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TV show in the dock for painting a 'slum' image of Bolton
ANGRY Bolton residents have blasted television producers who painted a grim picture of the town in a prime-time show. BEN readers say the popular programme, Kavanagh QC starring John Thaw, depicted the town as a slum. And bashful bosses at London-based
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Salako is answer to Todd's wide boy search
THE words must have been music to Colin Todd's ears. "I enjoy getting myself into wide positions, taking people on and getting the ball into the box." So said one-time England international John Salako as the Reebok boss ended his season-long search for
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Sharp lesson on drug needles
IT seems rather late in the day, but is nevertheless very welcome. A new free service to pick up discarded drug needles is long overdue when you consider the scale of the problem over the last few years and the serious incidences of children being injured
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Standing firm
SIR: Bolton Council deserve to be commended and supported. I refer to the article on fluoridation some weeks ago. A few years ago, I, my family, and several thousands of Bolton people, signed a petition which was firmly against fluoride being put into
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Double transplant hopes
TWO Bolton youngsters face life-saving bone marrow transplants today. Little Tom Molyneux, aged five, and Charlotte Russell, aged 12, are both at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, to receive bone marrow from their brothers. Both patients
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Cyclists in the gutter
SIR: Can Bolton Council explain why only twelve months ago they resurfaced Plodder Lane in Farnworth but yet today the gutters are wider still and are full of large cracks and pot holes. I cycle to work daily from Westhoughton to Manchester Road in Bolton
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Winless Leigh in buoyant mood
AFTER a run of six straight Division One defeats Leigh Centurions' morale should be at rock bottom. But far from it. According to coach Keith Latham the spirit in the Centurions' camp is sky high. "I've never know anything like it," says the Hilton Park
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Simon looking to break Cup duck
WIGAN second-row Simon Haughton is praying for third time lucky when the Warriors take on London Broncos in the Silk Cut Challenge Cup semi-final at Huddersfield on Sunday. The powerhouse international has had an unhappy time in the Cup but is confident
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Hospital worries
SIR: Have you got an older relative who is currently in hospital, or have you got to go into hospital in the future? You may be worried about what your rights are in hospital, what will happen to your benefits, whether appropriate care will be arranged
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Survival test for new faces
ALL three new arrivals will be in the frame when Wanderers take on Leicester at the Reebok tomorrow in the latest leg of their survival mission. John Salako and Bob Taylor - recruited in deadline day deals - will join Swiss-born striker Gaetano Giallanza
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Sam takes flight
FLIGHTY barmaid Samantha Failsworth took time off from sexy Coronation Street antics for a date at Manchester Airport. Actress Tina Hobley brightened the scene when British Midland opened its £500,000 Diamond EuroClass lounge in readiness for the launch
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Greater say for old folk
BOLTON and Bury have been chosen to pilot schemes to improve the lot of old folk. The initiatives, announced by the Government, aim to provide better services for the elderly and give pensioners a greater say in society. The two-year schemes will be led
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The Daily Poem
A little house with sloping floors And ceiling dark with oaken beams And wooden latches to the doors A little house all full of dreams. A twisting stairway ages old A chimney place deep and wide That when the winter's wind blows cold You may creep close
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Bolton pub chain named best in Britain
BOLTON pub chain Yates's Wine Lodges has been named the nation's top pub brand. Yates's was named Pub Retail Brand of the Year by the industry 'bible' the Publican newspaper. Among the key factors that persuaded the judges to vote for Yates's was the
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Pupil pulls gun in class
A TEENAGER has been suspended from school after showing off a gun to classmates. The 14-year-old boy had borrowed the heavy metal gun from a friend and was showing it off in class to the alarm of one his fellow pupils at Smithills High School. A teacher
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Tragic dad to tell of drugs grief
THE father of tragic Ecstasy victim Leah Betts is to bring home the dangers of drugs to pupils at Woodhey High School in Ramsbottom on Monday. Paul and Jan Betts launched a high-profile anti-drugs campaign following the death of their teenager daughter
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Cheers to winners second time a-round
A WESTHOUGHTON pub is toasting a record second win as the North-west Community Pub of the year. The Red Lion was chosen for the second year running thanks to landlord George Tipton's hard work for the town. He receives a cheque for £1,000 to divide between
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Winning start
JUSSI Jaaskelainen is the latest member of the Wanderers squad to join the international brigade. The 23-year-old keeper won his first full cap on Wednesday when he helped Finland to a 2-0 victory over Malta in Valetta. Previous sport story Converted
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Tim's a star
By Jennifer Bradbury JAMES frontman, Tim Booth is riding on a crest of a wave. Not only is he set to make his acting debut at the Octagon in Bolton in the Spring, but the band's 'Best of....' album has gone gold. And there's more. This week more than
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Real jobs
SIR: Those who criticise the Government's drive to reform the Welfare State offer no alternative to change and fail to grasp the fact that the present system falls a long way short of its aims. Most critically, it is absorbing ever increasing sums of
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I thought I was a goner
BOLTON'S next Mayor was dramatically rescued from drowning while he was on holiday in Barbados. Cllr Peter Finch was swept out to sea with Westhoughton Cricket Club official Tommy Parker as they were swimming at the resort of Rainbow Reef. The two men
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If Sarah's a wonder, then I'm bionic!
