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Free patent advice
CREATIVE businesses in Bolton can win one of 200 free consultations on protecting intellectual property, in a new Patent Office initiative. There are sessions being offered by the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents and the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys
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The great British getaway
STAFF at Althams Travel did their bit for the tourism industry - by promoting British holidays. As well as adopting a UK decorative theme for the day, a representative from coach holidays operator Alfa was in store to answer questions and promote UK travel
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Advice for teenage mums-to-be
PUBLISHER D2 Digital-By-Design has been praised for creating what is thought to be the country's first guide for pregnant teenagers. D2, and author Julian Jordon, worked with Sefton Sure Start to create the guide - I'm Going to Have a Baby - to help young
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Steel firm is a cut above
INDUSTRY Minister Jacqui Smith has highlighted the success of a Bolton firm to emphasise the strength of the UK's manufacturing industry. Weston Street-based steel fabricator Sharples Engineering Limited added £80,000 to its profit line after cost-cutting
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Good samaritans
COULD you please thank very much the two kind ladies and young man who came to my assistance when I fell in Bolton town centre last week. They stayed with me until the ambulance arrived and allowed me to use their mobile phone to call my husband. Thank
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Pigeons are not the only carriers of parasites
AS a misguided individual, I would like to comment on the letter from A Todd, Harwood, regarding "flying rats" ie: pigeons. All animals, including the human variety, harbour parasites - your dog, cat, rabbit, budgie, parrot, hamster, guinea-pig, horse
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Spreading the ragwort seed
I WOULD like to thank Mr B Andrews (July 9) in highlighting the poison ragwort plant and its spread along the grass verges of Bolton's road network. Last summer, Bolton Council's Highways Department used a grass cutter to cut the verge of St Peter's Way
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Young and old making sweet music
DURING the past week, I have had the pleasure of celebrating the success of two very different partnerships with local schools. Smithills School, through its celebrated brass bands, has offered local older people the opportunity to learn to play a variety
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Greenmount v Westhoughton
Match Drawn Greenmount A Bowker lbw Mayers...0 G Chadwick c Pindoria b Mayers...65 Shetty c Gaskell b MacKellar...73 J Ashworth b MacKellar...26 M Fallon not out...22 M Steward not out...16 Extras...22 Total (for 4)...224 Bowling: Mayers 17-2-87-2; MacKellar
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Eagley v Farnworth
Eagley won by 4 wkts Farnworth M Axford c Dudley b Biggar...3 Street c Dudley b Biggar...1 T Barrow c Lord b Foster...33 K Ahmed lbw b Biggar...4 C Barrow c De Silva b Biggar...5 P Grundy c Hinks b Biggar...5 S Walsh c Conlon b Biggar...1 F Patel c Foster
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Atherton v A & T
Atherton won by 7wkts A & T A Groves b Childs...7 M Cutt run out...4 R ennett c Wiliamson b Baines...15 G Pandy c West b Childs...58 R Smith b Childs...30 B Thomson not out...6 Extras...5 Total (for 5)...125 Bowling: Childs 16-3-47-3; Nuttall 7-1-
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Little Lever v Astley Bridge
Little Lever won by 5 wkts Astley Bridge A Northrop c&b Kerrigan...2 Si Entwistle b Kerrigan...1 A Clegg c Ashraf b Kerrigan...10 Dalagoda c&b Kerrigan...5 D Guest run out...25 S W Entwistle c Ashrof b Adnan...36 N Tebay c Worrall b Ashrof...4
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Heaton v Greenmount
Greenmount won by 7 runs Greenmount A Bowker c&b Fearick ...0 F Chadwick c Jones b Hirwani ...0 Shetty c Mort b Hirwani ...67 J Ashworth lbw Fearick ...10 R Senior c Booth b Fearick ...90 M Fallon lbw Hirwani ...3 D Senior c Mort b Hirwani ...0 P
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Hampshire v Lancashire
Lancashire won by 9 wickets Hampshire Udal c Hooper b Cork ...5 Crawley c Haynes b Chapple... 5 Warne c Keedy b Chapple ...0 Clarke c Mongia b Hooper ...36 Lamb c Haynes b Mahmood ...7 Prittipaul st Haynes b Keedy ...2 Mascarenhas not out...33 Pothas
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Bootle's big guns shoot down Elton
ASSOCIATION leaders Elton bowed out of the Lancashire Knockout after coming up against top Merseyside outfit Bootle. The Liverpool side boasted a number of top class players, including former Lancashire stars, Graham Lloyd and Paddy McKeown. Bootle batted
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Harp solo prelude to show
MEMBERS of Bolton Little Theatre had a preview of a work which will be staged at The Studio, at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre this Thursday. Amy Liptrott, who was until recently in joint charge of BLT's young people's section, played the harp for
