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OPINION: Super score!
FORGET the rest -- we really are the best! That could be Bolton's proud boast after our double triumph at the British Construction Industry awards. Not only did the futuristic Reebok Stadium confound its critics by scooping the country's top design award
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Fury as 999 crew hired for TV soap
A PARAMEDIC claims an ambulance station was left understaffed and a vehicle short -- because a crew and an ambulance went to film an episode of Coronation Street. But ambulance bosses have denied claims the station at Bury was left short and said that
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Council homes selling 'for £12,000'
FORMER Bolton council tenants who bought their homes in the 1980s are unable to sell them. Some are on the market for as low as £12,000 -- others are being snapped up by private landlords who are charging extortionate rents for people to live in them.
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Save Army base says Chaytor
BURY MP David Chaytor has told defence ministers there is a special case for saving the town's territorial army base. He said that pulling out of its current headquarters -- the Castle Armoury -- would jeopardise an exciting development of the building
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Reebok is top of the league!
DELIGHTED Bolton Wanderers' bosses were today celebrating news that the Reebok Stadium has scooped the country's top design award. It was named as Building of the Year for projects costing up to £50 million at the British Construction Industry awards
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Police should be helped with curfew
I AM writing to air my views about the article about the children's curfew in Bolton. I completely agree with this idea and believe that it will not only make our streets safer, but the children of Bolton safer too. It disgusts me as a young woman to
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Go for gold!
TODAY the Bolton Evening News launches a fantastic free scheme to earn thousands of Bolton residents cash savings on household bills. The BEN has teamed up with 100 top Bolton businesses and agencies including Bolton Council and the Post Office to introduce
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Elephant help please
I AM an overseas Boltonian (Thornleigh O/B) and it really is great to browse your excellent site from this remote part of Vietnam. We visit Bolton as often as possible and my daughter always asks me the significance of the "elephant" we see dotted around
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ALL TICKET CLASH
THE Wanderers v Sunderland heavyweight clash at the Reebok on Sunday week was made an all-ticket affair today. The restriction was imposed on the strength of ticket sales in Bolton and on Wearside, where the Rokerites have sold their allocation of 3,000
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Study praises pupils
WELL behaved primary pupils have earned their school praise from an OFSTED inspection team. Pupils of all ages were on their best behaviour when the team checked out classes at Kearsley West County Primary School on Primrose Street. "Pupils have positive
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Jacko's U-turn
LIFE at the top has prompted Huddersfield boss Peter Jackson into a dramatic rethink of his Division One promotion forecast. A month ago, after a 3-0 hammering at the Reebok, the Terriers' boss said the chase for the Premiership was a two-horse race.
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The bug Bolton can't grasp
THERE is something 'bugging' 95 per cent of Bolton people . . . but they are not quite sure what it is! A survey has revealed that the vast majority of people in the town are anxious the Millennium Bug will affect their lives in some way, yet confess
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Thanks for nothing!
