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JobCentre staff try hotel trade
JOBCENTRE staff are to discover what life is like at the sharp end. They are to spend a day in local hotels finding out about the jobs on offer there. Eight JobCentre Plus staff from Bolton and Bury are to see for themselves what the work entails in establishments
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Flying start for Chadwick
ANOTHER in the growing stable of talented young boxers from Tonge Boxing Club made a winning debut at Leyton Institute in Blackpool. Paul Chadwick, aged 14, appeared on the Ardwick ABC bill and showed just what a skilful and stylish performer he is by
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Why phone bosses need to hear this
THANK you for your excellent coverage of the protest by residents of The Haulgh, Bolton, over telephone boxes that we believe are being used to operate drug deals and prostitution near our homes . Residents have been forced to act in this way because
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What's happened to village?
WHAT has happened to the once lovely and thriving old village of Ainsworth between Bolton and Bury? Not so many years ago it seemed to have a heart and soul of bright and busy shops and other business premises in the centre of the village. But, on driving
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What's behind all of this anti-Americanism?
I WAS born in Bolton and was raised in Kearsley. I left about five years ago, by way of a two year spell in Eastern Holland, and I now live in a leafy working class suburb of Boston. Before you ask, I don't own a swimming pool. I was recently asked this
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Heaton loss
LIFELONG Heaton cricket supporter Harold Kell has died, aged 81. He began watching the Bolton League team in 1928 and although an all-rounder never played for the club, due mainly to the Second World War. He continued to watch them until the end of last
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Ill Victoria stopped in mid-flow
BBC Radio 5 presenter Victoria Derbyshire had to stop reading a news bulletin after she broke down because of an illness. Concerned listeners rang the Bolton Evening News to find out what was wrong with the 34-year-old, who comes from Turton, after she
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Tragedy of diver who lived for hobby
A DETECTIVE who "lived for diving" died while exploring a shipwreck on holiday in Scotland. Father of two Albert Paxford, aged 40, of Quakerfields, Westhoughton, disappeared on the dive to a depth of 51 metres below the surface. Mr Paxford, an officer
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Mark is heading for the Station
A FEW weeks ago I broke the news that the brilliant jazz twosome Ben Castle and Mark Nightingale would be headlining a concert at the Bolton Festival on Sunday, August 24. I think it fair to claim that Ben and Mark rarely, if ever, work as a unit except
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Let's get Jay-Jay to the top
YOU would think Jay-Jay Okocha had done enough over the past four weeks to become Player of the Month in the Fans' Players Awards. But it appears not. For the Wanderers star currently stands in sixth place in an online poll -- with Bolton's "arch enemy
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United fans are backing Wanderers
IF Wanderers' fans ever needed to put their rivalry with Manchester United into perspective, they need only check out the latest posting on the United We Stand website. Traditionally, Bolton fans consider the men from Old Trafford as their arch-enemies
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More pictures from Friday's shows
LOCAL funyman Peter Kay made a surprise appearance on Mark and Lard's live radio show in Bolton. His unexpected entrance was greeted with huge applause by the audience at the Life Bar Cafe who surged forward to catch the comedian's every word.
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Pupils' dish of the day on the menu
BREWERS Fayre restaurants in Bolton are launching a competition for year eight pupils at local high schools to name and design two new dishes for its children's menu, which is due to be re-launched in July this year. The dishes will be designed from a
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Truancy blitz nets 62
SIXTY-TWO youngsters were stopped during a truancy sweep in Bolton on Friday -- and around two thirds of them were with a parent. Six education social officers and six police officers took to the town centre streets searching for schoolchildren who had
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House plan
AN application for a new detached house has been submitted to Blackburn with Darwen Council. Mr and Mrs Kenyon, of Broadhead Road, Edgworth, want to build it on land next to their home.
