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Prize guys
BAS Image anglers have been regular visitors to the prize table in the last couple of matches held on Worsley's Boathouse Reservoir. But the bloodworm experts have also had their punching arms flexed as the warmer weather has prompted the carp into taking
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Super show
I WOULD just like to thank you for the two tickets I won to see the Searchers recently at the Albert Hall. It was an excellent show. Mrs E Ackland Churchill Drive Little Lever, Bolton
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It's not so grand!
THE Government's policy that parents, both if partnered, single if not, have to "work to survive" needs to be reviewed for many social reasons. Not least of these being that the burden for caring for very young children is falling on to their grandparents
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Concert full of top pops
I AM writing to express my enjoyment of the 'pop fever' concert I recently attended at the Albert Halls on April 11, 2001. I enjoyed each act, as they all got the crowd involved with their performances, and I think more of these concerts should take place
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Tough on the Tories
THE way that the Conservative Party is spiralling out of control beggars belief and shows just how weak William Hague really is. We always knew he would not make a good Prime Minister, but now it looks like he can't even manage a party of opposition.
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Real NHS sickness is due to the Labour lot
I READ with great interest the front page story in Saturday's Bolton Evening News regarding the threat by GPs to resign en masse from the NHS. It is quite clear to GPs in Bolton that the Labour Government is dragging its heels over a promise in last year's
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French lessons for the Council?
I HAVE been following much of the recent correspondence concerning parking costs, restrictions etc. with considerable interest and would like to make a few points. Namely the difference in our approach to town centre parking and that in most large French
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Ryan's raise the stakes
JOHN Dutchman Smith of Ryan's Chartered Accountants in Bolton raised the stakes to £200 today in the Dean Holdsworth charity auction. The Reebok star is auctioning an autographed bottle of bubbly he was awarded for his man of the match performance in
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Bertolt Brecht's The Mother, by Visiting Moon Theatre By The Lake, at Bolton Octagon.
Runs to Saturday. BEHIND every good man there's a . . . mother. And in Brecht's play, the mother in question is not only behind her son, but finds herself, as a result, sucked in to the fight for freedom for the workers in pre-revolution Russia. The mother
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Bar Wars invite
BOLTON people are being invited to audition for a new TV programme from the makers of Big Brother. The show Bar Wars, will focus on a group of people based in a Mediterranean resort bar. Anyone interested should call 09002 444400.
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Coffee evening
THE Bolton group of the Children's Society, is holding a coffee evening on Tuesday, May 8, at 7.30pm in the Victoria Hall Coffee Lounge, Ridgeway Gates, Bolton town centre. There will be a guest speaker from The Children's Society, and a bring and buy
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Fuel syphoned
TWO youths ran away after a security guard spotted them syphoning fuel from a lorry. Police officers were called to Scot Lane Industrial estate, Blackrod, just after 12.15am today when the pair were spotted near to a 45ft truck. The two youths fled but
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Real ales on tap at beer fest
FOR a Night to Remember, and other European real ales, beer drinkers are advised to get down to The Spinning Mule, Nelson Square, Bolton, tonight until Sunday, April 29. Anthony Humphries will be hosting a four day beer festival there serving imported
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Open day will be on the record
WANT to know more about your family and your region? Greater Manchester County Records Office at 56 Marshall Street, New Cross, Manchester, M4 5FU, is holding an open day tomorrow from 10am to 4pm. There will be tours behind the scenes, talks, hands-on
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Run in Big Apple
THE Imperial Cancer Research Fund is looking for runners to help raise essential funds by taking part in the New York Marathon. Those interested should email running@imperialcancer.co.uk or telephone 0870 162 1622.
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Indecent assault case court date
A MAN aged 41, accused of rape and indecent acts against a minor, has been committed by Rochdale magistrates to stand trial at the Crown Court. Gary Stephen Gerrard Anderson, of Walmersley Road, Bury, faces one charge of raping a girl under the age of
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Anyone for tennis?
ARE you between seven and 16 years old and bored on a Saturday afternoon? If so, why not take up tennis at Harwood Christ Church Tennis Club on Saturdays. Two hours of coaching with fun and games costs just £1 and rackets are provided. Call Richard on
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Music students give concert
BOLTON National Trust Association will present a concert by students of Chetham's School of Music, Manchester, on Friday May 11 at 7.30pm in Bolton School Arts Centre, Chorley New Road, Bolton. Tickets are available from the Albert Halls Ticket Office
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Yes to town centre phone masts
A BID to install three new mobile phone masts at a prime Bolton town centre site has been given the go-ahead. BT Cellnet Ltd called for the additional masts to be placed at the existing roof-level mobile phone station on top of Churchgate House, Churchgate
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Man fined after estate disturbance
A MAN who became involved in a disturbance on a housing estate, was brought before the court 10 months later after a warrant was issued. Gary Mycock, 20, of Scholes Street, Bury, appeared before Rochdale magistrates, to answer charges of public disorder
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Fancy something different?
