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Seminars series
CABLE & Wireless is to host a series of seminars to help North West businesses improve the performance of their companies through IT and communications networks. The seminars are being held at Cable & Wireless' Atlas Business Park, Manchester
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Handshakes are mostly 'wet fish'
NEW research has revealed that employers regard most handshakes as wet fishes. 200 handshakes - male and female - were monitored. 21 per cent of male handshakes were wet fish, 56 per cent were "just right" and 23pc were vice-like. However, 46pc of female
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Companies could benefit from NHS contracts
BOLTON companies could benefit from lucrative NHS contracts worth over £2.2 billion if they were able to better meet the required NHS procurement standards. In an effort to secure more of the NHS business in the region, a new programme called "In:tend
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Garage in fast lane to success
A BOLTON garage has been named one of the best in the country after success in a national competition recognising high achievers in the motor industry. District Garage Limited, in Smethurst Lane, reached the finals of the Independent Garage of the Year
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Keeping it clean
HOSPITAL staff across the country are to follow Bolton's lead in tackling infections. Hand rubs for doctors and nurses will be placed next to every patient in every hospital by next April, after research showed that handwashing can reduce infection by
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Soap starlets are streets ahead
CORONATION Street swept the boards at the TV Awards ceremony. Tina O'Brien, who plays young mum Sarah, won the best actress prize and young Samuel Aston, who plays Chesney Brown, was named best soap newcomer. For two youngsters they are remarkably mature
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Don't be fooled by the queues
POST Office chief executive David Mills says that people don't mind waiting to be served because they like the chance to chat to other customers. Mr Mills, we chat because we're British and we deal with queuing just like we do with most things - by making
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Look out for puddings!
THE World Black Pudding Throwing Championships take place in Ramsbottom at the weekend - where else? It costs £1 to chuck three puddings to try to knock over a pudding stack, and it all sounds like a great way to have a laugh, relieve stress and raise
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World gone mad
THE news we keep seeing on TV these days is very distressing. The cruelty and barbarism that goes on is unthinkable. Are we all going mad? We are in 2004, but the trouble in the world today is not getting any better - is it something to do with global
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I knew that bus
I KNEW it would not remain a mystery for long. The "new bus" which I featured on this page last week was identified immediately by reader Edward Evans of Tonge Moor Road, Bolton. Edward, who tells me he is a bus enthusiast who collects bus photographs
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Bus prank girl is seriously injured
A 12-YEAR-OLD girl suffered serious head injuries when she fell into the road after playing a daredevil game of "bumper surfing" on a moving bus. Katherine Glass, of Elgin Street, Halliwell, has been left with a fractured skull after the prank went tragically
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Crook steps in as Lancs chase win
Worcestershire v Lancashire: AUSTRALIAN-born batsman Andrew Crook was due to make his Lancashire debut in their most important County Championship game of the season today. Crook has been called up for today's match against Worcestershire with leg-spinner
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Top gardeners
WINNERS of Horwich in Bloom 2004 will receive their trophies on Saturday at the Horwich Resource Centre, Beaumont Road, from the town mayor, Cllr Kevan Helsby, during a fun day starting at 10am.
