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ACDO delight at joint venture
WASHING specialists ACDO are to take over next year as the sole UK distributors of the Dr Beckmann range of specialist laundry aids. Bolton-based ACDO says the joint venture with Delta Pronatura, the German manufacturers, will allow them to develop new
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Chorley suffers Euro cash blow
A MAJOR scheme for Chorley's Royal Ordnance site could be hit after a Euro grant bombshell. Furious council chiefs say the borough stands to lose £1m for the project. They say the Government has changed the rules after supporting more than £1.2m grants
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Why demon king was on parade!
A MAJOR North-west tourist attraction is developing out of an annual Bolton event which this week attracted almost 3,000 visitors. Anand Bazaar, which means "a market place of enjoyment," was staged for the second year running at Bolton Indian Cricket
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Controversial tip plans dumped
A CONTROVERSIAL landfill plan in Charnock Richard has been dumped. The proposals to import waste, including contaminated soils, to the German Lane sand quarry were rejected by Lancashire County Council last week. The quarry plan would have lasted more
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MP Janet celebrates Major U-turn
LOCAL MP Janet Anderson was today celebrating a double triumph after John Major caved in to Labour Yesterday the Prime Minister announced that proposals to crack down on stalking and child molesters, originally suggested by her, would become government
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I'm banned from cabs, says guide dog woman
AN angry partially-sighted woman claims she is being discriminated against by Bolton private hire firms. Lilian Quinnin complains that firms refuse her custom because she is accompanied by her guide dog Helga. Although Lilian, of Musgrave Gardens, Bolton
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Inventor fights for the over 40s
AN INVENTOR facing the big five-oh is fighting for the future of the over forties. David Morton, who lives in Adlington and who is 50 next year, is fed up and frustrated with older people being overlooked in the workplace. He wants to hear from 40-somethings
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Pupil expelled for supplying cannabis
A DISGRACED pupil has been kicked out of a Chorley school for allegedly supplying drugs. The teenaged boy has been permanently expelled from St Michael's CE High, Astley Road, Chorley for passing cannabis to another pupil. A worried parent, who asked
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No joy for Magpies at Spennymoor
WHEN this game kicked off Chorley were the Unibond League's top scorers while Spennymoor with 26 league goals were just one behind. Sod's Law therefore probably dictated that this match would finish with a blank scoreline and so it proved. It was pretty
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Weddings on the move to Mere Hall
BOLTON Register Office, which has changed the lives and loves of generations of Bolton people, is on the move. Next month it leaves its present headquarters in Paderborn House and switches to the country house surroundings of historic Mere Hall. It will
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Total ban
SIR: There has to be a total ban on handguns, that is the only right and moral answer. The keeping of handguns at gun clubs would be unworkable and highly dangerous. Unfortunately, MPs are more concerned about keeping their seats at the next general election
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Speed cameras trap 10,000 offenders
A THREE-month trial of speed cameras in Chorley has trapped 10,000 law-breaking motorists. And the cameras, which were placed at local blackspots for the trial have now gone live. The 10,000 drivers caught during the trial period will not be prosecuted
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We're grateful
SIR: May we express our gratitude to the staff at Stocks Park Old People's Home. The kindness and care given to our mother and ourselves were of the highest order, well above the call of duty. The milk of human kindness was certainly in abundance during
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World-leading firm moves in
A WORLD-LEADING company has chosen Chorley as its North-West base. The Computer Science Corporation is to create a major centre at the Royal Ordnance site in Euxton, providing a range of information technology support to British Aerospace. Up to 400 staff
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I've got the answers
SIR: Cllr Evans' letter is political clap trap and I will answer it three ways. Firstly, if my child is academically above average, no one has the right to deny him the choice of sending him to any school I wish. If I am willing to make sacrifices in
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Top TV journalist visits town
ONE of television's leading journalists took time out to speak to the Chorley Citizen when he made a flying visit to the town last week. Martin Bashir, of the BBC's documentary series Panorama, spent last Thursday evening at Saint Michael's C.E. High
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Leigh to sell Tongan star
