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Cook's curry
ROBIN Cook's comments regarding the British national dish as more likely to be a curry these days, was intended to illustrate how multi-cultural and 'integrated' a society we have become. As analogies go, the curry one is quite apt, as I believe curry
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Fantastic news and great fun
I RECEIVED fantastic news on Tuesday -- I had won two tickets to see Gordon Kaye at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, courtesy of the BEN. We had a wonderful evening, the production of Business Affairs was extremely funny; just the look on Ken Morley's
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Don't be foiled
I'M sorry that the Guide Dogs for the Blind Centre at Lowndes Street, Bolton, have stopped collecting aluminium foil (article in the BEN on April 19). But can I assure your readers that local community groups across the UK are becoming increasingly involved
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Time for Tory James to read all about it
I READ with interest the letter sent in by our Right wing Tory candidate, James Stevens, about Labour's so called "failure list". While attending one of Bolton West MP Ruth Kelly's surgeries in Horwich last month, she handed to me a document that she
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History book and a hotch-potch
AFTER agreeing with my letter, Grenville Moore then sought God's viewpoint, and tells us that according to the Bible, 'There is one lord, one faith, one baptism, one God'. No compromise. He could no doubt read similar words in the religious scriptures
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TRaffic policy's a traffic red light
IF the people of Bolton want to shop, they must first consider whether they are pedestrians using public transport, or drivers using private cars. If pedestrians, the only place to go is Wigan if on the M61 side of town, or Bury on the St Peters Way side
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Workers flee blaze
FACTORY workers fled from a fierce fire in Horwich on Tuesday afternoon. More than 30 firefighters fought the blaze as flames ripped through the roof of Dalton Engineering, on Gooch Street. No one was injured. Full report in Wednesday's print version
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Call Me Madam
Walmsley Church Amateur, Operatic and Dramatic Society, Walmsley Parish Hall. Runs until Saturday THIS is a lively production of a thoroughly enjoyable musical brought to life by a charismatic cast at Walmsley. The action takes place in 1952, and the
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Cheers to beers
THE next meeting of the Bolton branch of CAMRA is at the Howcroft Inn, Pool Street, on May 10, at 8.30pm.
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Town slips down the profit league
BOLTON is 286th out of 432 in a list of Britain's most profitable towns and cities. The list, which is produced by information services company Experian each year, shows that Bolton's 2000 position was marginally worse than its ranking of 283 in 1999.
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PFA snub shocks Sam
THE PFA First Division team would be full of Wanderers players instead of devoid of them, if Sam Allardyce had his way. The Wanderers boss admitted both he and his chairman Phil Gartside were "shocked" by the total absence of their players in the team
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Get on your bike for bone marrow appeal
THE ANTHONY Nolan Bone Marrow Trust is appealing for people to cycle to work on Bike To Work Day Tuesday June 19. In fact you can cycle anywhere - to work, school or play - just get sponsored for the trip and help raise desperately needed funds for the
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Souness bags award
BLACKBURN boss Graeme Souness was today named the Nationwide manager of the month after steering Rovers to within one win of a return to the Premiership by Andy Neild Rovers won five and drew three of their nine First Division matches in April to put
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Fishmonger lands a giant of the deep
A BOLTON fishmonger has proudly been displaying a whopper of a catch at his market stall. Paul MacDonald, who works for Hayton's, on Bolton Market, has been selling a Halibut an astonishing...eight foot long. The fish was caught in Norway and snapped
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Minister's greatest honour
FORMER Bolton minister Rev Dr Arthur J Long has been given the Unitarian movement's greatest honour. Rev Long, who was minister of Unity Church, then in Deane Road, for 23 years was made an Honorary Member at the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free
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Sam's dream for Molineux crunch
SAM Allardyce today pictured the scenario he dreams will land Wanderers in the Premiership by Sunday. With a four-point cushion and a handsomely superior goal difference Blackburn Rovers are short odds favourites to clinch the second automatic promotion
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Paul bowled over by rules
