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He's talking through his hat
AGAIN, Ivan Cooper jumps on yet another bandwagon only this time to side with a Liberal Democrat (must be a first!) When a survey is delivered to 20,000 households across Bolton West including Blackrod, Horwich, Westhoughton, Smithills, Hulton Park and
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Soap fever
MISSED Wednesday's episode of Corrie and need to see the scene that gripped the nation? Feel an urge to tell the world about the continuity error you spotted in last week's EastEnders? Find yourself agonising over Sally and Kevin's tug of love? Don't
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Call for Nitty Nora
I am a parent at my wits end, tired of my daughter coming home from school with headlice, getting rid of them only for her to go back to school to get them again. Why can't we bring back Nitty Nora, so that every child can be checked and parents informed
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Slow down in town hall leavers
VOLUNTARY early retirements given to Bolton Council staff have fallen in the last 12 months. There were eight employees granted early retirement so far this year, compared with 27 last year. They have cost £226,800 at present and are expected in future
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Andy is the man for Todd
ANDY Todd is in line for an instant recall to the Bolton back four at Bristol City tonight. The 24-year-old centre-back sat out the 2-1 home defeat by Watford on Tuesday but is in the equation as Wanderers look to bounce back in front of a Sky TV audience
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Man dies after losing CJD battle
A KEARSLEY dad has died of CJD -- the human form of mad cow disease. Doctors believe Graham Wood, aged 39, contracted the brain-wasting disease through eating meat -- and his life slowly ebbed away in a tragic year-long battle. The father-of-two's family
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Worries for Bristol boss
THE manager has seen his team score in every game this season . . . but he's also agonised as points have been squandered by slack defending! Sound familiar? It might help to know that this particular team boss read the riot act this week after the latest
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Firefighters answer Romanian 999
ROMANIAN firefighters have been shadowing their Bolton counterparts in a bid to revamp their out-dated 999 service. Costel Florea, 38, and Doru Esanu, 37, have been trailing Bolton's firefighters on calls all over the town over the last two weeks. Bolton
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Arnar positively revels in double life
PICTURE the scene . . . Arnar Gunnlaugsson, the quicksilver idol of the Reebok crowd, operating as a defensive midfield player! Seeing his will o'th wisp performances as the No 1 entertainer in the Nationwide League, it's hard to imagine the crowd pleaser
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Donation returned
DESPITE never having done anything to the detriment of the Greenmount Wild Bird Hospital charity or its officers, my 1998 donation was returned on the grounds that I had, and I was told, in effect. I was a pariah. I don't like this treatment and neither
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Spooky stories?
HAVE YOU got a spooky story to tell about your pub? Cheers is on the hunt for the most fascinating tales of ghosts, ghouls and spirits connected with the area's pubs. Why not let everyone know about any unexplained phenomena that centres around your favourite
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SOCCER: Shakers ace's record threat
BURY midfielder Nick Daws' amazing appearance record is being threatened by injury. The Shakers' Mr Consistency is hoping to play his 153rd consecutive match at Sunderland's Stadium of Light tomorrow. But an Achilles problem means Bury face an anxious
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DJ's Swan song
DISCO fever will sweep through The Swan this weekend when larger than life king of disco "Lionel Vinyl" comes to town. Lionel, dubbed the 'Cheesy DJ from the USA', will be bringing his own unique brand of entertainment to the Churchgate pub on Sunday.
