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Good sense
FRED Shawcross's idea of diverting lottery money into the NHS isn't very original, but nevertheless makes good sense. When every hospital in the country has all the ultra modern hi-tech machinery, beds and well trained staff, to deal with any emergency
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Labour showed colours
I REFER to the Ruth Kelly MP letter: Fairness culture (BEN, February 6). Do middle class career politicians like Ruth Kelly, seriously expect us to believe that a few cosmetic reforms will make a blind bit of difference in producing "the new culture of
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Cats away!
I REFER to Mr J Holding's letter about cats in his garden. (BEN, February 5). We had one which regularly left its deposit, always in the same place, in our small garden. I tried lots of things to stop it, all to no avail. I then broke some bare stalks
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Bolton's young musicians set to raise the roof
HUNDREDS of the Bolton area's finest young musicians will come together next month to perform in one of the biggest displays of junior talent the town has ever seen. All the organisations that come under the wing of Bolton Music Service will join forces
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Houghton leaver!
FANS of Bolton's best-known folk group, the Houghton Weavers, have been left reeling over news that front man Norman Prince is to quit. But lead singer and a Weavers director, Tony Berry, today assured followers that the group will carry on. Norman, the
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James is a star of the Seventies
REMEMBER Clackers - those large balls on strings that could give you a nasty whack on the wrist. Or what about Space Hoppers, a bright orange rubber ball with a ridiculous painted-on face and two horns you grabbed hold of as you bounced around. Yes, the
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TV licence dodger swoop: 41 nabbed
FORTY-ONE licence evaders were fined a total of £2,960 by Bolton Magistrates after being caught watching television illegally. The dodgers were also ordered to pay a total of £1,805 in costs when TV Licensing prosecuted them the string of prosecutions
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Holiday pay 'end to paper rounds'
NEWSAGENTS could stop employing delivery boys and girls if Britain is forced by European laws to give them four weeks paid holiday a year, it was claimed today. Paul Brierley, spokesman for Bolton North East Conservatives, is horrified at the prospect
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Big U-turn as people power ends road plan
THE controversial pedestrianisation of Horwich town centre is set to be scrapped after a huge public outcry. Winter Hey Lane could re-open to traffic early next month following a dramatic change of heart by council highways chiefs. A report on the whole
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Sneekes homes in for reunion
THE Reebok will be home from home for Richard Sneekes tomorrow. The former Wanderers midfielder makes his first visit to the Lostock stadium, which lies within a couple of hundred yards of the house he lived in during his Burnden days and which he still
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Minister's booost for communites
ETHNIC minority communities are set to benefit from a huge cash boost received by Bolton Community Education Service. The £53,000 has been awarded as part of a £3.5 million Community Learning Initiative announced this week by Education and Employment
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Robbie's role
ROBBIE Elliott is set to continue in his emergency central defensive role for Wanderers tomorrow against a West Brom attack that boasts the nation's leading goalscorer. The prolific Lee Hughes has scored 27 of Albion's 53 Division One goals this season
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'No cover-up' pledge over 999 arson allegations
FIRE bosses are facing a "bitter pill" amid allegations that Horwich firefighters made hoax calls and committed arson to boost wages. The admission from the brigade's top brass comes after it was revealed Horwich station, Chorley New Road, is at the centre
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CBI initiative offers the best
THE CBI is launching a major regional initiative at the North West Manufacturing Exhibition to be held at the G-Mex Centre, Manchester on March 10 and 11. "Fit for the Future" is a programme which promotes the spread of Best Practice from one company
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You'll know soon
A LETTER which appeared (BEN, February 5), referred to the fact that there was no mention of a pay award for "auxiliary nurses" in the announcement about nurses and doctors pay increases, which has been recorded in the Official Record (Hansard, 1999,
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Daily poem
WHAT AM I? I haven't got a hospital, Nor a proper baths. (I have three designated "Trails" With very muddy paths) I haven't got a cinema Forget the boundary's gone. Yet I want to be a city . . . Pull the other one! (Answer: Bolton) By Brian Appleton Elgin
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SOCCER: Blues close to Newsome deal
BIRMINGHAM want Jon Newsome to shore up their defence after losing skipper Gary Ablett for the rest of the season. Blues boss Trevor Francis has bid £1.4 million for the Sheffield Wednesday centre-back and, after a day of talks with Owls manager Dany
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Robbie's role
ROBBIE Elliott is set to continue in his emergency central defensive role for Wanderers tomorrow against a West Brom attack that boasts the nation's leading goalscorer. The prolific Lee Hughes has scored 27 of Albion's 53 Division One goals this season
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Costly and stupid plan
UPON reading the headline: Water Place 2000 (BEN, February 8), I immediately thought April had arrived - wrong! Could it be a Comic Relief stunt? - wrong again! I soon realised that they are serious about their development proposals. If the proposals
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Time to say no
SAVE Westhoughton. Say no to Lee Hall development, more houses and more traffic. There's a public meeting on Monday, February 15, 8pm, at The Red Lion, Wigan Road, Westhoughton (upstairs). Tommy Howarth Fairhaven Avenue, Westhoughton Converted for the
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, February 12, 1974 AS the price of petrol rocketed today by a staggering 8p a gallon, the RAC claimed the motorist could have been cushioned against the rise by an equivalent reduction in fuel tax. The new prices are
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A land that time forgot
By Karen Stephen AMID a hot, sweaty and prehistoric jungle the roar of a Utahraptor fills the air. The massive beast turns to look at me before ripping the head off another "rival" dinosaur. The smell of the swamp hangs in the humid air as a crack of
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Gig guide . . .
