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Prize beckons for company
HORWICH-based Ingersoll Rand Sales is in the running for a top industrial prize. The company has reached the final shortlist in the national 1996 Manufacturing Industry Achievement Awards. The winners are to be announced at a gala evening to be held at
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Firms succeed with perfect match maker
LOCAL businesses are beginning to take advantage of a new service aimed at matching suppliers with customers. The Regional Supply Network is operated locally by Business Link Bolton and Bury. Some of the more off-beat items on the wanted list include:
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More workers guarantee playtime at centre
OUR Kids Club out-of-school child care scheme at Brownlow Fold Community Centre has received a grant of £7,330 from Children In Need to employ additional playscheme workers. They will help to look after children in the Halliwell area while parents are
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Firemen double up to foil attacks
A SECOND fire station in Greater Manchester has decided to double up on the number of vehicles that they send out in an emergency because of attacks by hooligans. Staff at Broughton fire station took the decision last night after they came under attack
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Champions crash
GOLBORNE, the newly crowned Association champions, began their reign with a defeat - at the hands of their predecessors Little Hulton. Last season's champs fought their way back from 30-5 to 182-8, Mike Howard and Mike Edwards leading the way to a 27
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June's horse plans held up by EU hurdle
A SECURITY firm which specialises in protecting horses has blamed a European ruling for delays in completing a protection package for a Bolton owner. June Clarke, of Alexandra Road, Stoneclough, had her horse microchipped by Guardit With Horsetrac Limited
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Boycott these cruel shows
SIR: I am writing to tell you about Leopold, who as a young bear was trapped in the forest and taken to the town where he was chained up through his sensitive nose and made to walk on red hot plates, while the back of his legs were hit in time to the
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Just who is pulling the strings?
SIR: Following the recent debacle in Bolton's Council Chambers on Aug 22, the question of just who does pull the strings in relation to the Red Moss Fiasco must, I feel, be answered now. Along with the numerous campaigners against the Supertip who crowded
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Boro's cup of woe
RADCLIFFE BORO 0 MARINE 2 UNIBOND Premier Division side Marine proved to be just that little bit too good on the day for Radcliffe Boro in the FA Cup First Qualifying Round. Roly Howard's side came out on top in a scrappy, sometimes ill-tempered affair
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Match won in the dressing room!
LEIGH RMI 2 ALFRETON TOWN 0 IT took a heated half-time discussion in the Leigh dressing room before manager Steve Waywell changed his defensive system and then saw his side run out comfortable winners in the FA Cup First Qualifying Round. Forced into
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Bolton class wins the day
WANDERERS 2 PORTSMOUTH 0 WITH any luck, Terry Fenwick's long range forecast will prove more accurate than his match verdict. The Portsmouth boss seemed level headed and in control of his senses when he tipped Wanderers to win one of the two automatic
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Bakers' team plays charity game
A TEAM from the group head office of Warburtons in Bolton was successful in a charity business game in aid of Save the Children. The Business Game is a management simulation exercise run by Manchester Business School and co-ordinated by Hays Accountancy
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Breakfast with BT looks to future
BRITISH Telecom organised a Wigan area business breakfast at the Oak Hotel recently. Those present included local government representatives, public and private sector business people and educationalists. The guest speakers were Wigan MP Roger Stott and
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School's out for success
MANCHESTER Business School has launched its annual Entrepreneurship Project. It gives companies or individuals the chance to tap into the talents of managers drawn from the school's Master in Business Administration programme. The managers help firms
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Secure future for cell supplies firm
A SUCCESSFUL Bolton company is making big progress in a captive market. Cell Security Ltd at Lostock manufactures cell doors and other items such as custody furniture, windows, tables, chairs and beds for police stations, courts, prisons and other venues
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Bike crash man critical