IF you just can not decide whether to take up sign language, Spanish, public first aid, art, using the internet, keyboard and guitar, reflexology or computers in September then why not try them all? Brownlow Fold Community Centre, Eskrick Street, Halliwell
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Have fun with Thomas and friends
Fun on track with Thomas and friends THOMAS the Tank Engine and Friends are visiting Bolton Street Station, Bury, providing the perfect opportunity for a fun-filled day out. Between Saturday, May 5 and Monday, May 6 you can travel the Bury-Rawtenstall
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Special service for Chernobyl
THE Ukrainian community in Bolton will mark the 15th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster on Sunday with a service of remembrance. Children in the Ukraine are still dying today as a result of the nuclear reactor exploding in 1986. Bolton's Ukrainian
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Town on the starting blocks for the 2002 Commonwealth Games
THE 2002 Commonwealth Games are coming and Bury is getting under starter's orders. It may be still be over a year before athletes from 54 nations descend on Manchester, but with the clock ticking away, Bury is now beginning to swing its pre-Games planning
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Bolton's crime fines shame
OFFENDERS in Bolton owe nearly £1 million in unpaid fines, new figures have revealed. Last year the town's magistrates courts issued penalties totalling £2,464, 976 but only £1,338, 430 was collected, leaving it £926,419 short, according to official figures
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Mayor wants to help children
CHILDREN'S charitable groups in Bolton can apply for a financial helping hand from the Mayor. As part of his annual Mayor's Charity cash handout, Cllr Alan Wilkinson plans funds for kidney patients and research and for tinnitus. But he has also put aside
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Gardner strikes for Jamaica
WANDERER Ricardo Gardner scored direct from a corner but Jamaica were held to a 1-1 draw by Honduras in their World Cup CONCACAF qualifying game in Kingston. Gardner's 56th minute strike caught out Honduras keeper Noel Valladores as it curled between
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Boxing gives BBC some credibility
WE witnessed a watershed moment in sport this week. I refer to the sight of heavyweight boxing on the BBC. It was hardly an inspiring fight but the sight of Lennox Lewis and Hasim Rahman grappling around the ring on the Beeb gave the sport more credibility
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FRIDAY
LEISURE, SPORT AND KEEP FIT BOLTON Excel, Lower Bridgeman Street, tel: 334456: 7.30am-10.30pm. DEANE Leisure Centre, Junction Road, Deane, tel: 334432: swimming lessons, 5.30pm-7.30pm; basketball drop-in coaching, 5.30pm-6.30pm. HARPER Green Leisure Centre
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10K race a
real winner On your marks ... the Bolton 10K gets under way NEARLY 400 runners came from far and wide to compete in the prestigious Bolton 10K Road Race on Sunday. Athletes came from as far afield as Reading in Berkshire through Cumbria to a contingent
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Restaurant too big for planners
COUNCILLORS are to decide the fate of a new Bolton restaurant after its owners broke the conditions of their planning approval by creating a venue three times larger than they were allowed to. Bolton Council's planning committee originally granted permission
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TV's Mr Nasty is a class act!
YOUNGSTERS are being taught by someone with a face more familiar for drug dealing and brutality! But Brookside's Andrew Fillis is showing just what a good actor he is by discarding his nasty character, Gary Standlow, and helping run a drama school in
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Court told of neighbours' attempts to rescue father
A FORMER bank manager, accused of setting his house on fire while his family slept, seemed dazed and confused when neighbours made frantic attempts to rescue him from the flames, a court was told. Glenn Hunt initially seemed reluctant to leave the living
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Law staff gain insight into troubles at home
COURT staff are being given special training to help tackle the growing problem of domestic violence in Bolton. Bolton Magistrates Court, along with other affected groups, is set to implement a multi-agency approach to the problem. Magistrates and clerks
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Bury boss stands up for dismissed Danny
YOUNG Bury defender Danny Swailes has been cleared of blame by his manager after seeing red against Luton at the weekend. Boss Andy Preece - livid at seeing his side reduced to ten men for the third successive match - had sympathy with Swailes. The defender
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Raby copes best with conditions
TWENTY anglers braved biting Siberian winds in Bolton Angling Centres latest match on Pine Lodge but decent weights of skimmers were taken despite the elements. John Raby fished the pole with red maggot to take the days top weight of 11lbs-9ozs. Then
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Time and mine
MY thanks to Dorothy Brady, (Your Views: April 16). We know what has occuped the majority of time spent by MP Ruth Kelly during her time in Parliament. But what about the rest of us constituents, who, like me, voted for her on a number of promises, among
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Milk mystery
IN view of the recent media publicity given to the £1billion profit announced by Tesco, and the very strong criticism from the farmers, will the Horwich manager of Tesco please explain publicly, why it was necessary to increase the prices of cartons of
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Try other forms of hunting
IF Mr David Stocker (I think it should be 'Shocker') of the Countryside Alliance is so convinced that fox hunting is not cruel, why does he not set up a propaganda programme to promote other forms of hunting? Why not have an organisation of brightly-dressed
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Just disposable farm items
THROUGHOUT the Foot and Mouth crisis, most media commentators, who mourn the killing of lambs and their mothers, remain silent when those same lambs, just a few weeks later, are despatched to the barbarity of the slaughterhouse or to long distant transport
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They've got a lot to learn on those lanes...
