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Thanks a bunch
I WOULD like to thank Mr Hobbiss and his staff at the General Outpatients, Mr Pantelides and his staff on E3 Ward and ALL whose loving care helped to make my husband, Ken, comfortable during his time with you in the Royal Bolton Hospital. Carry on with
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Town Hall farce
CONTINUING the well-rehearsed farce of "Town Hall Doublespeak" Cllr Mrs Prentice Howarth, Chair Planning and Highways seeks, contrary to documented facts, to persuade people that Bolton MBC successfully opposed the Bowlands Hey housing development in
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... and smiling binmen
I JUST had to write and tell you about the refuse men, who empty our wheelie bins in Osbourne Close, Farnworth. I read a letter saying that bin men never smile. That's certainly not true of ours, they take the trouble, no matter how busy they are, to
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'Thanks' to thieves
THANK you to the people who stole my scooter. I have not got it for pleasure I've got it for work. To make money to pay for my family and bills. Oh and thank you to the police for not bothering to come to the house (by the way I am being sarcastic), even
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Alice remembered
I HAVE long been interested in the life of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, and would love to find out more about her. I have a few letters in my possession, in her own handwriting and written in the 1930s, which relate to her Chairmanship of a charity
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Views are not 'dyed in the wool'
ANSWERING Peter D Morgan's letter "Hear both sides of the story" August 29, Mr Morgan uses words like "fundamentalist, dyed in the wool, dark ages". Sounds like arrogance to me considering he does not know me or, is it because I dared to quote the Bible
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Speeding matter differs from obscured road signs issue
I AM responding to the news article in Bolton Evening News (Page 5, Monday August 20th) and subsequent letters from Steve Tonge (Tuesday August 28th) and Jeff Layer (Saturday September 1st) regarding the motorist who wants to appeal against his speeding
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Traffic plans have increased road danger for cyclists
ONCE again it seems our road traffic planners have decided to use their total lack of understanding when moving the pedestrian refuge islands on Newbrook Road. I travel this road every day, sometimes by large goods vehicle and it seems that in moving
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Hospital needs a tow for mobile unit
A SHORTAGE of volunteer drivers in Bolton has forced the region's cancer hospital to appeal for help from kind-hearted motorists. Drivers are needed to tow a mobile information unit across the North-west to promote the Christie Hospital at special events
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Reebok reserves pay for misses chances
Aston Villa Reserves 3, Wanderers Reserves 1 WANDERERS Reserves were left counting the cost of not taking advantage of the chances that came their way in a 3-1 defeat at Villa Park last night. Villa keeper Goaz Myhill was in good form, and he got down
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Summer fair fun
A SUMMER Fair will be held on Saturday, September 8, at Grove House Residential Home in Grove Avenue, Adlington, between 2pm and 4pm.
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'Overworked' GPs to air their grievances
FAMILY doctors have the chance to air their grievances on working conditions. The views of GPs in Bolton will be taken on board by the British Medical Association, which is currently trying to draw up new contracts for GPs with the Government. Doctors
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Family flee blaze
A FAMILY was forced to flee from their home last night as a fire swept through a bedroom after a mattress caught fire in a front bedroom at the house in Ramsey Avenue, Farnworth. A couple and their two children were alerted by smoke alarms and rushed
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On song for festival of flowers
A FLOWER festival will be held at St John the Evangelist Church in Church Street, Farnworth, tomorrow until Sunday. Flower arranging societies from Bolton and Salford will be providing displays around the theme of hymns from 11am to celebrate the church's
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Organic open day
PEOPLE are invited to see how a group in Westhoughton is managing to grow its own organic food. An open day is being held at Hall Lee Community Garden, which was set up as a model plot to show how anybody can grow their own healthy food without resort
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Bid to weed out weak teaching
EDUCATION bosses and teachers in Bolton are to work together to eliminate "weak teaching" from the town's schools. The move is a recommendation of the Local Education Authority's Annual Report on Standards and Quality in Bolton's Schools, which concluded
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Another long day at the office
THE majority of UK office workers toil for long hours, take few breaks and rarely socialise with colleagues during the day, a new survey claims. Hundreds of workers were questioned about working hours and breaks in a survey commissioned by Macmillan Cancer
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Sam in talks with Spanish ace
SAM Allardyce was locked in talks today with Spanish international striker Kiko after making one of the most ambitious transfer moves in Wanderers' history. Kiko - valued as a £10 million commodity in his prime - arrived in Bolton last night and stayed
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Bolton's worthy duo
MICHAEL Owen's goalscoring heroics in Germany saw his value soar to £50m in the papers the next day. That must mean Gudni Bergsson and Mike Whitlow are worth £100m because they had Owen in their pocket five days earlier.