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Yates's lodge a bid for more room
TO those of us lucky enough to be invited to pubs and clubs around the town the phrase "major refurbishment" is treated with healthy scepticism. A "massive re-fit" can often end up looking like nothing more than a new carpet and a lick of paint. But the
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Theatre success
CONGRATULATIONS to Farnworth Little Theatre who have saved their Cross Street home. The fact that some of the members are prepared to provide long-term, interest-free loans shows the depth of feeling which they have about their theatre. FLT is not just
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The black hole
WILLIAM Hague accuses the Government of having a "black hole" in its finances. The real hole Hague should be looking at is the one in his economic policies. The Tories no longer have any policies based on principle but simply seems to be an opportunistic
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Close bond
The relationship between mother and daughter can be the closest bond a woman forms in her life. But if a daughter in her early twenties met her mother at the same age -- would they get on? I'd like to hear from any of your woman readers who have daughters
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From the BEN files
PARKING problems outside Bolton's Ashburner Street marker were described as 'a danger to life and limb' at a meeting of Bolton's Public Control Committee. Members received a letter from the Bolton and District Fish and Fruiterers' Association asking them
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TUESDAY
THEATRE, MUSIC & DANCE HELLO Dolly! is being performed at The Albert Halls at 2.15pm and 7.15pm. Tel: 302602 for tickets. SAILOR Beware is being performed at St Vincent's Parish Centre at 7.30pm. Tel: 64049. BOLTON Burns Club is holding a dancing
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Final solution for the Lords
Labour's plan to turn the House of Lords into a giant quango is an outrage. They're not interested in improving the way we're governed, but are acting out of political spite and giving in to their control freak mentality. Don't be fooled into thinking
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The missing bus
IF anyone is thinking of taking a bus ride to Egerton on a Monday morning -- forget it! You have more chance of seeing a unicorn on Darwen Road than a B2 Egerton bus. Numbers 10, 9 and 8. Oh yes, they are in abundance. B2 forget it. Monday is their day
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Innocent couple in gangland war fear
A BOLTON businessman fears he is caught up in gangland warfare after his car was wrecked in a sinister attack. David Greenwood, 56, and his wife Janette, 48, were horrified to discover a man had poured paintstripper on their Citroen Saxo, causing £900
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MPs accept workload criticism
BOLTON MPs have expressed sympathy with a report which says MPs spend too much time on constituency problems, and not enough holding the Government to account at Westminster. Bolton's Brian Iddon and David Crausby said that, as new boys, they found it
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Mum fights on to end son's Arab jail hell
A MOTHER whose millionaire son has been held for 18 months in an Arab jail has vowed to continue the fight to free him. Businessman George Atkinson, who founded the Desert Classic Golf Tournament and designed the award-winning Emirates Golf Club, was
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Dad in mercy trip cash plea
A YOUNG Bolton father intends to travel on a mercy mission to Mongolia in the hope he can create a better life for families living in the Third World country. Andrew Lewis, 23, wants to make the trip with Operation Raleigh to try to develop the sort of
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Treat tragedy Rachel died at 'difficult' junction
TEENAGER Rachel Ross was killed as she crossed the road while on a shopping trip for a birthday treat for her brother. An inquest heard yesterday how Rachel, 16, of Park Road, Prestwich, was crossing Peel Way in Bury on March 2 when she was in an accident
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Daily poem
THE POPPY Scarlet Poppy! Emblem of remembrance No one can pass you by without a second glance. Cornfields blood-red stand, painted by your scarlet hue; On Flanders Field, soldiers' blood, stained the ground too. Scarlet Poppy, blowing gently in the breeze
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Star search will roar on appeal
BAR Peru wants to make YOU a star -- and raise mountains of cash for needy children. The Manor Street venue is playing host to a search for the best singers, dancers, comedians and novelty acts in Bolton. As well as offering a £500 top prize, would-be
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Chemists on duty in the Bolton area:
Sun Oct 25: Nash, 15 Devon Street (9am to 10pm); Landmark, 12 Chorley New Road (9am - 1pm and 2pm - 11pm); Cohens, 576 Blackburn Road (9am to 10pm); Sykes, 328 St Helens Road (11am to 1pm); Gordons, 193 Bolton Road, Kearsley (noon to 1pm); Heatons, 228
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A SOUL Night takes place at Horwich Leisure Centre at 7.30pm. Tel: 364333 for tickets.
NORTHERN Exposure is being performed in the Bill Naughton Theatre at the Octagon Theatre at 2pm and 7.30pm. Tel: 520661. SILLY Cow is being performed at Bolton Little Theatre at 7.30pm. Tel: 524469. A LINE Dance is being held at Birtenshaw Methodist Church
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MUSIC & DANCE
SUNDAYMONDAY BESSES Boys' Youth Band for boys and girls, beginners, 6pm, full band rehearsals, 7pm, Clarkes Hill, Prestwich, Tel: 0161 766 9407 evenings. WALKDEN Sapphires Morris Dancing Troupe, practice night, Little Hulton Community High School, Longshaw
