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New benefits from Hospital Saturday
THE Bolton & District Hospital Saturday Fund has launched two new schemes. Chief Executive Peter Green said: "The two new schemes are the result of listening to local companies and employees to find out the costs that they are now incurring when using
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Peanut powder peril
A BOLTON firm is at the centre of a major health scare after the discovery of "contaminated" packets of almond powder - which could prove fatal. Environmental health officers are warning that almond powder distributed to wholesalers by Derby Mills based
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Hospital chiefs 'break' tree screen promise
HEALTH chiefs have been accused of breaking a promise to screen nearby gardens from a hospital site. Householders claim bosses at the Royal Bolton are going back on a pledge to replace trees which once partly concealed their homes from the hospital site
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Theatre star isn't acting
SIR: Thank you for the lovely profile of St Columba's School on Friday last. Just for the record, could we point out that ex-pupil John Dorgan, who does indeed have a starring role in 'Children's Hospital' is in fact an eminent surgeon, not an actor.
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Tyldesley on track
TYLDESLEY found their form again with a crushing 50-10 victory over Keswick. The Cumbrians had no real answer to the power of the Tyldesley pack and the pace and movement of the back line. Winger Tim Brown opened the scoring with a penalty and that was
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Few are cheating
SIR: Once again Mr.S.R.Morgan is busy making assumptions about people (BEN, February 13). He seems to revel in grouping people together and judging them by type. He thinks that everyone claiming benefit is somehow fiddling the system. I agree that the
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Bolton on track
BOLTON RUFC produced another steady performance to beat Old Bedians 18-5. A fine Dave Daubney try got them off to a good start. Keiron Hunter had a competent debut and full back Damien O'Brien added a try. Captain Nick Holmes made sure of the game with
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Massive damage to beef industry
SIR: Douglas Hogg is one of the most spectacularly incompetent ministers in recent memory. He has done massive damage to our beef industry, harmed our relations with Europe, wasted £3.3 billion of taxpayer's money and still failed to end the crisis. The
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Patients could be at risk
SIR: I write with concern regarding the comments made by Dr B Silvert about doctors in despair. He says 'many Bolton doctors' are at the end of their tether, due to outrageous demands of some patients and asks that they accept responsibility for their
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Boro show Premier class
HIGH-FLYING Radcliffe Boro reached the semi-final of the President's Cup after beating Premiership side Alfreton 3-1 at Stainton Park last night. It is the second last four spot for the league leaders after reaching the semis of the Divisional Cup and
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RMI hopes suffer blow
THE wheels finally fell off the Leigh RMI promotion bandwagon when they went down 2-1 to promotion rivals Farsley at Hilton Park last night. It was only their second league defeat at home this season but the warning bells have been ringing for several
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New fitness suite at pool
THERE are now more ways to keep fit than just swimming at Farnworth Pool with the opening of a new fitness suite. Weight training and cardio-vascular equipment have been installed and for the next two weeks induction training sessions are taking place
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Poet's Corner
It started at the dentist, The fear began to loom, Aware of heightened senses, Impending doom and gloom. I dashed right out the door, With the speed of a leopard cat, And up the street I tore, Like a demented vampire bat. By now I couldn't get my breath
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Youth club plea for equipment
ORGANISERS of a newly opened youth club are appealing for equipment. The youth club at St George's Church, Farnworth was launched last month to keep youngsters amused and out of trouble. At their last meeting 14 youngsters, aged 11 upwards turned up.
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Blueprint for the 'Street'
JUDITH Barker is refusing to think about being the "star" of Oldham Coliseum Theatre's production of Saturday Night at the Crown. The play very much hinges on the calibre of the actress who plays Ada Thorpe, the role of the domineering busybody, originally
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We can save axed services - councillor
MOST of Bury's threatened Community Education Service may be saved, claims a senior councillor. To meet Government spending limits Bury Council has to axe £12 million from its budget and recently a working party was set up to try and save as many activities
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Student's death stuns college
SHOCKED Bury students are mourning the death of a popular teenager found dead the day after his 18th birthday. The body of Mark Edgell was discovered at his home in Turton Road, Tottington, at the weekend after a suspected overdose. An inquest was scheduled
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, February 18, 1972 PEACE hopes soared this afternoon after Lord Wilberforce offered Britain's striking miners pay rises of up to £6 a week. The increases - of 15 to 31 per cent - blast a gaping hole in the Government's
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Super league leads way to next millennium
BOLTON & Bury Chamber of Commerce is part of a new nationwide "super league" launched today. Board of Trade President Ian Lang unveiled the scheme for a network of 52 top chambers designed to help drive British business into the next Millennium. They
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Baby, what a good read!
