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Timid dog left on the bus
A PASSENGER bought a ticket to ride for a puppy .... then got off leaving him on the back seat of a bus. The terrified mongrel was found cowering on the top of a double decker when the driver pulled into the depot. RSPCA chiefs fear the timid collie-type
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Posh schools told to let state pupils use facilities
BOLTON School and Bury Grammar School should throw their sports facilities open to the public and state-educated youngsters, MP David Chaytor has said. He told a Commons debate that the government should encourage independent schools to allow wider use
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Cricket shorts
IAN Taylor had the last laugh when his Tonge team-mates tried to wind him up last weekend. Taylor, the club's leading strike bowler had just taken a shower between innings when his skipper Simon Anderton told him he could open the innings. But while the
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Children's choir on tape
SINGING together to raise funds for Bolton Hospice will be 1,452 children from junior schools throughout the borough. The mass choir, which will be largest ever gathering of young singers under one roof in Bolton, will record a CD and cassette tape of
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Masked gang in shotgun shop terror raid
FOUR masked thugs brandishing a shotgun, a baseball bat and an axe handcuffed a newsagent during a terrifying robbery in Little Hulton. The thugs handcuffed the man's hands together before forcing his wife to open the safe. The thugs then fled with National
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Info plea for soccer book
SIR: I am currently writing a book detailing the history of Lincoln City Football Club. It is due to be published later this year and in connection with it I am seeking help from your readers. I would like to write to former players or the relatives of
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Builders using charity to con elderly
DISGUSTED Age Concern staff have issued an urgent warning after reports of a group of cowboy builders preying on elderly Bolton residents. The workmen have told pensioners in the Wigan Road area of Deane that Age Concern would refund the bills after the
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Harry seeks grandad
SIR: Information is requested by my cousin Harry Halliwell, now living in the States, about his Grandfather William H born June 12, 1873 and his brother H Howcroft. William attended Holy Trinity Church, Horwich before marrying Alice Ann Pendlebury born
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Teenagers demand action over bullies
BOLTON teenagers have urged schools to get tough on bullies. That was the message from a tough-talking conference organised at Burnden Park to highlight the concerns of Bolton's youth. A report on the outcome of the event will be submitted to councillors
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Let's hear it for our own town!
SIR: It may not have gone unnoticed that weather-wise, there is not much difference North versus South and Bolton, in particular, who put UK on the map with export of textiles, is now a pleasant smoke and fog free, attractive town with green and clean
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Horwich stage top race
THE third race in the English Junior Fell Race Championship series is on the Winter Hill course from the Top Barn at Rivington tomorrow. It's quite an honour for Horwich Harriers to stage the event and preparations have been going well to make it the
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We perform this op
SIR: An article recently published in your newspaper has been brought to my attention regarding a request for treatment for an aortic aneurism. The article was in a May issue in the section named Talking Point. This specific short article was entitled
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Use bridges for traffic
SIR: I refer to the existing bridges of the Lyons Industrial Estate. Surely this is the way we should be running heavy traffic to the Lyons Industrial Estate, Kearsley. Around £1 million of public money has been spent on two heavy duty twin lane bridges
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Most oppose park plans
SIR: I refer to Rivington and Lever Park. Thankfully the people administering the Millennium Fund had the good sense not to back NWW's plans for Rivington and Lever Park. Most people I have met and spoken to are against the plans. Most people are against
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Why Roy is still king of the cowboys
THE life-size cardboard cut-out is something of a talking point when you visit Betty Roby. Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys, lives on in the youthful and white-hatted splendour which thrilled generations of cinema-goers from the 1930s onwards. Her home
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Wanderers set to learn fate of Elliott bid
WANDERERS are closing in on Newcastle's Robbie Elliott. They will learn this weekend whether they have been successful in their ambitious bid to land the Tyneside star for a record-breaking £2.5 million. Magpies boss Kenny Dalglish is understood to be
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Schoolboy gun prank
A SCHOOLBOY prank terrified staff in a Bolton town centre card shop. Three women locked themselves in a back room after being confronted by a young boy brandishing a toy gun. The boy, who may be as young as 12, walked into several shops in St Andrew's
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MP urges action to end cash crisis
EDUCATION Minister Kim Howells has been told to act to end the cash crisis which has seen Bury College's budget slashed by £1 million. Ex-lecturer turned Bury North Labour MP David Chaytor said the Tory government's "internal market" changes to the funding
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Health trip for disaster kids
THE children of Chernobyl come to Walkden on Tuesday for a breath of fresh air. A group of Belarus children, aged from seven-to-12, will visit Walkden's Blackleach Country Park as part of a month-long visit to the UK. They'll spend the day at the Salford
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Looking for Jennifer
SIR: I am trying to trace Miss Jennifer Evans. I knew her 43 years ago. She lived at 15 Verdon Avenue, Wilton Road, Eccles, Salford 6. Henry McAdoo 3 Billinge Close, Bolton BL1 2JP Previous news story Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some
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Tonge ace bodes well for future
MATTHEW Bode is being hailed as a star of the future. Unfortunately for English cricket, 17-year-old Bode is Australian but at least Bolton cricket, and Tonge in particular, can claim some credit in the development of his career. The South Australian
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Nothing wrong with hair cut
SIR: I think the story in the BEN (June 20) about a young boy not being allowed into an exam was appalling. There are lots of young boys with this type of hair cut these day and as long as it's tidy I can't understand what the problem is. I think his
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Stores open seven days to beat rivals
SUNDAY shopping will become a permanent fixture for Bolton town centre shoppers later this year. Town centre managers revealed today that all the major stores and shopping centres will be open seven days a week all year round. The permanent seven days
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Hill climb to the top
THE Bolton Sports Federation tennis leagues pass the halfway stage this week and matches resume following the Divisional Cup first rounds and battle commences for the final places. For many years Holcombe Brook 'A' team have lead the Men's Premier Division
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Treble parking fees and reduce traffic
SIR: After the recent national car free day, I see there have been complaints through your column about the rise in town centre car parking fees. I say treble them. Anything that reduces the amount of traffic has got to be a good thing! While accepting
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Awards for volunteers
SIR: I would like to offer a challenge to your readers. Over 23 million people - nearly half the population of the UK - volunteer to help make our communities better places to live. But all too often the efforts of these volunteers go unnoticed. Or if
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Daily poem
We had lots of fun and played let's pretend. He was always there with me, by my side. Sometimes i would run and try to hide. But he always found me, like I knew he would. Then I grew up, but he never could. So I left him behind, my imaginary friend, For
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25 YEARS AGO
From the Evening News, June 28, 1972 OPPOSITION leader Mr Harold Wilson today made an astonishing attack on President Pompidou. He accused the French leader of squeezing the highest possible payment out of Britain as the price of entry into the Common
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Help 'Tuberculous Poor' said appeal
OLD papers seem to fascinate readers, and every so often, when someone comes across one - very often they've been lining drawers, or under the lino, for years! - they send it to me. Usually, they are not of great interest, for the simple reason that every
