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Great escape as pub blows up
A HUGE gas blast ripped through a Bury pub early today. The Bridge Inn, Manchester Road, Blackford Bridge, was destroyed by the explosion which was heard for miles around. The pub's walls, roof and windows were all wrecked and cars passing at the time
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No regrets, says Fish
MARK Fish refuses to even contemplate life outside the Premiership. The South African defender, who quit the glamour of Lazio in Italy's Serie A to add experience in England's top flight to his already impressive CV, says he has not regretted his decision
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Where were you when Bolton won the cup?
Here at the Bolton Evening News we are compiling a supplement remembering that great day when Bolton Wanderers beat Manchester United to win the FA Cup in May 1958. Have you any memories of that great afternoon? Were you at the match? Or perhaps you were
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School blasted by third arson attack
A HORWICH school was devastated last night after a third major arson attack at the building in less than a year. Fire crews rushed to Lever Park special school just after midnight to find a classroom ablaze and most of the single storey building badly
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Salaries are safe
SIR: I find it astounding to read in the BEN that Bolton Council have used a £3 million fund to protect, for some years, local authority workers from suffering reduced pay when staff have had to take lower grade posts as a result of their normal jobs
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Separate identity
SIR: While it is good to see new vehicles with improved accessibility being introduced by First Bus (subsidised, of course, by we Bolton council taxpayers via Greater Manchester PTE), why do their new buses merely carry the name "Manchester" on the side
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Same rules
SIR: I couldn't let your front page article by Matthew Taylor (BEN, March 13 1998), about a much loved lollipop lady, Mary Morales, who is being put into retirement by Bolton Council, who say she is too old,to pass without comment. If this rule applied
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Happy Heany
SIR: During the Second World War, a great many pilots gained their "wings" at the RAF base at Heany in Southern Rhodesia. "Happy Heany", one of the largest stations in Southern Africa, was the location of Number 23 Service Flying Training School and advanced
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We want peace
SIR: The deal made by Kofi Annan, the UN Secretary General, to avert war in the Gulf must be applauded and the United Nations Association Branch in Bolton sincerely hopes that this agreement will be implemented. The dilemma for peace keepers is simple
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Home helps save blaze OAP
TWO home helps have been hailed heroines after dragging a pensioner from her blazing bed. Council care assistants Jacqueline Stanley and Kim Nield battled through thick choking smoke to pull Mabel Franklin, 77, from her bedroom. While Jacqueline ran to
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Watch found
SIR: The BEN has an excellent record for re-uniting people with people and people with pets and I would appreciate the favour of your help in trying to reunite some lady with her lost wrist watch. This was found in Farnworth last month. The watch has
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Daily poem
Mum, have you seen my navy gym skirt? And, by the way, I need a new shirt. What is for breakfast, mum, because I am hungry? School trip money today, mum, it's to be in for Monday. Look in my purse. But, mum, you've no change. There goes the phone, that's
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Reebok excitement hits fever pitch
THERE is nothing wrong with the atmosphere at the Reebok Stadium that a win or two wouldn't put right. There have been more than a few murmurings since the new stadium opened with an unspectacular scoreless draw in September that there is something lacking
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Staff perks cause anger
BURY Council has come under attack after it was revealed that staff are paid to negotiate cheap deals and discounts for town hall employees. The perks system was uncovered after a letter was mistakenly sent to a former council worker informing him of
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£200 pub crawl profit
A PUB crawl raised £200 for an ever-growing fund dedicated to the bravery of a toddler fighting leukaemia. Family and friends of Elizabeth Morris, who is almost two, organised a sponsored crawl around Little Lever to raise cash for research into the toddler's
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MP's schools cash plea
BURY'S schools have been praised by Education Secretary David Blunkett as he held out the hope of extra cash. He was responding to local MP David Chaytor during a debate on new cash for education. Mr Chaytor, Labour MP for Bury North, said the town's
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Way not clear for lollipop recruits
LOLLIPOP men and women are to be taken on by Bolton Council without vital police checks. But they will not be allowed to work with children until they have been given clearance. Town hall chiefs are desperate to recruit new school crossing patrol staff
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Lucketti's biggest challenge
CHRIS Lucketti will face his toughest competition yet for the prize he has monopolised for the last three years. The centre half has proved the undisputed fans' favourite with three straight player of the year awards. But, despite his awesome form in
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Winter work
SIR: What are Bolton Parks Department playing at? Two years ago they started digging up Moss Bank Park at the beginning of spring. Now they have started to dig up Bobby Heywood's Park again at the beginning of spring . What's wrong with these jobs being
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Pictures plea
SIR: Please could any of your readers help me? I am trying to find any photographs of St Patrick's Trinity Sunday Walk - the photos are from about 1940. I am interested in the Queen and her trainbearers. The Queen was Gina Gregory, the trainbearers were
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No dogs here
SIR: Recently I went into a butcher's shop. As I was entering, a lady was coming out and saying quite loudly that she objected to dogs being in food shops and, in particular, butchers' shops. As I went in, I saw a dog and a lady holding onto it by a lead
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Sheridan's happy return
JOHN Sheridan might be in the twilight of his career but he can still teach the youngsters a thing or two. Alan Thompson for one! Tommo took the accolades for keeping his cool to knock in the penalty winner against Sheffield Wednesday but he was quick
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Accidental death verdict of three in two-car smash
A BURY inquest pieced together the final moments before a horrific accident claimed three lives. A combination of two rear deflated tyres, water on the road and legal, but excessive, speed in poor weather conditions were attributed to the tragic smash
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Bo takes a peep
DENMARK manager Bo Johanson is hoping to see for himself on Wednesday what he's been hearing second hand about Per Frandsen's Premiership form. Johanson hasn't been able to get over to see the Wanderers midfield ace personally but revealed this week that
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Where were you when Bolton won the cup?
Here at the Bolton Evening News we are compiling a supplement remembering that great day when Bolton Wanderers beat Manchester United to win the FA Cup in May 1958. Have you any memories of that great afternoon? Were you at the match? Or perhaps you were
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Dog attack children 'too scared to go out to play'
TWO children, badly injured in a vicious dog attack this week, are now too scared to play out. Brother and sister Craig and Kelly Rearden were only discharged from the Royal Bolton Hospital on Thursday night after being mauled by two Staffordshire Bull
