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Companies miss out on millions
BOLTON firms are losing out on millions of pounds, according to a firm of business advisors. Accountants PKF say millions of pounds lie idle in the form of grants because companies are not aware that they exist. Jason Hiley, partner at PKF in Manchester
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Dump it
IREAD Bolton is rebranding itself Bolton-le-Moors - why not Bolton-le-Dump? Simon Atkins Bermuda
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On this day - January 21
AD 304 Saint Agnes was martyred - burnt at the stake at the age of 13 when she refused to marry the husband chosen by her father. 1793 Louis XVI, King of France since 1774, was guillotined after being found guilty of treason. 1846 The Daily News, the
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Lessons on British Empire at Chalfont Street school
MR Steels also loaned me this one of a class at Chalfont Street School in the 1920s. It looks from the illustrations on the wall that they were learning about the magnificence of the British Empire. Mr Steels, incidentally, also showed me a fascinating
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Council report moderate success
From the Evening News, January 21, 1904: MR M. Kemsley presided on Wednesday evening over the annual meeting of the Bolton and District Trades Council held in the Spinners' Hall. A report said the Council had had a moderately active and successful year
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Shoppers fight off carjackers
SHOPPERS fought off a gang of carjackers when they dragged a woman out of her car at a supermarket. They dashed to the rescue after two masked men struck at Tesco in Middlebrook. One shopper rammed a trolley into the attackers' legs and another hurled
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Whites' local lad is living a dream
NICKY Hunt stood on the threshold of a dream today and admitted: "It's all come a bit soon." The new kid on the block has enjoyed a meteoric rise from ambitious reserve to first-team regular in just five months and sounded genuinely amazed as he conducted
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Supermarket charity sweep
THE Rotary Club of Bolton raised £4,128 during their Christmas supermarket collections which will be donated to needy charities throughout the year. The club has thanked everyone who contributed.
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Mayor's dance
BLACKROD Town Mayor's Valentine Dance is being held on Saturday, February 14 at 7pm. The dance and buffet will take place at Blackrod Community Centre with proceeds going towards the Derian House Appeal. Tickets priced £10 are available from Blackrod
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Work makes road safer
CHORLEY Old Road, Halliwell, is set to become safer as Bolton Council engineers install a pedestrian crossing at the junction with Marsh Fold Lane. New traffic signals are also being installed at the junction of the road with Gaskell Street, Halliwell
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Woman taken to hospital after blaze
A WOMAN was taken to hospital after a chip shop range caught fire. Firefighters were called to a chip shop in New Lane Breightmet, Bolton, at 5.10pm yesterday after the range used for frying fish and chips burst into flames. The crew from Bolton Central
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Irish Centre to help hospice
A CHARITY night to raise money for Bolton Hospice will be held on Friday at the Bolton Irish Centre in Lever Street. One of the centre's members is having treatment at the hospice. Irish country band Street Talk are the main attraction and tickets for
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Credit union pays out for success
MEMBERS of the Unify Credit Union, which covers Leigh, agreed to accept a 2.5 per cent dividend at their annual meeting. The community savings and loan co-operative offers savings with dividends and low cost loans to anyone who lives or works in the Leigh
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Locks away! Steve is a real smoothie
PUB landlord Steve Waller is used to serving a smooth headed pint but now he's gone one step further by shaving his head for charity. Steve, landlord of the Mason's Arms, in Sion Street, Radcliffe, raised £350 when he had his head shaved to make money
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Panto beats box office records
A RECORD-BREAKING 30,302 people saw this Christmas's pantomime at the Albert Halls, Bolton. Forty performances of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves were sold out and the theatre was filled to 90 per cent of its capacity, on average, during the rest of
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Pub regulars take on ex-darts champ
PUB regulars hit the bullseye when they won a competition to compete against one of darts' top professionals. About 18 regulars at the Top Bull Pub in Bury New Road, Breightmet, were able to test their skills against former world champion John Part. Canadian
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Awareness needed of brittle bone disease
A GROUP is trying to make people in Bolton more aware of the problem of brittle bone disease, otherwise known as osteoporosis. The Bolton branch of the National Osteoporosis Society is focusing on secondary school pupils to get their message across about
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Wanderers v Aston Villa: Links for the latest news
CHIEF Soccer Writer Gordon Sharrock reports exclusively for this web site from the Reebok. He files team news, a half-time report and a full-time match report from the Reebok. Reaction and The Big Match Verdict will appear throughout Thursday.
