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World leaders in high-tech world
A WESTHOUGHTON technology company is building an international reputation in a specialised field. Comtech Holdings Ltd in Manchester Road has developed a range of machine to machine communications products which are used in a number of industries at home
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Mail service is going downhill
IN reply to letter 'Second Class' dated Thursday, March 6, from Mrs O Hough, Brookside Close, Atherton. Being from Kearsley myself, our First Class mail no longer exists. I have made many calls to both Post Watch and the service itself. Their new aim
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Top marks to all of these medical staff
IN October 3, 2002, my wife Eunice collapsed at 8.30am. I rang 999 and an ambulance came at 8.40am. They examined her for some 20 minutes, and then we set off for the Royal Bolton Hospital. On arriving, she was put in a cubicle and several tests were
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DEMOCRACY
IT is said that one of the reasons for going to war against Iraq is that it will help to bring democracy to the region. When this kind of thing is said it is often assumed that democracy is something that the Christian West has to offer the Muslim Middle
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Remember town's Q-Type buses
I HAVE a challenge for you, wrote Michael Harwood, a former Boltonian who now lives in Tunbridge Wells. His mother, who lives in Bolton, sends him cuttings "about Bolton Wanderers and also your marvellous Looking Back column. I have now for many years
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Hoyle backs school appeal
LINDSAY Hoyle, MP for Chorley, visited Albany High School in the town, to check out plans for a new science lab and to appeal for sponsorship from local businesses. Mr Hoyle saw drawings of the new building which could boost the chances of the school
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Wanderers play down bust-up
WANDERERS were today playing down an alleged training ground bust-up between Bernard Mendy and Bulent Akin. The incident is supposed to have taken place at the club's Euxton headquarters in the build up to the game with Sunderland. According to a Sunday
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The big breakthrough for Sam
IT was all good news for Wanderers fans at the weekend as their heroes edged away from the Premiership bottom three while Sunderland and West Brom look destined for the drop. It started well in Saturday with a result that surely condemned Sunderland fans
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All the match stats
WHO did what and when SUNDERLAND 0 WANDERERS 2 Wanderers 4-3-3/4-5-1 JUSSI JAASKELAINEN ... 6 Made the necessary saves but spilled a few to set hearts fluttering BRUNO N'GOTTY ... 8 Supremely solid, never looked in any serious trouble GUDNI BERGSSON .
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McCarthy 's verdict on survival battle
MICK McCarthy today confirmed his long-held belief that Wanderers have the talent on and off the field to beat the drop The new Sunderland boss, who saw his dream of winning his first game in charge turn into a nightmare at the Stadium of Light, says
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Magpies snatch point at the death
A GAME which both of these UniBond First Division promotion challengers needed to win ended all-square after the Magpies snatched a dramatic last-minute equaliser. Chorley looked the likely winners after dominating the first half but they failed to turn
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Investigation into flats fire
AN investigation is being carried out after a man died in a flat fire in Leigh. The man, who is in his 20s, was found dead behind the front door of the flat on Chisworth Close, Westleigh. Fire crews took two hours to put out the blaze, which was in the
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Girl, 11, breaks arm in Pike fall
A GIRL aged 11 fell down a steep slope at Rivington Pike and broke her arm. Leona Lanhan, of Manchester Road East, Little Hulton, slipped as she walked with her sister and step-father at 11.30am on Saturday. Leona was taken to the Royal Bolton Hospital
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Police investigate blaze at flats
POLICE are investigating the cause of a fire in a flat which left a teenager suffering from the effects of breathing in smoke. Firefighters tackled the blaze in a ground floor flat in a semi detached house in Bradford Street, The Haulgh on Saturday. They
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Drivers warned as M62 work moves junctions
MOTORISTS are being warned of delays as a multi-million pound road maintenance scheme on the M62 moves to a new section of the motorway. Work on a £10 million package of improvements will move today from Junction 18 at Whitefield to Junction 19 at Middleton
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Drivers survive head-on smash
TWO motorists whose cars were involved in a head-on collision on the same side of a duel carriageway escaped with minor injuries. A Toyota Carina, driven by a 58-year-old man from Bolton, was travelling north along St Peter's Way when it was in collision
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Factory girls keeping fit
In 1978, the keep-fit craze had caught up with a group of Bolton machinists. A five-minute jog round the factory perimeter at Burton's Tailoring in Halliwell Road during their lunch break was just the thing to keep the girls in trim.
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Oh what a Phoenix night...