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Old school tie for Sara
RADIO 1 DJ Sara Cox could not resist reverting back into her Smithills School uniform as she put the old school tie around her neck while filming an interview outside Life Cafe Bar in Nelson Square. Bolton-born Sara had just recorded her Breakfast Show
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Tattooist to make mark for Nathan
TATTOOIST Paul Curnock will be in action in a Bolton pub this weekend to raise funds towards lifesaving treatment for five-year-old Nathan Howarth. Nathan was born with fanconi anaemia, a rare genetic illness which affects blood cells and bone marrow.
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Don't forget the clocks . . .
THE clocks go forward by an hour on Saturday night1Sunday morning for British Summer Time. At 2am, watches and clocks should be advanced to 3am.
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Mum always there to help
A LOVING mum has received the Bolton Evening News' Bouquet of the Week on the eve of Mother's Day. Mrs Margaret Foster, of Queensgate, Heaton, was nominated by her daughter Susan, who writes:"My mum is always there for me as well as my brothers and my
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Truancy blitz nets 62
SIXTY-TWO youngsters were stopped during a truancy sweep in Bolton on Friday -- and around two thirds of them were with a parent. Six education social officers and six police officers took to the town centre streets searching for schoolchildren who had
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Bolton & district pool league
THE semi and final of the League Rules Individuals is on Wednesday, April 2, at the Crofters, Harwood, with the draw for the semi at 8pm. With only three weeks left in the season, all outstanding games must be played before the final week, Monday, April
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Radcliffe & district pool league
LATEST results Premier Division: Hamers Arms 5 S of Life A 2; Rainsough Brew 3 Roach Ht A 4; Derby Ht A 5 Church Sp St 2; S of Life B 5 Royal Oak 2. First Division: H+Hounds 4 Bridge Tav A 3; R+Crown Rams 5 Shirt Club A 2; Welcome A 6 Top Bull 1; Old
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Chetham Close Trail Race Wednesday June 4
THE seventh running of the Chetham Close 10k trail race will be held on Wednesday June 4. Last year it was run as memorial to Paul Martin raising funds for Christies in Manchester. With the closure of the Entwistle Reservoir this year the race will incorporate
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Class shows as rampant Tameside reach final
THE semi-finals of the cup competitions did not produce any surprise results. In the Warburton Cup Premier Division Hilton Tameside giving nine points start to Second Division Hilton C ran out 5-1 winners to reach the final. Although most of the games
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Killing civilians is no liberation BY FRED SHAWCROSS
THE battle for the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people has taken on a sinister new meaning. As I write this, both sides are accusing the other of firing the rocket (or rockets) which killed innocent civilians in a district of Baghdad, populated by mainly
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Bolton hospice domino league
THE BILLY Worthington Pairs Competition will be held at Breightmet on Wednesday April 2. All players to be in attendance for 8.30pm. Only one player needs to be registered in the league for this competition. The final of the Sam Smith team KO will be
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Mo's new plans will not fool anyone
WHO does Maurice Lindsay honestly think he's kidding? writes Chris Hall This week the self-righteous Wigan chairman stunned everyone with more than the memory of a goldfish by calling for a dramatic reduction in the overseas quota to "develop the next
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Whites are hot
IF anyone deserves to stay up it is Bolton for playing the game the right way. In my 46 years as a fan this is the most exciting Wanderers team I have seen. Monday night's game was classic end-to-end and all credit to Wanderers for going on all out attack
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Marsh was wrong
I WONDER what Rodney Marsh thinks about Ivan Campo now? The television pundit should give Campo a public apology for calling him overweight and a Sunday League player. Campo was not playing the best when Marsh insulted him but he went over the top. The
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Corrie's Shelley has carers at heart
CORONATION Street star Sally Lindsay has pledged her support for Carers Week 2003 which runs from June 9-15. Sally, better known as barmaid Shelley Unwin, will help to promote the event aimed at helping carers find employment and other opportunities as
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Bolton's Top 10 books
1. Edith & Pat -- True Story Life in Farnworth by Pat Cox (Felton Books £7.50). 2. In The Driving Seat by David Withnell (Upfront £11.95). 3. Lola Rose by Jacqueline Wilson (Doubleday £10.99). 4. Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella (Black Swan
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Jack's squad are county stars
