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Help offer
I AM writing to offer help to carers or people with disabilities who are readers of this newspaper. Many carers in this area provide full time care - 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. It is tiring, but essential work. Even so, some carers
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No substitute
LEGAL and arboricultural advice and hours of study have produced a thorough record of how the mature beech woodland in Egerton Quarry came to be displaced by a large house. I now have some hope Bolton Metro will stop claiming their innocence and 'vigorous
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House death riddle
DETECTIVES were today probing the "suspicious" death of a woman after her body was found at a house in Bolton. The 58-year-old was discovered by her family in Hollycroft Avenue, Breightmet, last night. This morning police sealed off the property while
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Charity group cash grants up for grabs
VOLUNTARY and charitable groups which cover the Bolton area are invited to apply for grants from the Community Trust For Greater Manchester. The Trust, which supports groups in all the 10 boroughs of the county, seeks to help charitable work which will
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Tyre spies set to stop gangs in their tracks
SPECIAL undercover surveillance is being organised around reservoirs north of Bolton to try and stop organised gangs dumping tyres. Tyre mountains are growing on various sites around Rivington reservoirs. In just a few months nearly 1,000 have had to
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Appeal for Support
I AM writing to appeal to readers who are looking for a real adventure on, one of three overseas treks. As you may know, the competition for funds is as competitive as ever, so we are always looking for new and exciting ways for supporters to get involved
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Kama Sutra gift may be a rash buy
AN EROTIC Christmas gift containing a pocket-sized copy of the Kama Sutra could end up being a total turn-off for Bolton lovers. For sensual massage oil included with the novelty may cause a painful rash. The miniature copy of the Indian sex manual was
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Who cares about us?
I WRITE further to your articles on the 'proposed' super estate in Westhoughton, and Cllr Kevn Jones' letter of December 8. Unfortunately just like the Edges Farm development, this planning application will succeed on appeal (if not initially). This is
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Kid Courage goes to No 10
HERO 12-year-old Andrew Jackson met Prime Minister Tony Blair today as "a child of courage" after saving his younger brother who became engulfed in a fireball. Brave Andrew went to No 10 to meet the Prime Minister with 10 other children including a survivor
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Sanctions against Iraq
The British Government should take stock of the actual effect of the sanctions that are being applied against Iraq. My eyes were opened when I attended a talk given by Milan Rai on Friday, December 11 when he gave an account of his two humanitarian missions
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Bill of shame!
A GRIEVING Bolton mother still stunned by the death of her teenage son was sent a shock bill for his emergency treatment - while his body was still in the hospital mortuary. Phyllis Grundy was horrified when she opened a bill demanding payment after her
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Car group's
support for excellence THE 1999 Bolton and Bury Business Awards are to be sponsored by North-west car sales group Smith Knight Fay. Mr Graham Knight, founder and Chairman of the Hyde-based company, said: "Bolton and Bury has a vibrant, entrepreneurial
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Mystery of the 'lost' staff of Atlantis...
BOSSES at the new Atlantis nightclub which is hoping to make a splash in the town have been met with a watery response from potential staff. Interviewers were expecting a flood of applications for the 75 jobs on offer at the club in The Valley, Bolton
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THE DAILY POEM: OH WHAT BLISS
Christmas is coming The goose is getting fat, I can't afford a goose So I'll bake a sewer rat. The trifle's in the fridge And the pudding's in the cupboard, There's nothing else to eat A bit like Mother Hubbard. The Christmas Tree is sparkling The tinsel's
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Workers make sure Tom's well wrapped up for Lapland
A BOLTON boy who beat leukaemia will stay snug and warm on a dream trip to see Santa thanks to his friends at local workshop. Tom Molyneux, aged six, was delighted when he was chosen by a children's charity to jet off to Lapland and have a ride on Father
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THE DAILY POEM: Spare a Thought
As we celebrate this Christmas time With fine fayre a plenty Spare a thought for all of those, Whose tummies will be empty. They don't ask for presents Or things so fine and grand, All they ask is a decent meal And a friendly helping hand. Christmas is
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Pupils pop the question to raise dosh for Josh
PUPILS and staff at Harper Green School, Farnworth, raised £1000 for three-years-old Joshua Sharrock, when they held a sponsored pop quiz, pop concert and staff five-a-side football match featuring the "golden oldies" against the "young turks." Other
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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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Search is on to find NW's longest serving busman
THE hunt is on to find the longest-serving busman or woman still around from the old Bolton Corporation Transport Department. The Museum of Transport in Cheetham, Manchester, wishes to invite the longest-serving former employee to be guest of honour at
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Out with the old - in with the newlyweds!
