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Points target to beat the drop
WEST Brom manager Gary Megson claims it could take less than the traditional 40 points to secure Premiership survival this term. Just three seasons ago, Bradford stayed up with only 36 points - three more than third-from-bottom Wimbledon. And in the 1995
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Wanderers ready to spoil United title dream
WANDERERS are hoping to rub salt into Manchester United's wounds writes Gordon Sharrock Fresh from their warm weather training in Dubai, Sam Allardyce's players are preparing to pile the pressure on their Old Trafford rivals in Saturday's big Reebok derby
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Fire at empty house
FIREFIGHTERS were called to extinguish a fire inside an empty Tonge Moor house at 1.30am today. The blaze, which is thought to have been started deliberately, destroyed the front room of the Eldon Street house. Half an hour later a crew put out a blazing
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Volunteers get ready to party
AN army of volunteers are due to meet for a celebration event. Last year dozens of Bury people rallied to the Commonwealth Games call-up and on Thursday, March 13, they are being invited to a buffet reception and celebration to mark their involvement.
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Woman beats off car thieves
TWO men tried to steal car keys from a woman as she pulled into a driveway. The 42-year-old woman was pulling into a drive in Church Meadow, Unsworth, at 10pm last night when two men, one wearing a balaclava, demanded her keys. One man grabbed her arm
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Iraq peace vigil date
A LEIGH church is opening its doors for a quiet vigil for peace with Iraq on Ash Wednesday. An open invitation is offered to anyone wishing to reflect on the crisis at Leigh Parish Church on March 5 from noon to 2pm and from 4.30pm to 6.30pm. Canon Alan
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Council's drive for better roads
BURY Council's on-going programme of road improvements continue with a series of schemes in early March. Resurfacing work will start on Monday, March 3, on Ramsbottom Road, Tottington, and should be completed by Friday, March 7. On Tuesday, March 4, on
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Market's brighter future
PLANS for Horwich market were outlined by Rafaelle Tuccillo, Bolton Council's markets manager, at a meeting of Horwich town council. He said it was intended to reduce the size of the building and refurbish the remainder to creating an attractive market
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Teen bike rider rescued after crashing into pond
A TEENAGER had to be rescued when he lost control of his mountain bike and crashed onto a frozen pond. Nicholas Burgoyne, aged 16, was cycling with two friends at Rivington Terrace Gardens when he spun out of control on steps and landed on the ice. Bolton
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Stallholders back in action despite market blaze
SHOPPERS have been assured that it is business as usual at Bury Market despite a fire last week. The blaze damaged three stalls, but one trader is already back in business and by the weekend the other two should also be trading. Bury Markets manager John
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Shakers souvenir fetches £5,000
A RARE programme from Bury FC's 1903 FA Cup final win has fetched more than £5,000 at auction. Experts at Sotheby's had priced the item at £2,000, but were delighted when a bidding war drove the price to £5,520. The eventual buyer, however, was from the
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James is England's new goalkeeper
ALL-ROUND sports star James Hill has been selected for the England U19 lacrosse squad. The 16-years-old Wigan and Leigh College student will join a tour to Canada -- home of the game -- in June. James, of Rydal Close, Tyldesley, took up the sport four
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What the papers are saying
THE SUN: Dutch destroyer Ruud van Nistelrooy has told Alex Ferguson: Have a look at Christian Vieri to be my next partner up front. DAILY MIRROR: David Beckham's boots did what they are meant to last night, as their master set up both goals that beat
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Bolton & district Pool League
WILL all captains in Section One and Section Three please note new Section Secretary for Section One is Steve Carr telephone 07752 192908 and Section Three Colin Brooks 398000 (work) and 07786 527069 (mobile). WORLD RULES PREMIER DIVISION P W L F A Pt
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Soccer fees top league!
