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Gerry's got driving down to a fine art
A LOCAL artist has produced a series of watercolour traffic scenes featuring well known Bolton streets. It is part of a new training pack to help driving instructors teach pupils the new written Theory Test. Horwich-based Gerry Halpin was commissioned
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Ringing the changes in 2012!
BOLTON could have a new telephone code in another phone number upheaval - but businesses in the town will have up to 16 years to prepare. MPs and businesses have protested at the proposed shake-up of the telephone numbers by the industry regulator OFTEL
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MP David, the dashing groom!
BOLTON MP David Young tied the knot and was back at work almost before the confetti had time to hit the ground. Soon after the Bolton register office ceremony, the Bolton South Labour MP went to meet his constituents at a surgery in the town hall. Luckily
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Phil captures UFO on video
A MYSTERIOUS object hovering in the night sky has been captured on video by a Horwich UFO enthusiast. It is the second time in just over a week that the object has been spotted in the same place. But on Sunday night, Phil Catterall, founder of Horwich
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Woman, 92, killed by fire engine
A MAJOR investigation was underway today after a 92-year-old pensioner died in an accident with a fire engine answering an emergency call. Hilda Slee of Little Hulton was one of two people to die after accidents on the Bolton area's roads within an hour
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Browned off over toast
SIR: On a recent visit to a cafe in Bolton, my husband and I received a shock, when we were charged 60p for one slice of toast each, which was so thin you did not know you had eaten it. It was 75p for a cup of tea. We both know that in other cafes it
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Wigan target three signings
CHAIRMAN Jack Robinson says Wigan have targeted three key areas of the team that need strengthening. The Central Park boss countered recent unrest after the sale of a couple of star players by saying the moves were in the best interest of the club which
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We don't dislike children
SIR: I admire the efforts of Mr C Jackson in trying to find a solution to children playing in the streets. But it would seem from his letter (Viewpoint July 15) that he thinks because we criticise noisy street footballers, we have a dislike for children
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It's the same old story
SIR: I am writing in response to the article 'Is this Advert too spooky?', (BEN, July 23) and in particular to the comments made by the spokesman for the Conservative Party Central Office. I agree with Mrs Fox-Braddock, who rang the Conservatives to ask
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Do you know the man from San Jose?
A FORMER Bolton man has appealed to the BEN for help in tracing old school friends. Bernard Blower, 73, now lives in San Jose, California, and has contacted the Evening News via the Internet in a bid to track down old pals. He was born in Waterloo Street
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Pioneer project a success
A PIONEERING project involving the Indian Government, the World Bank and Bolton Institute has been completed successfully. A group of college principals and senior lecturers from all over India has returned home after spending three months at Bolton Institute
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Reprieve for former Silverwell Sports Centre?
AN anonymous developer with a multi-million pound scheme to save the former Silverwell Sports Centre is to submit detailed plans to Bolton planning bosses. The scheme would see the listed building transformed into a Information Technology Centre or "Cybercafe
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Councillors defiant on 'growing' homes plan
DEFIANT councillors have sent out a determined message on a controversial housing development ahead of a public inquiry. At a planning control sub-committee, they rejected an application to build more houses on the Maunders Homes site off Hospital Road
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Long distance parking ticket angers driver
A BOLTON driver got a parking ticket from a London council - even though his car was more than 200 miles away in his home town. And his furious MP is calling for a full inquiry and a major review of procedures nationwide following the blunder. Southwark
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Giant hogweed alert
BOLTON health bosses have renewed their warning to people to be on the lookout for giant hogweed which can badly burn the skin. The plant, which can grow up to 15 feet tall, has already caused severe burns to one person in Bolton. In an effort to prevent
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Please return video memories!
THIEVES who plundered a house while the occupants slept upstairs took the family's memories among their haul. The burglars struck in the early hours while Tracey Myatt, her husband Paul and their four children slept in the house on Maple Road, Farnworth
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My inspiration
SIR: What inspired me to do the Fun Run at Deane Leisure Centre on Sunday was some "good news". My future daughter-in-law had just passed her midwifery exam and had been promoted to Staff Nurse. Many thanks to Greater Manchester Fire Service Running Club
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Don't be cruel
SIR: Please encourage your children not to ill treat or murder wild fowl and baby chicks, not to damage or disturb their nests, not to throw stones at any wild birds and not to frighten wildlife by playing football too near to nest sites. In the long
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Pat's Stars have plenty to shout about
f+bs=10d=3,3os=9o In America, mothers vie to get their daughters on a decent cheerleading team and the whole business is taught in kindergarten. In this country, says the woman who knows best: "We have a long way to go, but we're moving!" Pat Hawkins
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Move it along!
