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New centre of excellence
A JAPANESE company is to establish a technical centre at Runcorn. Fukae Powtec Corporation, which is part of the Moriishi group, has worked on the move with regional development agency INWARD and partners for the last two years. The company manufactures
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How to get those grants
BOLTON Institute's Technology Transfer Centre is taking its message on tour. The centre helps north of England manufacturing firms obtain cash grants to update their products and processes. A series of meetings for manufacturers is being arranged in conjunction
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Keying in to the very latest changes
ORDNANCE Survey has launched its latest product - Superplan Data. Demonstrations of the computerised mapping system were given to local architects, engineers, construction industry professionals, estate managers and estate agents at Lancashire Cricket
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All aboard Bolton's Santa special!
CHRISTMAS shoppers will be able to let this train take the strain as they travel between Bolton town centre stores. The 'road train' will be chugging around Bolton's pedestrianised precinct saving the public's weary legs through December. The train -
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Gun expert blasts 'ill informed' MP
A BOLTON firearms expert has slammed a local MP's proposals to clamp down on firearms as "totally ill informed." Brian Scott Ford was criticising comments made by Bolton-west MP Tom Sackville in a Bolton Evening News article last week, in which he called
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Victim of dangerman fights for life
A WOMAN beaten unconscious after going to the rescue of her stabbed daughter is today fighting for her life. Kathleen Malvern has suffered a relapse and is dangerously ill following the attack by her son-in-law on Tuesday. Kathleen, aged 57, from Swinton
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Bowls match ends in horror
A CROWN green bowler smashed a bowling wood into his opponent's face as violence flared during a match between two local clubs, a judge heard. Derek Entwistle, chairman of Dobbies Bowling Club, Radcliffe, deliberately struck Harvey Moore, of Turton Bowling
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Guns for abroad?
SIR: It was reported on October 17 that outlawed handguns may be sold to dealers abroad. How responsible of the Government to allow the sale in another country of something they consider too dangerous for us to own. Why stop at handguns when we could
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The Tory doctrine
SIR: Peter Thurnham, as most people will no doubt agree, has been a good Conservative MP and like most good Conservatives, Mr Thurnham's thoughts are predominantly turned towards himself. Hasn't this been the doctrine of the Tories for the last 13 years
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Wigan duo return
TWO of Wigan's long term injuries are back in training and expect to be in action next season. Half-backs Nigel Wright and Sean Long have been on the sidelines for most of the last 12 months and attempts to return in the inaugural Super League ended with
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Remember with the Mayor
SIR: This year's Remembrance Sunday Service and March Past will take place at the War Memorial on The Town Hall Square on November 10, at 10.50am and I would like to extend an invitation to all residents of the borough to join me to remember the servicemen
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No super tip
SIR: The residents of Horwich can now heave a sigh of relief - Red Moss is saved - there will be no super tip. However, at the Planning Committee meeting on Thursday October 24, Cllr Benjamin made an important statement. He said he didn't realise why
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No entry for cars with hi-tech bollards
HI-TECH bollards will rise out of the ground in a bid to stop illegal driving around Bolton's pedestrianised zone, town centre traders have been warned. The plan to install automatic bollards at the entrances to Victoria Square was revealed at a meeting
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Trespass with Affection
THE award-winning Siobhan Davies Dance Company returns to the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, tonight and tomorrow. They present a double bill comprising a new work by Siobhan Davies, Affections, which complements a piece created early this
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Council tenants 'caught in poverty trap'
AN alarming 75pc of Bolton's council house tenants are caught in the poverty trap. They are receiving housing benefit and would be worse off if they were in work. These statistics were revealed by housing chairman, Cllr Noel Spencer, at a Bolton Council
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Poet's Corner
Our chimney needed sweeping and the sweep said OK Tomorrow at 2 Good enough he was on time, then found the brush would not go through, He said: "These chimneys have a bend and that's the reason why", So I paid him for coming but wished he had had a second
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John brews up world's oldest beer
BOLTON independent brewer John Feeney, left, is planning to go back to the future with an historic brewing experiment. And if it works Bolton could be home to the beer with the oldest origin in Britain and possibly even the world. In co-operation with
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Till's away form is impressive
A Passionate Woman, Coliseum Theatre, Oldham. Runs until November 23. THE Passionate Woman of the title is Betty (Zena Walker), who decides on her beloved son's wedding day to clean the attic and dust off some memories at the same time. It's an unlikely
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Thurnham lands top job with Liberal Democrats
FORMER Bolton Tory MP turned Liberal Democrat Peter Thurnham has been appointed the Party's spokesman for Social Services. The top post, with special responsibility for Care in the Community, will be announced by Liberal Democrat leader, Paddy Ashdown
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, November 1, 1971 AT least 2,500 people died when a tidal wave caused by a cyclone hit Eastern India last Friday. A PAY proposal costing £97 million that would give teachers an average of 15 per cent salary rise was
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Danish call
PER Frandsen looks a certain starter in Denmark's friendly international against France in Copenhagen next weekend. The Wanderers midfielder, recalled to the national side yesterday, has been earmarked to take over from injured Ipswich player Claus Thomsen
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Scout calls it a day
WANDERERS are looking for a new chief scout following the resignation of Ian McNeill, who was in his fifth year in the job. The former Wigan Athletic and Shrewsbury Town manager left the club yesterday saying he was no longer getting job satisfaction
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Sky's the limit for Bolton
THE Football League is investigating Wanderers' protest over Sky TV's controversial interview with referee Bill Burns during the half-time interval at Barnsley. The Scarborough official was said to be "distraught" when he was told by Sky that the penalty
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Top men
By Gordon Sharrock WANDERERS aim to consolidate their position as pacemakers in the race for the Premiership tomorrow with Colin Todd predicting: "If we get up there again, we'll stay there." The manager believes his high-flying team has what it takes
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Ternent looks for a seaside special
By NEIL BONNAR BOSS Stan Ternent will be looking for Bury to regain their conviction when they seek to step up their promotion challenge at struggling Bournemouth tomorrow. The Shakers have only lost one of their last seven matches but have seen their
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Glossy image
LEIGH'S Paints of Bolton is opening a new regional sales office to serve specifiers and contractors in the East Midlands and southern England. The office, which is supervised by manager Bill Hill, replaces smaller sales operations in London and Leicester
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Sold on success
THE future is looking good for sales and marketing professionals, it is claimed. They received higher pay increases last year than people in other professions and expect to receive even higher increases in the year ahead. A review shows that sales and
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MP faces gun law backlash
HOME Office minister Tom Sackville will hear the plight of furious Bolton gun owners today in face-to-face talks. The Bolton-west MP will meet with local businessman Karl Dubkov, who claims he will lose £5,000 when the government bans pistols. Mr Dubkov
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Bosses get the latest on £2m leisure development
BOLTON council leisure services department and Bolton college chiefs have met to update themselves on the latest development in the £2 million Bolton Excel complex being built at Bolton College. The Centre for Excellence for Leisure and Learning is the
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Marks and sparks!