ATHERTON's Paul Walsh became an early victim of the new cricket laws that were brought in this season. Preparing to come on to bowl against St Anne's on Sunday he approached the wicket with ball in hand and delivered a practice ball to a fielder. He was
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Wait is over for Murali
MUTTIAH MURALITHARAN finally made his long-awaited reappearance for Lancashire as they launched their Benson and Hedges Cup campaign against Durham in Liverpool today. The Sri Lankan, who returned to Old Trafford from Sharjah last Monday, has been frustrated
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Firsts rained off, Seconds abandoned but the Vets notch 50pts
BOLTON RUFC suffered another frustrating weekend with very little rugby being played. The first team unable to play one of their remaining league matches, due to the other teams commitments. Instead Bolton organised a friendly game against an Aldwinians
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It's not plain sailing at GP open meeting
A TOTAL of 39 boats from far and wide took part in the Bolton Sailing Club GP open meeting on Sunday. The wind was light and variable from the south west at the start but gradually veered to become moderate from the north west by the third and last race
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Silence over Hall's death
THE family of killer Peter Christopher Hall have maintained a silence about the murderer's death. Hall had run a heating business in Breightmet with his brother before brutally killing his girlfriend Celeste and her two young sons. But when the BEN approached
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Final twist in the tale of tragedy
PRISON doctors fought a desperate battle to save killer Peter Hall's life after he was found hanged in his cell. Staff at Wakefield Prison, where the 35-year-old had been held since October 22, 1999, tried to resuscitate him. But 15 minutes later, Hall
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New love, new life
THE husband of murdered Celeste Bates and father of their two children has remarried in a bid to rebuild his shattered life. Ian Bates spoke of how new-found love has helped him cope with the triple murder on the eve of the inquest into the prison death
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Murderer's plea to Dr Shipman
THE evil murderer of a Bolton mother and her two young sons turned to his cellmate, serial killer Dr Harold Shipman, for help before killing himself. Peter Hall shared a cell with Britain's biggest mass murderer while awaiting sentence in Strangeways
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Lions sign off in simply super style
THESE were the last scheduled matches of the season, although the youngsters have tournaments planned at Whitley Bay and Saddleworth over the next two weeks. HCrosfields U12s 16 Westhoughton Lions U12s 18 - IN this, their last match together as a team
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Veterans take centre stage
THE only competitors riding in club colours over the previous week have been the growing ranks of the veterans section. In a 25 mile event based on a 2 lap course around the back roads of Garstang on Wednesday afternoon the 'lads' managed once again to
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A rose by any other name...
AFTER last year's blooming good result, Bolton couple Noel and Sheila Rose are opening up their garden at Breightmet Fold again to help raise money for charity. The green-fingered couple will open the gates to the rambling site, which is one acre in size
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Bolton-born MP in new race controversy
THE Tory party was today set to discipline a Bolton-born MP who said controversial race remarks by John Townend were "basically true". A Conservative Central Office spokesman warned "severe action" would be taken against Laurence Robertson, MP for Tewkesbury
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Top Storey death toll
Francis Roylance, 33, Mancroft Avenue, Bolton Billie Hough, 32, Wigan Road, Bolton Robert Michael McKenzie Spence, 27, Grange Road, Bromley Cross Michael Brian Freeman, 20, Barrie Way, Bolton James Taylor, 28, Red Lane, Bolton Dereck William Riddings,
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Vrooming marvellous
CLASSIC car enthusiasts dodged the drizzle to hold an inaugural motor show in the town. Around 40 of the world's finest sports cars pulled into the Sparking Clog pub car park, Radcliffe Road, Bradley Fold. Many of the cars looked like they had just pulled
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Building should never have been club
THE Top Storey Club was destined for a brief life. The club was started in December 1960 by Mr Stanley Wilcock, who originally rented the building for his business, Gregg Construction Company which made kitchen furniture. Then he had the idea of converting
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Doctor slams 'NHS monster'
A BOLTON doctor today slammed the NHS as an inefficient monster with no future. Dr Ian James condemned the health service in a stinging attack, as dozens of GPs in the town closed their surgeries in protest over ever-increasing workloads. The 51-year-old
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Leigh League:Fold go for all four honours
