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Junior football team vows to 'come back fighting' after raid on clubhouse
A JUNIOR football club has vowed to fight back after raiders broke into their clubhouse and ‘tried to set it on fire’. Radcliffe Borough Juniors FC, which is based at Close Park, was targeted by two yobs, who were captured on CCTV. Staff discovered
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No vested interest
I REPLY to P Osbourne's criticism of my long letter. On what grounds does he/she base the assertion that the anti-fluoride pressure groups namely N.P.W.A. and N/W Councils Against Fluoridation are powerful? The N.P.W.A. consists of not more than a few
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Run for charity
If any of your readers plan to run in the Flora London Marathon on April 18, and are willing to be sponsored in support of a charity, The Association for International Cancer Research would be pleased to hear from them. AICR funds cancer research throughout
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Cancer battle gets a vital cash boost
WIGAN and Bolton Health authority has received an extra £108,000 to help fight a killer. Bolton's share will be £59,500, which will be used to boost early diagnosis of colorectal cancer. Brenda O'Driscoll, Director of Commissioning with Wigan and Bolton
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60 jobs go at Lostock firm
AROUND 60 jobs have been lost after receivers were called in to a young Bolton entrepeneur's firm. Julian Minta, 30, of Heaton, spent nine years developing his vehicle management business, the HM group. Last year the company boasted an annual turnover
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Talent show
COLIN Todd will run the rule over two prospective signings at the Reebok trials tonight. The Wanderers boss has two trialists - Danish right-back Peter Degn and Cockney striker Danny Brown - in his reserve team for the Pontins League game against Coventry
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What every parent needs to know...
HEALTH chiefs in Bolton have issued an urgent warning after SIX cases of deadly meningitis in the last five weeks. The cases involved the most serious strain of the disease and most were concentrated in the Farnworth and Kearsley area. Public health consultant
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Caring Emma's boost for disabled friends
AN award-winning Bury teenager is all set to give local disabled youngsters a cash boost. For Peel Lions' youth competition winner, 18-year-old Emma Rabone, Ieft, has won the district final of the Lions International Youth Award at the Barton Grange Hotel
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Smoke foils security guard attackers
DETECTIVES are hunting two armed raiders who attacked a security guard outside a bank in Prestwich yesterday. But minutes later, as the robbers made their getaway in a stolen car, the empty cash canister's security device gave off an orange plume which
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Land-swap deal is vital for 600 jobs
A CONTROVERSIAL land-swap deal is vital to safeguard 600 Bolton jobs, a public inquiry heard. If it does not go ahead, the Fort James plant at Horwich could be forced to shut. But if it is allowed, the firm says it would become its British headquarters
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Brightmills get the ACDO Glo!
A WELL-known Bolton company has announced a new acquisition. Laundry and household cleaning specialists ACDO - in their 80th year of trading - are the new owners of the Little Lever-based Brightmills Chemical Company Ltd. Brightmills, which is in Fearneyside
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Disregard criticism
THE Prime Minister's wife, Cherie Blair, should ignore criticisms about her choice of dress presented so ungraciously by the younger South African fashion writer, Lizeka Mda. Cherie's sarong type dress was not dreadful. It was beautiful enough to wear
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OPINION: Secret weapon
THE meningitis warning by local health chiefs will certainly frighten everyone, but there is a secret weapon available - parental instinct. If a child exhibits the classic signs of the illness, don't hesitate in getting help. Here, parents usually know
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Sex-swap Lynda starts compensation fight
A SEX-SWAP Falklands veteran was set to take on the might of the military today in a fight for compensation. Transsexual Lynda Cash was due to represent herself at a tribunal in Southampton this morning, claiming she was unfairly dismissed from her Naval
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Plunging pounds
CATHERINE Stocks has certainly got a "New You" for the New Year .... after shedding four stones in weight! Catherine, aged 27 from Daubhill, decided to lose weight to make a new start in her life. She joined the Slimming World Club at St Helens Road Methodist
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Extra cash boosts 'most popular school'
BUILDERS are moving in this week to extend Bolton's most popular school. Work is to start on two major projects at Harper Green School in Farnworth which will improve facilities for the growing pupil population. Over the years the school has become so
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Sara to wed Prodigy star
BOLTON babe, Sara Cox, is to tie the knot. Her pal, Zoe Ball, broke the news this morning on her Radio 1 breakfast show when she excitedly squealed: "My mate Coxy - Sara Cox - is getting married." According to Ball, Sara's rock star boyfriend, Leroy from
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Fat fires warning
FIREFIGHTERS have issued a warning to people about fat fires after a man carried a burning chip pan and suffered severe burns. Peter Gill, aged 29, carried the burning oil, despite ringing 999 to ask advice on how to put the blaze out around 9pm last
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OPINION: Trading places
A CLASSIC case of local people knowing what's best for their own area is demonstrated currently at the public inquiry into a land-swap deal at Horwich. Fort James and Tesco want to trade places at Mansell Way to allow both to expand. In the case of the
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Church-goers heading home
PARISHIONERS from an historic Westhoughton church are "heading home" next week after months of restoration work. Worshippers at St James', Daisy Hill, have been using their school building for services since the summer while workmen carry out extensive
