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Beware web name bills, businesses are told
BUSINESSES are being warned not to get caught in a new web of deceit that could cost them up to £270. Lancashire County Council Trading Standards Service has become aware of invoices being sent to businesses requesting money to renew their internet domain
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Firms count the insurance costs
LARGE increases in Employers Liability insurance premiums are hindering growth for Bolton businesses, according to Chamber Business Connections. More than 80 per cent of local companies have seen notable increases in their EL compulsory insurance over
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Training firm in top form
ALLIANCE Learning, the Horwich-based independent training provider, has earned top marks following a major independent quality and performance review. Its working processes hailed as an example for others to follow. The part Government funded organisation
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Take a walk on the wild side
WHEN a leaflet for South Lakes Animal Park came through our door, there was no holding the children back. They fought over the pamphlet advertising the "safari-on-foot" venue in Dalton-in-Furness - we simply had to visit. So on a Saturday, we made our
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Smoking is bad for you
I DISAGREE with Mr Andrew North's comments on smoking. Smoking is bad for you. The smoking addict loses the ability to smell, and doesn't notice the stench of stale smoke on clothes, in the car, or in the home. Split a filter from a used cigarette and
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Thank you for being so considerate
IN reply to J Jackson. You are confused, because there is no way I, or anyone like me, would stand or walk right at the side of you if someone such as yourself chooses to light up a cigarette. There are those non-smokers who do this, but not I. Maybe
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Time we learned about decency
I AM truly disgusted at the reaction and ignorance of people who witnessed the attack on the lady on the Asda car park in Farnworth last Wednesday. Was it "too much trouble" or "not worth bothering about" to help this lady who was being attacked by these
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Re: "Dentists were built on NHS funds"
I FEEL that I should write to tell Mr Gray, and any other misinformed ignoramus, that the taxpayer, Government, health authorities, Department of Health, or indeed anyone else other than the dentist, does not provide, and has never provided, any capital
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Trio still fight it out at the top
ELTON, Darcy Lever and Atherton continue to slug it out at the top of the Bolton Association after all three won on Saturday. Weekend results Astley & Tyldesley* 132-8 (Rob Bennett 63, Dexter Fitton 4-32), Elton 133-1 (Chris Read 48no, Dexter Fitton
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League tops again - now for a hat-trick
THE Bolton League won their second successive MEN inter-league final on Sunday - and few would bet against them making it three in a row. Their 30-run victory over the Northern League - following last season's success against Ribblesdale - was their seventh
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Top two set for a title showdown
IT'S showdown time in the Bolton League on Saturday when leaders Walkden take on second placed Westhoughton in what could turn out to be a title decider. The two sides both won over the weekend, Westhoughton getting back on track with a win over Kearsley
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Girls in death crash horror named
A 13-YEAR-OLD girl was killed and her friend is fighting for her life after they were mown down by a sports car in Farnworth. Carla Bate and Leanne Keegan, from Farnworth, were standing at the junction of Albert Road and Longcauseway when a Toyota MR2
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Semi-final heartbreak for Lancs
MIKE Watkinson could not hide his disappointment after Lancashire lost their Twenty20 semi-final against Surrey by one run. Despite restricting the 2003 Champions to 133, the Red Rose side stuttered in reply, and needing two to win off the last ball,
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Why Stelios said 'No' to Olympics
STELIOS turned down the chance to play for Greece at the Olympics to help Wanderers in their bid for Premiership success writes Mike Whalley The 30-year-old returned to the Reebok for pre-season training last week after helping his country to a shock
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Floral arts and crafts go on show
EDGWORTH Horticultural Society Annual Open Flower, Vegetable, Cookery and Craft Show will take place at the Barlow Institute, Bolton Road, Edgworth, on Saturday, August 21 from 2pm. Home-grown vegetables, various flower categories, floral art, home-baked
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Vent verdict
PLANNING bosses have deferred a decision on the installation of an extractor flue vent behind a property in St Helens Road, Deane.