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Police found cash at house
POLICE investigating an alleged fraudulent insurance claim for burglary found more than £22,000 in cash when they searched a couple's house. But Sharon and John Thorne were claiming income support, a court was told. The pair called police claiming their
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Exam results could put town top of class
BOLTON pupils have performed better than their counterparts in other parts of the country, the town's education chiefs have revealed. As predicted in the BEN, hopes of a bumper year for GCSE results in the town are set to become a reality, with education
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Make your bid and help aged
HELP The Aged has secured six lots in a charity auction, and bids are being invited from today until October 31. The lot tipped to be one of the most fiercely contested is a private beauty consultation with Elizabeth Hurley at Harvey Nichols in London
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Advice scheme will put residents right
A NEW drive has been launched in Bolton to advise confused residents of their basic rights. The Bolton and District Branch of the Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB) launched their Advice Service Delivery Scheme after regional studies showed nearly 50 per cent
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League seven in Lancashire KO
THE Warburton's Bolton League will, for the first time, have seven representatives in the Lancashire KO Cup nnext year. Tonge have already qualified, having reached this year's final, as have Eagley as Hamer Cup winners. The other five places will go
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Dismal Daisy
Daisy Hill 1 Stand Athletic 7 DAISY were feeling punch-drunk after last night's heavy home defeat by the NWCL Division Two new boys followed so quickly on the heels of Saturday's 9-1 defeat at Nelson. Manager Alan Aspinall refuses to point the finger
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Rams raided
Ramsbottom Utd 1 Clitheroe 4 A 4-1 HOME defeat hurts at any time but coming against one of your fiercest rivals adds an extra sting. The one and only consolation in a miserable outing for United was Brad Franks' 89th minute goal otherwise the night belonged
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Injury and defeat add to suffering Leigh's woes
Leigh RMI 1 Southport 2 by David Magilton INJURY-ravaged Leigh look like facing a long hard season. The fifth place they recorded in their first term in the Conference seems a distant memory after they sunk to next to bottom of the table. A string of
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Goodwill and drugs cocktail
ATHLETICS has gone mad. Russian Olga Yegorova failed a drugs test and avoided being banned on a technicality then on Tuesday won the 5,000m Goodwill Games title. Goodwill and drugs in the same sentence - it could only happen in the mad, sad world of athletics
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Sven lacks birthright
I CAN believe that Bolton are top of the Premiership, that there is an air guitar world championships (how long before it's an Olympic event?) and even that Alex Ferguson has been knighted. But I can't believe a Swede is manager of the England football
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S-no-w go on road to Chorley
Many of you remember the snows of 1940, and in February of that year this picture appeared with the caption: "One-way traffic is still the rule along this Anderton portion of the Bolton-Horwich-Chorley road. Although it is 19 days since the big snowfall
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Youth club closure call after 'vulgar behaviour
From the Evening News, September 6, 1976 25 YEARS AGO THE return of two executives from a two week sales tour of Kenya has started a flurry of activity for Bolton's tiny Donian Motor Co. Ian Davies and John Maybury came back from Africa with orders for
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Town's stage double act
A BOLTON double act is set to dominate proceedings at a Lancaster theatre next month. The "Bolton Two" are playwright Jim Cartwright and Dukes Theatre's artistic director, Ian Hastings. Together they will be playing a prominent role in staging the theatre's
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Alcohol abuse killed woman, inquest told
THE death of a woman found on the patio of her Horwich home was caused by long term alcohol abuse, a Bolton inquest was told. Emergency services were called to the home of Valerie Kirkman in Higher Austins Lane on Saturday, May 12, after her partner,
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Something funny is going on
CLOWNS are set to turn Bolton into the world's comedy capital. More than 40 clowns from 15 countries, including New Zealand and Australia, will be joining clowns from the UK for a convention in the town. There will even be an appearance by the Japanese
