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Plain bonkers
THE Pleasure Police have been at it again. This time, they're banning all kinds of innocent play for children like hide and seek handstands, tag, climbing trees, yo-yos and skateboards. There is only one comment to make to that. Conkers!
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Brady deserves to die
THE death penalty is a barbarous business and I am not comfortable with it being brought back routinely. However, I make an exception in Ian Brady's case. The Moors murderer has been on hunger strike for 1,000 days, at a cost of more than £1 million to
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Semi date on Friday
BOLTON Cricket League champions, Walkden, will meet Liverpool Competition side Bootle in the semi-final of the Thwaites Lancashire Knockout at home tomorrow afternoon. The other semi-final ,which is also a Bolton League-Liverpool Competition tie features
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Hunt for drugs charge man
A MAN charged with conspiring to import illegal drugs worth an estimated £3million is believed to be hiding in Bolton, detectives have revealed. Ashen Rashid Qureshi, aged 29, disappeared while on bail last November after being charged with conspiring
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Double gold for wrestlers
BOLTON Olympic Wrestling club celebrated double gold success when they took on the Belgian Open. Reece Atcha took first place in the 30kilos category, while team-mate Jason Edwardson matched his effort in the 76 kilo band. Craig Pilling then capped a
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Fulham tickets
WANDERERS have been allocated 1,200 tickets for the Fulham game at Loftus Road on August 17. TICKETS for the game at Fulham are being sold by postal application only, starting with season ticket holders on Monday, joint Lifeline and Club Membership holders
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Duo back soon
BULENT Akin and Stig Tofting could add to Wanderers' midfield options sooner than expected. The £5 million-rated Turk, signed on a free transfer from Galatasaray, is showing rapid progress in his recovery from a knee operation while the Denmark international
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New £3.4m school is named The Valley
THE name of a new £3.4m primary school -- which will be built in one of the town's most deprived areas -- has been revealed. The new school, which will house two existing primary schools, will be called The Valley. Pupils from both Chalfont Street and
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YOUNG rugby player Jonathan Grimshaw has been chosen to be a Commonwealth Games mascot for the rugby
The former Leigh Sacred Hearts pupil will appear at the finals on Sunday. Jonathan, aged 11, of Clovelly Avenue, Leigh, was chosen for the role after playing in the Manchester Youth Games.
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Price cuts?
CHANGES to the EU's controversial Common Agricultural Policy could help slash food prices for Bolton shoppers, according to an MEP. Liberal Democrat MEP Chris Davies has described CAP reform as "a battle that must be won" as he claims it has kept food
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On the road for safety run
THE Ribble Enthusiasts' Club is organising a Commercial Vehicle Road Safety Run from Southport to Blackpool on Sunday, August 18. Vehicles depart Southport, at the Esplanade car park, at 10am, arriving at Blackpool, Middle Walk, North Promenade, from
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Hard drugs fear over cannabis dealer ruling
A LEADING campaigner for the legislation of cannabis says that the Home Secretary's failure to decriminalise the supply of the drug risks increasing the trade in hard drugs. Bolton Liberal Democrat Euro-MP Chris Davies, who faces trial in October charged
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Stacey's garden is a winner
TEN-YEAR-OLD Stacey Henniker's courtyard garden is set to blossom -- at one of the north's major flower shows. The youngster designed her garden for a competition and won the chance to have it recreated at Southport Flower Show. Stacey, a pupil at St
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Billy Webb case: Two remanded
TWO men have been remanded in custody for allegedly conspiring to murder gangland drugs boss Billy Webb. Breightmet-born Brian Roper, aged 24, of Bury Road, Bolton, and Paul Swann, aged 24, from Chorley, will appear at Manchester Crown Court on Wednesday
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Debt burden shackles Sam
SAM Allardyce's ambition to re-write the history of Bolton Wanderers could be frustrated by money worries. The Reebok boss believes his team is on the threshold of eclipsing some of the greatest achievements in the club's 125-year existence. But he fears
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Town a hit with table tennis family
THE family of Commonwealth Games gold medal winner Andrew Baggaley were there to see his triumph with help from the aptly-named Bolton organisation More Than Gold. Andrew and his fellow England table tennis team mates clinched the top spot in the final
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Goldline Review by Martyn Hindley
GROUP B was blown wide open last night with big wins for Eagley and Atherton Collieries. Colls looked out of the tournement at the weekend, but a 4-3 win has put them back on track. Eagley joined Colls and Prestwich at the top with a 4-0 thrashing of
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Read on . . .