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Walk cancelled due to holidays
BLACKROD Trodders want to inform members that there will be no walk in August due to holidays and that the next walk will take place on September 18. September's walk will be to Ogden Clough, Stalybridge. For details contact Joyce or Simon on 01204 419025
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Dates for blood donor sessions
BLOOD donors sessions will be held on August 19, at The Mill at the Pier, St Thomas Street, Wigan; on August 24, at Trinity Methodist, Market Street, Farnworth; on August 25, at Walker Memorial Hall, Ridgway Gate, Bolton; on September 1, at the Formby
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Children set for bird adventure
YOUNGSTERS are invited to a birdlife adventure in the park on Tuesday. The event will include a short nature walk and a chance for children to try make a giant bird's nest of their own. Budding bird watchers should meet at the Rock Hall Visitors Centre
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Bikers injured in crash with car
TWO motorcyclists are in hospital, one with serious injuries, following an accident involving a car in Belmont, near Bolton. A Yamaha YZFRi was being ridden along Belmont Road towards the Tockholes turn-off at 2.30pm yesterday when it was in collision
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Vintage car owners rally behind charity fun-drive
AROUND 150 vintage cars descended on Bolton over the weekend as part of a charity fun-drive. The Tame Valley Vintage and Classic Car Club rally stopped off in Bolton town centre and at the Reebok stadium along the way as drivers raised money for the Brain
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Park clubhouse revamp bowls over veterans
MEMBERS of the Great Lever Park Veterans' Club were bowled over with their new clubhouse. A refurbished bowling green, new security fence and renovated clubhouse have given them a boost for the new bowling season. The refurbishment has been funded by
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Ornate treasures of Bradshawgate
YOU will no doubt recognise the King's Hall and Lido Cinema which stood opposite Great Moor Street in this photograph of Bradshawgate. I am using the picture because of a letter I received from a Bromley Cross reader who tells me that he was a joiner
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Obelisk marked high point of town
ON Saturday I mentioned an obelisk on the side of Winter Hill, and Mr F Woodward, of Sheep Cote Green Farm, Smithills, asked if anyone knew details about it. Well, the answer so far is "no". However, a couple of people have contacted me. Connie Walker
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If walls could talk...
IF walls could talk historic Alder House at Atherton would have plenty of tales to tell. It was built in 1697 by Ralph and Ann Astley, who legend says were struck by lightning and buried at nearby Chowbent Chapel. Ralph Astley was an iron merchant who
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Bolton firm made gates for Sultan's Palace
BACK in 1838, before any of us were born (and if I'm wrong on that, please let me know; it would make a wonderful story!) a Bolton firm made these magnificent gates to have pride of place at the palace of the Grand Sultan of Turkey in Constantinople -
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Wanderers eye up Nigerian midfield star
NIGERIAN midfielder Blessing Kaku, who played the last 20 minutes in the Reebok on Saturday, made a good impression. The trialist, who is on contract to Tel Aviv Maccabi, showed enough appetite and good touches to persuade Wanderers to give him another
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Davies all set for Charlton opener
KEVIN Davies is expected to be fit to lead the line in next Saturday's Premiership opener at home to Charlton. The striker missed Saturday's 1-1 friendly draw with Real Zaragoza after having an operation on a mouth abscess. His recovery is expected to
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Lucky Stelios is pushing for an early start
Wanderers 1 Real Zaragoza 1 by Neil Bonnar: STELIOS is pushing for an unexpected start in Saturday's Premiership opener. Despite the Greek having just two days' training and 15 minutes of action under his belt, Wanderers' assistant boss Phil Brown admits
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Centurions back in control
Keighley 10 Leigh Centurions 48 by Martyn Hindley: LEIGH Centurions banished the ghost of Rochdale-past to return to winning ways at Cougar Park and maintain their place at the top of the table. Darren Abram's side arrived in West Yorkshire on the back
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Shakers find a welcome goal touch
Bury 3 Yeovil Town 1 by Phil Thorp: THIS opening day display is bound to foster cautious optimism in the Shakers' ranks. Although only a fool would make rash predictions after just 90 minutes action, anyone who witnessed Saturday's victory could not help
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A Hostile Place
FOR Thomas Morgan, the September 11 attacks in New York provide the chance to stay ahead of both the law and his bank manager. With a broken marriage and an overdraft, the former soldier, sometime spy and occasional thief finds a new market for his skills
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Double Wedding
DESCRIBED in the past as the prolific queen of contemporary Irish popular fiction, there is no doubt that Patricia Scanlan's previous novels have won her an army of loyal fans, and Double Wedding will not disappoint their hunger for more of the same zippy
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Trail Of The Dead
WHEN Paul Wood found the body of a Canadian walker with his head smashed in and a knife in both eyes it was a terrible shock. It was more so because this was the Himalayas, and Paul had found a similar body in Cameroon in Africa some years before. How
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A Pioneer's Progress - An Engineer Of Many Parts
WE left Bill Neill's first part of his three-part autobiography with his resignation from de Havillands at Lostock over a matter of principle. In this, the second book, we begin with a fishing trip to Norway followed by his joining Platt Brothers at Oldham
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Gates open on new future for park
A PARK in Bolton which used to be a haven for prostitutes and drug dealers has been transformed into a peaceful oasis. Bridgeman Park in Bradford Street, the Haulgh, has been cleaned up and wrought iron fencing installed, and is now a tranquil spot for
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Navy medic joins mission to Nepal
A ROYAL Navy medic is seeking sponsorship for a voluntary mission which sees him swapping the shores of Plymouth for the mountains of Nepal. Kevin Mitchell, of Bolton Road West, Ramsbottom, is one of 12 members of HMS Ocean taking part in the three-week
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Council leaders defend big expenses claims
COUNCILLORS pocketed £686,488.67 between them last year - even though voters were forced to stomach another council tax rise. An increase of more than £82,000 from the 2002-3 financial year saw leading councillors take home more than £20,000 each, including
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Blue Lagoon swimmers: Will they never learn?