SIR: If the proposed updating of the Bolton precinct goes ahead, the Council should definitely move the Canopy to a more sheltered location. As a charity organiser using it for the past 10 years or so, I can assure the council members that it is the coldest
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Too many cuts
SIR: I see that Bolton council is at it again. It makes me wonder, does anybody on it have any grey matter when it comes to doing the simple things? Silverwell Street closed for months, earning nothing, against the public's wishes. £500,000 to refurbish
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Poet's Corner
Donor card Friends, Whoever you may be. Please, Have a heart and carry me. Not much to ask, Prepare or plan. Light in weight, Small card I am. Now, no-one says it will be you, Accidental deaths, there are few. However, just if, say, one day, maybe Tragedy
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Irish music treat
THREE monthly sessions of Irish entertainment featuring guest musicians from around the North-west are being held in Bolton. All are being hosted by the Bolton branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann. The first is at the Nightingale Inn, Lever Street, on
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Man on Kathryn murder charge
A MAN aged 31 has been remanded in custody until September 3 charged with murdering former Farnworth divorcee Kathryn Sharples. Billy Tolcher, who appeared before magistrates in Newquay, Cornwall, yesterday, is charged with murdering Kathryn, on Monday
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Cottontown Chorus gets weaving!
THE Bolton Barbershop Harmony Club's Cottontown Chorus are joined by the Houghton Weavers in a special concert at the Albert Halls, Bolton, on August 31. Also taking part will be Bolton's own champion barbershop quartet Chordial Exchange, and Alan Firth
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Town gets new look phone book
A NEW look Bolton telephone book is to be distributed around town later this month. Following complaints that the joint Blackburn and Bolton book was too heavy and awkward to use, separate editions are being made. Three new books will be: Bolton; Blackburn
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Diary dates
September 16, 20 and 21in the Lower Theatre, Victoria Hall, at 7.15 pm. Victoria Hall ADS start their new season with Sing On by Rick Abbott. This light comedy is about an Elizabethan musical and I'm told it is a must for anyone who "enjoys a good chuckle
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Union wants fire station as social club
PLANS to transform a disused Bolton town centre fire station into a social club for union members have moved a step nearer. The public service union UNISON wants to turn the former Marsden Road station into offices and a social facility. Councillors have
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Neil's naughty animals visit the Octagon at Christmas
BOLTON playwright Neil Duffield has written a Christmas entertainment especially for the Octagon. Stripy Tales is aimed at three to eight-year-olds and is a mixture of stories and folk tales. All the trickiest, naughtiest animals in the forest will be
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Dancing Debbie's Eva-ready!
A BURY dancer plays a pivotal part in the hit show Evita which has an opening at Manchester's Palace Theatre tonight. Debbie King, who from the age of one lived in Ramsbottom, is Dance Captain with the Evita Company as well as a member of the ensemble
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Truce in playground row
BOLTON council and Bolton Institute of Higher Education have called a truce in a row over a children's playground and car park. The land to the rear at Bullfield Sidings off Deane Road has been the subject of dispute since the council was forced to hand
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Good sport in £250 boost to charity total
AN anonymous £250 donation boosted a weekend charity event's proceeds to £1,000. Jack and Lilian Chamberlain organised a rounder tournament involving 16 local teams at Astley Bridge Cricket Club. Jack wanted to raise as much as possible for research at
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Residents under siege from flying ants
AREAS of Stoneclough, Farnworth, Kearsley and Halliwell looked like something from a "B" movie after millions of flying ants landed. Bolton's Environmental Health Department was inundated with calls from residents concerned about the invasion. Eye-witnesses
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In the open
CLLR John Hanscomb is being over-cautious in warning the Nolan Committee against allowing recent MPs' scandals to ruin the reputation of all politicians. Those local councils, we believe the vast majority, with nothing to hide, can only benefit from being
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No point in this
IT'S the biggest Lottery grant for public art to be made. And we cannot see the point of it. The Irwell Sculpture Trail Partnership, which includes Bury Council, are going to create "an environmental trail of 50 art works" over the next five years along
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, August 6, 1971 LONE yachtsman Chay Blyth stepped ashore this afternoon to a spectacular welcome from his record-breaking 30,000-mile voyage around the world. Blyth arrived back at the tiny Hampshire village of Hamble
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Mixu ruled out
WANDERERS were reeling from a major injury blow today when Mixu Paatelainen was ruled out of the start of the new season. The big Finn, one of Colin Todd's three frontline strikers, was given the news after undergoing a bone scan on his injured foot.
