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Heart infection claims life of mum Kate, 29
A YOUNG mother has died from a heart infection shortly after giving birth to her second child. Kate Bradford, aged 29, was unaware she had a heart murmur which made her susceptible to the fatal infection, which can be caused by the most minor injury to
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Try talking to tenants
THE article "Town So Close To Jackpot" in the Bolton Evening News on May 9 was unimaginable reading! It is obvious that yet again that readers and council tenants are being misinformed. It stated that "repairs are six months behind schedule plus waiting
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Taming these wayward teens
I INDEED agree with Bob Bamford in his views against Mr Hudson, who is indeed a "do-gooder" from another planet. I know from personal experience that, with great effort and patience, mischievous boys can be brought into line, but this has to be done at
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Lost in a sea of words
DO you remember that sketch where Ronnie Barker comes into my hardware shop? He asks me for a whole list of things and I get more and more frustrated because what he asks for sounds like one thing, but he means another. It's very funny for a few minutes
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Fluoride idea has echoes of Monty Python
ONE of the most famous scenes from the series "Monty Python's Flying Circus" is the "dead parrot" sketch. In this sketch, a pet shop owner sells a dead parrot (aka: the "Norwegian Blue") to a naive customer (played by John Cleese). Similarities exist
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Hospice big gala day
DERIAN House Children's Hospice is to hold its annual gala weekend on June 15 and 16. Attractions include a funfair,donkey rides, a rural crafts fair and several displays. A five-mile road race is also organised to begin at 11 am on June 16. Itwill take
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Benches piled up on bowling club green
VANDALS damaged a Bolton bowling club's green -- by stacking six 330lb stone benches vertically across the grass. Members of Bolton Flat Green Bowling Club arrived at their clubhouse in Leverhulme Park, Darcy Lever, yesterday morning to find a scene resembling
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Youri deal works wonders
THE sceptics scoffed at the suggestion that Wanderers were trying to sign Youri Djorkaeff - 70-odd international caps, World Cup and European Championship winners medals and a big game player at Monaso, PSG, Inter and Kaiserslautern. Then, when the deal
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Becks back in training
DAVID Beckham today trained with the rest of the England squad for the first time since breaking his foot seven weeks ago. He led the squad on a lap of the training ground and then took part with his team-mates in a one-touch session.
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Players 'unanimous' in keeping Keane out
NIALL Quinn today revealed how all 22 members of the Republic of Ireland's World Cup squad voted in favour of Roy Keane not being allowed to return to the Far East. Keane was sent home last week by manager Mick McCarthy after a clear-the-air meeting with
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Duff ready to be World Cup treat
REPUBLIC of Ireland boss Mick McCarthy today backed Damien Duff and Robbie Keane to strike fear into Ireland's Group E opponents as the countdown to the World Cup finals begins in earnest. With no sign of a reconciliation between McCarthy and the Republic's
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England set to hail the 'other' Owen
COULD it be that England's secret weapon in this Far East World Cup has his roots in the South of Bolton? writes Richard Mulligan Actually 'secret weapon' is not an entirely accurate description. After all this is a 21-year-old who has already won the
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Statue found
A TAXI driver is keen to reunite an unusual object he found in Little Lever with its owner. Neil Potter spotted an 18-inch high statue of a King Charles Spaniel on the corner of Hayward Avenue in Little Lever during the early hours of Sunday morning.
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School open again after vandal attack
PUPILS were allowed to return to their school today after 150 windows were smashed in one night. Youngsters at George Tomlinson School, Kearsley, were sent home yesterday as it was too dangerous for them to be taught amid the broken glass and water-logged
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Soccer coaches off to Japan -- but not to see World Cup
BOLTON-based Ambassadors in Sport will be sending a 20-strong football team to Japan for the World Cup -- but the lads are not going to take part in the games and they do not even have tickets to watch. The group will be working with children in the towns
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Benches piled up on bowling club green
VANDALS damaged a Bolton bowling club's green -- by stacking six 330lb stone benches vertically across the grass. Members of Bolton Flat Green Bowling Club arrived at their clubhouse in Leverhulme Park, Darcy Lever, yesterday morning to find a scene resembling
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Thieves snatch jubilee sweets
CHILDREN have been left heartbroken after thieves broke into their youth club and stole £200 worth of sweets which they had bought for their Golden Jubilee celebrations. The thieves struck on the same night that members of the youth club had been working
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Steve and Rudi on the marhc - again!
