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A MIDDLE-AGED woman was today battling for her life after contracting the killer disease meningitis.
The woman, who is believed to live on the Salford/Bolton border, was taken to Bolton Royal Infirmary yesterday. She was later transferred to the intensive care unit at Hope Hospital Salford. Public health chiefs have not released further details. But
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Alan launches Fergie fund!
HORWICH people are being asked to chip in to help the debt-ridden Duchess of York. But it's all a joke. Newsagent Alan Johnson raised a laugh when he launched an appeal fund in his shop. After reading of Fergie's plight in the newspapers Alan - who was
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Raid police find snatched toddler
A THREE-year-old girl in care who was snatched on a visit to her parents was found safe and well after police raided a house in Little Hulton last night. Mary Newton, in the care of Wigan social services since last summer, was found with her mother Ann
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Streets of fear
A MANIAC who has brought terror to the elderly in small area of Bolton must be caught or he could kill, police warned today. Since the New Year a youth with a knife has targeted elderly women in Deane and Daubhill, snatching their handbags. Police believe
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Wigan face court action
CENTENARY champions Wigan will vigorously fight Barrie Jon-Mather's injunction for alleged restraint of trade. The 23-year-old Wigan forward is taking the Central Park giants to court after they insisted on compensation when he agreed a three-year deal
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Bracey hoping for Bury Lee-way
LEE Bracey was today hoping for a concrete sign that he still has a future at Bury. The 27-year-old has earned a reputation as an ultra-reliable reserve over the last couple of seasons with Gary Kelly the undisputed number one. But he was this week on
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Coach deflects praise on to players
AT the risk of repeating himself, Ian Porterfield is determined to help breathe new life into Wanderers' Premiership dream. "Football is all about repeat, repeat, repeat!" says the new Wanderers coach, whose arrival has sparked a mini-revival. The former
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Two hurt in crash
FIREMEN spent almost an hour at the scene of a road accident early today. They had to release two car drivers from their wrecked vehicles after the head-on crash in Walmersley Road, Bury, near its junction with Limefield Brow. Altas Ishaq, 19, of Monmouth
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Poster hope to catch a killer
POLICE hunting the murderer of Bolton prostitute Angela Heyes are hoping posters being distributed around the town will help bring in more information. The Crimestoppers posters, bearing a picture and description of 33-year-old Angela are being put up
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Climber Sid dies, 81
SID Thompson, the former Bolton public health inspector who became the grandad of British rock climbing, has died in Cumbria at the age of 81. "Owd Sid" as he was known in climbing circles, was still climbing the tough crags of his beloved Lakeland until
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Bolton pays the price of 'shops city fight'
BOLTON Council will have to pay out £8,500 towards the cost of fighting the controversial Dumplington "shopping city" go ahead. Town hall chiefs had feared that they should have to share a much larger bill running into millions. But they have now been
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Band strikes up for Norway
SMITHILLS School Senior Brass Band have plenty to blow their own trumpets about - and in April they will be doing it in Norway. The national brass band champions are heading out to the Scandinavian country for the trip of a lifetime to take part in a
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Residents gang up over rents hike
ANGRY residents on a Bolton housing estate have slammed their landlord over "excessive" rent increases. Tenants on the Sutton estate off Wigan Road at Deane have formed a Residents' Action Group to oppose the moves from the William Sutton Trust. The trust
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Super Kiwi inspires champs again
Sheffield E 24 Wigan 34 WIGAN underlined just why they are the champions by turning on the style to shoot down the high-flying Eagles. The home side were going for a club-record of10 successive wins, but they had Wigan standing in their way, and despite
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Pennington's dream goes up in smoke
ONE OF our local soccer clubs was hit this week by one of those tragedies that everyone in non-league football, indeed any sport at any level, dreads. The clubhouse of Pennington FC was completely gutted in a fire. If ever a club was deserving of the
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Boro's draw delight
RADCLIFFE Boro travelled to Accrington Stanley in the Lancashire ATS Trophy Second Round on Wednesday and came away with a highly creditable 1-1 extra time draw. Club secretary David Murgatroyd says: "The actual 90 minutes of normal time was amazing in
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Post in chaos
25 YEARS AGO BRITAIN'S postal service was thrown into chaos today as many districts were hit by a complete walk-out. In the Bolton area officials of the Union of Post Office Workers claimed 100 per cent support for the strike call, both among postmen
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Spoiled for choice
AFTER weeks of making do and mending Wanderers will have an embarrassment of riches next week. For the first time this season the full contingent of central defenders will be up, running and available for selection. Chris Fairclough and Gerry Taggart
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Earle acts like a clown prince!
WIMBLEDON won't stop wingeing over the events which led to their defeat at Burnden last Saturday. But captain Robbie Earle faces disappointment over his plea against his sending off, which sparked angry post-match protests by the Dons. The Football Association
