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Warburtons wrap up new look
IT was all change at Warburtons yesterday. The Bolton bakery firm switched to a different brand identity overnight and a new diamond-shaped logo is now on all the company's products and vehicles in a £5 million image re-vamp. It ties in with the latest
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Sackville welcomes porn crackdown on Internet
BOLTON MP Tom Sackville said today he was "delighted" the industry is clamping down on obscene and pornographic material on the Internet. The Home Office Minister has campaigned for many months for a tightening of controls. From October 1, a hotline will
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Miners' leader Billy is Socialist Labour candidate
A MAN who helped to lead the Lancashire miners in the 1984/85 strike has been chosen to stand for the Socialist Labour Party in Bolton North-east at the next General Election. William Kelly, known widely as Billy, who lives in Farnworth, worked in the
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Town Hall sick leave shame blast
CALLS to cure Bolton's massive sickness record have been made by the town's independent Tory MP Peter Thurnham. He has also blasted Bolton Council for its recent closure of two old people's homes - while wasting millions on staff sick pay. Mr Thurnham
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Julie's white wedding dream comes true
WHEN Julie Dunn arrived at church for a romantic white wedding, she had no idea her husband had arranged for her to be the bride! Jeff decided to surprise his wife by giving her the fairytale wedding that she had longed for. The couple, of Longworth Road
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Blood risk boys fight for safer life-saver drugs
A HORWICH couple are battling for safer care for their sons. Jan and Paul Hartley have three young sons all suffering from haemophilia. Every three or four weeks the three boys Tim, 13, Tom, 10 and Matthew, seven, visit the Royal Manchester Childrens
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Superfit fireman has retirement mapped out
RUNNING to work is now a thing of the past for a super-fit Bolton fireman who retired at weekend. To the bewilderment of colleagues, John Crook, 50, has been pounding the pavement between his Egerton home and Bolton North Fire Station since 1967. John
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It's got to be Nat
SIR: What's in a name? 'Lofthouse Park' - you have hit the nail on the head, Craig Maher (Viewpoint: September 17). What better tribute could you give to both Nat and the club? Why should you even consider following other clubs' ways of naming their stadiums
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Well done!
SIR: We hear so much about complaints against Bolton Housing that I am prompted to write this letter of appreciation. Last weekend but one a fault developed on my central heating system. I rang the Housing Dept at 10.20am on Monday morning and, by 11.30am
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Recalling hard times
SIR: I was interested to read about Top Quality Theatre (Viewpoint: September 12) and the artistic standards of Bolton Octagon Youth Theatre in their production of the Winter Hill Trespass 1896. It does good for the youth of today to understand the hardships
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Comeback kids sink 'Pool
BOLTON RUFC first team got their league campaign off to a flying start with a 35-23 victory in the second match at home to title favourites Blackpool at Avenue St. The visitors who just pipped Bolton for second spot last year - and with paid players in
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RMI wait for Hill
GRAHAM Hill will have a late fitness test before manager Steve Waywell names his Leigh RMI side that travel to Netherfield tonight. Hill was carried off in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Stocksbridge after receiving a kick on the shin and Steve Walmesley or
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Stalemate at top
IN the HORWICH SUNDAY LEAGUE match of the day between the top two sides in the Premier Division the game between Carters Arms and New Inn ended all square to leave them level at the top with Carters Arms having played one game less. In the same section
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Christine reaches charity peaks
A MARATHON charity walk by Christine Walsh has raised the magnificent total of £1,037 for Cystic Fibrosis. Christine tackled the famous three peaks walk of Snowdon, Scafell Pike and Ben Nevis - all in a foot blistering 24 hours. The money was raised by
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Knifeman grabs £550
A KNIFE wielding man made off with £550 in a robbery at Victoria Wines in Tyldesley. The young man threatened shop assistant Barbara Hardman with a steak knife in the robbery at the shop on Sale Lane, at 9.20pm, last night. Police have described him as
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Little Lever make late point
GIN Pit, Astley, saw the BOLTON SUNDAY LEAGUE game of the day which ended in a 2-2 draw between Manchester Road Inn and Little Lever. Neil Moss was on target with both Road Inn's goals but Little Lever grabbed a late equaliser to share the points. Deane
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Great Scott saves the day
FIVE Bolton Combination sides went into action last Saturday in the Preliminary Round of the Lancashire Adidas Amateur Shield and certainly did enough to justify optimism that this could be the season for a good showing for at least one of the league's
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Poet's Corner: Euro Hope!
For football Wembley was the place to be, At least in Euro 96 it was for me. Alan Shearer was the star of the England side, With his amount of talent there's nothing you can hide. Euro 96 involved sixteen teams, But first impressions weren't all they
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End this courts misery say MPs
THE desperate need for Bolton's new magistrates' court will be put forward at a top level meeting tomorrow. Mr Gary Streeter, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Lord Chancellor's Office will visit the town's cramped court buildings and see
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'Unsafe' park could get security cameras
SECURITY cameras could soon be keeping an eye on children playing in Bolton's parks. It follows a survey carried out by Bolton Council leisure chiefs at Queens Park. Twelve out of 16 children questioned said they thought that the park was an unsafe place
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From the BEN files:
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, September 23, 1971 A FIERCE blaze gutted a derelict Bolton town centre church last night. Only the shell of St John's Church in Folds Road survived the fire. The last service at the church was held in May, 1970. Before
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Shakers seek capital show
BURY attempt mission impossible tonight as they bid to upset the odds at First Division form side Crystal Palace. The Shakers must overturn last week's 3-1 home defeat in tonight's second round second leg tie if they are to keep their Coca-Cola Cup campaign
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Defender's brilliant form is rewarded with Irish recall
WANDERERS' flying start to the season was hailed at international level today when Gerry Taggart's recall to the Northern Ireland fold was officially confirmed. The big Ulsterman, one of the leading lights as the Burnden heroes have blazed a trail to
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Law firms top listing
KEOGH Ritson, Bolton, have been listed as the ninth largest law firm in the North-west. They are in the top 50 listing compiled by Chambers & Partners' 1996/97 Guide to the Legal Profession. Keoghs were one of only three firms to be listed as highly
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Bosses salute Stuart, the bosses' boss!