IT was not quite like an episode of Last of the Summer Wine, but Steve Walsh and Rudi Smith turned out to be heroes for Astley and Tyldesley last weekend. The pair steered A & T to a superb one run win over Wigan in the National Knockout despite a
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Victory slips away from View
A DROPPED catch in the last over cost Spring View their chance to mark their march to the top of the table with a win over Atherton. Chasing a target of 177, Atherton's last pair were at the wicket when slip fielder Tony Kelly failed to take a difficult
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BLACKROD v EDGWORTH
Match drawn Blackrod D Whittle lbw Locke ...5 C Sanderson st Kernick b Ahmed ...52 J Southworth lbw Locke ...31 Morris c Dobie b Locke ...1 T Southworth not out ...13 P Gallagher b Barlow ...2 G Speak not out ...4 Extras ...2 Total (for 5) ...120 Bowling
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SPRING VIEW v ATHERTON
Match Drawn Spring View N Geary c Parry b Dimery...13 T Kelly c Nuttall b Dimery...1 P Matthews b Dimery...62 C Rudd b Dimery...4 M James b Charlson...6 S Williams lbw Charlson...0 T Critchley not out...56 D Gornall b Walsh...0 I Murphy not out...9 Extras
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ELTON v ASTLEY & TYLDESLEY
Match drawn Elton M Riaz bP Bennett ...0 M Goddard c Waterworth b Nicklin ...2 C Hall c Brookes b Nicklin ...8 C Read c Khan b Nicklin ...6 S Duxbury c Clare b Nicklin ...0 K Kirupinski not out ...62 P Kay c Khan b Bennett ...21 M Ryan b Tripathi ...6
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BRADSHAW v ASTLEY BRIDGE
Match Abandoned - Draw Astley Bridge P Stafford c Ward d Dickinson...11 St Entwistle b Dalugoda...39 Jadhav run out...28 A Clegg b Dalugoda...1 M Siddique st Evans b Dalugoda...48 D Guest lbw Tattersall...6 J Dakri b Dalugoda...24 J Namajee lbw Tattersall
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FARNWORTH SC v GREENMOUNT
Farnworth SC won by 2 wkts Greenmount Morris c Walsh b Rasheed ...5 N Franklyn c Taylor b Eckersley ...5 J Horrox c Barrow b Eckersley ...3 J Ashworth b Eckersley ...44 N Earing c Bradley b Barrow ...5 J Sharples lbw Eckersley ...3 G Chadwick b Barrow
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LITTLE LEVER v WESTHOUGHTON
Little Lever won by 3 wkts Westhoughton S Parker c Howarth b P Tong ...29 I Pilkington c Howarth b Tayment ;24 A Gaskell c Siddiqui b N Tong ...0 A Coates c Blinkhorn b P Tong ...21 A Khan c N Tong b Rayment ...16 M Atherton lbw Siddiqui ...1 M Crookson
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Chasing pack closes in on early leaders
CHAMPIONS Walkden managed to beat the showers to close the gap on leaders Horwich to 12 points writes David Magilton Struggling Farnworth suffered another mauling when they were bowled out for 102 despite a resilient 57 from pro Ahmed, who rallied his
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The end for poll stations?
BOLTON could trial all-postal voting next year in an attempt to boost polling figures. Council leader Cllr Bob Howarth has hinted that the town could be in line for an experiment in which every vote is cast through the post and there are no polling stations
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Anthony's real ale fest
PUBLICAN Anthony Humphreys has lined up a choice of real ales for his customers -- to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Anthony, who runs The Spinning Mule in Nelson Square, Bolton, has selected 25 beers from around Britain for a Jubilee Beer Festival
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Rare visitor is a star Tern...
