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Babes in the Wood: St Joseph's Players, Leigh. Runs until Saturday, February 6
PANTOMIMES are part of the British festive tradition just like sending cards and eating Christmas pudding and one of the best things about them is that you know the outcome before you even sit down to watch - good will triumph over evil. This season's
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Fees are unfair
MY wife and I take courses with Bolton Community Education Service. I am over 60 and not employed. My wife is younger but not in employment. We have both retired. While I get a rebate on fees and she has to pay the full rate. She is not regarded as a
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Our great jobs crusade
Council work makes Megan feel first class MEGAN Ratcliffe used to feel like "a second class citizen". But, thanks to the New Deal For Disabled People scheme being piloted in Bolton, she feels like a valued member of the workforce. The 42-year-old from
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Fears for the future
SOME months ago the BEN printed a letter that was fiercely critical of the Octagon's elitist attitude and the badly selected productions. In response Lawrence Till and several members of the public wrote letters defending the Octagon. I too had fears
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Head 'delighted' with school's glowing report
A BURY primary school is asking "Can things get any better?" after a glowing Ofsted report. For, after a look at life in Chantlers Primary, inspectors have announced that not only could they find no significant weaknesses they also made an almost unprecedented
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Crime figures 'almost worst in country'
MORE crimes are committed in Greater Manchester than almost anywhere else in the country - and the police detection rate is among the worst. Figures released today by the Audit Commission show that while Greater Manchester Police Force figures had improved
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Todd's warning
WANDERERS pick up the reins of their promotion charge on Saturday with a warning to guard against the enemy within. Colin Todd is confident his team has the ability to extend their current 11-match unbeaten run against Norwich at the Reebok and to ultimately
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Unions defend race row school staff
TEACHING unions have rallied round to defend the beleaguered staff and pupils at Radcliffe County Junior School. The school has been at the centre of a media storm ever since the mother of the only Afro-Caribbean pupil claimed that a racially-sensitive
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WANDERERS: Todd's warning
WANDERERS pick up the reins of their promotion charge on Saturday with a warning to guard against the enemy within. Colin Todd is confident his team has the ability to extend their current 11-match unbeaten run against Norwich at the Reebok and to ultimately
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Brown's standard celebration
N C BROWN (Storage Equipment) Ltd is celebrating accreditation to the BS EN ISO 9002 standard. The business, which is off Thicketford Road, Bolton, was family-owned until it was acquired by Wagon plc in 1996. It employs around 100 people and operates
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Working together
THE NEWS that Bolton Council is to invest £550,000 on creating a centre where disruptive pupils can "get back on track" is extremely welcome (BEN, January 25). Along with the recent announcement that £2m is to be spent on schools following the sale of
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Surgery staff to take giant leap in aid of hospice
A CHARITY abseil has been planned in memory of a doctor who died last year. Dr Bob Harrison, who worked as a GP for 12 years at Bolton's Swan Lane and Greenland Road practices, collapsed at his home in Over Hulton with a heart attack in October, aged
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Our great jobs crusade: A secure job for Ian
BOLTON businessman Yogesh Raja has taken on his first employee after a seven-year struggle to get his invention on the market. He has spent £130,000 to get his Personalised Security Stamp system, which uses stickers carrying a photograph, into production
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Ban child TV adverts brainwash
CHILDREN'S toy and designer sports wear adverts should be banned from daytime TV says a Bolton MP. David Crausby is backing a campaign to ban the adverts until after the 9pm watershed when most young children have gone to bed. And the Bolton North East
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Chairmen of the bored promise to cut reports
TOWN hall chiefs have vowed to cut back on presenting "long, boring" committee reports. It is part of a shake-up in the way Bolton Council is run. From next month, only items which need a decision will be presented to councillors at committees. Other
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Join our club
AUTISTIC children in Bolton will soon have a place to go, thanks to a group of dedicated parents and carers. Bolton Autism Action Group are in the process of setting up a drop-in Saturday club for children and their families. Families say it is difficult
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Councillors call for v iolence protection
COUNCILLORS are asking to be protected from violent attacks when they visit people in their homes. An "at risk" register of addresses where town hall staff may be threatened is currently being set up. All council departments are taking part setting up
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Romy gets to play on her 'home' stage
By Doreen Crowther, Showbusiness Correspondent APART from one occasion eight years ago when she stood in at short notice after her leading lady dropped out of a production, Romy Baskerville has never acted on the Octagon's stage. She is making up for
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CHEMISTS open in the Bolton area:
Sunday Jan 31: Nash, 15 Devon Street (9am to 10pm); Landmark, 12 Chorley New Road (9am to 1pm and 2pm to 11pm); Cohens, 576 Blackburn Road (9am to 10pm); Hunt and Marsden, Asda, Brackley Street, Farnworth (noon to 1pm); Tesco, Mansell Way, Horwich (noon
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Rekindling old spirit
FIRE chiefs are hoping to re-kindle the community spirit which helped to set up Horwich's fire fighting service. Bosses at Greater Manchester Fire service want to encourage more local people to join the part-time ranks of the "retained" firefighting team
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Fighting crime together is 'the way forward'
NEW plans to crack down on crime which are being piloted in Atherton and Hindsford have been acknowledged as "the way forward" by council and police chiefs. Spearheaded by Wigan Council and the Police, local agencies and the community are coming together
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Family reading story has a happy ending
BURY'S bid to involve parents and even grandparents in a new storybook scheme to improve children's reading is no fairytale. A happy ending now looks certain as a result of the Council's English LanguageTeaching Service's successful bid for extra funding
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Teachers get top marks
TEACHERS in a Bolton primary have been praised for helping pupils gain well above average test results. Ofsted inspectors say that pupils set to leave St Andrew's School in Over Hulton achieve much better results in English and Maths than the national
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Why did Alan die of CJD?