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League meeting
A SPECIAL Bolton cricket league meeting arranged for Thursday, July 22, has been postponed at the request of Walkden CC. All the issues will be dealt with at the League Meeting on July 26. The six teams involved with protests; Kearsley, Little Lever,
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Youths start fire in empty house
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a house in Tonge Fold Road, Tonge Fold, last night after youths had broken in and set fire to rubbish. Fire crews were called to the empty house at around 8.30pm last night after neighbours reported smoke billowing from a downstairs
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War memorial move showdown
A MEETING will be held on Thursday to discuss the controversial plan to move Dunscar War Memorial. Bolton Council planning officer Ray Deans will answer questions on Dunscar developer Stephen Fitton's plans to build 11 luxury homes and an apartment block
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Search for pop stars of future
FIVE lucky eight to 14-year-olds have the chance to become a Dream Idol in open auditions at the Albert Halls, Bolton, on next Tuesday at 5pm. The competition is running as part of the spring and summer 2004 Dream Concerts UK tour - Bring It On! The Greatest
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Residents fear dumped rubbish is attracting rats
FLY-TIPPERS have made one corner of a Bolton street the latest eyesore to blight the lives of residents. Dozens of kitchen appliances, old radiators and furniture have been dumped by litter louts on Cross Street, Farnworth. Residents say the mountain
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SAM Allardyce was set to clinch his biggest signing of the summer today after swooping for Newcastle
The Wales international was at the Reebok this morning completing the formalities of a £750,000 transfer, just hours after returning from a week-long tour of the Far East with the Magpies. Speed is expected to sign a two-year contract later today. Confirming
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Rose joins RMI influx for new campaign
LEIGH RMI will have their new stars on parade at Hilton Park tomorrow in the first of a series of top quality friendlies. Wigan Athletic provide the opposition tomorrow, with Everton visiting next Wednesday and Manchester City three days later. Striker
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Fake washing powder scare
PACKETS of "fake" washing powder which have caused a spate of severe allergic reactions have been sold in Farnworth. Now shoppers who bought the powder have been warned to seek medical help if they suffer any kind of skin rash or other allergic reaction
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MP Ruth a hot tip for Cabinet
TONY Blair is believed to be preparing a Cabinet re-shuffle to give him a team to lead the party into the next General Election. And one of the MPs being tipped to join the cabinet is Bolton West's Ruth Kelly. If, as expected, Ms Kelly does gain her promotion
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Arena is Mike's new challenge
MIKE Bain knows just why he's the perfect man to be running Bolton Arena: He's just crazy about sport. The Arena's new managing director is convinced that the venue has a successful future ahead of it - and that he can lead the Arena to success He said
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Gun crime arrests
EIGHT people have been arrested in early morning raids targeting gang-related gun crime in south Manchester. Greater Manchester Police were acting on intelligence gathered after guns were brandished at the Manchester Royal Infirmary on April 23. Officers
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Holiday death inquest opens
AN inquest into the death of a Stockport man three years ago in Ibiza was due to open on today. Jeffrey Hodgson, who was with his parents, was missing for more than a year before his body was found near the hotel they stayed at on the island. Mr Hodgson
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Abbey name change
ABBEY National Offshore, based in Jersey, has re-launched its business as Abbey International. The move comes as part of parent company Abbey's business re-launch, which began in September, 2003. The name Abbey International is in line with Abbey's decision
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Legal eagles spread wings
MANCHESTER law firm Eversheds has announced its association with Austrian firm Baier Lambert and Hungarian firm Sndor Szegedi Szent-Ivny. The company called the agreement "a further step in the on-going development of Eversheds' international capability
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Footballers on target for charity
A FOOTBALL tournament organised by high street bar chain Yates's raised more than £1,000 for a young people's cancer charity. Twelve teams played in a five-a-side tournament to raise £1,160 for the Laura Crane Trust, with sides from Yates's Barnsley,
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Where are the ill birds?