I WOULD like to respond to various letters and articles reference bus lanes -- are we not all missing the point? Admit it, it makes sense that the only way to keep buses running to schedule especially during rush hour is to provide a corridor. Car drivers
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THE BEN SAYS: It's time to take a tough line
STATISTICS which reveal a large number of hit and run accidents on Bolton roads make worrying reading. More than 950 drivers simply sped away from the scene last year. This, in a town which has a great many decent and law-abiding citizens, shows a mind-boggling
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Fire hotel threats 'just pranks'
THREATS made to the Bolton Moat House hotel before the blaze which killed two people were just pranks between staff members, the BEN can reveal today. Just hours after the blaze ripped through a third floor corridor sending smoke and flames billowing
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Attacked OAP, 92, loses fight for life
A BLIND and deaf pensioner has lost his fight for life, 13 days after being brutally attacked by a burglar -- believed to be just 14-years-old. Albert Hazzleton, aged 92, was punched in the forehead and left on his hands and knees in the front garden
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Nile appeal
MENCAP is organising a fund-raising cycling adventure along the River Nile for February 2002. Anyone interested is asked to call 0845 9777 779.
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Grand auction at church
A GRAND auction will be held at St Andrew's Methodist Church, Tonge Moor Road, Bolton this Saturday. Viewing is from 11-1pm and the auction begins at 1pm.
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Pink pig appeal
PINK pig pin badges raising money for Scope's Early Years Support Work, providing practical support and advice for families of children with cerebral palsy, are available at Lloyds TSB branches until May 23.
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Pan blaze scare
A MAN suffered smoke inhalation after a pan of food set alight on his cooker. Firefighters were called to Cook Street, Kearsley, at 4.30pm yesterday. The man declined hospital treatment and damage was confined to food in the pan.
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How was it for you?
A NEW Channel 4 series is looking for people aged 18 to 100-plus to take part in a documentary series about love-making in the last century. Do you have any fond, funny or frantic memories of sex from 1900 to the present day? Did ignorance, guilt or fear
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May Day merry-making
MAY Day will be celebrated with traditional revelry by making a willow garland, dancing around the Maypole and decorating the Green Man. The May Day Revels will take place at Hall i' th' Wood, Green Way, off Crompton Way, Bolton, on Monday, May 7 from
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Classy fiesta
BOLTON Community College is holding a fiesta night on Thursday, May 10, from 7pm to 9pm at the Horwich Centre, Victoria Road, for Adult Learners Week. Taste traditional Spanish dishes with a glass of wine while listening to live guitar music and singing
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A taste of work
A HORWICH supermarket will be full of youngsters today thanks to the popular Take Your Children To Work scheme. The scheme, which is now in its fifth year, provides youngsters aged from 11 to 16, a chance to enjoy a taste of working life. Children will
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A taste of Indian culture
SAMPLE a taste of India during Adult Learners Week at The Unity Centre, Johnson Street, Bolton. From noon to 2.30pm on Saturday May 12 there will be an introduction to Indian Culture and the Hindi language with Indian food, performances of Hindi film
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Superstore creates hundreds of new jobs RECRUITING has started for 250 retail jobs which are being created on the former Bolton Wanderers site in Manchester Road. The Kingfisher Group is investing more than £7 million in its tenth Big W store -- due to
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Down with United?
