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Royal award for export success
DARWEN-based Wolstenholme International has won the prestigious Queen's Award for Export. The company is a subsidiary of Wolstenholme Rink, the company run by Bolton brothers Paul and Tony Rink. Today's award recognises Wolstenholme International's sustained
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Ex-teacher Carol in millionaire class
A BOLTON woman who opted out of a career in teaching is now a millionaire property developer. Carol Ainscow, aged 39, is one of the North-west's leading specialists in urban city centre refurbishment. Her Manchester-based companies, Artisan Holdings and
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School hit by vandals
A CRIME plagued school has been hit by vandals again. Last night thieves stole thousands of pounds worth of equipment from Highfield CP School, Farnworth. They got away with a brand new computer, part of the head's secretary's computer, a microwave and
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Wanderers glory bus is set to parade through town
AROUND 20,000 ecstatic fans are expected to line the streets when Wanderers players parade their championship trophy early next month. Players will greet fans from an open top bus and show off the old Football League Championship trophy during a tour
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Officials face up to locals with video link
TOWN hall workers will take a step into the 21st century with the introduction of a new video link-up system for Halliwell residents. The service means that customers calling into the Halliwell Action Team offices in Blackburn Road will have a direct
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Store will be missed
SIR: A very warm thank you to the members of staff at Normid Super Store, Manchester Road, Bolton for their helpfulness and excellent service over the years. It will be truly missed. Mrs Frieda Armstrong Eustace Street Chippy, Great Lever Previous news
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Bolton School at centre of row
BRIGHT children from less well off Bolton families will suffer under Labour according to Bolton Conservatives. Local Tories have placed the future of Bolton School at the centre of an election row. Tom Sackville claims the prestigious private school on
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Confusion over Masons
SIR: Of course your correspondent B Howarth (BEN April 14) has every right to express a personal opinion on Freemasonry. It is a pity that he seems so confused. Having already referred to my reply to his earlier letter, he goes on to say that he has not
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At least give them food
SIR: Having read the letter from "Puzzled, Bolton", I can tell you that you are not the only one asking what are you supposed to live on. I know someone self employed who had no job at all and signed on at the Labour Exchange only to be told he could
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Top of the form guide to Election D-day
ELECTION candidates in the Bolton South East constituency stepped into the lion's den - when they were "grilled" by pupils at a Farnworth comprehensive. With less than two weeks to go before the General Election, pupils at the grant maintained St James's
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Blair is our only hope
SIR: Vote Labour and you will hold your head up high. The Tories have undone all our ancestors have fought and died for. There used to be the very rich and the very poor. It has partly come back, but will definitely go worse if Tories get in again. To
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Having the time of my life!
BOLTON girl Lindsey McCulloch has reached the half way mark on her year long mercy mission to the poverty stricken streets of Brazil. Lindsey, aged 18, left her home in Bank Top Grove, Astley Bridge, last summer to teach street children English and travel
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Purtill points spree
LEIGH winger Dean Purtill is setting the league alight with his scoring feats. A hat-trick of tries and eight goals from 10 shots at Doncaster yesterday brought the points ace a personal tally of 28. Purtill's treble boosted his season's tally to 16 and
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Child's afraid to go out
SIR: After reading the letter in the paper last week concerning the trouble with the youths in Wolfenden Street, 1 would like to support the writer of that letter. I have in the past brought up three children without any problems. But now my fourth and
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There were no nasty tactics
SIR: It has been suggested by the Bolton Evening News that I used a visit to Beloit Walmsley to talk about a strike there led by the Labour candidate for Bolton North East. This is totally untrue, I never discussed the strike with any journalist. I also
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Crossing near a blind bend
SIR: I should like, to add my comments to those of Mrs Russell,(Your views, April 12), concerning the beacon crossing on Market Street, Stoneclough. She is quite justified in refuting the assertion that the volume of traffic does not warrant a modern
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Join war on drink and drugs
SIR: Once again the BEN should be commended for highlighting the 'Drink and Drugs Danger to Children' report by Julie Freer April 16, and the related charity concert with the Mawsteg Male Choir article on the 'Centre Stage' by Doreen Crowther, the same
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Waywell anger as Leigh misfire
Leigh RMI 1, Gt Harwood Town 1 IT was odds on that after being presented with the Unibond Team of the Month Award for March that Leigh would turn in one of their worst displays of the season. Fortunately the promotion-chasers salvaged a point but that
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Poet's Corner
The time's arrived, nothing's more certain, A demolition team strive and toil To give Bolton Royal the final curtain. Farewell, old friend, that once we knew So familiar, that sentiment wins, reason loses. Busy departments now hushed, Ring with hollow
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Morris off as LR fight on
Atherton LR 2, Lincoln United 2 ATHERTON LR, now certain to finish in the UniBond Division One bottom three, picked up a second successive home draw against top opposition. Last week's 3-3 result with Droylsden was followed on Saturday by a 2-2 draw with
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REVIEW: Second Last From the Sack Race, Oldham Coliseum. Runs until May 10.