IF pigeons really were, or are, parasitical creatures, then why do we never see ill, dying pigeons? They all look really healthy to me, but a lot of them have damaged feet and legs due to us humans taking away their natural habitat. I will always feed
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Memorial minority
HOW audacious of the would-be developer to even contemplate, let alone apply, to have the Dunscar War Memorial relocated. Notwithstanding the unacceptable consequences of further housing to the area - ie: more traffic on the roads, air and noise pollution
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Party was against war
I WONDER if Alan Johnson, Bolton Green Party, reads the policies of other parties. He states, (July 9), that they were the only political party opposed to the Bush/Blair unjust war with Iraq. The fact is that the Liberal-Democrats were opposed to the
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Don't dismiss wishes of electors
ANDY Morgan (July 14) takes Roger Hayes to task and says he is "daft" for suggesting power sharing after the June election, as the Conservative supporters do not want that. Well, they only took a third of the vote, so what about the wishes of the other
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Tonge v Bradshaw
Match Drawn Tonge A Nisar c Dearden b Tattersall ...83 S Ismail run out ...20 N Partington lbw Tattersall ...23 D Rees c Kerr b Sutton ...16 R Waller not out ...19 S Arif not out ...11 Extras ...22 Total (for 4) ...194 Bowling: Newman 0.4-0-2-0; Johnson
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Farnworth SC v Egerton
Farnworth SC R Hope not out ...49 R Cunningham c Hallows b Taylor ...7 M Ashworth c Garner b Price ...82 K Murray c Patel b ...Price C Walsh not out ...12 Extras ...7 Total (for 3) ...161 Bowling: Patel 5-0-31-0; Taylor 3-0-23-1; Tye 3-0-20-0; Price 8
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Adlington v Blackrod
Match drawn Adlington C Mulligan st Sanderson b Halton ...1 M Rawlings c Speak b Halton ...70 M Taylor c Walsh b Halton ...47 A Robinson not out ...34 D McNally not out ...19 Extras ...6 Total (for 3)...171 Bowling: J Namajee 9-0-54-0; Halton 14-2-84-
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Horwich v Walkden
Walkden won by 5 wkts Horwich J Atkinson b Reidy b D Smith ...5 A Williams b Ingram ...0 G Long b D Smith ...1 White c J Smith b Slater...48 S Harrison b Keays b Ingram ...3 J Partington c&b J Smith ...27 A Taylor not out ...27 G Dooley run out ..