JUST a week after a youth drowned in the Blue Lagoon, teenagers were back leaping into the deadly waters. Leroy Holcroft reports . . . YOUNGSTERS continued to dice with death at a Bolton reservoir on Sunday -- just seven days after a teenager drowned
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Children take to the greens in the generation game
IT is the bright red Manchester United shirt with "Ronaldo" on the back and the baseball cap that give it away - the young bowlers are here. Crown green bowling, the traditional Northern sport of those in the evening of life, has found new fans. And,
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Tapestry group invite
BLACKROD Tapestry Group is appealing for new members. Meetings are held each Monday from 10am-12.30pm at St Katharine's Church. People of all abilities, including beginners are welcome. For details contact Mary on 01204 697763 or Jean on 01204 691191.
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New cockle picking scare sparks alert
THERE have been renewed calls for greater regulation of the cockle-picking industry after scores of workers were left stranded in Morecambe Bay. Liverpool Coastguard had to shepherd at least 144 cocklers to safety when two tractors crashed four miles
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Nice house, shame about the view
WHEN this picture appeared in the Evening News in November, 1961, it said that the bungalow into which a newly married couple had moved almost a year previously might be described as a house with a view - "but it isn't a very pleasant view." However,
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Actress quits Emmerdale to ponder her next move
ACTRESS Amy Nuttall is leaving the hit soap Emmerdale, but denied rumours she was quitting to embark on a singing career. But the 22-year-old star, who plays nanny Chloe Atkinson, will spend the next few weeks looking at her options. National newspapers
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Workshops for ethnic minorities
A SERIES of employment and training workshops is being held over the summer for young men aged 15 and 17 from ethnic minority communities. The Ethnic Minority Business Service wants to help men from the Crompton, Rumworth and Astley Bridge areas learn
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Finance deal for importer
GE Commercial Finance, Ltd (GECF Ltd), the business finance solutions provider, has completed an asset-based transaction providing funding to refinance Worsley-based distributor and importer, Wilkinson Star Limited. Based on the Wardley Industrial Estate
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Search for partner to help build school
EDUCATION bosses are searching for a business to help them relocate Firwood Special School to the Within School site in Bolton. They are looking for a building "partner" to undertake the work that would be involved on the site in Newby Road, Breightmet
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Commendations for creativity
THE the online mathematics workbook publisher 10ticks.co.uk has been awarded one of only two runner-up awards in the national Hewlett Packard Business Vision Awards 2004. The company, based in the Bolton Enterprise Centre, has been commended for demonstrating
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Hospital ratings: Who to believe
I SEE we have managed to reduce our rating to one star, which puts us in the medium class. Surprisingly enough, the local population think we are quite good. Interestingly enough there are three star hospitals throughout the country, and certainly in
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Smokers have their rights too
COUNCILLOR Andy Morgan is quite correct when he says the police have more important things to do than chase smokers. The pigeon-feeding skateboarders are keeping them busy all right! When I am in the company of smokers and smoke-filled rooms the morning
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Woman wanted longer jail term
From the Evening News, August 9, 1904: MINNIE Swaine, a well-known character, was charged at Wigan on Saturday with loitering and sentenced to one month's imprisonment. She asked the Magistrates if they could not make it three months as she wanted to
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Great food in veggie heaven(THUMMBNAIL:FOOD-greens07/08-small)
GORDON Ramsay's theory that vegetarians don't have taste buds is well and truly sliced apart with a non-meat cleaver at this well-established restaurant in leafy West Didsbury. The celebrity chef, ex-professional footballer and Hell's Kitchen presenter
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Latest second X1 results
Saturday (July 31): Adlington (4pts) 137-7 (S Davis 62, P Davis 64) Clifton (14pts) 200-6 dec, match drawn; Astley & Tyld (8pts) 186-8 (David Clare 72) Darcy Lever (14pts) 230-9dec (Matthew Syddall 57, Nilesh Patel 71), match drawn; Atherton (20pts
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Children take to the greens in the generation game
IT is the bright red Manchester United shirt with "Ronaldo" on the back and the baseball cap that give it away - the young bowlers are here. Crown green bowling, the traditional Northern sport of those in the evening of life, has found new fans. And,
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Scout picture reaches Africa