ANTIQUES have been dropped from the list of events at the Last Drop Village after more than a quarter century. Weekly antiques fairs, attracting stallholders and buyers from around the country, have been held at the hotel since October 1972. But now management
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Lisa wins booker prize!
FOOTBALLER Lisa Colley fouled up her all-woman team's unblemished record - but when her team-mates saw the yellow card, they CELEBRATED! The 20-year-old's late tackle on an opponent in a Sunday match earned her the club's first ever booking. In three
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From the BEN files
TWENTY million people in Britain never go away from home on holiday - almost a third of the population. So the tourists boards are to look at the reasons. THE BBC got a rocket today for a firework scene in its comedy programme 'Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
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'Hours cut will hit our lowest paid'
UNION bosses are locked in negotiations with Bolton Council over a deal they claim will hit some of their lowest paid workers. The dispute has arisen over a new Single Status Agreement, which has to be implemented by April 1. It slightly reduces the hours
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Tories fight to save weekend warriors
CONSERVATIVES will start a war of words tonight in a bid to save Bolton's Territorial Army units. Tory councillors will press Labour-dominated Bolton Council to hit out against the Government's plans to close Bolton's Derby Barracks. The verbal bullets
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Delay shock
LAST week I attended a funeral at Overdale. It took approximately 20 to 30 minutes to leave after the service. As people are already feeling very sad and vulnerable at this time, extra strain regarding traffic should not have to be endured. (Even the
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Forget contract wrangle says Todd
COLIN Todd has told Arnar Gunnlaugsson to forget his contract wrangle and concentrate on scoring the goals Wanderers need to get back in the Premiership. The Iceland striker's form has dipped recently and the Bolton boss believes that could be the result
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Bid to give struggling pupils exam options
ALL Bolton pupils will get the chance to leave school with qualifications if education chiefs get the Christmas presents they are hoping for. Bolton expect to hear on Christmas Eve if their bids for two Government grants to allow all schools to offer
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Whinberries - never
THE FRUIT in question has many names but the local one is Whimberries with an 'M' not an 'N'. The Eastern end of Winter Hill is recorded by the Ordnance Survey and is given as Whimberry Hill. Perhaps because the fruit grows well in the area. The fruit
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Prisoners of war appeal
I am researching a Channel Four documentary into the plight of prisoners of war during the First World War. To help make this programme, I urgently wish to contact any surviving British prisoners of war from the 1914-18 period. Were you captured on the
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More people surviving cancer
THE changing pattern of cancer across Greater Manchester is revealed in a report today - bringing hope to many sufferers. The report focuses on 14 major cancers and includes 209,575 new cases of cancer which were first diagnosed between 1981 and 1996.
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So good
I WOULD like to congratulate Toys R Us in Bolton, for being police and helpful to the many parents, whose mission this year was to purchase a Furby! On the occasions I have contacted the store, the assistants have been pleasant, and gladly given the delivery
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Kid of Courage goes to No10
HERO 12-year-old Andrew Jackson met Prime Minister Tony Blair today as "a child of courage" after saving his younger brother who became engulfed in a fireball. Brave Andrew went to No 10 to meet the Prime Minister with 10 other children including a survivor
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OPINION: Shocking affair
WE can feel nothing but sympathy for the family of a 19-year-old Bolton man who received a bill for emergency treatment while his body was still in the hospital mortuary. The letter to David Ashton, asking him for a standard £21.30 road accident fee,
