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Brian generates a flying start
THE boss of a chain of 'buy and sell' retail stores makes an appearance on Granada's Flying Start at 7.30pm tomorrow night. Cash Generator Ltd has a shop in Bradshawgate, Bolton and others in Manchester, Rochdale, Salford, Sale and Hyde. Mr Brian Lewis's
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Development Agency should be in Bolton says boss
THE government's proposed Regional Development Agency for the North-west should be based in Bolton. This is the view of a leading member of the local business community, Mr Paul Davidson, Chief Executive of enterprise agency Bolton Business Ventures in
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Tearful service tribute
A BURY schoolgirl moved members of a 1,000 strong congregation to tears as she sang a hymn during a special service to mark the anniversary of last year's Manchester bombing. Worshippers at Manchester Cathedral sobbed quietly as Megan Garrity broke a
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We've won! New Euro deal on sport is just like cup victory
ARMCHAIR sports fans will still be able to watch national sporting events on mainstream television, after a key Euro deal was struck in Strasbourg this week, says local Euro MP Gary Titley. The European Parliament and EU national governments finally shook
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Just the job in Germany
FIVE Westhoughton students will be putting their language skills to the test when they head off to Germany next week for work experience. The students, all lower sixth formers at Westhoughton High School, will be staying with local families. They will
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Rundown shops in facelift bid
AN ambitious bid to spruce up a town centre eyesore, creating a family leisure complex next to the Water Place, has been revealed. Leisure bosses are approaching major companies in an attempt to revamp the firebombed row of derelict shops on Great Moor
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Hamilton puts Daisy on the way to victory
PROFESSIONAL David Hamilton was Daisy Hill's all round hero as they coasted to a resounding nine wicket win over Astley and Tyldesley yesterday, First he picked up three wickets for 12 off 11 overs as A & T were restricted to 121-9, 47 of those runs
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Last Post for old soldiers' club?
A HISTORIC Bolton club for ex-servicemen - the second oldest in Britain - could be forced to fold. The United Service Veterans' Association has been in existence since 1906. But a fall in attendances, just 40 of the 300 members regularly attend, has meant
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Are forgers cashing in with magic money?
A BOLTON man believes he may have stumbled on a counterfeit coin racket after being "short changed" with forged cash. Ronald Hulse believes he may have uncovered a widescale fraud ring which could have been producing fake coins nationally since 1993.
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Euro link leads to Finnish-ing school exchange
STAFF and pupils at St Bede CE School put the perfect 'Finnish' to their innovative EEC project to forge links with schools abroad . . . The primary school on Morris Green Lane, Bolton, joined in the Socrates Project which offers support and funding to
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Knights title blow
IN WHAT was effectively the title decider in the North West Little League, Bolton Knights Baseball Club lost 15-14 after extra innings to local rivals Trafford Saints. In a thrilling game lasting almost three hours. From the start Bolton looked determined
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Action girl Jenny should walk award!
A HORWICH schoolgirl who has shrugged off illness to tackle strenuous fund-raising efforts for charity has been nominated for a Citizen of the Year Award. With the help of her school pals, Jenny Crouch, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, has raised thousands
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Improve on park's disgusting loos
SIR: My family use Moss Bank Park regularly as we find the play equipment very good and with the animals and butterflies as well it makes for a good day out. However, it seems a shame that Bolton Council can't spend a little more money to build a new
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Rats of the week
SIR: I wish to nominate a group of people for Rats of the Week, or even Rats of the Century. The people are the mindless people who cause expensive criminal damage to an establishment which is already short of money. They are the people who target the
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You care for their graves
SIR: Fifteen months ago you were kind enough to print a letter outlining our Society formation and its aims. Many of your readers responded and in total we now have 250 members, including 20 Battle of Britain pilots. We are also beholden to many famous
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Atherton LR look to the future
ATHERTON LR new first team supremo Gerry Luczka has wasted no time in getting to grips with the task in hand at Crilly Park. Just days into his new role at the club he has announced ambitious plans for a weekly Saturday morning Soccer Nursery. "We have
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Daily Poem
Oh, Mr Ford what will we do, We'd like to write a poem But we're not as good as you. We do it just for pleasure, And to give others pleasure too. A lot from 'Poets Corner', Are down in Nelson Sq ladies loo. I have looked them over, Can't see any from
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REVIEW: Finlandia, Bolton Junior Youth Orchestra and Turku Cathedral Boys Choir, Bolton Parish Churc
THIS was an uplifting evening of cross-cultural entertainment carried in a moving spirit of international friendship and co-operation. Here were the boys of Turku, Finland, performing with the cream of Bolton's young musicians. The event was to celebrate
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£186,000 school extension is top class
ONE hundred and fifty pupils at Sacred Heart RC Primary School in Hindsford, Atherton, will be brought together for the first time in 40 years. Following the completion of a massive £186,000 project, a new classroom and resource block has been opened
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Give us your tips on 300 jobs plan
A JOBS plan creating work for more than 300 people will be discussed with Kearsley residents this week. Bolton Council is seeking views on their plans to turn the Singing Clough tip into an industrial site. The former rubbish tip is at the centre of proposals
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Away the lads!