HIGHER Fold are still bang on target for a Leigh League 'quadruple'. Saturday's 3-0 Davenport Cup semi final win over Atherton C&N put the current Division One leaders through to the last two, they already have the Redwaters Cup in the bag and are
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Finnair League: Elton go on goal spree
OF the few games that beat the weather, Elton Fold manager Guy Mallinson saw his side continue the late season flourish with a fine 3-0 away win at Monton Amateurs. All three goals came in the opening 30 minutes with Keith Ingham getting the first two
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Flyposting
I WELCOME your support for the news that the council is taking some action, at last on flyposting. However, I wonder if you could get someone at the Town Hall to explain why it is that a site, consisting of two shops on the corner of Knowsley Street and
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Charity hopes and my move
I REFER to to your article 'Contract blow for deaf charity' (BEN: April 12). I sincerely hope that Bolton Deaf Society finds a solution to its current problems, while continuing to put the aims and objectives of the charity first. I would like, however
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Speaking the truth on this farm animal misery
MR WINWARD (Animal welfare taken a back seat) and Ms C Marsden-McGlynn (Meat-eating hypocrites), have a clear understanding of foot and mouth, and are not afraid to speak the truth. MAFF is NAFF! The disgusting way they have treated animals is actually
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Making it memorable
ON Friday, April 20, Bolton Lads Club U13 entertained Portadown Youth from Northern Ireland., I would like to thank and pay tribute to Derek and his team, who worked hard behind the scenes, to put on and entertain 32 people from Northern Ireland. Also
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Clean up cash hope
FURTHER to your article regarding the Paulhan Street area in the Bolton Evening News on Friday, April 13. I certainly hope the money is granted, because all of our properties have been defaced by these gangs, and also small groups of young children who
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THE BEN SAYS: We can't let these villains win
IF we re-wrote the Book of Modern Rights, the right to park our own vehicles outside our property in safety would probably rank highly. Yet, residents in Great Lever are used to waking up to discover that their cars have yet again been stolen, trashed
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His reward for turning us into a ghost town?
DID I read correct? Bob Howarth is to be made a Freeman of the Borough for doing the job he was paid for -- and paid very well for at that! The man whose Council, under his leadership, has continually wasted taxpayers' money, has absolutely no idea on
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Tragedy is a terrible reminder that problem is far from being solved
OUR heart goes out to Anthony Olbinson and Eileen Leech, whose baby's tragic death -- so suddenly and unexpectedly -- you reported on April 7. This is a terrible reminder that the cot death problem is still far from being solved. With eight babies dying
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Let's see the back of a bus stop folly
ON February 14, out of sheer frustration caused by the newly constructed bus stop projection at Astley Bridge, I put pen to paper. Since that day I have been delighted to note that the vast majority of the views expressed by your readers agree that this
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Spa springs life into BMSS aces
HARROGATE District Swimming Club held their annual designated Spa Town Distance Meet at the impressive 25 meter Hydro facility. Events were in all disciplines of 200, 400, 800 and 1500m and were all Heat Declared Winners (no finals). Against tough opposition
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Club deaths that shocked a nation
IT numbed Bolton and horrified a Britain where the club culture was just starting to be king in those Swinging Sixties. But exactly why 19 people died at the Top Storey Club has never been discovered. And today, 40 years on, although there were allegations
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Massive blaze at factory
THIRTY firefighters fought a massive blaze at a Horwich factory this afternoon. Employees and residents looked on as flames ripped through the roof of Dalton Engineering, on Gooch Street. Firefighters were called to the scene shortly after noon and it
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Promotion so vital, says Sam
SAM Allardyce today spoke of his fear for the future of Bolton Wanderers if they fail to go up this season. The Reebok boss believes the club is destined to go backwards unless promotion is achieved or significant investment is ploughed in for new players
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We'll do it - Rovers fans
THE champagne is still on ice after a weekend of emotional highs and lows for Blackburn Rovers' promotion hopefuls. But the general feeling among fans is total confidence in the team and optimism that come the autumn Blackburn will be playing Premier
