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B&Q activate the positive!
MANAGERS recruiting 240 people for a new B&Q warehouse in Bury are looking for "positive attitudes." The warehouse, which is due to open in February, 1997, will cover 135,000 square feet at the Bridgehall Industrial Park. It will sell 40,000 products
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Pensioner hit by lorry fights for life
A PENSIONER was fighting for her life in the intensive care unit of Bolton General Hospital today after an accident with a truck. Gladys Haslam, aged 77, of Kershaw Avenue, Little Lever was involved in a collision with a Dodge pick-up truck at the junction
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Hospital beds block claims scandal
ALLEGATIONS of bed-blocking involving elderly people in Bury's hospitals have prompted a call for an independent inquiry. Council leader, Cllr John Byrne, wants the town's Health Authority and Health Care Trust to join him in urging the Audit Commission
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Inspector blocks huge homes scheme
PROTESTERS have won the latest round in the battle to stop a huge Westhoughton housing development. A Government inspector has dismissed an appeal from developers Redrow Homes for 134 homes to be built at Edges Farm, between Leigh Road and Woodward Road
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Schools hope for cash aid
EDUCATION bosses have drawn-up a multi-million pound "shopping list" in a bid to overhaul some of Bolton's schools. It includes the amalgamation of Lostock Park and Stocks Park special schools on a single site and the replacement of Oxford Grove School
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£10 notes sting alert
A PROFESSIONAL gang of conmen are believed to be preparing to flood Bolton with thousands of counterfeit £10 notes. Detectives say the forged notes are not of particularly good quality but they will appear genuine in busy shops. Stores and businesses
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'Diana video' double was big hit in Bolton
THE Princess Di lookalike in a video which duped The Sun newspaper is the girl who pulled in the crowds to Bolton's Crompton Place shopping centre only a fortnight ago. The video, claiming to show Diana frolicking with James Hewitt at Highgrove was "an
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Thieves in the night
SIR: I plead with the dog owners of Daisy Hill not to come out like thieves in the night when it's dark to put out their dogs on the childrens play area at St James Street, Daisy Hill. They all know the laws regarding fouling. It is a disgrace the amount
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Family's doctor dilemma
A FAMILY who were dropped by their GP three months ago say they have been unable to find another doctor who will put them on the patients' list. Colin Cambray and his partner Michelle Bracegirdle were removed from the list of patients at Stonehill Medical
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Worst payments
SIR: It is so sad that the New Labour Party and the union leaders have betrayed the pensioners. We are the worst paid pensioners in the European Union. Even Ireland's pensioners do much better and the Germans, who a lot of pensioners fought against and
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Taxpayers lost a fortune
SIR: On September 9, John Major sent a letter to targeted people in Bolton West trying to explain away the 22 tax increases his government introduced since the last election, despite promising 'year on year tax cuts'. What he failed to highlight was that
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Life was saved at the Royal
SIR: My wife receives regular cuttings from a friend of school-days. When I read the cutting of the impending closing of the Bolton Royal Infirmary, memories come flooding back to me of the day January 8, 1948 when I was rushed into the hospital, needing
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Good Evans! RMI climb to third spot: Flixton 0, Leigh RMI 1
KEITH Evans scored his eighth goal of the season at Flixton last night and it was enough to give Leigh RMI the points and extend their unbeaten run to 12 games. Evans' goal came mid-way through the second half after he had been fouled out on the right
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White Horse win at a gallop
IN the Bolton Sunday League White Horse (Kearsley) went goal crazy as they galloped to a 14-0 win over Saddle. Paul Davies led the rout with four goals and Karl O'Brien claimed a hat-trick with two goals each for Alex Wardle, Gareth Slack and Wynn Davies
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Seedfield shoot down Aero to continue winning run
IN the Bolton Combination Premier Division Bury-based Seedfield Sports Club continue to set a blistering pace with a maximum return from six games. The latest victory was 3-1 away at British Aerospace which opened up a narrow one-point gap over second
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Poet's Corner
It's there again, that spider on the ceiling in the hall. The last time that I saw it, it was climbing up the wall. I thought if I ignored it, it would simply go away, Alas, my hopes are shattered, I think it's here to stay. I think I'll get my feather
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Top men Lever on a winner
IN the LANCS AMATEUR LEAGUE Division Two went under the spotlight with the majority of Premier and First Division teams taking part in the second round of the Whitbread Cup. After their goalless draw against Old Mancunians, Little Lever SC resumed their
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Friendship renewed on the Internet
THE Internet has not only brought Mildred Earles news about her former fiance, it has also helped her to renew a close friendship with an old school pal. Mildred and Doris Swindells were classmates and great friends at Farnworth Grammar School in the
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Mildred's new life on the other side of the world...
MILDRED Earles lived in Bolton for the first 24 years of her life before emigrating to Australia in 1964. She was born at Townleys Hospital, living for many years at Mercia Street, in the Deane Road area of town. Shortly after she was born her father
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The Net revealed my ex was a killer ...
