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Finance centre opens
LOMBARD Business Finance has opened a new business centre on St Peter's Courtyard, Bolton. It provides funding to businesses investing in assets ranging from plant and machinery, printing equipment and office equipment to commercial vehicles and motor
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Constructive action
BLACKROD-based Allen plc is to introduce a major "Safety First" campaign aimed at children. The growing building company, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, is keen to highlight the dangers youngsters face if they stray on to construction
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Troubled mum, 45, died after stairs fall
A 45-year-old mum who had suffered a "troubled life" died after falling down the stairs at her home. Mrs Valerie Ayre was discovered lying at the foot of the stairs by her daughter, Sarah Lambert in the early hours of February 2 this year. A Bolton inquest
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Steel firm's jobs joy
A BOLTON firm is today celebrating the news that its £11 million contract to build the futuristic Millennium Dome is to go ahead. The news, announced by the Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday, means 600 jobs are safeguarded at the Lostock firm Watson
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Lessons for the future
BOLTON has taken a lead role in promoting education and links with business and the community at large. A prestigious conference in the town drew together education and industry under one banner. Titled "Primary Schools and Businesses-The Mutual Benefits
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Don't stop the carnival!
IT'S fingers crossed for fair weather for Blackrod Carnival on Saturday. It was hoped that opera singer Leslie Garrett would put in an appearance and crown this year's carnival queen elect, Amanda Thompson, but unfortunately she has another engagement
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Lee's double stars in American Civil War spectacle
A BOLTON man is preparing for battle in the US after being invited to take the starring role in an American Civil War re-enactment. Neville Wantling is the first foreigner to be asked to play General Robert E Lee - because he is the spitting image of
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The facts of death on the track
A HARD-hitting drama about the dangers of trespass and vandalism on the railway network aims to keep youngsters on the right track. More than 1,000 secondary school pupils from Bolton have been invited to watch a performance of "I Dare You" at the Albert
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Reduce speed limit here
SIR: In the interest of reducing the speed of traffic on Wigan Road from Fernhill Petrol Station to town, I would like to propose that the 40 mph section, which starts at Hunger Hill and ends at Fernhill Garage, is reduced to 30 mph. Doing this would
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Row over '60 pupil classes'
THE new Labour Government sparked a furious row today by claiming some of Bolton's primary school children are being taught in classes of 60 - double the recommended maximum. But local education chiefs have slammed the figures as "nonsense" and "misleading
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Three players banned as Leigh get tough
THREE players have been banned following Leigh Centurions' bruising promotion win at Carlisle Raiders last Sunday. Carlisle skipper Gary Charlton has been handed a four-match suspension for dangerous use of the elbow on Safraz Patel - an incident which
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Picture was in poor taste
SIR: We have taken the Bolton Evening News for 48 years, which shows our support for it. However, we feel we must say that the picture of Melinda Messenger, on the front page of Friday evening's edition, was in very poor taste. We went to visit friends
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Give Zack a chance
SIR: Most evenings we read in the BEN reports of incidents where elderly people are mugged and conned and robbed of their possessions by evil thugs, or wanton destruction of properties caused by mindless morons who cannot think sensibly. Yet when caught
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He deserves a reprieve
SIR: With reference to the story about Zack, how can Bolton magistrates condemn this little dog to death when all it needs is that Robert should be ordered to keep it on a lead in public places. Zack has never been in trouble before, the seven-year-old
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How to stop car thefts
SIR: Once again there have been more deaths due to stolen cars being chased by police, as reported in BEN June 12. The do-gooders would probably say, is it worth it just for a car, and that the police shouldn't chase them. I say, maybe there should be
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I'm still your town mayor insists Councillor Kath
CLLR Kath Dawson is still Westhoughton's "first citizen" - and wants the world to know it. She resigned last week from the Liberal Democrat group but is still Westhoughton's mayor. Cllr Dawson believes that her resignation has caused some confusion in
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McDonald activists vow to fight on
ANIMAL rights activists in Bolton say they will continue to target burger giants McDonald despite the verdict in the "McLibel" case in London yesterday. After the longest running case in British history at the High Court, the multi-million pound fast
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Lewis raps Government over prison
THE Government is to go ahead with a new private prison at Agecroft in Salford. Home Secretary Jack Straw last night announced that the controversial project had been given final approval. But Worsley MP Labour Mr Lewis launched a bitter attack on his
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The Daily Poem
The morning sun heralds the day, The day I'll give the bride away. Morning suit all neatly pressed, Hoping nerves will stand the test. Vintage car bedecked with ribbon, Polished up, and chauffeur driven. Travelling just like a dream, Feeling like a King
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REVIEW: Riverdance, Nynex Arena, Manchester. Runs until June 29.
