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Residents' wildlife haven under threat
RESIDENTS of Heaviley Grove, Horwich, have launched a campaign to keep council planners off their gardens. They have created a haven by transforming an area of land opposite their homes into beautiful gardens and a grassed play area for children. The
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Bestseller Ruth shops for her next success
BOLTON novelist Ruth Hamilton has finally become an official bestseller. Her ninth book has topped the official Sunday Times Bestseller list. The romantic fiction writer, a former teacher at Sunninghill Primary School, described her "delight' at finally
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Unsafe taxis run off road
SAFETY checks on taxis revealed a staggering 77 cars were being driven in an unsafe condition on Bolton's roads. And 20 of the vehicles examined by police and Department of Transport experts had to be ordered off the road immediately beacuse they were
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Think again on building plan
SIR: With reference to the application for building on land at Heavily Grove, may I ask, have the Bolton Council visited this area, that once was a neglected wilderness? The residents have worked many hours and ploughed a lot of money into making a derelict
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What about this road?
SIR: Could you please tell me if, it's not what you know, but who you know? I live on Wilkinson Road, facing what used to be the reservoir. Contractors started work over 10 months ago and since then we have had to put up with dirt, noise, lime, lime wagons
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Shadow over the season
SIR: Your news items concerning the formal laying of the foundation stone of the Wanderers new stadium has cast a shadow over this wonderful season. This great honour was given to a Grey Man, a Yesterday Man, a man who, in a few months time, will be kicked
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A short life filled with family love
THE devastated parents of little Ashley Rigby face the future without their beloved son but in the knowledge that they filled his short life with love and happiness. Just as Ashley was so tragically taken from them by meningitis, his father Andrew and
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Fines for fly posting
SIR: My first comment relates to fly posting on empty property. As these posters refer mostly to local events, it would be easy to fine the people with their names on the poster. And I wonder if the damage done to the Town Hall is as bad as ever with
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Why chose Major?
SIR: As a fan of BWFC I was not surprised to see the new stadium called "Reebok Stadium" (BEN April 18) I was, however, gutted to see John Major lay the foundation stone and plaque of commemoration. What is going on? Of all the people in all the world
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Fair deal for all pupils
SIR: Tory election promises include the re-establishment of grammar schools and increased opportunity for other schools to select pupils. Previously when selection governed entry to secondary education three quarters of the nation's children failed the
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Selfish over poll tax
SIR: I was really incensed by the true blue Tory Trish Buzzard's extremely selfish attitude over the poll tax. What sort of house has she to have been a Poll Tax gainer to the tune of £1,600? Trish Buzzard and her stablemates, those types who criticised
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RSPCA'S stance on experiments
SIR: Mrs B Harding (Your views, April 15) asks the RSPCA's view on animal experimentation. The Society's policies are: Opposition to all experiments or procedures which cause pain, suffering or distress; to animal experiments which involve unnecessary
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Elderly woman dies in flat fire
AN elderly woman was found dead in her smoke filled home in Bury by her care worker. Mary Noble, believed to be in her 80s, was discovered just before 10pm last night. Two Bury Social Services workers on their way to visit the pensioner were alerted by
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Former fire chief tries to settle strike
BOLTON'S former fire chief has been embroiled in desperate efforts to settle a dispute which today led to Essex's third firefighters' strike in five days. Essex fire chief John Sherrington is former Greater Manchester Fire Service B Division commander
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Sell off letter dropped after council row
A ROW has broken out after housing chiefs were stopped from sending a letter to tenants ... after being accused of "electioneering." They wanted to give details of plans which could force local authorities to sell off council houses. But it was withdrawn
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Bury on the brink of glory
BURY are gearing up for party time in their final game of the season at home to Millwall on Saturday week. "We haven't done it yet," a cautious but happy Hugh Eaves declared. "It was an enormously disciplined performance. We came here to win and we got
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Gundi's mission
GUDNI Bergsson is just 90 minutes away from confirming his fitness to lead Wanderers into their historic final fixture at Burnden Park. The Bolton skipper, missing for six games with a calf injury, has a trial run in the season's final reserve fixture
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Search for skilled employees
MORE North-west manufacturing companies are finding it hard to recruit skilled employees. A new survey shows that nearly half the manufacturing firms in the region are now experiencing increasing difficulty. This compared with one third in the final quarter
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Meningitis Trust roadshow offers facts on deadly virus
AN information van will be in Victoria Square on Thursday to pass on information about the deadly illness meningitis. Just a week after the death of schoolboy Ashley Rigby, the National Meningitis Trust's Mobile Awareness Vehicle and Information Service-MAVIS-will
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Daughter hunts for dad's £500 memorial
A GRIEVING daughter is trying to trace a £500 headstone after the sudden closure of the shop that made it. "Everything that was in the shop, including my father's stone, had gone," she said. Mrs Haworth, 45, of Willows Lane, Bolton had ordered the headstone
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African-bound youngsters cash plea: Don't make our mission impossible
MOSQUITO nets and insect repellent will be top of the list for packing when a group of Bolton teenagers embark on an exchange visit this summer. They are heading to the African country of Namibia to spend three and a half weeks visiting schools and churches
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Day out with Rotary
SIR: On behalf of the members of Bolton Age Concern, I would like to thank Bolton Rotary Club for the lovely day out they gave us at Wigan Pier on Sunday April 6. We all had a thoroughly enjoyable time and it was much appreciated by all who attended.
