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Having a say on regional referendum
THE Government's exercise in gauging interest in the idea of holding referendums on regional government has had a good response from the North-west. The North West Regional Assembly says 2,000 replies were submitted from the region. Ministers are trying
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Market movers information for Wednesday
Risers Cookson up 1.75p to 21p Market comment that South African activities are undervalued BG Group up 7p to 256p Positive annual general meeting statement Cable & Wireless up 2p to 81p New contract signed ICI up 4p to 122.25p Rally continues after
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Photos lead to Scouts reunion
ON January 2, I printed two photographs sent to me by Mr Gordon White, of Fairfields, Egerton, one of the 28th Bolton St Margaret Scouts at their summer camp in 1949, the other picture the same year of pupils at Pikes Lane School at Somerford Camp. "The
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Family were on the move to America
SOME time ago, Brenda Vazquez of New York put a message on the Evening News' Old Pals message board, and received a reply from Dale Gerrard on behalf of his grandmother, Florence Wolstenholme from Farnworth. "Florence is my grandfather's niece, and Dale
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£3m bill for danger road
THREE million pounds is to be spent on safety work on a road considered one of the most dangerous in Bolton. Extensive resurfacing and safety measures will be carried out along the 2.1km stretch of Beaumont Road. Council chiefs have decided to carry out
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Fireproof help for our troops
BRITISH troops could soon be wearing new protective clothing invented by researchers at the Bolton Institute. Staff from the institute, Salford University and the University of Sheffield have come together to try to find a new way of making synthetic
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What's on the box
SOCCER: UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg, Manchester United v Real Madrid - ITV 7.30pm; Champions League highlights - ITV 11.20pm. SNOOKER: Embassy World Championship from Sheffield - BBC2 1pm, 6.45pm, 8pm, 11.20pm. CRICKET: Fifth day of
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Family were on the move to America
SOME time ago, Brenda Vazquez of New York put a message on the Bolton Evening News' Old Pals message board, and received a reply from Dale Gerrard on behalf of his grandmother, Florence Wolstenholme from Farnworth. "Florence is my grandfather's niece,
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Hay blaze
FIREFIGHTERS had to pump water from a canal to tackle a blaze in a pile of hay at Blundell Road, Blackrod last night.
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Kidnap quiz man released
A 22-year-old Bolton man arrested on Tuesday in connection with the abduction of a Bolton businesswoman has been released without charge. The 47-year-old woman was forced to drive to Leeds at knifepoint after being grabbed by a man as she was getting
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Taking care of reptiles
REPTILE enthusiasts can pick up tips on looking after their pets when at the Middlebrook later this week. The Reptile Trust will be at the Pets at Home store, Horwich, on Saturday and Sunday from 11am until 4pm. Visitors are advised not to take their
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Name: Barry Briggs
Rank: BDR Regiment: 3 RHA Unit: O P BASE TELIC BFPO No: 647 Message: We can't wait for you to come home. All out love Emma, Adam, Isobelle, Christine, Dale, Stacey, Sarah, Ste and everbody who knows you. From: Mrs Boulding Tel number: 07929962742
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Duo's musical to blues legend
THE Blues Brothers legend comes to Bolton on Friday when the Blue Brothers Soul, Rhythm and Blue review comes to the Albert Halls. The tribute band features Bill Eccles-Smith, who changed his name by dead poll to "Joliet Jake Blues," and his partner John
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Gardeners' chance to blossom
BLOOMING communal gardens and attractive hanging baskets could win prizes for council estate residents in Leigh. Wigan and Leigh Housing is inviting its tenants to take part in an amateur gardening competition. The Borough In Bloom competition -- which
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Name: John S Horrocks
Rank: Staff Sgt Regiment: 7 Para RHA Unit: BFPO No: BFPO 660 Message: Dear Dad, I'm really proud of you, can't wait till your home. I love you and miss you loads, lots of love Natalie Power / Shorrocks From: Natalie Power / Shorrocks Tel number: 01240
