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Council blast over planning meeting
SUPERMARKET giants Asda have been slammed by Bolton's planning chiefs for refusing a meeting over the future of their Astley Bridge store. And a Bolton Tory councillor has been accused of "going behind the backs" of his colleagues after it was revealed
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Branny blow
KEITH Branagan has suffered another injury setback - just when he thought he was back in the swing. The Wanderers' No 1, who missed the first 15 games of the season with knee damage, was having surgery today to clear a groin problem and faces another
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Policeman's gun terror
A COURAGEOUS policeman narrowly escaped death when a gunman fired three shots at him as he fled from the scene of a robbery in Bolton town centre. One of the shots missed PC Paul Anderson by inches as he chased two thugs down a dimly-lit back street.
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TUESDAY
THEATRE, MUSIC & DANCE BOLTON Burns Club is holding a dancing class in the Social Centre for the Blind at 7.45pm. TEA Dance with Dave K, Pembroke Hall, High Street, Walkden, 2pm-4pm. ENTERTAINMENTS for pensioners, Pensioners Hall, Rock Street, Horwich
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Staff shortages and cuts need tackling locally - Dobson
GOVERNMENT Health Secretary Frank Dobson said that concerns over Bury's maternity service were for local management to deal with. His comments came in response to claims made by midwives about the declining state of maternity care due to staff cuts at
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Trade park plan gets the go-ahead
PLANNING chiefs have reluctantly given the go ahead for a controversial business park plan. They have given Charles Topham and Sons permission to put up and refurbish industrial buildings at Deakins Business Park off The Hall Coppice, Egerton. The site
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BRANNY BLOW
KEITH Branagan has suffered another injury setback - just when he thought he was back in the swing. The Wanderers' No 1, who missed the first 15 games of the season with knee damage, was having surgery today to clear a groin problem and faces another
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Remembrance day in the Bury area
BURY remembered those who gave their lives for our freedom during a service at Bury Parish Church. Civic, military and emergency organisations joined hundreds of local people and local dignitaries for a parade from the town hall in Knowsley Street to
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Boozy pupils survey shock
MORE than 90 per cent of schoolchildren in Bury have tried alcohol, according to a shock new survey. And some 42 per cent of those questioned said they knock back the booze on a regular basis. The detailed study was carried out at 12 high schools and
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Tory slammed over private meeting with Asda's Archie
A BOLTON Tory councillor has been accused of "going behind the backs" of his colleagues after it was revealed that he arranged a private meeting with Asda chairman Archie Norman. And the supermarket giants have been slammed by Bolton's planning chiefs
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Sheron still backing Bolton
MIKE Sheron, the hit-man who helped QPR knock Wanderers back into the mid-table melee, still fancies the Reebok boys to come good. The former Machester City striker scored the second and decisive goal that cost Wanderers their fourth defeat in five games
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We're no Scrooges, says council that won't pay Christmas bill
DON'T call us Scrooges -- that's the call from council chiefs in Bury, who have refused to foot a £7,000 bill to light up the town this Christmas. Bury Council has decided to adopt a prudent approach to this year's festivities, after Ramsbottom Chamber
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80th anniversary of the Armistice
BOLTON West MP Ruth Kelly joined ex-Servicemen and local people at Westhoughton Cenotaph, marking the 80th anniversary of the Armistice. British Legion spokesman, John Staniforth, said there was a bigger turn-out for the ceremony than in previous years
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Wanderers on the brink
QPR 2, WANDERERS 0 THEY are still looking up - more in hope than expectation now - but Wanderers know their season is on a knife edge. Colin Todd has publicly conceded that Sunderland are out on their own in the race for promotion and the way they performed
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Firm's the big cheese
CHEESE-filled crust pizza was the 1,000,000th product to travel along a conveyor belt in Bolton-based Stateside Foods -- the UK's leading pizza manufacturers. Stateside's business has boomed, so much so, they asked Gloucestershire-based CKF Systems to
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BOLTON'S ambulancemen this afternoon brought a total shutdown of the town's ambulance service in wha
50 YEARS AGO DESPITE a strong plea by Counc. Hawksworth (Lab) to 'stop for ever this nibbling away of our Sunday', Bolton Town Council today approved by 45 votes to 22 that for an experimental period of 12 months, indoor games should be allowed in park