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Hot dog salesman in petrol terror
AN EVIL thug poured petrol over the head of a hot dog salesman and threatened to set him alight before robbing him of £1,500. The victim was savagely beaten and knocked to the ground before being doused in petrol in a quiet street. Bury police who are
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Spanner thug attacks police officers
A THUG wielding a spanner attacked two police officers after a break-in at a Little Hulton newsagent's. One of the police officers was hit across the face with the spanner after he chased the man down an alleyway near the shop. But, despite his injuries
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New hope for safety stamp
A BOLTON businessman has welcomed new Government plans to encourage innovation. And Yogesh Raja is confident that the move signals new hope for his bid to get his invention widely accepted. As reported in the BEN, Mr Raja has devised his Personalised
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Fee holds up Newsome transfer
COLIN Todd will make a fresh bid this week to try to keep Jon Newsome at the Reebok. Wanderers have so far failed to agree a fee with Sheffield Wednesday for the influential centre-back, who played the final game of his month's loan spell in Saturday's
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Heart hope dad's Christmas wish
DAVID Royse has just one Christmas wish this year and it is the same one as last year - a new heart. The father-of-two from Walkden has spent every day for more than 12 months wondering whether today will be the one when he gets a life-saving call from
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'Bolton 5' back in court next month
FIVE men convicted of gross indecency after filming a gay sex video in Bolton will attempt to clear their names next month. The men, who formed part of the film-making group which became known as the "Bolton Seven", take their cases to the Court of Appeal
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Fight to ban homes plan is defeated
BATTLING residents have lost their fight to scupper plans for a controversial development on Bolton woodland and open space. Some people living close to the proposed housing site on land south of Moss Bank Way, Smithills, say they will now move house
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Killer virus cliams life of girl, 3
A THREE-year-old Bolton girl has died after contracting the meningitis virus. The youngster, from Kearsley, died yesterday morning at Royal Bolton Hospital. Her body was due to be examined by a doctor today, but all the early indications show she was
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Patience is rewarded
WANDERERS 3 PORTSMOUTH 1 WANDERERS don't need a half-term report to tell them they could do better. Fourteen points adrift of Sunderland, they have a fair idea they won't finish top of the class this time but they are still good enough to pass the promotion
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SOCCER: Lucketti is Bradford target
BURY skipper Chris Lucketti is top of Bradford City's Christmas shopping list, writes NEIL BONNAR. The Yorkshire club, who had a £1.25m bid for Wanderers' on-loan ace Jon Newsome rejected a fortnight ago, are intent on prising 27-year-old Lucketti away
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Union blasts fire brigade
FIRE union chiefs are calling for Horwich's part-time station to be upgraded, due to a massive increase in the number of calls its overstretched crews are having to deal with. Mr Bob Pounder, the secretary of the Greater Manchester Fire Brigades Union
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Be E-prepared for competition
LOCAL businesses are to be encouraged to boost their business over the Internet. Mr Richard Bindless, Chief Executive of Bolton and Bury Chamber, is backing this and other elements of the Government's Competitiveness White Paper. He said today: "With
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This act is illegal
SO Clinton and Blair have managed to spoil Christmas and have given a two-fingered salute to the Prince of Peace. The God of War and Herod the Great (he who massacred the Innocents) are their real objects of worship. It ought not to be necessary to point
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IT'S excellent news that Bolton has been awarded the second highest capital allocation for education
Councillors have been told they can spend £2.5 million on local schools next year. The award reflects well on all those involved in applying for the cash, particularly Bolton's council officers. Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images
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Daily poem
Christmas is coming, yet still people gripe, With faces as wrinkled as manifold tripe. Discontented with the goods in the shops, Always a problem, the moans never stop. When troubles arrive that can't be endured, Who do they look to for a swift cure?