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Name: Gareth Jones (25105173)
Rank: L/BDR Regiment: 3RHA Unit: C Battery BFPO No: 647 Message: Heard your message on answering machine. Hope you can call soon. Proud of you and the lads and we wait for your safe return, Love all at home. From: Yvonne Jones Tel number: 01204 373508
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realname: BARRIE ASPINALL
rank: L/BDR Regiment: 7 PARA RHA Unit: I B/TRY BFPO No: 660 Message: Hiya b,just to let you know how much we love you,we all miss you very much.look after youreself, come home soon.love from mum ,tone and the rest of the family.xxxxx address: anne.aspinall9
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Rare birds alert
GREATER Manchester Police is keeping an eye on the nests of protected rare birds. Insp Denise McGowan, wildlife liaison officer, is urging landowners, birdwatchers, ramblers and other members of the public to help the police, too. "There was a time when
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Duo's musical to blues legend
THE Blues Brothers legend comes to Bolton on Friday when the Blue Brothers Soul, Rhythm and Blue review comes to the Albert Halls. The tribute band features Bill Eccles-Smith, who changed his name by dead poll to "Joliet Jake Blues," and his partner John
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MP launches crackdown on bullies
B URY MP Ivan Lewis, the junior education minister, has spoken of the torment he suffered at the hands of school bullies - as he launched a tough new package to crackdown on such behaviour. Mr Lewis has announced measures which he hopes will ensure bullying
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Latest results
ALL the scores RESULTS - Section A: Darcy Lever CC B 142 Prices A 116; Little Lever XI 128 Heaton CC A 129; Nationwide XI 85 (I) Aspull Ladies 63; Darcy Lever C&SC A 195 Farnworth & District Vets 135; Heaton XI 125 Rupert Ladies A 184 (I). Section
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Player of the Year date
THE first round of the player of the year will take place on Monday April 28. Summer 95 Pool League teams entering must return their forms at the delegates meeting with entry fee. WORLD RULES PREMIER DIVISION P W L F A Pt Staff of Life... 16 14 2 80 32
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Name: G A Clegg
Rank: Corporal Regiment:1RRF Unit: HQ Company BFPO No: 647 Message: Take care Ged. Keep up the good work. God speed - Norm and Val (Inlaws) From: NT Knowles Tel number: 01204 652820
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Name: Anthony Valentine
Rank: Private Regiment: 7 Regiment RLC Unit: Tank Transporter BFPO No: 662 Message: Best wishes, good luck, hope to see you soon. Grandma B From: Mrs M W Bullock Tel number: 01204 533304
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Name:Shaun Hatton
Rank:Staff Sergeant Regiment:7 PARA RHA Unit:1 PARA BTY BFPO No:660 Message:Keep up the good work. Can't wait to see you. Love and miss you loads -- Mum, sisters Bev & Lorraine xx Tel number:07786655712
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Name: S Hickson
Rank: Marine Regiment: Royal marine commando 005 Unit: 539 BFPO No: 654 Message: We are all thinking of you and missing, Love mum. Come back soon to Tottington. From: Mrs B Hickson Tel number: 01204 886895
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Name: Phillip Gregory
Rank: P.T.E Regiment: 1 PARA Unit: BFPO No: 660 Message: Sending you all our love and prayers hope to hear from you soon. Neil and Jenny send their love. Take care mum and dad From: Mr + Mrs Gregory Tel number: 01942 791 249
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Name: Barrie Aspinal
Rank: L/BDR Regiment: 7 PARA RHA Unit: I BTY BFPO No: 660 Message: Hi Barrie, Just to let you know we are thinking of you keep up the good work come home safe. Love Mary, Alan and family From: Mrs Mary Berry Tel number: 574408
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Name: Barrie Aspinall
Rank: L/BDR Regiment: 7 Para BTY Unit: DSG 1(UK) ADSR BFPO No: 660 Message: Hiya Baz, everyone's missing you. We're all dead proud. See you soon. Love Mike, Vinny, Melissa & Darley xxx From: Melissa Berry Tel number: 07952161769
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Name: Andrew Woodley
Rank: Lance Corporal Regiment: 204 Sig Sqn Unit: DSG 1(UK) ADSR BFPO No: 645 Message: Keep safe. We love and miss you very much. Can't wait to do a green wash. All our love, mum, dad et al. From: Mrs Carolyn Woodley Tel number: 01942 790106
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Market Place taster for live jive enthusiasts
TAKE your partners -- for the modern jive. Dozens of dancers will be jiving the day away on Saturday, May 3, on the square next to Bolton Market Place. The members of Barnside Jive are hoping to spread the word about the dance which is taking the area