THE Bolton Evening News continues to have a considerable "reach", I find. The picture we carried in June showing the 17th Scouts (Christ Church) troop in 1932 has found its way to South Africa. Mr WA Watson has written from Discovery in the Transvaal
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Something for everyone at Leverhulme Park
THIS year's council-run Bolton Show is at Leverhulme Park on August 21 and 22. There will be spectacular acts in the main arena: a music stage, radio roadshows, a funfair, children's entertainment, craft stalls, a dog show and a Saturday night firework
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No gas for three months
A CONSUMER watchdog has criticised gas supplier Powergen as "callous" after a North-west pensioner was left with no gas in her home for three months. Elizabeth Arji moved into her new home in Gee Cross, Hyde, in May -- but it is only due to get gas connected
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New grades in test fiasco
HUNDREDS of 14-year-olds in Bolton who received the wrong grades in their English national curriculum tests should receive re-marked grades in September. At least six Bolton schools are believed to have been affected by nationwide problems with the results
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Panel to meet
THE Education Assitance Panel is to meet on August 10. The committee will discuss applications for Home to School Transport and applications for Student Support for Higher and Further Education, behind closed doors. The meeting will take place at Bolton
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Tapestry group invite
BLACKROD Tapestry Group is appealing for new members. Meetings are held each Monday from 10am-12.30pm at St Katharine's Church. People of all abilities, including beginners are welcome. For details contact Mary on 01204 697763 or Jean on 01204 691191.
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Have a big adventure
BUDDING young explorers are being given a chance to hone their skills. The adventure begins at 2pm on Friday from Moss Bank Park in Bolton with a trek through Barrow Bridge up to High Shores Clough for some stream dipping. Children should be aged 8 to
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Skills at floral night
AN evening of flower arranging is being held in Blackrod on Tuesday, September 14. Qualified teacher and demonstrator Joan Robinson will be sharing her skills from 7.30pm at Blackrod Methodist Hall. Tickets are £4 and available from 01204 691191 or 01204
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Children set for bird adventure
YOUNGSTERS are invited to a birdlife adventure in the park on Tuesday. The event will include a short nature walk and a chance for children to try make a giant bird's nest of their own. Budding bird watchers should meet at the Rock Hall Visitors Centre
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Have a big adventure
BUDDING young explorers are being given a chance to hone their skills. The adventure begins at 2pm on Friday from Moss Bank Park in Bolton with a trek through Barrow Bridge up to High Shores Clough for some stream dipping. Children should be aged 8 to
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Delay over plans for Old Nick
PLANS to change a Grade II listed former prison into a beauty salon have been delayed as planning bosses have failed to reach a decision on whether or not to approve them. Salford Council planning bosses have received an application to change the Old
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New bid to beat bank robbers
A MAJOR crackdown on travelling bank robbers has been launched by detectives. Dubbed Operation Guard, it follows a spate of robberies over the past week in Lancashire, including Darwen. Officers using Automatic Number Plate Recognition will be deployed
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Hideaway in style on Barbados
TELLING people you are going on holiday to Barbados is a pretty failsafe way of turning them green with envy. They imagine - and you expect - long lazy days spent on a beautiful beach, rum punch in hand, being warmed by the Caribbean sun yet cooled by
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Help needed to restore park gates to former glory
YOU may be aware of Bridgeman Park, a small area at the top of Bromwich Street, Bolton, facing Bradford Street and adjacent to the A666. There is, though, a group called "Friends of Bridgeman Park", and member Madeleine Scott tells me that the park is
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You don't see piano-accordions often these days, but when this picture was taken in 1934, Bolton's o
In March, 1977, this picture showed Bolton Swimming Club members busy training for the forthcoming season when they would be competing in the Bolton and District and North Lancashire Leagues. The club catered for people of all ages, from four-year-old
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Hacking Cup
BOLTON Under 13s cricket team have reached the final of the Hacking Cup at Old Trafford on September 11 after beating Bury U13s in the semi-final stage at Unsworth Cricket Club. This is a tremendous achievement especially as Bolton have been drawn away
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Deane and Daubhill Pool League
ENTRY forms are due back in at the delegates meeting on September 5, which will be the final meeting of the Summer League.