BRIAN Potter's Phoenix Club has burned down more times than the wheelchair-bound owner can care to remember. But more than 500 people turned up at the Filmworks complex in Manchester to see Potter's comic creator Peter Kay resurrect the working men's
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Sunderland FactFile
LATEST results and form report Ground: Stadium of Light Nickname: Black Cats Manager: Mick McCarthy Current position: 20th Top scorer: Kevin Phillips - 9 (5 Premiership) Last six Premiership: Fulham (away) lost 1-0; Middlesbrough (home) lost 3-1; Spurs
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The big breakthrough for Sam
IT was all good news for Wanderers fans at the weekend as their heroes edged away from the Premiership bottom three while Sunderland and West Brom look destined for the drop. It started well in Saturday with a result that surely condemned Sunderland fans
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National League Cup
Dates for Leigh Centurions games in the National League Cup. GROUP WEST MARCH 23 SWINTON...H 30 Salford...A APRIL 6 Chorley...A 13 ROCHDALE...H NATIONAL LEAGUE ONE 18 Hull KR...A 21 WHITEHAVEN...H MAY 4 Batley...A 11 FEATHERSTONE...H 18 National Cup Quarter-Finals
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Football boss goes shopping for fans
A FOOTBALL boss and his players took to the streets on a shopping expedition...for supporters. Manager Mark Patterson and his Leigh RMI players mingled with shoppers in the centre of the town in a bid to encourage more people to watch their team. They
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Sport lovers' directory
SPORTS lovers in Bury do not need to get in a sweat trying to find out more about their favourite leisure activity. Bury Council has unveiled the third edition of its popular Sports Directory, an information packed publication that is a must for all those
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Two held over baby death
A MAN and a woman have been arrested in connection with the death of a 21-month-old baby boy in Manchester. Police said the toddler was taken to hospital from an address in Fallowfield but was pronounced dead. A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion
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Fright night boosts charity funds
EIGHT grown men were reduced to nervous wrecks when they spent the night in a haunted castle. Damien Kaye, aged 29, his brother Kieran, aged 35, and six of their friends braved the ghostly ruins of Muncaster Castle, in Barrow-in-Furness to raise money
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Armed raid police appeal
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after men with a sledgehammer tried to rob a post office. Two men turned up at Mosley Common Post Office in Leigh in a silver Mondeo, which had false number plates, beginning with MA. One man, carrying the sledgehammer
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Hotel death: Chef on murder charge
A 35-YEAR-OLD chef appeared before Bolton magistrates on Monday charged with the murder of a barman at the Last Drop Hotel. Roberto Borroneo Abo, of Watery Lane, Darwen, also faced chargeds of assault and a kidnapping . The chef was charged 48 hours after
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Stars set to shine
BOLTON'S musical youth is set to dazzle audiences each night this week at the Albert Halls. The annual Bolton Music Centre Presents commenced once again last night -- marking the start of a special five day musical extravaganza. More than 200 schoolchildren
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PREVIEW: Rivals united for Wanderers clash
WANDERERS will face a united front from Sunderland on Saturday as players and fans join forces to answer new manager Mick McCarthy's call for the start of a sensational revival. McCarthy plans to walk out on to the turf at the Stadium of Light to greet
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PREVIEW: How vital win fired Black Cats' survival
MEMORIES of a previous Sunderland survival success flooded back as Sam Allardyce admitted the "new manager" syndrome could have a major bearing on Saturday's relegation duel at the Stadium of Light. The Wanderers' boss recalled how eight years ago he
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McCarthy 's verdict on survival battle
MICK McCarthy today confirmed his long-held belief that Wanderers have the talent on and off the field to beat the drop The new Sunderland boss, who saw his dream of winning his first game in charge turn into a nightmare at the Stadium of Light, says
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PREVIEW: Mac takes on Black Cats job
MICK McCarthy has been handed the task of saving Sunderland's Premiership skin, starting with Saturday's high-pressure relegation battle with Wanderers at the Stadium of Light writes Gordon Sharrock The appointment of the former Republic of Ireland manager
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Stadium of delight
SUNDERLAND 0 WANDERERS 2: THE sight of Henrik Pedersen, clearly wounded but bravely soldiering on, should satisfy even those with the gravest of doubts that Big Sam's Foreign Legion have it in their hearts to fight for the Wanderers' cause. The dashing
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Stars set to shine
BOLTON'S musical youth is set to dazzle audiences each night this week at the Albert Halls. The annual Bolton Music Centre Presents commenced once again last night -- marking the start of a special five day musical extravaganza. More than 200 schoolchildren
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New chapter opens for the town
THE Bolton Central Chapter of Business Network International (BNI) is to be launched at the David Lloyd Centre in Bolton on Tuesday. Mr Mike Howarth of Howarths Jewellers said: "If you are a business owner in the Bolton area and looking for more referral
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The day Kier Hardie same to town
