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Toys giant won't play along
CAR dealer Peter Harris thought a colleague was playing a joke when he received a less than playful letter from retail giant Toys R Us. Lawyers for the famous toy store were demanding he changed the name of his Bargains R Us second hand car business.
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Hospital closure 'for the better'
THE long battle to save a Bury hospital has been lost. The closure of Florence Nightingale Hospital, which dates from the Victoria era, has been agreed by the Secretary of State after fierce objections by local residents and voluntary groups. The recommendation
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Give your blessing on new look church
PLANS have been unveiled for a new Church and Parish Centre for All Saints, Bury. The modern, multi-purpose building in the Brandlesholme area would combine a place of worship with rooms for community purposes. Members of the congregation are now being
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Sex killer may have stored Angela's body
THE vicious sex killer of Bolton prostitute Angela Heyes may have "stored" her body for several days after her murder, police have revealed. Murder squad detectives believe the tragic 33-year-old was probably kept indoors before her strangled and semi-naked
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Kiwi giant set to take the Super League by storm
UPER League beware - Wigan's powerhouse centre Va'aiga Tuigamala is aiming to be meaner and leaner this summer. The former All Black ended the Centenary League in devastating form but says there is much more room for improvement. That prospect will leave
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What an excuse
SIR: As lamentable excuses go, the latest pathetic offering from Bolton MBC that road grit would have blown up against the kerb must rank right up there with classics such as BR's wrong type of snow/leaves on the line and North West Water's rain falling
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Don't risk lives again
SIR: Well done Bolton Council for yet another mind-boggling blunder. Yes, I am of course referring to Friday's road chaos. Accidents, tailbacks and misery for all, because our pitifully pathetic Highways Department in 1996, haven't yet learned how to
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This was a gritting fiasco
SIR: Friday morning January 26, 1996, was the most terrible morning I've ever seen. Bolton Council has yet again let the ratepayers down. No main roads had been gritted. I should know, I'm the lollipop lady for Bowness Primary School, and Secondary School
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Freezing pensioner dies after fall
A BLIND pensioner who lay helpless in freezing conditions for almost 12 hours after a fall at her home has died in hospital. Miss Nora Wilcockson, 76, was only wearing a thin nightdress when she tumbled down 15 steps at her home in Beatrice Mews, Horwich
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Have-a-go teenagers halt armed raiders
TEENAGERS swung into action to thwart armed raiders who struck at an off-licence. The two thugs - one wielding an axe - struck at a shop on Spring Street, Bury last night. They rifled through a cash box and fled. But the shopkeeper chased them and alerted
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Agony aunt Vicky's secret cancer battle
BEN advice columnist Vicky Maud has revealed her own secret agony - her fight against cancer. The woman who each week helps thousands of people in the Bolton area and right across the country face their problems explained how she tackled the biggest one
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Snow good for empty reservoirs
THE recent snow storms were the wrong kind of downpour to help fill the region's near empty reservoirs, say North West Water. They say the recent white out will do hardly anything to ease the crisis. They have dashed hopes that a big thaw will mean torrents
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Counting cost of school floods
THE total bill for repairs to Bolton schools damaged by flooding in the Christmas holidays has reached about £100,000. The borough's education chiefs say they are having to dig deep to find the money from an already stretched budget. This will mean several
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Charity begins at home!
BURY today unveiled their latest initiative to boost home support, writes NEIL BONNAR. The Shakers will hand out vouchers at Saturday's home game against Hereford United enabling fans discounted admission to the next home match against Lincoln City. Adults
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Fab Fabian's message
Derby Res 3 Wanderers Res 6 FABIAN de Freitas rapped out a reminder of his scoring potential as relegation threatened Wanderers Reserves hit championship chasers Derby County for six at the Baseball ground last night. The Dutch striker, who is Wanderers
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Czech market seminar
BOLTON Business Ventures is offering to lend a hand to companies wishing to learn about business potential in Central and Eastern Europe. It is holding a seminar at Bolton Business Centre on Friday, March 1 to explain more about the legal and financial
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Bolton still in frame for super cinema
THE race to build a multiplex cinema in Bolton is hotting- up. Developers are bullish about the prospects at all three prospective sites - the Bolton Wanderers sport village scheme at Horwich, the leisure development in the Tonge Valley and the Bolton
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Mayoral honour silences Eric
BLACKROD councillor Eric Johnson will tonight be named as the next Mayor of Bolton. Labour Cllr Johnson will officially take over from Cllr Alan Rushton in May. Cllr Johnson, aged 73, of Latham Road, Blackrod, and his wife Ida have both been Mayor of
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Mike's movie cash lifeline hope
A FORMER Bolton man who is trying to recreate the story of the "Wartime Wanderers" on the big screen hopes to get backing from Reebok for the project. Mike Gething, who was born and bred in Bolton but now works for a record company in London, is flying
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Mum on Abby murder charge
THE mother of tragic hospital death baby Abby Watts appeared in court today charged with the murder of her 14-month-old disabled daughter. Julie Helen Watts, a 29-year-old former psychiatric nurse, was granted conditional bail after a short hearing at
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'Special'chance for the jobless
BOLTON'S thin blue line could soon be boosted by a team of "special" recruits - from the town's bulging dole queue. Job seekers may be given the opportunity of joining the special constabulary and escaping their dole queue blues if the unique plan is
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Dole queue recruits fight against crime
AN increasing number of "special" crimefighters are now pounding the law and order beat on the streets of Bolton. And, with more money being spent on recruiting and training the Special Constabulary, the Government hopes the number of specials will increase
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Mother's agony over lawless son
A DISTRAUGHT mother from Farnworth is begging social services to take her "out-of-control" 12-year-old son off her hands. The mother of three, who cannot be named to protect the boy's identity, says her son's problems began when he started at a local
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No more pay and display
SIR I refer to the recent BEN headline: Bolton Council is to have a major rethink about car parking in Bolton town centre. These are the same people who had a major rethink about the open market. They on our behalf intend to set up more park and ride
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Leigh in the money
LEIGH RL club has landed a £150,000 ground improvement windfall - with the promise of more to come. The Hilton Park outfit is one of three clubs to receive cash handouts from the new Sports Ground Initiative Trust, an organisation set up on the lines
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All our schools are good
-SIR: I was delighted that you carried an article praising Radcliffe High School for its high standards of achievement following the recent OFSTED Report. Bury LEA is renowned for its high quality learning and its excellent schools throughout the Borough
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Offices torched after burglary
A BOLTON roofing company has been wrecked by thugs who doused offices in petrol and set fire to the building. The arsonists first rifled through the offices at Killeen Roofing on Davenport Street, then started a blaze which gutted the interior of the
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No sympathy
MPs demanding a 100 per cent pay rise can expect minimal public sympathy. They claim average wages across other sectors have risen by 80 per cent in 30 years, while theirs has stood still. They point to much higher salaries for US congressmen, French,
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Houston..
I've got a problem 25 YEARS AGO A QUARTER of Ford's 50,000 labour force in Britain are now on unofficial strike in the £2 pay offer dispute. The unions have been seeking £15. BOLTON licensee George Penchion picked up the phone this afternoon to get a
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Fit again Tommo presses claim for derby date
ALAN Thompson could be set for a derby return as Wanderers call all hands to the pump to step up their survival bid. The left flanker, out since early December when he had surgery on a double hernia, has confirmed his fitness and is in the reckoning for