NINE members of Jack Caldwell's middle and long distance squad represented Greater Manchester and Lancashire in the recent English Schools Cross Country Championships. This represents more than threequarters of the eligible athletes training with the
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Harriers join race for top multi-race tour
HORWICH RMI Harriers is planning on hosting a race series it hopes will become the region's most popular athletics multi-race event. The club has organised a five stage Countryside Tour this summer, which it believes could soon take over from the Tour
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Big cash boost for the Octagon
BOLTON'S Octagon Theatre has received a funding boost to help it expand its work over the next three years. The Octagon will get more than £1.5million in grants. The theatre will receive a total of £1,583,952 over the next three years after being awarded
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Rocket team blast the opposition
A FARNWORTH school won a trip to Moscow when they blasted away the opposition in a rocket science competition. Mount St Joseph's R.C. School emerged triumphant from a field of five other schools in Bolton and Bury and will now travel to the Russian capital
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Disabled grandad jailed after knife attack
A DISABLED grandfather was jailed for 18 months for attacking his grand-daughter's partner with a knife. Randolph Godding, aged 67, was jailed for inflicting a superficial knife wound on Michael Taylor. But pandemonium broke out in court when he was sentenced
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Sara on the spot
PUPILS from Smithills School -- Sara's old school -- spent 20 minutes quizzing the DJ on a range of topics after watching her present her Breakfast Show. Here is a selection of their questions -- and Sara's answers: How did you become a DJ? I've been
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New courthouse is the 'only option'
THE building of a multi-million pound courthouse is considered by Bolton's council chiefs to be the only option to replace the ageing court building in Le Mans Crescent. Planners are now scouring the town looking for possible alternative sites for a new
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Old school tie for Sara
RADIO 1 DJ Sara Cox could not resist reverting back into her Smithills School uniform as she put the old school tie around her neck while filming an interview outside Life Cafe Bar in Nelson Square. Bolton-born Sara had just recorded her Breakfast Show
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College in a spin for Christie's
BOLTON Community College is holding a charity event in aid of Christie's Against Cancer. The fundraising event will take place on Saturday, May 3, at the Ukrainian Club, in Castle Street, The Haulgh, starting at 7.30 pm. Tickets are priced at £10 which
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Top trio set to fight to finish
IN the Bolton Darts League in aid of the Bolton Senior Gateway Club for Mentally Handicapped Adults, the focus is on the Ladies Section One at the Moonlight Club, St George's Road where a ding-dong battle is taking place between three players who are
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Knockout darts
LAST week's winner of the Founders Darts KO was Dave Smith, going out on a 151 finish against Wayne Merrick with some brilliant dart throwing from all players. Losing semis were Mick Daniels and Dave Trippier. No high lady prize this week. Knockout every
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Perfect end for worthy winners Westhoughton
HALLIWELL Winter Rounders League completed its season in perfect weather when all 12 teams played in the Russell Seddon Tournament. The teams played in three groups of four, the grouping being based on the final league positions. League champions Darcy
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Triple 'D' League
CROSS Guns A team beat the Down and Outs B team in an exciting final of the Ladies Three a Side Competition at RHCC. The members were M Bell, J Partington, D Meanley (Cross Guns A); J Broxton, E Luke, A Redburn (Down and Outs B). The score was 5-4 for
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Astley Bridge area darts league
THE Ladies 133s competition will be on Monday March 31 at the Lord Raglan Halliwell Road (free entry). A full list of qualifiers are as follows: S Stott, S Whyte, C Hardman, A Duncan, L Grundy, J Gregory, V Rayner, J Roberts, S Spencer, P Hamer, C Nightingale
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Looking at the future for Iraq
OVER the last week or so we have seen horrific pictures in our newspapers and on our television screens of the war in Iraq. We have heard news of troops being killed by so-called friendly fire and of innocent people being bombed when guided missiles go
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This attack on Iraq is a war of aggression
THE three correspondents who replied to me in the Bolton Evening News on Tuesday, March 25, do not appear to realise that two important principles of International Law were established at Nuremburg. The first was that "the planning, initiation and waging
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For Pete's sake!
