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Motorist runs off after car crash
A DRIVER ran off after an accident in which a mother and her teenage daughter were injured. Mary Garforth, aged 36, and her daughter Carrie, 14, suffered shock and minor cuts and bruises when their Escort car was involved in an accident with a Renault
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Clive gets car after reward to save thieves
THE Bolton man who offered a £100 reward to "save the lives of joy-riders" has been reunited with his vehicle. Clive Taylor made the unusual step because he feared that schoolchildren would be killed driving his Fiat Uno. But the vehicle has now been
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Scooby doos it again!
A BOLTON man was allegedly caught in possession of drugs - thanks to the super-nose of a crime busting dog. The man, who has not been named, was arrested in the visitors' room at Garth Prison, Leyland, near Preston. Staff say he was caught in possession
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There's no hiding place for yobs
CRIMINAL and vandals will now be watched day and night in Leigh and Wigan town centres, with the introduction of electronic "eyes". The £380,000 system consists of 52 cameras, which produce high quality pictures covering all the key town centre junctions
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Queens have all abdicated!
THE future of Westhoughton's Festival Queen competition is in doubt after this year's event was totally ignored by local girls. The competition failed to attract any entrants and even members of the festival committee itself - and the judges themselves
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She recalled dancing days
SIR: After having my letter printed in the BEN on April 22 regarding Ballroom Dancing in the past, I received a letter from a young lady who knew me from those days. A Mrs D Robinson (Your Views April 29) she mentions a Stanley Edge teaching dancing.
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Wanderers stars are up for sale
WANDERERS players will be dwarfed next season - to fit in toy boxes. Buckinghamshire model-making company Corinthian are set to extend their popular line of model figures to include Bolton players again. Now that the team are back in the full glare of
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An Indian summer
SIR: Fifty years ago this summer, independence came to the subcontinent of India. To mark the occasion I am planning a reunion and patiently tracking down former soldiers who served in British units of Indian Airborne. If any of your readers were parachute
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Cricket club homes plan put on hold
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build houses on part of Horwich RMI Cricket Club ground have been deferred by town councillors. The application for 12 houses and a rear access road at land off Ramsbottom Road has attracted opposition from local residents and their
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Relative matters
SIR: I am looking for a relative, Valerie, known to be living near Edgworth, Bolton. Her mother was called Doris. Doris was brought up by her grandparents Patrick (Paddy) Comer and Susannah (Susie) Stones. They lived in Three Mill Lane, Old Swan, Liverpool
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Get cooking
With Ian Jeffery, our new resident food and cookery writer HELLO and welcome to "Get Cooking", the new weekly food and cookery column with me, Ian Jeffery. As this is the first time out for both me and the column, I thought I'd take the opportunity to
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Woman driver's lucky escape
A WOMAN had a lucky escape when her car careered out of control and ploughed into a farmer's field after the engine caught fire early today. Louise Pitts drove the Vauxhall Carlton car through a fence after smoke started pouring from the engine on the
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Wanderers go in search of history
WANDERERS will be playing for a place in football history when they put the finishing touches to an incredible season at Prenton Park tomorrow. A 2-0 win over Tranmere will give Colin Todd's Champions the unique double of 100 points and 100 league goals
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Reach for the sky!
PHIL Brown refuses to listen to talk of consolidation and safety first as he sets out his hopes and aspirations for next season's Premiership campaign. Wanderers are looking up and Colin Todd's chief coach is reaching for the sky. "Words like 'consolidation
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Help Sandra find party friends
A FORMER Bolton woman is searching for lost friends as part of a surprise party celebrations for her husband. Sandra Thomasson, formerly Walsh, is anxious to get in touch with former workers at Bolton's Electricity Board on St George's Road before her
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Top riders in cycle tour
CYCLING stars got on their bikes in Bolton today to compete in one of the premier races in the country. Stage Two of the 1997 Four Day Tour of Lancashire Cycle Race started this morning in Victoria Square. More than 100 of the country's top cyclists were
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Thieves silence talking news for the blind
BLIND people will be without their Talking Newspaper service this week after thieves stole recording equipment worth more than £3,000. The theft, on Wednesday night, was the third time the newspaper for the blind and visually impaired has been hit in
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Make a fresh start
SIR: I am in total agreement with the letter recently about the Western World only being rich because of the nuclear power industry and that poorer countries' slave labour allows for luxuries such as coffee, tea to be sold in our shops thousands of miles
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Were you in Korea?
SIR: The year 2000 marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, when many special commemorative events will take place both here and in Korea. In the run-up to this occasion the BKVA is under-taking a national survey of British veterans
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They were so helpful
SIR: On Thursday April 24, a card was put through the door to say that an 'item' had been taken back to Farnworth Post Office. I had ordered a gold copy of the BWFC last programme. I called to pick up my programme on Friday April 25, the day of the last
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Business would be out of place
SIR: In view of the publicity you have recently given to the proposed conversion of the former Bromley Cross clinic to an Indian restaurant, I feel that you may be interested in part of a letter I sent to Cllr Don Eastwood, Education Committee Chairman
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Poet's Corner
At five-hundred pounds and nine feet in length, From his nose to the tip of his tail, The King of all Beasts, with his long hairy mane In safety can walk any trail. He stands with his pride, he has so need to hide, He hasn't a fear or a care, When his
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25 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News, May 3, 1972 A PROTEST against the imminent closure of Shipgates to pedestrians was made at last night's Council meeting by Labour leader Ald Harry Lucas. He said that the footway from Bradshawgate to Mealhouse Lane had been a public
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Purple days in Premier division
WANDERERS are planning a starring role in the colour purple on their Premiership travels next season. After recent successes in various shades of blue, yellow, red and blue and dark green, the Super Whites are breaking new ground with their latest away
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Stan's happy with his lot
TWENTY-FOUR hours after seeing their heroes clinch a place in Division One, Bury fans experienced first hand knowledge of the price of success. Stan Ternent, the manager who has led the Shakers to successive promotions in the space of just 19 months,
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Loyal Dean gets testimonial reward
BOLTON Wanderers paid tribute to a decade of success and hard work today when they announced the granting of a testimonial for Dean Crombie. One of the club's most popular characters is ready to kick off the celebration of 20 years in football - 10 as
