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Darts: 'I blew it' Williams
PAUL Williams felt like chucking away his darts last night after his dreams of winning the Embassy World Darts Championship ended in disaster. Williams was inconsolable after collecting just two legs in a crushing 3-0 second round defeat at the hands
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Winning ways
WHAT a lovely way to start the Christmas period - with a letter from you informing me that I was one of the successful entrants in your Duck & Wine competition. Thank you so much - we had a very enjoyable Boxing Day lunch. Your newspaper, with its
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Family devastated by New Year double theft
CRUEL thieves have made it a devastating start to the new year for a Radcliffe family. Miss Susan Gaffney, 37, had her new car stolen - and her eldest son's new bike was swiped in a separate theft. Mother-of-four Miss Gaffney, of Hamer Street, had scrimped
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Todd takes a peep at Bo
WANDERERS are running the rule over one of Denmark's top strikers. Bo Hansen, 12-goal top scorer with Champions Brondby, is on trial at the Reebok while his team-mates compete in a tournament on the sunshine island of Gran Canaria. The 26-year-old striker
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Residents' fireworks fury goes to council
A GROUP of fed-up Farnworth residents are hoping Bonfire night will go with less of a bang later this year. More than 80 residents who live in the area surrounding Farnworth town hall were frightened and annoyed by the endless bangs from fireworks in
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Police chief's pledge to Bolton
GREATER Manchester Police Chief Constable David Wilmot today made a personal crime fighting pledge to the people of Bolton. Mr Wilmot has vowed his officers will make every possible effort to bring to justice the thugs and criminals who bring misery to
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More support for dog belts
AN author's campaign to make drivers "belt up" their dogs in the car is gathering national support. Bolton-born writer Ruth Hamilton revealed last month that she had found something that she had been seeking for years - harnesses which attach to seat
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Snooker: Knowles blow
ALFIE Burden ended Tony Knowles' hopes of qualifying for snooker's £370,000 Regal Scottish with a 5-1 win at Blackpool yesterday. Burden, from Harrow, made breaks of 43, 35, 32 and 105 to lead Knowles 3-1 at the interval of their third qualifying round
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Why your pet is all set to play tag
STRAY dogs could become "chips" off the old block - just like Hugo in our picture. Bolton councillors want all dogs to have an identity-chip inserted under the skin to keep tabs on the dog population. Although it sounds a gruesome operation, it is painless
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We were conned
A RECENT opinion poll shows that most people are against abandoning the pound in favour of the euro. Good! We were conned into going into the Common Market believing that that is just what it was - a common market, when, in fact, it has now developed
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RUGBY: Top prop Andy wants to stay
ANDY Pucill, one of Leigh Centurions' most consistent performers over the last two years, will be with the club for the 1999 season despite being given the chance to leave. Prop Pucill was one of two players coach Ian Millward planned to release from
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Daily poem
In my dreams The very first time she came into my sight My eyes could not believe She was a picture of wondrous beauty My heart strings began to weave She was so smooth, so soft, and so refined In fact, she was perfect in every way I tried to converse
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It'll cost millions
WHILE it must always be welcomed when more information is made available to the public, especially when the public are able to make positive comments on the information being made available, the intention of delivering to every household a copy of the
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Nasty niff gets up neighbours' noses
A STRANGE smell wafting over Farnworth has had residents reaching for their hankies and kept Bolton Council workers baffled. For the last two months, Bolton Council's environmental health department has had a dozen phone calls from residents about a "
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Kenya rise to the double challenge?
