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Lottery luck will pay wedding bills
A NEWLY-WED Bolton man has scooped thousands on the National Lottery. John Gardner, 30, was part of a 12-strong work syndicate which pocketed £77,425 after matching five numbers and the bonus ball in the mid-week draw. And delighted John, who only got
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Tragedy probe after ambulance gets stuck in mud
A LEIGH pensioner's death is to be fully investigated after the ambulance that ferried her to hospital became stuck in mud outside her home. Relatives and friends of Alice Hall, aged 63, desperately tried to free the vehicle after its wheels sank into
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Blairs thank caring Salvation Army couple
A CARING Salvation Army couple from Bolton were among dozens of people from all over Britain honoured by Tony and Cherie Blair last night for carrying on their vital work while most others are having a Christmas break. Captain Julian Watchorn and his
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Merger makes training sense
COMMERCE House --#151; the former miners' headquarters which became the home of the former Bolton and Bury Chamber of Commerce --#151; now houses a newly-merged training organisation. Bury Colleges' training provider, BCE Mesnes, has acquired the Chamber's
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£1m investment brings 50 jobs
A £1m FACTORY investment is set to bring 50 new jobs to Bolton. New premises for Arthur Sanderson and Sons Ltd will be handed over tomorrow in Bolton's Tonge Valley. The Uxbridge-based home furnishings company has moved its making up services factory
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Rogue taxi warning
Why doesn't Bolton Council allow normal saloon taxi cars to 'sport' the illuminated taxi sign on the roof of their cars? This, as far as I am concerned makes sense to help people identify bone-fide taxis. The yellow stickers which are in use now are not
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Drum king Eric back at RMI
JAZZ and big band enthusiasts should make a date in their diaries for Friday, May 14, next year. Veteran drummer Eric Delaney will be joined by Crissy Lee and her all female orchestra for his 75th birthday concert at the Horwich RMI Club. This will be
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Opera group still hitting top note
NEXT year Bolton's own opera group, Opera 74, celebrates its Silver Jubilee. The group was founded in 1974 by musicians Margaret Lindsay and Michael Greenhalgh. Their objective was to present quality opera productions to Bolton audiences at affordable
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Heading for trouble
HAVING READ your recent articles on the proposed "super estate in Westhoughton", I wish to make the following comments: WESTHOUGHTON is once again being targeted for the building of new homes at the expense of green belt land and the environment in general
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There must be others!
IS John Walsh the only Conservative Councillor in Bolton? It would appear to be so as his name is the only one which crops up regularly in your news items, whatever the topic. Mr J Holding Stocks Park Drive, Horwich Converted for the new archive on 14
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Cash raised to help the Third World
EARLIER THIS year you covered the efforts of local volunteers who were collecting money in support of ActionAid Week. I can now report that, through their efforts and those of similar people throughout the country, ActionAid has raised £830,000 to help
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What's on in and Bolton, Wednesday, 16.12.98
THEATRE, MUSIC & DANCE THE Imperial Cancer Research Fund have organised a Christmas Carol Concert featuring the Eaton Farnworth Brass Band in St Luke's Church, Chorley Old Road, Halliwell, 7.30pm. THE Wednesday Fellowship is holding a Candlelight
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What was your war effort?
A LITTLE-known aspect of WW2 is the subject of a book that I am preparing by way of a tribute to those involved. I would be most grateful for a little help, if possible, through the courtesy of your columns. The book is about the contributions made on
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Cosmetics testing on animals
THE government's decision to ban cosmetics testing on animals is clearly most welcome. However, it must not be forgotten that cosmetics testing accounted for only 1,319 out of a total of 2.64 million animal experiments in 1997, many of which were unrelated
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Thanks for helping our appeal
MAY I through your letters page, thank the staff at Marks & Spencer on Deansgate, Bolton, for all the food they donated to our residents on December 7. All the donations are being used to make up Christmas hampers for the single, young, homeless people
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Armed thugs steal Rotary Club cash
A GUNMAN grabbed hundreds of pounds of Santa's Christmas charity cash in a daylight robbery yesterday. Brave John Goldsworthy, 64, the treasurer of the Rotary Club of Tyldesley was thrown to the floor as he tried to fight off his attacker in an Atherton
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Todd backs referee plan
COLIN Todd has backed a move that could see former top referees being recruited to coach today's officials. The Wanderers boss, who was fiercely critical of Whitley Bay ref David Laws after Saturday's 1-1 draw at Tranmere, welcomed the initiative that
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Julie's clean sweep
JULIE Hinsley from Horwich, has brushed aside the opposition to land a top job aimed at spring-cleaning Britain. Julie, 28, of Mary Street West, is Tidy Britain Group's new National Campaigns Co-ordinator, which means she will be making sure that millions
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Grandma hit TWICE by thieves as she attends funeral
A DISABLED grandmother arrived home from her brother's funeral to find her home ransacked and all her Christmas presents stolen. Heartbroken Mary Morris above revealed today that it was the second blow within just hours of the cremation. Mary Morris was
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Towns low in the New deal league
BOLTON, Bury and Wigan are lagging behind in getting young people into jobs through the Government's New Deal for the unemployed. New figures show Bolton and Wigan are in the worst performing half of Britain while Bury only just scrapes into the top half
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Woman, 92, dies a week after raid ordeal
A GREAT great grandmother of 92 who was the victim of a terrifying robbery in her Bury home, has died. Now Mrs Ethel Davies's family are demanding police step up their hunt for the cowardly thief. And they believe he should be charged with causing her
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Cyclist in court after pensioner killed by crash
A PENSIONER died after he was in an accident with a pedal cyclist out training for a charity ride. It was revealed that the cyclist has since been reported by police for careless cycling and is due to appear before Bolton magistrates in February. An inquest
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Boys hog screens in the hi-tech classroom
KNOW-IT-ALL boys are damaging girls' futures by putting them off computers at an early age, according to research carried out in Bolton primary schools. Bossy boys often take over classroom computers and knock the girls' confidence by insisting they are
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OPINION: Heartless scum must be jailed
FORGET the season of goodwill. For some low-life around the area, Christmas is a time for ill will to all men --#151; especially anybody elderly, vulnerable or bearing cash. Radcliffe Rotary Club's Santa's Sleigh is stoned in Radcliffe, and Rotary's festive
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO KIDNAP boy Paul Getty 111 was re-united with his mother today after being released in Southern Italy - with his right ear missing. His family had offered to pay a ransom of £1.4million to the kidnappers who had cut off the ear and posted