WANDERERS will kick off life in the Premiership with three successive away games. In the first six weeks of the new season they will play only twice at the Reebok Stadium. But what a cracking home start with full houses expected when Everton, the first
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Graham takes helm for US link
THE British American Business Group in the North-west has a new Chief Executive. Mr Graham Thelwall Jones has taken over at the head of an organisation dedicated to stimulating trade, investment and cultural awareness between the North-west and North
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Lancashire turn to Hodgkiss
THE Lancashire committee yesterday co-opted Bolton businessman David Hodgkiss as a replacement for Clive Lloyd, who resigned at the start of the month. Hodgkiss is Managing Director of William Hare Steel Construction Company and the committee felt that
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£4-a-day parking threat
MOTORISTS could face charges of up to £4-a-day to drive their cars into congested cities and town centres. But Bolton's planning and environment chief Cllr Jack Foster said today that the council would prefer to see a better integrated transport system
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Egerton book semi spot
EGERTON are the first team to book their semi-final place in the Bolton League's Hamer Cup competition. Their quarter-final tie at Horwich was the only one to be completed yesterday as the weather had the upper hand again. Batting first, Egerton totalled
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It's neck and neck at the top
WALKDEN underlined their Bolton League championship credentials with a crushing victory over Egerton. While leaders Tonge had to rely on a rescue act to avoid defeat against Horwich, Walkden drew level at the top after completing an 89 run victory in
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Childline tricksters con cash out of pub-goers
CONMEN are targeting Bolton pub-goers claiming to be collecting for charity. But the bogus collectors selling roses are lining their own pockets and not boosting funds for children's charity Childline. Childline director Mr William Kidd has branded the
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Seat of power?
SIR: Cllr Peter Johnston (Letters Page BEN June 12) boasts that he has never been politically correct in his life. Yet he describes himself as the Chair of a Bolton MBC committee. Is he really made of wood and needs sitting on? Arthur Cartain Arundel
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Juniors continue Bolton success
BOLTON'S success in the Interleague rounders games against the Bury League continued when the juniors met at Eagley Sports Complex. Team manager Alison Saunders enthused: "The whole squad played as a unit, all the hard work in selection and practise paid
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This piece of paradise
SIR: I just had to put pen to paper. I have lived in the Chorley Old Road area for 40 years and have seen many changes and some not for the better, I might add, with litter and rubbish left everywhere. But there is one piece of heaven I love to see. It's
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Leigh on track of a winning target
By Mike Hulme: Carlisle Raiders 12, Leigh Centurions 24 LEIGH Centurions have set themselves a six-game promotion and championship double target. They believe that yesterday's sensational victory at second placed Carlisle now gives them the inside running
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Credit Union banks on success
MEMBERS of the Breightmet Credit Union are this month celebrating the club's first birthday. In the first year of membership, 118 people have joined the community bank, with 46 people applying for loans. Savings have grown to £5,350, and the word from
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Car park fees to hit Bury streets
PARKING fees in Bury are set to change. A package of parking measures will be introduced including a charge for on-street parking. Bury town hall officials say the measures will bring the town in line with other shopping centres in Greater Manchester.
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Firm struts its stuff at stadium!
s=10.5f+bos=9o Geoff Hickman, the company's safety representative, said that the system will allow operatives to climb floodlight platforms in complete safety. Operators are secured to a stainless steel cable by a special coupler passing through intermediate
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, June 15, 1972 BRITAIN will have breakfast-time television within a year, an ITV executive forecast today. He outlined a 'bonus' of another 1,000 hours of programmes for the coming year, and said 'I should be very surprised
