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Firms act for secure future
BUSINESS security in Deane, Derby and Daubhill will be top of the agenda at a Bolton meeting on Monday. It is part of the work of the 3Ds Partnership which has won government funding through the Challenge Fund Single Regeneration Budget. It could mean
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Schools blueprint for 2000
BOLTON education bosses have drawn up an ambitious development plan to take schools into the next century. As already reported a total of £288,000 will be spent on major improvements to Tonge Moor County Primary School. The spend will be spread over a
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Bolton complex the biggest and best!
TYCOON Richard Branson today spoke about the "very special" multiplex cinema Virgin will build in Bolton. The 15-screen complex at Watersmeeting Road, off Blackburn Road in the Tonge Valley will seat 3,500 people. And Virgin claim that it will be the
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Nursery says sorry with flowers
CHILDREN from a Horwich nursery school have been saying it with flowers. The tiny tots from Moorlands Nursery School at Chorley New Road took bouquets and cards to their neighbours in Iron Street yesterday. The flowers were the nursery's way of apologising
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Union slams mental health care plans
BOLTON's biggest health union has attacked plans to throw the future plans of services for elderly mentally ill into the public arena. In a no-holds-barred letter to health chief Mike Ruane, UNISON expresses concern about the health authority's plans
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Well done lads
SIR: Being the mother of one of the young men in the photograph that seems to have caused offence to a few people, I will tell you what this parent thinks. I think that the people who have written complaining must be very sad people. The lads were raising
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Wigan swoop for Kiwi
WIGAN swooped to sign junior Kiwi forward Stuart Lester yesterday. The 21-year-old second rower agreed a three-year deal with the Central Park outfit and is expected to join pre-season training in January. Lester - a 15-and-half stone powerhouse had become
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We're taxed to the grave
SIR: I wish to draw your attention and that of our MPs of an injustice being carried out by Government via the Inland Revenue. Are people aware that our senior citizens are still paying income tax on their pensions? The Government give with one hand and
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Trying to grab votes
SIR: I was somewhat surprised by comments made by representatives of Bolton's 'new look' Labour Party, upon receiving a petition from residents of the Collingwood Estate, Westhoughton, who were opposed to further housing development in their area (BEN
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Winning formula is a real mystery
BAR staff at the Royal Oak in Leigh are celebrating a double measure of success after achieving full marks in a mystery customer award twice in a row. Bass Taverns pubs throughout the region are regularly visited by mystery guests who check standards
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Bakers hand out dough to those in need
BOLTON based bakers Warburtons have made a generous donation of dough to a scheme that helps the homeless. The firm has donated £2,500 to The Big Step programme, which offers advice and support to the homeless vendors of The Big Issue, in the North West
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Free parking for Bury shoppers
DRIVERS in Bury will benefit from free parking close to the town centre for five weeks from next Wednesday. The Castlecroft car park, was due to close this week. It was set up in April following building work on a new multi-storey car park near the Mill
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Atherton LR seek repeat show
ATHERTON LR registered a first Unibond Division One league win of the season in the home 1-0 victory over Workington on Tuesday and will be looking to build on that in the trip to Curzon Ashton. The three points lifted LR off the bottom of the table while
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Burnden star George Hunt dies at 86
NAT Lofthouse today paid tribute to his mentor and predecessor in the Wanderers No 9 shirt, George Hunt, who has died after a period of illness. "George was always a great help to me," said the Burnden president. "With us both being centre forwards he
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Poet's Corner: Another lovely day
As I draw the curtains open, Looking out onto the day, Mist obscured the early morning scene. Sunlight flickers through the dampness, Picking out a twisting trail, Of gossamer, across the grass so green. It seemed that not a thing was moving On that cool
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Bolton welcomes band leader Syd
SYD Lawrence,the star of his own Syd Lawrence Orchestra makes a personal appearance at Bolton's Albert Halls tonight, for a concert which is now become something of an annual pilgrimage. The Syd Lawrence Orchestra, this year celebrating it's 30th anniversary
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Sian's a big-wig of stage and screen
By DOREEN CROWTHER Showbusiness Correspondent ACTRESS Sian Phillips is used to people saying she plays characters she resembles. "They told me that when I played Elizabeth I and other roles. But it's the wigs really. I looked nothing like Mrs Simpson
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The eagle was folded . . .