TONIGHT ( Friday, February 12): The Gypsy's Tent, Spa Road, Bolton (Gravity Attack). Bottom Bull, Bury Road, Bolton (Wet Fish Groovers). Witchwood, Ashton-u-Lyne (The Pachinos). Band on the Wall, Manchester (Jazz Jamaica). SATURDAY: Hawthorns, Spa Road
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What's on in and around Bolton, Saturday, 13.2.99
COMHALTAS Ceoltoiri Eireann present Echoes of Erin featuring 20 or Ireland's leading traditional musicians, singers and dancers in a colourful and exciting evening of Irish traditional music, song, dance and humour at the Albert Halls at 8pm. Tickets
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The Exchange Bar and Grill, The Orient, Trafford Centre, Manchester
MENTION the Trafford Centre to Bolton restaurant owners and you might get a look of displeasure. But on my visit to one of the Trafford Centre's restaurants, I don't think there's much culinary competition from the multi-million pound development. It's
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Get on down to . . . Radcliffe!
FOLLOWING the success of a northern soul night at Radcliffe Civic Suite last year, the organisers are now hosting a similar shindig again. And they're hoping it will become a regular event on the social calendar. The next northern soul/motown celebration
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Our town: All the gossip about people and places
Wild about the West IF you spot a Red Indian or two wandering round Le Mans Crescent - don't worry, they're probably just looking for their teepee. Bolton Museum and Art Gallery is going all Wild West with its half-term activities and using the famous
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Hooked on love songs
CO-founder, lead vocalist and guitarist of the legendary, Dr Hook, Dennis Locorriere makes a long overdue visit to Bolton on Thursday, March 4, to promote his first solo album, together with the release of the compilation LP, Love Songs of Dr Hook. It
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Police launch late night parking crackdown
MORE than 70 motorists were issued with fixed penalty notices last night in a crackdown on persistent illegal parking in Bolton town centre. A team of traffic wardens, traffic police and beat bobbies carried out the blitz on drivers ignoring double yellow
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Pupils in stitches all the year round!
PUPILS at a Bolton primary school have been doing work for all seasons. The youngsters at St Peter and St Paul's Primary School, Derby, have been preparing tapestries on winter, spring, summer and autumn for a display in their main hall. Tots from year
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Venturer on the web
THE February edition of The Venturer, the newsletter of Bolton Enterprise Group, is the first to appear on the world wide web. It includes details of the 1999 Bolton and Bury Business Awards for Excellence and Achievement - Gala dinner on May 21 - and
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THE local Company of the Year is on the move.
Bolton Industrial Doors Ltd, which won the prestigious honour in the 1998 Bolton and Bury Business Awards, is to re-locate from Lostock Lane, Lostock to the first phase of Wingates 2000, the new industrial park at Westhoughton. The company currently repairs
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STAGE: Top brass unite for show
By Doreen Crowther. Showbusiness Correspondent A TOP band and choir are combining to present the concert Brass and Voices at the Victoria Hall, Bolton, on Saturday, February 20. For the first time in more than a decade, Westhoughton-based Wingates Band
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OPINION: Out in the cold
IT is about time the loopholes connected with the emergency service for pre-payment gas card were tightened. The BEN has highlighted the fact that a second Bolton family was left in the cold after problems with the card. British Gas are trialling a new
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Daily poem
THE BEAUTIFUL GAME Consortiums watch the markets On their monitor screens And speculate whose shares to buy Which is the lucky team? While all around the country Mr Commerce rubs his hands As another hospitality suite Is added to the stand. Club shops
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OPINION: This father needs help
AS our exclusive story last night revealed, a European treaty demands that seven-year-old Bolton boy Christopher Lomax should be returned to Britain. But despite that, a Greek judge has refused to comply with the decision and Christopher is spending his
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Battles' tour
EACH year the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Regimental Association Battlefield Research Section organises a pilgrimage to the Battle areas of the First World War. In late September this year we plan to visit the Battlefield areas of France and Flanders