A SUMMER reading survey conducted by Waterstones shows that book-lovers like nothing more than to indulge their literary passion on holiday. People turn twice as many pages when they are on holiday than they do during the rest of the year. Five per cent
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Police probe grave desecration
DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses after a grave in Stockton Heath, Warrington, was desecrated, unearthing a woman's cremated remains. The headstone of Frank and Margaret Foster in St Thomas' Church yard was removed. Mrs Foster's casket, bearing the
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Search is on for young heroes
A WOMEN'S group is seeking the young heroes in society. The Leigh branch of Soroptimist International wants to honour the area's hard-working youngsters who make a valuable contribution. As a result, they have set up a Youth in the Community Award and
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Thieves steal gifts from baby's grave
A GRIEVING couple were devastated to discover thieves had stolen presents from their baby's grave. Tony and Gill Ellis lost baby, Cody, just three days after she was born in May. The heartbroken couple, of Atherton Road, Hindley Green, and their three
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Camera man picture perfect for big day
By Ruth Jolley A PHOTOGRAPHER took the pictures of a bride's wedding day -- 32 years after capturing her parents tying the knot on camera. In 1970, Farnworth photographer Martin Greenhalgh took the wedding pictures for Thomas and Susan Davies when they
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Toddler orphaned in Spain crash tragedy
A 22-MONTH-OLD girl has been orphaned in a Spanish holiday crash which killed three members of her family. The girl, who has not been named, was injured in a head-on collision. The accident on a motorway near Sanxenxo in northwest Pontevedra province
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Dam good show
A JUBILEE garden party is being held at Dam House in Astley on Saturday, August 10. The event, from 2pm to 4.30pm, will feature stalls, a children's entertainer, Welliphant, Tyldesley Band, pony and trap rides and a beer tent. For details, call 01942
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Magical day of family fun
CAWDOR Residents Association in Farnworth is holding its annual family fun day at Doe Hey community building and sports field on Saturday, August 10. Attractions will include a magic show, Morris Dancers and a samba band. Market Radio will also be providing
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Bolton family cheer for Hilary
ENGLAND ladies' hockey goalkeeper Hilary Rose is being cheered on by her Bolton based family. The 31-year old, who is ranked one of the best keeper's in the world, has been to the last two Olympic Games with Great Britain and is currently at her second
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MALTA: Sun-soaked Malta top of the league
ENGLAND and Manchester United star Gary Neville loves Malta so much he has bought himself a place there and set up a soccer school writes Gayle McBain The Bolton-based footballer has been visiting the tiny island since he was a teenager and has fallen
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'Bet your bottom dollar on the euro'
WITH the value of the euro now matching the US dollar, a Bolton Euro MP is urging North-west manufacturers to press for Britain to join the common European currency at the earliest opportunity. Liberal Democrat Chris Davies said that conditions were now
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Are you watching in the South?
