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Terminal One gets £5.5m overhaul
THE first phase of a £5.5 million redevelopment of Manchester Airport's Terminal One has been completed. Two high-capacity lifts now connect the ground floor of the terminal building with the first-floor departures lounge -- near the MyTravel check-in
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Minimum wage rise welcomed
LOW pay campaigners have welcomed a rise in the minimum wage -- but they still do not think it is enough to live on. The Government has announced that the figure will go up from £4.20 an hour to £4.50 in October -- a rise of about seven per cent. The
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Bolton 3rd XI 3 vs. Preston 3rd XI 4
This was Bolton's last league game of the season, but despite finishing third in league, Bolton fell to a 4 - 3 defeat with a combination of poor finishing and poor umpiring decisions. Bolton welcomed the return of retired club coach, Dinker Patel in
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Town holidays
IN THE Bolton Evening News of March 12, Angela Kelly referred to "Bolton Wakes". This was a misnomer, as the Bolton Holidays were never referred to as "Wakes". It was used in some other Lancashire towns, but never in Bolton, where the name was always
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Battlefield trips
I AM the local contact for the War Research Society, run mainly by retired and serving police officers and ex-servicemen as a charitable hobby. It was founded many years ago and supports a number of charities including the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal
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Time to get it right over the by-pass issue
REGARDING the report in the Bolton Evening News on March 6 "Residents to have say at by-pass meeting". Bearing in mind their minimal contribution to the local exchequer, and having seen property values rocket, should Hartford Road residents, who, in some
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Disbelief over Vicar
I READ with some disbelief, the Rev Williams' weekly column on March 17. Once again he sees the world as he wishes to see it, rather than as it really is. If democracy is a central principle of the Muslim faith, the Muslims of the Middle East seem unaware
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Unsung heroes of the schools in our country
RECENTLY had occasion to work-shadow an experienced Learning Support Assistant (formerly Special Needs Assistant) in a Local Education Authority secondary school in the Greater Manchester area. The learning curve was higher than anticipated. During the
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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: WEST HAM Fixtures Sat Apr 5: Southampton A 15:00 Sat Apr 12: Aston Villa H 15:00 Sat Apr 19: Wanderers A 15:00 Mon Apr
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Beaten dad: Rail police swoop on soccer thugs
POLICE hunting a gang of football hooligans who attacked a father-of-two at Chorley railway station have made a string of arrests across Bolton. Eleven people have been arrested in connection with the attack which left the 47-year-old -- identified only
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Sam buying British in future
FOOTBALL'S failing finances could spark a return to Bolton buying British. Wanderers fielded a totally foreign team for the first time in the club's history at Sunderland last Saturday. It was a stark illustration at how Sam Allardyce has concentrated
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What's on offer in the region this year
Here we take a look at what's on in the pick of the North West theatres. One of the highlights at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, is the classic Harold Brighouse play, Hobson's Choice. This will be its first showing at the Royal Exchange. Trevor
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Digital watch on speeders
HIGH profile speed cameras are to be used on roadworks on the M6 in Greater Manchester. The speed cameras are being mounted on highly visible yellow posts to police 50mph speed limits. The latest digital SPECS cameras are to be used, situated at the beginning
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Heroines of the ward
CARING community nurses have eased life for a Farnworth man with health problems. So David Cowell nominated the nurses at Farnworth Health Centre, in Fredrick Street, for the Bolton Evening News' Bouquet of the Week. "They have been looking after me for
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Benefit fraud squad's swoop
FRAUD inspectors are set to clamp down on benefits cheats. Officers from the Benefit Fraud Inspectorate are visiting Bury to help reduce its multi-million pound housing benefits bill. Bury and seven other "poor performing" councils give £200 million to
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Club bowled over by a cash boost
A VANDAL-HIT crown green bowling club is celebrating a cash award of £850. Members of Bradford Street Veterans Bowling and Social Club in Farnworth have suffered a series of attacks on their club over the past three years. Chairman Jack Peers said vandals
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Private firms could step in to save threatened homes
BURY'S threatened council-run old people's homes could be bought up and run as going concerns by private firms. The glimmer of hope for Warthfield in Bury and Whittaker House in Radcliffe emerged this week as councillors delayed making a decision on these
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Beaten dad: Rail police swoop on soccer thugs
POLICE hunting a gang of football hooligans who attacked a father-of-two at Chorley railway station have made a string of arrests across Bolton. Eleven people have been arrested in connection with the attack which left the 47-year-old -- identified only
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Woman banned from keeping pets
TWO young rabbits found dead in a back garden hutch by an RSPCA inspector had not been fed or given water for several days, a court heard. RSPCA inspector Cathy Hyde discovered the four-month-old rabbbits, Flopsy and Mopsy, in a hutch at the rear of a
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Humps back wail!