BURY is the most expensive place in Greater Manchester for amateur teams to hire a weekend football pitch. An independent survey also revealed that the borough charged the fourth highest rates in the North West, at £44.23 per game. And the figure is set
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Outlook healthy with lotto fruit and veg grant
MUNCHING melons and crunching carrots could become a new food fad in deprived parts of Bolton -- thanks to lottery cash. Bolton Primary Care Trust is to receive a £150,000 grant from the National Lottery's New Opportunities Fund to promote a scheme urging
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Bolton Golf Association fixtures 2003
ALL the dates for your diary APRIL: Saturday 26: Fourball Betterball Medal (Old Links) MAY: Saturday 17: Past President's 36 Hole Medal (Gt Lever); Second Division Golf Cot (Deane). Saturday 31: Higher Handicaps (Breightmet). JUNE: Saturday 7: All Captain's
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New bid to make city safe
A COMPETITION for pubs and clubs in Manchester is aiming to make nights out in the city safer for revellers. The safety records, door policy and other factors of over 170 licensed premises will be compared before judges decide on the winning bar or pub
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Inches from death in police shoot-out
A Bolton man now serving as a police officer in America has spoken of the moment he came inches from death during a shoot-out. Jim Pullen, aged 38, has won a bravery award for his role in the capture of Earl Deckler who opened fire on state troopers in
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Putting on the style
THE MAYOR will soon be cruising Bolton in a luxury £50,000 super car known as the "ultimate Jag". Council bosses have lined up an ultra-stylish Jaguar XJ8 as a replacement for the Ford Scorpio which has carried successive mayors to appointments all over
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Man faces jail in sex abuse case
A WEALTHY businessman who abused a seven-year-old Farnworth girl in a game of 'doctors and nurses' is facing a lengthy jail sentence. Mohammed Ramankhan, aged 27, coaxed the girl into his bedroom, put his hands under her clothes and pretended to examine
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Air Miles Manchester League
LATEST details PREMIER DIVISION Pd W D L F A Pts GD Wythenshawe Amateurs... 22 12 5 5 38 26 41 12 Leigh Athletic... 21 10 5 6 51 30 35 21 Dukinfield Town... 20 10 2 8 34 30 32 4 Stockport Georgians... 18 10 1 7 45 35 31 10 Irlam Mitchell Shackleton...
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Irene's dream comes true - after 58 years
A GRANDMOTHER'S wartime dream has come true, thanks to a kind-hearted stranger. Eighty-one years old Irene Mort longed to see the grave of her 20 year-old brother Charles Bate who was killed in action in India just weeks before the end of the Second World
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Car deaths crash driver not charged
THE driver involved in a three-car pile-up which resulted in the death of a Bolton man and his three-year-old son has been interviewed by police. The 18-year-old man, from Euxton, has not been charged with any offences following the accident in Euxton
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What's on TV
SOCCER: UEFA Cup fourth round first leg, Auxerre v Liverpool - Five 7.35pm. CRICKET: World Cup Pool A, Australia v Holland from Potchefstroom - Sky Sports 3 8am. RACING: From Southwell - Channel 4 12.30pm; from Warwick and Huntingdon - Channel 4 1pm.
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Wanderers programme goes for £1,000
A PROGRAMME from Wanderers' 1929 FA Cup Final victory over Portsmouth fetched more than double the estgimated price at a Sotheby's auction. The programme was valued at £500 before the sale, but an unnamed bidder paid £1,020 for it. The victory completed
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Relegation countdown: Who plays where - and when
WANDERERS are deeply embroiled in the relegation countdown so here is a handy guide to find where and when the opposition is playing over the closing months: WEST HAM Fixtures Sun Feb 23: West Brom A 14:00 Sat Mar 1: Tottenham Hotspur H 15:00 Sat Mar
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Four arrested after gang fight
A GROUP of men were attacked by a gang armed with cues at a pool hall in Bolton early today. The seven Asian men were celebrating a friend's 21st birthday at Hustlers American Pool bar in Bridge Street last night when they were assaulted. Just after midnight
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Pupils get the bug for racing
JITTERBUGGING was once known as a dance floor craze back in the Saturday night Palais days of the 1950s. But nowadays pupils at a number of schools know jitterbugs as mechanical racing insects. Engineers from the Science and Technology Research Organisation
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Heroin injection proved fatal
A YOUNG woman who fell into the drugs world through peer pressure died of a single heroin injection, an inquest heard. Victoria Evans, of Church Road, Bolton, died at the Royal Bolton Hospital after injecting herself with the drug six days previously.