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Easter 'UFO' returns to town
A MYSTERIOUS object spotted in the sky over Bolton has now been seen in the Leigh area. As reported in the BEN, several people reported strange goings on over Rivington on Easter Sunday. Accounts described a disc-shaped object with flashing red, white
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Tears for Ashley
A COMMUNITY mourned the tragic death of four-year-old meningitis victim Ashley Rigby, yesterday, when his funeral took place just yards from the school he loved. Little Ashley died early last Wednesday in Booth Hall Children's Hospital after contracting
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Bolton West constituency profile (Conservative majority 1, 079 last General Election)
THE general apathy over the election seems to have passed Bolton West by as the candidates battle for a weathervane seat that could decide the result of the election. If patrician old-Etonian Tom Sackville is ousted by energetic young New Labour candidate
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We're grateful to Joan
SIR: I was absolutely thrilled to learn that Joan Anderson, Area organiser for Contact the Elderly in Bolton, was a finalist in the 1997 Bolton Woman of the Year Competition., Each month our five Contact the Elderly groups meet on a Sunday afternoon.
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Repeat show
LEIGH RMI and Great Harwood produced an action replay of Saturday's corresponding fixture in a 1-1 draw at the Showground last night. The hard-earned point was just enough to keep the Railwaymen's noses in front of Lincoln, who beat Worksop by a single
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Poet's Corner
Deep in the wood I wandered To a place of long ago There was a green oasis That no one else could know A man sat by the river In a long white dress of old And gazed into the water Seeming not to feel the cold As he put his hands together Whispering a
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Raiders flee empty handed
RAM raiders fled empty handed after attempting to smash their way into a Horwich camping shop last night. Four or five men using two vehicles, a stolen BMW and the other believed to be an Audi Quattro, were involved in the raid on Rivington Camping at
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REVIEW: St Joseph's Players, A Murder Has Been Arranged. Runs until Friday April 25.
FULL credit to St Josephs for tackling a pretty tough complex play which places great demands on its cast. Everyone from the bit part actor to those who had quite literally volumes of dialogue to memorise did a remarkable job with this work by Emlyn Williams
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Chris helps disabled stay active
A BOLTON nurse has lent her support to a charity which gives vital help to people with spinal injuries. Community nurse Chris Woodbridge helps Back-Up, which gives people with spinal injuries the chance to take part in a wide variety of activities. Sailing
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REVIEW: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Palace Theatre, Manchester.
Runs until May 3. WRITTEN in 1954 as a screen musical, Seven Brides had great stage potential from the start. The stage version had the freshness last night that the film had. The dancing, without the advantage of cinematic retakes, was remarkably good
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Pals say bye to Oz bound couple
TEARS flowed as friends and family of a young couple heading down under said their farewells at a party. Lindsay Dunn and her partner Guy Lennox emigrated to Australia on Monday and friends and family organised a proper Bolton send-off at Farnworth Social
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, April 22, 1972 BRITISH trans-Pacific rower John Fairfax, and his companion Sylvia Cox, today completed an amazing 8,000-mile journey from San Francisco to Australia. The couple, feared lost at sea six weeks ago, suddenly
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Tranmere tickets
WANDERERS will sign off the season at Tranmere on Sunday, May 4 in front of 5,600 of their own fans. That's the allocation for the Prenton Park clash (ko 1.30) and the first of the £10 tickets (no concessions) will go on sale to Burnden season ticket
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Burnden legend urges fans to show respect on big night
NAT Lofthouse today called on supporters to show their respect for Burnden Park when the curtain falls on Friday night. The Wanderers president has joined forces with manager Colin Todd in appealing to fans not to invade the pitch at the end of the Charlton
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Super Shakers point the way to promotion glory
Luton 0, Bury 0 A BARRAGE of jeers greeted the final whistle at Kenilworth Road last night. But the 'booze' will be of a champagne variety if Bury collect just a single point from their final two games. The toast at Luton last night was all 13 of Stan
