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Major stores moving to Bolton
THE music and video chain Virgin Megastore is set to move into Bolton. The expanding company is looking at a prime site in the Market Place, due to be vacated by Marks and Spencer when it moves into its four storey Deansgate store next month. A spokesman
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Shotgun raiders grab £50,000
THREE thugs brandishing sawn off shotguns threatened to shoot a security guard before they grabbed more than £50,000 from a Walkden building society last night. One of the raiders held a gun at the head of the 57-year-old guard and threatened to pull
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Loo march
SIR: Labour councillors have recently made quite a fuss about the mass trespass on Winter Hill. In view of the way in which these people have closed public lavatories, I think it would be a good idea if someone organised a mass trespass on the Kremlin
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Counting the cost of funerals rip-off
A PHONE help-line has been inundated with calls following Friday's Bolton Evening News report of how unscrupulous "funeral plan" sellers are targeting old people's homes in the Bolton area. The Co-op Funeral Service set up the free advice line after reports
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One call could stop a killer
By ANGELA WARHURST EVERY week 35 new cases enter Bolton's breast unit. The vast majority of these women walk away again and await their next screening appointment. But for some women, however, screening can reveal something far more serious which could
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Why pay extra?
SIR: My brother and I have just paid in excess of £1,000 to have a stone put on our parents' grave, also to have our brother's grave stone cleaned and a new inscription put on it. I visited our parents' grave last week in Astley Bridge Cemetery, to see
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It's chaos on the buses
SIR: Notwithstanding your leading article Crisis on the buses (BEN, September 21) and the views of Cllr Guy Harkin, the current cutback in bus services does not arise from 'the cash demands of shareholders' but is the direct, if somewhat delayed, result
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Serious concern over tip
SIR: The Red Moss Action Committee (RMAC), which has been campaigning for 18 months against the proposed Supertip for Red Moss at Horwich is a non-political organisation whose main concerns are the future of this wildlife habitat, and education regarding
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Warden stops blaze at old folks' flats
A QUICK-thinking warden prevented a blaze in a block of old people's flats in Farnworth last night. The warden was alerted by a smoke alarm at Maxton House, Farnworth. He dashed to the flat where the alarm had been triggered and found the occupant had
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Sun isle crash tragedy boy home
FOUR-year-old David Shaw, from Rochdale, whose mother was killed in a car crash in Lanzarote, was back home today. He has left father Tony and 11-year-old sister Sarah, who were critically injured and are still on life support machines in the Canary Islands
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Welfare state marchers stage protest
ABOUT 40 campaigners arrived in Blackpool today at the end of a coast-to-coast long march to call on a future Labour Government to make a commitment to defend the Welfare State. The march arrived in Bolton on Sunday night and left the town yesterday after
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Action girl Zita makes military history
BOLTON soldier Private Zita Heyes is making history by being among the first British troops to train in Poland since the end of the Cold War. Zita, aged 24, is an army medic with the 2nd Armoured Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps, providing medical
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NW charity faces severe cash crisis
BULLYING has become the biggest single problem for youngsters, ChildLine North West has revealed, as the help-line prepares to celebrate its 10th birthday. And the organisation is appealing for more donations from the public to mark its anniversary and
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Electric bills down by £15 average
ELECTRICITY charges in the North West are set to fall by an average of £15 a year following Norweb's decision to reduce its tariffs by 5.75pct from today. It means that more than two million customers of Norweb, part of United Utilities, will now have
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Sickening crimes
OUR stories tonight about the teenager who daubed himself with fake blood to con a kind Bolton pensioner and the thieves who burgled an 85-year-old woman three times on consecutive nights make sickening reading. These are not opportunist criminals but
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Gigg Lane to pack 'em in for derby clash
GIGG Lane could be bursting at the seams when Lancashire rivals Burnley make their first league visit for half a century. The Turf Moor club's fans are threatening to outnumber Shakers supporters on their own territory with up to 5,000 expected to make
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Oh, baby, we're in business!
A NEW business with a famous Bolton name was launched by soccer star John McGinlay. The popular Bolton Wanderers striker was on hand to open the new Boydell's Baby Superstore in Bentinck Street, Farnworth. It is the latest venture by Supercover (Bolton
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Tourist murder plea
TOURISTS visiting Tenerife are being urged to help with investigations into the death of Bolton man Michael Hulse. And a judge on the island is expected to decide soon whether an international warrant should be issued for the arrest of two Bolton men
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Millionaire reunites boy team 50 years on
FORMER Boltonian millionaire Eddie Thornley presided over a reunion of the Bolton schoolboys soccer team - exactly 50 years after they last played together. The nostalgic get-together took place at the Grand Hotel in Blackpool where eight out of the original
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It's curtains for UNO!
MUM Michelle Farrell is set to get her Christmas present nearly a year after she first decided what to have. After a court case last week she can finally draw to a close a long running row over new curtains and cushions. Last October, her dad Jack Gerrard
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Awards for brave policemen
THREE policemen - including a sergeant from Bolton - who made a desperate life-saving grab at the legs of a man who was plunging from a 13-storey building have earned bravery awards. The quick thinking officers, based in Salford, grabbed the diving man's
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Evil thieves hit new low
AN evil youth daubed himself with fake blood to con a Bolton pensioner into helping him - as two accomplices robbed her home. And in another incident, a woman of 85 was burgled times in nights as she slept. On the third night, the thieves stole her pension
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You'll never have it so often!