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Petrol theft
POLICE are hunting a motorist who left a station after filling his tank with petrol. He drove a blue Ford Mondeo, registration P846EEC, after getting £40 worth of fuel from the Les Walkden garage, Market Street, Adlington. He is white, around 30, 6ft
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Pensioners' crime fear
MORE than half of Bolton's pensioners are scared to go out at night, a new survey claims. The poll conducted by MORI and commissioned by Help the Aged, shows that in Northern England, half of people aged 65 or over questionned believed crime had increased
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More mobiles are marked in campaign
HUNDREDS more mobile phones have been given special protective markings by police. Last month, 1,500 handsets were marked with ultra-violet pens. Phone owners were told they could use special pin codes in the battle against thieves. Following a two-day
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Caravan crackdown
PEOPLE with caravans are being urged to ensure their mobile homes are roadworthy before taking to the highways. As part of a month long project, Bolton Traffic police have promoted caravan safety as thousands of touring fanatics prepare to hitch up for
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And finally, actors have the time of their lives
MEMBERS of Tyldesley Little Theatre stage their final production of the season from May 15 to 19. The latest season has been a follow-up to the company's "greatest hits" of 1999/2000 which revived four favourite shows from its past. A spokesman said:
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DJ Mark makes his a treble
BOLTON DJ Mark Radcliffe is today celebrating a hat-trick of successes at Radio's "Oscars" after scooping his latest prize. The former Bolton School pupil won the Sony Award for best daily music programme at last night's ceremony. He won the equivalent
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Special service
FORMER parishioners of an Adlington Church are invited to attend a special service on Sunday. St Paul's Church in Railway Road will be holding a service to celebrate all the baptisms, confirmations and marriages which have been held there. Both current
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Balloons fill the skies for charity
THE skies above Bolton will be filled with balloons on Sunday to raise money for a local charity. A balloon race will be held at the Reebok Stadium to raise money for Vision Aid and to mark the last Bolton Wanderers game of the season. Anyone wanting
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Rapid response
IS your company or group of friends ready to take on the rapids at The National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham? Rafts, gear and guides are provided and all you need is six to eight riders, £176 team entry fee and sponsorship for the Salt of the Earth
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Bakery stalwarts get service awards
GREENHALGH'S Craft Bakery at Lostock has presented long service awards to 45 employees. Cheques and certificates to reward 10 and 20 years' continuous service were handed to 40 people at a special luncheon held at the company's headquarters. A further
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Red Cross Week
THE Greater Manchester branch of the British Red Cross is calling for help from local people for the charity's biggest national fund-raising drive of the year during Red Cross Week. Sonia Whittel, senior fund-raiser of the Greater Manchester branch, said
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Smoke alarm
A QUICK thinking neighbour came to the rescue after smelling smoke in a block of flats. A fire had started in the ground floor flat at Ellesmere Walk in Farnworth after a 61-year-old man left a pan of food on the cooker at 1.35am today. The man, who lives
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Mortgage finder firm looking for new recruits
A BOLTON company has embarked on a recruitment drive which could generate up to 50 new jobs. Home Buyers Ltd is a mortgage advice centre which celebrated its 10th anniversary last year. It currently employs 21 people at its main office on Chorley Old
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Big workshop on latest technology
THE North West Aerospace Alliance was staging a one-day research and development workshop today It was being hledat Northern Technologies in Nelson. BAe Systems and Airbus UK were making presentations and there will be a case study provided by RD Precision
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Union's worldwide asbestos warning
IN THE next 20 years more then 160,000 people in the UK alone will die from exposure to asbestos even though it was completely banned here in 1999. The GMB, Britain's general union, has now written to every Head of Government, President or Prime Minister
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Council set to change guide dog taxi rules
CHANGES to taxi rules which would stop Bolton drivers refusing to carry guide dogs are expected to be approved today. Blind people say they have faced frustrating waits and even been stranded because some cabbies refuse to allow the animals on board.
