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Bands net lotto brass
THE latest round of arts lottery hand-outs is music to the ears of two local bands. A grant of £36,000 has secured the future of Bolton Youth Brass Band who can now buy a wide range of new instruments. Brass instruments for children aged from 10-18 will
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Cricket club homes plan thrown out
PLANNERS have bowled out controversial plans to build luxury homes on a prized plot of land next to a cricket pitch. Developers have been told they cannot construct a dozen detached houses on the land off Ramsbottom Road, Horwich. The planning committee
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I took mine to my garden
SIR: This is my answer to "Where have stones gone?" (BEN June 18). I have enclosed a photograph showing my mum's stone from Overdale in my garden after 25 years. I asked what would happen to it. I could have paid £100 four years ago. I asked the helpful
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Women demand hotel closure
TWO families are demanding the closure of a Spanish hotel after a "holiday from hell." Best friends Kay West and Joanne Baczynski, their husbands and three children have just returned from the picturesque Spanish island of Minorca after what they call
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Taking a bus is not easy!
SIR: I read with great amusement the letter from Andy Brabbin in which he suggested the lady from Markland Hill should 'take the bus'. Is he aware that there is only one company that runs a service to Markland Hill and that the company has been frequently
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Danger in a right turn
SIR: Have you tried to turn right at traffic lights in the Bolton town centre and the surrounding areas? I've found it a very frustrating experience! Over the last six months I've made a list of traffic lights which do not have filters to turn right -
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Instructor killed in diving tragedy
A YOUNG Bolton diving instructor has died after an accident in a flooded quarry in North Wales. David Hayes, treasurer of Horwich Sub-aqua Club, was diving in a deep slate quarry near Penygroes, Snowdonia. It is the third tragedy to hit the Horwich club
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Is anyone welcome at toddlers' groups?
SIR: I refer to the article in the BEN (Saturday, June 14). It was about the father, Roy Healey, who gave up his job to care for his two young sons so that his wife could return to work as a GP. He expressed difficulty in attending playgroups with his
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Second-hand child seat danger warning
MANY second-hand kiddy-seats could KILL a child in a car crash, a Bolton company claims. Nursery product manufacturer Dorel UK Ltd in Farnworth was so shocked by the state of one second-hand seat it examined that it sent a team to check up on child seats
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Waiting for it to happen
SIR: I refer to your story reporting on the unsafe abutments, falling masonry etc at Darcy Lever Viaduct. Your newspaper wrongly stated British Rail was, and is, responsible for its maintenance and upkeep. Whether this was a Freudian slip or a PR wobble
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No objection to change
SIR: On Thursday the June 19, under the headline "Kicking up a fuss in full kit", your reporter stated that an objection to the positioning of the proposed changing facilities at Ridgmont Park had been made by "members of the nearby Masonic Lodge". As
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Daily poem
Why is it? When things seem down Someone always comes along To help you off the ground. Why is it? When your heart begins to melt The feelings you had for someone else You wish you never felt. Why is it? When you're happy as can be You never have a bad
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Paul and Ian's new challenge
PAUL Kirkbright and Ian Stephenson form the production team for the area premiere of the challenging Man of La Mancha which will be staged by St Philip's AODS in September. They hope to repeat the great success they had with A Funny Thing Happened on
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Woman dies in head-on crash
A WOMAN was killed and her husband left battling for his life when the car they were travelling in collided head on with a lorry. Patricia Costello, 50, a housewife, from Tynesbank in Worsley, had been travelling along the A57 close to Gretna, on the
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REVIEW: Lark Rise, Bolton Little Theatre, Smithills Hall, Bolton.Runs until Friday, with a further p
KEITH Dewhurst has captured the essence of Lark Rise in his dramatisation of the first of Flora Thompson's autobiographical volumes of north Oxfordshire rural life in the late 19th century. Last night's opening of BLT's promenade version - their first
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Clamp on TV licence dodgers
TV Licensing is stepping up its campaign to catch licence dodgers. People in Bolton are being warned that if they are found with a television, but without a licence, they could be prosecuted and face fines of up to £1,000. This year already in Bolton
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Farnworth brims with young talent
I HAD the pleasant, though difficult task, of choosing some of the winners in the Farnworth Little Theatre's Youth Theatre Annual One-Act Play Festival. FLT has always had a very active group of young people aged between 13 and 18, drawn from the local
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Nathan may help solve riddle of missing Jamie
A YOUNG Bolton actor will be seen tonight retracing the last journey of missing Manchester schoolboy Jamie Lavis. Eight-year-old Nathan Humphries, of Breightmet Drive, took part in the reconstruction which will be broadcast on Granada TV's Crimebusters
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Wanted men
MIXU Paatelainen and David Lee could be following Scott Green on their way out from Wanderers. The Finland international and the flying winger have rejected new contracts immediately prompting transfer interest. Burnley are keen on Paatelainen while Fulham