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So this is Christmas
The Family Carol Concert Bolton Choral Union Victoria Hall, Bolton DOREEN Crowther writes: If Saturday evening's concert had been rated on a feel-good factor scale, it would have scored 100 per cent. There were only a few empty seats in the Victoria Hall
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Mike talks Turkey over town's past
BOLTON Institute lecturer Mike Howarth was set a 'university challenge' on a recent visit to Istanbul. The Faculty of Technology lecturer was visiting the Mimar Sinan University and returned with an unexpected research assignment, courtesy of Turkish
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Sickening crimes
I read the sickening report of the burglary at the home of Mary Morris while she attended the funeral of her brother Brian McGrath, plus the break-in of her son's car while being at the same funeral. Brian McGrath in his life was a no-nonsense kind of
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What's on in and around Bolton on Tuesday
THEATRE, MUSIC & DANCE TEA Dance with Dave K, Pembroke Hall, High Street, Walkden, 2pm-4pm. ENTERTAINMENTS for pensioners, Pensioners Hall, Rock Street, Horwich, 2.30pm. FARNWORTH Carousels Morris Dancers, girls' practice night, Highfield Hall, Highfield
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A mega night!
I WOULD like to thank the BEN and colleagues for the wonderful opportunity to visit Megaplex on the Premier night, December 3, through a competition in your newspaper. I was one of a group of VIP winners of two tickets. (well that's the way I was made
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Fare time
I TOTALLY agree with your comments on Mr David Chaytor's reasoning on the Government's proposals to tax parking at the Trafford Centre to save Bolton and Bury town centres. He talks about an even playing field when Bolton had free parking. The then Council
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Sickening
crimes I read the sickening report of the burglary at the home of Mary Morris while she attended the funeral of her brother Brian McGrath, plus the break-in of her son's car while being at the same funeral. Brian McGrath in his life was a no-nonsense
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Phyllis's fence problem is back to front
A WOMAN who has mobility problems claims the council replaced a fence she used as a support to help her get down to the FRONT garden gate - with a new one in her BACK garden. Phyllis Bowes, of Gargrave Avenue, Johnson Fold, says that since 1990, when
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Danish link
THERE has been increasing speculation in Denmark over the weekend linking Lyngby striker Carsten Fredgaard with a move to the Reebok. The Danish club are currently enjoying their midwinter break and they had a delegation of officials at the Reebok on
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Big Match statistics
WANDERERS 3, PORTSMOUTH 1. WANDERERS 4-4-2 JAASKELAINEN (6) PHILLIPS (7) NEWSOME (7) WARHURST (7) WHITLOW (7) JOHANSEN (7) JENSEN (8) *FRANDSEN (9) SELLARS (6) TAYLOR (8) GUNNLAUGSSON (6) Wanderers substitutes: Gardner (6) for Sellars 64 mins, Holdsworth
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Windfall to create extra pupil places
EDUCATION chiefs in Bolton are celebrating a multi-million pound windfall to improve school buildings. Bolton has been awarded the second highest capital allocation out of the 10 towns in Greater Manchester - only Wigan got more. Delighted councillors
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Deano's family double
THE Holdsworth family had cause for a double celebration on Saturday when father, Dean, followed in the footsteps of his son, Bradley. The Wanderers record signing came off the subs bench to score a gem of a third goal in the 3-1 Reebok victory over Portsmouth
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SOCCER: Warnock in ref fury
Port Vale 1 Bury 0 SHAKERS manager Neil Warnock launched an astonishing attack on referee Trevor Jones after his side crashed to defeat at Vale Park on Saturday. The blazing boss labelled the official an 'amateur with a whistle' after a game in which
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FIRE union chiefs who are calling for Horwich's part-time station to be upgraded seem to be making a
Bob Pounder, secretary of the Greater Manchester Fire Brigades Union, claims calls in Horwich have doubled during the last 15 years and he highlights the fact that people in Horwich have to wait for a fire engine from Bolton, Crompton Way or Hindley.
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Durable Duran can still cut it live
Duran Duran, Apollo, Manchester, Saturday DAVE Roberts writes: They may not be the wild boys of pop anymore but these old New Romantics can still put on a great show. All their hits were given an airing with their adoring fans on their feet from the start
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Special thanks
MAY I take this opportunity to send Season's Greetings to all your readers, and special thanks to those who have helped Scope (formerly The Spastics Society) with their valuable time through volunteering, donations or support of our shops. We are now
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO THE 5.18 Paddington express plunged off the rails at Ealing, West London, last night, killing 10 men and injuring about 50. SINGER Bobby Darin, aged 37, died today in Los Angeles after undergoing a second open-heart operation. NOT all these
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Can you help stop this Christmas heartbreak
THEY arrive howling, lonely and terrified - many have been roaming the streets for days - their only hope is Bolton's Destitute Animal Shelter. This Christmas, while you're tucking into your turkey, spare a thought for these unwanted and cruel discarded
