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Are they all in Heartbeat?
I'VE said it before and I say it again -- the law is an ass. I was flabbergasted when I read that Mr Patel, faced with a knife-wielding thug, had defended himself and his property with whatever means he had at his disposal at the time, had been taken
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'Hedge funds'
CURRENTLY the Japanese Government is taking measures to limit the de-stabilizing influence of so-called 'hedge funds'. These funds undertake the practice of selling a stock that an investor does not own with the intention of buying it back later at a
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Callum, nine, fronts the fluoride campaign
A NINE-year-old Bolton boy is fronting a national campaign to have fluoride added to the North-west water supply. It is claimed that Callum, whose surname has not been revealed to the media, has so few teeth he refuses to eat outside his home and suffers
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Girl banned from Army because of dry skin
A BOLTON girl is battling to join the Army after being barred because she suffers from a mild skin condition. Amy Plimley, 16, has recruited MP Ruth Kelly in her fight against what she claims is Ministry of Defence red tape. Amy has been refused permission
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He never
returned GOOD luck to the gentlemen of the Trafalgar Day Society at the House Without A Name pub in Harwood. Do you think that they might also raise a glass to the memory of my boyhood friend, Private Norman Kitchen, 1st Battalion, The East Lancashire
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Neighbours in bollard battle
A NEW kind of "road rage" has gripped an entire close of neighbours who claim new council bollards keep them virtual prisoners. The concrete barriers block off half of Foster Lane, in Breightmet, forcing residents of Marlow Close to turn out onto busy
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Injuries pile up
THE Euxton treatment room was a hive of activity today as Wanderers tried to get a ward full of casualties fit for Saturday's trip to QPR. Keith Branagan and Mark Fish pulled out of last night's victory over Port Vale, which saw strikers Arnar Gunnlaugsson
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Have your say on Bolton's fast track bus route
THE first fast-track bus route in Greater Manchester is to run along the 13 kilometre corridor from Bolton to Leigh. The £1.5m development is part of the Quality Bus Routes programme designed to make bus travel quicker, easier and an attractive alternative
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Todd on the attack
COLIN Todd went on the attack today as Wanderers set their sights on a surge back up the table. The Bolton boss saw his side end a run of five games without a win with a stylish and comfortable 3-1 victory over Port Vale at the Reebok and pledged to continue
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Residents rally against plans for late night shop
RESIDENTS have united against developers over plans for a late-night shop in Bolton. About 250 people have formally objected to proposals for a general store in Chorley Old Road, Heaton, fearing a massive increase in noise and traffic. But today developers
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BEN brings investors back home!
WHO says the power of the press isn't a force to be reckoned with. Bolton stockbrokers, Hargreave Hale -- who review the shares for this very page -- says they are amazed at the success of their recently opened Wood Street branch. The office, at number
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THE DAILY POEM: Gallery visits
-Within each frame, on every wall, Fine scenes there are for one and all. A pebbled beach, with surging sea, Whose grasping waves, the stones fling free. Cliffs, awesome, steep, like castle keep, With overhangs, and chasms deep. Oh! how I love to take
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Fun-d runner louis steps out in style
A KIND-hearted Farnworth youngster took to the roads to boost funds for leukaemia research - and raised £93. Bolton Harrier Louis Higginson, aged nine, was so disappointed to miss out on a sponsored swim in aid of the Elizabeth Morris Appeal he decided
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THE BIG ISSUE:Ruffians are being allowed to rule the roost
ARE gangs of thugs ruling our streets? Bolton Evening News feature writer JENNIFER BRADBURY talks to the victims of crime and how they believe the unruly yobs are taking over. ARE gangs of unruly youths taking over our streets? In just one day this week
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It's time to put victims first
WHAT'S happening to law and order in this country, when a judge can impose a fine of £300 plus £50 costs on a shop keeper for defending himself with a harmless spray, against a robber armed with a knife? I've also heard of another robbery of a 92-year-old
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Diabetes team in line for top award
A TEAM from Bolton Diabetes Centre has been shortlisted for a top award in this year's prestigious Hospital Doctor Awards. If they win, they will become the NovoNordisk Diabetes Award Team and receive £5,000. The Bolton team is just one of four from the
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Cash award
I READ about the policewoman who has been awarded half a million pounds, because she now suffers from tinnitus, apparently caused by using an earphone at work. I worked in heavy engineering for perhaps longer than this lady has been alive and, as a legacy
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Resurrection for the Millennium!
