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Civic the centre of attention
BOLTON-based indie rock band Civic have been selected to play heat one of the Guinness sponsored Manchester Irish Festival YGG Battle of Bands competition. The festival is now the biggest Irish festival in the UK. Last year it was headlined by the chart-topping
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Tide is high for Blondie
SIXTEEN years ago the curtain fell on one of the most important, influential, seminal and greatest groups in popular music. Or so they thought. They were wrong. Because this month, Blondie release their new studio album, No Exit. After the release of
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Everything old folk need to know . . .
A ONE-STOP shop to help pensioners is to be set up in Bolton. Social Security Secretary Alistair Darling has announced the creation of eight projects across the country, costing £729,000. Bolton has been chosen for schemes which will be set up in the
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Cash in with energy scheme
RESIDENTS in Bolton are being urged to help the environment - and slash their fuel bills by up to a third. Bolton Council has joined with 12 other local authorities in the North-west to back the Millenergy scheme. The scheme aims to help 600,000 home
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Todd form guide
FORM rather than favouritism will determine whether Colin Todd will play wantaway striker Arnar Gunnlaugsson at Sheffield United tomorrow. The Wanderers' top scorer is in the squad for the Bramall Lane clash but could be relegated to the sidelines with
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Hospital wins bed cash fight
BOLTON hospital bosses have been given the green light to open an intensive care bed which has had to lie empty because of a lack of cash. The bed will be open at the Royal Bolton Hospital at the end of the month and staff are currently being recruited
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The patients who lead 999 crews a dance
HARD faced patients are waltzing out of hospital and taking a quick step to their ballroom dancing sessions - by ambulance. Now, in an effort to clamp down on patients abusing the overstretched ambulance service, Salford hospital bosses have introduced
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MP's disk 'rip-off' fears
MP Lindsay Hoyle is calling on the Government to look into the sale of new Digital Video Disks - also known as Digital Versatile Disks. The disks are the latest technological innovation to hit the high street, and are capable of playing CD Roms, Audio
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It's a job well done
IN the past I have read the comments of Messrs Derbyshire, Schmitt, Howarth and Makara plus a few more. Personally, I think they are doing a good job regarding running the country from their armchairs. If it wasn't for these few people, who devote part
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Manifesto for the Millennium
VOTERS in Bolton could soon get a new choice on their ballot papers - thanks to the vision of one man. John Stuart Maindorge is spreading the word in Bolton and other North West towns with the radical manifesto of The People's Democratic Party. Mr Maindorge
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'More wards needed at hospital'
HOSPITAL bosses want more cash to build extra wards at the recently revamped Royal Bolton Hospital. Dr David Spurr, Medical Director of Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust, believes the recent pressures on beds which led to the cancellation of more than 320 non
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Todd form guide
FORM rather than favouritism will determine whether Colin Todd will play wantaway striker Arnar Gunnlaugsson at Sheffield United tomorrow. The Wanderers' top scorer is in the squad for the Bramall Lane clash but could be relegated to the sidelines with
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Worry over NW jobs
A REPORT out today says people in the North-west are increasingly worried about job prospects this year. The London-based economic consultancy Business Strategies says there has been a sharp rise over the past three months in the proportion of those who
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OPINION: Wards under siege
FURTHER symptoms of the ailing NHS can easily be diagnosed by the plea for more cash to build extra wards at the revamped Royal Bolton Hospital. But this time it seems to be a case of the agonies at one hospital under intense pressure being made worse
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO IT'S no surprise that 'The Golden Shot' has now been switched from its accustomed Sunday afternoon spot to a more humble position on Tuesdays. The show has been getting further and further off target for months. At least Charlie Williams,
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A case for the Ombudsman?
CAN someone please advise me on present day planning law? When planning applications are allowed subject to certain conditions, for how long do those conditions apply? Is it 40 years, 40 months or 40 minutes? A planning application was allowed, subject
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What's on in and around Bolton, Saturday, 16.1.99
BOLTON Strings Together Ensemble, junior strings together approximate grades 1-3, 9.30am-10.45am and advanced ensemble, approximate grades 4-7, 11am-12.15pm, Somerset Road United Reformed Church, off Chorley New Road. BOLTON Autumn Choir is holding rehearsals
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The Cotton Kier, Watersmeeting Road, Astley Bridge.