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Warning over bogus money-making adverts
TRADING standards officers are warning people to beware of "extra money" job adverts found on lampposts, in newsagents' windows and in local newspapers making offers which sound too good to be true. The advertisers give little information about themselves
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Tories cut NHS cash
I CANNOT believe the hypocrisy of P Brierley in criticising the Government's management of the NHS. Thanks to extra money and summer contingency plans the NHS has been able to cope with one of its most severe tests in recent times. The Tories have opposed
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Park success made our avenue a mess
ANGRY residents of Lever Park Avenue, Horwich say their "once spotless" road is being ruined by litter droppers and dog walkers. They say efforts in recent years to attract visitors to the Rivington countryside have not been matched by the back-up services
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Volunteers needed
I APPEAL for help in recruiting volunteers for our shop in the Town Centre. The shop has been open for eight years, raising funds to help fight cancer, and we urgently need people to keep the shop running. Last year, our Organisation spent over £5m on
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What's on in and around Bolton, THURSDAY, 14.1.99
THEATRE, MUSIC & DANCE THE Farnworth Aces Morris Dancers is holding a practice night for girls age 15 and upwards at the New Bury Community Centre, Buckley Lane, Farnworth at 6.30pm. A CHOIR practice session is held at St John the Evangelist, Wingates
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Swapping holidays
ARE you planning to go on holiday with family or friends before September this year? If so, a new BBC Television holiday show is looking for people with a sense of adventure and fun and offering them the chance to make this year's holiday an unforgettable
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Octagon's till jingles to tune of £290,000
BOLTON's Octagon Theatre starts the New Year with the cash boost of £290,000 from the North West Arts Board. Lawrence Till, the theatre's Artistic Director is delighted with the grant and sees it as a vote of confidence in the Octagon. "The North West
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Pupils in fire safety launch
TEENAGE school pupils are set to take part in a groundbreaking fire safety course launched next week. Youngsters will be able to combine aspects of the National Curriculum with hints on fire safety in a scheme which is targeting secondary schools for
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Hospital school to close?
MEDICAL advances could spell the end of a mini-school for sick children at the Royal Bolton Hospital. Education chiefs are looking to see if they still need a permanent class with full-time teacher on the children's ward. They say new ways of treating
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Wind of fortune!
A BABY girl from Farnworth has found national fame at the age of 18 months - on the label of a top selling medicine for colic! The family of little Jessica Barlow say they got the shock of their lives when they spotted her face on bottles at the Bolton
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Adrian praised for helping save masterpiece
CULTURE Secretary Chris Smith has praised an art gallery worker for helping to save a piece of British heritage with his campaign to bring the Thomas Moran masterpiece to Bolton. The Minister sent his personal congratulations to Adrian Jenkins, Bolton's
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Talent show
COLIN Todd will run the rule over two prospective signings at the Reebok trials tonight. The Wanderers boss has two trialists - Danish right-back Peter Degn and Cockney striker Danny Brown - in his reserve team for the Pontins League game against Coventry
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CRICKET: Test for Jonathan
JONATHAN Fearick is hoping that his trip of a lifetime will earn him a cricket contract with Lancashire. The Atherton pace bowler jets out with the England under 19s team next week for a Test tour of New Zealand. And Jonathan of Newbrook Road, Over Hulton
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Apply for top award
APPLICATION forms are now available for this year's Bolton and Bury Business Awards for Excellence and Achievement. It is the seventh year of the popular competition and a record £31,000 is up for grabs. There are 12 different award categories to cater
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Daily poem
You've heard of the song of Two Little Boys, Well this is of Two Little Girls. No mother or father to show them love, And no one to brush out their curls. These two lovely children with eyes shining bright, But they don't know their destiny. One is adopted
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CRICKET: Manx men aim to have the edge over local lads
EDGWORTH will break new ground in this year's Lancashire Cricket Knockout when they take on a team from the Isle of Man. They were drawn away to Manx League champions Valkyres but under the rules of the competition the match has to be played on the mainland
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Neighbours save arson blaze family
NEIGHBOURS have been hailed heroes for their efforts in saving the lives of a Bury family from a suspected arson attack on their home today. They say that if it had not been for the actions of Kalid Mammood and Omar Mohammed, two children and their parents
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Leigh and Tyldesley top burglary league
RESIDENTS in Leigh and North Tyldesley are more likely to be burgled than anywhere else in Wigan, a new crime audit reveals. The most extensive survey of crime ever carried out in the borough shows that in the two areas there were over 61 burglaries per
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From the BEN files
A NEW British soccer transfer record was set today when Stoke City paid £240,000 for Chelsea's Alan Hudson. This beat the previous record when Derby County paid £225,000 to Leicester for David Nish in October, 1972. 50 YEARS AGO From the Evening News,
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Menu for the Millennium
Karen Stephen reports on the increasing swing to organic eating HOW will you be shopping come the Millennium?Will you be buying freshly cropped fruit and vegetables? Will you be supporting farmers who care about the environment and farm in the best ways