SHADOW Minister for Women Janet Anderson caused a sex storm at Labour's Blackpool conference today. She suggested women would become more promiscuous under a Tony Blair Government. Her astonishing claim that women would have more sex more often if Labour
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Bible search
SIR: I have been given a family Bible which contains no family details. In it was a small card which had been sent with a piece of wedding cake. The card was from Mr & Mrs J Ratcliffe, nee Sarah Brown, who married on August 31 1921 and went to live
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Fans' appeal for prop Tim
LEIGH RL fund-raisers are doing their bit to help the town keep its famous street....barn-storming prop forward Tim Street! To help the second division club keep Street at Hilton Park an appeal has been launched to raise the necessary cash to help complete
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Wigan line up festive double
WIGAN fans will be able to get a sneak preview of any new signings when the club takes on St Helens in a special Christmas double friendly challenge. The RFL have authorised the go-ahead of the traditional festive derby games at the request of the clubs
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Crossing needed
SIR: I refer to the news item (BEN, September 19) on the problem of crossing Bury Road, Tonge Fold adjacent to Colenso Road. Some months ago I was requested by local club officials to contact our MP over this problem after a series of accidents involving
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One way Street!
TIM Street will stay a Leigh player for at least another two seasons. The Hilton Park skipper, who spent the first summer season at Leigh on extended loan from Hull, is expected to make his move permanent later this week. A fee has been agreed between
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No jobs lost...
SIR: I am writing in response to the letter from P & A Derbyshire 'These cutbacks are really cruel'(BEN, September 24) in respect of the closure of Stocks Park House. While I recognise the genuine concerns that people have about the closures I feel
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Carters in charge of Sunday league
CARTERS Arms took a two-point lead at the top of the Horwich Sunday League Premier Division with a 5-3 away win against lowly Travels. Arkwrights picked up two points with a 2-0 home win over White Horse Rangers to lift them into a mid-table position.
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Bolton Boys' Fed cup success
IN the Manchester County Cup the Under-11s flew the Bolton flag high when they progressed through to the next round of the competition with a hard fought 2-0 away victory against a strong Chadderton Park FC with a goal each coming for both Matthew Walsh
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Atherton LR aim for three in a row
ATHERTON LR clash with Curzon Ashton tonight in the Unibond League Challenge Cup first round in the third encounter between the two clubs in only 10 days. LR go into the game with the upper hand following two wins from the first two meetings - 1-0 in
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Sofa so good for baby Emily
MUM-to-be Lyndsey Innes made it a family affair when baby Emily decided to put in an early appearance. Lyndsey, of Crompton Way, Bolton, called a taxi to rush her to hospital when she realised her third child was well and truly on its way. But when Lyndsey
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Scorching start for Seedfield
SEEDFIELD Sports maintained the hottest early season Bolton Combination Premier Division pace seen for many a year in a stunning 6-3 away victory at Ainsworth. The trip down to Bankfield had all the signs of being a tripwire fixture for the Bury side
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Water flood fails to halt drought
TORRENTIAL rain has failed to make a drop of difference to the drought in the North-west. Water chiefs say the downpours failed to push rainfall in the region over 56 per cent of the normal levels expected for September. Stocks in reservoirs serving Bolton
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Poet's Corner
I feel, like our cases, I'm ready to pop With excitement and happiness, don't want it to stop. A coach ride to the coast: a whole week we will stay, For bed and breakfast, on our holiday. We've been travelling and singing for over an hour, Hope I'll be
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Bravo for a brave repeat performance
La Cage Aux Folles Bolton Premier Amateur Operatic Society Albert Halls, Bolton. Runs until Saturday. By DOREEN CROWTHER BOLTON Premier Amateur Operatic's Society's decision to re-stage this show which they mounted so successfully last year is a brave
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Fire crews honoured for IRA bomb rescue
FIREMEN from Farnworth are to receive special awards for their efforts in the aftermath of the IRA Manchester bomb. The Farnworth team will be presented with the Greater Manchester County Fire Officer's recognition of Outstanding Performance at a ceremony
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Same name
WHEN Macdonald Hotels decided to re-name Bolton's Pack Horse Hotel, the BEN objected immediately. We pointed out that for 90 years the Pack Horse Hotel has been a well known local landmark and its name should not be changed. Many people agreed with us
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From the BEN files:25 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News, October 1, 1971of=helveticao 50 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, October 1, 1946 GOERING, Ribbentrop, Rosenberg, Keitel, Jodl, and Von Neurath were found guilty today on all four counts of the international tribunal's indictment
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Mac on standby
JOHN McGinlay went on standby for Scotland today, increasing doubts over Wanderers' Division One game at Oxford going ahead on Saturday. As tomorrow night's game at Wolves at Molineux was finally given the green light, the call for McGinlay threw the