YOUNGSTERS at a Bolton primary school are branching out to create a sculpture with a difference . . . Five and six year olds at Eagley Infant and Junior Schools were commissioned to create their work of art in the memory of a famous Bolton family name
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Death of former Bolton teacher
A FORMER Bolton teacher, who was "devoted to the English language" has died at his home in Portugal aged 78. Alan Tyrer CBE, who attended Farnworth Grammar School before winning a scholarship to Shrewsbury School, was a member of the Queens English Society
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Scott's six from five: Wanderers Reserves 2, Leeds United Reserves 0
SCOTT Taylor was again on the mark for the Wanderers Reserves, taking his tally to six goals in five game with a double strike against Leeds at Burnden. Bolton had a let-off in the early stages when Mark Tinkler struck a free kick that hit the underside
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Ternent praise for rising stars
BURY boss Stan Ternent believes he has a number of potential rising stars under his wing at Gigg Lane. Ternent was heartened by his side's performance in the midweek Coca-Cola Cup clash with First Division Crystal Palace - despite the 3-1 reverse scoreline
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Market in line for £5m boost
A MULTI-million pound bid to spruce up Bury Market has been lodged by the town's council chiefs. The £5m scheme to make the popular market more attractive to shoppers would be jointly funded through government grants and the private sector. The project
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I'm so proud, says gran of youngest Tory speaker
A FORMER Bolton schoolgirl is set to become the youngest person ever to speak at a Tory party conference. Jemma Nichols was born into a long line of Conservative activists in Bolton. The 14-year-old, who was a pupil at The Oaks County Primary School,
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Engineering firm boss dies aged 78
INDUSTRIALIST Richard Hurst, a leading light in Bolton's business community, has died. Mr Hurst, 78, of Markland Hill died in hospital on Wednesday after suffering a second stroke. His funeral will be held at St Thomas of Canterbury on Wednesday at 11am
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£50,000 bill to clear mess left by gipsies
COUNCILLORS are again counting the cost of unofficial gipsy encampments in Bolton, after a clean up and protection bill last year totalling £50,000. This week gipsies were moved on from a site in the Croal Irwell Valley, near to the cricket club in Hacken
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Curb on private nursing homes demanded
BOLTON'S Social Services chief has called for restrictions on the number of private nursing homes being allowed to open. His call comes after nine elderly people, one aged 102, were forced to find somewhere else to live just four days before a local home
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Bolton's hell estate
A BOLTON council estate has been branded "a vision of hell" by Home Office minister Tom Sackville. Mr Sackville, MP for Bolton West, has called for urgent action from Bolton Council after residents on the estate off Hulton Lane, Deane, claimed their lives
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Team and name of the game
SIR: Bolton Wanderers, now with a modern and better ground in Red Moss, Horwich, should take with them the name of 'Burnden Park' - the existing 'Park' will cease to exist when sold off for development. Middlebrook does not convey much and, in any case
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Tories to blame
SIR: How can Paul Carter (Sept 3: BEN) advise the electors of Bolton SE to vote Tory; blaming Labour local councillors for the disastrous state of the country, when his party is financially strangling them? They are responsible for all, due to their arrogant
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Manchester Show will be a monster event
ORGANISERS claim the Manchester Show next weekend will be one of the biggest outdoor events ever staged in the region. More than 100 acres of Heaton Park at Prestwich will be transformed into a fun-filled, action-packed jamboree, featuring some of Europe's
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Beer bash is back - after three years away
THE famous Bolton Beer Festival is set to return to the town after a three year break. The Bolton branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is getting ready to announce the revival of the traditional festival which ran for seven years until 1993. In
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Corking idea takes pop out of bubbly!
A VETERAN Rotarian who was blinded after being hit in the eye by a Champagne cork has welcomed a new invention. Bill Fairclough, of Turton Road, Bradshaw, described the creation of the new Champagne cork which reduces the "pop" as a "great idea." Bill
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Row over new elite schools
PLANS to bring back grammar schools by allowing opt-out heads to choose their pupils have been slammed by Bolton councillors. Education chiefs have condemned government proposals to let grant-maintained schools introduce selection tests. And they have
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It's a big screen bonus
BOLTON received a massive boost yesterday with the announcement that the Virgin group is to build a multiplex cinema at Tonge Valley. The 15-screen complex is just what the Watersmeeting family leisure park needs to ensure that it fulfills the hopes of
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Gipsy problem
WITH a budget that's been blitzed by Government cash cuts, the last thing Bolton Council needs is a bill for £50,000 for cleaning up and protecting unofficial gipsy encampments in the district. Yet that is what it cost them last year. And clearing the
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25 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News, September 20, 1971 BOLTON Wanderers' striker Roger Hunt, the hero of Liverpool's Kop for more than 10 years, is to quit football at the end of the season. Hunt, who played a big part in England's World Cup win in 1966, signed for
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Limpar deal on ice
THE Anders Limpar transfer went on hold today, scotching Wanderers plans to throw the Swede straight into action at Bradford. Colin Todd has set up the loan arrangement for the Everton winger but will wait for the player to recover from a slight achilles
