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Ten hopes it's a knockout
Bolton cricket clubs will tomorrow begin the chase to land an elusive trophy. Only three Bolton clubs have ever won the Lancashire Knockout Trophy, and it is 11 years since this area tasted success in the Old Trafford final. For an area which boasts two
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£2m grant for 80 more homes
BOLTON has won £2 million to spend on building new houses in the town and improving existing ones. The cash, from the Housing Corporation, will go to housing association partners working under the Bolton Community Homes umbrella and will mean more than
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Nurses were making deals
SIR: I heard on lunchtime radio recently that the two nurses convicted of murder, and now "pardoned" by the King in Saudi Arabia, were being released immediately. Having escaped the death sentence, flogging and years in prison, they were now seeking to
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Calling Mick
SIR: I would like to find a very nice person I met through the CB Radio some years ago. His call sign was "The Big Brother"'. He was called Mick, and my "handle" was "The Music Maker Andrew". The last time I spoke to Mick, he was living in the Breightmet
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Warriors back on track
Wigan Warriors 46 Huddersfield Giants 0 WIGAN made sure there would be no giantkilling act as they quickly returned to winning ways last night. The Warriors, still smarting from the defeat by Leeds, were hot favourites to overpower the Super League newcomers
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Soldier friend
SIR: Can anyone give me me any information about how to trace a soldier friend of the family who was stationed in Ravenfield Camp at Ravenfield Hall, Ravenfield, near Rotherham sometime around 1942-43? He was a gunner in the Artillery. We have forgotten
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Religious progress
SIR: Mr R Slater (BEN May 20) has a very one-sided view of Christianity and is mistaken on many points. Admittedly some conflicts have been caused by religious differences, but Christianity and other faiths have done much to improve mankind's position
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999 training for children
BOLTON parents and teachers are being encouraged to save lives - by educating children how to call an ambulance in an emergency. Dave Ward, duty control manager for the Greater Manchester Ambulance Service, is hopeful that the Crucial Crew scheme, which
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Big names lead North-west trip to Japan
MORE than 50 delegates from Manchester and the North-west have signed up for the Osaka Manchester Forum in Japan in October. The delegation includes Sir Hugh Cortazzi, former British Ambassador to Japan, Neville Chamberlain of the North West Business
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Jumping Foy joy
I'M glad I went to Kearsley on Sunday, writes Peter Stafford. I badly needed to see something memorable and exciting after having watched the equivalent of paint drying the previous evening at Egerton. In the past, I've been singularly unlucky when it
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Bolton biker dies in crash
A BOLTON motorcyclist was killed in a road accident last night. Jason Blenkinsopp, aged 26, of Bradshaw Brow, was travelling along the A675 Bolton Road at Withnell, near Chorley, when the tragedy happened. Police said Mr Blenkinsopp was on a Suzuki 250
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Daily poem
I came to you in sweetness and light, You turned away and recoiled in fright, You live your life in darkness - not light, I looked on up and saw your plight. All your life you go on searching, While all the time you keep on hurting You work for riches
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£10m bakery opens north of the border
BOLTON bakers Warburtons had an official opening ceremony for the company's £10 million bakery site in Scotland. It marked another major milestone for the family business founded in 1876. Warburtons launched its operation over the border in a leased depot
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Taxing job for Mark
BARLOW Andrews, Bolton accountants and business advisers, have announced that Mark Sheen is to join as a partner. Mr Sheen, who is the immediate past president of the Bolton Society of Chartered Accountants, will become head of the Tax Department, allowing
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Updated reports will appear later
Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
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Family's wheelchair death anguish
A DEVASTATED family is considering legal action against the Royal Bolton Hospital where a woman, aged 76, died after a fall from a wheelchair. And her son has hit out at an "accidental death" verdict recorded on his mother's death by a Bolton coroner.