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Policing pushes council tax rise to 9pc
COUNCIL tax payers in Leigh, Atherton and Tyldesley face bills nearly nine per cent higher than last year. Local authority chiefs say an 8.9 per cent increase is the price which must be paid to provide more police officers and cover increased fire service
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Fears over industrial estate proposal
A PUBLIC meeting has been called to discuss the implications of plans for an industrial estate on farmland between Tyldesley and Mosley Common. Local councillors Alan Stephenson and Brian Wilson have invited locals to the meeting, which starts at 7pm
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Dour Stan tells a cracking tale
IT may be a bit pompous to place the son of God into a contemporary setting and then turn him into a Manchester City fan, but ITV1's "The Second Coming" was not the first link between the divine and the beautiful game writes Richard Mulligan Of course
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Man charged with murder
A MAN has been charged with murder following the death of a 41-year-old woman in Greater Manchester. Greater Manchester Police charged Adam Kenneth Hamilton, of Anglesey, North Wales, with Karen Doubleday's murder. Mrs Doubleday was found dead 100 metres
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Refund order for family who paid for care
THE Health Service Ombudsman has ordered Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority to refund the family of a disabled woman who had to sell her house to pay for NHS care. In a case which could have implications for thousands of other elderly patients
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Brits Award hope for Bolton's Badly Drawn Boy
BOLTON rock star Badly Drawn Boy is in the running for best male artist at the Brit Awards tonight. The Breightmet singer, whose real name is Damon Gough, will have to beat Craig David, Robbie Williams, David Gray and The Streets to lift the award. Ms
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Babies 'learn' sign language
PARENTS are being offered the chance to learn how to "talk" to their baby using sign language. A workshop is taking place in Manchester on Thursday to show how signing with babies is possible long before they can speak. It is hoped parents will be able
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Brits Award hope for Bolton's Badly Drawn Boy
BOLTON rock star Badly Drawn Boy is in the running for best male artist at the Brit Awards tonight. The Breightmet singer, whose real name is Damon Gough, will have to beat Craig David, Robbie Williams, David Gray and The Streets to lift the award. Ms
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Whites bank on United fatigue
MANCHESTER United could be ripe for the picking at the Reebok on Saturday. Wanderers will be the derby underdogs but they believe Sir Alex Ferguson's Reds - so often the victims of their own success - could be at their most vulnerable, feeling the strain
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A storm in a size 9 - Sam
SAM Allardyce has admitted that flyng boots of the Fergie variety are not exclusive to Manchester United. As David Beckham waits for the wound above his left eye to heal, he can console himself in the knowledge that he is not the first - and is unlikely
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Regent plans
BOLTON Open boss Robin Day is to continue his redevelopment plans for the Regent Park course despite golf guru Andrew 'Chubby' Chandler withdrawing his support. Day, who invested £1.5m in the Bolton Open course at Harwood, has agreed to underwrite the
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Graduate's theft shame
A LAW graduate who fell into the world of drugs admitted to using her mother's credit card to steal money and goods. Sarah Jane Hayhurst, aged 34, formerly of Castle Hill Road, Bury, was before magistrates at Rochdale for sentencing, in respect of 17
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Charter parking
THE bi-annual Charter Fair brings fun time back into Bury. From Friday, February 28 to Saturday, March 8, rides and attractions can be enjoyed at The Rock car park. To cater for town centre parkers, the Parson Lane car park, at the rear of the Wilkinsons
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Mail staff see red for Comic Relief
ROYAL Mail staff have made Comic Relief a red letter day for the charity and are giving up their time to take calls on the night of the event. Costumed workers and volunteers will man the phones in the Transaction Services department in Farnworth on March
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Police appeal to mystery driver who saw rugby stars' crash
OFFICERS investigating the deaths of two young rugby stars in a road traffic accident in Bury are trying to trace the driver of a white car. Billy Joe Edwards, aged 20, and 18-year-old Craig Johnson were killed when the car they were travelling in crashed
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Treasurer in £8,000 church cash theft
A TREASURER stole almost £8,000 from an Ainsworth church not long after he had been appointed, a court heard. Harry Taylor, aged 62, took the cash by making out cheques to himself or cheques payable to cash. He did not spend it on wild living or luxuries
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We can beat the drop - Megson
WANDERERS have a four point cushion away from the relegation zone after West Brom conceded three goals in five minutes to lose against Fulham last night. But defiant Baggies manager Gary Megson is adamant Albion can achieve Premiership safety from their
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Lovegreen's boot kicks out Bedians
BOLTON RUFC produced the goods just when they needed it to beat Bedians 18-7. They travelled to the South Manchester side knowing that anything less than a win would push them into the relegation dogfight along with their hosts. Bedians at the start of
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Darts champ comes to town
EX-WORLD darts champ Steve Beaton is in Golborne next month. 'The Adonis', who won the Embassy title in 1996, is giving an exhibition from 8pm on Tuesday, March 11 at the Red Lion in Church Street when he'll challenge up to 20 local darters.
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Bolton Hospice Domino League
LATEST details. SECTION A P H Pt BICA A ... 15 128 28 Hen/Chicks ... 15 119 27 Ellesmere RC ... 15 117 25 Cross Guns ... 15 114 25 Rumworth CC Z ... 15 109 22 Church ... 14 104 21 Moonlight ... 14 101 20 Rumworth CC A ... 15 110 19 Plodder Lane CC ...
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I didn't make up rape, woman tells court
A WOMAN told Bolton Crown Court she was raped by a man who also slapped her two-week-old baby across the face. The victim said that following the sex attack she left her home and met her mother and aunt, but did not tell them what had happened. In cross-examination
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Blaze sweeps Lancashire moorland
FIREFIGHTERS from across Lancashire battled for six hours to put out a moorland blaze that swept over two square miles of Anglezarke. The cause of the blaze was under investigation today. Crews from Chorley, Blackburn, Bamber Bridge and Leyland used fire