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Clifton V Lostock
Match drawn Lostock M Cregan c Hamilton b Wolstenholme ...23 D Cockton st Dorsey b Wolstenholme ...37 L Vahaluwala st Dorsey b Wolstenholme ...1 S Kaye c Garner b Wolstenholme ...25 L Issa c Hamilton b Holt ...22 P Flanagan b Holt ...5 C Rasleigh not
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Walshaw v Standish
Walshaw won by 21 runs Walshaw R Faulkner b White ...3 D. Hornby c Edleston b Crookson ...22 A Kelly b White ...2 Fielding b White ...15 D Mills c Waddington b White ...9 B Collins c Hassan b Crookson ...13 G Stephens lbw Fox ...25 A Harris c Chadwick
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Westhoughton v Farnworth
Westhoughton won by 50 runs Westhoughton S Parker c Grundy b T Barrow ...28 I Pilkington b T Barrow ...7 A Coates c Walsh b C Barrow ...10 Mayers lbw Grundy ...19 A Gaskell b Grundy ...18 R Parker c Marsh b Grundy ...4 P Atherton b Grundy ...7 M Atherton
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Loye smashes Lancs into final
MAL Loye blasted Lancashire into the Twenty20 finals as they crushed Hampshire by nine wickets at the Rose Bowl in a superb all-round display. The top order had no problems chasing a target of 121 and cruised to victory with 21 balls to spare. Not even
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Cannabis farm man is jailed
ASTONISHED police officers discovered cannabis plants with a street value of a £1million being grown inside every room of a five bedroom detached home. Officers found 750 cannabis plants, some up to 5ft high, under cultivation. Even the upstairs toilet
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BGA TABLE
BGA TABLE P W L H Pts Bolton... 9 7 2 0 55.0 Breightmet... 10 5 4 1 52.5 Turton... 8 4 4 0 42.0 Dunscar... 9 5 3 1 49.0 Chorley... 7 4 2 1 39.5 Old Links... 9 5 4 0 47.5 Horwich... 7 4 3 0 40.0 Hindley Hall... 6 3 1 2 37.0 Westhoughton... 10 3 6 1 40.0
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Lofty and friends on song for charity
BOLTON Wanderers' mascot Lofty the Lion, Pop Idol flop Suleman Khan and Cllr Noel Spencer are set to join forces for a charity show later this month. The trio will be at Our Lady of Lourdes, in Plodder Lane, Farnworth, for a night of old, modern and dance
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Chris fails in Olympic bid
CHRIS Mulvaney failed in his final attempt to get the Olympic qualifying time for the 1500m. The Heaton runner, a surprise winner of the AAAs Championship, at Manchester, last week, took part in the IAAF Super Grand Prix in Madrid yesterday, but could
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Mulvaney out of Games after nightmare trip
BOLTON athlete Chris Mulvaney missed out on his Olympic chance after being caught up in a nightmare journey to Madrid. The race in the Spanish capital was the Heaton athlete's final bid to achieve the qualifying time for the 1500m in Athens. Yet after
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Experienced political pair
I REFER to Peter Johnston's letter under the heading, "Give Labour councillors a break." (Letters, July 12) In his penultimate paragraph, Peter states, "To begin with, nobody in the Lib Dem administration has any previous experience of exercising political
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Milkman with a lot of bottle
A MILKMAN has been honoured for saving the life of an elderly woman. Tony Isherwood scooped the high-profile award at a Citizenship ceremony after receiving a host of glowing nominations from residents on his daily round in Turton and Edgworth. Judges
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Delight at the double for sisters
THERE was a double celebration in Bolton for two Portuguese sisters. Sonia and Daniela Pereira graduated with degrees from Bolton Institute on Friday - and on Saturday Daniela married fellow graduate Ayo Bamifnile at Mere Hall Register office. The sisters
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Keeper wanted
EAGLEY Rangers, who play in the U10s Section A of the Bolton & Bury Football League, need a goalkeeper for the forthcoming season. Contact Bill on 01204 432401.
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Legend in concert
BRITISH jazz legend George Melly is at The Met, Bury, on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets for his show which starts at 8.30 pm cost £16 (£14) and are available from The Met ticket office on 0161 761 2216.
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Society in need of men
NEW Rosemere Amateur Operatic Society wants more men! The society is well on the way with preparations for their next production - Gilbert & Sullivan's Princess Ida. The show will be staged in the Albert Halls, Bolton, in March next year. Most of
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Run is extended
THE summer smash hit at the Royal Exchange - The Importance of Being Earnest - will be extended for a week because of demand. It has played to near capacity houses and will now close on Saturday, August 14. Oscar Wilde's masterpiece stars Gabrielle Drake
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Medical appointments
THE British Medical Association has announced two new senior appointments. Tony Bourne has been appointed secretary/chief executive, and will take over in January, 2005. Dr Michael Chamberlain will become part-time chairman of the British Medical Journal
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Search for pop stars of future
FIVE lucky eight to 14-year-olds have the chance to become a Dream Idol in open auditions at the Albert Halls, Bolton, on next Tuesday at 5pm. The competition is running as part of the spring and summer 2004 Dream Concerts UK tour - Bring It On! The Greatest
