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Family help scheme in appeal for volunteers
A PIONEERING scheme which aims to aid local Asian families is looking for help itself. The Asian Mediation Service was originally set up as a project in 1992 by Jamil Mohammed for the local authority. It was successful enough to be taken within social
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Town remembers the fallen heroes
BOLTON'S war dead will be remembered tomorrow in a special parade with sailors from the town's adopted ship, HMS Beaver. They will be joined by ex-soldiers and sailors from the Second World War who will be marching on the Town Hall Square for a commemorative
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Pubs set for rates lifeline
A NEW government drive to try and save endangered village pubs has been welcomed by local MPs who believe it may be a lifeline to many threatened inns in the area. This week Environment Secretary John Gummer said that a new plan to allow councils to halve
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Developers urged to make accident blackspot safer
BOLTON West Labour party is to urge a housing developer to take action at an accident blackspot. The party has agreed to take up the case of residents on The Hoskers in Daisy Hill following a number of accidents on the notorious bend. Residents are concerned
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Teacher slams 'No blame, no shame' society
BOLTON people must examine their consciences and follow high moral values if children are to succeed, a local headteacher told Bolton's top police chief. Smithills School headmaster, Mr Mike Kehoe, slammed the "no blame, no shame" society during the school's
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View snap up new pro
VIMTO Bolton Association side Spring View have signed Neil Bannister as their new professional for the 1997 season. He succeeds Paul Matthews. Bannister, aged 23, joins the club from top Northern League side Chorley where he has scored over 3,000 runs
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I'm giving fireworks the rocket!
A PUB landlord has vowed never to organise another firework display after a young mum and her baby son were injured in a freak accident. Mrs Linzi Thomas, 28, suffered burns to her ear and neck and her baby Michael to his face when they were hit by a
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Thomas motors in double quick time
A FUND set up to buy an electric-powered wheelchair for a Westhoughton boy has over-shot its £3,000 target. Thanks to the efforts of local people, eight-year-old Thomas Partington is whizzing around in his new wheelchair just two months after the trust
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Police in Christmas crime crackdown
EXTRA police are being drafted into Bolton in a major Christmas crackdown on town centre crime. Intensified police operations aim to stop thieves who annually target shoppers in the busy build up to Christmas. In Farnworth, a new crime-busting initiative
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'Work with us, not against us'
A TRAGEDY like that of stabbed London headmaster Philip Lawrence could happen again unless whole communities follow the new moral code that has been born in its wake, a Bolton head has warned. Mrs Judith Richardson, head of Withins School, Breightmet
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Lazy parkers face £1,000 fine
LAZY parents who stop outside school gates to pick up their children will face hefty fines. Highways chiefs have confirmed plans to get tough on motorists who park on the zig zag lines next to schools. Parents could face fines of up to £1,000 because
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Drug cards
FREE drug information cards are being offered to residents in the Wigan and Bolton areas during November by Healthwise, the health information service. Healthwise want parents to ring their freephone number on 0800 66 55 44 for the free information pack
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Two teams in line for award
TWO North West medical teams have been short-listed for a leading medical award. Consultant urologist Mr Stephen Payne, of Manchester Royal Infirmary, competes next week for the 1996 Hospital Doctor of the Year Awards. Mr Payne and his team have won recognition
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, November 9, 1971 FORTY-SIX Italian paratroopers and a British crew of six died today when their giant RAF Hercules transport plane plunged into the Mediterranean off the Italian port of Leghorn. It was Italy's worst
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Last call for monthly awards
NOMINATIONS have been rolling in this week for the October Bolton Wanderers Goldline Local Player of the Month Award! Clubs, leagues, or maybe just team-mates, have until 5pm Tuesday evening to get nominations in for their choice as the player on the
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Nine in fire terror
NINE people were taken to hospital after a blaze at a terraced house in Leigh today. Fire broke out in an upstairs bedroom at the house in May Street, Leigh at just before 9.30am. Six children and three adults were in the house and all were taken to hospital
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Juniors in top form
THE Juniors of Horwich Harriers continued to display their talents in the second leg of the Red Rose Cross-Country League at Springfield Park in Rochdale. In the Under 17's race, Michael Cayton set off determined to improve on his second place at Bury
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Local lad Latham lands Leigh job
By MIKE HULME LEIGH RL'S new coach is a home-grown product from their own back yard. The Division Two club today appointed Keith Latham as the successor to Eric Hughes who quit Hilton Park last month to take a youth development job with Wigan. Latham,
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Booming Boro make their mark
SURELY there can't be a non-league club nationwide that is doing more for it's local community than Radcliffe Boro. Monday lunchtime sees the official opening of the magnificent new Radcliffe Boro Sports Complex, including the astroturf floodlit playing
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Old soldier bids to sell his photos
AN old soldier from Bolton is making one last bid to sell his collection of old photographs and keep them in the public domain. Colonel C George Robinson, 78, from Tonge, has a huge collection of prints, some of them showing scenes of Lancashire more
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£8,000 just the business for hospice
AS part of Allen Group Services Ltd's 50th anniversary fund raising activities, a four man team from the company, based in Chorley Road, Blackrod, completed the Krypton Factor course at Holcombe in aid of Wigan and Leigh Hospice. The team raised £2,523
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In safe hands
WANDERERS currently boast a wealth of goalkeeping talent and ex-pro Fred Barber is aiming to put many more on the production line. More than 50 aspiring Keith Branagans attended a one day teach-in Barber staged in Bolton on behalf of the Uhlsport National
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Youth set-up in top gear
WANDERERS' future is looking to be in increasingly safe hands as the Burnden youth set-up goes from strength to strength. Youth team coach Dean Crombie is finally seeing the fruits of his labour six seasons after returning to Burnden Park. His youngsters
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Emergency Ward!
GAVIN Ward is relishing a rare opportunity to prove his worth when he makes his first appearance of the season at Birmingham on Wednesday. The goalkeeper takes over from Keith Branagan at St Andrews as the regular Burnden No 1 serves a one-match suspension
