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They're showing sense at last over public toilets
I AM glad Bolton Metro Council has had the good sense to turn down the request for the demolition of toilets at Barrow Bridge. These are public amenities. I am on water tablets and my former wife was incontinent and in a wheelchair; our quality of life
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Airguns and teen 'targets'
BURY North MP David Chaytor says he welcomes Government proposals for tighter controls on airguns (Tighter controls on airguns welcomed, Bury Times, Tuesday, October 10). Well Mr Chaytor, we already have plenty of controls on airguns. Far from needing
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When the Empire strikes back...
WAS Mr Brian Derbyshire slapping down Mrs Gault? Or was it she who started by disagreeing awkwardly with Mr Essa? In any case, I believe that Mr Derbyshire's letter on Iraq's plight was one of his best yet. And thank you too, Mr Barry Mills for your caring
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Arresting day
CHORLEY people were court in the act at a special open day in the town. Chorley magistrates court on St Thomas's Road, threw open its doors for a one-off event -- allowing locals to see for themselves exactly what does happen during court proceedings.
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Lions may soon lose bite
A HEARTFELT plea for more members has gone out from Chorley Lions. The well-known charitable foundation has been running in the town for 25 years, but membership is now so low the group is threatened with closure. Yvonne Day, vice-president of Chorley
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Faulkner Motors Alliance Football League
CHORLEY and District Faulkner Motors Alliance Football League was washed out last Saturday by the weather. Fixtures for Saturday: Lancashire Amateur Shield: Clayton Brook v Norcross and Warbreck, Ley Inn v Westgate Wanderers. Northern Electrical Consultants
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Delivering commercial opportunity
Exhibition guests were welcomed yesterday by Exhibition Organiser Helen Croft from Bolton and Bury Chamber. She explained the main aim for the show was to provide local companies with a first rate networking opportunity to make new contacts and develop
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Forum opens with call to future
A LEADING entrepreneur yesterday urged company bosses to embrace Internet technology transforming the business world. Leigh-born David Atherton, who built a £90 million turnover company from scratch, made his plea as he opened the fourth annual Bolton
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Motorway death inquest adjourned
LABOURER Terry Mangan aged 38, suffered horrific injuries when he fell into the path of a lorry on the M60 at Whitefield an inquest heard. Mr Mangan from Liverpool suffered multiple injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene last month. His wife of
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Axed bus 'isolating' town
BLACKROD is becoming increasingly isolated with another bus service due to be axed. Earlier this year the express First Manchester No 9 service between Blackrod and Manchester was cancelled after the bus company claimed not enough people were using it
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'£17,000' for Kremlin picture
A RENOWNED Bury photographer's rare picture of the Kremlin in Moscow is expected to be snapped up by collectors at a New York auction today. The black and white photograph of the external walls and towers of the building was taken in 1852 by the pioneering
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EDUCATION: Town cashes in Whitehall aid
BOLTON has developed a good track record for bringing in extra money for schools, according to the report. The main funding for education is below average for metropolitan authorities, but the LEA is passing on all the Government money intended for schools
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Business community out in force for top exhibition
Company of the Year owner David Atherton presents a trophy for the best stand at the exhibition to Deborah Massey, of IWM Designs Ltd LOCAL "movers and shakers" were out in force for the opening of the fourth annual Bolton and Bury Business Voice exhibition
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Family crash hits heart man Ray's run success
A HORWICH runner's family was lucky to escape serious injury after being involved in a road accident -- as they watched him compete in the Manchester Marathon. Ray Collett's wife, Barbara, daughter and grand-daughter, survived the collision with another
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Festive trees of light will remember loved ones
A FESTIVE fund-raising scheme by Bolton Hospice will not only let local people make a Christmas dedication but also light up a town centre landmark. "Light Up A Life" is the name of a campaign to decorate three giant fir trees in the grounds of Bolton
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Problems pile up for Wolves
WOLVES' boss Colin Lee is reeling from a fresh injury blow ahead of Saturday's clash of the Wanderers at the Reebok. Already hit by a crop of casualties and sweating on the fitness of two of his key defenders, Ludo Pollet and Kevin Muscat, the Molineux
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No dignity in bottling it
I HAD a bit of trouble switching on my computer at work this week. It was a big blow to my confidence and to my belief that I was up to a job I have managed to make a living out of for 18 years. I thought about carrying on but as I sat in front of the
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RUGBY LEAGUE:Coach seeking World Cup opposition