THEY giggled, laughed helplessly and applauded virtually every scene of this superb play written by Michael Birch from the novel by David Nobbs. Students of television comedy will know Nobbs as the creator of The Death of Reginald Perin, which was turned
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Elderly patients 'slip through net'
WORRIED social services chiefs fear that elderly patients are leaving hospital with no-one to care for them. They are concerned that some Bolton patients may be "slipping through the net" and not referred to social services before they are allowed home
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Bolton North-east constituency profile (Con majority 185 in the last General Election):Where Old Lab
THE battle for this key marginal is an unusual contest - between Old Labour and New Tory. Conservative candidate ROBERT WILSON is the epitome of the PR executive types flooding into his party - he is one! But in addition, his right wing, Euro-sceptic,
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Blaze puts dampener on party
AN all-night party at a student house in Bolton ended in disaster at the weekend. At 5.55 on Sunday morning firefighters from Bolton Central were called to a rented house on Bury Road, Bolton. Two students who were renting the house and group of friends
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Burnden song is a champion tribute
MUSICAL football fans are aiming to score a big hit with a song penned to pay tribute to Burnden Park. The shutdown of the famous old ground after its glorious 102 year history has inspired The Kickers to record the song Farewell to Burnden. The Kickers
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Help in tracing family history
MANY people are interested in tracing their family history, and help is at hand. Next Monday, April 28, Bolton Borough Archivist Kevan Campbell and his staff are putting on a 'Family Tree Day', with a special display of records, national and local, in
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, April 21, 1972 APOLLO 16 landed safely amid the mountains of the Moon today. Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke let out a great whoop of joy as their spacecraft Orion touched down. It was man's fifth landing on
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Bury one step from promotion
BURY were today preparing to get the victory which could clinch promotion tomorrow night. Stan Ternent's runaway leaders will go up to the First Division if they win at promotion rivals Luton Town and Brentford fail to win at Blackpool or Stockport lose
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OLDHAM ATHLETIC 0, BOLTON WANDERERS 0
WANDERERS 4-4-2 KEITH BRANAGAN ... 9 STEVE McANESPIE ... 7 CHRIS FAIRCLOUGH ... 7 GERRY TAGGART ... 8 JIMMY PHILLIPS ... 7 JAMIE POLLOCK ... 7 PER FRANDSEN ... 6 ALAN THOMPSON ... 6 SCOTT SELLARS ... 6 NATHAN BLAKE ... 6 MIXU PAATELAINEN ...6 Subs: Bryan
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Burnden's final act!
