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Steel firm wins £15m House job
WATSON STEEL is working on a large and prestigious project for the House of Commons. The Lostock company has won a multi- million pound contract to build a distinctive bronze-coloured aluminium roof with bronze framed windows on the new parliamentary
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Official praise for Ramsbottom steam trains
RAMSBOTTOM has become a thriving tourist town - thanks to the East Lancashire Railway. The success of the Bury-based steam enterprise was recognised last night at the Manchester Business Through Tourism Awards. The sell-out awards gala dinner at the Jarvis
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Christmas bus shuttle prepares for take off!
BOLTON'S Christmas Shoppershuttle hits the road this month - in time for shoppers to ease the squeeze on town centre car parks. More than 800 car parking spaces have been created in time for the Christmas rush and locals will be able to leave their cars
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Shop staff boost fund to free hostage
KIND-hearted Bolton shop staff have dug deep to boost the campaign to free British hostages held captive in Kashmir for 16 months. Bob Wells, the father of captive Paul, is the mens' suits manager at Bolton's Whitakers store. And as Mr Wells returned
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Krypton Factor's Gordon honours super pupils
THE Krypton Factor's Gordon Burns presented the prizes to super pupils at Harper Green School's awards evening. The TV quizmaster was rounding off a particularly successful school year for the Farnworth school. Harper Green's head teacher Alan Atherton
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We've nothing to hide say radio bosses
BOSSES at Radio Bolton have issued an open invitation to members to review the company accounts at the next meeting at the end of this month. As reported in the Bolton Evening News last night, some members are concerned about two amounts of £6,000 in
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Genuine mistake . . .
SIR: Cllr Bob Howarth's attack on Peter Thurnham's change of allegiance to the Liberals would be laughable if it wasn't hypocritical and pathetic. When he says: : "The most amazing conversion since Biblical times", he is, I suppose, thinking about his
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Lottery cash outrage
AN MP has blasted the National Lottery cash share out as "corrupt" after it was revealed that Bolton, Bury and Worsley have received only £6.5 million between them since the National Lottery was launched. In the same period London had a total cash windfall
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Our time to remember
SIR: In my capacity as Town Mayor, I would like to invite all local organisations and residents of Horwich to join me in the Annual Parade and Service of Remembrance which will be held on Remembrance Sunday November 10, 1996. Would everyone who wishes
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Tinsel town?
SIR: May I ask Cllr C Adams are we having Christmas Trees up again on Market Street, Farnworth and does reader Glenys Newsham still think Market Street looks like tinsel town. It is not much use having a town looking nice for a period of six to eight
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Restaurant rage
SIR: May I point out some facts about what often happens in an Indian restaurant. Some patrons of Indian restaurants think that they will have to have some drinks before they go for an Indian meal. Some of these people sometimes find an Indian restaurant
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Man killed in accident
A BOOTHSTOWN man was one of two men killed in an horrific road accident in North Wales. The crash happened at 7am on Wednesday when a Mitsubishi Shogun driven by James Harvey, 52, of Windlehurst Drive, Boothstown was involved in collision with a Vauxhall
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Armed robbers hid in pub
ARMED raiders who threatened a relief pub landlady and four staff with large knives, escaped with £2,000 early today. The two robbers had entered the Golden Lion on Manchester Road, Clifton, as customers. They hid in a cupboard in the private quarters
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Pensioner in house raid ordeal
A PENSIONER woke in terror early today to discover two thieves searching through cupboards in her bedroom. The 60-year-old woman froze as the men ignored her and contained to search through the house in Thornbank South, Deane. The two thieves eventually
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School's glowing report
A SCHOOL in of one of Bolton's socially deprived areas is providing its pupils with a "warm, secure environment" inspectors have discovered. Johnson Fold Primary School was found by the OFSTED inspectors to be overcoming difficulties - because of the
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School is banking on success
BOLTON'S newest bank has opened for business - inside a Farnworth secondary school. The banking venture at St James's CE School on Lucas Road is being run by pupils for pupils. With the help of Barclays, all youngsters aged 11-16 at the school are being
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Bolton Combination test for Aero
JOINT leaders in the Bolton Combination Premier Division, British Aerospace came unstuck last weekend in a 6-1 home trouncing by Hindley Green and only stayed level on 21 points with Seedfield Sports Club as the Bury outfit was in Lancashire ADIDAS Amateur
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Lollipop age limit may be raised
LOLLIPOP patrols in Bolton could soon be allowed to work until they are 70. Council chiefs are set to raise the normal retirement age because of a staffing crisis. They are desperate to stop staff leaving and are eager to take on new recruits. But despite
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RMI look to close gap on rivals
LEIGH RMI make the long journey to Gretna in the knowledge that a victory would close the gap on their Unibond promotion rivals. With most of the Division One clubs in Trophy action, fourth placed RMI have an ideal opportunity to make up ground on the
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Mystery of the love letter box
A MYSTERIOUS box of love letters found by a Bolton woman and dating back 20 years was found on a disused rail line in Bolton. Barbara Jones, of Somerton Road, Breightmet, found the red cash box and its contents at the back of her house. The letters had
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Dennis gives rail line its place in history
RAILWAY enthusiast Dennis Sweeney has completed an eight year labour of love to publish the story of a once busy local rail network. The Bolton and Leigh Railway - the first passenger line in Lancashire - ran through the middle of the South Lancashire
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Poet's Corner: Through My Window
