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Stephen Rolls out the red carpet for new parents
PROUD dad Stephen Meeson wanted to treat his wife to a luxury trip home from hospital when their first child was born. But when Stephen was unable to find a company willing to provide the service at a reasonable cost, he started to think about setting
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POllock key to late deal
JAMIE Pollock could pave the way for Wanderers to finally make their long-awaited transfer splash. Bolton fans have been frustrated at the club's failure to make any significant move in the market since Dean Holdsworth's arrival at the start of October
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Saints are favourites - Monie
WIGAN Warriors are odds on favourites to lift the Silk Cut Challenge Cup but coach John Monie says that tag should be firmly with tomorrow's quarter-final opponents St Helens. "We have not been really tested yet - that has got to be in Saints favour,"
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Time to take a loo-k at what's missing...
SIR: For a large town, Bolton must have the least number of public toilets in the North! Years ago, there used to be a very convenient one on the Town Hall Square which, for reasons best known to the nabobs in the Town Hall, was closed down. Not long
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Buildings are out of place
SIR: Regarding the demolition of properties on Churchgate, Bolton. It is to be hoped that both Planning and Architectural authorities, bearing in mind the area being of historical interest, should have erected upon it the type and character of buildings
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Cab driver criticism
SIR: In response to the letter from Mr D. Barlow (Letter of the week, BEN Sat March 7) regarding private hire drivers. The reason I did not disclose my name on my letter was because on the last occasion I dared to criticise cab drivers, I was subjected
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Todd can get more from star striker
COLIN Todd is convinced Nathan Blake can give up to 15 per cent more to help Wanderers in their desperate bid for Premiership survival. But that's no criticism of the Reebok top scorer, whose performances have confirmed his club manager's opinion that
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Combination to give youth a fling
FOLLOWING the addition three seasons ago of the successful North West Alliance to the ranks of the Bolton Combination, the league is to expand even further. The Alliance Division provides a superb competitive top level base for the Reserves sides of many
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Centre half kingpins key to future success
NIGEL Jemson today presented Bury's case for the defence - and reckons it's watertight. The striker believes that in centre half kingpins Chris Lucketti and Paul Butler the Shakers possess a strong basis to make a future for themselves in the First Division
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'Get with it, or die' message to monarchy
THE monarchy must modernise, or die. That was the message delivered in Bolton last night by Paul Richards, author of the controversial Fabian Society pamphlet 'Long to Reign Over Us?' Mr Richards was speaking to members of the Greater Manchester West
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Splendid scheme
SIR: The person who wrote to the 'Destitute Animals Shelter' condemning the sterilizing of the animals before homing them must be not quite 'twelve pence in the shilling', as well as being a coward not having the courage to give their name. I was on the
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300 women in Naughty Norman show ban fury
THREE hundred angry women were turned away from a charity event last night in the latest move to stop Full Monty style Ladies' Nights in Bolton clubs. Police threatened to close down Farnworth Veterans' Club if they allowed Naughty Norman and his exotic
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Poem of the day
ROMANCE I felt him lie beside me, My eyes were shut so tight. He blew into my left ear, Then he blew into my right. My poor heart beat within my breast, My pulse began to race. I heard his heavy breathing, As his lips explored my face. The adrenaline
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Ruth hounds hunt Tories
BOLTON West MP Ruth Kelly today condemned the actions of pro-hunt Conservative MPs who used delaying tactics to destroy Michael Foster's Hunting with Dogs Bill. Speaking from the Commons after the debate, an angry Ms Kelly said: "Those MPs on the Opposition
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, March 14, 1973 ABOUT 200 Bolton students marched on the Town Hall Square today to rally support for the national 'fair grants' campaign. AS four British trawlers had their trawl wires cut today off Iceland, it was thought
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More than a degree of achievement
AS debate rages around the question of the working mother in the wake of expressed doubts about MP Ruth Kelly's ability to cope with an infant, another pregnancy and life in the House of Commons, one local mother is proving that some young mums are multi-talented
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Firm recycles landfill tax for green schemes
A NEW company is recycling landfill tax to fund 'green' schemes in Bury. The Pilsworth Environmental Company is urging people to come up with imaginative ideas for community, conservation and heritage projects within a ten-mile radius of the Pilsworth