DIDN'T this great home-made poster on the Commonwealth Games cycle route at Horwich say it all? There are still many people living in the south in particular who honestly believe that we all talk like Jack Duckworth in Coronation Street, keep whippets
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Try great outdoors at festival
FAMILIES are being urged to branch out and try something new over the summer holidays at the Red Rose Forest Fever Festival. The two-week celebration of the great outdoors will lay on activities for people of all ages, with taster sessions for canoeing
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Our northern qualities
I AM proud to be a northerner, and now even more so. Manchester has shown the world what the north can do, with its absolutely stunning opening ceremony at the Commonwealth Games. Viewers worldwide have seen our beautiful countryside as they watch the
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Smoke signal
A RECENT report that says "smoke-free workplaces encourage smokers to quit or reduce how often they light up" is hardly rocket science. If you make it impossible for people to smoke at work, of course they're going to smoke less. The issue is one of choice
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Games show why we can be so proud
I AM compelled to write in response to R B Long's letter in Tuesday, July 30. Firstly it was not a Russian airshow, it was held in the Ukraine and, secondly, the quality of air traffic control in this area is of a much higher standard. Witness the local
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Atomic bomb attack a crime
ON August 6 and 9, 57 years will have elapsed since Hiroshima and Nagasaki were obliterated with atomic bombs. The claim that this action was justified because it saved Allied lives and shortened the war is both immoral and untrue. Immoral, in that Allied
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It's children who will suffer
I LOOK after my 19-month-old grand-daughter during the week while her mum goes to work. On a Monday afternoon and Friday morning I attend a parent and toddler session run by Sure Start. The Monday session is held at Oxford Grove School, Shepherd Cross
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Hospital car park charge for nurses
DOCTORS and nurses may soon be charged to park at their place of work -- the Royal Bolton Hospital -- in a controversial bid to boost revenue. The suggestion has outraged nursing union chiefs who have attacked the money raising proposal as "abhorrent"
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Hendry back
COLIN Hendry, who has been excused duties since his wife, Denise, was taken seriously ill in April, is back in training with Wanderers. Meanwhile, Sam Allaryce has dismissed reports that he made an unsuccessful bid to lure Turkish international Bulent
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The real facts of life
WE are constantly trying to hide knowledge from our ever brighter children. Understandably, many parents are unhappy about teaching very young children about sex on the grounds that it is too early and makes them precocious and too aware. We shield them
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Lancs facing Singh battle
SUSSEX have emerged as Lancashire's main rivals in the race to sign Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. Lancashire are understood to have made an offer to the Turbanator, but he will also meet Sussex officials in Brighton tomorrow. Like Lancashire, Sussex
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Man, 87, injured
A PENSIONER suffered serious head injuries when he was involved in an accident with a Ford Fiesta driven by a teenager from Harwood. The 87-year-old man is in a poorly condition in Fairfield General Hospital after the accident on Bolton Street, Ramsbottom
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Share your happy seaside memories
DO you remember seaside holidays in Blackpool in the 1940s, or holiday camps in the '50s? As part of a major new series, the BBC wants people to share people's holiday memories over the last 50 years. In particular, the makers are very keen to relive
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Teacher's £2.3m damages
A TEACHER has been awarded more than £2.3million in damages after suffering brain damage in a car accident. Chan Sui Wan, now aged 37, was left with a brain injury affecting her intelligence and memory after the car she was travelling in lost control
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Read on . . .
A SUMMER reading survey conducted by Waterstones shows that book-lovers like nothing more than to indulge their literary passion on holiday. People turn twice as many pages when they are on holiday than they do during the rest of the year. Five per cent
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Top walker Elizabeth on charity cash trail again
AMAZING grandmother Elizabeth Stones is to trek for charity along the Inca Trail in Peru -- her second big adventure in a year. Mrs Stones, aged 61, of Linden Walk, Bradshaw, walked a stretch of the Great Wall of China in June to raise cash for the Children's
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He's flaming marvellous!
