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Protest group occupy benefit office
MORE than 30 protesters occupied Bolton's Employment Services office today to highlight opposition to the controversial Job Seekers Allowance. The protesters, who are taking part in march from Hull to the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool, burst into
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Blair faces pensioners' revolt
TONY Blair faces a pensioners' revolt on Wednesday as 85-year-old Baroness Castle leads a challenge to his policy an state help for the old. The former Cabinet Minister has made clear she regards his promise to set up a commission to look into pensions
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Riddle of manager's sudden departure
MYSTERY surrounds the resignation of a top Bolton business executive. General manager of Business Link Bolton and Bury Mr John Weir has stepped down from his job. The business link group was set up in March this year as a division of Bolton Bury Training
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TV spotlight on entry places row school
A TOP Bolton state school comes under the spotlight in a hard-hitting TV documentary tomorrow. Canon Slade School is Britain's most over-subscribed church state school. And investigators for the Channel Four programme Witness will highlight what they
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Miracle gel used to treat burns girl
A NEW gel treatment was used to treat a young girl who was badly burned when an empty fuel can exploded. Saphron Pennington, aged nine, of Ridyard Street, Walkden, suffered burns to her hands and an arm when a lit match sparked petrol vapours on land
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Charity that is too costly
SIR: Once again I feel the need to complain about charity shops. I saw a clown in the window of one today (second-hand, of course) for over £3. I got one identical brand new two weeks ago, just £2. It really is time these charity shops got real. They
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Home truth
SIR: So our councillors, in their misguided wisdom, are to close two old people's homes in the area. Many of these people, through health problems or insecurity, have known no other home for years and should not be uprooted and treated like chattels.
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Stop being soft on stalkers
SIR: I often wonder where the male population is when women report being stalked by some nutcase. I can well remember as a young lad in the late 40's, with my cousin, chasing a pesterer who had been continually stalking my auntie. He never came around
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Illustrious links
SIR: I agree with the views expressed by Marjorie Armstrong in Friday's BEN. It would seem that money rules everything these days. Not wishing to rake up the past (although I,too, feel that Wanderers supporters should have been consulted about the move
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Solving our suffering
SIR: It would seem that Mrs B Harding is on the horns of a real dilemma (Viewpoint: Sept 21). She admits that she uses drugs discovered through animal research, but says she deplores the use of animals in research. She talks about "these selfish double
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Royal farewells...
SIR: Having watched prominent dignitaries opening various new theatres, complexes and the like recently, it suddenly occurred to me that here in Bolton there would be ample opportunity to invite these same people. However, not for opening ceremonies,
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Crash man fights for life
A LEIGH man was still fighting for his life today after a road accident in the early hours of Saturday. Mark Slater, 32, of Walmesley Road, Leigh, was walking home with a friend when the accident happened as they crossed Atherleigh Way. Mr Slater was
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Murder bid trial delayed
THE trial is due to begin on Wednesday of an auxiliary nurse accused of the attempted murder of a patient at Bolton General Hospital. The case against Shaun Philip Darrock, aged 22, of Gilnow Gardens, Bolton, had been scheduled to open at Manchester Crown
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Canal rescue bobby praised
A SWINTON police officer has been praised for "putting his life on the line" by jumping into a canal to save a drowning woman. Pc Bob Collier, 30, dived into the water at Salford Quays yesterday afternoon, to rescue the woman. A firemen also provided
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Lorry trailer stolen
A TRAILER containing about £13,000 worth of goods was stolen in a late night raid on catalogue company GUS at the weekend. Two security men manning the transport yard off Worsley Road, Eccles, were sprayed in the eyes with a stinging substance and bundled
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£19m 'wild' idea clears first hurdle in fund fight
WILDLIFE lovers could soon go on safari...in Bolton. It is part of a £19.1 million scheme to take the borough into the 21st century. A millennium project has been put together which will create "safari centres" all over the borough. There will be open
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Jason turns midwife for second delivery!