A RARE caller from a warmer climate is the star turn at Pennington Flash. The unusual feathered visitor - a Whiskered Tern - has brought 1,500 bird watchers flocking to the Leigh country park from all corners of Britain. They are all hoping to catch a
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Waywell lines up mystery striker
LEIGH RMI boss Steve Waywell has acquired a major coup for the club with the signing of an unnamed forward from a Football League club writes David Magilton After losing former Manchester United and Port Vale centre forward Michael Twiss to Chester City
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Students face cancelled classes as lecturers strike
HUNDREDS of students faced the prospect of having their classes cancelled today and tomorrow as lecturers at Bolton and Bury were due to go on strike over low pay. More than 100 lecturers were expected to man a picket line at the Bolton Community College
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Couple hit the yellow bike road
AFTER a life spent under water, the submarine officer wanted to see the world from a different perspective. So Sam Newbound sold his house in Daisy Hill for £68,000, grabbed a couple of motorbikes and told his wife, Monica, they were about to embark on
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Family win headstone battle
THE girlfriend and family of a man who died of cancer have won their fight to keep his headstone. Natalie Pilkington had been distraught after the vicar objected to her boyfriend's headstone because it included the engraved message "My soulmate. Love
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Albert Halls: James Byrne
MY first visit to a psychic's show was not very encouraging. The curtains flew back to reveal a backdrop of a night sky with sparkling stars, while a guitar-solo version of Elvis's Always On My Mind blasted out of the speakers. A bit like a scene out
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Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester: The Marriage of Figaro. Until June 22
Great fun, but it's not Mozart DON'T go to the Royal Exchange and expect to see Mozart's great opera. Instead you will get the Beaumarchais original, a comic play that shocked eve-of-revolution France with its suggestion that the servant could be better
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Conflicts and the casualties
MRS Hardy (Bolton Evening News, May 17) is right. There are undoubtedly many people so weighed down with the cares of daily life as to have no strength left to be interested in anything else. But this is not a desirable state of affairs, as I am sure
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Cricket team needs a home
ONE of Bury's most successful cricket teams is facing its biggest challenge. That is to play on home soil. Jinnah Cricket Club, formed in 1995, wants a permanent ground in Bury because it has to play all its home games at Smithills in Bolton. Only once
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Greenmount just edged out
GREENMOUNT just lost out in a topsy-turvy Bolton League clash at Farnworth Social Circlre writes David Magilton The visitors were dismissed for 126 with John Ashworth 49 and Mark Stewart hitting a quickfire 30 which lifted the score after Greenmount had
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Four hour wait for bed 'unacceptable'
HEALTH watchdogs say it is unacceptable that accident and emergency patients at the Royal Bolton Hospital face long waiting times for a bed. This is despite results of a snapshot survey showing trolley wait times of less than four hours. Bolton's threatened
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Mother's shock as killer jailed for five-years
THE mother of a wealthy businessman axed to death by his escort girl lover today spoke of her devastation as the killer was cleared of his murder. As 36-year-old Jan Charlton started a five-year jail term for the manslaughter of businessman Daniel O'Brien
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Wanderers beat United 6-1!
WANDERERS fans in Scotland rounded off a terrible year for Manchester United fans when the teams met in a seven-a-side match in Glasgow. The Scottish Superwhites ran out comfortable 6-1 winners in the challenge match which was played in a good atmosphere
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FA pick Wanderers duo for top course
TWO of the Wanderers coaching staff have been selected by the Football Association to undertake pioneering training courses. Assistant Manager Phil Brown and first team coach Neil McDonald are set to go on exclusive courses to work with some of the world's
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World Cup squads, and numbers
HERE is the full list of players taking part. ARGENTINA 1 German Burgos, 2 Roberto Ayala, 3 Juan Sorin, 4 Mauricio Pochettino 5 Matias Almeyda, 6 Walter Samuel, 7 Claudio Lopez, 8 Javier Zanetti 9 Gabriel Batistuta, 10 Ariel Ortega, 11 Juan Sebastian
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MAY 28: Keane: Let me play
ROY Keane's emotional plea on Irish TV to be allowed back into the national squad ahead of the opening game with Cameroon on Saturday morning made headlines in all the national papers today. THE SUN: Roy Keane last night insisted he still wants to play
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50 years since the birth of Lofthouse legend
FIFTY years ago today (May 25), a 26-year-old centre-forward from Bolton, playing in only his seventh international, gave such a heroic performance for England that he was given a nickname he would carry proudly for the rest of his days writes Gordon
