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Over-reaction
SOMEONE at Wigan Social Services department appears to be suffering from a severe sense of humour failure. A joke in the newsletter of a successful support group for Leigh widows and widowers could have resulted in them losing their funding. It is debatable
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Dusty future
HOW very ironic. I have just read in the BEN (August 8) that our MP Ruth Kelly "is giving her full backing" to the Government's Green Environment Policy. This at a time when the Bolton Council is considering a planning application that would cover Ruth
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Square's historic connection
THE BOLTON Artillery Old Comrades Association applaud the regeneration now being carried out in Bolton's Nelson Square. Representatives of the Association were consulted at all stages during the planning of this. Our historic connection with this square
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Overwhelmed by the support on ticket issue
FURTHER to my letter of last week and in reply to Mrs P. Roberts. Let me start by saying what an excellent traffic warden Mrs Roberts would make, as she, too, is obviously short of common sense and this seems to me to be a pre-requisite for this job.
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Karen Wheeldon column
THE QUESTION was raised recently by Mr Brian Derbyshire, as to whether I am Boltonian born and bred (BEN letters page: August 6); the reason for his question was in answer to my last column when I highlighted some of Bolton town centre has to offer, from
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'Cattle truck' commuters
TRAIN passengers have accused rail bosses of turning carriages into "cattle wagons" on a busy route to Manchester. Rush hour commuters say they are packed onto trains in sweltering conditions each day -- and sometimes forced to fit into just one carriage
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Sam and Deano at big launch(Sam and Dean with their hands on the Premiership trophy)
SAM Allardyce and Dean Holdsworth pictured at the official launch of Barclaycard as the Premiership sponsors this season. Models donned shirts from every Premier League club to officially unveil Barclaycard as the new sponsors of this season's campaign
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Wanderers meet United early!
BOLTON Wanderers clashed with champions Manchester United yesterday . . . nine days before the start of this season's Premier League campaign. It was not a case of Michael Ricketts versus Jaap Stam, but the Super Whites did get their hands on the Premiership
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Men clinch top spot in league
SEVERAL of Chorley Tennis Club's teams suffered this week as a result of key players being away on holiday! For the 16 and under team, playing away to South Ribble, Simon Brewer partnering Anita Warhurst won their four sets 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 and 6-0, but
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Shops alarm scare
SHOPPERS were forced to evacuate Crompton Place Shopping arcade because of a fire alarm. Firefighters were called out shortly before 2pm yesterday but discovered the alarm to be false.
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MP welcomes subtitle target
BOLTON West MP Ruth Kelly has welcomed a new target for 80 per cent of programmes on digital terrestrial television to be subtitled. The previous target set in 1996 was 50 per cent. She said: "Many constituents have contacted me on this matter and urged
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Sam and Deano at big launch(Sam and Dean with their hands on the Premiership trophy)
SAM Allardyce and Dean Holdsworth pictured at the official launch of Barclaycard as the Premiership sponsors this season. Models donned shirts from every Premier League club to officially unveil Barclaycard as the new sponsors of this season's campaign
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Man hurt in stab horror
POLICE have launched an attempted murder inquiry after a 51-year-old Bury man was stabbed three times last night. The man was seriously ill in hospital today after the knife attack outside Ladbrokes bookmakers in Princess Parade, Bury. Two men, aged 53
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Elderly left to struggle at rail stations
A PENSIONER has complained a lack of trolleys at Bolton Railway Station got her holiday off on the wrong track. But she was unaware of a free service offered for customers who have special needs or require assistance. First North Western promise if a
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We are watching you, police warn drink-drivers
DRINK-drivers have been warned they will be caught and punished as the police get ready for their summer crackdown. Extra patrols will put on the streets of Bolton from this weekend as the town's traffic unit launches its annual campaign to catch drunken
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Lancs' batting horror show loses Roses clash