LOCAL engineering employers paid tribute to Stuart Irwin at a gala dinner in Bolton Town Hall. Mr Irwin, who retired recently as director and chief executive of EEF Lancashire, served the organisation and its predecessors for 31 years. This made him a
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£10,000 jackpot on offer to groups
BOLTON Council has a £30,000 grants kitty to share out - and groups could qualify for a windfall of up to £10,000. The cash is available through the Council's Aid to Voluntary Groups scheme which aims to help groups with a wide variety of projects ranging
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Grandparents get a chance to meet Di!
CROMPTON Place shopping centre is to get a "Royal" seal of approval on Saturday to celebrate Grandparents' Day. Princess of Wales lookalike Christina Hance will be at the centre between 10.30am and 3pm. And the Mayor and Mayoress of Bolton, Eric and Ida
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Row after homes inspector sacked
A LEIGH man has accused a council of giving him the sack - because they would not let him do his voluntary job properly. Arthur Bent was accepted as a lay assessor inspecting residential homes for the elderly in the Wigan area. But he's now been informed
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Scoring cash goals
SIR: In reply to the letter from C Maher, I don't think it's greed putting more money in Bolton Wanderers; it's commonsense. The money from the sale of players - £4m for Curcic was good business - can be used for strengthening the team, not spent on the
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Branson plans have us in a pickle!
MILLIONAIRE Richard Branson has been asked to help two angry businessmen whose firm stands in the path of his planned Bolton multi-screen cinema. They have told the Virgin boss they will not budge until their problems have been sorted out. The men are
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Mixed fortunes for in-form Howarth
TREBLE-winner Darren Howarth finished on the losing side in a hard-fought Premier Division match. The second week of the Bolton and District Table Tennis League saw MET A go down to British Aerospace A 5-4. Glen Payne added another for MET, but two each
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These cutbacks are really cruel
SIR: As life-long Labour supporters, we were always led to believe that Labour politicians have the interests of the common people at heart, no matter what their age. We are saddened then that Bolton Council have taken action to close well-run purpose-built
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Bandit country
SIR: The Government has always known there is a link between crime and unemployment - it has just been politically inconvenient to admit it. When they came to power in 1979, the Tories knew their economic policies would cause unemployment to soar (by
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Wartime bravery of a young bobby . . .
SIR: IT was 1940 and I was a patient in Kitchener Ward, at Bolton Royal Infirmary, which was the eye ward. I had suffered eye damage due to an accident. I recall that the hospital regime was quite strict, although the staff were very kind and friendly
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Atherton LR in hat-trick bid
ATHERTON LR entertain Gretna tonight looking to make it three League wins on the bounce after victories over Workington and Curzon Ashton. On paper everything looks to be in LR's favour with the visitors from north of the border yet to register a win
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Double tonic for Federeration teams
TWO Bolton Boys Fed teams marched on to the next round of the prestigiousI Lancs FA U16s Youth Cup competition. Leigh RMI won 4-1 at home against a strong Penlake Juniors side from Warrington while Bolton County thrashed AFC Bolton 7-0. Bolton County
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'No kills' claim by hunt saboteurs
HOLCOMBE Hunt officials have discounted claims by anti hunting protesters that a meet at Aspull, near Chorley was seriously disrupted at the weekend. Members of the North West Hunt Saboteurs claim they "confused the hounds" by non-violent action including
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Policeman stabbed as he arrests thief
AN off-duty police officer was stabbed in the hand as he arrested a man during an attempted robbery. The police officer, who has not been named, spotted a robbery taking place at Pennington Wine and Spirits, on St Helens Road, in Leigh, at 9.15pm, last
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Arresting display for 7,000 at police station
f+bs=10os=9o But - on this occasion at least - no one had any reason to complain. For the thousands held in custody were attending an open day held at the police station. The Bolton Police Divisional Open Day is held every three years. The event at the
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Search on for new troubadour star
OSCARS Cafe Bar, one of the North West's most respected venues for bands, is launching a competition to find the most promising songwriter in the region. The prize for the lucky winner is a day recording at a Warrington's acclaimed Frog Studio followed
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Shirley murder: Man held
A MAN has been arrested by detectives probing the murder of Lowton divorcee Shirley Brown who was strangled to death with her own tights in the bedroom of her bungalow home. The 36-year-old man was held by murder squad detectives who swooped on a house
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999 mix-up adds to broken leg agony
A FOOTBALL match was abandoned after a telephone mix-up resulted in an ambulance taking nearly 20 minutes to get to a player with a broken leg. The Bolton Combination League match between Stoneclough and Turton was stopped after just five minutes when
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Relentess . . .
IT'S reassuring to know that the war against terrorism is relentless, certainly as far as Britain's forces of law and order are concerned. Yesterday's well-planned and executed actions against the IRA prevented what was thought to be a new wave of attacks
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Watching over them
WE are having to get used to security cameras in shopping areas, cars parks, and in and around flats and other multi-storey buildings. They have become a fact of life in these troubled days of rising crime. But now the phrase "someone to watch over them
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Drop sparked Curcic's decision to quit Burnden
SASA Curcic has spoken of the bitter disappointment that sparked his controversial decision to quit Burnden Park. Relegation from the Premiership was clearly something the Yugoslav international found too hard to take - a blow that eventually led to him
