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Worldwide messages about Wanderers - thanks to all who have contributed!
We have proved even to the likes of Alan Hansen that we are good enough to stay up. Let's prove to Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday. Good luck and please, please, please win. Bolton Wanderers Supporters Club London Come on, Bolton. You've worked hard to
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Success is in the stars, says BEN astrologer
SUCCESS for Wanderers on Saturday could well be written in the stars. According to BEN astrologer June Baker-Howard, tomorrow's events look promising for several players . . . and that could spell bad times ahead for Sheffield Wednesday! The respected
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Crausby wages war on Tories in pay row
BOLTON MP David Crausby slammed Tory opposition to a national minimum wage by claiming their next General Election slogan will be "Vote Tory and return to poverty pay". He was hitting out in the Commons at the Conservatives' attempt to talk out the legislation
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Stars on his thighs and hope in his heart
A DESPERATE display of passion has been urgently called for by a Bolton Wanderers fan for whom nothing is "tattoo" much trouble. Super Bolton soccer fan Andy Kearney, who has heroes in "thigh" places, has literally got the club under his skin. The 33-
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Veteran John will not give up the fight
JOHN Sheridan is ready to put his experienced shoulder to Wanderers' survival wheel even though he knows he might not be around to enjoy the fruits of his labours. The veteran midfielder doesn't know whether he will be asked to stay on when his contract
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Town takes super stadium to its heart
A BOLTON business with a multi-million pound turnover is enhancing commercial and social life in the town. The Reebok Stadium is already proving to be much more than a magnificent new home for Bolton Wanderers. It is developing as an attractive venue
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The Daily Poem
NO SMOKING I was only 13 - a Woodbine I'll have to try. You've been smoking, you stink, now don't lie. Mother sensed what was going on. Cigarettes and their smoke was frowned upon. Cigarettes are out in our house; Take heed what I say. No need for a long
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Council leader defends huge wage rises
BURY'S council leader Derek Boden has defended plans to award top town hall bosses pay rises of up to £7,000 a year. He said the increases were "essential" in attracting the right kind of people for the job. The pay recommendations, made by a specialist
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We're right behind you!
MESSAGES from the stars, urging the Wanderers to come out fighting in tomorrow's vital Premiership clash against Sheffield Wednesday, continue to pile up at the BEN's offices. And one good luck message came from a very unexpected corner - Garry Flitcroft
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Blaze destroys cricket pavilion
AN HISTORIC cricket club pavilion in Farnworth looks set to be demolished after fire swept through it last night. Thousands of pounds worth of damage marks the end of the line for the old Farnworth Social Circle pavilion, say officials. Firefighters were
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, March 13, 1973 LABOUR'S 10-point programme for fighting a snap general election includes an immediate leap to £16 a week for married pensioners. Also proposed: Abolition of the private sector in hospital treatment,
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Selection process
Sir: I refer to the proposed developments at Singing Clough and Longcauseway, Kearsley, which were the subject of a letter from Bill Collison entitled "Who else tendered?" printed in "Your Views" on February 23. In respect of the Council-owned site at
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Hospital equipment gets new lease of life
MEDICAL equipment from the old Bolton Royal Infirmary is getting a new lease of life-saving in Romania. And, when the next convoy from the Romanian Equipment Appeal for Children's Hospitals leaves Bolton on Saturday, March 21, it will also include two
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Save our lollipop gran, say pupils
MUCH-LOVED lollipop lady Mary Morales is being retired on her 70th birthday - because Bolton Council says she's too old. But parents and pupils of Horwich Parish Primary School are battling to keep their lollipop gran. They say she might be getting on
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No passengers, warns bus driver Bill...
BOLTON bus driver Bill Killiner is flying the flag for Bolton Wanderers . . . and warning the team they can't afford to carry passengers! Bill arguably owns the most famous Bolton Wanderers flag in the world, but even he claims he was tempted during a
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Revenge mission
COLIN Todd is using revenge as the spur to get his beleaguered Bolton players in a winning frame of mind for tomorrow's do or die survival test at the Reebok. The Wanderers boss, rarely one to dwell on past horrors, has reminded his relegation-haunted
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Business award entries reach an all time high
JUDGING for this year's Bolton and Bury Business Awards starts next week. Organisers are delighted that there have been more than 100 entries from businesses of all sizes - the highest number in the six years that the competition has been running. Mr
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Pop stars shame us
SIR: Oasis are not fit to represent Britain abroad. It is time to make an example of such groups like Oasis; such behaviour should not be tolerated. The Australian authorities should have put them on the first flight home. We all need to learn?, to stop
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Jab scare death risk warning
BOLTON could be thrown back to the dark ages, with children dying by the thousands from diseases such as measles, a medical expert has warned. Dr Robert Aston, one of the country's leading authorities on immunisation, fears an epidemic of the sometimes
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How to turn a couch potato into an athlete
A NEW sensation in the field of exercise has landed - and it burns-up calories at about 500 calories an hour! The new form of indoor biking - Cycle Reebok - has been installed at Philips Sports Centre, Higher Lane, Bury - the only official Cycle Reebok
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Health chiefs lead the way in blood battle
HEALTH bosses in Bury and Rochdale are thought to be the first in Greater Manchester to switch methods of care for haemophilia patients following a new Government directive. Following an order to all health authorities by the Secretary of State for Health
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Road safety star
MRS Mary Morales has been an excellent lollipop lady outside Horwich Parish Primary School for the past 25 years. Local motorists respect her - and children love her. But, she has to retire from the job she enjoys, because her birth certificate says she
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Doomed to failure
SIR: I write with regard to the report in the B.E.N. entitled "This march was a front for hunting fraternity" - which was so inaccurate to be laughable. The march was not a front for anyone. However it was organised by the Countryside Alliance to demonstrate
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Kindhearts keep on reaching out to Tom
KINDNESS shown by BEN readers towards Bolton boy Tom Molyneux continues to touch the hearts of his family. Tom is seriously ill and is to undergo a life-saving bone marrow transplant. As reported in Monday's paper, Farnworth's Cherry Tree Morris Dancers
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Best man Jemson aims to lead the Bury party
NIGEL Jemson will be hoping 'may the best man win' at First Division leaders Nottingham Forest tomorrow. The Bury striker is already a villain with his former City Ground fans after playing his part in Oxford United's recent shock 3-2 victory at Forest
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Homes bungle battle
A PENSIONER is locked in a second battle with a developer who is building near his home in Little Lever. Retired engineer and teacher Richard Grundy, aged 67, is angry because he claims two bungalows have been built seven feet out of position. As a result
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Council pulls plug on raunchy charity night
A RAUNCHY charity night has been halted at the last minute after club owners were warned they could be breaking local obscenity bye-laws. About 250 tickets had been sold for the Ladies' Night at the Greenfield Private Members' Club in Westhoughton. The
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Seat belts and coach safety
SIR: Your readers and those involved with the tragic French Alps crash may be interested to know that, under current UK legislation, the type of vehicle which crashed would not have to carry seat belts. Not only that, but the only group of vehicles exempt
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Cash injection that's really vital
WHEN a patient is sick, we give him or her appropriate treatment. The Royal Bolton Hospital is financially critical, but the life-saving remedy appears to be with-held. Now, Hospital bosses say that, without a £1.5 million cash injection for clinical