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Leigh's tough tie
LEIGH Centurions face a tough challenge for a place in the inaugural Arriva Trains Cup semi-finals when they face West Yorkshire's form side Featherstone Rovers on May 18. Hull KR were drawn against Batley Bulldogs in their quarter-final, while unbeaten
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Home birth help for mums-to-be
PREGNANT women who want to have their baby at home can get support and advice from a group in Horwich. Health professionals at the Jones Street Clinic will be on hand to discuss options for women who prefer to give birth in familiar surroundings. The
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Sitting on wall at the Bee Hive brow
From the Evening News, April 23, 1903: WHY will poets sing paeans about April? Mrs Browning's's lines on "Oh, to be in England now that April's there" are well-known. Well, nothing could be more unseasonable than the turmoil of weather that we are having
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Hedgehogs top the poll
INFANT hedgehogs made up almost half of all baby mammal admissions into the RSPCA's wildlife hospital in Manchester, according to figures. The RSPCA says the best course of action for the well-meaning public is to leave the baby mammals alone. Baby hedgehogs
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Holiday art for kids
A GROUP of teenagers are spending their Easter holidays learning about theatre and the arts. The Manchester-based Feelgood Theatre Company is running a special event for youngsters at Astley Hall, in Chorley. The workshops should lead to an arts festival
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Call for drivers to leave cars at home
CAR drivers in Bolton are being targeted with a new campaign to encourage them to consider if the journeys they make in their cars are absolutely necessary. The campaign -- entitled Better Travel By Public Transport -- includes research conducted by the
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Cannabis soft line welcomed
A BOLTON MP has welcomed a report calling for small scale cannabis growers to escape with a police warning. Bolton South East MP Brian Iddon said it is wrong that thousands of youngsters who cultivate their own marijuana plants are being criminalised.
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Anger over train station revamp
FOR 20 years Liz Shaw has lived in the old station master's house at the side of rural Bromley Cross railway station. But a £130,000 revamp at the station, just yards from her house, has left her fuming. Ms Shaw says she and her partner Tony Langford
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Council told of safety threat in 'problem' road
CARS double-parked in a Westhoughton street are making residents' lives a misery, leading to vehicle damage and threatening the safety of youngsters, say town councillors. They voiced their fears during a discussion on parking problems in Central Drive
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Gallery's Steve is put in the picture
AS gallery supervisor at The Lowry, Steve Greenhalgh is used to putting visitors in the picture. But he never thought he would see the day when he would actually be appearing -- in portrait form -- in one of the arts centre's exhibitions. Steve, from
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LAST week New Zealand -- next year Las Vegas.
Youngsters from Smithills school fresh from a three week tour of New Zealand, have been asked to visit the entertainment capital of the world -- by special invitation. And the city that welcomed Sinatra and Elvis wants to hear the 56 strong award-winning
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MP seeks to shield local pharmacies
THE threat to the future of community pharmacies has caused grave concern in Bolton, where many elderly and vulnerable people fear their local chemists could be forced out of business if outlets open in supermarkets. Bolton North-East MP David Crausby
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Film it again, Ben
Move over Bogart and Bergman, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are the new Rick and Elsa, at least if the lastest Hollywood rumour is to be believed. Film writer Steve Pratt looks at the -- often lamentable -- history of remaking the classics DIRECTOR Mike
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Dance idols wanted for pantomime
A BOLTON dance group will be holding Pop Idol-style auditions to find performers for its next pantomime. Bolton Dance and Performing Arts College wants male and female amateur dancers, aged between nine and 22, who would like to take part in the production
