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Top designs just the tonic for Hospital Fund
BOLTON Institute gave a helping hand to the Bolton and District Hospital Saturday Council. Final year HNC graphic art students produced impressive high quality designs. Lecturer Michael Green is now suggesting that other local companies might like to
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Bubbly singer makes most of soap roles
BOLTON songbird Paulette Clarke is making a name for herself in acting - 15 years after her drama training. The Egerton-based clubland favourite has already had several walk-on parts in TV favourites like Coronation Street, Brookside and A Touch Of Frost
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Bravery award for gas blast bobbies
THREE Bolton police officers who braved the threat of a gas blast during a domestic incident are to receive bravery awards. Constables Gerard Valentine, 33, Stephen Bradburn, 44, and Steven Allman, 39, are to receive Royal Humane Society Testimonials
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Man denies murder of 'good friend'
A MAN has denied sexually abusing, then strangling his former girlfriend before dumping her body by a moorland road. Angela Heyes was killed just days before her 34th birthday, but her former lover, Steven Penn told Manchester Crown Court: "She was a
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Stand up and fight - race case winner
A DELIGHTED Bolton man who won his case of unlawful racial discrimination and victimisation has urged other victims to stand up for their rights. As reported in yesterday's BEN, Ibrahim Sindhi, aged 28, went to an industrial tribunal when he was sacked
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Judge praises shot armed raid hero
A BOLTON man, shot as he struggled with an armed burglar who broke into his home, has been praised for his bravery by a Crown Court judge . Mr Geoffrey Shannon, 56, continued to fight with the thug even after being shot in his shoulder. And this morning
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Holiday jet blast terror
A GREEK island is bringing in new safety measures after a former Bolton Council leader and two of his relatives were thrown "like rag dolls" by the blast from a holiday jet. Derek Shepherd suffered severe facial injuries when he was hurled against a concrete
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Appeal for witness
SIR: Following the Bolton v Stoke match on September 28, 1996, an incident occurred on Manchester Road near the MFI store which resulted in the arrest of a young man. Please would the gentleman who witnessed the event and offred to give his name and address
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Remember Dad!
SIR: In the Evening News there was an article about the new Bolton store and their new Mother and Baby room. Well, what about us fathers who take their babies into town? Does that mean we as fathers, have to leave our children in dirty nappies until we
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Fireworks ban? Or tighter controls on sales
SIR: Why is it that night after night in the weeks leading up to November 5, we are subjected to an incessant bombardment of fireworks, most of which are being set off by gangs of youngsters clearly under the age of 16. Two nights ago one of these irresponsible
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Dare you enter the laughter zone?
A BOLTON town centre bar is launching a weekly series of comedy nights this week - aiming to recreate the successful Manchester comedy scene closer to home. As exclusively reported in Cheers last month the Sub Zero bar in Mawdesley Street will play host
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RMI just 90 minutes from FA Cup prize draw
LEIGH RMI are just 90 minutes away from a prized place in Monday's FA Cup first round draw. Only UniBond Premier League Runcorn stand between them and a possible tie against a Second or Third Division Football League side. And if they manage to win through
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Mayor keeps Bob in kitchen
HORWICH councillor Bob Ronson will be on kitchen duty when his wife and town mayor, Cllr Barbara Ronson, hosts a coffee morning tomorrow. For Bob has gained a certain reputation for his coffee-making and will once again serve refreshments at the event
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Could soccer fan Romy be scoring with Ken?
By NICK JACKSON GIANT-killing Wanderers have gained top marks from Coronation Street head teacher Sue Jeffers, alias Bolton actress Romy Baskerville. Romy, who watched her favourite team overcome Chelsea in the Coca-Cola 2-1 on Tuesday, is in the thick
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Cash helps disabled to watch live sport
A CHARITY which gives disabled people in Bolton the chance to watch live sport has been given a big cash boost. Turton Rotary Club presented a cheque for £550 to the Michael Williams Trust at Burnden Park. The trust was set up in memory of former Edgworth
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ONE WORLD WEEK
THIS week is One World Week, a nationwide week of activity, awareness-raising and celebration which is held in October each year. It is organised by the Churches Committee of the World Development movement as a way of promoting a positive vision of international
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Injuries riddle of Helen, 92
A 92-YEAR-old woman found seriously injured in a Leigh street may have been a mugging victim The woman is said to be "very poorly" in in the neuro-surgical ward at the Royal Preston Hospital with serious head injuries. Spinster Helen Bootle, from the
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, October 26, 1971 MUCH of the Bark Street area of Bolton town centre is to be demolished. The old Flax Mill chimney, once intended for preservation as a landmark and monument to Bolton's industrial history, is to come
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Wilson warns rivals to stop Nathan
BARNSLEY boss Danny Wilson has pinpointed Nathan Blake as the dangerman as his side aim to cut Wanderers' lead at the top of Division One at Oakwell tonight. Top scorer Blake has been in prolific form as the Burnden stars have opened up a three-point
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In-form Taggart eyes happy return to old club
GERRY Taggart returns to Oakwell for the first time tonight, confident that he can show his old Barnsley fans the form that earned their club a record-breaking pay day. More importantly, the big Ulsterman is happy in his own mind that he's starting to
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Flying the flag for the North-west
GLOBE-trotting Sir David Trippier is off to Germany next. Sir David, who is chairman of Marketing Manchester, recently went with Manchester Airport representatives to Chicago on a promotional visit for the Greater Manchester area. Early next month a similar
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Hospice papers over running costs
BOLTON Hospice is on a paperchase - with life-saving cash at the end of it. They are running a home or office collection service for large amounts of wastepaper in order to boost funds and offset the £70 an hour running costs of the hospice. Fund-raising
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Asylum seeker in £25,000 benefit fraud
AN Algerian asked for political asylum then cheated the benefits system out of nearly £25,000 in two and a half years, a court heard. Abdelfetaii Boudissa, 27, drew income support in his own name and for his wife and two children but created four false
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Birthday celebrations just the ticket
VISITORS to Bolton's Ticket and Information Centre found celebrations under way this week. The busy centre - in the foyer of Bolton Town Hall - has been running a week long programme of events, activities and competition as party of "TIC Awareness Week
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Red Moss tip plan dumped!