AN Atherton biker is critically ill in hospital after an accident yesterday in which three children were also injured. David Brundrett, aged 34, of Rainbow Drive, Atherton, suffered serious head injuries in the crash with a car in Manchester Road, Carrington
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Lavelle late show sparks Inter delight
A TOWERING six from Craig Lavelle lifted the Bolton League out of trouble to earn them their fifth Lancashire inter-league title yesterday. Chasing a victory target of 166 set by the Central Lancs League, they were coasting to victory at 92-0 at the halfway
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£3.5m HandyVan help for the aged
HELP the Aged is expanding its home safety initiative in the area with the launch of the HandyVan scheme. The £3.5m scheme, funded by Littlewood Lotteries, builds on the charity's on-going programme that aims to help the elderly remain in their homes
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Super Sleep's repeat show stuns Bradshaw
PETER Sleep underlined his undoubted class as he produced a second successive stunning performance while deputising for Greenmount. The former Australian Test player followed up last week's 110 against Horwich with 118 in the 107 run win over Bradshaw
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Man, 65, plunges to his death
A MAN plunged to his death from a garage roof as he tried to cut a tall hedge for a neighbour. Mr Fred Ashworth aged 65 of Rivington Lane, was found by two people who were out brambling, lying near the garage of Chapel House in the village where he had
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Farmer counts the cost of arson attack
MORE than 70 tonnes of hay and part of a large barn were destroyed by fire in an arson attack at a Bolton farm. Firefighters battled throughout Saturday night to control the huge blaze at Horrocks Fold Farm off Belmont Road. And they were still damping
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Job boost for Diane
FARNWORTH teenager Diane Bryan is celebrating her numbers coming up. She has finally been issued with a National Insurance number after a four month long fight. And delighted Diane, of Sandpiper Close, says it's all down to the Bolton Evening News. The
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Angels sought
SIR: In the length and breadth of this country are there just 2000 'Guardian Angels' who could generously donate £100 or possibly 20,000 'Little Angels' who could donate £10 to help us purchase our own permanent 'Foals and Horses' Sanctuary here at Oswaldtwistle
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Have a coffee for charity
SIR: If your life has been touched by the sadness of cancer you may like to help Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund in the fight against the disease by joining in "the World's Biggest Coffee Morning" on October 4, 1996. Last year in Bolton 4,226 people took
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Poet's Corner
Every Tuesday at twelve o'clock, To the Community Centre we go, To have a chat and brighten the day, Have our dinner till Bingo we're ready to play. The Bingo caller takes her seat, And starts the balls to roll, 'Any line', she calls, as she picks them
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Sisters' pagan struggle
Dancing at Lughnasa, Octagon Theatre, Bolton. Runs until October 5. PAGANISM survived in Catholic Ireland in the 1930s, according to this award-winning play by Brian Friel. Indeed normal, church-going people might occasionally find themselves uncomfortably
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Lesson learned
LESSONS learned the hard way have obviously been well remembered by Bolton Council where covenants protecting land are concerned. The scars - which many would claim were left on the countryside as well as among the community - after the Birtenshaw land
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AG From the Evening News, September 16, 1971 WHEN Alf Holden emigrates to Australia next week he will take with him his wife Mavis - who is not half the woman she was. In 12 short months Mavis, of Randolph Road, Kearsley. has got her weight down
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Shakers' stars set to return
BURY are a fortnight away from having a full strength side for the first time since the opening day of the season. Long term casualties Chris Lucketti and David Pugh have had their injury supports removed and are expected to be able to start working on
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Burnden snub?
THE lure of London plus the chance to be reunited with his former coach could stand in the way of Wanderers tempting Anders Limpar to Burnden. Everton's Swedish international winger is understood to have been earmarked as the first major signing Stuart
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Bury make a point
Shrewsbury 1 Bury 1 BURY underlined their promotion credentials - even if the scoreline doesn't suggest it. The referee might not have gone as far as stopping the contest if this was a boxing match. But the judges would certainly have made it a landslide