From the Evening News, March 17, 1903: THERE was a large crowd on the Market Ground, Farnworth, on Sunday morning, when Mr Kier Hardie, MP, gave an address. The Labour leader spoke on the conditions of the working classes, remarking that of every two
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Teachers' free parking within school grounds
IN answer to Mr G Schofield's letter dated February 22. No, I don't think your letter is unfair in relation to teachers having free parking on council school premises. I wrote to the Bolton Evening News in February, 2000, about the same subject. Just
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Amazing odds
I AM researching the phenomenon of amazing coincidences and would like to hear from anyone who has had such an experience or chance in a million event occur in their life. This can vary from chance meetings with people, to finding things, to being in
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Awful attack on this horse
AFTER reading the article in Tuesday's Bolton Evening News regarding the arson attack, and the appalling injuries to the poor horse, Gus, I sincerely hope that the culprit will be punished severely. But, then again, with the ludicrous judicial system
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So amazed by audacity over such fencing
THE sheer audacity of some people never ceases to amaze me ('Family's security fears after garages are flattened', Bolton Evening News, March 10). Mr David Townley believes the council should provide fencing round his home because they removed "eyesore
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Let's get facts right over council homes
ONCE again we (council tenants) have been sent another paper from Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council. In the paper "Your rent -- Government Guidelines", we are told the Government's aims are that "there should be a closer link between rents and the qualities
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On this day - MARCH 17
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY - National Day of Ireland 1337: Edward, The Black Prince, was the first man to be created a Duke, and the Duchy of Cornwall was created. 1649: Oliver Cromwell abolished the office of King and declared England a Commonwealth. 1776:
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Web links for the cricket World Cup in South Africa
HERE at the Bolton Evening News we can't hope to compete with some of the fantastic cricket web sites for World Cup coverage. The BBC has its own dedicated site HERE and we think you'll find it is one of the best. But don't forget our own link to the
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Rights are burning issue for firefighter
WHEN he's not arguing the case for firefighters across Lancashire he's fighting the corner for prisoners across the world. Steve Harman is Lancashire Fire and Rescue's full-time union representative and has been involved in top-level negotiations during
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2002-3: The story so far
ALL the results, scorers and attendances AUGUST 17 Fulham... 1-4 A Ricketts (pen)16,338 24 Charlton...1-2 H Djorkaeff23,850 SEPTEMBER 1 Aston Villa...1-0 H Ricketts (pen)23,501 11 Man Utd...1-0 A Nolan67,623 14 Liverpool...2-3 H Gardner, Campo27,328 21
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Cook quits over Iraq crisis
FORMER Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has resigned from Tony Blair's cabinet as the build-up to apparent war with Iraq gathers pace. The decision by the Leader of the House of Commons, one of the highest profile figures in the Labour Party, came as the
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The latest news
FIND out how the media around the world is reporting the latest developments . . . Here are some varied weblinks so you can see the news from differing perspectives. From America there's The Washington Post, CNN, NBC News, Time Magazine, USA Today From
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What's on the box
SOCCER: Chester v Doncaster, Nationwide Conference - Sky Sports 1 7pm. Tuesday CRICKET: Australia v Sri Lanka, World Cup semi-final from Port Elizabeth - Sky Sports 3 8am. SOCCER: Deportivo La Coruna v Manchester United, Champions League - ITV 1 7.30pm
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All the fun of fair for design pupils
CHILDREN have had fun at the fairground -- without leaving their classroom. More than 20 youngsters at St Columba's RC Primary School, Tonge Moor, spent a day making carousels as part of a design and technology project with Bolton and Bury Education Business
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Man killed in motorbike horror
A MAN died after losing control of his motorcycle on a country road in Belmont. The motorcyclist was travelling along Rivington Road at about 3pm yesterday when the accident happened. He lost control of his Honda Blackbird 1100cc bike and hit a small
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Halls come alive to the sound of music
YOUNG talented musicians are to perform in a five day showcase at the Albert Halls next week. The annual Bolton Music Centre Presents event runs to Thursday night featuring children in a variety of ensembles, choirs and orchestras. Tickets are £3.50 adults
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Driver dies at wheel of car
A 83-YEAR-OLD man died of a suspected heart attack after he collapsed at the wheel of his car. The pensioner, who has not yet been named, was driving along Bradshaw Road, Bolton, when he slumped over the wheel near the junction with Bradshaw Hall Drive
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All the fun of fair for design pupils
CHILDREN have had fun at the fairground -- without leaving their classroom. More than 20 youngsters at St Columba's RC Primary School, Tonge Moor, spent a day making carousels as part of a design and technology project with Bolton and Bury Education Business
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Wanderers comes first for superstar Jay-Jay
JAY-JAY Okocha is prepared to put his international comeback on hold to ensure Wanderers stay clear of the relegation trapdoor. The Reebok superstar has been named in the Super Eagles' squad for their vital African Nations Cup qualifier in Malawi after
