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Nat's shock
WANDERERS' President Nat Lofthouse was sitting near Mr Harding thoughout the match. He told the BEN this afternoon: "This is terrible news. You forget the game when things like this happen. It's something you never think can happen. "I was on the same
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Dinner date and then tragedy
A WARBURTONS spokeswoman confirmed this afternoon that the helicopter party had included a 39-year-old London businessman who was a close friend of joint managing director Jonathan Warburton. They had known each other since their days at Millfield School
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Handbag snatched from woman at graveside
A TEENAGE thief stole a handbag left unguarded for a moment by an elderly woman who was tending a family grave. He struck yesterday afternoon as the 68-year-old was at the grave in St Paul's churchyard, Manchester Road, Walkden. Detectives say the thief
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Titley backs Euro films plan
BRITISH and European film makers could get a much needed boost if Bolton's Euro MP Gary Titley gets his way. He is supporting plans to set up a £100 million Eurofund to encourage investment in the European TV and film industry. Speaking from Strasbourg
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Daisy Hill cricket pro
DAISY Hill Cricket Club have signed ex-Yorkshire player David Hamilton as their professional for next season. Hamilton, who left Whitefield's Stand club to play for the Yorkshire Academy and second X1, replaces Chris Jones who has moved on to Bolton Association
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Royal launch for £1m centre
THE conversion of Bolton's oldest mill was given the royal seal of approval when the Duke of Gloucester visited Bolton yesterday. The royal architect was in Bolton for the grand opening of the £1 million probation centre in St Helena Mill. The Duke heard
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Question time...
SIR: May I, on behalf of Oxfam and World Development Movement, inform your readers that October 25 there is a General Election Public Meeting at 7.30pm in the Parish Hall, Churchgate, Bolton, arranged by Churches Together in Bolton, Bolton Oxfam Campaigns
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Stop hounding wildlife
SIR: With fox cub-hunting coming to an end in the next few weeks, preparation for the main fox-hunting season, which begins around November 1, is complete. I feel I must appeal to your readers who may be planning to ride to the hounds this year to consider
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RADCLIFFE BORO 2, HARROGATE TOWN 0
RADCLIFFE Boro created a host of chances in the home Unibond Division One encounter with Harrogate Town, but had to settle for a 2-0 victory margin. A super effort on 27 minutes from Mike Farrelly and a precision free kick from John Ryan earned a victory
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Same again as sad RMI crash out
LEIGH RMI 1, DROYLSDEN 3 IT was a case of deja-vu as Leigh RMI crashed out of the FA Umbro Trophy 3-1 in their replay with Droylsden at Hilton Park last night. The Bloods repeated their opening day victory to earn a second round tie at Lancaster and bring
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Here's your chance to help
DID you realise that the WRVS - the Women's Royal Voluntary Service - also has men in its membership? I hadn't, and this omission was highlighted this week when Sheila Leyland, Bolton's WRVS metropolitan organiser, appealed for more volunteers. "About
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Going private
IT does not make economic sense for a local council to invite private firms to build schools and then lease back them back. Commercial companies will invest in schools for one reason alone, to make a profit. And councils can ill afford to put money from
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Todd warns of a Barnsley backlash
COLIN Todd warned his players to expect a taste of their own medicine when they switch their sights back to the Division One promotion push at Barnsley on Friday. The Burnden boss, delighting in his side's glorious Coca-Cola Cup triumph over Premier League
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Royal Mail gets the thumbs up
SMALL businesses have rejected the suggestion that the Royal Mail should lose its letter service monopoly. This threat, which has been made during the long-running postal workers' dispute, was the subject of a questionnaire to members of the Manchester
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Nynex joins major group
LOCAL cable operator Nynex CableComms is part of a major new industry group formed yesterday. Cable & Wireless, the UK telecoms giant, has merged its subsidiary Mercury with Nynex and two other American-owned UK cable operators, Bell Cablemedia and
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Council jobs vow