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Bolton lack the finishing touch
Bolton 10 Burnage 15 BOLTON were forced to play their game in hand at the weekend, against their will. Burnage failed to turn up in October and have as yet been punished, while Bolton were instructed to rearrange the game for Saturday against their wishes
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Chemical drum police alert
POLICE are appealing for the public's help to trace a drum of potentially hazardous chemicals missing from a depot in Trafford Park. The 25kg drum containing 20 litres of trimethylsilylnitrile, arrived at the depot of a business courier in December from
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Pop Idols of the future
YOUNG people in Halliwell are being given the chance to become the next Pop Idols with the opening of two state-of-the-art recording studios. The new centre has been kitted out with recording studios, a dance and drama studio and a multimedia media suite
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Jay-Jay's chance for big send-off
SAM Allardyce is hoping Jay-Jay Okocha can put Wanderers in pole position in the Carling Cup race before he finally sets his sights on the African Nations Cup. The Reebok skipper signs off against Villa tonight in the first leg of the semi-final before
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Hitzlsperger targets double
THOMAS Hitzlsperger believes Aston Villa must go all out for victory when they visit the Reebok tonight. The German under-21 international midfielder said that David O'Leary's team are aiming to win both legs of their Carling Cup semi-final clash with
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Puzzle solved
MANY thanks to all the people who wrote confirming what was there before The Water Place was built. My granddaughter was pleased with some of the tales that resulted. The last Station Master, Mr Fred Greenfield, obtained the bell from the signal box,
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Don't scrap this scheme
IF Cllr Guy Harkin wants to make a name for himself, he should fight to keep the Neighbourhood Watch Team going. It is one of the best things that this town has ever adopted, and to scrap it would be the biggest mistake the council could make. They do
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I'm a parking victim too
IN reply to "Parking Paddy Victim - Lostock", letter published Saturday, January 17. I wrote the letter about the parking problems. Not once have I threatened to slash anyone's tyres, not once have I stuck a note to anyone's windscreen. On several occasions
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Clearing up compost confusion
I AM writing in response to Karen Francis' letter, "Confused by this sort of advice on compost". Karen Francis was quite right. Part of the advice quoted in the Bolton Evening News article, "Wombles of Bolton recycle clutter", was indeed incorrect. The
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Close the pubs not the road
THE PETITION to close Bradshawgate on weekend nights is more in the interests of pub landlords rather than safety. Once again it appears the motorists and taxis must take the blame for the tragic death of a teenage reveller by a police car on the way
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Where are the weapons?
NOW that Tony Blair has finally admitted that no Weapons of Mass Destruction may be found in Iraq, will he remind us that the sole reason for Britain refusing to let the UN arms inspectors complete their work was that these weapons were said to pose an
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Who grants these huge pay rises?
SO interesting to read in your columns (Bolton Evening News, January 10) about the unidentified Housing Director who earned about £70,000 in 1998, and now, as the Chief Executive of a Social Housing Group, earns double that. Could Brian Iddon MP have
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Final would put Whites on a high
SAM Allardyce believes Wanderers are just a whisker away from achieving success beyond the wildest dreams of their starry-eyed supporters. What the Reebok boss describes as "the most technically talented" team in the club's history is already on course
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Holdsworth backs Sam's semi-final revenge bid
DEAN Holdsworth will never erase the memory of the most painful miss of his career. But seeing Sam Allardyce secure a place in the Carling Cup Final will go a long way towards making up for what he still regards as one of the game's great injustices.
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Waterloo procession
THIS picture shows a procession in Waterloo Street, Bolton, in the 1920s or 30s. Mr Charles Steels of Fairhurst Drive, Walkden, found it in the effects of his mother Ethel, who died several years ago. He thinks it is a sermons procession from St James
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Hospice bingo
PEOPLE who supported the Blackrod charity bingo night last month helped to raise £560 for Derian House Children's Hospice.
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Litter blaze
A PILE of rubbish was set alight at the back of a Little Hulton house last night. Firefighters put out the burning rubbish at the back of Queens Street at 9.15 pm. A panel of fencing was damaged.
