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First class!
COULD I please expresss my letter of thanks and appreciation to the postal worker, who, on September 14, found my handbag in the vicinity of Morrisons and Fletcher Street, Bolton. The only identification in the bag was a letter belonging to my friend.
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Essential Tony
ON MONDAY, November 16, Columbia Records will celebrate Tony Bennett's remarkable 50 year career with the release of a definitive CD collection tracing some of his finest recorded moments -- The Essential Tony Bennett (A Retrospective). From his childhood
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Self defence
IN response to 'Where's the Justice?' (Friday, October 30). The outcome of shopkeeper Mr Patel protecting himself after what must have been a terrible ordeal, makes me wonder if the general public could make claims against the police, as they, too, are
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Car parking spaces sold out for RL test
WITH a sell-out crowd guaranteed for the second rugby league test between Great Britain and New Zealand, officials at Bolton's Reebok Stadium report a complete sell-out of car parking space. Stadium chief executive Paul Fletcher today appealed to supporters
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Members 'no say' over hall future
FURIOUS councillors claim they have been excluded from decision making over the future of Smithills Hall. Council chiefs want to turn the hall and the surrounding estate into a tourist attraction. But councillors who represent the Smithills ward are angry
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Your chance to light up the town for Christmas
A BEN reader will light up the town this Christmas . . . thanks to a competition to be a VIP for the evening! This year, Bolton town centre's Christmas lights switch-on will be carried out by a local person. He or she will become a celebrity for the day
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Teenager raped by 'smooth' fiend
A BOLTON teenager was raped by a smooth-talking fiend after she enjoyed a night out with friends. The 17-year-old was dragged into a back alley in Cook Street, Leigh, and attacked by a man whose advances she had earlier spurned in a town centre pub. Today
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Fast-track route launch in 2000
THE FIRST fast-track bus route in Greater Manchester, along the 13 kilometre corridor from Bolton to Leigh, should be up and running early in the new Millennium. And as well as bus-only lanes, buses will be fitted with electronic devices to change the
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Ruth gambles on Gordon's Budget success
BOLTON MP Ruth Kelly was this week full of praise for Chancellor Gordon Brown's confident announcement of his draft Budget proposals in the Commons. She hailed his courage in sticking to the Government's proposals to spend an extra £40 billion over the
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Mixed fortunes
STRIKE duo Arnar Gunnlaugsson and Bob Taylor look like winning the fitness race but Wanderers could be without skipper Gudni Bergsson when they take on struggling Queens Park Rangers tomorrow. The Icelander, who was sent off at Loftus Road when the teams
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Tax breaks for shareholders
GORDON Brown gave his budget preview this week and announced there will be new tax breaks to encourage employees to own a stake in the companies they work for. The Chancellor's ultimate aim is to put an end to the "us and them" culture so that workers
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Axing the TA will be a big mistake
I AM writing in regard to the letter in the Bolton Evening News on October 23 about the closure of the Territorial Army. I'm a cadet based at the Queens Lancashire Regiment at Derby Barracks, Fletcher Street, in Bolton. I really enjoy going to the cadets
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Mixed fortunes
STRIKE duo Arnar Gunnlaugsson and Bob Taylor look like winning the fitness race but Wanderers could be without skipper Gudni Bergsson when they take on struggling Queens Park Rangers tomorrow. The Icelander, who was sent off at Loftus Road when the teams
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THE DAILY POEM: Impressions
Scintillant stars, they leave a sign, Devoid of all expression. To fill a hole in space and time, Existence, is their impression. Footprints on a sandy beach, Tides wash away the soft depressions. A layered past, replaced, repeats, With life's varied
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The price is WRONG: Top tourist attractions charge too much, says new book
By Karen Stephen A NEW book listing the top tourist attractions around the country has warned that steep admission prices and the reluctance to lower them could spell trouble. Authors of The Good Guide to Britain says high entrance fees and the strong
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The Good Gig Guide
TONIGHT (Friday, 6.11.98): Gypsy's Tent, Spa Road, Bolton: (Starski). Bottom Bull, Bury Road, Bolton (Rock Doctors). Witchwood, Ashton-u-Lyne (Joyland). Roadhouse, Manchester (The Damien Shrub, Elbow, Mantraluna, Valve). Academy, Manchester (Bauhaus).