SKY Sports pundit Andy Gray may be tactically aware but linguistically... that's a different matter. He's having trouble pronouncing the name of Wanderers star Pierre-Yves Andre. Instead, he calls him Peter Andre, to the amusement of his colleagues.
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Flattery, it would appear, will get you everywhere.
TWO days after extolling the virtues of Sky TV and stressing the importance to the club of the satellite station's cash backing, Phil Gartside was told another fixture - the game at Southampton on May 3 - would be screened live on pay-per-view. Not a
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The Reebok Week reviewed by Gordon Sharrock
SATURDAY: NO game for Wanderers but West Ham's predictable home victory over Sunderland means they drop into the bottom three. Birmingham rub salt into the Reebok wounds, beating West Brom in the Midlands derby with a Geoff Horsfield goal - four minutes
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Disgust at attack on horse Gus
SARA Cox spoke of her disgust at hearing that her childhood horse, Gus, was burned in an horrific attack -- and she has paid him a special visit. Petrol was poured over the horse's back which was then set alight while he was in stables in Cedar Avenue
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Mark and Lard . . . and Peter
COMEDIAN Peter Kay made a surprise appearance on Mark and Lard's live radio show in Bolton. His unexpected entrance was greeted with huge applause by the audience at the Life Bar Cafe who surged forward to catch the comedian's every word. Peter, who brings
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Sara on the spot
PUPILS from Smithills School -- Sara's old school -- spent 20 minutes quizzing the DJ on a range of topics after watching her present her Breakfast Show. Here is a selection of their questions -- and Sara's answers: How did you become a DJ? I've been
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£5,000 award puts school on screen
A BOLTON school has been awarded £5,000 to increase parent involvement in their children's achievements. Rumworth school in Ladybridge has won a BT education award to record and present pupils' acheivements using information technology. The award involves
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Rocket team blast the opposition
A FARNWORTH school won a trip to Moscow when they blasted away the opposition in a rocket science competition. Mount St Joseph's R.C. School emerged triumphant from a field of five other schools in Bolton and Bury and will now travel to the Russian capital
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Pupils' dish of the day on the menu
BREWERS Fayre restaurants in Bolton are launching a competition for year eight pupils at local high schools to name and design two new dishes for its children's menu, which is due to be re-launched in July this year. The dishes will be designed from a
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Open house when head Isobel retires
A NURSERY school headteacher is inviting past pupils and families to come and join her retirement celebration. After 27 years of being a headteacher, Isobel Marron is retiring from St Germain Nursery School in Farnworth. To celebrate she is holding an
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House plan
AN application for a new detached house has been submitted to Blackburn with Darwen Council. Mr and Mrs Kenyon, of Broadhead Road, Edgworth, have want to build it on land next to their home.