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Peter's the new man on the block
A NEW man is in charge at one of Bolton's biggest factories. Mr Peter Carr, aged 41, is managing director at Beloit Walmsley Ltd. He has arrived during the American company's current global re-organisation exercise which is likely to include a change
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MP, new mum - now TV star
RUTH Kelly is to star in a TV series about women MPs. A documentary crew is filming the newly-elected Bolton West MP's first few months as a politician. It is part of a series about Westminster Women to be broadcast early next year. Ms Kelly is one of
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Heart swap man is such a good sport
PLUCKY Walter Gill is refusing to let his age prevent him from living life to the full. Mr Gill is 67 and is looking forward to competing in next month's British Transplant Games as a member of the team of heart transplant recipients from Manchester's
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We're cracking up in our home
RETIRED engineer Jack Eckersley says he is cracking up because his crumbling house has been ignored by Bolton Council for FIVE years. Mr Eckersley, aged 68, has lived at his Singleton Avenue, Breightmet home for more than 40 years. He claims he reported
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Bands net Lottery cash
THE latest round of arts lottery hand-outs is music to the ears of two local bands. A grant of £36,000 has secured the future of Bolton Youth Brass Band who can now buy a wide range of new instruments. Brass instruments for children aged from 10-18 will
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Police plea after OAP home attack
POLICE today issued a new appeal for witnesses after a 72-years-old Leigh woman was robbed of £140 by a bearded burglar who threatened to stab her with a kitchen knife as she lay in bed. The terrified pensioner was threatened by the masked intruder who
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It's a great
holiday SIR: We are at Regent Caravan Park having won the BEN Readers' Club Holiday Draw. Thanks to all concerned. We're having a great time. Mr and Mrs B Shore, Horwich. Previous news story Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and
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Tighten those
muscles SIR: How to flatten your tummy and slim your thighs, without pills, dieting and exercising! Simply tighten your tummy muscles and thigh muscles and do these exercises four times daily. You will soon find a vast improvement if you do these regularly
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Police hunt for evil thief
A CRUEL burglar who broke into a frail pensioner's home stole a treasured memento of her dead husband. The thief smashed his way into the house as the 88-year-old widow slept and stole cash and a haul of jewellery including her husband's gold watch. And
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D-Day for Cowie
WIGAN prop Neil Cowie's future with the club could be decided by directors at a special meeting tomorrow. But Warriors chairman Jack Robinson denied reports that the 30 year old Welsh forward was already being lined up in a player plus cash swap deal
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Leigh face new-look finals
LEIGH Centurions face an exhausting end to their season following a decision that the Premiership competition for clubs in divisions one and two is to be grouped into four regional pools. The competition will begin on July 27, after the end of the league
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Not allowed to
collect stones SIR: In reply to Mr B Olivers letter printed on June 18. I agree wholehearedly with his comments. A number of years ago my mother was informed that her parents' memorial stones were due for renewal after 25 years. Surely after someone has
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This park's for the people
SIR: Lord Leverhulme donated the Lever Park to the people of Bolton. The reservoirs were built by our local councils. NWW were allowed to co-ordinate the supply of water in our region. The Conservative government sold our water supply, which already belonged
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REVIEW: Home Truths, Opera House, Manchester. Runs until Saturday.
IF only this play was as good as the reputations of the people in it. Christopher Cazenove, Edward Hardwicke, Linda Baron (Nurse Gladys Emmanuel in Open All Hours), even Estelle Skornik (Nicole in the Renault Clio ads). Why are they doing this? Home Truths
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Peter born to act on stage
By Doreen Crowther, Showbusiness Correspondent ACTOR Peter Collins from Bolton is on tour with the internationally award-winning Theatre de Complicite in a production of Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle. The play will be performed in the round
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Election waste is in the bag
LIBERAL Democrat councillor Barbara Ronson, who stood as a candidate in the General Election, has found a use for all the extra paperwork she received during the campaign. The increased load has contributed to Fort Sterling's recycling operation at Horwich
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Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to the pub we go!
MINIATURE mystery visitors to the Wrights Arms pub near Belmont village have got regulars stumped. They answer to the names Sleepy, Bashful, Doc, Sneezy, Grumpy and Happy - and have been turning up on the pub doorstep on Belmont Road in the middle of
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, June 23, 1972 THE Pound is floating, which means that it is not tied to any official exchange rate. The move was announced today as a solution to the tremendous battering the pound has taken in foreign exchange markets
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Wanderers ticket news
GROUPS of Wanderers' season ticket holders who have submitted block bookings for seats in the new Reebok Stadium have been told to stay away from Burnden Park on Thursday when tickets go on sale. Many Burnden and Manchester Road terrace regulars, who