SIR: I refer to the article: No problem for wonder mum, Sarah, (BEN March 9) about Sarah Gradwell, the energetic mum-of-three, a successful business woman, who manages to enjoy an energetic social life. She runs a company alongside her husband, so, problems
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Blast from past in superstore fight
FORMER district council leader John Rothwell has turned back the clock 38 YEARS to hit out at a controversial planning decision. Bolton Council gave outline permission last month for a giant superstore in Kearsley - sparking residents' fears of serious
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Council to 'clean-up' junkies' needles
COUNCIL chiefs have announced a free service to pick up discarded drug needles - just days after two young boys were pricked by syringes dumped by junkies. The £30,000 one-year trial has been jointly funded by Bolton Council and Wigan and Bolton Health
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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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You foot the bill
SIR: If Bolton councillors and town hall officials really want to travel down to the Hindu Temple in London they should pay their own expenses and not expect Council Tax Payers to foot the bill. Ronald K Hardman Sheila Crompton Eastbank Street, Bolton
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Scrap plans
SIR: My husband and I own a small off-licence/grocers on Lord Street, Kearsley, and of course, we are very concerned that the proposed supermarket to be built on Old Hall Street, Kearsley, will affect our trade. Another supermarket in our area is not
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Roocrofts closes after 98 years
A FAMED Bolton sweet factory closed today with the loss of nine jobs. Roocrofts (1923) Limited, in Topping Street, Halliwell, ceased trading after last-minute negotiations for a buy-out failed. The family business had been bought out by the Bolton-based
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Antique alert after smash and grab raid
SMASH and grab thieves stole 15 Royal Doulton figurines after throwing a metal grid through a Bolton town centre shop window. Thirty other figures were shattered when the grid smashed through the plate glass window at the premises of Joseph Bailey (Bolton
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Arsonists torch rare car
A FIRE started by arsonists which destroyed a rare car in Horwich. Today Pat Edge, 53, of St Anne's Road, Horwich, said the Morris Minor 1000 had only 20,000 miles on the clock. The fire started last night at around 9pm when firebugs broke into her garage
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Price on the head of waltzer firebug
A FAIRGROUND owner is offering a reward to catch firebugs who attacked a ride in Bolton on Wednesday night. The arsonists set fire to a waltzer carriage - but the ride was saved because an attendant, who was locking up the deserted site, spotted the blaze
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Clampdown delay
BENEFIT dodgers' days are numbered, according to bold new plans just announced to reform the welfare state. The green paper New Ambitions for Our Country: A New Contract for Welfare sounds grand, with its spot fines for fiddlers, fitness-for-work tests
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Red light for Green Belt steelworks factory plan
COUNCILLORS have kicked out plans by a Bolton firm to build a steelworks on green belt land in Chorley. Chorley's Planning Committee rejected the proposals by William Hare Ltd to build the steel fabrication plant at Gale Moss following massive opposition
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Instant chaos
SIR: The closing of the top of Winter Hey Lane, Horwich, hadn't really bothered me until the past few weeks. Being a van driver I am up and down the lane quite a few times a day. When I am having to go up Brownlow Road or Longworth Road, I am diverted
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Bosses clean up at fundraising auction
THREE businessmen became the centre of attention at a fundraising auction when they monopolised the bidding to boost the cash total. They virtually cleaned up and spent about £3,000 at the event to help Bolton's young entrepreneurs. Surprised guests at
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Middlebrook is to gow even bigger
PLANNING chiefs have given the go ahead for a large extension at the Holiday Inn next to the Reebok Stadium. Town hall officers had recommended that the application for a three-storey 45-bedroomed extension should be turned down. They had reported that
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Good home needed for £4,000 stairlift
A FRUSTRATED Bolton woman says she can't even GIVE away a nearly-new stairlift which her mum has hardly used. Dinah Hill has spent the past few weeks trying to get rid of the £4,000 lift, which was fitted in her 94-year-old mother's house last May. The
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The writing is on the wall for gang-clash drug users
FIVE feet high letters daubed on a wall spell trouble on a Bury estate. The bright yellow graffiti, which says "All smackheads get punished here" - was painted along the 20 metre stretch of Ainsworth Road this week. The term 'smackhead' is a slang word
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Pubs to cash-in on World Cup Fever
T he local is fast becoming the new 'terrace' for thousands of sports fans. And this passion for live action and a pint is set to reach a new peak this summer when England kick off in the World Cup. Fuelled by wrangles over the tiny allocation of tickets
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, March 26, 1973 A LARGE tract of the shore of Doffcocker Lodge has been given to Bolton for development as parkland and a nature reserve. The gift has been made by Major General the Lord Beaumont of Carlton Towers, Goole
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Flat future for town hall
AFTER a long, uncertain future, Radcliffe's former town hall will be back in business by the end of the year. By November, the ornate old building will be transformed into 10 self-contained flats to be run by the Bury Young People's Housing Link. They
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Shakers hope new signing will not be needed
STAN Ternent admits he hopes his latest signing never sets foot in Gigg Lane. The Shakers boss secured vital cover for ever-present goalkeeper Dean Kiely when he grabbed veteran Les Sealey on a free transfer from West Ham United yesterday. But the former
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Hello to Dubai
EMIRATES Airline is to start flying Boeing 777s out of Manchester from Sunday. A spokesman said the new aeroplanes offered 49 business class and 304 economy class seats - a 40pc increase in capacity over the Airbus 300 and 310 used at present. The airline