LANCASHIRE suffered a demoralising innings and 37 run defeat against arch rivals Yorkshire at Old Trafford this afternoon. Skipper John Crawley's decision to put Yorkshire in to bat after winning the toss - ironically Yorks would have also put the opposition
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Cleared mum's 14-month torment
A MOTHER cleared of driving her car at a teenager who verbally abused her spoke today of her 14-months of anguish facing a jail sentence. Diane Allcock, aged 43, of Stour Road, Tyldesley, said that justice had been done after she was cleared at Bolton
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Company loses appeal against £20,000 fine
A COMPANY convicted of selling fake designer goods in two Bolton clothes shops will have to pay its £20,000 fine after an appeal against the sentence failed. Pricewise Retail Inc Ltd, which has stores in Exchange Street and Acresfield Mall in Crompton
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Pennington hang on in Goldline Trophy
Goldline Trophy Review by Martyn Hindley THE Goldline Trophy - in association with the Bolton Evening News - encountered further shock results last night as Pennington were thrashed by Blackrod Town in Group D's clash of the titans Blackrod ensured progression
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Gigg stars have world at their feet
ON the eve of the season Andy Preece has a message for his players: Go and make yourself millionaires. As the Shakers prepare to start their league campaign at Tranmere's Prenton Park tomorrow, the manager has openly told his players that they should
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Weekend cricket fixtures
SATURDAY Warburton's Bolton League: Astley Bridge v Horwich; Egerton v Little Lever; Farnworth v Bradshaw; Kearsley v Eagley; Tonge v Farnworth SC; Walkden v Greenmount; Westhougton v Heaton. Redmayne and Bentley Bolton Association: A & T v Daisy
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Victory hopes washed away
THE WEATHER had the final word at Windsor Park on Saturday as Chorley's game with Lancaster had to be abandoned with both sides taking four points, a blow to their title hopes after they seemed set for victory. Batting first Chorley soon lost Richardson
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Now British anglers are their target
HAVING failed utterly with a similar campaign in the USA, the American animal rights organisation PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), with a 'war chest' reputed to be £30 million, has launched a publicity campaign to try to get fishing
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THE BEN SAYS: Railway children we don't need
THERE is something about children and railways that can constitute a fatal attraction. Not too surprising, then, that Moses Gate station at Farnworth now figures in the 20 worst "hotspots" for vandalism in the North-west this year. Trains have been pelted
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Bridge to open to ambulances
A MAIN route to the Royal Bolton Hospital was reopened to ambulances after engineers said Green Lane Bridge was safe to carry light vehicles. The closure of the bridge, which connects the hospital and St Peter's Way, had come under fire from patients'
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Bridge to open to ambulances
A MAIN route to the Royal Bolton Hospital was today set to reopen to ambulances after engineers said Green Lane Bridge was safe to carry light vehicles. The closure of the bridge, which connects the hospital and St Peter's Way, had come under fire from
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Court axe soft sentence fears
CRIMINALS could face softer sentences if Bolton's Magistrates Courts are closed. Government statistics show our magistrates are twice as strict as those in Bury, Manchester and Trafford, the towns set to deal with Bolton cases if the courts close. It
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Deano boost for Sam
DEAN Holdsworth has handed Sam Allardyce a pre-season boost by declaring himself fit and raring to go for the Premiership. "I'll be fit and available," the Wanderers' striker was delighted to confirm, having come through a rigorous round of fitness work
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Veterans determined to roll back the years
ON the grounds that there is no substitute for experience, Wanderers should have no problems, defensively at least, in the Premiership. Putting it kindly, there is a certain maturity about the Bolton rearguard. Less flatteringly, Gudni Bergsson, Colin
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New boy Nishy is so big in Japan
BOLTON has never seen the like of it. No foreign signing - and there have been scores in recent years - has ever attracted his own exclusive media posse. Akinori Nishizawa himself is said to have been overwhelmed by the attention. But he is going to have
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Players wanted
AFC Chisnall, of the Chorley Nissan Sunday Football League, are on the lookout for players for the coming season. Anyone interested in teaming up with them should contact either Nigel on 01257 232917, or Colin on 0786 6573305.