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£5,000 award puts school on screen
A BOLTON school has been awarded £5,000 to increase parent involvement in their children's achievements. Rumworth school in Ladybridge has won a BT education award to record and present pupils' acheivements using information technology. The award involves
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Man who took car is jailed
A 28-YEAR-old man was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment after pleading guilty to taking a car. Thomas West, of Daisy Street, Bolton, appeared at Bolton magistrates court charged with a number of motoring offences, including taking a Ford Escort without
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Motorist cleared of car drag charge
A MOTORIST has been cleared by a jury of reversing his car at speed and dragging a man along the road. Stuart Bentley had denied the offence and said he had been trying to escape from his partner's brother Paul Molyneux at the time. Mr Molyneux claimed
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Ill Victoria stopped in mid-flow
BBC Radio 5 presenter Victoria Derbyshire had to stop reading a news bulletin after she broke down because of an illness. Concerned listeners rang the Bolton Evening News to find out what was wrong with the 34-year-old, who comes from Turton, after she
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Rock star concert blocked
LANCASHIRE Cricket Club chiefs may appeal against a decision to block a concert by American rock star Bruce Springsteen at their Old Trafford ground. The club had already sold 50,000 tickets for the event on May 29, but Trafford councillors refused to
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Alert over contaminated vodka
FURTHER warnings are being issued about bottles of vodka contaminated with the dangerous chemical methanol. The bottle of Original Vodka Russian Export Quality was found to contain the substance in Scotland recently and Bolton Council's Environmental
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Roeder agony over one that got away
GLENN Roeder could spend the summer agonising over the one that got away if Wanderers beat West Ham in the Premiership survival race. For while Sam Allardyce is hailing Florent Laville as the man who has tightened up his defence, the Hammers boss is left
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Turton and Edgworth Pool
LATEST details DIVISION ONE P W L B F Pt Hare and Hounds A... 16 10 6 20 65 85 Globe... 16 11 5 22 59 81 Pack B... 15 10 5 20 58 78 Bradshaw Con Club... 15 9 6 18 55 73 Hark to Towler... 15 9 6 18 55 73 Spread Eagle A... 15 7 8 14 53 67 Brook A... 14
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Deane and Daubhill pool league
THIS week sees the semi final of the Victory Reform Team K/O on Tuesday, and the Final of the Ukrainian Club Three-a-Side K/O on Wednesday. The Winter league is to all intents and purposes now finished, although there are still this week's results to
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Tennis hope Emily eats up the challenge
THE idea of healthy eating and cutting down on fizzy pop might sound like a nightmare for most 10-year-olds but that is exactly what budding tennis ace Emily Egan-Morriss must put up with. Emily, who is a pupil at Bolton School, has been selected to join
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Champs bounce back
DIVISION One champions, Walmersley, made a poor start to the handicap event, beaten by Bradshaw, but bounced back this week with a win over Guild Hall A. The mixed sets were crucial, when the usual easy control of Dave Gerrard and Steve Routledge was
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Gig guide
March 31 Kathryn Williams plays Bridgewater Hall. April 1 Matchbox Twenty play Manchester Apollo. April 9 Blazin Squad play Manchester Apollo. April 10 Blazin Squad play Manchester Apollo.
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Open house when head Isobel retires
A NURSERY school headteacher is inviting past pupils and families to come and join her retirement celebration. After 27 years of being a headteacher, Isobel Marron is retiring from St Germain Nursery School in Farnworth. To celebrate she is holding an
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HAMMOND DOMINO LEAGUE
P W L F A Df Pt Anglers Club... 26 18 8 203 187 +16 48 Rumworth LC... 27 18 9 211 187 +24 44 L Ladies (Anglers)... 26 17 9 205 185 +20 44 Oasis Club*... 26 12 14 203 190 +23 41 Sweet Green*... 25 16 9 202 173 +29 40 Bradford Ward... 27 14 13 196 188 +
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Ex-RL coach dies
, aged 72 WELL respected ex-Rugby League player and coach Ronnie Helme, who was responsible for developing talented youth players from the Leigh area has died, aged 72. In the 1950s he played scrum-half for Rochdale Hornets and after retirement turned
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An ode to Jay-Jay
On a day with little to do, I thought I'd write a poem to you. To say alreet, howdo and wotcha, And ask, did you see the ice cool Okocha? What a performance full of passion and verve, And at the end he kept his nerve, To slot the ball past the hapless
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Glad to see the back of Farrelly
I FEEL I must respond to Mr Don McNamara's letter in which he says Gareth Farrelly was not given a fair deal by the Wanderers fans. Like him I thought Farrelly was a decent passer but that was all he was. The statistic was raised this season that Wanderers
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Goalkeeper wanted
A BOLTON over-35s side need a goalkeeper to cover the last five games of the season. The team play in the Bolton Sports Federation Veterans League on Sunday mornings. Contact Dave Hales on 07971 556101 (day) or 410283.
