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Millennium grant lights up church
THE heavens shone down on a Turton church earlier this year -- when a grant was awarded to floodlight the magnificent building and grounds. St Anne's Church, Chapeltown, decided to apply for a Government grant for floodlights to mark the coming of the
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The real reason Rioch quit Wanderers
IN June 1995, Bruce Rioch walked out of Burnden Park, 10 days after guiding Wanderers to the Premiership. It was assumed the invitation to manage Arsenal had proved irresistible. Here, in an exclusive interview with BEN chief football writer GORDON SHARROCK
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Pensioner's murder: Police seek four men
MURDER squad detectives hunting the brutal killer of frail pensioner Daniel McFadden today urged four men to come forward to help with their investigation. Mr McFadden, 65, was burned alive in his flat at Mere Gardens, Halliwell, on June 18. Police want
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Help available for vulnerable groups
TWO of the most vulnerable groups in the community have been given a voice. Bolton Carers Support Project has recently appointed a support worker for people suffering from schizophrenia and their families, and one to help carers of the elderly. A Family
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Cup wait for Todd
BOLTON Wanderers are waiting on injury victims Per Frandsen and Ricardo Gardner ahead of tomorrow night's Worthington Cup third round clash at Norwich. The midfield duo were both taken off early in Friday night's 2-1 defeat at Bristol City which saw Wanderers
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Iddon still unhappy over gas blunder
A BOLTON MP is claiming partial victory in a controversy surrounding a British Gas bills blunder. Following pressure by MP for Bolton South East Dr Brian Iddon, British Gas has agreed to pay compensation to some customers and has tightened up its meter
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Now leaves in the drains delay traffic
RESIDENTS were forced to bale out their own street as torrential rain lashed the town over the weekend. Brassed-off Boltonians were out in force in the Smithills area on Saturday afternoon - with bucketfuls of soggy leaves. Furious Gillian Bell, of Forest
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USA firm makes grand entrance
AN American company has put out the welcome mat for Collie Carpets in Farnworth. Kleen-Tex Industries Inc of Georgia USA -- the world's largest manufacturer of washable entrance mats -- has acquired Collie's assets from the OCS Group. The Farnworth company
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SOCCER: Our hardest game of the season - Butler
SUNDERLAND 1 BURY 0 BRAVE Bury are down but they won't be out of the division next season. That's the verdict of ex-Shakers star Paul Butler who reckons the small town club he left in the summer for big time Sunderland still has what it takes to live
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Teenagers escape as car splits in half
TWO teenagers had an astonishing escape when their car split in half after smashing into a telegraph pole. Both the driver and his passenger -- who were catapulted out of the wreckage of the car last night -- escaped with minor injuries. The driver of
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Staff shortages - because we all had a job
NEAR full employment in Bolton is said to be one cause of staffing difficulties at local hospitals. The Bolton group needs 100 more nursing recruits, and there is also a shortage of cooks, domestic workers and laundry operatives. AFTER driving in state
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Petra's icon now a chapel work of art
A BENEDICTINE nun has brought her artistry and expertise to Bolton. Sister Petra Clare, a hermit nun who lives in a remote Highland village, has produced an icon which now has pride of place in the chapel at the Royal Bolton Hospital. The icon depicts
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Life honour for Mr Wingates
WINGATES brass band has honoured "Mr Wingates" -- Charlie Southern. Mr Southern, aged 77, who lives in Heywood, has been involved in banding since 1931 and joined the then Wingates Temperance Band in 1956. Since then he has been everything from tea boy
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Chemists on duty in the Bolton area:
Wed Oct 28: Heatons, 228 Chorley New Road, Horwich (5,30pm to 6.30pm). For prescriptions marked "urgent" by a doctor when chemists are closed please contact police on 0161 872 5050. Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting