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Nissan League plea for more referees
WITH the new season approaching, Chorley Nissan Sunday Football League's committee are urgently seeking help. A fixture secretary is necessary to formulate the season's fixtures. A referee's appointment secretary is needed to appoint referee's to the
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Brett shines on his debut run
HOLIDAYS and injuries took a toll on Chorley Athletic Club's mens squad in the last of the Northern Mens Track and Field Div 2 meeting at Bebington. Andrew Moir twisted his knee in the long jump and John Blackledge received a thigh injury in the 400m
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Marvellous Marlins show value of hard work
CHORLEY Marlins swimmers were on sparkling form in the Kelloggs Frosties National Age Group Championships at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. In the pinnacle of their competitive year four Marlins swimmers showed what hard work and dedication can achieve. The
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New signings boost Magpies midfield
MIDFIELD man Scott Bradford, who played a big part in Squires Gate's win over Chorley in last season's Lancashire FA Trophy, has joined the Magpie ranks. Bradford is one of a number of players snapped up by manager Ken Wright as he sets his sights on
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Girls line up for battle
Model Lucy Hunter, aged 28, wore the famous Reebok shirt . . . and came face to face with her Manchester United counterpart Lauranne Avery, aged 29. The two met over the brand new Premiership trophy, unveiled by Barclaycard chief executive Gary Hoffman
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Girls line up for battle
Model Lucy Hunter, aged 28, wore the famous Reebok shirt . . . and came face to face with her Manchester United counterpart Lauranne Avery, aged 29. The two met over the brand new Premiership trophy, unveiled by Barclaycard chief executive Gary Hoffman
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First steps to new look for street
THE first legal steps have been taken to transform a notorious street. Plans have already been submitted for 62 family homes and housing association bungalows which will replace the 99 homes which previously stood on De Lacy Drive in Tonge Moor. Now legal
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Wanderers meet United early!
BOLTON Wanderers clashed with champions Manchester United yesterday . . . nine days before the start of this season's Premier League campaign. It was not a case of Michael Ricketts versus Jaap Stam, but the Super Whites did get their hands on the Premiership
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Search launched for new coroner
THE search for a new Bolton coroner has been launched -- with a package of up to £61,000 to entice applicants. Aidan Cotter, who currently holds the post, is leaving for the prestigious position of Birmingham coroner. Mr Cotter had only been in the job
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Defender's injury is a worry for Wanderers
COLIN Hendry will undergo tests today to determine the severity of an injury that has cast a cloud over Wanderers' Premiership preparations. The veteran defender lasted just 11 minutes of last night's friendly at Southport, leaving the field dejectedly
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Big fightback
THE big surprise of the 19th Bolton Open Pairs Bowling Tournament was the failure of Mervyn Gordon and Ken Bradshaw to qualify in Group C. In their second match against Alan Leach and Gordon Niven they were 11-0 ahead after five ends but Gordon fought
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Cunningham decision is boost for RL
The Stuart Raper Column AS seems the norm for the sport these days, the action on the pitch seems to be at the back of everyone's mind, although this week, the headlines in the newspapers have no doubt been music to the ears of many league fans. The news
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Vicar's anger at high-rise flats plan
A VICAR is calling for councillors to reject plans to create a three-storey apartment block which he claims is "completely out of character" with his area. The Rev David Griffiths, vicar of Christ Church in Heaton, has hit out at plans for the high class
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Sex conviction quashed after juror's note
A BOLTON man today had his sex conviction overturned after appeal judges decided a juror in his original trial may have persuaded the rest of the jury to find him guilty "for improper purposes". London's Criminal Appeal Court was told that the juror had
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Council not amused by newsletter joke
A JOKE in a group newsletter to the newly bereaved has cost the organisation funding from social services. Frances Raferty, founder of Jigsaw, which helps puts the lives of grieving widows and widowers back together, is furious that political correctness
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UPDATE AUGUST 10: New delays for motorists
MOTORISTS across Bolton face new delays next week as roadworks start in Harper Green, Tonge and Little Lever. And in a week where drivers suffered delays and confusion as work began to repair seven bridges along stretches of the M60 near Worsley, all
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Chilton 74 gives Lancs brief hope
OPENER Mark Chilton hit a gallant 74 in the final day of the Roses clash at Old Trafford today but Lancashire still faced a demoralising defeat When play resumed today Andrew Flintoff was soon out, bowled by Hamilton for 43. Lancs also lost Scuderi and
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Lancs on the ropes in Roses clash
VICE-captain Warren Hegg's hopes that Andrew Flintoff and Mark Chilton held the key to escaping defeat when the final day of the Roses clash began at Old Trafford today were soon dashed. Flintoff, fresh from a belligerent half-century first time round
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Flintoff, Chilton hold key for Lancs
VICE-captain Warren Hegg believes Andrew Flintoff and Mark Chilton hold the key to escaping defeat when the final day of the Roses clash begins at Old Trafford today. Lancs failed with the bat yesterday and managed to make themselves favourites to lose
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RMI hit by three-goal salvo
Marine 3 Leigh RMI 2 by Martyn Hindley INJURY-hit Leigh RMI failed to gain confidence ahead of the new season as they lost their penultimate warm-up at Merseyside club Marine. Leigh made the brighter start of the two sides and snatched the lead after