FUNDS are rolling in to help resurrect a dilapidated old school that is used as a church hall. The Jubilee School on Church Road is a grade two listed building and has been taken under the wing of St Peter's Church in Halliwell whose members want to bring
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Gas firm leaves pensioner in cold
AN arthritic pensioner in Little Hulton was left in the cold after details to connect her gas supply went missing. Sylvia Mason, aged 65, expected everything to be switched on when she moved into her Eastwood Avenue bungalow on Monday morning. But instead
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From the BEN files
PARTS of the North-west, including areas around Bolton, could be plunged into darkness without warning as a result of industrial action by power engineers. Complete sections of the network might have to be switched off without notice. The threat of power
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What's on in and around Bolton, Friday, 6.11.98
THEATRE,MUSIC AND DANCE ALLAN Taylor will entertain the Westhoughton Folk Club at Westhoughton Golf Club, Long Island at 8.15pm. CALL (Charity at Local Level) is holding a beginners line dancing session at the Sutton Community Centre, Addington Road,
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Living in fear
IN the Bolton Evening News of Friday, October 30, you asked readers of your newspaper to give their opinions on the prosecution of Farnworth shopkeeper, Mr Mukesh Patel, due to the method he had used to defend himself from a knife-wielding raider who
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Where have all our buses gone?
BOLTON Tory councillors have slammed rail and bus operators for providing a "disgraceful" service into Bromley Cross. Tory Cllr Alan Wilkinson said trains in the morning from Bromley Cross Station were being cancelled, bus services were constantly being
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Bolton filmgoers flock to brave The Exorcist
FILMGOERS are having a shocking time at Bolton's only cinema. They are flocking to the Warner Village at Middlebrook, Horwich, to see the re-released horror classic The Exorcist. On Saturday, staff at the 12-screen theatre had to turn hundreds away who
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Todd on the attack
COLIN Todd went on the attack today as Wanderers set their sights on a surge back up the table. The Bolton boss saw his side end a run of five games without a win with a stylish and comfortable 3-1 victory over Port Vale at the Reebok and pledged to continue
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Top teachers take headship training
SENIOR teachers in Bolton are going back to school to take lessons in becoming a head. Twenty deputy heads in the town are already studying for the new qualification in headship and about ten more are expected to sign up soon. Education chiefs are pleased
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Dan has high hopes for a flying career
DANIEL Mortimer, from Sharples, Bolton, is being paid while he learns to fly -- thanks to a long-established RAF initiative for students throughout the UK. He is studying geography at Salford University and has joined one of the RAF's University Air Squadrons
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Per-fect way to beat stress
By Gordon Sharrock: Bolton Wanderers 3, Port Vale 1 NATIONAL Stress Awareness Day came and went. No sign of tension, not the slightest hint of pressure . . . no bother. A goal inside five minutes settled the nerves, of course, and a second soon after
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Widow to sue works after crush tragedy
A WIDOW is to sue a Radcliffe paper mill for damages following the death of her husband in a factory floor tragedy. John Ince was killed in May when he was pinned against a wall by a one-tonne bale of paper which had toppled from a forklift truck. Mr
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NON-LEAGUE: Cheap travel boost for RMI fans
LEIGH RMI have taken a leaf out of Leigh Rugby Club's book for their travel arrangements to Fulham in the FA Cup on Sunday week. Supporters of the rugby club have in the past travelled to away matches at a much reduced rate, thanks to local businesses
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Not justice!
REGARDING the prosecution of Mukesh Patel. I think it is a travesty of justice. Whether the police or the courts could have taken any other course under present law, I am not qualified to judge, but any right-thinking person can see that what happened
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Janet goes Down Under to be doctor
FORMER Canon Slade pupil Janet Corkindale has achieved a degree of success across the other side of the world. The former nurse found Australia the perfect tonic she needed to achieve her ambition of becoming a doctor. Janet, whose family lives in Worsley
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OPINION: Vital military move
BOLTON MP Brian Iddon's call for the military to actively recruit Asians is obviously welcome. He is shocked that he has yet to meet anyone from his constituency's Asian community who has joined the armed forces. This fact may not be as surprising to
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BEN writer turns privy counsellor!
THE BEN's Living World writer Ron Freethy will be in Bolton town centre on Saturday to do a bit of privy counselling. For as well as signing copies of his new book "Lancashire Privies" at Sweetens Bookshop in Deansgate, he will be trying to get Bolton
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Marcus is honoured by school for fireball rescue
A TEENAGER who helped save two youngsters from a fireball horror has been honoured by his school. Marcus Carter, 15, dashed to the rescue when a petrol can exploded on Ladybird Hill, Breightmet, setting fire to the tracksuit bottoms of 11-year-olds Damien
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OPINION: Let's listen to the young ones
BOLTON Council chiefs have made a sensible move in adopting the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child. As well as helping prevent "exploitation and intimidation", it makes young needs central to future Council policy. This move builds
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Chemists open in the Bolton area on Sunday
Nash, 15 Devon Street (9am to 10pm); Landmark, 12 Chorley New Road (9am to 1pm and 2pm to 11pm); Cohens, 576 Blackburn Road (9am to 10pm); Sykes, 328 St Helens Road (11am to 1pm); Gordons, 193 Bolton Road, Kearsley (noon to 1pm); Tesco, Mansell Way, Horwich
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Action was unnecessary
I REFER to the article on the front page of Friday, October 30, in connection with a shopkeeper using CS gas to defend himself against an armed robber. I would suggest that:- a) The Police, in the circumstances, should not have taken the action that they
