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Why must these causes have to beg for funds?
THIS week has seen the pathetic case of one of our oldest organisations, The Salvation Army, virtually begging for funds to maintain the level of service to the destitute and needy. The shortfall of £600,000 may seem to many a great deal of money but
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Time for Tories to come clean
THE opportunism shown on fuel by Michael Portillo has no credibility when the Tories still can't answer the question as to what services they would cut to fund their £16 billion public services cuts guarantee. Having called Labour's extra investment in
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Facts are plain - it's diet that causes tooth decay
SHEILA Jones in defence of fluoridation states that there is no one living in Bolton who is over the age of 40 who has not had teeth filled due to dental caries. Well, she is wrong, as I have not had any of my teeth filled because of decay. She is free
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Hospital admits treatment was 'below standard' as mother of five dies after simple operation
A MOTHER-of-five children died following a routine operation at Bolton Hospital. Wendy Whittingham underwent a simple laser procedure to cauterise blood vessels to cure a nagging throat problem. But the operation went wrong and the powerful laser pierced
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Angry Sam loses out on Nigerian ace
SAM Allardyce could be set to switch his sights to Denmark after the bitter blow of missing out on Nigerian international Mutiu Adepoju. The Wanderers' boss has confirmed his interest in Lyngby midfielder Stephan Bidstrup after checking him out in recent
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People battle
AON Consulting Ltd will stage a free conference which looks at getting the most from a company's key asset: people. The People Balance Sheet is at the Reebok Stadium on Tuesday. Issues to be examined include winning the battle for workforce commitment
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Textiles pledge
TEXTILES Minister Patricia Hewitt has pledged £1.5 million to help the textile and clothing industry forge closer relationships between designers, manufacturers and retailers. The money will support a new Textile and Clothing Industry Forum -- a government
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New owner for Golden Days
THE Golden Days Garden Centre in Bradley Fold has new owners. Former boss Stephen Evans, who opened the Radcliffe Moor Road centre in 1993, has sold to Otley-based Stephen H. Smith, founded in 1966. Group Manager Peter Scott said today that their new
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Strix group business comes to the boil!
STRIX Group -- an Isle of Man company run by Bolton-born businessman Eddie Davies -- is planning major expansion. HSBC Private Equity has acquired a minority stake to provide development capital for the business. Strix is the leading supplier of controls
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Wall of China trek
PEOPLE in Bolton are being urged to step forward as volunteers for an exciting charity walk along the Great Wall of China. Two disability charities, Kith and Kin and Regain, have joined together for the special fund-raising event from June 16 to June
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On the way to singing stardom
LITTLE songbird Sara Parveen has shone out at a mini-competition ... and won the chance to cut her own CD. The young singer, aged just 11, of Deane, is already thinking about the big-time after bringing down the house with her rendition of Genie in a
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Looking for youth to hit high notes
BOLTON Youth Choir is on the look out for youngsters who enjoy singing and would like to represent their school, after recently losing 10 members who have left to go on to further education. In total they had clocked up 40 years service between them for
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Marshall's new deal
IAN Marshall is set to be rewarded for playing his part in Wanderers' flying start to the season with a new deal. The 34-year-old former Oldham and Ipswich favourite has been helping Sam Allardyce on a 'pay per game' arrangement since being released by
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SOCCER: Rams poor away form continues
NINE points from the first seven games played is not the sort of start Ramsbottom United were looking for in the NWCL Division One this season. Last night the Rams poor away form continued in a 1-0 away defeat at third in the table Prescot Cables. The