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Bolton & district Pool League
TWO teams have been expelled for missing three matches, they are Flying Shuttle (Premier Section) and Tipping Arms (Section Three). Draw for last eight of the LLCC Team KO. All matches for this round are to be played on Monday, starting at 8.30pm. It
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PREVIEW: Star trio have survival quality - Sam
SAM Allardyce is determined to continue playing to the strengths of his big-name players as he bids to keep Wanderers clear of the Premiership drop zone. The Bolton boss believes Your Djorkaeff, Jay-Jay Okocha and Ivan Campo have the quality that will
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PREVIEW: Wilko backs Black Cats against Wanderers
SACKED Sunderland manager Howard Wilkinson believes the Black Cats are beginning to get it right - and predicts they will get a result against Wanderers on Saturday. Reflecting on his departure he said: "I am not surprised by anything that happens in
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Classy kids give Wigan boss selection dilemma
Wigan Warriors 70 Swinton Lions 12 by Chris Hall WARRIORS boss Stuart Raper faces a tough selection dilemma over the coming weeks after Wigan's new breed again proved themselves fit to graduate from the club's academy. Despite missing five first team
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Shakers hit by strike problems
Macclesfield 0, Shakers 0: NORMALLY, this goalless draw, following on from the stalemate at runaway leaders Hartlepool last week, would have been looked upon as a point gained against tricky opposition desperate for points for a different reason. But
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Hospital needs to make £300,000 cuts
URGENT cost-cutting measures are being introduced at the Royal Bolton Hospital in a bid to save £300,000 -- by the end of this month. Staff at the financially-troubled hospital are being told that the service it offers in the future could suffer unless
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School funding passes the test
EDUCATION bosses in Bolton and Bury have been given top marks for passing on national funding increases to schools. The Department for Education and Skills praised the local education authorities (LEAs) for both towns for investing all of their funding
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Thora Hird memorial tribute plan
THE MP for Morecambe, Geraldine Smith, has backed calls for a permanent memorial in the resort to remember veteran actress Dame Thora Hird. Dame Thora died on Saturday, aged 91. Friends of Morecambe Winter Gardens, an organisation she was a patron of,
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Night parking ban angers residents
A GROUP of residents who are not allowed to park outside their homes in the evening are up in arms because they keep getting parking tickets and have nowhere else to park. The residents, in Manley Terrace, Astley Bridge, say they are being targeted by
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Oh what a Phoenix night...
BRIAN Potter's Phoenix Club has burned down more times than the wheelchair-bound owner can care to remember. But more than 500 people turned up at the Filmworks complex in Manchester to see Potter's comic creator Peter Kay resurrect the working men's
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Town is capital for shopping
CHARGES in Bolton's council-run car parks are set to rise. But will the increase send shoppers, credit card in hand, to other local towns? writes Gayle McBain As a self-confessed shopaholic I was the perfect choice to send out to four of Bolton's close
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Foreign Legion will help us beat the drop - Gudni
GUDNI Bergsson assured Bolton fans today that they can rely on the Foreign Legion to fight to the finish in the battle to beat the drop. Wanderers fielded an all-foreign line-up at Sunderland on Saturday. It was the first time in the club's 125-year history
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Supporters in Wunderland after second half super show
FANS VIEW by Paul Cooper ON the three previous occasions I have taken my girlfriend to the match, Wanderers have lost and have not even managed to score. They were last season's home game against United and this season's games at Villa Park and Maine
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We've got what it takes to win battle - Sam
SAM Allardyce believes Wanderers have the quality and the experience to move onwards and upwards, clear of the Premiership drop zone, after consigning Sunderland to almost certain relegation. The Reebok boss admits he feared the excitement and impetus
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PREVIEW: We're not dead yet, raps Super Kev
WANDERERS know all about struggling in front of goal writes Richard Mulligan. According to Sam Allardyce it is "the over-riding difference" between the Premiership's elite and those at the wrong end of the table. Nowhere is the gulf more in evidence than
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All the match stats
WHO did what and when SUNDERLAND 0 WANDERERS 2 Wanderers 4-3-3/4-5-1 JUSSI JAASKELAINEN ... 6 Made the necessary saves but spilled a few to set hearts fluttering BRUNO N'GOTTY ... 8 Supremely solid, never looked in any serious trouble GUDNI BERGSSON .
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Anthrax vaccine scare
SAMPLES of anthrax vaccine have been found to contain a banned substance which could threaten British troops' health, a television documentary claims. A Manchester laboratory analysed Ministry of Defence tablets and found squalene, an agent which can
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Oh what a Phoenix night...
BRIAN Potter's Phoenix Club has burned down more times than the wheelchair-bound owner can care to remember. But more than 500 people turned up at the Filmworks complex in Manchester to see Potter's comic creator Peter Kay resurrect the working men's