PAUL Terzis is trying to set Leigh Centurions up with more international opposition in the lead up to the new season. The Hilton Park head coach has made tenative enquiries about a possible match against one of the Emerging Nations World Cup teams to
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RUGBY LEAGUE: Wigan Warriors coach Frank Endacott writes in the BEN
I AM a very happy man this week but I hope to be even happier in a week's time. Both Wigan and Bolton Mets won last week! It was a great turnaround for us to come back from a heavy defeat to Saints and get a big, big win over the Bradford Bulls last weekend
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SHAKERS: Preece grateful for rest
AN extra day's break before this weekend's tough Millwall clash is just what the doctor ordered for weary Bury. According to boss Andy Preece the extra rest is vital because almost his entire squad has been involved in the Shakers' tremendous start to
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SHAKERS: Interested buyer takes second look at Shakers
FORMER Chesterfield chairman Norton Lea's appearance at last Friday's Bury-Bristol Rovers match was his second fact-finding mission to Gigg Lane in the space of a month. As speculation grows that the millionaire businessman may be set to make a bid for
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Bassett's warning on England job
BARNSLEY boss Dave Bassett has warned the Football Association to stop looking for a film star to replace Kevin Keegan and start scouring the Nationwide League. Bassett has added to the clamour for an Englishman to be appointed to the post, even though
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Circle reveal how they pulled off Windies star coup
A BOLTON League cricket side has revealed how it pulled off the coup of the year and snapped up a West Indian test star. Farnworth Social Circle will take the field next season with wrist spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo in their ranks. The extraordinary deal
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1961 . . . and a day out for Lorival workers
A GROUP from United Ebonite and Lorival Ltd (now Lorival Plastics), who went on a trip to Wedgwood in 1961. Mrs Audrey Rostron, of Redcar Road, Smithills, who sent me the picture, is third from the right on the front row, and Millie and Jack Lawton (both
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Readers help solve Wheelers' mystery
'HAS anyone heard of the Bolton Wheelers?, asked Mr Albert Winstanley, of Bradshaw Brow, Bradshaw, on Saturday. He told of how he had received a letter from an old friend, asking if he could be of help regarding a medal rewarded to her mother in 1927,
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From the BEN files
25 YEARS AGO From the Evening News, October 11, 1975 ANOTHER of Bolton's landmarks has disappeared in a cloud of dust. The 120-foot high chimney of the old Stanley Mill at Jackson Street - better known as Cannon's Mill - was demolished yesterday. PLANS
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EDUCATION: Special needs 'lacks vision'
PROVISION for special needs matches the needs of pupils at the moment and there are some pioneering projects -- but the department lacks a detailed vision for the future. Ofsted says the growth of a huge bureaucracy for special needs was shortsighted
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'Don't let Rocky's death be in vain'
THE parents of Roxanne Nicholson have welcomed plans to block access to the M66 and save future lives. Roxanne, known affectionately as Rocky, was killed in April after being hit by a car as she ran across the busy motorway. An inquest was told yesterday
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Make sure your feline is smiles better . . .
ALTHOUGH most of us visit the dentist twice a year, have you thought about keeping your cat's pearly whites in shape? Probably not but, according to Hill's Pet Nutrition, dental disease is currently the most prevalent disease among cats. However, care
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EDUCATION: Chief says schools are top class
BOLTON'S schools were today praised by the man most feared in education. Chief Inspector of schools Chris Woodhead said: "Bolton Metro is a competent local education authority, and one that is well placed to take the education service forward." Inspectors
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BEN OPINION: Firework idiots are at it again
BOLTON is booming -- and it has nothing to do with shopping or the town's economy. With more than three weeks still to go before Bonfire Night, the morons are out again. Walk round any Bolton streets tonight and you will hear the peace-shattering sound
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A festival of skill and thrills
BOLTON'S first Festival of Disability Sport kicks off on Monday and promises to be crammed with first-class sportsmanship, top-class athletes and exciting competitions. It's aim is to give people across the borough the chance to become actively involved
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EDUCATION: Lessons in behaviour
BOLTON'S headteachers were given a lesson in good behaviour at a major conference to discuss the future of teaching. More than 100 heads and their deputies from primary and secondary schools across Bolton listened as pupils delivered their advice on how
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M & S bottom advert was the tops!
WITH regard to the article you wrote about the advertising campaign recently launched by Marks and Spencer. I would like to express my admiration of the poster showing the rear view of a naked 'real' woman. This image is far less offensive than images
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Why are we still waiting for action?