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CYCLING: Battersby takes time trial title
THE penultimate Lancashire Road Club individual 25 time-trial championship was won in emphatic style by Craig Battersby. The race was contested within the RTTC combined clubs event on a dry but very windy morning on the Brock course near Garstang. Craig's
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LIVE MUSIC VENUES AND EVENTS
BAROC CAFE BAR, Halliwell Road, Bolton. Every Tuesday, Dave Gee; every Wednesday live jazz with Munch Manship; Thursday September 28, local band No Ball Games; Sunday karaoke. Ring Bolton 847300. BURY MET CAFE BAR, Market Street, Bury. HORWICH RMI CLUB
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What's On at local galleries and exhibitions
ARC GALLERY STORE, Oldham Street, Manchester. Mon to Sat 10am to 6pm. Sun noon to 5pm. Adm free. Ring 0161 831 7454. ASTLEY CHEETHAM ART GALLERY , Trinity Street, Stalybridge. Open Mon to Fri (not Thurs) 1pm to 7.30pm, Sat 9am to 4pm. Tel 0161 338 2708
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Parents warned to watch for bullying
PARENTS are being warned to be on the look out for signs of bullying now their children are back at school. Children's charity ChildLine say the number of calls they get from youngster rises steeply at this time of year. And they put the increase down
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Apartments to 'yuppify' town centre
WHAT do a former cinema, a disused fire station, an ex-grammar school and now a derelict rail warehouse have in common? The surprising answer is that they are all being converted into luxury flats in what could be described as a "yuppification" of Bolton
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Store removes micro-scooters from sale
THE Bolton branch of Woolworths has removed its batch of micro-scooters from sale following a spate of accidents. The decision was made weeks before the tragic death of a nine-year-old boy in Liverpool, who was hit by a taxi while riding his scooter yesterday
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Together again at last
A UNIQUE love story spanning nearly 50 years and interwoven with the history of Bolton's markets comes to an end today. It all began in 1913 when Benjamin Talbot and Rachel Wilson were born in Bolton. Fate brought them together at the age of 17, and they
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Children should be told: Don't go on roofs
PRIMARY schools should resist efforts to turn them into fortresses in the wake of a teenager's tragic death, says a school governor. Donald Doxsey believes calls to increase security so teenagers cannot climb on roofs is the wrong way of tackling the
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Losing line for Bolton?
INTERESTING and worrying that of the six people you interviewed about the new Metrolink, one was a pensioner, one worked in Manchester, and four said they would use it to visit Manchester! Hardly reassuring for the Bolton commercial sector it is? J J
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Keep it clean
IT is my opinion that children from 12 to 16 should be taught much more about the human body! Remember it can last 80 years and more if properly maintained. They should be taught the right type of food and minerals to preserve the body. They should be
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Metrolink is on the right lines!
HOW pleased I am to hear that Bolton is to get the Metrolink. It will be nice to see trains running along the Bolton to Bury line again, instead of how it looks now, a complete overgrown mess, especially in the Darcy Lever area. And when eventually linked
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I've no truck with lorry driver critics
I AM writing in defence of the hauliers. How can anybody say hauliers don't give a hoot about people and the country? They do. Do people not realise that without hauliers we would not have the petrol or diesel in the stations or food in the supermarkets
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Bury's 'Benny Hill' gave us a laugh . . .
HI folks! Recently I e-mailed your lost pals Internet section. I am just sending this note to say thank you. Everyone I inquired about has contacted me. Not bad after 32 years, eh. My wife and I visited Bury recently just to take a walk down memory lane
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Do something about this dead-leg estate!