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Two on murder charges
A MAN and woman made a brief appearance at the Old Bailey charged with the murder of Bolton costume designer Liz Sherlock. The 42-year-old was run over and killed by a getaway car as she chased a handbag snatcher at Euston Station on Easter Monday. Jackie
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Drugged driver smashed car
A LEIGH man who took a drugs overdose got into his car and crashed into a bus and a parked jeep and then reversed into the bus again as he drove away. Then Michael Groves drove at speeds of up to 45mph with the front of the car smashed in, the front tyre
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Tyldesley reach 1,000 point milestone
TYLDESLEY RU reached the milestone of 1000 points scored in the season for the first time since 1958-59. It was hoped that the Well Street boys could do it against local rivals Leigh but unfortunately the annual Grainey Memorial Challenge game had to
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Honours shared
BURY Croquet Club's Caesar squad began their season on Saturday with a visit from the old enemy at Pendle. The clash began with a somewhat confused period, when one of the rather far-flung visiting squad had trouble finding the venue. The doubles pair
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'I hope killer died in agony'
IAN Bates admitted today: "I hope Peter Hall died in agony." Mr Bates is still struggling to come to terms with the brutal murder of his estranged wife and their two children in September 1998. He admits he feels no compassion for their killer, Peter
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Appeal from Down Under
Clarion National Secretary Frank Bibby has received a letter from Australia from an ex-Bolton Clarion member who is anxious to correspond with any of his former cycling friends. Albert F. Johnson lived at 10 Cleggs Lane, Little Hulton and worked at Hick
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Good humour prevails despite string of mishaps
AT last a feeling of turning the corner weatherwise as we enjoyed the run to Scorton on a typical English summer day. Short sharp showers with sunshine in between brought a sheen to the colours of aubretias tumbling over garden walls, the variety of greens
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Indecency case man jailed
FOUR young schoolgirls called the police after Mark Garrick exposed himself in front of them. A court at Bury heard that the youngsters, all aged between 11 and 13, had been making their way along Teak Street, Bury, when they were confronted by Garrick
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Three bundles of joy
WHEN proud parents Joanne and Jonathan May planned a playmate for their toddler son Jacob William, they had no idea he would soon be spoilt for choice with three new brothers. But the couple are now celebrating three bouncing bundles of joy. Jonathan,
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19 deaths that shocked a nation
IT numbed Bolton and horrified a Britain where the club culture was just starting to be king in those Swinging Sixties. But exactly why 19 people died at the Top Storey Club has never been discovered. And today, 40 years on, although there were allegations
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Bolton-born MP in new race controversy
TORY leader William Hague was today under pressure to discipline a Bolton-born MP who said controversial race remarks by John Townend were "basically true". Laurence Robertson, MP for Tewkesbury, said Mr Townend had raised "important issues" and claimed
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Estate hit again by weekend car wrecking spree
VANDALS and car thieves plagued a Bolton estate -- smashing up to a dozen vehicles. Residents in Great Lever woke to find their cars stolen, trashed and dumped on waste land. One recovery firm was so inundated with calls from homeowners during the weekend
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Bolton Sunday LeagueSponsored by Concord Conservatory Roofs
THE BSL Open Cup Final saw Billy Howcroft score the only goal of a rather dull game at the LFA headquarters County Ground to give Bowling Green a narrow 1-0 victory over big rivals Bolton Castle. The two returned to Premier Division action on Sunday with
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Bolton Combination
Kersal clinch title but Lever's misery goes on A STEVE White goal 12 minutes from the end of the home clash with Walkden sealed a 1-0 victory for Kersal Vale and with it a first ever Premier Division title for the Salford club. Right from the off this
