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Building jobs tax warning
JOB agencies who supply workers for the construction industry are being warned that they could be hit by huge tax bills. Mr Derek Hall, Tax Partner at financial advisers Grant Thornton, said: "The National Insurance (NIC) laws say that agencies who supply
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Back boxers and boost Bolton Hospice funds
THAI boxers are calling on Bolton businesses to back a fight night next month in a bid to raise cash for Bolton Hospice. Bolton Thai Boxing Club are hoping to raise £1,000 for the Hospice by attracting businesses to sponsor each fighter in a special tournament
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Choosy thieves' £15,000 antiques haul
IRREPLACEABLE family antiques worth £15,000 have been stolen in a burglary at a house in Lostock. Paintings, silverware and jewellery were among the items taken and police are not ruling out the possibility that the break-in could be linked with a similar
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Stairway to Everest
FIREFIGHTERS with a head for heights are warming up to tackle a major feat for charity. Bolton town hall square will be the venue for an "Everest Challenge Climb" on Tuesday, June 3. The local event is being organised by former Bolton firemen sub officer
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Real community spirit
THE licensees of a Westhoughton pub could be crowned the most community spirited in the country next week. George and Gina Tipton of the Red Lion, Wigan Road, have already been named regional winners in the Community Pub of the Year competition. On Tuesday
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Go-it-alone school's top report
A KEARSLEY comprehensive school which has opted out of local authority control has been given a good report by Government inspectors. George Tomlinson School, Kearsley, has a specialist unit to educate youngsters with physical disabilities. The school
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Red Nose Night
was a success SIR: Our Red Nose Night was a huge success and a good time was had by all who attended. We would like to thank BEN staff and the many other sponsors for their generosity and best wishes, we have been able to donate £525.09 to Comic Relief
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A wonderful night!
SIR: I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone at the BEN and Nynex. I was one of the lucky winners of the VIP tickets to the Match at Maine Road between Bolton Wanderers and Manchester City. It was a truly memorable night made more so by
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Bolton under attack from £250m shopping centre
By Alan Calvert, Industrial Editor A MASSIVE threat to town centre shopping in Bolton and Bury was spelled out in graphic, brutal detail to top business leaders. Street prostitution, poor parking facilities, and the threat from a £250m shopping centre
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Leigh call up Hadcroft
ALAN Hadcroft returns to the Leigh Centurions starting line-up for the first time since being hurt in a spectacular road accident. The young centre wins his place back just a month after suffering whiplash injuries when a car in which he was a passenger
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Remember it's your money
SIR: I would like to know if the readers of BEN have ever tried to open a 'simple bank account' these days. I tried to open a bank account at several banks, and building societies, without success, in Bolton town centre. I was treated like a criminal,
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Wigan look for winning tonic
WIGAN Warriors are feeling the pressure and only a convincing victory over struggling Oldham Bears will get their season back on track. The Riversiders are still reeling from last week's defeat by Bradford Bulls when two late tries saw the visitors snatch
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Grass cuttings left in road
SIR: Last week the Council were cutting the grass verges on Deepdale Road using a machine which picked up the cuttings, leaving the area neat and tidy. I thought what an improvement on previous years. They arrived in my street and Dovedale Road this morning
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How can we stop these vandals?