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Byas resigned to cup dismay
DAVID Byas is resigned to missing the Benson and Hedges Cup semi final against Warwickshire at Old Trafford on Friday week with the broken knuckle he suffered in the C&G Trophy last Friday. And the 38-year-old former Yorkshire veteran could be missing
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GROUP F: Fixtures, times and venues
ENGLAND group matches with links to pictures and info about some of the venues Group F 2 June, 6.30am: Argentina v Nigeria, Ibaraki Prefectural Kashima Soccer Stadium 2 June, 10.30am: England v Sweden, Saitama Prefectural Soccer Stadium Click HERE 7 June
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£50m for The Rock
A £50 million plan to expand Bury town centre is being put together by town hall bosses and private developers. Bury Council has signed up with Thornfield Properties to look at bringing more shops, businesses and leisure facilities to town. Already dubbed
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GROUP E: Republic of Ireland fixtures, plus pictures of venues
REPUBLIC of Ireland group match info Latest news from the official Football Association of Ireland website HERE Fixtures Group E 1 June, 7.30am: Republic of Ireland v Cameroon, Niigata Prefectural Stadium Click HERE 1 June, 12.30pm: Germany v Saudi Arabia
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Trial for trainers theft charge men
THE case of two men charged with theft has been sent to Bolton Crown Court. Ricky Kanda, aged 22, of St Helens Road, and Krishna Patel, aged 24, Headingley Way, Great Lever, pleaded not guilty yesterday at the town's magistrates court to stealing trainers
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Man charged with drink driving
A MAN charged with a number of driving offences appeared before Bolton magistrates. Mohammed Zamen Qumar, aged 36, of Paulhan Street, Great Lever, was charged yesterday with driving with excess alcohol, failing to stop and report an accident, driving
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Have a say about your area's future
PEOPLE in rural Bolton, including parts of Turton and Belmont, are invited to comment on the future of their local landscape. The Blackburn with Darwen Borough Local Plan, a blueprint setting out land use and planning policy, can be seen at the Barlow
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Pensioner's funeral
THE funeral of a Bolton pensioner who died after con men tricked their way into his home was due to take place today. Frank Bible, aged 74, collapsed at his home in Mill Street, Bromley Cross, earlier this month. A post mortem examination revealed that
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Drug addict stole to fund habit
A MAN stole from a string of shops to fund his £100 a day heroin habit, a court heard. Bury magistrates were told that Christian Lisle walked out of JJB Sports in Bury with 13 England shirts valued at more than £400. He was caught and detained by staff
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Police hunt for father's killers
THE killers of a father of three, who was gunned down at a local drugs den, are still being hunted today. Detectives are continuing their inquiries into the death of Rupert Satchell, who was shot at a house in Goldfinch Drive, Bury, last Thursday. Two
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Man banned from pub after assault
A MAN who assaulted a publican by hitting him with his walking stick after he had been refused a drink was barred from the pub for 18 months by magistrates. Graham Hilton, aged 34, of St Helens Road, Bolton, was ordered to pay £250 personal compensation
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Work starts to remove asbestos from homes
ASBESTOS is being removed after it was found on a Bolton housing estate where work to improve heating systems is being carried out. Workers found a small amount of the potentially dangerous fibres behind a boiler and chimney flue in a house in Green Avenue
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Disabled children's home help
DISABLED children could find a home from home under a new plan by social services. In a joint project with the Portico Housing Association, a bungalow will be built next to Avondale Health Centre in Halliwell, providing round-the-clock respite care for
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Keano: I'll go back and apologise!
ROY Keane is reported to have made arrangements to leave Manchester for Japan and is ready to apologise to Republic of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy, according to a new Internet report. Click HERE for the rest of this report.
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CLIFTON v LITTLE HULTON
Clifton won by 8wkts Little Hulton P Craig c Wild b Parkinson...9 A Perry b A Griffiths...5 M Penny b A Griffiths...3 Mahmood c Parkinson b Meredith...49 D Mullineux c Morris b Tonge...18 C Cooke c Parkinson b Meredith...12 M Edwards not out...35 I Lee
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DAISY HILL v ADLINGTON
Match drawn Adlington A Robinson lbw Saiyed ...23 S Rawlinson b Bannister ...3 D Hitchen lbw Hodgkinson ...65 M Rawlins b Evans ...61 R Haddon not out ...6 M Taylor not out ...2 Extras ...4 Total (for 4) ...169 Bowling: D Brookes 5-3-11-0; S Hodgkinson
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DARCY LEVER v GOLBORNE
Darcy Lever won by 3 wkts Golborne D Tyrer b Bashir...1 I McMillan lbw Bashir...12 Baldwin c Smethurst b Stocks...24 G Marston c Stocks b Gavin...85 P Waterworth b Stocks ...1 C Hewitt c&b Bashir ...12 M Cullen c&b Stocks ...0 A Hodges c Stockton