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Sky's limit for match fees
SO soccer's leading finance experts say that the European Commission's outlawing of Sky TV's exclusive deal with the Premier League for live football matches is a recipe for disaster (Bolton Evening News, August 5). Sky are using their exclusive position
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Rugby players thrown off plane
NINETEEN rugby players from Manchester were thrown off an EasyJet flight after a drunken row with passengers, police have said. The team were on board a Friday afternoon flight from Liverpool to Cologne when trouble broke out before take-off. The group
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Trees leaving homes in dark
RESIDENTS say they are being left in the dark by badly-sited trees behind their gardens. Neighbours in Egerton want them chopped down because they block out the sunlight. Around 17 trees are clustered together in a 40ft space on a field behind houses
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Even the sun was smiling!
HUNDREDS of people lined Adlington's sun-drenched streets for this year's carnival. Saturday's parade was the highlight of the annual event, and was blessed with blue skies. Crowds lined the streets as bands and floats wound along the procession route
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Boss's vow to save chip shop
A CHIP shop owner has vowed to take his fight to the courts in a bid to save his business from closing down. Paul Moulden, who runs Paul's Chippy in Melville Street, Great Lever, watched planning bosses at Bolton Council reluctantly approve plans to change
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Actress quits Emmerdale to ponder her next move
ACTRESS Amy Nuttall is leaving the hit soap Emmerdale, but denied rumours she was quitting to embark on a singing career. But the 22-year-old star, who plays nanny Chloe Atkinson, will spend the next few weeks looking at her options. National newspapers
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New grades in test fiasco
HUNDREDS of 14-year-olds in Bolton who received the wrong grades in their English national curriculum tests should receive re-marked grades in September. At least six Bolton schools are believed to have been affected by nationwide problems with the results
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Walk cancelled due to holidays
BLACKROD Trodders want to inform members that there will be no walk in August due to holidays and that the next walk will take place on September 18. September's walk will be to Ogden Clough, Stalybridge. For details contact Joyce or Simon on 01204 419025
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Skills at floral night
AN evening of flower arranging is being held in Blackrod on Tuesday, September 14. Qualified teacher and demonstrator Joan Robinson will be sharing her skills from 7.30pm at Blackrod Methodist Hall. Tickets are £4 and available from 01204 691191 or 01204
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'Seven of pubs sold to Dutton's in 1951'
AFTER Turton historian Jim Francis asked for the names of Hamer Brewery pubs, in this column on February 17, I received a letter from a Little Lever reader, saying that the Rose and Crown, in Cross Street, "the original 'Bolton's Settle's Brewery' was
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Can you solve obelisk riddle?
DOES anyone know anything about the obelisk on the side of Winter Hill?, writes Mr F. Woodward, of Sheep Cote Green Farm, Smithills. "I've been in touch with the Halliwell Local History Society, but they can't throw any light on it." Well, Mr Woodward
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All set in 1964 for the fountains and new trees
IT'S easy to forget, when you walk through the Precinct these days, that until the 1970s traffic used to run through the square. This picture goes further back, though, to October, 1964 when, as you can see, the original fountains were being built, and
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Hats on for train passengers
I WAS looking through old pictures at home the other day, and I came across this one of a crowd on Adlington station, date unknown. As you may know, I was brought up in Adlington, so it may be that some relative is shown, perhaps my grandfather ("Owd
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Floral arts and crafts go on show
EDGWORTH Horticultural Society Annual Open Flower, Vegetable, Cookery and Craft Show will take place at the Barlow Institute, Bolton Road, Edgworth, on Saturday, August 21 from 2pm. Home-grown vegetables, various flower categories, floral art, home-baked
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Old Bradshawgate backwater
THIS picture of Bolling's Yard was taken in 1965. The paper reported: "The cotton-spinning and corn-milling saga of Bolling's Yard, the Bradshawgate backwater which has been a part of Bolton's industrial and agricultural life since 1787, has ended with
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Dates for blood donor sessions
BLOOD donors sessions will be held on August 19, at The Mill at the Pier, St Thomas Street, Wigan; on August 24, at Trinity Methodist, Market Street, Farnworth; on August 25, at Walker Memorial Hall, Ridgway Gate, Bolton; on September 1, at the Formby
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Good result for services firm
The North-west practice of professional services firm Deloitte has reported a strong set of annual results for the 12 months to May 2004. Operating profit has grown by around 15 per cent, in line with the rest of the firm, and the North-west fee income
