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Annie's a real diamond!
ANNIE Ratcliffe of Trinity Players, Farnworth, has received her diamond bar for 60 years' membership of the National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA). Glyn Neary, NODA's North-west Region representative made the presentation. Annie, probably the
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Halloween tyre slashers vow: 'We'll be back'
MORE than 20 residents living on the Pewfist in Westhoughton are furious after waking up to find their tyres slashed. Cars parked outside houses all over the estate were vandalised causing hundreds of pounds worth of damage in a blitz carried out during
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Boss saluted for tackling post gunman
A RADCLIFFE post office boss who disarmed a gun-wielding raider -- defying death as two shots were fired during a brutal struggle -- is to receive a bravery award. Derek Hill will be honoured for his actions tomorrow when he receives a Chief Constable's
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Trust boosts health in India
BOLTON health workers have given a boost to a trailblazing project which is set to transform health care in India. Bolton Community Healthcare Trust has been involved in an eight-week fact finding mission to establish a comprehensive health care facility
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New plea to help catch arson killer
A GRIEVING Bolton couple today renewed an appeal for the public to help catch the firebug who killed their young daughter and grandson. Kath and Les Trigg, speaking to the BEN shortly after the funeral of their daughter Jean, 26, and grandson Anthony,
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NON-LEAGUE: Boro bounce back
RADCLIFFE Boro manager Kevin Glendon's warning to his players that they must improve or leave the club following the 2-1 weekend defeat at Hucknall Town worked a treat. Last night Boro travelled to Belper Town in the FA Umbro Trophy first round and shrugged
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Dying pensioner wins damages
A PENSIONER from Horwich has won "substantial damages" from British Rail after developing a deadly tumour caused by asbestos at work. Former prisoner of war Jim Smith, aged 80, who worked on the notorious Burma death railway, was struck down with an incurable
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The Daiy Poem: Seasons
The summer leaves are putrefying brown As is overcooked by the once blazing sun. Autumn is starting to encompass the town, Another battle of the seasons has been won. The humid night air is no longer there, Pyjamas and nightgowns slowly reappear. We sit
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Beware 'charity' con-trick
REGARDING door-to-door collections. We at Age Concern Bolton have been contacted by many householders expressing serious concern about the underhand methods of recycling companies which pass themselves off as "third world" or other charities. Typically
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Time to remember
THE Remembrance Sunday Parade will leave Kearsley Royal British Legion, Springfield Road, at 9.40am for Service at the War Memorial, Bolton Road, at 10am. It will be followed by a service at St Stephen's Church at 10.30am. All organisations and formations
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What's on in and around Bolton, Wednesday, 4/11/98
THEATRE, MUSIC & DANCE AMBASSADORS Girls' Morris Dancing Troupe, practice night for ages 5 to 15, St Andrew's Methodist Church, Tonge Moor Road, Bolton, 6.30pm-9.30pm. Tel: 01942 255484. SOCIAL sequence dancing, Turton High School, Bromley Cross,
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Poppy appeal
ALTHOUGH it is now 80 years since Armistice brought to an end the enormous human tragedy of the First World War, the needs of many British ex-Service men and women and their dependants have not abated. Calls for help from The Royal British Legion exceeded
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Health Matters: Tackling a taboo
IT's one of the great social taboos, associated with those one assumes "simply can't help it", yet it could affect up to 2,500 people in Bolton alone. Urinary incontinence affects between three-five million of the UK population, yet in 70 per cent of
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'Drop in' disgrace
I READ with interest and sympathy the letter regarding the 'Drop in Centre' on Doyle Road, Hunger Hill. During the summer shortly after the 'Drop in Centre' opened, I visited the house opposite. It was the school holidays and therefore a number of children
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Council call to outlaw fireworks
A CALL will be made at tomorrow night's Bolton Council meeting for fireworks to be banned from sale in shops. Councillors will be asked to urge the Government to end "the annual terror" caused fireworks in the run up to Bonfire Night. A notice of motion
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Ian's a dramatic appeal
IAN Ronson, secretary of Horwich Arts Council, wants to form a town dramatic society. The town already has a thriving operatic and dramatic society -- Horwich RMI AODS -- which stages musicals, but Ian believes there is room for a drama group. He said
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Danger warning on stolen fireworks
FIREWORKS stolen during a raid in Bury could be deadly if they fall into the wrong hands, police have warned. The £5,000 haul was taken from Bury-based Evolution Ltd after thieves sawed off the lock from an outside storage container. Hundreds of packets
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Wrecking spree blamed on boozy youths
DRUNKEN teenagers have been blamed for a wrecking spree at a Westhoughton garage -- one of TWENTY crimes at the vandal plagued firm over the last three months. Nine cars and a lorry were trashed by the thugs -- causing damage estimated at well over £5,000
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Fish doubt for vital Vale clash
MARK Fish is a doubtful starter as Wanderers bid to check their Division One slide at home to Port Vale tomorrow night. The South African centre-back, substituted in Sunday's 3-0 Reebok defeat by Sunderland, is struggling with a leg injury. If he fails
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NON-LEAGUE: Leigh's Challenge
AFTER all the FA Cup hype, Leigh RMI come back down to earth tonight with a second round Challenge Cup tie against Burscough at Hilton Park. Fulham and the national exposure that goes with it is put on the back burner, while tonight's prestigious competition
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Bolton solicitors see off city firms
BOLTON-based solicitors Keogh Ritson has beaten its city-based rivals to be listed as the leading law firm in the North-west dealing with defendant personal injury work. The 240-strong practice headed by 20 partners was ranked above other North-west firms
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High speed post service is in the bag
THE arrival of the world's most advanced mail handling machines in Bolton will mean a better mail service for businesses. Royal Mail has just installed two £1.25million Integrated Mail Processors (IMPs) at its Farnworth mail centre which cut total sorting
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Jenkins failure
THE Jenkins Report does nothing to enhance democracy. This document only empowers the party political structures and fails to serve the needs of the people. For democracy properly understood is rule by the people and not rule by policital parties. We
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OPINION: Tackling these teenage terrors
WHAT on earth is happening to our town? Drunken teenagers in Westhoughton trash a garage, nine cars and a lorry in a £5,000 plus wrecking spree, while in another part of the area 20 residents wake up to find their car tyres slashed. Meanwhile, in Halliwell
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From the BEN files
From the Evening News, November 3, 1973 BOLTON teachers claim that pupils are being taught in school dining halls, changing rooms, and even round sick children in one schools's medical room. That is why the teachers are taking their present industrial
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Big Issue: Pets to be pitied
KAREN STEPHEN reports on a ground-breaking Bolton scheme which starts in the new year and will eventually be extended throughout the country. ONE in four women will experience domestic violence at some point in their lives, be it physical, sexual, verbal
