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Flawed view of hunting
I AM not surprised that Barrie Wade and Deborah Blount are strong supporters of the countryside movement, but the evidence they produce to legitimise why hunting should not be banned is flimsy and flawed. I am against hunting for the reason that it is
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Queen visit is just what our area needs
THE Queen could visit Bolton during the commonwealth games (BEN Dec 6). I am delighted. l sincerely hope she visits upper Halliwell Road . The council will no doubt refurbish and renovate the area prior to her visit. She is our last chance at getting
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Professional advice for disabled drivers
MAY I express my concern to your article on November 29, - 'Driving school aid for disabled'. If disabled person wishes to have advice or information with regards to their disability, they would very strongly be advised to attend a driving assessment
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Welcome Bill against this barbaric sport
I WOULD like to wholeheartedly thank the three Bolton MPs, whose tireless work has finally reaped rewards, with the announcement that the Government is set to introduce a Bill to ban fox hunting. Despite the ridiculous rantings in the BEN by members of
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Parcel collection point is not in public interest
I RECENTLY had to travel to the new Bolton West Delivery Office at Middlebrook to collect a parcel, which the postman had attempted to leave at my home but there was no one in at the time. This service used to be available in Bolton town centre, but now
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No real choice at the ballot box
THE BEN'S opinion (December 2) read almost like a party political broadcast. Was that why it was not as convincing as usual? Political statements are nearly always based on bias; they please some, they annoy some, and wise people who wish to remain friends
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Full-time Scores
FIRST DIVISION: Barnsley 0, Sheffield Utd 0; Birmingham 0 Wimbledon 3; Blackburn 0 QPR 0; WANDERERS 4 Crewe 1; Palace 1 Watford 0; Huddersfield 3 Wolves 0; Norwich 1 Gillingham 0; Forest 2 Portsmouth 0; Preston 2 Burnley 1; Sheffield Wed 2 Stockport 4
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What price Lofty?
IF Luis Figo is worth £35 million and Leeds are prepared to pay £18 million to secure the services of Rio Ferdinand, what price Nat Lofthouse in his heyday? That, as the Americans would say, is the 64,000 dollar question. How do you compare today's superstars
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Double act heads for centre stage
HAIL the unsung heroes. A year ago Gareth Farrelly and John O'Kane were labouring to find their feet in the team and struggling even more to convince the fans that they weren't just making up the numbers. Unconvincing performances in an unconvincing team
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Gordon Sharrock's Reebok Diary
SUNDAY WANDERERS come from behind to score a landmark victory over Watford at the Reebok - Sam Allardyce's first success on SKY TV. Tommy Smith gives the Hornets an early lead and it doesn't look good at half time. But a tactical change and the introduction
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Gutsy Crewe have no answer to Wanderers' power show
WANDERERS 4, CREWE 1. FIRST half goals from Per Frandsen, Ian Marshall and Gudni Bergsson put Wanderers on their way to their fourth win in five games, writes BEN Chief Soccer Writer Gordon Sharrock It took a gutsy performance from Dario Gradi's Alex
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Wet wet wet! ...And there's no end to it
BOLTON is heading for its wettest year on record -- and hospital worker Graham Fullarton has every drop of rain documented to prove it. Mr Fullarton, aged 44, is the Royal Bolton Hospital's data protection manager, but a boyhood passion for weather made
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My phone call to NSPCC fell on deaf ears
MS Price is a campaigner for the NSPCC ... to stop cruelty to children. l am against violence too. That is what prompted me recently to ring their helpline. l was told a toddler playing in the street naked after dark did not constitute cruelty. l said
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Don't forget to feed our prickly pals
THE steady drop in temperature has sent hedgehogs all over the country scurrying to find more food before they hibernate. They are travelling further afield in search of food, which is why we are seeing more of them than usual dead on the roads. To save
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Heart lifeline for Emma
LITTLE Emma Standish -- who has just days to live -- was today undergoing a life-saving heart transplant operation after a donor was found. Heart surgeons were performing the complex operation this morning just hours after the 10-year-old Bolton schoolgirl
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Sam lines up two new faces
SAM Allardyce is "hopeful" (at this stage he puts it no stronger than that) of signing the two players he believes will put Wanderers in with a good promotion shout. With the Colin Hendry deal virtually tied up, the Reebok boss believes he has gone a
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Gere cheer for star's gran fan
A HOLLYWOOD pin-up has sent a star-struck Bolton gran an early Christmas present. Pretty Woman star Richard Gere has mailed a special signed photo to grandmother-of-10 Lillian Birchall, who counts herself as his biggest fan. The 78-year-old told how she
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Lessons of death lodge
SCHOOLCHILDREN will soon be given lessons in water safety at a former mill lodge where an eight-year-old boy drowned. Jaffer Javid's death in Blackshaw Lane Lodge earlier this year shocked the town and led to a BEN campaign calling for action to fill