A BOLTON paramedic took on the role of midwife when a baby made an unexpected arrival - on the settee at her grandmother's home. Young mum 17-year-old Teresa Humphrys started with labour pains but never phoned for an ambulance, believing it to be another
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More loos
MR Arnold Wilcox-Wood, chairman of Bolton Town Centre Partnership, is right in accusing Bolton Council of being "downright cheeky" over its attitude to town centre toilets. It is the council's responsibility to provide and maintain public loos. They should
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Cup calls rob Todd of key defenders
WANDERERS are ready to face their two big away tests despite having their defence robbed by World Cup duty. Burnden officials were still waiting to hear today whether emergency calls would enable them to call off the games at Wolves on Wednesday and Oxford
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Atherton notch seven day double
ATHERTON LR 3 CURZON ASHTON 2: ATHERTON LR completed a seven day league and cup double over Curzon Ashton...and amazingly the two meet yet again tomorrow night in the UniBond League Challenge Cup first round. Rovers are now in the third qualifying round
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Slack Bury given a lesson
Walsall 3 Bury 1: BURY need a few more lessons if they are ever going to shake off the 'L' plates, manager Stan Ternent reckons they still have in the division. The suffering Shakers failed this test and must cut out the minor accidents which threw away
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LAST GASP SLIP UP!
WANDERERS 1, STOKE 1: By GORDON SHARROCK WANDERERS refuse point blank to be haunted by the horrors of last season's last-gasp nightmares. Stoke's injury time equaliser on Saturday revived painful memories of eight Premiership points dropped in last-minute
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Women welcome spy cameras
THE installation of "spy" cameras in one of Bolton's notorious areas has been welcomed by town centre workers. Many employees avoid costly town centre parking charges by using peripheral car parks close to Shiffnall Street - where prostitutes reputably
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Drivers warned as road repairs begin
A SERIES of urgent roadworks using the latest recycling techniques gets underway today with some disruption to traffic. The road recycling method saves 50 per cent of the time used by conventional reconstruction techniques which leads to less disruption
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Man dies after being hit by police van
A MAN died when he ran from a crashed car into the path of a police van which had been following him. Police had been "tailing" George Makin, aged 38, of Wigan Road, Hindley when he lost control of the car on a bend last night. Officers say Mr Makin jumped
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Reebok deserve the title
SIR: There have been a few letters in the BEN recently suggesting names for Bolton Wanderers' new stadium. In my humble opinion, it should be known as the "Reebok" stadium, because the firm have sponsored the team over the last few years and donated lots
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Fury as PC Dunne murder squad is disbanded
By DAVE TOOMER FRIENDS of murdered former Bolton school teacher Pc Patrick Dunne have reacted with fury to news that the team investigating his killing has been disbanded. The Crown Prosecution Service has abandoned the case after a three year investigation
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Supertip plan may be halted
EXCLUSIVE: By DAVE TOOMER .A WATER company which jointly owns the firm planning to turn Red Moss into a huge rubbish dump is considering pulling out of the venture. UK Waste, which submitted the landfill plan for the Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Drivers' lucky dash
THE driver of a minibus was in the right place when the engine caught fire in the early hours of yesterday. He was passing a fire station when he spotted the smoke and flames. The Sherpa minibus, owned by JR Taxis, was being driven along St Helens Road
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Freakish and free!
HALLOWE'EN fun kicks off a free week of activities at Salford's libraries and museums next month. On Monday October 21 it's spooky storytime at Broadwalk Library where a witch will be flying in to add to the fun. These activities are repeated at all libraries
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An ode to a peregrine
Have you ever been to Haslingden Grane? There's much there to observe. You can walk around the reservoirs or climb Musbury Hill, if you've the nerve. Now rumour has it, I have heard, That those hills possess a very rare bird. If you wait a while you'll
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Widow's fight
A YOUNG widow is battling for the right to conceive a baby using sperm from her dead husband. The sperm was taken from her husband while he was in a coma and he was unable to give his consent in writing, as the law requires. But the couple had been trying
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Bury go back to basics
BURY boss Stan Ternent, believes his side must get back to basics. The Shakers go in search of their first victory in seven games in the big local derby with Burnley at Gigg Lane tomorrow night with Ternent demanding an end to the defensive madness which
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Leigh ace's FA Cup misery
LEIGH RMI 1 BILLINGHAM SYNTHONIA 1: DAVID Ridings must still be having nightmares about his failure to find the unguarded goal during the first half of Leigh's draw with Billingham in the FA Cup second qualifying round. The elegant midfielder had started
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Mixu returns but 'op for Green
COLIN Todd has counted one in and one out as Wanderers prepare to step up their promotion bid. The Burnden boss will tonight welcome back Mixu Paatelainen for his his long-awaited first competitive game of the season. But he is resigned to being without
