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Triple dance treat
English National Ballet: Triple Bill, Palace Theatre, Manchester IF you fancy a change from a full length ballet, then why not sample English National Ballet's Triple Bill at the Palace Theatre. The three one-acters on offer are Les Sylphides, Encounters
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Bike thieves smash shop window
THIEVES made off with a bicycle worth £375 after a smash and grab raid on a shop in Horwich town centre last night. The Giant X1500 Hybrid, a cross between a mountain and a road bike, was stolen from the Green Machine Bike Shop in Lee Lane shortly after
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New World glut, but quality falls
A RATHER worrying thing has started to happen in the wine world which, I for one, have great concerns about. The vast quantities of wine which have been leaving the shores of the New World on a regular basis has resulted in a significant drop in quality
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An inspiration
IT'S wonderful to see Lancashire's famous cricketing son Mike Atherton finally hitting international form for England in New Zealand. Atherton's form is pivotal to England's performance, and the captain has plucked victory from a disastrous winter tour
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25 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News, February 18, 1972 MR Heath's nerve is unbroken by the narrowness of his dramatic Common Market victory in Parliament. He will carry on with legislation to take Britain into Europe. The Bill was given its second reading last night
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Airs on a G-tram?
Peter Collier, who now lives in Greenfield Road, Little Sutton, South Wirral, recalls one memory of the tram era THE five-mile single track between Bolton and Walkden, Lancashire, was punctuated at regular intervals by loop lines that served also as tram
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North-west gift exhibition dates
THE North-west Gift Exhibition is being held at Norcalympia, Norbreck Castle Hotel, Blackpool, from March 2 to 5. More than 120 companies will display their products for regional retailers. Products on show will include a full range of fancy goods, clothing
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Relief on rent rooms to rise
PEOPLE taking lodgers into their home will shortly be able to get more than £80 a week in rent without paying tax. The North West Society of Chartered Accountants points out that the limit for "rent a room relief" is being increased from £3,250 a year
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Don't cry - just leave, Mr Webber
LEIGH Labour MP Lawrence Cunliffe has found a new reason for people to vote Labour - to persuade Sir Andrew Lloyd-Webber to quit Britain. The music composer of Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita and Starlight Express is reported to have told friends that if
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Adoption cash cut 'hypocritical'
THE Government has been accused of hypocrisy over withdrawing cash from the Overseas Adoption Helpline. Bolton MP Peter Thurnham is shocked that the Department of Health is cutting finance to the service while its Secretary of State, Stephen Dorrell,
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Canal boat moved into dry dock to stop attacks
VANDALS have forced canal enthusiasts to move their pleasure boat from Radcliffe into dry dock after a spate of attacks. In the most recent attack the young wreckers risked their lives by walking on ice to reach the boat, moored on the Bury-Bolton canal
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Major looks to May vote after BSE victory
JOHN Major was today digging in for a long haul to a May 1 election after surviving last night's crunch vote on Ministers' handling of the mad cow disease crisis. His government won by a comfortable 13 votes after buying off the Ulster Unionists with
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Don't forget your toothbrush!
PETER Thurnham and Wanderers skipper Gudni Bergsson joined forces in a bid to boost Bolton to the top of the league in dental health. Latest figures have shown Bolton's five-year-olds as being at the bottom of a national league table for fillings along
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Cameras set to trap 999 hoaxers
PESTS who make false calls to the emergency services from Bolton phone boxes could soon be recorded on film. Boxes which are known to have been used by Bolton hoaxers to make malicious 999 calls are to be targeted in a new crackdown. And for the first
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Copter death families fight on for justice
THE families of the teenage air cadet victims of a helicopter crash believe they will now be forced to turn to the courts for justice. The parents of Christopher Bailey, 15, and 17-year-old Amanda Whitehead have vowed to continue to fight for an official
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What next?
SIR: I refer to the article about slave Labour (BEN, February 10). Whatever will this Government think of next, trying to make the jobless work for £10 plus their benefits. I do not think this Government have their brains where they should be as they
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Bogus head who lied his way to the top
A BOGUS head-teacher, jailed for obtaining more than £70,000 salary by deception, taught in a Bolton primary school for five years, it was revealed today. Alistair Beeston was locked up for three months at Preston Crown Court after admitting deception
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Find the lady
SIR: I wonder if you could help me trace the whereabouts of a lady. I am a Boltonian myself but left there in 1948. I had contact with this lady, perhaps only once or twice a year, and then no word for a couple of years, but to my surprise a Christmas
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Ingram's injury stunner
TOP try poacher David Ingram is out of Leigh's march towards Wembley and the start of their league campaign. Stand-off Ingram, who has an astonishing record of 35 tries in just 37 senior games, was carried off with an ankle injury midway through Leigh's
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Air crash book
SIR: On February 6, 1958, eight Manchester United players, three of the club's staff and eight journalists died when a British European Airways aircraft crashed on take-off at Munich. The team was on its way home from a European Cup tie in Belgrade. I
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St Paul's hand top roles to debut pair
EMMA Shorrock, who is studying singing at Bolton Music School, makes her debut with St Paul's Amateur Players, Adlington, next month when she plays Laurie in Oklahoma. Emma's last role was Julie in Carousel for St Paul's, Bolton. She has also had parts
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Business booming at school
ENROLMENTS are booming at Bolton Business School. With more than 20 academic staff and nearly 2,000 students, the School - the Faculty of Business at Bolton Institute - is now larger than most university business schools. Professor Alan Kitson, Dean of
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Hit-and-run victim dies
THE callous driver who left an 83-year-old man dying in the road after an accident was today condemned as a "coward" by the pensioner's relatives. Edward Boardman, of Blake Gardens, Halliwell died yesterday in the Royal Bolton Hospital from injuries he
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Life for all
SIR: Once again there is much publicity regarding the life sentences of Myra Hindley and Ian Brady; isn't it about time that life means life for ALL who are given life sentences? It makes no sense at all that a life sentence is imposed, then the judge
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New man will lift Wigan - chairman
WIGAN Warriors' chairman believes the appointment of a new coach will lift the blues from Central Park. Jack Robinson says everybody has been down since the early Challenge Cup exit and Eric Hughes' appointment "will put everyone back on their toes."
