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Danger foods
IT is quite obvious for everyone to see two blatant facts about G M foods. First they are dangerous and, secondly, we are told they are safe. Selling genetically modified seed to poor countries, seed that will not produce next seasons crop, is genocide
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A madness of magpies
I'M always in a rotten mood on Saturday nights. I've been like that for many years now. In the old days it was because I had woeful weekends as a young man. No girls would go out with me because of my odd ways. These days, I'm in a miserable temper on
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Public may vote on super estate
WESTHOUGHTON town councillors are set to give the go-ahead on Monday for a referendum to be held on a 1,100-home "super estate" plan. Residents will be asked whether they want any more houses built in the town, which has experienced massive development
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Workers are left drained
COUNCIL workers are still battling to clear a huge lake which has appeared in a Bolton park. And what was thought to be a natural spring may have added to the problems caused by recent heavy rainfall to create the danger in Moss Bank Park. Local people
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Shelve idea
I THINK the Church's proposal to mark the beginning of the year 2000 (which incidentally is NOT the new millennium) by a distribution of candles to every house in the landshould be shelved. Apart from the danger of house fires, which could well cause
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3,000 wannabees fight for a place in Bolton blockbuster
THOUSANDS of starstruck Bolton folk are battling to win acting roles in a Hollywood movie. Last month we revealed that Gary Kurtz - the man behind such cinema blockbusters as Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back - is planning to shoot part of his next
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Those happy days!
In the early 1960s the Senior Branch Guides and Scouts in Bolton found some old premises in Chancery Lane, Bolton, and cleaned, decorated, furnished them, and opened the Scout and Guide club. We spent many happy times there and many of us are still firm
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for road FOR years the residents of Dene Bank and the adjoining area of Turton Road have been confronted with an ever growing problem of Kershaw Street returning to a quagmire state each autumn, because of the presence of an underground spring, together
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Bolton children lose out in lottery of life
BOLTON children are destined to be losers in the lottery of life from the moment they are born. Simply being born in Bolton is enough to blight a baby's chances of leading a successful life and could result in them suffering profoundly for the rest of
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Single mistake
AFTER the considerable amount of money spent on widening both east and west bound carriageways of Moss Bank Way, I was astonished that Bolton Council proposed that both directions would be single lane. This is presumably to accommodate the mad but politically
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Local people were concerned
I HAVE read in detail, Beverley Greenberg's report in the BEN page nine dated Thursday, February 18, 1999, and I have to say the report in no way represents the facts of what actually happened at the meeting of the residents. The meeting was called because
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A rainbow over the Lune Estuary
DURING my wanderings this week, I enjoyed the sight of not one, but two magnificent rainbows. The first was while walking along the Lancashire Coastal path which runs from the Ribble Estuary to the Lune Estuary. As I walked a stretch of the Lune near
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Healthy school
THE school tuck shop - an institution revered by the likes of Billy and Bessie Bunter - an veritable Aladdin's cave crammed with cream cakes, chocolate bars, crisps and sweets. These days, however, school break times are somewhat different with the emphasis
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Dial M for a change
MUSICIAN Richard Mayes apologises for being tired. But it's not the wild parties with his friends from M People which have kept him up all night. Instead it's his seven-month-old son, Joel. Richard, from Avonhead Close in Horwich, used to sell telephones
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Dail 'M' for a change!
By Irmer Heger MUSICIAN Richard Mayes apologises for being tired. But it's not the wild parties with his friends from M People which have kept him up all night. Instead it's his seven-month-old son, Joel. Richard, from Avonhead Close in Horwich, used
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Youngsters all set for weekend of enterprise
BOLTON has opened the doors to a weekend showcase for the country's enterprising young business talent. The public gets the chance to scrutinise innovative and imaginative new products, introduced to the market by young people from schools, colleges and
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, March 6, 1974 A PLAN to build 435 homes at Birtenshaw Farm, Turton Road, Bromley Cross, has been turned down by Turton Planning and Parks Committee. It said the scheme, for detached and semi-detached houses on 35 acres
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MUSIC & DANCE
SUNDAYMONDAY BOLTON Music Service is holding various activities at different centres. At Bolton Music Centre, The Deane School, New York, Bolton: Bolton Youth Flute Choir, 5pm-6.30pm; Bolton Youth Double Reed Ensemble, 5.15pm-6.15pm; Bolton Youth Wind
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Looking for John
I am looking for a John Williams or maybe Williamson who I last knew in Bolton. I was his best man when he married at Bolton Register Office. His wife's name was Danny. John is a self-taught mechanic. I have been living in the USA and would very much
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New Zealand plea
I am a Radio Ham and I have been contacted by a Radio Ham from New Zealand requesting help in tracing relatives in Bolton to add to his family tree. His name is: William R. Hamer, age 74, of Seatoun, New Zealand. All he knows is that his grandfather was
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Man in bridge jump threat
A MAN with a rope noose around his neck was dragged to safety by police officers after a motorway bridge drama on the outskirts of Bolton today. The man, who has not been identified, was threatening to throw himself off the motorway bridge at Kearsley
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£1.8m go-ahead for Smithills
WORK will officially start on a £1.8 million restoration of Smithills Hall next week. Cllr Bob Howarth, Bolton Council leader, will launch the project at a special ceremony on Tuesday. Three rooms will be re-created as part of the project to turn the
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No surprise
WHY are we so surprised by a company like Virgin using bad language? Over the last 20 years, our so called watchdog has allowed such profanity to flourish on television. It is, a clear indication that, as a nation, we are bankrupt, both economically and
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Writing was on the wall for lovebirds
TWO local youngsters fell head over heels for each other while working on the BEN's popular Newsnet page - a feature written by young people, for young people. And now the pair of lovebirds have become engaged. Alison Barton, aged 19, and Gareth Williams
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Revamp plans for secondary schools
THREE of Bolton's biggest secondary schools look set for a major facelift as education chiefs look at ways of bringing their buildings up to scratch. Education chiefs have given the go ahead to a £50,000 study to find out the best way to solve an overcrowding
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Rents' fiasco
I WAS appalled, and disgusted to read in the BEN about the £2.3m owed by Bolton's Council House tenants. This debt, I am sure is an ongoing situation from last year, when I wrote to ask why had the rent arrears been allowed to total at all to £2m+, without
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Alison's out to Africa..
A YOUNG Bolton woman is set to pack her bags and head for the desert plains of Africa for the trip of a lifetime. Alison Mack, 22, will be venturing into some of the remotest parts of Namibia next month to help develop community facilities. She will be
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for road FOR years the residents of Dene Bank and the adjoining area of Turton Road have been confronted with an ever growing problem of Kershaw Street returning to a quagmire state each autumn, because of the presence of an underground spring, together
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Valley spy cameras to put safety first
FUN-seekers going down to a new entertainment complex in Bolton have been promised the utmost safety. One of the most advanced security systems in the country has been installed at the Valley Centertainment Complex, Astley Bridge. The Virgin Multiplex
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Name them
I refer to Jack Straw's suggestion that casualty units in Bolton and Bury should "name and shame" the pubs and clubs where most of the injuries they deal with are caused. What a good man Jack Straw is. Why has no one thought before to name these pubs
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Not suitable for children
I FEEL it is necessary to respond to the points raised by Cllr Morris in his letter published in the BEN (February 28) and the remarks reported to have been made by Cllr P Howarth during a recent Social Services Committee meeting. A rumour was circulating