THE curtain will come down on 102 years of football at Burnden Park on Friday with Wanderers receiving the First Division Championship trophy. Officials have decided to save the best for last, dramatically delaying the presentation of the famous old trophy
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Shakers close in on promotion
Bury 1, Peterborough 0 THE party hasn't yet begun but you can start sending out the invitations. Brilliant Bury are on the brink of the big time - and the only team which can stop them achieving mission impossible is themselves. One win might be enough
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Party pooper Warnock warns Wanderers
Oldham Athletic 0, Wanderers 0 NEIL Warnock just loves making a nuisance of himself. He took impish delight in claiming a moral derby victory that was enthusiastically appreciated by the Boundary Park faithful who have long been resigned to relegation
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Councillor calls for regular footpath checks
A WESTHOUGHTON councillor is calling for regular checks on footpaths in the town following complaints from people who have injured themselves in falls. Cllr Janet Halliwell said that in the past few weeks she has dealt with two cases where people have
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Do you know a 'woman of the year'?
NOMINATIONS are now being sought for the 1997 North West Woman of Achievement Award. The award is presented to the woman who, in the view of the judges, has gone that 'extra mile' - her achievements being personal, career orientated or making a contribution
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Rising star
MARK Penny became one of the Bolton Association's youngest first team cricketers when he turned out for Little Hulton on Saturday. The 14-year-old helped his side to a win over Spring View after hitting 22 not out off 18 balls in an unbeaten half century
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Flying start for big three
GOLBORNE, Little Hulton and Edgworth gave an early indication that they will again be the clubs to watch this season. Champions Golborne scored a nine-wicket success at Elton, Edgworth beat Clifton by eight wickets and Little Hulton hit the day's top
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Champion band pleads for more brass
MUSIC champions Smithills School Senior Brass Band face a race against time to compete in a major international contest. The band, headed by musical director Chris Wormald, has already been national champions three years running, embarked on several successful
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Gorse flying start
KARL Gorse brushed the cobwebs off the new cricket season with an opening day century for Astley and Tyldesley. His knock of 102 was enough to steer his side to 192-5 and with new pro Scott Henderson producing the best bowling figures of the day, 7-35
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Say thanks to the fans
SIR: Why is it that on two occasions, Tranmere Rovers football club only charged £5 admission to see the game, and also Barnsley did the same again at the Oldham Match. Why couldn't Bolton Wanderers do the same on the last home game as a thank you for
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Action Man kids spark IRA alert
A CHILDREN'S Action Man game sparked a major security alert when a passer-by mistook them for IRA terrorists on manoeuvre. Armed police, marked vans and Range Rovers surrounded the house where the children - one only six years old - were taking a drink
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Cowie is a target for Wolves
WARRINGTON are reported to have made an inquiry for Wigan prop Neil Cowie. The Wolves, humiliated at St Helens yesterday, are desperate to strengthen their pack and with more than £300,000 available from the sale of Iestyn Harris, may tempt the Warriors
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Bursting at the seams
SIR: I found it incredible to read the letter (BEN April 14) that the Planning Committee had approved an application to allow the building at Turton High School to be used as a restaurant. I was pleased to see Cllr Carr's objection was supported by three
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Don't write us warns Hughes
Wigan Warriors 44, Oldham Bears 10 WIGAN secured their first home win in three outings and coach Eric Hughes is hoping it can launch a renewed title charge. "It has done us the world of good, confidence wise, and we are not out of the title race yet.
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Charity advice sessions
CHARITIES will be able to get advice from the Charity Commission at special surgeries twice a month. The sessions, giving advice about everything from trustee responsibilities to accounting regulations, take place the first and third Thursday of every
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REVIEW: Candida, Octagon Theatre, Bolton. Runs until May 10
EXCELLENT casting ensures the success of Shaw's wickedly amusing assessment of a marriage. Reverend James Morrell (Ian Targett) is suitably smug until his comfortable world is shaken by the poet, Eugene Marchbanks. The scenes where Morrell physically
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Wedding joy for top DJ Mark
BOLTON-born breakfast show DJ Mark Radcliffe is celebrating today with his 'secret' new bride. Radio One's Mark, 38, who took over the hot seat from Chris Evans, married Granada TV production assistant Bella Sharp, 27, in a quiet register office ceremony