I WRITE to you expressing my concern regarding the unnecessary pedestrianisation of Brackley Street, Farnworth, where local councillors and Bolton Metro are adamant this scheme will go through regardless of the inconvenience to the disabled people of
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Sick thieves steal boy's wheelchair
HARD-HEARTED thieves stooped to new depths of shame -- by stealing a disabled Bolton six-year-old's WHEELCHAIR. Haemophiliac Jordan Downs, of Deane, needs his "wheels" because he is so stricken by internal bleeding he is often too weak to walk. But thieves
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From the BEN files
A MONTH-OLD pay row that cut Bolton ambulance service ended today after the men agreed to accept improved pay terms. The men had wanted a £2 lead-in pay offer extended to mechanics at the Blackhorse Street depot, who supported the industrial action. Dr
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Not stuck on gum
APPROXIMATELY two years ago you published a letter of mine congratulating the Council on the appearance of Bolton town centre and suggesting ways to make is more environmentally friendly. Now that the square is undergoing expensive improvements may I
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Circus is animal cruelty
I AM a regular reader of the BEN and have also been involved in a number of articles and letters concerning animal welfare issues. (As have other animal lovers). Therefore, I was very disappointed to see our local paper supporting animal cruelty, in your
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School swimming lessons may be sunk
FREE swimming lessons for all Bolton primary children could sink without trace when schools take control of their own purse strings. Fears are growing that many schools will use the money instead to improve standards in the classroom. And there is concern
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MP Brian's rocket at deadly fireworks
A BOLTON MP is trying to resurrect a bill to stamp out over-the-counter "deadly" display fireworks. Bolton South East MP Brian Iddon wants powerful grade three fireworks, used in public displays, sold only to people with proper training. At the moment
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Hours ruling will protect workers
A NEW directive from the Government to reduce people's working hours and cut overtime blues is to be introduced this month. The Working Time directive, enforced across the country for the first time, has been created in a bid to stop the growing trend
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Goalie's post: Physio job for ex-Reds keeper
IAN Wilkinson once defended one of the most famous goalmouths in the land . . . but today he's working on the wards of the Royal Bolton Hospital and loving every minute of it. At the age of 14, Ian who is now 25, signed as a schoolboy with Manchester
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Movie mogul spells out the way to be a success in business
Win, Profit, Fun MOVIE mogul John Crawford treated more than 200 Bolton business people to a speech and some fun -- a big film preview. Bolton-born Mr Crawford, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Village Roadshow International, gave the nineth
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Why do they do this?
I have been re--cycling paper (and junk mail) since the scheme started 20 odd years ago. There is a collection service in aid of Bolton Hospice where a van picks up every Monday morning in this area. I also re--cycle bottles and jars, but unfortunately
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ATHLETICS: Carolyn's golden moment
By Neil Bonnar BOLTON'S Carolyn Hunter-Rowe is the world's greatest woman runner by a distance - 62.1 miles to be exact. That's how far the Horwich Harrier had to run to win gold in the World 100km Championships in Japan. The 34-year-old overcame two
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Shopping centre work
WORK has begun on improvements to Little Hulton District Shopping Centre. City of Salford Highway Services are carrying out the £80,000 job, which will be the start of a series of schemes to take place on the shopping centre after Christmas. The car park
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Edward's a casualty of the acting game!
A YOUNG Bolton tearaway stole a car, crashed into an ambulance and then got into a fight in hospital. But 17-year-old Edward Wiseman wasn't arrested for his escapades - because he was filming in Bristol for a forthcoming episode of Casualty. Edward, from
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Police 'freeze' defended
POLICE chiefs have defended a recruitment freeze which could mean more than 100 fewer officers in Greater Manchester by next spring. The cutbacks, aimed at saving money, will mean that retiring police officers will not be replaced. GMP's 3,000 civilian
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Bookshop owners turn over a new leaf
BROMLEA Books - founded by ex Bolton librarian Valerie Johnstone - is leaving the Last Drop Village at Bromley Cross, after more than eight years. The shop has become known around the globe for its collectable books, and last year hit the headlines when
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Your life in their hands
FRAILTIES in the Greater Manchester Ambulance Service (GMAS) have been exposed in the BEN recently, writes Karen Stephen. We reported that a Bolton man died after waiting for 20 minutes for an ambulance to arrive because his street didn't exist on the
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Remembrance Day service invitation
ON Remembrance Day, Sunday November 8 1998, I would like to invite the people of Westhoughton to a service at the Parish Church of St Bartholomew, a Service of Remembrance at the War Memorial and a Parade. The Parade will assemble at Greenfields Private
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What's on in and around Bolton (Friday, 23.10.98)
THEATRE,MUSIC AND DANCE MAX Boyce will be performing at The Albert Halls at 7.30pm. Tel: 364333 for tickets. SILLY Cow is being performed at Bolton Little Theatre at 7.30pm. Tel: 524469 for tickets. NORTHERN Exposure is being performed in the Bill Naughton