A SERIES of speed humps installed by Bolton Council have had to be dug up and replaced days later because they did not meet the authority's own specifications. The humps on Whitecroft Road, Old Kiln Lane and Markland Hill, in Heaton, had been built to
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Man denies a part in plot to kill drug boss
A MAN accused of plotting to kill Bolton drugs baron Billy Webb as he lay asleep in his home denied being involved in his death, a court heard. Mr Webb was shot dead as he slept with his girlfriend in his flat in Whitledge Road, Bryn, Wigan, after two
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All radio roads lead to Bolton
BOLTON has always has a strong connection with Radio 1 -- after all two of its most popular presenters, Sara Cox and Mark Radcliffe, are Bolton born and bred. And now they are coming home, for the weekend at least, as Radio 1 visits Life Cafe in Bolton
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Deane and Daubhill pool
THERE is a Delegates meeting this Sunday March 23 at the Jolly Waggoner at 8pm. Entry forms are due back at this meeting for all existing teams planning to enter the Summer League. SEAN JENNINGS PREMIER SECTION P W D L F A FD Pts Beasts... 15 11 0 4 44
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Bolton & district pool league
TAKING Place of the World Rules Individuals, which has been cancelled, is the Crofters Three Man Team Knockout (Sponsored by the Crofters, Harwood). This will be played on Wednesday, March 26. Players to be in attendance for play to start at 8.30pm. Result
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Who did what!
LATEST results: Section A: Metros A 2 Markland Hill B 16; Forrest A 2 Christ Church 16; Bury A 14 Chowbent A 4. Section B: Hawkshaw A 13 Sharples A 5; Park A 10 Raquets 8; Swinton 13 GMT A 5; Chowbent B 8 Bury B 10. Section C: Chowbent C 5 Springfield
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RMI Fell team on rise
GRAHAM Schofield and Suzanne Budgett were RMI's top finishers in the first English Fell Championship race of the season at Crowden in Derbyshire. But it was Ladies' fell captain Mary White who stole the show for Horwich with victory in the over 50s category
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Rammy maintain lead despite Chadwick brace
NO change at the top of the Premier Division as unbeaten Ramsbottom A beat Cricketers 7-2, Jim Chadwick winning the two Cricketers' sets. Tameside in second place also won 7-2 against Little Lever with Phil Biggs unbeaten, and Farnworth in third place
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Wenger looks ready to do 'a Keegan'
MARCH means many things. It is the first daffodils of Spring, the clocks going back and road works everywhere as the councils use up the last of the budget writes Mick Jones It is also the time that Fergie starts his mind games and, apart from the idea
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Farnworth Snooker League
INDIVIDUAL Competition sponsored by Cuemasters Snooker Club Semi Final and Final Monday March 24: J Greenhalgh Jnr 40 (K&R Cons); Craig Steadman -21, Alan Dawber -10, Ryan Hayhurst 10 (Farnworth Vets). The draw will be made on the night at Cuemasters
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Appleby makes the running
DANNY Appleby just beat Mike Howard to Radcliffe AC's top finish in the Ogden Reservoir 10k multi-terrain race. Appleby managed 23rd spot, just ahead of Howard in 25th with their times 44.23 and 44.43 respectively. Craig Lutener was next in for the club
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Memories galore from musical celebration
ORGANISERS of a five-day celebration of Bolton's best young musical talent have hailed the festival a success. More than 200 schoolchildren delighted packed audiences at Bolton's Albert Halls during a five-day musical extravaganza. Primary school youngsters
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Man, 87 dies after coillision
POLICE in Tameside are appealing for witnesses after an elderly pedestrian died following a collision with a car in Mossley. A 87-year-old man attempted to cross the A635 Manchester Road at about 4.15pm on Thursday and collided with a Range Rover driven
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MONDAY PREMIER LEAGUE
P W D L F A GD Disc Pts AK's Wrexham... 5 5 0 0 81 32 49 0 15 Breightmet Utd... 5 3 0 2 51 28 23 2 9 Champions... 5 3 0 2 43 36 7 0 9 SCM... 5 3 0 2 44 39 5 0 9 Tynes Bank... 5 2 1 2 41 57 -16 0 7 Roach Material... 5 1 1 3 42 58 -16 0 4 Shamrock... 5
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Derby darts
LATEST details P W L F A Pts Jackie's Girls... 10 10 0 96 47 20 Boardwalkers... 10 7 3 82 61 14 3-in-a-Bed... 10 6 4 75 75 12 KG's Girls... 8 5 3 73 47 10 Wanderers... 9 5 4 70 50 10 Ladies Tavs... 10 5 5 73 77 10 Cattlemarket... 9 5 4 60 75 10 Kath's
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Bolton Darts League
IN THE Bolton Darts League in aid of the Bolton Senior Gateway Club for Mentally Handicapped Adults, the Ladies Section Two (Moonlight Club Friday), Marian Heyes leads by two points from Sandy Dyson with Rita Heaton in third and Edith Stephens in fourth
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Triple 'D' League
ALTERATIONS to fixtures -- Men Section B Lodge Bank Tavern new secretary Brian Colgan 419394. All games must be played and cards sent in. Any outstanding games must be completed in the week of grace, commencing Monday April 7. Any games not completed
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Fans will rally to the cause says Nat