DEMANDS for an improved contract from Tongan international centre Jimmy Veikoso have forced hard-up Leigh to put their star attraction up for sale. Veikoso was today transfer-listed at £45,000 with with Leigh circulating other clubs as to the players'
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A library's lost
SIR: According to a recent report, the Newbury area at Farnworth has one of the lowest school qualification rates in the country. A vast number of residents rely on benefits and the local primary schools are vastly over subscribed. So could someone point
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Ladies score goals galore
MANOR ATHLETIC 0 - CHORLEY LADIES 10 ON A day when their premiership peers were not allowed to play because of waterlogged conditions at Anfield, Chorley's visit to Merseyside ended in a 10-0 drubbing of local team Manor Athletic. The first goal came
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Europe referendum needed
SIR: Having followed the three main Party Conferences on TV, I am now convinced that there is little to choose among any of them. I had hoped that at least one of them would have addressed the issue of a referendum on Europe. I feel that the party that
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Fair has its ups and downs
CHORLEY'S first street fair sparked off a roller coaster ride of complaints and congratulations. Many Market Street traders slammed the decision to put rides on their doorstep claiming a slump in profits. Christine Stingfellow of Stringfellows florists
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Always check your facts
SIR: I was somewhat surprised to read that I had been taken to task by Cllr Barbara Ronson ('Politicians with integrity' BEN October 19) over an article that firstly appeared in the October issue of Bolton Parish Church magazine, a part of which was reproduced
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Council makes a meal out of £2.5m contract
BURY Council are proud to be making a meal of their in-house catering contract, which fought off fierce competition from the private sector. The award of the School Meals and Catering Contract, which involves over 100 municipal establishments, has ensured
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Poet's Corner
A reverend cleric from Lincoln Went to Kew, and said: "Gentlemen, think on, I've discovered a bush In the wild Hindu Kush And it's said all butterflies drink on." So in his own garden he planted This bush and his wishes were granted. From near and from
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Waiting for cash
SENIOR hospital consultants have hit back at criticisms about unacceptable waiting times at the new Royal Bolton Hospital's accident and emergency department. They say the department is already under-staffed. And they have appealed for an urgent cash
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Redefining abuse
THE latest NSPCC report on child abuse appears to be making some wild claims. The NSPCC set up the Commission which resulted in the report two years ago, with partial funding from Channel 4. The Commission decided to redefine the term as "anything which
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, October 23, 1971 THE Turkish Press has been giving front-page cover to the Queen's visit, but one provincial paper apparently was not quite sure who she was. The newspaper, in the Black Sea farming centre of Giresun
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Mixu's setback
MIXU Paatelainen has been told he will be out of action for at least another two months. Wanderers' Finnish international striker, sidelined since breaking his foot in a pre-season game, is in plaster again. Paatelainen had hoped to be playing again by
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Lee points the way for Reserves
Birmingham Res 1, Wanderers Res 1 WANDERERS Reserves returned to action after a three week lay-off and took a point from their visit to St Andrews. Both clubs fielded strong sides but it was City who had the initiative for the opening half and took the
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£800,000 deal to help rebuild bombed city
A BURY building contractor has been awarded an £800,00O-plus contract for repairing damage caused by the Manchester bomb blast. Thomas Barnes & Sons Plc is reinstating three bomb-damaged office buildings surrounding Shambles Square. The contract with
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How to make it in Germany
TRADE opportunities in Germany - Britain's biggest export market - are on the menu at a lunchtime seminar in Bury Town Hall on Monday. Bolton Bury Export Club's latest meeting will feature Mr John Phipps, a Department of Trade & Industry export promoter
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Builder Lisa goes to top of college class
BUILDER Lisa Power has scooped Bolton College's coveted title - Technician of the Year. The 22-year-old student beat stiff competition from fellow apprentices to win the award. Lisa, who works for Bolton Planning and Building Associates, is on her first
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Axe the beer tax says landlord
A PUB landlord brought cheer to his locals when he reduced the price of a pint of lager and beer. But there was a serious message behind his campaign. Landlord Mark Mazur, who runs the Lord Nelson in Clayton-le-Woods, cut his prices by an average of 26p