DAREDEVIL soldier Steve Girling doesn't flinch as he rides his bike through a wall of flame. He is just as adept at forming a human pyramid on top of moving motorcycles. And for good measure, he can also ride a bike standing on his head. Until last year
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Preece praise for fans' Bury lifeline
Bury 3 Man City 4 - SHAKERS boss Andy Preece says the 8,000-plus crowd who turned out to see Kevin Keegan's charges at Gigg Lane were a massive boost to the struggling club. City eventually held off a brave Bury effort with new signing Nicolas Anelka
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What's on and Games links
Thursday, August 1, 7.30pm: Blue Badge Guide Ale Trail Take a tour with a professional Blue Badge Guide and hear about the people and events behind the pubs of Bolton. Ring 01204 334400. Friday, August 2, 2pm: Tour of the Parish Church Tower, Bolton The
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Counting down to top carnival
THE countdown has started to one of the largest festivals in the North-west. Organisers have promised that this year's Adlington Carnival will be better than ever with three open-air arenas. It takes place at the Jubilee playing fields and runs until
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Voluntary groups to have voice on trust
VOLUNTARY groups in Bolton will have a voice on the town's new health body, the Primary Care Trust. The trust has agreed to recognise the importance of voluntary and community groups in the town. Bolton Compact is a partnership agreement between voluntary
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Town set to forge links with book swap
THE international language of reading is crossing 11,000 miles to bring together two competing nations in the Commonwealth Games. Bolton Central Library decided to establish its own special reading link with New Zealand after the country was joined with
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Police warning after women robbed
POLICE are stepping up patrols in Chorley after two women were attacked and had property stolen on the same day. As a result of the incidents police are warning people not to carry large amounts of cash and be aware of their surroundings. A 37-year-old
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Care homes talks continue
LANCASHIRE County Council is to meet to discuss revised plans for the closure of a number of care homes for the elderly. The new proposals by the council would see three care homes saved from the original 35 under threat. They are also planning a "phasing
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Town set to forge links with book swap
THE international language of reading is crossing 11,000 miles to bring together two competing nations in the Commonwealth Games. Bolton Central Library decided to establish its own special reading link with New Zealand after the country was joined with
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Teacher's £2.3m damages
A TEACHER has been awarded more than £2.3million in damages after suffering brain damage in a car accident. Chan Sui Wan, now aged 37, was left with a brain injury affecting her intelligence and memory after the car she was travelling in lost control
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Ravine plunge couple tragedy
A RETIRED couple from St Helens died when their hire car plunged 120ft down a steep bank as they drove along a scenic coast road in New Zealand. A police spokesman said the couple probably lay undiscovered for 24 hours before their bodies were found.
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Six-year-old in isolation
LITTLE Beth Morris must wait a few more months before she can play out with her friends. The courageous six-year-old can only watch through the window as her pals enjoy their school holidays because the bone marrow transplant she underwent two months
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Community centre bans families
CHILDREN and parents have been banned from a centre which aims to give youngsters a good start in life -- because they come from the wrong area. Some regulars at the Halliwell Sure Start centre have been told that they can no longer use it following a
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Cards galore for girl in car ordeal
A GIRL whose foot was almost severed in an accident with a car is now back home -- surrounded by cards from wellwishers. Zoe Cornes, aged 11, of Tredgold Street, Horwich, underwent surgery to repair her ankle after the accident last week. She has been
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It's better than gold
FOR George Laing it was better than getting a gold medal. And for Frank Shamo, from a country 3,000 miles away, it was a chance to say "thank you" writes Angela Kelly Local man George met Ghana team coach Frank at the Bolton Arena yesterday, as well as
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Putting out the fires of disorder
YOPEN any newspaper and you'll be sure to find at least one report of arson. The fact that the majority of fires are started by children only highlights the importance of tackling youth disorder. Now the head of a newly-formed Fire Investigation and Arson
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Young ones steal the glory at last
Leigh RMI 2 Bury 1 by Martyn Hindley: IT may be the veterans who have stolen the limelight at Leigh RMI of late, but it was the young ones who led the way in a 2-1 win over Bury on Tuesday night. Defender Wayne Madden - just five days into his career
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It's better than gold
FOR George Laing it was better than getting a gold medal. And for Frank Shamo, from a country 3,000 miles away, it was a chance to say "thank you" writes Angela Kelly Local man George met Ghana team coach Frank at the Bolton Arena yesterday, as well as
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Kerry sets sights on Oz
KERRY GILLIBRAND is already thinking about the next Commonwealth Games in Australia after enjoying her first major championships. The Baxenden athlete was elated just to reach the 1,500m final last night in the City of Manchester Stadium and she finished
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What to do in Bolton on...
Friday BOLTON MUSEUM, ART GALLERY & AQUARIUM, Le Mans Crescent, Bolton. Tel: 332211. Open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm and Sunday, August 4 from 12 noon to 4pm.. Admission free. Bolton Aquarium For unique views into the aquatic world visit Bolton