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14ft sunflower rises for Harry
AN amateur gardener is keen to show off his 14 foot pride and joy. Harry Wright of Golborne has been growing sunflowers for 40 years, but has never experienced the success of this year's crop. The garden at his Barn Lane home has been taken over by a
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Childhood protest at arms race
Twenty years ago Jodie Lamb joined the Greenham Common protest - as a four-year-old child. Her Welsh mother took her along to the cruise missile base in Berkshire to join the mass protest against the arms race. Now aged 25, Jodie tells Karen Stephen about
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Boro recover after surprise
Atherton LR 2 Radcliffe Boro 5 JUST as in Saturday's 3-3 draw at Stainton Park NWCL Division One LR had a few FA Cup surprises up the sleeve for Unibond League Boro. Rovers shocked their higher league opponents when they took the lead in the Preliminary
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A warm welcome for inconsiderate drivers
IF all the moaners who are unhappy with car parking facilities and service in Bolton and object to paying fines, may I recommend that they come to Market Street Westhoughton. They could then park on double yellow lines for hours, outside shops and banks
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Don't mock council tenants' choice
IN reply to correspondent Brian Derbyshire (Letters, 3.9.2001). It was some time in the early 1980's when Cllr Margaret Clare was a tenant activist and I was Chair of Housing that I told her, at a meeting of the New Lane Residents' Association, that we
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Town's excellent traffic wardens
I AM just writing to inform you of a positive experience I have had with parking wardens of Bolton Council. I know they have a bad reputation and I would just like to share my good experience with your readers. I had been visiting a friend in the town
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Grave row laid to rest?
CHURCH leaders have suspended a decision ordering a couple to remove the headstone from their daughter's grave in a Harwood churchyard. And officials from the Diocese of Manchester have also now agreed to pay the costs of an appeal by the couple in an
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Fireman 'blew whistle on alleged hoax calls'
A FIREFIGHTER claims he became the victim of a bullying campaign after his colleagues discovered he had blown the whistle on an alleged fraud at Horwich Fire Station. Vincent Carroll, of Dixon Street, Horwich, said he only spoke out about an alleged fraud
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Hear'Say's debut UK tour is in danger of being a massive flop with hundreds of tickets remaining uns
The record-breaking band rocketed to fame after being plucked from obscurity on ITV's Popstars programme. After a chart-topping album and two No1 singles the band booked 36 UK dates and opened the tour in Cardiff on August 25. But hundreds of tickets
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Churches meet
PEOPLE from 27 churches will assemble in Hindley Green next month for the annual Rosary Sunday Demonstration. The event, organised by the Wigan Catholic Men's Society, will see parishioners meet in West Street at 2.15pm on October 7 to parade via Atherton
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Therapist Joanne joins orphanage connection
DEPRIVED youngsters in Romania should not be surprised if they begin to develop Bolton accents. Children at the Galati orphanage have been helped for several years by an appeal headed by Bolton's Anne Collins -- and now they have have an occupational
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Clarke the man for me - Bruce
MANAGER Steve Bruce has pinpointed goalkeeper Matt Clarke, impressive in Wanderers' promotion push while on loan from Bradford, as the man to plug his leaky defence following his £1.35million transfer from Bradford. Clarke passed a medical on Thursday
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Reebok hosts antique fair
AN ANTIQUE and collectors fair will be held at Bolton Wanderers' Reebok Stadium on Sunday, September 9, 10am to 5pm. The event will feature up to 250 stalls buying and selling a variety of antiques and items ranging from pottery, china, figurines, furniture
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Bridge celebrations
BRADSHAW fair will showcase the village's new £40,000 bridge at the weekend. Bradshaw Cricket Tennis and Bowling Club are holding a village fair on Sunday to celebrate the opening of the new bridge -- repaired in the summer after it threatened to topple
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Silver band under closure threat
AN 80-year old band needs new members to stop it closing. Leigh Silver Band, once the Leigh British Legion Band, was formed in about 1920, and is now struggling to survive. Cornet player, Harold Roberts is one of the band's two oldest members and has