COUNCIL chiefs have pledged that the 3,000 new jobs at the Bolton Wanderers sports village should go to local people. They have been in talks with the Bolton Bury Training and Enterprise Council to set up training courses. The idea is that people are
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Private cash 'only way to build new schools'
PRIVATE cash could soon be used to build new Bolton schools. Council chiefs fear that this will be only way they will be able to replace crumbling Victorian buildings. The schools would be built by and owned by private firms and the council would then
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Token request
SIR: I have a token that was found on a building site. It says: Ramsbottom Indl and Provt Socy Ltd. Can someone give any information? A Duckworth, Nelson Street, Tyldesley, Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may
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Bingo woman wins again - in court
A BINGO winner's joy quickly turned sour when her boyfriend demanded half the £53,600 prize. But yesterday Susan Heyes, of Meadow Walk, Farnworth wept tears of relief after convincing a judge he had no right to the cash. Former boyfriend Kevin Sherlock
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Wanderers rocked by helicopter disaster
CHELSEA Football Club's multi-millionaire director Matthew Harding was one of the five people killed when a helicopter plunged into a field hours after he had watched his team at Burnden Park last night. Mr Harding, Chelsea's vice chairman - who last
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Strong words
SIR: Few would have believed that within a few hours of the triumphant atmosphere of the Conservative Party Conference with its "Unity, unity, unity" battle cry an elected Conservative Member of Parliament would have joined the Liberal Democrats. Peter
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Go for it!
SIR: I read with interest the article on breast cancer and the new Breast Unit at Bolton General. I had breast cancer nearly three years ago and like Councillor Dylis Barry, I had a positive outlook towards it. When Mr Richard Salem said he wanted to
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Gipsy warning
SIR: Much has been written about the problems associated with the illegal encampment of travelling/gipsy persons on land within Bolton MBC. These people descend upon an area in order to trade therein, presently on uPVC fascias/gutters, tree lopping, asphalting
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Tories are falling apart
SIR: The news that Conservative MP Peter Thurnham has defected to the Liberal Democrats because of Tory sleaze, shows that the Tories are falling apart and unfit to govern the country. The greed of many Tory MPs has forced Mr Thurnham to take drastic
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Poet's Corner
Here's a story about a witch, With long black hair and broom. She lived a long and lonely life, Upon a dead man's tomb. Her spells she wove, in dark despair, In the blackness of the night. And just before the dawn would break, She rode the winds in flight
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REVIEW: Trio make a drama out of school life
Teechers, St Osmund's Amateur Productions, St Osmund's School Hall, Long Lane. Runs until tomorrow SIMPLICITY is the key to this John Godber favourite. The set consists of a few chairs and desks, school uniform is the only costume and the cast have very
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Blooming skilled - that's Barry!
FLORAL art fans are in for a treat next month, when international arranger Barry Grey comes to Bolton. Well-known already in this country, Barry has made so many visits to Spanish flower clubs that one of them - the Marina Alta Flower Club on the Costa
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Jobs pledge
THERE is good news today that the 3,000 new jobs at the Middlebrook leisure and retail village development in Horwich are intended for local people. Bolton Council is not assuming that there will be enough suitably qualified applicants for the positions
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25 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News, October 23, 1971 DELEGATES representing 11,000 North-west miners today voted to ban overtime in support of their latest pay claim. They have been offered rises averaging seven per cent, and are claiming across the board increases
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Bobby dazzler!
NATHAN Blake dumped one Dutchman on his backside last night then turned his sights on the entire Netherlands nation. The Burnden striker, once a Chelsea reject, headed the winner that sent Ruud Gullit crashing out of the Coca-Cola Cup on another night
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Underdogs snap again
Bolton Wanderers 2, Chelsea 1 THEY are at it again. Wanderers are back in the giant-killing business and the only people who seem surprised are Ruud Gullit and his Chelsea set. They headed back to London overnight shellshocked, wondering why their name
