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Meet Mr Shifter!
THE S & W Group at Atherton has unveiled its "Mr Shifter" two-car recovery vehicle. It has been developed by one subsidiary, S & W Garages for supply to another - S & W Auto's. Chairman Steven Walsh said today that the specially-designed,
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Bolton Business School's got the subject mastered!
BOLTON Business School, which is part of Bolton Institute, is celebrating the success of its Masters in Business Administration course. Recently 48 students were awarded the MBA - the highest number in one year so far, reflecting the growing reputation
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Green breakfast
COMPANIES in Bolton and Bury are being invited to an Environmental Awareness Breakfast tomorrow morning. It is being held from 8am to 10.30am at the BITE Centre on the Eagle Campus at Bolton Institute. Participants will be told about subsidised environmental
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'Stop splitting families,' MP urges schools
A BOLTON politician is calling for a radical shake up of the town's education policy to allow brothers and sisters to attend the same school. Peter Thurnham is also urging Turton School to stop giving priority to families living in Lancashire. Mr Thurnham
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Baby's miracle escape
A BABY had a miraculous escape when his pram was crushed by car which ploughed into his mother - leaving her seriously injured - as she pushed him along the pavement, Amazingly two-year-old Jack Hudson escaped from his mangled pram with only a bump on
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'Be cool' plea to overheated motorists
BOLTON motorists are being urged to keep their cool in a campaign aimed at promoting courtesy on the roads. The Highways Agency and the Polite Society have organised a special event on Friday with the message "Courtesy Day - Get There Safely" - displayed
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Marathon tribute to tragic Simon
A YOUNG Bolton man who never forgot his schoolfriend who died of leukaemia is to run the Manchester Marathon to help other sufferers of the disease. Christopher Burke, who has battled against asthma all his life, is now 18. He moved from Radcliffe to
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Thanks for everything
SIR: The staff and residents of Lever Edge House Elderly Persons Home, would like to thank all the people of Bolton for their support in recent weeks concerning the closure of Lever Edge House. Although we have lost our fight to stay open, we very much
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Neil pulls a fast one for charity!
BOLTON store director Neil Russmann will grin and bare it tomorrow to boost a national charity campaign. Neil, from Whitaker's in Deansgate, will be having a hair-tugging leg wax as part of the store's hair and beauty salon's efforts for Clip For The
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Blackpool trip celebrates a sparkling friendship
TWO local women are celebrating 60 years of friendship. Dorothy Frost and Eunice Turner, both 65, have shared growing up, jobs, marriages, and births over the years. They say they have never had a cross word with each other since meeting as five-year-olds
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LR crash out: Curzon Ashton 3, Atherton LR 2
ATHERTON LR crashed out of the UniBond League Challenge Cup at the first round stage last night. The defeat brought LR's eight-game unbeaten run to an end but it was certainly a close-run thing. Club director Brian Seddon says: "It was certainly no disgrace
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Labour to boost NW rail link
A LABOUR Government will upgrade the West Coast Main Line that links the North West to London, Shadow Transport Secretary Andrew Smith promised today. And he pledged to speed up work to provide direct services between the region and the Channel Tunnel
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Going, going, gum!
PATIENTS who forget to visit their dentist could soon be left looking for someone to fill the gap. If they do not visit their dentist at least once in 15 months, patients would no longer be registered. This would mean they would not automatically be entitled
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Friends needed for lonely old people
LONELINESS is a terrible thing, especially if you're elderly and possibly without family and friends to visit you. An excellent service that befriends people in these circumstances itself needs support. The Halliwell Befriending Service is looking for
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History man's cinema focus
THE Turnpike Centre in Leigh Library will have a busy night tomorrow when it hosts a film show by the North West Film Archive celebrating 100 years of cinema. Its starts at 7.30pm. The show is free of charge but seats should be booked in advance by ringing
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Young drinkers
THE drinks' industry has finally called "time" on the lack of regulations governing sales of alcoholic fruit drinks, or alcopops as they're more widely known. This must be an especially heartening development for Bolton councillors who have long waged
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Wanderers determined to regain top spot
WANDERERS will be going all out tonight to get their noses back in front in the race for the Premiership. Knocked off the top by a rampant Norwich, who thrashed Grimsby 4-1 at Blundell Park last night, Colin Todd's pacemakers travel to Wolves in defiant
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Training group celebrates with schools' open day
THIS year's annual open day for schools organised by Horwich training group BTG is on Wednesday, October 9. It forms part of the activities to celebrate the former Bolton Training Group's 30th year in business. Bolton-based paper machine manufacturers
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Traders flock to forum on town centre future
A CONFERENCE on the future of retailing in Bolton has attracted a "magnificent" response from traders and business people. More than 160 people are expected to attend the Centre Forward conference organised by Bolton Council and Bolton Town Centre Partnership
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Council hit out at bus war casualties
COUNCILLORS in Westhoughton are to lodge a protest about the irregularity of bus services in the town. Cllr David Wilkinson said the effects of de-regulation are beginning to bite in the area and singled out two services which passengers have complained
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Six hurt in blackspot smash