FEW players in the history of Bolton Wanderers have appreciated the club's supporters more than Nat Lofthouse. Bolton's most famous footballing son was a fan himself before he became the idol of a generation and knows as well as anyone the benefit of
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What's on at the Lowry
The world premiere production of Salman Rushdie's new play Midnight's Children, which comes to The Lowry from June 3 to 7. Rushdie's Booker prize winning classic story of the magic, myth making and mischief of modern India is brought to the stage for
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Bank accounts tax warning
BRITISH residents who hold bank accounts in Ireland are being urged to ensure that they comply with tax laws in this country, an accountancy firm has warned. The Inland Revenue is carrying out investigations into British residents with Irish bank accounts
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Ladies share the spoils
BOLTON gained a useful two points when they drew 3-3 at Didsbury Northern in a match which seemed to swing back and forth, as both sides led at different times. Didsbury started brightly and made the first breakthrough, but Bolton quickly countered through
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Mixed bag for Forrest as relegation sours success
FORREST Badminton Club look like ending the season with mixed blessings. Their A team will finish in the bottom half of A Section while their B team faces relegation from the top division. Forrest C, however, will certainly earn promotion from D Section
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Appalled by attitude
AS a Conservative, I am appalled at the current supine attitude of Ian Duncan Smith over the Iraq situation. Instead of meekly supporting Blair and Bush, he should be wholeheartedly opposing British participation in this ludicrous enterprise. To participate
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Residentsfight phone box crime
RESIDENTS have launched a campaign to "blow away" phone boxes used by prostitutes and drug dealers. They are set to hold a demonstration against BT, which is refusing to remove the four kiosks in Bromwich Street, The Haulgh, despite a wave of protest.
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Radcliffe & district pool league
A DELEGATE meeting will be held on Monday March 31 at The Horseshoe Inn, Radcliffe, 8.30pm. Will teams in trophy places please forward a list of names for engraving purposes. Please note that the league provide for 10 trophies per team. Any team/player
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Sam gets help from ex-champ
TEN-time world darts champion Phil Taylor is set to share Wanderers' back room staff in a bid to win back his PDC crown. 'The Power' was at the Reebok Stadium , along with current world champ John Part, to give Sam Allardyce some pointers ahead of the
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The Reebok Week reviewed
SATURDAY: WANDERERS give their survival hopes a lift with an impressive 2-0 win at Sunderland, leaving the Black Cats rooted at the foot of the table. Luck plays a part with home keeper Thomas Sorensen turning Jay-Jay Okocha's cross-shot into his own
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Fans can play a part says Super John
JOHN McGinlay is confident Sam Allardyce has the ability and the talent at his disposal to win the battle for survival and make Wanderers a permanent fixture in the Premiership. "Super" John is predicting a nail-biting fight to the finish but, with the
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Food hygiene plan gets cash boost
BOLTON Council has been awarded £10,000 to support new food hygiene schemes in the town. It was one of 10 local authorities which earned the right to get cash help from the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The awards have been made after the FSA invited authorities
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Knifepoint car theft terror of girl, 19
A 19-YEAR-OLD girl was threatened with a knife by a thug who then stole her car. The teenager was returning alone to her car on the ground level of All Saints Street car park in Bolton following a night out with friends when she was approached by a man
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New minibus for Ring and Ride
RING and Ride users in Bolton are benefiting from a new addition to the fleet following the delivery of a new state-of-the-art vehicle. Ring and Ride is a fully accessible door- to-door transport service designed to provide short local journeys for people
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Fans support our campaign for Big Sam's men
WANDERERS fans stepped out into the spring sunshine with bright faces and beaming smiles yesterday -- to join the Bolton Evening News "Keep the Whites Up" campaign. We launched our campaign yesterday to rally support for Bolton Wanderers as the team enter
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Late kick-offs pile on pressure - Sam
SAM Allardyce has hailed his players' powers of concentration which are keeping Wanderers' heads above relegation water. Allardyce is unhappy at the lengthy spells between games which he believes are adding extra pressure to their relegation fight. He
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Bolton pin down wrestling success
IT has been a busy start to the year for the Bolton Olympic Wrestling Club team. Laura Sinclair and Jason Edwardson travelled without the team to the Scottish Eastern District Championships, where Laura came first at 54K and Jason came second at 76K.
