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THINGS ARE SELDOM WHAT THEY SEEM
A REVIEW of Gordon Brown's recent budget reminds me of a Gilbert & Sullivan song - 'Things are seldom what they seem!' On budget day, the Chancellor claimed he'd cut the tax burden by £4.75billion. How?? 1. By ignoring the £2.75billion that abolition
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We are with you on Octagon front line
RECENTLY the cast of 'How the Other Half Loves' gave its final performance at the Octagon Theatre. I appeared in this play and enjoyed the experience immensely. The operation both backstage and front of house was professional and efficient. I could not
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TWO NEW FORESTS TO GET THE GREEN LIGHT?
TWO sites in the Bolton and Bury areas have been earmarked as potential new forests. A new report by the Mersey and Red Rose Forests says old landfill sites are ideal to be turned into new community woodlands. The announcement follows a two-year research
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£5million spending plan brings cheer to local schools
EDUCATION chiefs were celebrating today after the Government revealed a £5million spending plan for two Bolton schools. Education Secretary David Blunkett has revealed that a project to redevelop Deane School and move Woodside Senior School onto the same
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£1m film role 'could win Robbie Oscar'
ROBBIE Williams and his dad have both been offered parts in a multi-million pound film to be shot in Bolton. As reported in last night's BEN, the lead role in a movie, provisionally entitled Addict, has been offered to the former Take That star. And one
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BOXING: Horwich boxer's cash shock
HOPES of a Carl Thompson-Johnny Nelson rematch suffered a setback last night when promoter Frank Warren slapped a fine on the Bolton fighter. In a telephone call to Thompson, Warren announced he was docking the former champion 10 per cent of his pay packet
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Faust time!
OPERA 74 will notch up a "first" when they stage their production of Gounod's Faust in May. For the first time the Albert Halls organ will be used in a staged production at the venue. The organ has been used during concerts, but Opera 74 believe it has
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What would Jack and Vera say?
The actress, well-known for her portrayal of the Duckworths' landlady, Eunice Gee, in Coronation Street, started her stage career on the amateur stage. In time-honoured showbusiness tradition she was "discovered" by the late Carl Paulsen, who was then
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Hats off to Phyllis
PHYLLIS Mitchell has spent 50 years with Farnworth AODS. She has not been involved with any other society, and her husband, Roy, is now chairman of Farnworth. Although Phyllis joined the society in 1948, her first performance was not until the following
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Tories are united
I AM sorry to disappoint Labour Party hacks, but I can assure the electorate that the Conservative Party is united on Europe. Party members voted overwhelmingly to support William Hague's policy of not joining the Euro during the lifetime of the next
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Bolton on the water
A MASTERPLAN for a massive new canal and cycling development to transform leisure, tourism and transport in Bolton in the new millennium has been drawn up by a canal expert. Bolton Council is being urged to take aboard the ambitious plans for a new canal
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THEATRE, MUSIC & DANCE: THIRD Party Productions present Hamlet - The Actor's Quarto, Albert Halls, 7.30pm. Tickets £7 and £5.50 for concessions. Tel: 364333. AFTERNOON of Nostalgia, singalong and dance with Howard Broadbent, Mortfield Social and Bowling
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Thug holds gun to bookie's head
TWO armed thugs terrorised a bookmaker during a violent robbery yesterday afternoon. The two masked thieves burst into Ken Donegan Racing's shop on the Red Lion pub car park in Lowton, off the East Lancs Road, at 12.20pm. One man was brandishing a hand
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Faulty gas detector warning
SAFETY experts at British Gas have issued a warning to Bolton residents to check carbon monoxide detectors for BS kitemarks, amid fears over faulty detectors. A carbon monoxide detector known as the Kidde Safety Lifesaver 9CO-1 has been recalled by manufacturers
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Gipsy leader's proposal for problem site
A NATIONAL gipsy leader claims his organisation should be allowed to take over Bolton's official gipsy caravan site. As reported in the BEN, residents on the Hall Lane site have demanded a tough crackdown to get rid of troublemakers bringing fear and
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WANDERERS: Sellars is new worry
WANDERERS could be without Scott Sellars when they kick off a headspinning flurry of fixtures at Oxford United on Saturday. The Bolton skipper is struggling to recover from the ankle injury he picked up in the early exchanges of the 3-1 defeat at Sunderland
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Dad who 'died for nothing'
A SHOCKED takeaway owner says a dad-of-two "died for nothing" following trouble outside his shop. Kenneth Mills had intervened as trouble sparked outside the NightBar Pizza Kebab and Grill on Lee Lane, Horwich, on Friday night. Today, shop owner Ali Khasi
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High and dry
Staff and regulars left stunned as time is called on local pub PUB regulars were left high and dry after time was suddenly called on their favourite watering-hole. Disappointed drinkers at the Duke of Wellington pub on St John's Road, Chew Moor, had to
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ART FOR ART'S SAKE!
Council defends £122,000 project funding decision COUNCIL chiefs are bracing themselves for criticism after giving the go-ahead for an arts project to be extended at a cost of £122,000. The scheme, called Percent for Art, has been given the funding for
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HAVE VOUCHER - CAN TRAVEL!
TRANSPORT chiefs in Greater Manchester have agreed to increase the number of Travel Vouchers available to people who cannot use bus services. Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority introduced the Travel Voucher Scheme across the whole county
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WANDERERS: Sellars is new worry
WANDERERS could be without Scott Sellars when they kick off a headspinning flurry of fixtures at Oxford United on Saturday. The Bolton skipper is struggling to recover from the ankle injury he picked up in the early exchanges of the 3-1 defeat at Sunderland
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Top hotel is three times a winner
BOLTON Moat House has been awarded the prestigious Investors in People award for the third time. The four-star hotel says its local market share has grown by four per cent since introducing Investors to the business - and staff morale is "extremely high
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25 YEARS AGO
A CONTROVERSIAL plan for a supermarket and car park on land close to Burnmoor Road, Codale Road and Deepdale Road, Breightmet, has been given the go-ahead by Bolton Council, if suitable landscaping is provided. The decision followed years of agitation