OLD Trafford is not only home to Manchester United Football Club, but now home to the first ever abseil in aid of the Marie Curie Cancer Care charity. The event will be staged June 16 and 17 when incentives for those taking part will include T-shirts
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Fund-raising show in memory of Ricky
A TEAM of cabaret performers will be raising money in tribute to their pal who died from cancer. The five singers will perform at Halliwell Central Reform Club tonight to raise money for the world-renowned Christie Hospital. Their close friend and fellow
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Slide show focuses on homes from the past
A LECTURE intends to take visitors back in time to picture what some of Lancashire's finest country houses looked like more than a century ago. The lecture on Saturday, April 28, from 2pm to 4pm, in Bolton Central Library's Lecture Theatre will feature
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Elderly book in for day of memories
SOME of Bury's older residents today had a chance to remember how things used to be when they called into Whitefield Library. Bury Metro Libraries' Library Club staged one of its popular lunchtime sessions involving older people in residential care. Fifteen
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Holidays at play boost for special needs children
FAMILIES who struggle to cope with children with special needs have been offered help caring for them during the school holidays. A £33,000 funding package for a three-year playscheme has been provided by the Little Hulton and Farnworth Partnership and
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Schools merger plan goes to the top
PLANNING chiefs will consult with deputy Prime Minister John Prescott's department over whether a proposed new Westhoughton primary school can be built. At their last meeting, members of the council's planning committee were asked to consider a joint
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Daniel knocked out in table soccer contest
TABLE soccer star Daniel Belden did Bolton Wanderers proud when he represented them at the finals of a national table football competition. The 10-year-old won two of his three games, but was knocked out by the eventual winner of the contest from Wimbledon
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Thomas is walking in the air!
A SCHOOLBOY who loves singing and dancing has recorded his first single -- at the age of seven! Thomas Smith has recorded a version of Walking in the Air made famous by Aled Jones from the animated film The Snowman. The Harwood Meadows Primary School
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Town losing out on new courts committee
A POWERFUL new committee responsible for the £22 million annual budget for magistrates courts throughout Greater Manchester does not have a representative from Bolton. The new nine-member body represents all 11 benches situated in the 10 boroughs in Greater
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Rock 'n' roll evening in memory of popular Karl
A ROCK 'n' roll revival night in memory of inspirational Karl Hurley takes place at Bradford Ward Labour Club, Bridgeman Street, tomorrow. Popular Karl was left wheelchair-bound by muscular atrophy but did not let it dampen his enthusiasm for his favourite
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Second day lost at Old Trafford
LANCASHIRE and Surrey endured another washout at Old Trafford and have yet to bowl a ball in their clash of the Cricinfo County Championship heavyweights. Two blank days already, a forecast for yet more rain and a saturated outfield have eliminated clear
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Disease proves a lifesaver for TT races
THE cancellation of the Isle of Man TT Races due to the foot and mouth crisis is good news for somebody. It's just saved their life. Since the annual races began 94 years ago, 200 people have died, including 11 people in 1993. They are allowed to continue
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Bad guys are soccer's wanted men
WHAT a lot of tosh has been written about Roy Keane this week. Okay, so his challenge on Manchester City's Alfie Haaland was more like an assault than a tackle. So what if it could have ended a career had the victim been standing instead of jumping at
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Equal treatment for nearly men
THE most exciting battle going on in football is the one to decide who drops out of the Football League. It's a real dogfight at the bottom of the Third Division with six clubs fighting tooth and nail to avoid the relegation trap door into the Nationwide
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Cash available for winning teams
CLUBS and organisations in Bury could be on to a winner with potentially thousands of pounds of grant funding up for grabs. The council's sports development team is keen to encourage more local groups to go for the Awards for All monies which could make
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Nobody wants to be Carnival Queen
ORGANISERS of Westhoughton Carnival are putting out an urgent appeal after they failed to receive one single entry from girls hoping to become their next festival Queen. They are also struggling to fill the four other VIP positions and fear the contest
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Mum's prize chance to be model for day
A FEAST of fashion, health and beauty is on offer for the next three days in Bolton town centre. And for one Bolton mum, there's the chance to rival Naomi and her model chums on the catwalk. The Bolton Town Centre Company is staging a bumper, free exhibition
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Elizabeth still waiting for a vital lifeline
THE SEARCH for a donor to save young leukaemia-sufferer Elizabeth Morris continues -- with a match still not found. Yet, floods of donors are stepping forward to offer their tissue types on the Anthony Bone Marrow Trust register in a desperate bid to
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Take a special tour round record office
HAVE you ever fancied having a go at tracing your family tree but you don't know where to start? Now you have an opportunity to find out more at the Greater Manchester County Record Office. Tomorrow the office, in Marshall Street, New Cross, Manchester
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No rest for RMI
THE end of the Nationwide Conference season can't come quickly enough for battle-weary Leigh RMI. Tonight Steve Waywell's injury-crippled squad plays its seventh game in 16 days when Morecambe visit Hilton Park, kick off 7.45pm. The RMI boss has just
