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BEN OPINION: Clear warning
IT seems crystal clear to us. If First North Western cannot run an efficient train service they should lose their franchise. Guy Harkin, deputy chairman of Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority, is only reiterating what this newspaper has stated
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Fuel protest plan so crude
THE crude attempt by the fuel demonstrators to try and portray themselves as modern day Jarrow Crusaders is an insult to the men and women who marched from Jarrow in 1936 to save their livelihoods. The leaders of these fuel demonstrations care nothing
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FAN'S VIEW: Happy with a point, says Michael Evans
I THINK most Wanderers fans would have been happy with a point from Birmingham. They should never have had a penalty but we had to rely on a mistake by the keeper to get our goal yet from that point I reckon we could have gone on and won it. Michael Ricketts
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BRUM VIEW: Keeper's blunder cost us the victory, says Trevor Francis
NO matter how much planning and preparation you do you cannot legislate for an unbelievably bad error like that. We got ourselves in front and we were pushing for a second goal and we allowed Bolton to come back in when they could not believe their luck
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MATCH REPORT: Michael's in Blue heaven
BIRMINGHAM City handed Wanderers a point but they wouldn't give them any credit, writes Neil Bonnar. To listen to the home camp you would have thought Wanderers played no part in earning themselves a point. True, goalkeeper Ian Bennett would have been
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Marketing invite
HOTEL and guest house owners in the Bolton area are being invited to an event at the Reebok Stadium tomorrow. The Chartered Institute of Marketing wants to encourage professionals in hotel, restaurant and catering organisations to join the Hotel Marketing
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Woman dies in chip pan blaze
AN Adlington woman died after a fire in her home caused by an unattended chip pan. Ciara Tenanty, aged 22, was taken to Chorley District Hospital in the early hours of Sunday following the blaze at her home in Railway View. A police spokesman said officers
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Shakers denied by Luton stopper's world class performance
Bury 1, Luton 1 SCOUTS at Gigg Lane watching highly-rated keeper Paddy Kenny witnessed a display of shot-stopping so brilliant they will be advising their clubs to write out a blank cheque pronto. The cash won't be for Kenny though, but for Luton number
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Driver escapes death in concrete horror
A LORRY driver escaped death when a lump of concrete was thrown through his windscreen. Colin Smith believes he is lucky to be alive after his windscreen exploded on a busy motorway. He was driving back to his depot in Little Lever during the rush hour
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£10,000 robbery terror ordeal
THREE terrified women cashiers were bound and gagged before being bundled into a storeroom during an armed raid on a Bury store. The raiders -- one posing as a police officer -- are believed to have stolen up to £10,000 in the robbery at the Dawn Til
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Big guns queue up to bring new business to Bolton
INFLUENTIAL developers are queuing up for the chance to become partners in a planned multi-million pound 'retail and religion' complex. Up to 18 property developers - many of them big name firms who have links with large retail schemes in the region -
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Strutting their stuff
YOUNGSTERS will be parading on the catwalk this week when they take part in a fashion show to raise the profile of disabled people. A group of 19 children from special schools all over Greater Manchester will be showing off all the latest fashions from
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BEN OPINION: Tell us why!
WHILE we welcome the development of the former Bolton fire station in Marsden Road, we share the dismay of reader Don Tonge that the whole frontage of the building is not being saved. Certainly, the impression that many of us had was that the frontage
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BEN OPINION: It's good timing
IT'S EXCELLENT news that developers are ready, willing and eager to become partners in the proposed revamp of Bolton's Victoria Hall. As our story today reveals, up to 18 property developers are interested in the "retail and religion" complex. This is
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They're far from worst
ALBERT Hornby says that this government is the worst ever, which leads us to question: what planet does he live on? Worse than the Thatcher government, which brought us the poll tax? Worse than John Major's sleaze-ridden government? Worse than the Tory
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Poetry and the meaning of life
I REALISED earlier in the year, what a lucky man I am. My granddaughter and my great-granddaughters were visiting me from Alderney in the Channel Islands, and I decided to take them to Haigh Hall, Wigan. ("And he who gives a child a treat, makes joy bells
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Dumbing down in 21st century?