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Time for Tories to be straight
NOW that the CBI has dismissed Tory claims that there is a black hole in the Government's spending plans, the Conservatives must begin answering some questions, instead of ducking and diving away. As the Financial Times said this week, by not answering
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What's on in and around Bolton (Saturday, 7.11.98)
THE National Choir Festival - Lancashire Federation Round with choirs from Barton, Clayton le Woods, Hambleton, Simonstone with Read and Whitechapel and Inglewhite will be held in Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, West Park Road, Blackburn at 3pm. BOLTON
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Government has priorities wrong
THE public will wonder why the Government are spending time fiddling around with the electoral system, when they should be dealing with our schools, our hospitals and our economy -- an economy which seems to have new problems every day. This whole exercise
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Bjorn Again bring A bba's music to you
IT'S that time of year when world class ABBA groovers, Bjorn Again, go on the move with their biggest ever UK Tour and on December 4 they will be coming to lay all their love on Manchester. So, search out your platforms, dust off your flares and start
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OPINION: Del Boy decision
IT'S good news for the Vietnamese pot-bellied pig called Del Boy that Bolton Council has ruled he is not smelly and anti-social, and can remain at his Tonge Moor home. Officials were called in after neighbours made allegations about the noise and stench
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Drop-in centres are super
I WRITE with reference to the letter of October 30, from Mrs Robinson of Hunger Hill. As the drop-in is well used, then it would seem that there was a need for one. As drop-in centres are designed to improve the community, be they for drug users, mental
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Officials save Del Boy's bacon
A PET pig had his bacon saved after Bolton Council officials found there was nothing wrong with him living on a Bolton housing estate. Del Boy, the Vietnamese Pot Bellied pig, was threatened with eviction from his home in Tintern Avenue, Tonge Moor, after
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Death of former surgeon
A SURGEON who treated thousands of Bolton people during his 35 years at the Bolton Royal Infirmary has died in hospital aged 93. Gordon Mowat FRCS (Ed), whose funeral took place today at St Anne's Church, Turton, was a well-known and well-respected consultant
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Almost ready to roll . . .
BUILDERS are getting their skates on to try and make sure a new skating arena in Deane will be ready to open later this month. The arena -- the first of its kind in Bolton since the Navada was destroyed by fire in 1985 -- will have areas for in-line skating
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Manslaughter verdict fury
CONVICTED killer, Robert Crompton issued the chilling warning: "If I can't have you, no one else will," shortly before battering his ex-fiancee to death with a glass vase. Crompton, aged 43, today began a 10-year jail sentence after he was cleared of
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Labour New Deal is a con trick
I WONDER if Mr M Schmid (BEN: October 30) really believes all the rubbish that he writes. The so-called "windfall tax" on the privatised utilities was, in fact, a tax on efficiency. It had no effect on the income of directors, but it meant that many billions
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Daft deal
II WOULD like to ask M Schmid (No need for gloom, Your Views Monday, October 26), is this person living in the real world? Disabled people are losing their benefits, people weeks away from retirement are having to sign on the dole -- is this what you
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Reebok Stadium luxury hotel go-ahead
A LUXURY hotel inside The Reebok Stadium has been given the go-ahead by Bolton's planning councillors. They have approved an application for a 120-bedroomed development in the south stand at the away supporters' car park end of the ground. Bolton Wanderers
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Revamp hits target
THE £1 million revamp of Bolton's Victoria Square is on schedule and on budget, town hall chiefs have announced. As already reported, the square will temporarily be re-opened for Sunday's Remembrance Day ceremony. But it will then be closed off again
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MASH & AIR, 40 Chorlton Street, Manchester
SINCE its opening three years ago, Mash & Air has enjoyed a reputation for attracting the beautiful people who enjoy its beautiful food in equally beautiful surroundings . . . at a price. The bar and its two restaurants, Mash on the second floor,
