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Peer Gynt: Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. February 10 until March 13.
HIGHBROW and intellectual are words that spring to mind about this production of Peer Gynt. This play, which was difficult to follow at times, kept a packed out audience enthralled, if not a little confused. Since Peer Gynt was not written to be performed
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Sing A Rude Song: Nohow Productions: The Theatre, Girls' Division, Bolton School. Runs until Saturda
THIS little gem of a musical is given a sparkling polish by producer/director Nora Howcroft. The show is about the music hall star Marie Lloyd, who, at the height of her career, is summoned before the Licensing Committee accused of being lewd. Although
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Homeless scheme's cash hold-up
A PIONEERING Bolton scheme to tackle homelessness is still waiting for a final funding boost. The Bolton Bond Board needs to secure £14,000 in cash from charitable trusts. The board provides deposits or bonds for homeless people to put down on accommodation
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Sex shop licence fees 'should be higher'
THE cost of a sex shop licence should go up in a bid to drive them out of Bolton, says a councillor. Council chiefs are set to increase the cost of a licence from £1,542 to £1,576 in April. But Tory deputy leader John Walsh claims that it is not enough
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Todd return is so handy
ANDY Todd looks set to save Wanderers a dip into the transfer market. The Reebok centre-back, who had surgery on a double hernia problem in November, plays his second reserve team game in eight days tonight, knowing he could put himself back in the first
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Lauren, 10, is Dion to a superstar
LAUREN Waterworth is being hailed as the next Celine Dion - and she's just 10 years old. The little lass from Hindley is causing a stir in the pop world with her powerful voice. And now she's released her debut CD, a cover of the Carpenters' classic,
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Unfair system
CONSERVATIVE spokesman Damian Green MP has made statements favouring the grammar school system. Does he wish to bring back the 11-plus? Grammar schools were all right for the minority, but the system left the other 80pc roughing it at Secondary Modern
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Mother donates the clothes of coach crash victim to orphans
IMPOVERISHED Romanian orphans will receive a charity hand-out from the parents of a teenager who was killed in the St James's School Alpine coach crash. The brave parents of Robert Boardman, 14 - one of three youngsters who died in the accident - have
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Star Wars producer to film Bolton man's rags to riches story
A TOP Hollywood producer is set to shoot a multi-million pound movie in Bolton. Gary Kurtz, the man behind some of cinema's biggest box office hits such as Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, is due to visit the town in the next few months. And Mr
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Bethell awarded £8m contacts
THE fast-growing Bethell Group has announced record contract gains worth more than £8 million. The Kearsley-based construction group has been awarded packages of major works throughout the North-west by clients including North West Water, the Highways
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£450.000 DTI cash for Institute support centre
THE Department of Trade and Industry has awarded Bolton Institute a contract worth £495,000 over three years. It is for Bolton to provide assistance to North of England companies in the design of microelectronics in their products. As in previous projects
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Talking of the future . . .
LOCAL businesses have an opportunity to hear how telecommunications are likely to develop in the new Millennium. Mr Graham Whitehead, the Advanced Concepts Manager at the BT Laboratories in Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, is to give a presentation on "Virtual
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Cover canals
I HAVE acquired the latest edition of Millennium 100 Years of Transport and I find your coverage of the canals of the area, one page, abysmal. Where is the canal enthusiasts' coverage? In our village we had a fine body of canal workers, what they would
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I am a carer
I write about carers. My hubby had a massive stroke 17 years ago. I have happily cared for his every need as he lost the use of his right side and his speech. If anything happened to him, I would be left with a basic pension. Hs money would stop. I only
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The jewel in your county
LIKE so many people across the country, not just in Bolton, I was overjoyed to hear that the great Moran picture had been acquired for the town and nation. As soon as possible after it went on show, I came up to see it and felt it an inspiring and genuinely
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Poetry book
HAVE you any Millennium Memories that you would like to share with BEN readers? As part of this newspaper's Millennium celebrations, we are publishing a bound volume of poetry submitted by readers. And we want the main theme of this handsome book to highlight
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Band to play on BBC radio
BOLTON musicians take to the airwaves on Friday night when they feature on national radio. Wingates Band, together with conductor Chris Wormald, will feature on the popular BBC Radio 2 programme 'Listen to the Band', presented by Frank Renton. The band
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Park's new bid to scoop lottery cash
A NATIONAL expert on park restoration has been appointed to mastermind a project to transform Bolton's Queens Park. Council leisure chiefs want to put in a new bid for Heritage Lottery cash to restore the park. Andrew Harland, of Peterborough-based Landscape
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A right Audi-do!
THE marketing boss of one of Bolton's best known car dealerships nearly caused an international row with her enterprising eye for design. Julie Knight, head of marketing at Smith Knight Fay, landed in the soup with Audi, the makers of the prestige cars
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Fluoride: Let public decide, says MP
BOLTON MP David Crausby has called on people to make their feelings on the fluoridation of the region's water supplies clear. The MP for Bolton North East has written to Health Minister John Denham expressing concern over the fluoridation of the water
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Drunken drivers
I agree with the idea of taking cars off drunken drivers. I am 79 years old, still driving with a clean licence. I was driving during the war. Seeing what goes on now on the roads, I agree the only thing to do is take the cars off them so they never drive
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'Marathon fireman' helps Disney dream
A KIND-HEARTED Bolton fireman is set to help make a young cancer sufferer's Disney dreams come true. Little Declan Stulock, five, is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatment as he battles against Hodgkin's disease for the second time in two years.
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Unblock the lane
THE PEOPLE of Horwich unanimously supported the proposition that Winter Hey Lane should be unblocked, and a three way traffic light junction should be reinstated. Although the Bolton Metro representatives said that they had come to listen, they lift giving
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Super section
SOME time ago I wrote to you asking if it would be possible to copy the Tuesday format of the separate sports section on Monday night, when you cover the Bolton Wanderers match report, as it was causing friction within our house. I am delighted you have
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OPINION: Scheme's success
THE pioneering scheme to protect prosecution witnesses at Bolton Magistrates Court has been a resounding success. We congratulate all involved in stamping out the intimidation of witnesses. Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and
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OPINION: Till's time is over
THE writing has been on the wall for some time for the Octagon Theatre's Artistic Director, Lawrence Till. It was clear when the idea of fewer "home-grown" productions was mooted, that there would no longer be a need for an Artistic Director. We regret
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DAILY POEM
Thomas Moran's upper Colorado river A century ago, the spirit of the age Demanded icons Of industry, endeavour Talismans for riches and success: Factory systems, time-riveted workforces And a worship - whatever human cost - of nail and cog and wheel.
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO BARMAIDS should be paid danger money for the bad behaviour they have to tolerate from some customers. That's the view of one of them, Sylvia Young, of Silverdale Road, Bolton, who is currently pulling pints at a busy town centre wine lodge
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Nick stars in second series of a Mellor drama
By Nick Jackson BOLTON actor Nicholas Gleaves returns to our screens tomorrow night in the second series of the footballing women drama Playing the Field. The series, written by Band of Gold writer Kay Mellor, is chiefly about the trials and tribulations