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LOSTOCK v WALSHAW
Lostock won by 33 runs Lostock C Rashleigh b Fielding ...21 P Knowles c Parkinson b Faulkner ...50 Shah c Dyson b Fielding ...22 L Issa c Harris b Fielding ...0 I Finn b Faulkner ...1 G Beswich c Caunce b Faulkner ...0 S Kaye st Harris b Faulkner ...5
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Griffiths' promise bears fruit with ton
IT has been known for some time that Clifton's 17 years old Andrew Griffiths has a big cricketing future ahead of him. That was further endorsed on Saturday when he scored his maiden Bolton Association century to set up his side's eight wicket win over
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Beswick takes charge as champions falter
LOSTOCK have not had the best of starts to the season, on or off the field, but they certainly had reasons to be cheerful on Saturday inflicting a 33 run win on reigning champions Walshaw writes Peter Mensforth Yet at the halfway mark had odds been offered
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Tickets roll of presses
THE first tickets for Manchester's Commonwealth Games will roll off the presses today. The Games are less than two months away, but organisers say they have sold twice as many tickets as any previous event. But they are stressing that a number of tickets
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WALKDEN v FARNWORTH
Walkden won by 9 wkts Farnworth W Luntley c Parkinson b Smith...0 S Marsh b Ingram...0 M Axford lbw Smith...0 Ahmed c D Smith b Reidy...57 G Hyde run out...4 M Daley st Kay b Reidy...2 S Walsh c Kay b Smith...18 W Noakes c Ingram b Reidy...8 M Siddall
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HORWICH v KEARSLEY
Match abandoned - draw Horwich White lbw M Whittle...13 S Woods c Davies b M Whittle...9 G Long c Ratledge b M Whittle...43 W Harper lbw Akber...2 N Woods b M Whittle...0 J Partington c Davies b M Whittle...9 P Morris c Thornley b Akber...39 A Taylor
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HEATON v TONGE
Tonge won by 9wkts Heaton M Mort c Partington b Taljard ...0 P Hunter c Kerrigan b Taylor ...1 G Carson c Rudzock b Eccleshare ...66 J Fearick v Taljard b Eccleshare ...19 J Whittle c Hallows b Rodzock ...17 S Arif c Kerrigan I Eccleshare ...0 F Neki
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EAGLEY v EGERTON
Egerton won by 9 wickets Eagley S Woods c O'Rourke b Mahmood...35 D Tonge c Dudley b O'Rourke...26 Javed c & b Mahmood...0 D Shuttleworth hit wicket b Burton...13 B Richards c Dudley b Mahmood...4 T Wallwork b Burton...10 G Prendergast c O'Rourke
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Musical fanfare for the Golden Jubilee
A ROYAL line up of concerts have been organised in Bolton to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee. In fact the town not only has a Last Night of the Proms Concert taking place, but a Brass Night at the Proms! The Last Night of the Proms takes place on
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Cleared of killing bid
A MANCHESTER woman who stabbed her husband after he formed a relationship with another woman on the internet has been cleared of attempted murder. Nualsee Barrow, aged 37, of Riverside, Flixton, wept when the jury delivered its verdict at Winchester Crown
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Tickets roll of presses
THE first tickets for Manchester's Commonwealth Games will roll off the presses today. The Games are less than two months away, but organisers say they have sold twice as many tickets as any previous event. But they are stressing that a number of tickets
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Seconds out for office girl Emma
ACCOUNTS manager Emma Carey looks like millions of other office workers as she sits behind her desk... She organises the finances of a busy Internet tour operator and oversees hundreds of business transactions a day. But at the weekend she swaps her smart
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Open verdict on collapse addict
A CORONER was not certain about what caused a drug user's death after tests showed he may have had a heart abnormality. Bolton Coroner's Court heard that Lee Fitzsimmons, aged 26, of Park Road, Bolton, had smoked heroin for two years before he died last
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How prostitutes caused concern in Victorian Bolton
THE fate of fallen women in Victorian Bolton is being highlighted in newly available archives listed as part of an internet scheme giving greater access to historical papers. Documents held by the Bolton local studies archive show that the issue was such
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Promotional razor 'could have injured my Megan'
A MOTHER is furious with a shaving company after her two-year-old daughter was found playing with a razor pushed through the letterbox of her Bolton home. Julie Berry found her daughter, Megan, trying to dismantle the razor packaging after it had been
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Casualty Watch hospital bosses blast back
MANAGERS at a hospital which was named and shamed as having the longest casualty waits rose at the crack of dawn today to defend themselves - and said the three worst cases quoted should not even have been counted in the survey. The Community Health Council's
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First win for Leigh
AFTER three drawn games Memorex Leigh CC finally managed their first league win of the season against a dreadfully defensive New Brighton side at Beech Walk. Former Clifton wicketkeeper Gareth Cross produced another characteristically aggressive innings