ABOLTON girl who was swept off her feet by the charms of a tall, handsome shop assistant has spoken from her Australia home of her horror at reading that her former fiance had turned into a killer. Mildred Earles was a teenage dental worker 36 years ago
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Knifeman in raid on off-licence
A KNIFEMAN threatened a female shop assistant before escaping with cash last night. The man burst into the Victoria Wine off-licence on Market Street, Little Lever , at about 9.55pm and pulled out a knife. It was the latest in a string of raids on Victoria
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Fitting tribute
IT is entirely fitting that animal stalwart Edna Lomax should be made lifetime honorary president of Bolton RSPCA. This remarkable lady, 90 yesterday, has been a volunteer with the charity since 1936 and not only a frequent campaigner for her beloved
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The biter is bitten!
IT'S been hard today for other national newspapers and the media generally to disguise their glee over the Sun being hoodwinked. Yesterday, their pages blazed with the "exclusive" pictures taken from a video purporting to show Princess Diana cavorting
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Passport to success!
MRS Pat Dickson, a director of St Andrews Travel in Bolton, has achieved her Masters degree in Business Administration at Lancashire Business School in the University of Central Lancashire. Pat has responsibilities within the travel group for staff recruitment
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Sir David flies the flag
THE globe-trotting chairman of Marketing Manchester has just completed a visit to Chicago. Sir David Trippier was one of the leaders of a trade and cultural mission which was a joint venture by Manchester Airport and Marketing Manchester. It introduced
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Huge TV network planned to cut crime
A MASSIVE closed circuit TV camera network could be set up to protect people and property in schools, businesses and council run buildings. Bury Council's competitive services department has put forward plans which would make it feasible for even the
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Ray put his heart and soul into race!
RAY COLLETT refused to be beaten when his car broke down while he was on his way to compete in a half marathon. Ray, who had a heart by-pass 2-years ago, had planned to take part in the Great North Run on Tyneside and then go on to compete in Sunday's
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Meek approval
SIR: Following the meek approval of Bolton Council to the closure of the two homes for the elderly in the area, I now agree with one of your correspondents some time ago who wrote that the elected councillors are a mere rubber stamping agency for decisions
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Bolton gets a sporting £270,000
BOLTON is today celebrating a hat-trick of lottery successes. Three out of seven Lottery Sports Fund awards totalling nearly £270,000 made in the North-west this month go to Bolton Council. The largest Bolton grant is £109,269 which will "support the
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Plea for cyclists
SIR: In the recent SCENE supplement in the Bolton Evening News, Bolton Metro encouraged readers to write in with suggestions for the forthcoming reshaping of Farnworth Town Centre. From the correspondence I have had, I have been informed that there are
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Go for gold with Sharron
SIR: Would your readers take my next swimming challenge? You don't need to be an Olympic medallist to compete in this challenge, in fact it doesn't matter what age or ability you are, there is a challenge for you. Any swimmer can take part in this fun
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Atherton's winning run ends
Atherton LR 0 Great Harwood Town 1 ATHERTON LR's four-game winning sequence in the UniBond First Division came to the stuttering end last night in a 1-0 home defeat by Great Harwood Town. The visitors to Crilly Park scored after only 13 minutes through
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Double diamond Lee stars in cup cracker
BOLTON Lads' Club flew the flag for the Bolton Boys' Federation in the Lancashire FA under-14s youth cup at highly fancied Great Harwood. The local lads put in a super show to win 4-0 with a double for Lee Shillitto and one apiece for Gareth Jones and
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Knifeman caught on tape
A KNIFEMAN who attempted to rob a food store manageress in a Walkden shopping precinct has been "captured" on video. Detectives are sifting through video footage - from a security camera - of the knifeman as he confronted the 48-year-old woman in the
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Fighting fund
LADY Thatcher urged the Conservatives to "get cracking" and take on Labour when she addressed the Tory Party Conference yesterday. Meanwhile, back at grass roots level, it was revealed that Bolton Tories have raised only £600 across town for the General
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From the BEN files:25 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News, October 8, 1971of=helveticao 50 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, October 9, 1946 SIR,- Those responsible for the purchase of the new petrol buses seem to lack a sense of the artistic appreciation. The buses are nothing more or less
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Wanderers qualify in style: Farsley Celtic 1, Wanderers Youth 4
WANDERERS youngsters came through their FA Youth Cup first qualifying round tie at Farsley with flying colours last night. The scene was set as early as the second minute when Gareth Feeney headed inches over the bar from a free kick on the right. Marco
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Wanderers keeper and skipper are men on a mission
GUDNI Bergsson will play his way into the history books tonight when he leads Iceland in their World Cup qualifier against Romania in Reykjavik. The 31-year-old Wanderers skipper and centre-back will play his 71st international, becoming the most capped
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Mac's back to lead the Tartan Army
TARTAN Army conscript John McGinlay was demob happy today - as he rejoined the Scotland team instead! McGinlay was only a face in the crowd for Scotland's three games at Euro 96 in England after being axed from manager Craig Brown's plans. But in Tallinn