THIS show doesn't need any hype. It's good to look at, good to listen to and is a world-wide hit. And judging from the reaction from a packed out audience last night you can see why. Riverdance, which began as an interval filler all those years ago at
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Council blocks homes plan for second time
A MASSIVE housing development in Westhoughton has been blocked by Bolton Council . . . for the second time. Councillors last night refused planning permission for Redrow Homes to build 128 homes on land at Edges Farm, Woodwards Road, Daisy Hill. The scheme
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Wheels on fire
WHEELCHAIR-bound dancers will show the able-bodied a thing or two about taking the floor when they go into their routine in Bolton's Albert Halls. The Kaleidoscope Wheelchair Dancers are doing an exhibition spot during a tea dance which has been organised
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Legacy of love
AWARD-winning singer David Kellie, of Peel Street, Adlington, who died last year at the age of 44, only three weeks after marrying his long-time love, left an amazing legacy. Since his death from cancer, friends and members of amateur operatic societies
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'Slip of the hand' killed drug boy - inquest
A DRUG addict who died in a Bolton hospital was wrongly given a second dose of methadone in one evening because of a "slip of the hand" an inquest heard. Michael Stocks, of Sycamore Walk, Horwich, died on K2 Ward of the Royal Bolton Hospital in November
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Sky's the limit
WANDERERS' bank balance will soar sky high when they score a hat-trick of TV dates next season. Three appearances on Sky Sports in the first half of the season will net Colin Todd's Premiership hopefuls a cool £450,000, boosting their total TV income
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Boy banned from exam over haircut
A STUDENT was barred from sitting a GCSE exam - because of his haircut. Sixteen-year-old Steven Moores, of Cameron Street, Astley Bridge, was due to sit his Information Systems exam on Monday at Thornleigh Salesian College. But he was ordered out of the
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Boy's crime misery
CRUEL thieves who stole a boy's pet rabbit decided to give it the home comforts it was used to ... and returned to steal the hutch. The double strike was just part of a catalogue of thefts which have devastated schoolboy Barry Rideout. Unlucky BEN delivery
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Ton-up Johnson is Bradshaw's Hamer Cup hero
AN unbeaten century from Neil Johnson steered Bradshaw to a six wicket win as they finally ended their marathon Hamer Cup quarter final against Greenmount last night. The tie, which has gone on each night this week after being washed out on Sunday, looked
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A wonderful weekend
SIR: What a great weekend event it was at Westhoughton Show. It was extremely well run and very entertaining. The weather wasn't brilliant but, overall, I'm sure everyone enjoyed it. I know it's a long way off, but I'm already looking forward to next
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Cutting cost of our coinage
SIR: I refer to your article (BEN, June 16): Are forgers cashing in with magic money?" I believe that the mint has been using copper plated grades of ferrous based alloys (steel) for some years as a means of cutting the cost of coinage. However this is
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Make things more clear
SIR: I refer to the letter (BEN, June 11) - Traffic control is wanted - J. Alker, with reference to proposed new roads and another industrial estate. Yes Mr Alker, let application move forward with a properly controlled executive committee and an organised
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Red tape keeps couple poles apart
HEARTBROKEN Stan Dubrawski has blasted bureaucrats who he claims are keeping him and his wife apart. Bolton pensioner Stan, aged 81, has been battling with officials for more than seven months to make arrangements to be permanently reunited with his Polish
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Sympathy for neighbours
SIR: I have little sympathy for Mrs Sue King, whose property was allegedly vandalised by a couple renting it from her (BEN, June 6). My sympathy is with the neighbours in Lawn Street, who have to put up with tenants like these and others before them.
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Cowie is sent packing
WIGAN prop Neil Cowie could be put on the transfer list after being sent home in disgrace, The fiery Warriors forward was told to pack his bags six days early from the club's training camp in Coolangatta as a disciplinary measure. The 30-year-old Cowie
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Store raided
CIGARETTES and alcohol worth around £300 were stolen in a raid on a Spar store in the early hours of today. Police on patrol saw the raiders leaving the store on Borsdane Avenue, Hindley, and the police helicopter was brought in to help track a Ford Sierra
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Home grown fun at hall
A FUN-FILLED day is in store for residents with Sunday's launch of community facilities at the restored Mere Hall, the Bolton City Challenge community flagship project. And the activities are sure to be just what local people want - as they helped organise
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Spare us from rat invasion
A BOLTON pensioner is pleading with the council to find the source of rats which are plaguing his home. Over the last two years Joe Lord has called out pest control workers several times to try and tackle the problem in the yard at his Slater Street terraced
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Classroom go-ahead
OPTED-out Canon Slade School has been given the go-ahead by Bolton Council to build 14 new classrooms. It will mean that the Church of England School can take on an extra 30 pupils from September 1998. But the school has given guarantees to the council
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Town welcomes plan to ban danger fireworks
PLANS for a crackdown on dangerous fireworks have been welcomed in Bolton. As reported in last night's BEN, consumer affairs minister Nigel Griffiths announced wide-ranging reforms of the law to come into force before Guy Fawkes night this year. The new
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Eat up and be merry!
FOOD glorious food will be under the spotlight at pubs around the area next week. Bolton's public houses will be serving up their nosh with extra enthusiasm as the nation celebrates Pub Food Week. During the past few years pub grub has become a booming
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Number plate clamp nets 450
THE number's up for more than 450 motorists in Greater Manchester who, after a police clampdown on illegal registration plates, now face criminal charges. A two-week-Greater Manchester Police campaign aimed at cutting out illegally represented vehicle
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From the BEN files . . .
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, June 20, 1972 NEW uses must be found for the redundant churches in Bolton town centre. This is urged in the annual report of the retiring chairman of Bolton and District Civic Trust, Mr Gordon Thackrah. He regrets that
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Wanderers' ticket news
THE phased sale of season tickets for the Reebok Stadium yesterday moved on to the upper tier of the North Stand (the Family Stand) where existing Great Lever Stand season ticket holders will take up the bulk of the seats. Seats in the lower tiers of
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Todd's way avoids red faces
COLIN Todd cannot boast the £50 million Alex Ferguson has in his kitty but he has enough to send the club's transfer record soaring to dizzy new heights. The only trouble is that, like Fergie, Todd is finding that having millions in the bank doesn't put