SIX people - including a pregnant woman and baby - needed hospital treatment after a spectacular three car crash on a notorious accident blackspot. Two cars crashed head on, sending one shooting across the road on its roof into a third vehicle. The crash
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Ken's gift of the gab lands him a life ban
IT may be good to talk...but self-confessed chatterbox Kenneth Owens reckons his big mouth has earned him a life ban from a church social club. Mr Owens claims he was banned from the Our Lady of Lourdes club on Plodder Lane, Farnworth for talking too
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Victory hope after teen gangs spree
BOLTON Council is taking action to combat vandalism and other problems caused by teenage gangs at Birch Avenue, Westhoughton. The local authority is introducing a number of measures in response to a request by Westhoughton Town Council and local police
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Tougher stance on teen drinking
BOLTON councillors have vowed to continue their fight under-age drinking after a report today blamed alcoholic fruit drinks for an increase in teenage boozing. And councillors - who were among the first in the country to ban billboard adverts for the
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Thanks to BRI
SIR: Around 1943 I contacted Tetanus and was admitted to the Children's Ward at BRI. When they found out what it was, they quickly transferred me to a private ward (Barnes) because they though it was contagious. The doctor stated at the time that if they
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Cash raised
SIR: On Saturday September 21, the senior citizens of Runnymede Court held a rummage sale and tombola and raised £214.70. May we take this opportunity through your column, of thanking Joanne and her colleagues at the Bolton Evening News, Edna and her
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Going home
SIR: The articles on September 26 and 27 referred to the Wanderers as 'going home' to Horwich. Since about 1888, when my father played for them as an 'old boy' of the Church Institute School at Pikes Lane, BWFC has always been associated with Burnden
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Much too early!
SIR: As I write this it is only September, but yet again most of us have already been sickened to the core by the progressively early start to the Christmas shopping fiasco. I love Christmas as much as anyone, but I'm getting fed up at being on the receiving
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Socialism is being destroyed
SIR: Each new dawn brings forth more change in Labour Party policy, the most recent being they should delete the word Socialism from the agenda of the Labour Party. I should imagine this is being done without the consent of the vast majority of party
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Already forgotten...
SIR: I am writing following the meeting recently to rubber stamp the closure of Stocks Park and Lever Edge old peoples homes. That night a group of us stood together to show support for some of the most vulnerable people in Bolton. The group consisted
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Pensioner, 78, robbed
A 78-year-old pensioner from Hindley was robbed of her £118 savings by two thieves posing as gardeners. The two men knocked on the door of her bungalow yesterday asking if she wanted any gardening doing. While one distracted her the other sneaked into
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Poet's Corner: A sheer delight
Last Saturday's poem - a teenage girl did write, From one so young - a sheer delight. Obviously a girl who will do her best, To be Bolton's youngest poetess. Ashcroft, Claire Louise, Writes poetry - completely at ease. Expressing her views in the Evening
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Bus driver David is simply the best
A BOLTON bus driver has been crowned the best in the country. David Balfe, from Astley Bridge, was named National Bus Driver of the Year ahead of 60 other competitors from various bus companies in the finals at Blackpool. David, who drives for Stagecoach
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Classy way not to lose your glasses
YOU know you put them somewhere, but you can't for the life of you remember where. Mislaying your specs must be one of the most common failings of all wearers of glasses. But now a firm in Macclesfield, Cheshire, has come up with a classy idea to solve
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Number change for Camelot charity day
READERS interested in the Family Fun Day that Camelot Theme Park is running in aid of ChildLine on October 27 should note a change of phone number involved. The ChildLine office in Manchester is 0161-834-9945. Tickets that normally cost £12.99 will be
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Hero posties halt runaway bus
A GROUP of quick-thinking Bolton postmen averted a disaster this lunchtime when a bus rolled across a busy town centre road - without the driver! The posties chased after the bus and jumped on board to pull on the handbrake after the empty single decker
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School makes more rooms for the future
GEORGE Tomlinson School's headteacher, Mr Tony Buckley outlined details of the school's exciting £650,000 refurbishment programme at the Kearsley school's Achievement Awards Evening. The project will be finished in time for the start of the new academic
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Sounds good
SO far, so good! Tony Blair's speech to his party's conference hammered home his vision for a future under Labour in fine style. He made personal promises to the people of Britain and pledged he would start creating a new "Age of Achievement". His ten-vow
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From the BEN files:
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, October 2, 1971 AT least 60 people were killed today when a British European Airways airliner crashed near Ghent, Belgium. Police said they believed the plane, en route from London to Salzburg, exploded in the air.
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Waiting game for frustrated Stan
BURY boss Stan Ternent admitted his frustration at being forced to await a transfer tribunal valuation on goalkeeper Dean Kiely. Kiely's price tag is still unknown after the initial tribunal ended with selling club York City walking out and the rescheduled
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Super Shakers snap back in Lancashire hot-pot
Bury 1, Burnley 0: By NEIL BONNAR BUZZING Bury snapped out of their early season slumber in style. The uncompromising Shakers rose to the big occasion for once to clinch their first victory in seven games with a power-packed performance. They've waited