A HEARTBROKEN family are demanding answers following the death of a grandad-of-four from CJD. Only a month after Alan Cowley, 58, was diagnosed as suffering from the human form of mad cow disease, he died at Hope Hospital. Tragically, his death came shortly
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Grieving father's fury at missed inquest
A BEREAVED Bolton dad says he was outraged when the first he knew of an inquest into his son's death was when a friend read it in the BEN. Henry Cormican says he was shocked when he received a phone call from the friend who told him about the report.
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Another 200 jobs to go at Littlewoods sort depot
ANOTHER 200 Bolton jobs are to be axed by shopping giant Littlewoods. Just hours after yesterday's devastating news that 378 jobs will go at the distribution centres on Blackburn Road and Deane Church Lane, Littlewoods confirmed a further 199 job cuts
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Engineers in Chicago link
A HEYWOOD engineering company has a new American owner. P & M Vacuum Services Ltd, which is based on the Pennine Business Park in Pilsworth Road, has been acquired by the Chicago-based Tuthill Corporation. P & M has merged with a Tuthill subsidiary
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New homes estate reaps jobs reward
PEOPLE living in Farnworth are beginning to see the job benefits of being in a Single Regeneration Budget area. Seven people, ranging from apprentice bricklayers to fork lift truck drivers and general site workers have been taken on by Bellway, who are
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Eyes down for another jackpot!
AN 86-year-old Bolton woman has scooped a £36,000 jackpot-at one of the region's luckiest bingo clubs. The pensioner, whose name has not been revealed, pulled off a triple triumph at the Buckingham Bingo Club in Walkden which has already had regional
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New pay deal ends bus misery
A DRIVERS' dispute which caused chaos for many Bolton bus travellers is over. Stagecoach Ribble management say there will be no further disruption to services after a majority of drivers accepted a revised pay offer. Angry drivers had initially rejected
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Daily poem
IN YOUR MIND No one understands another's feelings Or understand what's going on in their head. No one can truly predict your day for you Or say what you're dreaming when you're in bed. I suppose what I'm trying to say Is take each day as it comes to
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£60,000 helps ear, nose and throat patients
PATIENTS at the Royal Bolton Hospital are set to benefit from £60,000 worth of new equipment - thanks to the work and generosity of the Women's Royal Voluntary Service. A third soundproofed room in the Ear, Nose and Throat outpatients' department has
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Our great jobs crusade
Meet two who've beaten the dole! IT is possible to beat the dole - and here are two Bolton people who proved it. Megan Ratcliffe and Ian Crompton are settling into their careers after a long time of being unemployed. Their success comes only a week after
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OPINION: Saddened by loss of jobs
THE bad news turned even graver today as Littlewoods confirmed that, as well as the 378 jobs going at two of their Bolton depots, 199 more jobs will be lost at Blackrod. Instead, there may be some jobs on offer at Littlewoods' return centre locally or
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Outcry at council tax increase catch
LABOUR-controlled Bolton Council is to tell the Government that it does not support part of its Local Government Bill. Councillors are unhappy about proposals which would mean that the local authority could lose money unless it sets the council tax that
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Meals-on-wheels put success on a plate
BOLTON Council's meals-on-wheels service proudly display their Chartermark after cooking up a successful recipe for service and quality. As reported in Monday night's BEN, the Social Services' community meals service is the first in the North-west to
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Showing you cared
I THANK all who contributed to the Bolton Lions'/Evening News' Caring Christmas Appeal a few weeks ago. The contributions were not just the commodities (money, food, toys) of course. A lot of hard work is also a contribution towards this annual operation
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Mult-million pound community centre to go ahead
ASTLEY'S big dream has come true. Morts Astley Heritage Trust have become owners of Astley Hall. And they are set to turn it in to a multi-million pound community centre. They hit the jackpot after four years of determination, dedication and appeals far
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From the BEN files
BOLTON Sunday School's Social League is to change its name after 80 years. The seven-sports league, thought to be the oldest organisation of its kind in the country, will now become the Bolton Sports Federation. A spokesman said: 'The Sunday schools and
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What's on in and around Bolton, Friday, 28.1.99
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