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Further questions for terror suspect
A MAN arrested in Bolton in connection with alleged terrorism offences in Belfast was still being questioned by detectives today. William Woods, believed to be a member of the Ulster Defence Association, was arrested at an address in Heaton yesterday
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Pupils sample the responsibility of driving
PUPILS have been getting behind the wheel to get a head start with their driving skills thanks to a unique simulator. It may be two years yet before the Year 11 pupils at Harper Green School, Farnworth, can get their driving licences but they had their
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£500,000 to expand learning centre
A GRANT of £500,000 has been given to Westhoughton Learning Centre to build an extension. The money will mean that the centre in Central Drive will have new classrooms, information technology suites, offices and a creche in time for the start of a new
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Thief drives off in £33,000 car
A THIEF posed as a customer at a car dealership - then drove off in a £33,000 Toyota Land Cruiser. Police say the thief walked into the RRG dealership, Bolton Street, Bury at 4.40pm yesterday and asked to take the luxury car for a test drive. A salesman
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Flats and offices plan for town centre
A BLOCK of 100 flats and new offices could be built on a prime town centre site in Bury. Bury Council is setting up a joint venture company with a private developer to transform green land at Townside Fields and its adjacent car park in Knowsley Street
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Village firms asked to fund security scheme
BUSINESSES in Adlington are being asked to help fund a CCTV system for the village. The move comes after a town council meeting in which councillors discussed possible finance options that could be used to pay for a security system in the village, which
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Family wants to trace Good Samaritan
THE family of a man whose life was saved by a mystery Good Samaritan jogger are desperate to find him so they can pass on their thanks. The unknown man came to the rescue when 72-year-old Bill Starkie collapsed near the entrance to Leverhulme Park, in
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Mum and son held in swoop
THREE people were arrested today after plain clothes police swooped on a house in the campaign to arrest a "drug dealer a day." A mother and son, aged 54 and 35, were arrested after officers smashed open the front door of a semi-detached house in Hillside
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Kitchen firm's new owner in jobs pledge
THE new owner of Westhoughton kitchen furniture company Bernsteins has pledge that the firm's 400 jobs are safe. Cheshire entrepreneur Bill Gleave made the promise after buying the Wingate Industrial Estate factory for an undisclosed sum. Officials from
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Wanderers 5, Aston Villa 2: Jay-Jay sends Wanderers Cardiff bound
JAY-JAY Okocha leaves with the cheers after an inspirational performance in this thrilling Carling Cup semi-final first leg clash that has surely put Wanderers into the final at the Millennium Stadium at Cardiff. Okocha, who leaves Wanderers on Thursday
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A healthy challenge
A LARGER than life councillor is taking his role as chairman of a council health committee very seriously. So seriously that, as part of the Bolton Evening News Fit For Life campaign, Cllr Andy Morgan, chairman of the Health, Overview and Scrutiny Committee
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Church leaders' fury over vandal attacks
CHURCH elders have hit out at vandals after a spate of attacks on an historic Deane church. Over the last month the 90-year-old Hebron Christian Centre has been hit by vandals three times, leaving a bill which is believed to run into thousands of pounds
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Classic passion for Austin Hereford
CLASSIC car enthusiast Steven Parker has a rare new addition to his collection. And the 33-year-old has set himself a challenge to get the car back on the road in time to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Eagle-eyed Mr Parker, a Greater Manchester Police
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Singing family has lots of soul
THE niece of comedienne Hylda Baker has been treated to a retirement send-off her famous relative would be proud of. Lila Fairclough has been based at Dr Saul's surgery in Chorley New Road for 37 years, most recently working as medical manager. And at
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Ashley would call Blair a liar again
THE Bolton schoolgirl who called Tony Blair a liar on national television said today "I'd do it again." Ashley Gavin, a 15-year-old Thornleigh Salesian College pupil, did not pull any punches when she challenged Mr Blair in a special edition of BBC2's
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Mystery person returns stolen ivory carvings
VALUABLE ivory carvings stolen from Bolton Museum in a daylight theft have been returned after being handed in by a mystery member of the public. They were left on the counter at Bury Museum yesterday - with a note apologising and claiming that the whole
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MPs are split over regional parliament bid
BOLTON'S three MPs are divided on plans to create a directly elected North-west regional assembly. A YouGov poll last week showed that just 32 per cent of the public were in favour of the idea, 27 per cent were against and the rest expressed no preference