IN REPLY to the article in the BEN. (October 9) regarding the return of the gipsies to the Grosvenor Street car park. Ms. June Davison is campaigning for the car park to be closed off. If this were to happen it would deprive the college students and tutors
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More Middlebrook pressure on Bolton town centre
WHAT is going to happen to our town centre shops if more retail stores are to be allowed at the Middlebrook complex? Is the recent application for a factory outlet shop simply a disguise for a retail sales breakthrough? Looking round now in Bolton town
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Horrifying behaviour on 509 bus
LAST Thursday evening I was waiting on Winchester Way, Bolton, for a 509 bus at around 3.45pm. With me were two other elderly pensioners and two boys from Withins School. After a little while, a large crowd of Withins School pupils came down Withins Lane
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Tories are experts on mistakes
MAY I, as Albert Hornby calls it, 'parrot' a few more facts about the price of oil. In 1993 Norman Lamont's Budget increased petrol duty by 10 per cent, and also brought in the 3pc escalator over inflation. He also introduced VAT on domestic fuel. Now
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MP's fury at closure of brewery
UNION representatives at Chorley's beleaguered John Smith's depot have been meeting with chiefs at the site. The brewery workers have been voicing their thoughts to management on the future closure of the John Smith's distribution depot at Cowling Brow
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Fred's beer name fury
BOLTON celebrity steeplejack Fred Dibnah has ordered his name to be removed from a beer specially brewed for a charity fund raising festival. Town brewery Bank Top had produced a commemorative ale, Doctor Dibnah, named after the honorary doctorate in
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Nissan Sunday League
ONLY one game survived the weather in the Chorley Nissan Sunday League. Royal Scot played host to Red Lion who were made to pay for missed early chances as Royal Scot gradually took control and ran out easy 5-0 winners. Premier Division team St Bedes
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Unibond title is Magpies target
CHORLEY fans would like nothing better this season than to see the team climb back to the Unibond League premier division as champions of the First Division. This would add to a handsome collection of title successes over the last 117 years. In fact,
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Balloons ready for big launch
THE balloons went up outside this week's Bolton and Bury Business Voice Exhibition at the Reebok Stadium. One of the exhibitors, ADT Fire and Security, was celebrating the opening of the company's new service and sales centre at the Bolton Enterprise
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Investors celebrate
HI-TECH Bury company Flexsys UK Ltd is celebrating after gaining the national Investors in People award. The company, which has branches in France, Germany and the USA, employs 42 people at its headquarters in Silver Street and provides IT solutions and
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Business community out in force for top exhibition
Company of the Year owner David Atherton presents a trophy for the best stand at the exhibition to Deborah Massey, of IWM Designs Ltd LOCAL "movers and shakers" were out in force for the opening of the fourth annual Bolton and Bury Business Voice exhibition
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Famous classmates?
WERE you at school with anyone famous? We'd like to hear from local people who shared their schooldays with people who went on to become household names. Were you, for example, at school with Sara Cox? Send in your memories to Angela Kelly, Features Editor
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Weather delays search for diver
BAD weather is delaying the search for a missing diver. Albert Paxford, a detective with Greater Manchester Police, disappeared on Friday during a dive to a wreck five miles off the Scottish coast. He has not been seen since a diving companion raised
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Hunt for attacker with tattoos
DETECTIVES are hunting a man with tattoos who attacked two women during an attempted robbery. The man struck after following his two victims, aged 22 and 29, from the Cleveland pub in Cheetham Hill. After tracking them back to Stanley Street, Tyldesley
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Nichola hits the charts in bid to take on 'The Kids'
BIG Brother's Nichola Holt has crashed in to the charts- just days after the release of her first single. Zany Nichola, from Bolton, who took the nation by storm when millions saw her strip during the first few days in the Channel 4 house, is in the UK
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Day out at the Dome for young time detectives!
THESE children from St Andrew's Methodist Primary School discovered the Millennium Dome after turning detective to win the all-expenses paid trip. Year 3 pupils from the Little Hulton primary won one of the 12 top prizes in the national competition organised
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EDUCATION: Blenkinsop praised
BOLTON'S first woman education chief has been praised for her role in improving services. According to the report, the education department is well led from the top. Margaret Blenkinsop joined Bolton LEA in May 1996 and is credited with making several
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EDUCATION: Standards depend on area affluence
BOLTON can boast more good schools than most similar towns, according to an analysis of inspection reports. Ofsted points out that there is a huge gulf between areas of Bolton and schools face different challenges because some serve affluent areas while
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Ale's well that ends well!
Drinkers at this week's Bolton Beer Festival 2000 will have a staggering choice of 200 real ales. An ale and hearty ROGER WILLIAMS had an exclusive taster . . . and just look how he ended up! BOLTON was awash with a downpour so relentless that fights
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How curiosity nearly killed Simba the cat
MEET Simba. Simba is not just an inquisitive little cat -- he's a very lucky one too! His story of espionage and escape began when he took his daily constitution around the roads of his Radcliffe home. Nothing new in that of course. Only this time Simba
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Don't boob like Judy!
POOR Judy Finnigan. Following theThis Morning presenter's display of charms at the National TV Awards -- millions of viewers saw Judy's boobs and bra when her halter-neck dress accidentally fell down -- two questions spring to mind. The first has to be
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Bonfire night is fright night
NOVEMBER 5 is still some time away, but we've already had a number of owners contact us requesting sedatives -- for their pets that is. Pets can become traumatized by the loud and confusing noise of fireworks, or could even be injured by hot debris from
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Fireworks alert for safety chiefs
COUNCIL safety chiefs are getting all fired up to ensure that Bonfire Night does not end in tragedy. Schools across Bolton are currently being sent information packs bearing the message "Fireworks are explosives. Get wise or get hurt." Last year the BEN
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Pensioners have a good old time
IT WAS bucketing down outside -- but by golly the sun was shining in the Albert Halls, writes Frank Wood. Bolton's young old uns had got their rainhoods and caps off and were letting their hair down -- and this was no place for any faint-hearted stick
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EDUCATION: Good report for education authority
BOLTON'S first Ofsted report is published today. Education Reporter JANET HUGHES examines the report's findings for the town. MAKING sure schools work together with other bodies to raise standards is one of the main strengths of Bolton's Local Education