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Athletics track Lottery hope
LEVERHULME Park athletics track may get a multi-thousand pound revamp, if a bid for National Lottery cash is successful. The plans to upgrade the track and facilities follow the success of the new five-a-side football centre at the Breightmet park - Premier
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World Cup goal of gardening pupils
MEMBERS of Westhoughton High School's Eco Club have sown the seeds of a blooming marvellous plan to achieve a special goal. The pupils, aged between 11 and 14 years, are among the first to enter this year's Bolton in Bloom Greenfingers Challenge - a gardening
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Soap star Bev quits Street
BOLTON actress Beverley Callard has announced she is quitting Coronation Street after nine years in the soap. Bev, who plays flame-haired Liz McDonald, will leave the top show later this year to appear in pantomime. Today she said: "I love Coronation
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Nautical chat
SIR: If you served on HMS Revenge between 1939 and 1943 and would be interested in a reunion, or maybe just a chat and exchange of information, please contact Eric Jones (ex Royal Marine) at 5a, Alexandra Road, Southampton, SO15 5DH or 'phone 01703 323853
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Personal thanks
SIR: I thank the lady and her daughter who helped my sister-in-law on Saturday May 16, when my wife suffered a stroke. They helped her into the Age Concern Office and stayed until the ambulance arrived. If they will please ring me on 01204 61931 I will
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Where are the boys?
SIR: This photograph is of three boys who lived at, I think, 11 Wilfred Road, Walkden in the mid 1950s. As the now, nearest local newspaper with a local interest column, I thought you could arouse a little interest by printing the photograph. If there
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Previous sport story Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.
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Neighbour sought
SIR: I would like to contact a friend, Mrs Bessie Pickering (nee Dootson) who lived next door but one to me in Commission Street, Bolton. I lived at number 89. My mother was May Grady. It would be appreciated if my friend would contact me as soon as possible
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Ralph joins umpires list
THERE'S a new name on the Bolton Association's umpires list this year - but it's a familiar face... Ralph Livesey, whose first senior appearance for Astley and Tyldesley was in 1949 just short of his 14th birthday, has decided his playing days are over
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Say what you think
SIR: I wonder if any of your readers would be interested in the chance to become the next documentary soap star? The hunt is on for the top ten Brits with attitude. You say what you think! You don't suffer fools gladly! You won't be pushed around! And
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The way forward
SIR: Recent events have highlighted the debate around the use of animals as "experimental tools" . Hill Grove Farm in Oxfordshire typifies the true horrors of vivisection - cats being bred in intensive farm conditions solely to be experimented on then
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Customs officers' £850,000 drugs swoop
CANNABIS worth £850,000 was seized after a dramatic swoop on an industrial estate. Customs and Excise officers struck in an early morning raid on a unit on the Oakhill Trading Estate, off Worsley Road, Walkden. A BEN news team was there to get an exclusive
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Carers' events planned
CARERS' Week comes to Bury next month with a wide variety of events planned to mark the occasion. A full programme for the week, beginning on 8 June, has been organised with the highlight to be an open day at the Seedfield Resource Centre, a base for
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MUST FOR SAT
Couple's perfect match at Reebok A COUPLE hope to kick off the perfect future when they tie the knot today. Wanderers fanatics Dawn Penrose, 30, and Graham Howarth, 29, are getting married at the £35 million Reebok Stadium - the first couple to do so.
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Alert as conmen hit old folk again
POLICE chiefs are warning the town's elderly to be on their guard against conmen. The advice comes after two men escaped with what is described as a "substantial" amount of cash after rifling through the purse of a 76-year-old woman. The theft occurred
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Big stage for local writer
PLAYWRIGHT Stephen Fielding, from Egerton, Bolton, is among 10 North-west writers whose work will be staged at four top regional theatres. The plays, chosen from 250 scripts, will be produced under the Ticket to Write scheme run by Paines Plough, one
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Fun in the fast lane
TWO lucky BEN readers sampled life in the fast lane after winning a day out at Aintree Racing Drivers School. Gaynah Butler, 27, of Bromley Cross, and her stepfather, Chris Butler, 46, of Sharples, Bolton, were first prize winners in a competition organised