WIGAN Council has set up a scheme to develop children's interest in books - starting when they are babies. Called the Owl Club, it is aimed at children between seven and 12 months. Children in the Leigh area will receive a free starter pack which includes
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Latest looks for cool customers
FASHION conscious customers are invited to a show of what is cool when it comes to clothes this spring. Crompton Place shopping centre has organised a fashion show evening on Thursday, March 20, to raise funds for the Mayor's Charity Appeal. Stars from
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Delegation in London visit to fight cuts
A "PEOPLE'S Power" lobby led by the Mayor of Bury will travel to London to fight Government imposed cuts. Mayor Trevor Holt, councillors and representatives of local groups and organisations will travel to the Houses of Parliament on Monday. Although
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Temporary road crossing puts lives in danger
A WORRIED mum fears a temporary road crossing is an accident waiting to happen. And she has appealed for contractors to move the crossing further away from one of Bolton's busiest roundabouts. Maintenance work has closed part of the subway running under
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Ex-teacher Stephen is new vicar
A FORMER Westhoughton teacher has been appointed as the new vicar of St John the Evangelist at Wingates. A new team ministry has been formed with the union of Westhoughton and Wingates and the Rev Stephen Beach becomes the first team vicar. Mr Beach,
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Sumberg rebels over handgun crackdown
BURY South Tory MP David Sumberg last night joined a Tory rebellion over the Government's crackdown on handguns. He was one of more than 90 Conservative rebels seeking to water down new legislation banning large calibre pistols and confining those of
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Bolton to be a new tinsel town?
CALLS for "lights, camera and action!" could soon be heard throughout the region. For a major drive is under way to attract movie-moguls and TV talent. The North West Film Commission, launched this summer, aims to put Bolton and the rest of the north
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Naomi's is BEN's Child of the Year 96
BOLTON'S biggest ever BEN Child of the Year competition brought thousands of votes from readers . . . and success for a tiny tot who never stops talking. Two-year-old Naomi Jade Ward from Halliwell received the most votes among the 36 finalists in the
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Election ploy
SIR: The Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell has announced that he will give North West Hospitals £5.5m. This of course is an election ploy so people will vote Tory as everything they do before the General Election they will undo if they get in again. The
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Japan has its royals too
SIR: With regard to the letter from Mrs. N. Jepson, published on your web page on February 13, may I be one of the many to remind her that Japan has, in fact, got a royal family, and has had for many years. However, she is right in noting that their collection
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Shortlisted for award
BOLTON Council's Corporate Property Group has been shortlisted for a prestigious award. The group was picked from over 100 companies which entered the 1997 Property Awards as one of the best performers in the Real Estate Strategy Team of the Year category
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Stores staff reunion bash
WORKERS past and present from Bolton stores company Gregory and Porrits are being invited to a reunion next week. The party is to be held at the Sweet Green Tavern, Bolton on Monday. Anyone who worked at Gregory and Porrits since 1960 to the present day
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Go to the ball!
EVERYONE is invited to take part in a charity ball at Chorley. Organised by John May in association with St Catherine's Hospice and the Starlight Foundation, the charity event offers an evening of ballroom and sequence dancing 50:50 in the Lancastrian
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Too harsh
THE drugs' problem in our jails today is widespread, and it is right that prison authorities should be extra vigilant. But the situation facing a Farnworth man on remand in Strangeways seems extreme. Paul Bainbridge, it is claimed by his girlfriend, lost
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Testing time
THE time has come for the onus to be put on hospital employers to insist on Aids tests for all doctors. DR Olukayode Fasawe worked for three hospitals across the country for more than a year but he was found to be HIV positive only after he died last
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Rovers snap up Bolton target
PER Petersen, the Danish international who was priced out of a move to Bolton Wanderers, was lined up for a £2.5 million transfer to Blackburn Rovers today. Rovers, struggling at the wrong end of the Premiership, swooped for the 27-year-old Odense striker