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Bolton & district Sunday league
LATEST details Premier Division CLIFTON RANGERS ...0 SEVEN STARS BLTN ...1 HARE/HOUNDS BLTN ...2 DOFFCOCKER ...5 Division One NORTH WEST PAPER ...4 FARNWORTH WHITES ...5 BOTTOM BULL ...3 SMITHILLS ...3 CHERRY TREE PARK ...0 JOLLY WAGGONER ...8 GREENWOOD
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Leigh & district amateur football league
LATEST details Division One HOWE BRIDGE MILLS...1 HIGHER FOLD LC...2 Division Two ATHERTON ROYALS...1 AFC TYLDESLEY...3 DIVISION ONE P W L D F A Pt Kersal Vale AFC... 18 15 2 1 82 28 46 Higher Fold LC... 19 12 6 1 46 36 34 Colliers Rest... 19 7 8 4 43
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Goals galore as top teams step up pressure
HAIL the goal stars of Jolly Waggoner and Greenwood, who each fired eight goals without reply past their hapless opponents in division one of the Bolton Sunday League. Waggoner won away at Cherry Tree Park with Kev Warrington leading the way with four
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Asda Logic West Lancashire League
LATEST details President's Cup Semi Final MILLOM...2 CARNFORTH...1 Division Premier BARROW SPORTS...1 CHARNOCK RICHARD...1 BLACKPOOL WREN...2 FRECKLETON...1 BURNLEY UNITED...2 DALTON UNITED...5 EAGLEY...2 NORCROSS...2 KIRKHAM & WESHAM...3 SPRINGFIELDS
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Lancashire Amateur League
LATEST tables PREMIER DIVISION P W D L GF GA Pts GD Bury GSOB... 26 17 4 5 55 35 55 20 Rossendale Amateur... 24 16 4 4 70 36 52 34 Gregorians ... 25 13 7 5 61 37 46 24 Radcliffe Amateurs... 24 13 6 5 61 32 45 29 Bolton County... 25 12 6 7 58 38 42 20
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Firms' profits are still falling
CORPORATE profitability in the North-west has fallen for the 15th quarter in a row. The picture emerges in the latest Corporate Health Check carried out by economic forecasters Experian Business Strategies. It shows that the average return on capital
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Youth bar workers can bank on sponsorship
THE Farnworth branch of HSBC bank is supporting Zac's Youth Bar in Market Street. HSBC Manager Ralph Fyldes arranged for the bank to sponsor staff T-shirts for the team of youth workers which organises activities for young people. The weekend facility
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Merger plan to create 'super Chamber'
PRESIDENT Andrew Dickson has assured Bolton and Bury Chamber members that a major shake-up will be "the best of both worlds." Proposals for the creation of a new North Manchester "Super Chamber" are to be considered at a rescheduled extraordinary general
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Take the longer view on pay rise
BUSINESS and financial advisers Grant Thornton have urged firms to consider the advantages of the increase in the national minimum wage. Graeme Whittaker, Entrepreneurial Business Services Partner for Grant Thornton's Manchester office said, "Many businesses
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Collect while you can
THE name Beswick is familiar to collectors world wide, and this Staffordshire based company has a long history dating back to the late Victorian period more than a century ago. But news quite recently that the owners of the Beswick name, Royal Doulton
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Family were on the move to America
SOME time ago, Brenda Vazquez of New York put a message on the Evening News' Old Pals message board, and received a reply from Dale Gerrard on behalf of his grandmother, Florence Wolstenholme from Farnworth. "Florence is my grandfather's niece, and Dale
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Old boys back to haunt Lancs
OLD Trafford old boys Jason Gallian and Steve Elworthy returned to the club with a point to prove on Wednesday. Gallian has still to win a game against Lancashire in his five years as Nottinghamshire captain, while Elworthy's single season with the club
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NW honour for Horwich
HORWICH Leisure Centre Swimming Club will break new ground on Sunday when they represent the North West of England in the National Speedo League Finals at Sheffield's Ponds Forge international pool. Thirty swimmers from the club, aged 10 up to 23 years
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Two-goal Farrelly leads goal rout
Sheffield Wed Res 1, Wanderers Res 5: GARETH Farrelly starred for Wanderers Reserves with two goals in a dominant 5-1 romp at Sheffield Wednesday. There was only one team in it as Wednesday were completely overrun. Mike Whitlow continued his recovery
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LAST week New Zealand -- next year Las Vegas.
