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Stalked man's fury over 'soft' sentence
A BOLTON man who was the victim of an infatuated woman stalker today slammed magistrates for the "soft" sentence they gave her. As reported in later editions of yesterday's BEN, Suzanne Horrocks pleaded guilty at Bolton Magistrates' Court to a course
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Treasure trove of Bolton's past...
A MAN is appealing for Bolton folk to help piece together the jigsaw of his family history. David Felton opened a "forgotten" chest left by his grandmother, and discovered around 2,000 photos and hundreds of letters and postcards from Bolton around the
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Kidney machine death probe
THE death of a Bolton kidney patient which sparked an international medical alert was an accident, an inquest heard. After detailed medical and technical evidence was presented to a three-hour hearing, Bolton coroner Martin Coppel recorded a verdict of
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Promotion bandwagon is derailed by City
THE motoring organisations were calling it Black Friday long before the wheel came off Wanderers' promotion bandwagon. Horrendous hold-ups on the motorways caused scores of fans to miss the kick off and by the time they were ready to head for home, many
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Dillon's step-dad was my friend - accused killer
THE man accused of murdering Dillon Hull told police the boy's step-father John Bates was "a friend I have been brought up with all my life", a court heard yesterday. Paul Seddon, of Chorley New Road, Bolton, denies the murder of Dillon and the attempted
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I'm compiling
a family tree I AM researching my wife's family tree and would like to know if there are any descendants of a James Parkinson still living in your area. James Parkinson married Ann Burns, December 5, 1829 at Manchester Cathedral. Known children -- Ann
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We've a lot of work to do admits Todd
PER Frandsen and Ricardo Gardner are expected to be counted out of Wanderers' Worthington Cup showdown with Bruce Rioch's Norwich City on Tuesday. The midfield duo were first half casualties in last night's 2-1 defeat at Bristol City, which left Colin
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Match Facts: Bristol City 2, Wanderers 1
BRANAGAN (8) COX (5) TODD (7) FISH (6) WHITLOW (6) JOHANSEN (5) FRANDSEN (6) JENSEN (6) GARDNER BLAKE (7) GUNNLAUGSSON (6) Subs: Holdsworth (5) for Gardner 15 mins, Taylor (7)for Frandsen 25 mins, Phillips. Attendance: 12,026 Goals: City - Akinbiye 28
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Reebok Diary
PER Frandsen gets what should have been the all-imnportant first goal after an indifferent start against Oxford but the lead lasts only two minutes, leaving a rain-soaked and windswept Reebok crowd having to settle for a 1-1 draw. The international brigade
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Crisis talks over threat to axe 224 police jobs
BOLTON'S civilian police staff are to meet for crisis talks after plans were announced to axe 224 jobs -- and cut the opening hours of the town's police stations. Workers including traffic wardens, front desk staff, caterers and cleaners plan a union
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Panic
move LABOUR'S plans to abolish Widows' Benefit are further proof that their much heralded welfare reforms have been hijacked by the Treasury and are in even more of a shambles now than they were before the Cabinet reshuffle. It is a panic move taken in
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Wary of New Deal
FOLLOWING the news that the Government is asking departments across Whitehall to take on people under the new deal, we learn: "Britain is facing a looming jobs crisis" and "Every 10 minutes a job is being lost in private industry". The Government's response
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Morning
ramble IN reply to M Cook and P Hodgkiss in a recent Your Views regarding the Stagecoach B8 & B9 routes. You should be so lucky! At least after one and a half hours your bus finally arrived. You have obviously never had the "privilege" of travelling
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Loo loss
I WAS highly delighted today after shopping in Bolton, to see the gates unpadlocked on the Nelson Square public toilets, which have been locked up for the past 12 months or so. But on investigating further I found a solitary workman fitting cupboards
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Better for everyone
I reply to Mr J Dunleavy the owner of the Cuts Galore store and his article headed: Thanks for nothing! (BEN, October 22). I have used a wheelchair in and around Farnworth everyday for the last 14 years and I have quite the opposite opinion to him with
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SOCCER: What a week for Shakers
BURY fans began the most exciting and expensive week of the season today. Around 600 Shakers supporters were among an anticipated 40,000 crowd at Sunderland today, paying £17 a head, and no doubt with one eye on next Wednesday's Worthington Cup third
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Daily poem
THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT ARACHNIPHOBE Spiders, spiders everywhere And all the girls did shrink From jobs in the kitchen when They found one in the sink. "What, frightened of one spider?" Scoffed Kevin: "That's a laugh. "You'd better not go upstairs --
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REVIEW: Early One Morning,
Octagon Theatre, Bolton. Runs until November 14 BOLTON writer Les Smith has composed a powerful play inspired by an article in the BEN. In this world premiere we learn how Bolton soldier Jim Smith, earlier honoured for his bravery, is shot in 1917 for