ONE of the region's leading charities is looking for people with a spirit of adventure to boost its coffers. The Children's Hospitals Appeal Trust - CHAT - is set to travel to Kenya and the Sinai Desert to raise funds. Appeal organisers are looking to
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, January 7, 1974 PASTOR John Pennington from Carrington preached the Gospel outside Burnden Park on Sunday as 39,138 'sinners' filed into the ground on the day big-time Sunday football came to Bolton. 'Be sure your sin
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What's on in and around Bolton, Friday, 8.1.99
THEATRE, MUSIC AND DANCE BOLTON Autumn Choir require male and female members for choir rehearsals at Age Concern, Ashburner Street from 5.30pm-7pm. For further details tel: 706055 or 01942 819791. BOLTON Choral Union is holding rehearsals for Hayden's
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A load of rot
DOREEN Sanders says: "Teachers are there to educate, not to teach manners and respect". (BEN, December 12, 1998). Well Doreen, in your own words: "What a load of rot". Education should prepare children to become good adults, and good adults ought to have
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Dispensing the facts
I am writing following publication of several articles in the Bolton Evening News regarding Boots the Chemists at Middlebrook Retail Park, Horwich, which does not have an NHS dispensing contract. It might be helpful for me to clarify how applications
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Emergency services 'on the brink'
BOLTON'S emergency medical call out service is on the brink of collapse and could go under unless patients become more responsible, it was claimed today. Patients are using both the GP out of hours service and the emergency medical service like supermarkets
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Careless drivers taught a lesson!
CARELESS Bolton motorists could be ordered to have more driving lessons instead of getting penalty points on their licence. A scheme is set to be brought in this year across Greater Manchester which would be an alternative to penalties and fines. The
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Men turn to Samaritans
MORE men than ever are seeking help from Bolton Samaritans as the listening charity deals with an increasing numbers of calls. Figures just compiled show that the Bark Street East-based organisation dealt with 17,000 calls last year - 500 more than the
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Urgent bridge work 'nearly all completed'
HIGHWAYS chiefs have faced a race against time to ensure Bolton's crumbling bridges can carry huge juggernauts. New European regulations have forced local councils to make their bridges strong enough to cope with 40-tonne wagons from January 1. These
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Bolton duo line up for Beardsley
WANDERERS stars Scott Sellars and Robbie Elliott are on the VIP guest list for Peter Beardsley's testimonial. The former Newcastle stars will join Kenny Dalglish, Paul Gascoigne, Chris Waddle, Kevin Keegan and ex-Wanderer Alan Thompson in St James' Park
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Cheers as mosque is saved from bulldozer
BOLTON Muslims were celebrating today after bulldozers were called off from their threatened mosque at the 11th hour. Worshippers had been told by council chiefs the Islamic mission off St George's Road was illegally built on council-owned land and would
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Early start for Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA Airlines has brought forward the launch of its Manchester service from June until March this year. Manchester will be the airline's second destination in the United Kingdom and its 112th destination worldwide. Initially Malaysia Airlines will
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Beware the autumn crash
LOCAL businesses fearing "Millennium Bug" chaos in just under 12 months' time could have a dress rehearsal - on Thursday, September 9. Mr Roger Mitchell, the expert who is acting as "Bugbuster" for Business Link Bolton & Bury, is warning that the
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Town may go to war for the Millennium!
THE Millennium in Bolton could be marked with blood and guts and gunfire! But it will not be for real . . . a spectacular battle from the past could be part of the celebrations for the future. Leisure chiefs are in discussions to hold a re-enactment of
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Race victims get a voice in court
COUNCIL chiefs have expanded a service aimed at stopping racial harassment in Bolton. They have appointed a new racial harassment officer and one of the tasks will be to act as a "professional witness." People who complain about harassment are often too
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OPINION: Lessons for bad drivers
MOST of us have blinked in disbelief when we have observed the antics of bad drivers. Speeders, tail-gaters, day-dreamers and those who perform dangerous U-turns are sadly part of the passing scene. They highlight the fact that high driving standards
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A good deal
REFER to Mrs Smith's letter published on December 28, 1998. Why should she think that Mrs Thatcher and her Government had an obligation to exist on the state retirement pension, plus other benefits? Those who receive state pensions and benefits (including