Youngsters from Smithills school fresh from a three week tour of New Zealand, have been asked to visit the entertainment capital of the world -- by special invitation. And the city that welcomed Sinatra and Elvis wants to hear the 56 strong award-winning
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Man on robbery charge
A BOLTON man has appeared before Manchester magistrates charged with robbing a housebound pensioner in Didsbury. Christopher McGuire, aged 20, of Le Gendre Street, Bolton, is accused of taking a handbag and £20 in the robbery at the home of Mrs Olga Keegan
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Vision for town
A NEW blueprint for the future of Radcliffe has been drawn up. The draft strategy concentrates on four main themes, encompassing the economy of the town centre, the environment, housing and social regeneration. On Thursday April 17, at 6pm in the Radcliffe
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Patients' helpful health service
PATIENTS will be able to get advice, information and support from a new service at Bolton. PALS -- the Patient Advice and Liaison Service run by the Primary Care Trust -- was set up at hospitals nationwide from April 1. It is a contact base for patients
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Jodie gets her big break
JODIE Robinson is cutting a dash in the male dominated world of rugby league. Just eight months after her first taste of the sport, she has represented her county. Jodie, 13, a pupil at Westleigh High School, puts her meteoric rise to being inspired by
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Name: Mark Reah
Rank: Colour-Sergeant Regiment: 2CD BN RRF Unit: HQ COY BFPO No: Message: To you, Mark, with all our best wishes. Well done, keep safe. You're all in our thoughts. PS Pass on our regards to "The Boys". From: Keith & Jean Boden Tel number: 01254 832389
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Name: Everybody
Rank: Regiment: Unit: BFPO No: Message: Just like to say my thoughts are with every one of you. Anybody who would like to write back is welcome and I will reply. 113 Ainsdale Road, Great Lever, Bolton BL3 3ER. From: Lynne Ollerton Tel number: 07931165878
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Round Table prepares for international visitors
ROUND Tablers from Leigh will be hosts to visitors from Sweden, Germany and France in June during Round Table International Weekend. The Leigh branch has planned a series of functions for their overseas colleagues on the weekend of June 12 to 15. On Thursday
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Thieves target charity shop - twice!
THIEVES twice targeted an animal charity shop in Leigh town centre. After smashing through the back door of the PDSA branch in Bradshawgate, intruders broke into an office and stole a television, CDs, watches and gold chains and cash from donations boxes
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Name: Alexander Robert Smith
Rank: Royal Marine Regiment: 42 Cammando Unit: K-coy BFPO No: 654 Message: To Alex,Thinking of you,looking forward to when you're back,miss ya!luv Collette,Leanne,Carl and all your mates back home x x x x x From: Collette Morris Tel number: 07987133647
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Market Place taster for live jive enthusiasts
TAKE your partners -- for the modern jive. Dozens of dancers will be jiving the day away on Saturday, May 3, on the square next to Bolton Market Place. The members of Barnside Jive are hoping to spread the word about the dance which is taking the area
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Dance idols wanted for pantomime
A BOLTON dance group will be holding Pop Idol-style auditions to find performers for its next pantomime. Bolton Dance and Performing Arts College wants male and female amateur dancers, aged between nine and 22, who would like to take part in the production
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Name: Christopher Fletcher
Rank: LBDR Regiment: 3 RHA Unit: J BTY BFPO No: 647/OP TELIC Message: Our very dear Chris. We all love you and miss you very much. We are all so proud of you all out there. We pray for your safety. Take care. Hugs and kisses. Gr & Gr Fletcher. From
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Name: Craig Suttill
Rank: Guardsman Regiment: Irish Guards Unit: Irish Guards BFPO No: 647 Message: Hi Well just wanted to send you a message to let you know that we are all thinking of you and can't wait to see you back home. Saw you on TV the other week. It was quite exciting
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Britain 'must not lose out' to new EU countries
TORY Euro MP David Sumberg has given a cautious welcome to the 10 new countries joining the European Union -- while vowing to fight to ensure North-west taxpayers still get value for money from membership of the EU. Mr Sumberg, the North-west Conservative
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Councillor leads call for cash to revive park
