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Greedy diners
SIR: When I lunched at a Bolton restaurant, a couple on the next table made three visits each to the 'help yourself' - fresh fruit, cheese, biscuits etc, then bagged it up. It's a pity that such a good-value place should be abused. N Tonge Stoneyside
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How are you going to celebrate 2000?
BOLTON Council was hit by a different kind of Millennium bug today as efforts moved into top gear to shape the town's celebrations. A 'team of "Year 2000 Officers" has been set up linking the council with private, public, community and charity organisations
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Confusion fears over home help
HEALTH bosses have expressed concern over the operation of a private "home help" service within an NHS clinic. Bolton Community Healthcare Trust has started its own income-generating home care service called Optimum Home Care. The service is being tested
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Primary school review aims to fill empty desks
EVERY primary school in Bolton is to be put under the microscope as part of a major review to find ways of dealing with thousands of empty desks. Education chiefs are looking at ways of reducing reception class sizes to 30 without forcing parents to send
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Row after binmen refuse to take rubbish
A BOLTON family claim their dustbin has become a health hazard after rubbish collectors refused to empty it for three weeks. Kirk Crockford and his pregnant girlfriend, Wendy Allen, both aged 17, recently moved into their Grantchester Way council house
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Roof fall boy 'improving'
A BOLTON youngster who plummeted 40 feet through a warehouse roof is battling back to health in hospital. Scott Carroll, aged 13, who lives in Tonge Old Road, Bolton, was seriously injured after plunging through a skylight at the Tonge Bridge Timber Company
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Chaos as arson hits skip firm
A SKIP hire company was reeling this morning from an arson attack which wrecked several of its wagons causing thousands of pounds worth of damage. Arsonists targeted the fleet of skip wagons parked in the yard of Kenny Skip Hire in Lester Road, Little
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There was no-one to match Sinatra
SIR: For all his lifelong fans, me included, the death of Frank Sinatra has left an unfillable gap in the entertainment business. Ol' Blue eyes was the best. He could belt out the lyrics of any song. He did it his way and no other so-called crooner or
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Ex-miner is first citizen
A FORMER Tyldesley miner will today become the new mayor of Wigan after 40 years of public service for the borough. Cllr Sam Little, 77, will take on the mantle of the town's first citizen as the borough prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary. When
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Hitting the high notes for charity
By Angela Warhurst ORGANISERS of a major fund-raising concert are hoping to hit the high notes for a leading charity. Fund-raisers from the North-west branch of the Stroke Association are staging a gala concert at Manchester's Bridgewater Hall on Saturday
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Pupils protest at too much homework
CLASS 809 of a Bolton comprehensive reckon Education Secretary David Blunkett has a few lessons to learn about growing up in 1998. The busy youngsters decided to give the Government minister a rap across the knuckles for ordering teachers to set them
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Arson victim: Thanks for helping
THE owner of a Horwich company who saw his firm go up in smoke in an arson attack has praised other businessmen for helping him cope. David Lightbown, who runs Framing Madness, said he had been overwhelmed by help especially from fellow enterprises on
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Mark moves from law to liquidation
A LOCAL solicitor thinks he is the first in the country to switch professions and become a licensed insolvency practitioner. Mr Mark Getliffe, aged 34, retrained for accountancy after nearly 10 years working in the law. He has relinquished his right to
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A taste of Israel
SHOWCASE Israel - to be held in Bury next month - is to be opened by Ambassador Dror Zeigerman. He will be one of a number of dignitaries at the major business-to-business event aimed at companies wishing to explore trading opportunities in Israel. Mr
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Town's business leaders hail new loyalty scheme
BOLTON business leaders have backed a new town centre loyalty card designed to keep residents shopping locally. The borough-wide programme, called CentrePoint, is due to be launched in August. It will be one of the first such schemes in the UK and is
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Everton lined up for Tommo move
COLIN Todd was back at his desk today with his top priority likely to be fighting off a bid from Everton for Alan Thompson. The Merseysiders have a firm interest in taking the Wanderers midfield ace to Goodison Park but are not expected to make an offer
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Double think
SIR: So Tony Blair has deplored Indian nuclear tests! Another example of Orwellian doublethink. For he believes that Britain should keep Trident and has even gone on record as saying that he would be willing to press the button. He does not appear to
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Market Place to be a no-cigs zone
SHOPPING centre bosses are to turn a major town centre development into a smoke free zone. The Market Place is to become a fag-free area from June 1. The decision came after a survey, carried out among shoppers, showed that 65 per cent were in favour
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Worker's shock as car smashes into house
A CAR narrowly missed smashing through the front door of a terraced house in a crash yesterday. Shocked shift worker Robert Coxcroft was woken after the L-reg Proton careered into the front wall of his house in Bolton Road, Kearsley. The male driver,
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Business School is top class
BOLTON Business School has won a coveted trophy in the Northern SWOT Awards for Marketing Excellence held in Manchester. For those not familiar with the jargon, SWOT means Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. The School, which is part of
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Hunt for sex fiend after assault on student
DETECTIVES are hunting a sex fiend who attacked a student in a street on the outskirts of Bolton town centre last night. The 26-year-old was attacked as she walked home after a night out. She was grabbed from behind, pushed against a wall in Selwyn Street
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Schoolboy's black box gets an airing
A-LEVEL student Richard Paget is flying high after finding out his invention is to be displayed at Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry. The Bolton School sixth former has designed a mini "black box" for model aircraft, after combining his flying
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Monitor the scheme
WE share the concern that health bosses have expressed over the operation of a private "home help" service within a NHS clinic. While we level no criticism at the Bolton Community Healthcare Trust which is testing its own income-generating service called
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The Daily Poem
MEMORY The sea her secrets shall deny To the superficial eye Knowing not the full extent Her surface can but represent. In the memory catacombs Locked in long forgotten rooms Misadventures left behind Mock the peripheral mind Hidden places, leafy lanes
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'Missing' Brenda gets in touch
TWO friends who have not seen each other for 33 years are to be reunited - thanks to a little help from the BEN. Margaret Aliprandi left Bolton for Scotland, and then later moved to Australia in 1972. She lost touch with her friend, then called Brenda
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Couple's traumatic year in office
THE out-going Mayor of Adlington said his year in office had been "extremely traumatic". Speaking at the annual town meeting, Cllr Idris Rees said both himself and his wife had suffered from ill health. His wife Rose was taken ill and spent about eight
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Work chance for parents in all-day childcare plan
PARENTS could be taken on to teach their own children in a new project launched yesterday. Bolton has just learned it will receive £54,568 to fund a pilot project designed to help mums and dads get back to work. The money will be used to help schools
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, May 20, 1973 SHIRMA Mislimov, a farmer in Persia, celebrated his 168th birthday today, according to a local newspaper. In support of his claim to be the world's oldest man, he says he rises early, works in his garden
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Follow this lead on no-smoking policy
THERE is no doubt about it, shoppers want the Market Place Shopping Centre to be a smoke-free zone. Well done the Centre management team for heeding the public's wishes. From June 1, a no-smoking policy will be introduced. The BEN is delighted to have
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Religion of fear
SIR: In your letters page, I read of people who wish to express their rights in society. Then we get Bible thumpers who preach their ethics. While they may appear sincere, do these people not realise it is they who are now in a minority and who have been
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Mayor's charities born of tragedy
THE tragic death of the new Mayor's teenage daughter spurred his choice of charities to support during his year in office. Peter Finch's 14-year-old daughter Debbie was severely injured and suffered brain damage in a road accident. She later died. The