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Slender Seaside success
TYLDESLEY RUFC enjoyed their visit to the seaside after a slender 9-6 victory virtually ensured their place in the league for next season and condemned hosts Blackpool to a end of season battle for survival. Tyldesley started the brighter of the two sides
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COMEDY
ALBERT HALLS, Bolton The Best In Stand Up MC Sean Meo introduces Gina Yashere, Phil Nichol, Paul Tonkinson and Jack Russell Saturday, 8pm and Sat 11.30pm, £13/£14, £6 conc. Otis Lee Crenshaw Rich Hall plays the five times married ex convict and country
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The crippling cost of debt BY FRED SHAWCROSS
IN the frantic activity created by events in the Middle East, one mind-numbing statistic scurried past public awareness without getting the attention it deserved. It was mentioned and debated, all too briefly I considered. But, given normal exposure,
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Heavenly hen dos BY NICOLA MOSTYN
JUST to prove I don't just make things up for the sake of my column, and that all my mates actually are getting hitched, I went to my first hen do last weekend. Happily, there was no mention of Blackpool, L Plates did not come into the equation and I
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Semi-final tickets on sale on Monday
TICKETS for the semi-final at Huddersfield's McAlpine Stadium on Sunday April 13, kick-off 2pm, go on sale to season ticket holders on Monday. All remaining tickets will go on general sale after the London Broncos fixture on Friday. Tickets prices range
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Farrell held back for fixture frenzy
WIGAN skipper Andy Farrell will be held back from first team action for another week as coach Stuart Raper prepares for an onslaught from Super League's big guns. Farrell, who has been out of action for three weeks after picking up a knee injury in the
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My battlers can stay up says Patterson
MARK Patterson believes Leigh RMI have the fight to save them from relegation. The struggling Conference side have slipped back into the bottom three following two successive defeats, but the manager was pleased with the way his players responded despite
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Bolton & district snooker league
THE draw for the three-a-side quarter-finals, sponsored by Bradshaw Conservative Club, is as follows: March 26 at Emmett Street Social Club -- Deane Cons v Railwaymens B; Derby Ward LC, Victory Reform v Farnworth Snooker D. Semis scheduled for April 2
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15th Biffa/Adidas Roddlesworth Roller 6 mile Multi terrain race
FULL report Conditions - Very wet under foot, strong winds. Course Records: Neil Wilkinson 30 mins 55 secs, Lisa Heyes 35 mins 53 secs The 15th Roddlesworth Roller saw an increased field for 2003 and attracted its usual high quality field. First home
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Missing man: Body found
OFFICERS searching for a 40-year-old man who had been missing from his home in Oldham since Tuesday have found his body in the Denshaw area. A police officer found Richard Henderson's car parked near New Years Bridge Reservoir on Huddersfield Road shortly
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Memories galore from musical celebration
ORGANISERS of a five-day celebration of Bolton's best young musical talent have hailed the festival a success. More than 200 schoolchildren delighted packed audiences at Bolton's Albert Halls during a five-day musical extravaganza. Primary school youngsters
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Triple 'D' League
LATEST details ONLY two weeks left of the Winter Season, all games must be played and cards sent in. Outstanding games to be completed in the week of grace -- Monday, April 7, otherwise they will be deemed null and void. Summer League 2003, registration
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Gudni's farewell party delayed
GUDNI Bergsson's international return for the game against Scotland on March 29 has forced the Wanderers' skipper to re-schedule his farewell to the Bolton Wanderers Supporters Association. The members-only event will now be held on Wednesday, April 2
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Charlton spur for Monday
SIMON Charlton could give Sam Allardyce a welcome Premiership selection headache ahead of Monday's Reebok clash with Spurs. The reliable left back will have shaken off the knee injury that kept him out of the Sunderland game in time for a recall against
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Triples darts
THE WILLIAM Hill Triples Cup and the Bill Osborne Memorial High Score Cup in aid of St Ann's Hospice final takes place at Little Lever Workingmen's Club on Friday April 4, 8pm, entry fee £2 per person donation, cup and trophies to winners, trophies to
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Keep the Whites up campaign kicks off
THE "Keep the Whites Up" campaign is proving a big success. The Bolton Evening News wants to rally support for the battle to avoid relegation. The campaign underlines our unqualified backing for Sam Allardyce and his survival squad as they bid to beat