HORWICH Town Councillor John Cronnolley is continuing to fight the cause for the much-needed renovation of Old Station Park. Along with other local councillors, Mr Cronnolley has been campaigning for funds to modernise the aging facilities at the Chorley
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Touring 'soap opera' reveals dark secret of pub's licensees
A THEATRE company is hoping that its touring "soap opera for the stage" will boost a children's charity when it plays The Met at Bury. The Latecomers Theatre Company from Manchester is just beginning a tour with Farnworth-born playwright Jim Cartwright's
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Wenger orders maximum points - and so will Sam
ARSENAL are setting their sights on halting Wanderers' charge to safety with manager Arsene Wenger ordering his side to take maximum points from their four remaining games. Wenger has admitted his side cannot afford any slip-ups if they are to beat Manchester
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It's child's play -- thanks to prisoners
PRISONERS have given something back to the community by building play equipment for Farnworth school children. Forest Bank prisoners have spent months building, carving and painting two play trains for the playground of All Saints Primary School, Devon
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Fixtures
Who plays - and when! SECTION A: Tue Apr 29: v Farnworth & District Vets v Little Lever XI (R Moffat), Heaton CC A v Darcy Lever C&SC B (I Tavener), Rupert Ladies A v Prices A (I Dodd). Section B: Mon Apr 28: Parceline Ladies v Rose Lea (I Tavener
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Name:Philip Gregory
Rank:PTE Regiment:1 PARA Unit:B COMPANY BFPO No:660 Message:Hi Phil, Hope you are well. Thinking of you and sending all our love. Hope you got goody parcels and letters. Love ya loads, Mum & Dad Tel number:01942 791249
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Name: RGR Frank Gregory
Rank: Private Regiment: Royal Irish Unit: BFPO No: 660 Message: Frank, I love you so much, can't wait for you to come home. I miss you loads. Look after yourself. Love Kerry xxx. From: Kerry Hart Tel number: 01942 790983
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Name: Trevor Preece 25091665
Rank: SIGNALLER Regiment: 2 IGUnit: BFPO No: 641 Message: Hiya Trevor, Hope you managed to enjoy your 21st birthday - miss you loads. See you soon, Love Mum, Dad A + M x x x x x From: Mr + Mrs Preece Tel number: 594907
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Name: Matthew G Taylor
Rank: Private Regiment: RLC Unit: 16 Air Assault BFPO No: 660 Message: Hi Matt, Hope everything is A.O.K. Always thinking about you praying for you. Keep safe and see you soon Love mum and dad From: Mr + Mrs Taylor Tel number: 862485
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Name: Gareth Woodcock
Rank: MNE Woodcock Regiment: ESSQN VTGTPCDD REG Unit: Coyote operation TWC BFPO No: 654 Message: Granson, Keep yourself save with your friends. Hope you are coming home soon Love Gran and Grandad From: Woodcock Tel number: 01204 791829
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Name: 24821965 LCPI Boyes (Nigel)
Rank: SP TD 20 FD sgn Regiment: 36 ENGR Regs Unit: 01 TELIC BFPO No: 662 Message: You're all doing a good job. Keep your head low. God bless you all.Come home safe soon. Luv Auntie Joan x x x x x x x From: J Jefferies Tel number:
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Name: Mark Brennan
Rank: W02 Regiment: 3Reg/aac Unit: 653 SQN AAC BFPO No: 660 Message: All our love Mark from dad, mum, Tracey, Mark, Reece, Clare, all your aunts and uncles, friends, cousins and Steve in Canda From:J oe and Nora Brennan Tel number: 01204 840 702
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A show of hands to show the world they care
YOU'VE got to hand it to them . . . caring pupils shared their views with Euro MP Gary Titley on how much children in the developing world are missing by not having an education. Children, aged between five and 10, and from St Bernard's, Claypool, Chorley
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£7m school building fund
NEARLY £7 million will be invested into Bolton's school buildings between the next three years. The government has earmarked £6,827,941 for Bolton Council and the money will be targeted at schools with buildings in the greatest need of repair. In the
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Greetings from Spain
I DON'T mean to rub it in, but while you lot have been carrying on with your working life, I have been in Spain covering the quarterfinals of the UEFA champions league. As you can imagine, it was all very exciting stuff. Still, now it is back to Blighty
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Jodie gets her big break
JODIE Robinson is cutting a dash in the male dominated world of rugby league. Just eight months after her first taste of the sport, she has represented her county. Jodie, 13, a pupil at Westleigh High School, puts her meteoric rise to being inspired by
