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Helen is the top qualifier
BOLTON Ladies champion Helen Braddock fired an early warning to her rivals when she finished top of the eight qualifiers in the Preston Scratch Trophy at Deane yesterday. The Old Links golfer fired in two rounds of 77 and 81 for a total of 158 and takes
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Skills shortages 'stops staff recruitment'
SMALL and medium-sized businesses believe that a lack of skills is one of the main factors limiting recruitment. A new survey shows that 48 per cent of North-west companies are not taking on staff because the workforce is not sufficiently skilled. The
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Birthdays' business is booming
CELEBRATIONS are never-ending for the Bury-based Birthdays Group Ltd. The UK's largest independent retailer of greetings cards has now won a national award for being one of the fastest-growing firms in the UK - for the fourth year running. Birthdays Group
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Young thugs try to rob pensioners
DETECTIVES are hunting two callous crooks who forced their way into the homes of pensioners in Leigh at the weekend and tried to steal cash. Police have warned old folk throughout the area to be on their guard after the crimes. The offences - carried
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MP calls for ID cards in teen crime fight
THE Government has been urged to introduce identity cards for young people, to stamp out under-age drinking. Leigh Labour MP Lawrence Cunliffe said that such a card - voluntary or compulsory - could be a major weapon against youth crime. Home Office Minister
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Angry villagers want to get the hump!
SPEEDING traffic and further housing development are the major threats to the rural life of peaceful Chapeltown say villagers. More than 40 local people packed into the Broadhead Room at St Anne's Church last night to discuss ways in which they can safeguard
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Give it
a rest SIR: How many more pictures are you going to publish of Ruth Kelly? I thought she was to be an MP not looking to her own interests. Please give us a rest from the same subject day after day. G Delaney Arundel Street, Bolton Previous news story
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Bolton designer in £60m BA logo row
BRITISH Airways' controversial new £60 million image unveiled today amid a barrage of protest is the work of a former Bolton student. Chris Holt, aged 48, is a former pupil of Bury's Derby School who also studied at Bolton College of Art and Design before
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Speed limits ignored
SIR: Speed limits which are already in place are seldom enforced. May I draw your attention to Moss Bank Way. After many hours work from locals and support from the BEN the limit was brought down to 30 from Forest Road to Temple Road. But on entering
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Why women have the best of everything
SIR: Why on earth does the country need a 'Minister for Women'. Women already have the best of it. Better looking, longer life span, joy of bearing a child, legislation to prevent man, even if he dare, placing an advertisement for a bricklayer labourer
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Check that phobia
SIR: Most people feel slightly anxious when visiting the dentist, but for some it can be a really daunting experience. Despite the fact that a visit to the dentist is now usually pain free, some adults are not seeking treatment because they suffer from
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'Sickly' Tories want say in party's future
BOLTON Tories in a constituency branded the party's "most sickly outpost" have called for John Major's replacement to give them more say. Deflated Bolton Conservatives were bitterly disappointed when MPs blocked moves which would have allowed them a small
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Mail strike threatened
BOLTON'S postal services and the town's college could both be hit by all out strike action within the next few weeks. Union members in the Royal Mail are furious at plans to close down the town's mail distribution centres. They have warned that they are
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Farrell news cheers Wigan
WIGAN skipper Andy Farrell will be fit for the clash against Brisbane Broncos on Monday. The Warriors influential loose-forward had to leave the game against Canterbury half way through the second-half with what appeared a hamstring injury. That could
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We don't want men only
SIR: I am astonished that in the 1990s, we still have people who believe that a woman's place is in the home and not at work. I refer to Mrs McAllion's sideswipe at our new MP Ruth Kelly and the birth of her son Eamonn. If Mrs McAllion had her way this
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Leigh fans to hit the road
LEIGH Centurions are urging their fans to hit the road and turn out in force for Sunday's promotion showdown with Carlisle Raiders. With three successive victories, culimating in their toppling of leaders Rochdale, resurrecting their promotion chances
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Couldn't be better
SIR: Having recently spent some time in the Royal Bolton Hospital. We feel it our duty to let the people of the Bolton district know how much care, consideration, help and security that the staff of Ward D4 gave to the patients on a ward of 28 beds. Even
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Triple award glory for Me and My Girl
MEMBERS of Farnworth AODS were triple winners in the prestigious Manchester Musical Awards held at the Lancastrian Hall, Swinton. The Awards, modelled on the BAFTA ceremonies, cover a large area including Crewe, Knutsford, Altrincham, Wilmslow, Bolton
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Your chance to sing with the national champions
SMITHILLS School will give two contrasting concerts, conducted by Chris Wormald, within five days of each other next month. The first is the Smithills School Summer Concert at the school, on Wednesday, July 2, at 7.30 pm. This will be the usual popular
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REVIEW: Rita, Sue and Bob Too, The Opera House, Manchester. Runs until Saturday.