WITH so much competition in the crowded eating out market place nowadays any newcomer has to work hard to make a good impression. And the staff at the new Tom Cobleigh family pub/restaurant The Cotton Kier certainly made us feel welcome. On the weekday
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It's a total subsidy
YOUR article 'Octagon's till jingles to tune of £290,000' (January 13) suggests that the theatre will receive a substantial increase in its subsidy from the North West Arts Board in the New Year. However, I should tell you that the increase from last
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Strangeways, here I am
IAN Brown has cancelled his forthcoming UK tour due to prior commitments. All ticket holders are advised to seek refunds from their point of purchase. To clarify the situation, Ian Brown - before his recent release from jail - sent his fans the following
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Daily poem
My body slept so peacefully today; after going 10 rounds with the Flu! The virus so battered my body, it had felt quite black & blue. My aching head, my painful bones, The rasping cough and stuffed-up nose. Food turned me quite sick, I just could
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Puzzling support
NOT for the first time in your columns, does Anthony Makara speak out in support of the authoritarian regime in Malaysia led by the Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir (BEN, January 4). This is the man whose deputy Prime Minister and chosen successor, after a
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Doctors will practise what John teaches!
A BOLTON consultant is to take a lead role in the education and training of the region's newly qualified doctors. Mr John Adams, consultant on the accident and emergency department at the Royal Bolton Hospital, has been made associate dean in post graduate
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Police swoop as prison officers act out gun drama
POLICE raced to a Bolton industrial estate after a passer-by reported a shooting, to find they had interrupted a prison officers' training exercise. Police patrols swooped after a man walking past the Eagley Industrial Estate reported two men arguing
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Toleration for smokers
THE DAWN of a new year provides an opportunity to bring forward ways in which smokers can be accommodated, and the discrimination against one-in-three of our fellow citizens ended. We could make a start by rejecting policies which lead to the social exclusion
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Four take bus to success
Louise Tansey looks at life in the 3Ds area - Deane, Derby and Daubhill FOUR women who climbed on board the Bolton Opportunities Bus for a computer course have successfully completed their course and got off at the next stop. The women, who did a free
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Investors in People - at the double
HORWICH-based Craftprint has gained the prestigious Investors in People Award for the second time. The print company, which has a workforce of 16, first won the Award in 1994 and has now joined a select band by being officially re-recognised. Craftprint
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Houses not needed here
WESTHOUGHTON is the fastest growing town in the district, but I believe the building should now stop before all the grassland in the area disappears forever. The town centre has been in decline for many years, yet smaller towns - Hindley, Atherton, Leigh
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SOCCER: RMI take heart from cup game
SOUTHAMPTON'S defeat at Craven Cottage in Wednesday's FA Cup third round replay will be the basis of Steve Waywell's team talk as Leigh RMI bid for a Wembley day out via another route. The Railwaymen, who went out of the FA Cup to Fulham after a replay
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OPINION: Cash injection that's really vital
IN places like America, many people almost have to fight to get medical care. In Britain we have accepted it almost as our right. But in recent weeks the pressures put on the British health service have made us all realise how weak and fragile this "patient
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Counting the coins
LAST year I appealed to your readers to take any leftover foreign coins into their local Cancer Research Campaign shop or Boots the Chemist. We all know what it's like when you come back from holiday with bits of loose change; you promise yourself you'll
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Low cost first aid
Louise Tansey looks at life in the 3Ds area - Deane, Derby and Daubill: A NEW course, which offers a prestigious qualification in first aid at a fraction of the usual cost, has been launched in Bolton. Run by the Community Education Service and subsidised
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No decision on nursing home plans
A PLANNING decision has been deferred on a huge extension at a Bolton nursing home which has been put in the hands of the receivers. Owners Rochefort Healthcare had put in a planning application to build a single storey extension to create 20 new bedrooms
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Make cash help your business
Louise Tansey looks at life in the 3Ds area - Deane, Derby and Daubhill TIME is running out for businesses in Deane, Derby and Daubhill to get a handy cash boost for improvements to premises. Courtesy of the 3Ds Partnership Team, grants are available
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Half the woman I was!
By Irma Heger SUPER slimmer Zoe Cairns is only half the person she used to be. But that's good news to the mum of two from Little Lever who won her fight against the flab after a long battle. She has even been told that she will have to get a new passport
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Live around town
TONIGHT: Bottom Bull, Bury Road, Bolton (The Lion Tamers). Oscars, Victoria Square, Bolton (Mad Racket). Gypsy's Tent, Spa Road, Bolton (TBC). Roadhouse, Manchester (SJM Concerts present). Witchwood, Ashton-u-Lyne (Breathe). SATURDAY: Hawthorns, Spa Road
