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Welcome to Horwich's super stadium!
HORWICH Council has given a warm welcome to Bolton Wanderers who are set to move into their new stadium in the town next season. A formal notice of motion in the name of council leader Kevan Helsby - a big fan of the club - was unanimously supported by
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Desert walkers' feat of endurance
FOOTSORE Barbara Goulding and John Brownlow have walked over 60 miles in the footsteps of Moses to raise vital cash for cerebral palsy sufferers. The two Bolton people took part in a major fund-raising initiative by the national charity SCOPE. Both Barbara
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House blaze hero rescued
FIREFIGHTERS carried out the dramatic rescue of a man who was overcome as he bravely tried to save a blazing house. Peter Frost, aged 38, became trapped in the smoke and heat as he tried to fight the fire in the house next to his own in Astley Street,
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Labour sums on education
SIR: I refer to your news item in which Ruth Kelly claimed that money spent paying for assisted places would be better spent reducing class sizes in infant schools. She does not explain where the money will come from to pay for the education of the children
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Wasps stung by Leigh pack power
Leigh Centurions 34 York Wasps 14 DEAN Purtill again took the scoring honours as Leigh cruised to a fifth straight win but it was up front where the real heroes were found. Winger Purtill collected two tries and five goals to take his season's tally to
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Remember our roots
SIR: I find it rather sad that our council cannot donate money to help sponsor/contribute to the film production of "The Wartime Wanderers". I do appreciate that services do cost a lot of money and their Budget will be most restrictive. What I firmly
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Poet's Corner
Monday morning mum would arise, Never ever later than five. For she had a mammoth feat, To do the washing for the week. No washer or tumble drier, The water heated in a boiler, Fuelled by a coke fire. The washing was done in a dolly tub, With rubbing
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Dream centre is tonic for disaster children
TOP treatment in the five star surroundings of a first class rehabilitation centre was just a dream for the parents of a generation of Chernobyl children ravaged by disease . . . But one Bolton woman has spearheaded a remarkable campaign which has turned
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25 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News, April 27, 1972 BOLTON teacher Mrs Mary Shuttleworth last night declared war on top cook Fanny Cradock. First shots were fired when Fanny criticised Mrs Shuttleworth's use of ivy leaves as garnish for a meal in the final of a televised
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Share float set for bumper premium
BOLTON Wanderers are expected to make their debut on the Stock Exchange tomorrow with their shares tipped to open at a premium. The formation of Burnden Leisure plc was being approved in London today at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders
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Boss denies Stoke link
DELIGHTED Bury boss Stan Ternent reflected on his side's remarkable rise to the Nationwide first division and put their second promotion in two years down to some good old-fashioned northern graft. The Shakers made their point to those who have doubted
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Wanderers praise their fans
BOLTON Wanderers stand head and shoulders above the rest as the pride of the Nationwide League. Champions by a distance, they are heading back to the fame and fortune of the Premiership showered with high praise and glowing tributes. But this time it's
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Firemen rescue bridge fall woman
FIREMEN rescued a woman trapped in stream with a broken ankle after she fell from a bridge at Leigh. The woman was taking a short cut across waste ground near Atherleigh Way when she slipped. She had been walking with her husband who rushed to a nearby
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A Super Whites wedding
THE father of a Bolton bride gave his daughter away at a Super White wedding - then dashed off to Wanderers' last match at Burnden Park. Lifelong fan Alan Owen saw Suzanne tie the knot with husband John Warburton, at Mere Hall Register Office on Friday
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Harry's game!
HARRY Cooke has played cricket long enough to know that the game can produce all kinds of surprises. And yesterday it brought 53-year-old Harry a bumper bundle. Playing for Daisy Hill second team against Clifton seconds he started the day by picking up
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Signing off
SIR: With reference to your article concerning the removal of Mr Ahmed's "offensive" signs from Victory Carpets (BEN: April 22). Can I presume that the council's environmental department will now call for the removal of the garish "Vote Labour" placards
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Man held on Rachel murder
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of the brutal murder of the daughter of former Bolton judge Brian McGrath. Rachel McGrath's throat was cut in a frenzied knife attack as she waited for her boyfriend outside a pub in Bramhall, Stockport, on Friday.
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Top Tory and Labour plans
SIR: Every good organisation should have a strategy if it wants to succeed. Therefore it comes as no surprise that New Labour has one. Brian Mawhinney knows that the Tories have one, he probably helped to compile it. The point here is, how did he come
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Paul's got a proud record
SIR: How dare your political editor say Tory candidate Paul Carter faces a hopeless task? (BEN: April 22) And what a cheek to say Mr Carter knows that standing in this election is a training scheme for becoming an MP later. Since being selected as the
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Fans asked to look to their Laurel's
A DOCUMENTARY film maker has appealed to Bolton people for their memories of Britain's greatest clown when he visited the town 50 years ago. Yorkshire-based Videos Unlimited are making a major documentary on comedy screen giant Stan Laurel to celebrate
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Tom Sackville and Red Moss
SIR: I write to protest vehemently regarding the political article featured on Wednesday, April 23. Indeed I speak for many friends and colleagues, who are very angry. I am sure that you are well aware of the matter in question - I refer, of course, to
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'Abuse victim' plans to sue authorities
A BOLTON man is preparing legal action after alleging that he was a victim of physical and sexual abuse in homes across the country when he was a child. The allegations, which centre on Lady Tong clinic in Bolton and children's homes in North Wales and
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Top score for all the Wanderers words
SIR: I wish to congratulate you on your extensive coverage of Bolton Wanderers this season. I am currently travelling around the world for a year with my wife, Samar, whom I met in Egypt. The last game I saw, or will see, at Burnden Park was a 3-1 win
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Listen to his lackeys
SIR: I would like to correct E Smith (BEN: April 21). It is Labour who intend to undo all our ancestors have fought and died for, by making no secret that they intend to hand this country to German control without a drop of blood being shed. Our ancestors
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They've all betrayed us!
SIR: May I bring to your notice the headline 'How we have been betrayed by the Tories', published on the leaflet distributed by Bolton West Labour Party. As a senior citizen I know I have been betrayed by ALL politicians. During the present election campaign
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Boro's late penalty agony
LINCOLN UNITED 2 RADCLIFFE BORO 1 RADCLIFFE Boro were just three minutes from automatic promotion to the Unibond Premier Division. An 87th minute Mark Rookyard converted penalty, after being hauled down by David Bean, earned Lincoln United the victory
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In form RMI set up a promotion showdown
WORKINGTON 0 LEIGH RMI 4 LEIGH RMI overcame early jitters, demolishing a Workington side that faded badly, to set a table-topping crunch match at Hilton Park tomorrow night against leaders Radcliffe Borough. Both clubs are on 81 points with two games
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Stirring stuff from male choir
Maesteg and District Male Voice Choir, Victoria Hall, Bolton. WELSH male voice choirs are always well received in Bolton, but on Saturday night the applause for the one from Maesteg and District was particularly warm. Some members of the audience stood
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More honours for Bolton stars
CHRIS Fairclough, winner of the inaugural Players' Player of the Year award, won the Blackpool fans' poll for Most Consistent Player. John McGinlay added to his list of honours when he picked up the Player of the Season trophy of the Fylde Branch of the