THIS adults only classic - now on its fifth national tour - is hilarious with an underlying sadness. It contains simulated sex and an avalanche of four-letter words which is always more humorous than offensive. Parties of middle-aged women giggled and
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Jet-set Todd
COLIN Todd prepared to step up his talent search today with a whistle-stop continental tour. The Wanderers boss, still looking for a top-line performer to boost his strikeforce for a second assault on the Premiership, has targets to check on in Portugal
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Staff store their skills
STAFF at Whitakers of Bolton have gained the prestigious Investors in People award. Store Director Neil Russmann and representatives of different departments are pictured outside the Deansgate premises. Whitakers is one of seven stores throughout the
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Grounded Kathleen, 80, still determined to fly high
PENSIONER Kathleen Hall has spent 80 years with her head in the clouds, so her son decided on a birthday surprise designed to put her in a spin... The sprightly pensioner, who lives at Kenyon Lodge, Manchester Road West, Little Hulton, had two ambitions
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40 years on, and bond can still be a winner
A NATIONAL institution with a head for figures is celebrating its 40th anniversary - and one local person has a million good reasons to celebrate. The Premium Bond celebrates its milestone birthday in the knowledge that it has created 39 new millionaires
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Baby's killer jailed
A BOLTON man today began a life sentence after pleading guilty to the savage murder of his baby daughter. Sysa James Oudomvilay, 21, of Hooton Street, Daubhill, had previously denied murdering 19-month-old Demi Bolton. But at the last minute he changed
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BELLAMY HONOURS TIP WAR VICTORS
CAMPAIGNERS who successfully fought plans for a supertip at Red Moss, Horwich, are to be recognised for their efforts. Members of the Red Moss Action Group will be presented with the Lancashire Wildlife Trust's 1997 award by naturalist Dr David Bellamy
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Pathetic attack
SIR: Mrs McAllion's attack on Ruth Kelly was pathetic. Unable to accept the fact that her party suffered its most humiliating defeat on May 1, she now starts to question Ruth's ability as a parent. Ruth was a shining example to everyone during the campaign
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Enough main roads
SIR: I refer to Mr and Mrs Stones' letter, Springfield Road, Kearsley,(Your Views May 29),about buying a house on a busy main road, ie Bolton Road. Myself and thousands more people bought houses on Bolton Road, when there was only half the traffic on
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Watch for symbol
SIR: In a recent British survey more than a quarter of cows' milk samples tested had levels of organochlorines above the Maximum Residue Level and must therefore be considered to be a risk to the consumer. Information from the US Centre for Disease Control
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Stop these clampers
d=2,5 f=Zapf Dingbats s%90 oSIR: It's about time someone did something about these illegal wheelclampers. My husband and myself were the targets of one particular company around two years ago. At the time, my husband, who is registered disabled, was waiting
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Daily poem
Hugging up close, is carefree Spring. A clinch with a chap can make the heart sing. What does it matter if folk stop and stare? A hug is a symbol of loving and care. With father or mother, sister or brother, Hugging is lovely, one can lead to another
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They Nohow
to perform The cast of With a Song In Their Hearts With A Song In Their Hearts Nohow Productions Smithills Great Hall Runs until Saturday THIS skilful tribute to Rodgers and Hart devised by Marjorie Hough and Peter Ward is given star treatment by producer
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Music live and kicking
Bolton Schools' Music Festival, Victoria Hall, Bolton. Runs until Friday. PETER Pemrick, the director of Bolton Youth Recorder Consort, unwittingly summed up the whole evening. "Music should be fun," he declared, before leading his charges into the opening
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Police target house burglars
BOLTON detectives intend to tip the scales in favour of the public when they target the burglars who plague the town. 'Operation Scales' is a three-month initiative being set up to battle against thieves who break into homes. The operation, which starts
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Fom the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, June 10, 1972 ELVIS Presley, resplendent in a white suit and sequin-studded white cape, appeared for the first time in New York last night before a screaming audience of 20,000. Elvis, now 37, was totally in command