ANGRY traders have appealed to flagship store Marks and Spencer to reverse its decision to stay shut this Sunday. Bolton Traders' Committee pleaded for an 11th hour re-think from the store as the town prepares to launch its countdown to Christmas this
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Sun, sea, sand and...a Real good time!
A PARADISE island became the perfect setting for a Bolton couple to make babies - under the watchful eye of TV celebrity Gaby Roslin. The busy pair decided to escape from it all and try to start a family in the Maldives...watched by millions of eager
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Closure of path opens way for super mosque
RESIDENTS have failed in their last ditch attempt to stop a "super mosque" planned for Daubhill. Protesters had tried to stop the controversial Peace Street mosque by objecting to the closure of a footpath running across the site. But Transport Secretary
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New stadium is most expensive in country
WANDERERS are ready to boast the most expensive new stadium ever built in the United Kingdom. The steelwork, supplied locally by Watsons, is growing daily at the Horwich site and it appears that no expense is being spared in pursuit of quality and spectator
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There's no over-staffing here
SIR: Mr F Fogg (BEN, October 26) is the latest in a long line of contributors alleging gross overstaffing at the Town Hall. Bolton Council is a large business, supplying a complex range of services to a population of over a quarter of a million people
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Top award for hero soldier
PART-time soldier Joseph Harris has beaten the odds to receive top acclaim for exceptional service. The father-of-two, from Heaton, was the only Territorial Army soldier to be awarded the Lord Lieutenant Certificate at a ceremony at Preston Barracks.
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Three hurt in M-way horror
THREE people were taken to hospital after a spectacular smash caused chaos on the M61 near Kearsley today. A lorry travelling north near to the Kearsley roundabout is believed to have swerved to avoid a car and clipped another HGV. The driver of the first
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Top brass! Talented band's in the money
MUSICIANS with Eagley Brass Band have enjoyed an October of note . . . taking their competition prize tally to £1,200. The band was placed runner up in the Second Section of the 1996 National Pontins Brass Band Championships. The contest took place at
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Cocktail of song and dance
By DOREEN CROWTHER, Showbusiness Correspondent WAYNE Sleep and Lorna Loft are at the Albert Halls, Bolton, on Monday with a new edition of their popular show Hollywood and Broadway - The Musicals in Concert. This musical extravaganza takes the audience
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Lift block on cash for sick miners
LEIGH MP Lawrence Cunliffe has stepped up pressure on the Government to stop blocking extra compensation for former miners suffering from lung disease. The former pit engineer has signed a Commons motion calling for action on a report of experts which
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Now aid worker Lisa needs help herself
A NURSE who has worked with Third World refugees now needs help herself. Lisa Hellings, 34, of Farnworth, spent six months in Mogadishu running feeding programmes and eight months in Nepal working with refugees as a health co-ordinator and adviser with
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Heartache as dad found hanged
A MAN found hanged from an electricity pylon near a motorway has been identified as a 27- year-old Farnworth father. Lee George Wilson, of Masefield Drive, New Bury, Farnworth, was spotted by a motorist on Wednesday on the M61 near Cleggs Lane. His devastated
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Halloween raiders tie-up staff
MASKED armed robbers tied up staff at a Bolton firm and escaped with thousands of pounds in cash last night. Two raiders - one wearing a ghoulish Halloween mask - pounced as staff were leaving Findlater & Mackie on Lecturer's Close near Bolton town
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Proud boast
THE Wanderers' new stadium at Horwich will cost more than £30 million and it should be money well spent. Not only is spectator comfort at the forefront of requirements - the all-seater stadium will accommodate 25,000 - but safety has been paramount throughout
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Stopping bullying
IT is appalling when a youngster is bullied so badly by fellow pupils that she attempts suicide. Not only is it a matter of over-riding concern to all parents, but it reflects badly on the community as a whole that a child cannot continue his or her schooling