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TV is nothing compared to real life crime, claims MP
DEADLY rapid-fire machine pistols can be hired in Manchester pubs at a few minutes notice, a Bolton MP claims. Tom Sackville, MP for Bolton West and a Home Office Minister, claims the drugs-violence scenes in the latest offering from TV's Prime Suspect
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Parents fight for return of lollipop lady
PARENTS say they fear for the safety of their children after the transfer of a lollipop lady from Leigh Road, Westhoughton. The crossing patrol which served Washacre County Primary School has been transferred to Park Road to serve Chequerbent School and
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Ex-Farnworth teacher perished in copter crash
A FARNWORTH man who quit teaching to carve out a successful career as a music reviewer was killed alongside his pal, Matthew Harding, in the horrific Cheshire helicopter crash. And another Bolton man only survived because there was no room for him on
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Crackdown on teeny boozers
A CRACKDOWN on under-age drinking is taking place in Coppull. The Prove It scheme means teenagers must produce a special identification card including a photograph before being able to buy booze. Police want to rally round pub and off licence managers
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Pervert scarred our family for life
A MOTHER has spoken for the first time of the devastation caused to her family by a Bolton teacher's relationship with her teenage daughter. Robert Woods, aged 53, a former art teacher at St James's CE Secondary School in Farnworth, was jailed for 18
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Cash crisis casualty bosses defend record
CASUALTY chiefs at the new Royal Bolton Hospital have defended their record on waiting lists. Consultants John Adams and Dr Chris Moulton and their A and E colleagues, senior nurse Karen Castille and clerical co-ordinator Barbara Lindley, appealed for
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Not so delicate!
SIR: As ex-pupils of Devonshire Road CP School we were rather concerned to read in the Bolton Evening News recently that the school had been built, in the first instance, as an Open Air School for delicate children. We would like to correct this statement
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A close call for Magpies
CHORLEY RUFC 23 - TYLDESLEY RUFC 20 IN A hastily re-arranged fixture the Black and Whites just grabbed the spoils in a close game. The sides were evenly matched and the lead changed hands several times before a Sean Riches penalty gave Chorley the win
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Kitten beaten by yobs
SICK yobs gave a kitten such a violent beating he had to have an operation to remove his tail. Owner Margaret Mottram thought a car had run over Rufus's long fluffy tail when the ginger Tom limped home injured. But Margaret and her vet were puzzled because
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Cheers to retirement
HARRY Ackers has raised a glass on his retirement after 44 years with Bolton Council. Horticultural expert Harry started his career as an apprentice at Heaton Cemetery glasshouse in 1951, and among his wide ranging responsibilities in recent years have
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Jonathan's tribute to 'dear friend'
LEADING Bolton businessman Jonathan Warburton, above, has paid tribute to victims Matthew Harding and Mr Warburton's close friend Tony Burridge. Mr Warburton, joint managing director of the Bolton bakery, was among the last people to see them alive as
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Old folk's home 'looks likely to close'
ONE of Bury Council's old people's homes - Croich Hey just over Bolton boundary at Hawkshaw - looks set to close. Bury councillors say they are "reluctantly examining the possibility of closure." But there will be a consultation period of up to three
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Police hope to swoop on barn owl thieves
DETECTIVES are hoping to track down a gang of art thieves with a little help from a...BARN OWL. The 18-inch tall owl sculpture, made from pewter, was one of the works of art stolen in a £7,000 raid on a Bolton art gallery. Police say the owl is so distinctive
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Johnson out after appeal fails
DAVID Johnson will miss Bury's home clash with Bristol Rovers on Saturday after failing in an appeal against his recent sending off. The Shakers were not happy with the way referee Steven Bennett dismissed the quicksilver striker seconds after he scored
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Rival boss hails Burnden's giant-killing stars
SPURS boss Gerry Francis spelled out the fear of facing the giant-killing axe after being drawn away to Wanderers in the fourth round of the Coca-Cola Cup. The White Hart Lane manager, who saw his Premiership side scrape through 2-1 with an injury-time
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Blake set for Welsh return
BOBBY Gould is ready to confirm Nathan Blake's sensational return to form by naming him in his Wales World Cup squad tomorrow. The Welsh boss saw the Wanderers 11-goal top scorer claim the winner in Tuesday's Coca-Cola Cup triumph over Chelsea and immediately