Whoosh, the wind whistles round the wall, Causing golden leaves to fall. From bushes, and from taller trees, Their swaying branches stripped with ease. Whoosh, another mighty blast, Stops the postman, walking past. He bows his head against the gale, And
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Rail link to stadium
MULTI-MILLION pound schemes to improve public transport around Bolton - including a rail link to the new Bolton Wanderers stadium - were being discussed by transport chiefs today. If the plans are approved by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport
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It's a lottery
THERE was never going to be complete harmony about the way that National Lottery cash was shared out, but now Worsley MP Terry Lewis has condemned distribution as being corrupt. Figures show that Bolton, Bury and Worsley have received only £6.5 million
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Shakers wait for injured stars
BURY are hoping for a double fitness boost for tomorrow's Second Division home clash with York City. Midfielder Lenny Johnrose and striker Rob Matthews are making a late bid to shake off injuries in time to give manager Stan Ternent extra options. But
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Nightclub wins licence to party until dawn
NIGHT-CLUBBERS in Bolton will soon be able to party until dawn after a town centre bar was given permission to stay open until 5am. Wiseguys on Manor Street has been granted the ground-breaking licence by Bolton Council. And now manager John Disley is
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Health teams set for AIDS week
HEALTH workers in Bolton are working to highlight awareness and understanding of HIV and AIDS. A number of local event will be held in the week before World AIDS Day, Sunday, December 1. On November 25 there will be a candlelight vigil at the Friends
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Increase in pupils could help to heal budget crisis
RISING pupil numbers could drag Hayward School out of the red and heal its budget overspend, headteacher John Heaton said. And careful management could call a halt to the school's bad debt - currently the worst Bolton school for overspending. Mr Heaton
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£50,000 gem raid - reward offered
A GLITTERING haul of jewels worth £50,000 has been stolen from the living quarters of a Bolton newsagents. The haul, stolen by a sneak thief, consisted of more than 200 pieces of jewellery and £8,000 in cash. The theft of the jewels, owned by newsagent
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Headteacher slams education cuts
A BOLTON school headmaster has blasted enforced education cuts in the town, warning they could spell the start of drastic new measures. Sharples headteacher, Mr Bob Atkinson, told parents and pupils: "Perhaps we'll cut our own grass, maybe we'll do our
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Stick to the Superwhites
SIR: "Soccer Fan" Neil Bullock (BEN October 12) who professes to be a keen Bolton Wanderers fan, cannot expect any sympathy from true Boltonians. Instead of trying to link Bolton with Manchester, something that politicians have tried and now mercifully
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We don't prosecute
SIR: I wonder if your correspondent Mr Pearce (Viewpoint October 29) would be so kind to enlighten me as to the park he uses to exercise his dog as I have yet to see anybody in the UK using a poop scoop. Perhaps the council could also state how many prosecutions
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Waiting crisis is no surprise
SIR: I refer to the closure of Bolton Royal Infirmary. It certainly was disastrous and a big mistake to close such a wonderful hospital as Bolton Royal Infirmary, and it does not surprise me at all that the Casualty Department at the new Royal Bolton
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Band on the run!
BUSY brass players will be left breathless on Remembrance Sunday as they chalk up a record five cenotaphs in one morning. Cornet players from Eaton's Farnworth Band will be dashing around the Bolton borough to sound the moving Last Post at five separate
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10p day out at nature reserve
THE Wildlife and Wetlands Trust's Martin Mere reserve will be stepping back in time to mark the trust's 50th anniversary this weekend. The entrance charge at the Lancashire site will be the equivalent of 1946 entry price - just 10p. Visitors will have
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Nursery opens its new doors
MOORLANDS Nursery School at Horwich will be showing off its new extension this weekend. Tomorrow the nursery at Chorley New Road is holding an open day from 11am to 3pm after having completed work on the two-storey extension built on the site of a former
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COMPUTER CHARTS 1 Syndicate Wars (PCCD) 2 Championship Manager 96/97 (PCCD) 3 Wipeout 2097 (Playstation) 4 Elder Scrolls - Daggerfall (PCCD) 5 Worldwide Soccer '97 (Saturn) 6 Network Q Rally Championship (PCCD) 7 Tekken 2 (Playstation) 8 Tomb Raider (
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Dangerman spotted at his home
THE net was closing in on dangerman Graham Jones today after he returned home last night - apparently to see his son on his eighth birthday. Jones, wanted in connection with the attempted murder of his wife and mother-in-law, was spotted by a policeman
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Charlie's no dummy!
CHEEKY Charlie the ventriloquist dummy is looking for a home after an anonymous donor presented him to an animal charity. The PDSA (People's Dispensary for Sick Animals), which has a shop on Ridgway Gates in Bolton, is now asking for bids for the cheerful
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Problem licked
A LIKELY U-turn on allowing lollipop men and women to work until they are 70 makes good sense. Patrol staff are hard to find and the shortage has prompted Council chiefs to look again at the retirement age after extensive advertising failed to fill vacant
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25 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News, November 8, 1971 SIR, - Mr Laurance Reed, MP for Bolton East, has stated that he is 'disappointed' that Mr Peter Walker has named the county in which we will be living in two years' time as 'The Greater Manchester Area'. I cannot
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Coppell quits City
MANCHESTER City were rocked today by the resignation of manager Steve Coppell just four weeks after taking charge. The former Crystal Palace boss announced his sensational decision at Maine Road this afternoon following medical advice. Coppell said he
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Back in business
BOLTON'S Gerry Taggart looks set to lead his country into battle with Germany tomorrow after a stirring tribute from his national boss. Wanderers powerhouse centre half is back in favour with Northern Ireland after his frustrating first season at Burnden