DO you know who William Caxton was? According to my morning paper last week, more than 90 per cent of young adults don't. In addition, many young adults don't seem to know even the basic facts of British history. Is this evidence that the younger generation
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Mum of five survives after attack frenzy
A MOTHER of five was stabbed 20 times with a screwdriver in a frenzied attack in her home today. Caroline Makki, 27, suffered wounds to her face, chest and back as she tried to fight off her attacker early this morning. Police were called to the house
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SAM'S VERDICT: We have only had a couple of hiccups but nothing major
I WOULD have accepted a point before the game. I was happy with a point. When you go a goal down away it is often difficult to get back into the game. Our goal was a misjudgement by the keeper and Michael Ricketts produced a quality finish from a tight
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Frandsen in the clear
THE Birmingham camp rushed to the defence of Per Frandsen after his sixth minute elbow ended the day for Blues skipper Martin O'Connor. A 20,000 crowd called for Frandsen to be dismissed and booed his every touch following the challenge which laid the
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MATCH ACTION POINTS: Birmingham 1 Wanderers 1 (HT: 0-0)
WANDERERS 4-5-1 JUSSI JAASKELAINEN 8 One crucial save in a one-on-one with Mark Burchill capped an all round fine display. JOHN O'KANE 7 Handled the threat of Stan Lazaridis well, forcing the Blues dangerman to go wandering to have an impact. GUDNI BERGSSON
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Investment plans
THE next Prestwich Business Forum meeting, in the Longfield Suite from 6pm tomorrow evening, will feature presentations by Bury Council's planning department and Tesco on outline development and investment plans for Prestwich Village. Details available
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Adrian moves up
MARKET and product development manager Adrian Birmingham has been promoted to general sales manager at commercial flooring specialists Polyflor Ltd. Mr Birmingham, who is 40, lives in Bury. He joined the Whitefield company as an export assistant in 1984
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Florist Heidi benefits from a Headstart
BUDDING entrepreneurs are being helped to develop new enterprises in the Farnworth and Little Hulton area. Organisers of the Headstart programme, funded by the Little Hulton and Farnworth Partnership, are delighted with the response. A spokesperson said
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FX has a special effect
Fledgling leisure company wins award LEIGH-based firms landed top prizes at the annual Wigan and Leigh Business Awards. After only a year in business, FX Leisure at Lowton carried off the Best Start-up Business award. FX Leisure was said by the judges
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Corpse found in burned car
POLICE have confirmed dental records will be used to identify the badly burnt body of a man found in a car by firefighters on moorland. The body was found in the front seat of the car parked in a farmer's track off Rivington Lane, Rivington. Firefighters
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Driver cut from smash
A MAN was taken to hospital after being cut free from his car following an accident. Thomas Price, aged 71, of Westby Grove, was lifted from his Rover 100 car after firefighters cut off the roof. He was taken to hospital with whiplash injuries and a cut
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Sam slams Fish as Charlton make a move
CHARLTON could be ready to offer Mark Fish a Premiership lifeline. Londoners boss Alan Curbishley is understood to be lining up another move for the centre half who suffered the worst day of his Wanderers career in Saturday's 1-1 draw at Birmingham City
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Off key Leigh lose out
Leigh RMI 0, Doncaster Rovers 1 STEVE Waywell's demand for RMI to forget their glamour FA Cup tie against Millwall and focus on securing their future in the Nationwide Conference seems to have fallen on deaf ears. The Railwaymen looked to have other things
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'Stars in their Eyes' win tinged with sadness
THE sound of The Beatles was brought uncannily into the 21st Century and wowed a television audience of millions. Jeff Greenhalgh, from Leigh, took the stage as Paul McCartney and won Saturday's Stars in Their Eyes. But his version of Eleanor Rigby was
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Bryony-Anne is new star of TV classroom hit
WHEN budding Bolton actress Bryony-Anne Anderson was given time off school for a television role it landed her right back where she started -- in the classroom. But this time it was one of the nation's best known classrooms on the set of the brand new
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Christopher is my little miracle
PROUD mum Denise Jolley has no problems when she is woken in the middle of the night by her seven-month-old son Christopher - in fact she is overjoyed when it happens. The 39-year-old dental nurse says every moment with her son is precious after suffering