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'Spend more on junior soccer'
TWO North-west MPs are calling on football's governing bodies to spend more of the game's millions at grass roots level. James Purnell, MP for Stalybridge and Hyde, and Andy Burnham, MP for Leigh, have tabled a Commons Early Day Motion. They want 10 per
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Bolton League
JOE Hayes Individual Snooker Trophy sponsors and hosts Farnworth Snooker Club semi final: Monday, April 28: C Steadman (Cuemasters) or A Adam (Club Mistry) v M Slack (Farnworth Snooker) or A Dawber (Cuemasters). Final Monday, May 12, at Farnworth Snooker
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NEW books available to borrow from Bolton Central Library are -- Fiction: Caught Out in Cornwall by
NEW videos and DVDs available to rent include: All The Queen's Men (12) (Eddie Izzard, Matt Le Blanc); Halloween Resurrection (15) (Jamie Lee Curtis, Busta Rhymes, Tyra Banks); K-19 The Widowmaker (12) (Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson); Red Dragon (15) (Anthony
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RSPCA new homes record
ALMOST 11,000 animals were found new homes in 2002 by the RSPCA's North-west branches, figures have revealed. A spokesman for the charity said it is the equivalent of about 30 animals placed with new owners every day. Hundreds of RSPCA staff and volunteers
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Soup riddle
FOOD giant Heinz have agreed to suspend advertising its cans of tomato soup in a row over how healthy they are. The Wigan-based company have claimed their soup is equivalent to two of the five daily recommended portions of fruit and vegetables. But the
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'Spend more on junior soccer'
TWO North-west MPs are calling on football's governing bodies to spend more of the game's millions at grass roots level. James Purnell, MP for Stalybridge and Hyde, and Andy Burnham, MP for Leigh, have tabled a Commons Early Day Motion. They want 10 per
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DIY lease of life for church
CHURCH-GOERS have taken advantage of urgently-needed roof repairs to give their Victorian building a facelift. The congregation at St Stephen's Church, in Kearsley, were forced to spend more than £30,000 on repairs last summer when a diocesan architect
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Police appeal over crash
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a road accident in which two men were trapped between two vehicles at 5.30am on Monday, April 21, on Kingsway, Didsbury. Three men were loading a transit van with fishing equipment on for a Bank holiday outing when
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Gary's memorial may bring peace to mean streets
A FATHER, left heartbroken when his teenage son was killed in a town centre street, is close to realising his dream of a permanent peace tribute at the spot where he died. Mr Peter Odlum hopes the plaque, dedicated to 19-year-old Gary, attacked in March
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Murder probe into pub death
A MURDER investigation has been launched after a 41-year-old man died following a dispute outside a pub in Greater Manchester. The man, who has not yet been named, was thought to have been in a dispute outside the Red Rose Inn in Newall Green last Friday
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Lancashire Amateur League
LATEST details Premier Division Reserves: Hayward 2 Rivington 0; Rossendale 2 Rochdale St Clements 1. Division Two Reserves: Bolton Wyresdale 2 Hindley 0; Bolton Ambassadors 4 Ainsworth 3. Division 4N: Astley Br/Sladians A 1 Little Lever B 1. Division
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Air Miles Manchester League
LATEST details PREMIER DIVISION Pd W D L F A Pts GD Wythenshawe... 30 16 7 7 50 33 55 17 Mitchell Shackleton... 27 15 5 7 55 39 50 16 Stockport Georgians... 29 14 4 11 70 59 46 11 Royton Town... 28 13 6 9 69 54 45 15 Prestwich Heys... 28 13 6 9 48 43
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Bright start for Delph sailors
DELPH Sailing Club's new season got under way with races one to three of the Early Points series in a medium easterly wind. The water level was fairly good, and the recent good weather was no doubt partly responsible for there being a good turnout for
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Bad light doesn't stop leaders taking the max
IN Section A Heaton CC A beat Little Lever XI by a single run, 129-128. In Section B Apollo Ladies gained their first victory over Newtrend by 27 runs, 160-133. Apollo's 28 run advantage being the difference between the two teams. Carl Chapman XI had
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Home help for new buyers
FIRST-TIME buyers are being offered a 'rough guide' to getting on to the property ladder by a leading bank. Abbey National's 'Rough Guide to Buying Your First Home' is a 100-page dossier designed to take the mystery out of buying a home. The guide offers