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Soccer contest will remember victim Billy
A JUNIOR football tournament is to be held in memory of a schoolboy killed in a collision with a motorbike. Billy Dean, aged eight, was walking along a pavement outside the Hare and Hounds pub in Market Street, Stoneclough, when he was hit by the motorbike
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Farnworth snooker league
LATEST details PAIRS Competition sponsored by Farnworth Snooker Club. The final was played on Wednesday March 19 -- G Steadman & C Steadman 2, T Daley & M Daley 0. Three-a-Side Competition sponsored by Hawkers Social Club. Semi-finals Monday April
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Bolton & district snooker association
LATEST results: Section One: Halliwell A 6 Deane C 2; Dunscar C 8 Rumworth D 0; Rumworth B 6 Bradshaw A 2; Over Hulton B 4 Rumworth A 4; Adlington 3 Halliwell C 6; Plodder Lane A 2 Tonge Moor B 7; Deane C 1 Tonge Moor A 8; Rumworth C 5 Breightmet A 0.
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Bolton Snooker
THREE a side quarter finals sponsored by Bradshaw Conservative Club March 31 Halliwell Cons Club: Horwich RMI B v Rileys SC A1 A. Tonge Ward LC: Greenfields PMC A v Bradshaw Cons C. The semi final involving either Deane Cons or Railwaymens B and Victory
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Sue's double success
HORWICH RMI Harrier Sue Jones continued where she left off at the beginning of the month in Clitheroe, as she won her second duathlon in a row. This time she dominated the ladies race in last Sunday's Colne Duathlon (3.1 mile run, 23 mile bike, 3.1 mile
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Shops plan still on for old greyhound track
THE owners of the site of Bolton's former greyhound stadium have renewed a bid to transform it into a major shopping complex. The group of local businessmen have asked to renew an outline planning application granted for the project three years ago. If
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Soccer contest will remember victim Billy
A JUNIOR football tournament is to be held in memory of a schoolboy killed in a collision with a motorbike. Billy Dean, aged eight, was walking along a pavement outside the Hare and Hounds pub in Market Street, Stoneclough, when he was hit by the motorbike
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Teenagers who grabbed boy round throat are locked up
TWO teenagers who robbed a 17-year-old boy after grabbing him by the throat were sent to youth custody. Andrew Gorman and Gareth Lomax approached the youth and ordered him to hand over his money as he was walking along Shifnall Street, on the outskirts
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Mark and Lard . . . and Peter
COMEDIAN Peter Kay made a surprise appearance on Mark and Lard's live radio show in Bolton. His unexpected entrance was greeted with huge applause by the audience at the Life Bar Cafe who surged forward to catch the comedian's every word. Peter, who brings
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Colls stun Ashton
ATHERTON Collieries earned a well deserved 1-1 away draw at Glossop North End last Saturday, but went one better in mid week at Curzon Ashton with a brilliant 3-0 victory. Goals from new boys Alex Hinchcliffe (2) and Greg Brickell did the trick.
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DERBY DARTS
P W L F A Pt Jackie's Girls... 10 10 0 96 47 20 Boardwalkers... 11 8 3 90 68 16 Wanderers... 10 6 4 81 54 12 3-in-a-Bed... 11 6 5 82 83 12 Cattlemarket... 10 6 4 69 81 12 KG's Girls... 8 5 3 73 47 10 Ladies Tavs... 11 5 6 79 86 10 Kath's Girls... 10 4