WITH regards to Mr Moore's letter dated September 20, I agree with everything he says. Harper Green estate used to be one of the best in Farnworth and Bolton. When we moved on to the estate it was in a decent state but now it is really going down the
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When Olympic swimmers took the plunge at Bolton
ROWER extraordinaire Steve Redgrave has undoubtedly earned his 'Super Olympian' title watched by the world. But let's not forget another British sporting hero, Oldham's orphan swimmer Henry Taylor -- four gold Olympic medals plus minor other medals was
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GIFT OF LIFE: Players sign up to pledge support
Bolton Wanderers' players, Nat Lofthouse and Lofty the Lion joined the Mayor and Mayoress of Bolton, Cllr Alan and Mrs Denise Wilkinson, to pledge support to the Gift of Life Appeal BOLTON Wanderers have a whole new goal this season -- to help the Mayor
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Robbie's return cushions the blow
ROBBIE Elliott showed immaculate timing when he made his long-awaited comeback on Monday, just hours after Wanderers had suffered the bitter blow of missing out on Nigerian ace Mutiu Adepoju. Sidelined since a week before the season started, the Geordie
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Super Whites set for grand opening
GUESTS at Bolton's newest hotel will be able to watch Wanderers matches from the comfort of their own rooms. The first fully integrated hotel stadium is all set to open at the Middlebrook site on October 30. The £12 million De Vere Whites Hotel will provide
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Design award for visitor centre
LOCAL chartered architects Good & Tillotson Ltd have won a top award for their work at a Lancashire wild boar park (pictured left and below). The Myrtle Street firm won the premier award in this year's Ribble Valley Borough Council Civic Design Awards
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Landlords urged to check appliances
LANDLORDS in Bolton are being reminded to take legal responsibility for the safety of students by having gas appliances in rented properties checked. Carbon monoxide fumes kill 50 people every year. Warning signs are stains, soot or discolouring around
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On the way to singing stardom
LITTLE songbird Sara Parveen starred at a mini-competition . . . and won the chance to cut her own CD. The young singer, aged just 11, of Deane, is already thinking about the big-time after bringing down the house with her rendition of Genie in a Bottle
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Gladys celebrates a century of memories
POLITICAL activities have kept 100-year-old Bolton pensioner Gladys Rowbottom busy all her life. Since the early days of the Labour Party, Gladys, of Rushey Fold Court, has been a member. As a child growing up in Sheffield she went campaigning with her
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Parents warned to watch for bullying
PARENTS are being warned to be on the look out for signs of bullying now their children are back at school. Children's charity ChildLine say the number of calls they get from youngster rises steeply at this time of year. And they put the increase down
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Rain-hit Trophy game switched
THE Goldline Trophy in association with the Bolton Evening News semi final tie between West Lancs League Premier Division outfit Charnock Richard and Manchester League Breightmet United originally scheduled for tonight at Ramsbottom United's Riverside
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Plucky Leigh pinch a point
Hereford Utd 1, Leigh RMI 1 RMI took their first away point in September and climbed a place to 13th in the Nationwide Conference after they recovered from conceding an early goal at Edgar Street last night. Leigh produced a battling performance with
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, September 26, 1975 AN escaped 'prisoner' disturbed the pastoral quiet of Bolton's Precinct today. The 'break out' was from the local pen. The chase that followed led police to a field off Turton Street, Bolton, where
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What's On for the family
BREWERY ARTS CENTRE, Highgate, Kendal. Ring 01539 725133. CORNERHOUSE, Oxford Street, Mcr. Ring 0161 228 7621. Action packed arts programme for youngsters aged 11-16. Every Sat at 11.30am, cost £2.50. MARTIN MERE WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST, Burscough
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Mixed news on the buses
BUS users have been given good news and bad news as the industrial dispute between the union and management continues. A planned strike by drivers on First Manchester buses due to be held on Friday has been cancelled. But another strike scheduled for
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Super Whites set for grand opening
GUESTS at Bolton's newest hotel will be able to watch Wanderers matches from the comfort of their own rooms. The first fully integrated hotel stadium is all set to open at the Middlebrook site on October 30. The £12 million De Vere Whites Hotel will provide
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Together again at last
A UNIQUE love story spanning nearly 50 years and interwoven with the history of Bolton's markets comes to an end today. It all began in 1913 when Benjamin Talbot and Rachel Wilson were born in Bolton. Fate brought them together at the age of 17, and they
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Schools face £29m repairs backlog
SCHOOLS need to spend nearly £29 million over the next five years to tackle a massive repairs backlog according to a major report which lays bare the true state of Bolton's crumbling classrooms. Independent surveyors have carried out detailed investigations
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Drugs baron Howard Marks challenges critics to a debate
CONVICTED drugs dealer Howard Marks has invited those oposing his visit to Bolton to turn up at his Albert Halls show and voice their opinions in public. During the mid-1980s, Marks, dubbed the "most sophisticated drugs baron of all time", had 43 aliases