SIR: We would like to write in support of the various people who have written in commenting on the trouble residents are experiencing in the Wolfenden Street area. The residents, many of them elderly people, have had to suffer night after night with gangs
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Poet's Corner
The skeleton lies Twisted on the battlefields Of my mind. Each night its sharp curses Bayonet my soul. Hacking my rest into a million pieces, Sometimes I enter The dark islands of eyelessness, Where I see war and death Ride upon their awesome Black stallions
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Tight finish in sprint for promotion
THE UniBond Division One title race is continuing at a breathtaking pace. Radcliffe Boro went into March a seemingly insurmountable 22 points clear of Leigh RMI and with Lincoln United and Farsley Celtic looking a bigger threat to Stainton Park title
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Birthday bash at wine lodge
MOST people will know that it is St George's Day next Wednesday. But they might not have realised that the anniversary of another 'patron saint' is being marked the day before. Tuesday is the anniversary of Peter Yates's birthday. And Yates's Wine Lodge
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It's a buskers' boom town
By Nick Jackson BUSKERS are either a scintillating diversion from the drudge of a day's shopping, or a rowdy pain in the backside. It depends on your point of view. But there's no getting away from the fact that, in Bolton at least, business for the acoustic
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Tories split over single currency
BURY'S Tory candidates are split over the European single currency. David Sumberg, standing in Bury South, is defying Prime Minister John Major and expressing outright opposition to the idea but colleague Alistair Burt, seeking to hang on to Bury North
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Actors needed for radio play
BOSSES at trial station, Bolton Radio, are seeking actors to perform a specially commissioned play. The station, which will go back on air for four weeks from May 24, commissioned Bolton-based writer Richard Marlowe to create a play for radio. The work
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Lib-Lab pact over veal victim Victor
VICTOR the veal calf sparked a split when he came to Bolton trying to win votes for an animal rights' charter yesterday. Compassion in World Farming brought Victor to Nelson Square as part of their pre-election tour of key marginal seats. Both Labour
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Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
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Bolton strike golden deal
THE deal that means Wanderers' new home will be known as The Reebok Stadium was described today as "the most lucrative stadium sponsorship" in football. It cements a partnership between the town's football club and a company whose roots are in Bolton
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Welcome to the Reebok Stadium!
JOHN Major made a surprise visit to Bolton this afternoon to put his Premiership seal on the news that Wanderers' new stadium is to carry the name of the club's major sponsor. The Prime Minister's election battle-bus stopped off in Horwich, where he was
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Economy should benefit all
SIR: The Tories, after 18 years, state that the economy is now stronger than ever, thus making the rich richer and the poor poorer. A strong economy should be for the benefit of all the people. Pensioners and sick people are virtually tied to their houses
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The politics of the classroom
YOU'VE heard the candidates, the opinion pollsters and the political pundits. But what do our children - the citizens of the future - feel about the General election? And how would they vote if they were old enough? The BEN went into the classrooms of
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We couldn't get medicine
SIR: I refer to the article in the BEN April 11, "Family hit out over sick baby drama" concerning baby Amber Johson. My family and I know what they went through, as this sounds a duplicate copy of what happened to us, which was also featured in the BEN
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Area could be improved
SIR: I refer to Singing Clough Development Might I suggest Bolton Council should look towards improving existing roads, buildings and pavements in this area as they are all tired and worn out, i.e. raising grids and manholes to suit the level of the roads
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We couldn't wait any longer
SIR: I am complaining about the Royal Bolton Hospital. On Sunday April 13, I took my husband to the A and E Unit. We arrived at 9.40am and were seen by the assessment nurse at 9.45am and were informed there was a one hour waiting time. Within minutes
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REVIEW: Elkie Brooks, Pearl's Anniversary, Albert Halls, Bolton.
PEARL'S a singer, still. So too is the artiste who immortalised her in a hit record 20 years ago. Elkie Brooks, the former Elaine Bookbinder from Salford, is touring venues such as this with her "Pearl's Anniversary" concert. On the evidence last night
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Golf lads get a Tiger in their tanks!
WATCH out Masters winner Tiger Woods... For Sean Owen and Phil Winnington have got the swing of things on the prize winning trail. The two Withins School pupils have won their way through to the final of the Golden Putter contest organised under the Duke
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, April 18, 1972 FLOODWATERS will engulf a new stretch of parkland in Great Lever. But Bolton Corporation experts are not worried - they have planned it that way. A 'flood plain' will deliberately be created at a cost
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Reserves back in trouble
WANDERERS Reserves are back in relegation trouble after losing 3-0 at home to Liverpool. They were two down inside 16 minutes. Gareth Roberts scored in the 10th minute and Mark Kennedy scored the second before getting involved in a dust-up with Wanderers
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Bolton release young winger
STUART Whittaker, the popular winger who never made the Burnden grade has been freed by Wanderers. Born in Liverpool and a former Anfield trainee, Whittaker has been on the Bolton books for four seasons but managed only three League appearances. Neil
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Premier finale
COLIN Todd has asked his Champions to show their Premiership class in tomorrow's derby duel at Oldham. The Burnden boss says his players should be relaxed and uninhibited as they step up their bid for the unique double century of 100 points and 100 league
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Bury's 'Mr Versatile' is ready for a return
BURY'S Mr Versatile Ian Hughes is back in demand after finding himself out in the cold for five months. Hughes appearances in the starting line-up in the last two Tuesday night victories were his first since the end of October. His starring show against