DELIGHTED protesters were celebrating today after a massive tide of people power forced Bolton councillors to kick out plans for the controversial Red Moss super-tip. The weight of a huge10,000 name petition fighting the landfill tip plan - and a touching
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The open-air aspect
SIR: Following your recent feature on Devonshire Road CP School published on Friday October 11, 1996, I am writing to thank you for the positive image you portrayed of a busy environment full of happy, hardworking children and staff. I must add, however
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Dusmayed beyond belief
SIR: I am dismayed beyond belief. The reason is the article in local news page 12 of the Bolton Evening News Friday October 18 in which it indicates that Stocks Park School will now be called, wait for it, Lever Park School. Which idiot or idiots (could
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We need our residents' associtation . . .
SIR: I was saddened to read recently in the BEN of the threat of closure of Blenheim Road Residents' Association. Like others in the Borough struggling to survive, they are being run by a very small group of highly-motivated and hard-working tenants.
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Poet's Corner
Satan is the devil who walks amongst us every day He's ready with his pitchfork if we fall along the way, Satan is a demon, he is alive and well. If we follow in his footsteps he'll take you straight to Hell The evil world around us, the violence and
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Teacher John's recruitment drive for Army
A BOLTON teacher will be putting the region's top students through their paces as new recruitment officer for army training. John Tustin, head of physics at Hayward School, takes up a new position in charge of the Manchester and Salford Universities Officers
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Concert for Ken
BRASS band stalwart Ken Mather, who died at the end of last month, is to be remembered in a memorial concert by his former musical pals. The Walkden bass player, who died at the age of 74, was a well-known figure in brass band circles. He spent more than
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REVIEW: Band left us crazy for more
Let Loose, Albert Halls, Bolton. LET Loose once admitted they do not want to be known as a 'boy band', and are striving towards attracting a wider, perhaps maturer audience. But one look at the fans last night made it evident that Take That's ex-clientele
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Three run up grand total for baby unit
Charity runners from a local firm have pounded the streets of Tyneside to raise vital cash for Bolton's Special Care Baby Unit. Mark Gaskell, Roy Salisbury and Russell Warburton were put through their paces in the Great North Run reaching the finishing
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Outlook sunny on fishmonger Mark's slab
THE sun came out yesterday at Bolton's fish market, hooking droves of shoppers to stop and stare. When fishmonger Mark Hayton was offered the chance to buy a spectacular rare breed of fish, he just had to take the bait. The specimen was a Sun Fish - a
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Landmark decision
THE Appeal Court decision not to order a child's life-saving operation against the parents' wishes is being seen as a landmark decision. Doctors say that the 18-month-old boy will die without a liver transplant, but his parents have refused their consent
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Time to celebrate
UNCORK the champagne, it's definitely time to celebrate a victory for commonsense as the plan to build a supertip at Red Moss finally goes on the scrap-heap. Bolton Council's planning committee rejected the scheme by UK Waste, after months of uncertainty
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Tommo boost
ALAN Thompson has delivered a polite snub to his Premiership admirers by insisting: "I am going nowhere." But the Wanderers' midfield ace admits to being flattered by speculation linking him with top flight teams. "It's good for confidence," says Thompson
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Stant waits for call
BURY boss Stan Ternent today refused to reveal whether he will give Phil Stant his first start of the season tomorrow. Stant is one of only three strikers available to Ternent who has played with three up front in every game this season. But the boss
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Upwardly mobile Wanderers driven on by White spirit
IT'S all for one and one for all as today's Wanderers revive memories of a golden era when pride, passion and team spirit carried them all the way to FA Cup glory. They used to say of the 1958 Wembley winners: "if you kicked one, you kicked them all"