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Don't expect miracles - Hughes
ERIC Hughes stepped into the hottest seat in rugby league yesterday admitting he may not be able to repeat Wigan's success of the past decade. The former Widnes, St Helens and GB star, promoted from academy to first team coach in place of the sacked Graeme
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Reject forced labour
SIR: You report that Bolton Resource Centre is protesting against plans to introduce a 'Work for Benefit' scheme. We in Community Transport depend on benefit reciprocates working as unpaid volunteers. Wonderful people. Not only do they help Bolton's needy
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Count your blessings
SIR: I take exception to the innuendo in Mr Wilkinson's letter last month. Comparatively speaking we have no poor people today when compared with the years 1910/20. Lloyd George and his five shillings per week was to be a help in retirement not a wage
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RMI set for tough promotion battle
LEIGH RMI face a tough task tonight as they attempt to put their faltering promotion bandwagon back on the rails against Farsley Celtic at Hilton Park. The Railwaymen have picked up only four points out of the last 15 which has enabled tonight's visitors
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Radcliffe aim to topple high-flyers
RADCLIFFE Boro take on Premiership opposition tonight in the President's Cup when Alfreton visit Stainton Park with a place in the semi-finals at stake. Manager Kevin Glendon has a full squad to choose from with the exception of John Ryan, who is still
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Taste of Boddies for all the family
A FAMILY birthday provided a good excuse to sample the Henry Boddington, the local version of the well known pub/restaurant chain, Henry's Table. Henry's promote themselves as the "informal family eating" place and there were certainly a wide cross-section
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Cracking honour, Gromit
OSCAR-winning favourites, Wallace and Gromit, are to be made honorary life members of the University of Central Lancashire Students' Union. A letter has been sent to their creator Nick Park, himself an honorary fellow of the university at Preston. Union
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Great ideas for turkey
TURKEY is gobbling up the market in tasty meal ideas these days! It's one of the healthiest meats around as it is low in calories and is flexible enough for a variety of cookery methods and tastes. Give it cordon bleu or Continental treatment - turkey
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Hunt for thugs after car park sex attack
DETECTIVES are hunting three thugs who indecently assaulted a woman after holding a knife at her throat. The 31-year-old woman has told police she was dragged from the pavement to a dimly-lit Farnworth pub car park where she was attacked. One thug threatened
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Ticket warning for the fans
WANDERERS have urged fans not to travel to Saturday's match at Huddersfield without tickets after selling out their 3,500 allocation yesterday. Tickets go on sale tomorrow for the game at Crystal Palace on Tuesday, March 4 with season ticket holders getting
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Blue Door opens
BLUE Door, a London-based business consultancy, has opened an office in Emmett Street, Horwich. It specialises in advising small and medium-sized businesses how to achieve greater profitability by improving their product/service presentation and company
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Reunion joy for Stephen
A HORWICH man's search for his long-lost mother has Stephen Akeroyd, aged 40, had not seen his mother June, since he was five-years-old when his parents separated and he went to live with his father and grandparents at Lytham. But a telephone call two
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Better use for cash
SIR: The reporting of the political fighting over the building of a new Royal yacht seems to be missing the most serious issue of the whole "debate". The Government has decreed that all the funding for the replacement yacht will come from the public despite
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Poet's Corner
The snowman stares with coal-black eyes, Frozen solid, cold is he. Guardian of his icy kingdom, Until the sun sets him free. Whirling, swirling, clinging snowflakes, Silently drift down. Changing landscapes constantly, In the country and the town. Shrieking
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Olive celebrates her 50th year in amateur theatre
OLIVE Hart, Horwich RMI AODS's popular Vice-president and Chairman, this year celebrates her half century in amateur theatre. She first trod the boards in Horwich Girl Guides' pantomime, Dick Whittington, in the 1940s, when she took the part of Alice.
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Car thieves hit shop wall
TEENAGE tearaways smashed a stolen car into a shop wall last night. The young grief-riders lost control of the red Metro on Firs Lane, Leigh. The car, which had been stolen in Leigh earlier in the evening, careered into the wall at Heaton's General Store
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Bolton restored to m-way network
THE long-awaited signs to Bolton at the M6/M61 junction will be in place by the end of March. Roads Minister John Watts has promised town MP Tom Sackville that the word Bolton will be added to Manchester when the signs are repainted in the coming two
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Woman badly hurt after crash with lorry
A WOMAN had to be cut free from the tangled remains of a car after a three vehicle pile-up on a moorland road near the Bolton-Darwen border. Catherine Millard, aged 41, was trapped for 40 minutes in the wreckage of her Fiesta after the crash on the A666
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Crying wolf
OPERATION Cry Wolf will target telephone boxes in problem areas like Astley Bridge, Ainsworth and Breightmet which are known to be used by pests who make false 999 calls. Tiny concealed cameras will help identify the culprits, and officials will also
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Matter of sanity
JUDGE Gerald Butler QC wanted to send stalker Clarence Morris to Rampton high security mental hospital for an indefinite period, or jail him for life. It was a sensible and safe judgment. Two psychiatrists had decided Morris suffered from paranoid schizophrenia
