five and a further 10, 750 aged between five
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New face bolsters Kearsley indoor challenge
THE Bolton League's indoor cricket competition for the Anthony Axford Trophy is revealing more about the final destination of players rather than insights into team form. Kearsley, for example, fielded three new players against a Tonge side that paraded
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Murder victim's gun threat drama
MURDERED Angela Heyes was at the centre of a gun drama in Bolton less than four months ago. An ambulanceman had a gun pointed at his head as he tried to treat Angela, who was lying on the floor of her Park Road bedsit bleeding profusely from wrist wounds
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Wigan look to complete title formalities
WEMBLEY kings Wigan, drawn at home to Second Division Bramley in the Silk Cut Challenge Cup fourth round, will be concentrating first on what is surely just the formality of securing a seventh successive championship. The all-conquering Riversiders, who
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Super County cut down high flyers
BOLTON County's 5-1 home win against high-flying Old Blackburnians was not only a great team performance but a real morale booster after a recent string of poor results. County scored after only 10 minutes from a Steve Eccleshare free kick and, after
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Small in size... ...big on quality
FINDING a small and friendly restaurant that welcomes groups of lively (and often noisy) twenty-somethings with open arms is not always easy. But our party found a great reception at the Villager Restaurant on Blackburn Road in Egerton. This little gem
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California drinkin'
THE Americas certainly seem to have sewn the wine market up at the moment. While California is making waves at the top end, Chile is embarrassing many of the world's wine regions. ASDA is currently selling a Californian red and white for a very reasonable
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Knifeman robs housewife
A KNIFEMAN forced a Bolton housewife to hand over her bag during a robbery on Topp Way, Bolton. The 28-year-old woman was walking home when a youth walked up behind her, showed her a six inch bladed knife and ordered her to hand over her handbag, which