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Teenager wakes to find cooker ablaze
A TEENAGER who left a pan on the cooker and fell asleep upstairs awoke to find smoke billowing from the kitchen. Firefighters were called to Chaucer Grove, Atherton, from 11.30am after a neighbour spotted smoke coming from the property. The house was
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Family escapes arson attack
TWO adults and child escaped injury after a carpet in their house was set on fire in a possible arson attack. Fire crews were called to a terraced house in Daisy Street, Daubhill, at 2am on Thursday after reports from the homeowner that a small fire had
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Ostrich meat at market
HOMEGROWN produce including ostrich meat, fresh fruit and vegetables, cheese, lamb and yoghurt will be on sale at a farmers' market in Leigh. Shoppers will be able to buy the produce direct from local farmers, growers and producers next Wednesday at Leigh
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The wacky walkers
EMPLOYEES of BT Local Business in Bolton are staging a sponsored Wacky Walk for Children in Need and they are inviting others to join in at Heaton Park on Saturday, September 18. Walkers are being asked to tackle the course of nearly two miles in an imaginative
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Amir: The new face of British boxing
OLYMPIC hero Amir Khan is set to become the face of British boxing writes David Magilton The 17-year-old Bolton fighter could feature in four amateur boxing shows to be shown by the BBC -- the only domestic boxing on terrestrial TV after December. It
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Fire crew rescues girls from roof
TWO girls were rescued by firefighters after they became stuck on a church roof in Farnworth. Fire crews were called to New Bury Church, George Street, at around 8pm last night where the pair, aged eight and 14, had climbed on to the flat roof of a single
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Celebration brothers argued with policeman
TWO brothers out on a "wetting the baby's head" celebration ended up arguing and fighting with a policeman, Bury magistrates were told. Lee Evans, aged 24, and Scott Evans, aged 29, both of Water Lane Street, Radcliffe, admitted behaviour likely to cause
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Jail threat to estate teenage terror
A TEENAGER'S two-year reign of terror over a community has come to an end. Daniel Millington, aged 17, has been told he must behave or face up to five years in jail. Millington's campaign of intimidation and harassment on the Hag Fold estate in Atherton
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Sam angry over Henrik injury scare
SAM Allardyce has taken a swipe at the Denmark FA for not informing him that Henrik Pedersen picked up an Achilles tendon injury playing for his country last weekend. Pedersen should be fit for Saturday's Reebok clash with Manchester United but the manager
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Extra police for United clash
EXTRA patrols will be deployed across Bolton on Saturday for Wanderers' clash with Manchester United. Hundreds of officers will be on duty before and after the derby game at the Reebok Stadium, which kicks off at 3pm. Uniformed patrols will be supported
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'Retired' Scholes fresh to focus on derby day
PAUL Scholes could have been part of England's attempts to qualify for the 2006 World Cup this week - instead he has been free to focus on Manchester United's match against Wanderers. The 29-year-old midfielder will have had the best part of two weeks
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Ghost town fears for Market Hall
I WOULD like to express my opinion on the conversion of the Market Hall. Bolton will become a ghost town. One of the best features of the Market Hall has been people coming from all over for the little stalls. It is an old and young people's meeting place
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Lancashire life for Zulu pupils
A GROUP of South African Zulu schoolchildren are enjoying activities in Bolton as part of an exchange visit. Eight students from the Esibonisweni School in Kwa Zulu Natal are visiting pupils at St Joseph's High School in Horwich. They will be in Bolton
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Shutters at school hit by vandals
A SCHOOL which has been subjected to repeated vandal attacks is to spend £17,000 on improving security measures. Haslam Park Primary School in Deane will install security shutters on all windows after yobs caused thousands of pounds worth of damage this
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Extra police patrols for United clash at Reebok
EXTRA patrols will be deployed across Bolton on Saturday for the Wanderers' first clash of the season with Manchester United. Hundreds of officers will be on duty before and after the derby game at the Reebok Stadium, which kicks off at 3pm. Uniformed
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Trip claims cost council £1.4m
"SLIP and trip" claims cost Bolton Council a staggering £1.4 million over the last year. Figures show that 40 compensation claims are submitted to the local authority every week. Now town hall bosses have announced a fresh crackdown on fraudulent claims
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Amir: The new face of British boxing
OLYMPIC hero Amir Khan is set to become the face of British boxing writes David Magilton The 17-year-old Bolton fighter could feature in four amateur boxing shows to be shown by the BBC -- the only domestic boxing on terrestrial TV after December. It
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Boddingtons brewery is to close
THE Boddingtons brewery at Strangeways in Manchester will close by February 2005 with the loss of 55 jobs. Managers from Interbrew UK, the Belgian owner of the former family owned brewery, made the announcement to staff at 7am on Thursday morning. Brewing
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Group's call to Chancellor
A NORTH-West based small business lobby group has called on Chancellor Gordon Brown to ease anxiety among companies over petrol prices by linking fuel duty with the price of crude oil. The Forum of Private Business made its demand as the price of Brent
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Concern over target failure
THE Forum of Private Business (FPB) is "deeply dismayed" that Royal Mail failed to hit any of its 15 performance targets during the three months to June. Chief Executive Nick Goulding said Royal Mail's failure to get its act together is undermining small
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Hi-tech firm now thriving
A BURY-BASED provider of services and technology to the UK small business sector has been named one of the fastest growing Top 10 Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) partners in the UK. There are more than 200 MBS partners in the UK, and Cedilla Systems
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No shame in our name
THANK goodness there is plenty of sense over Bolton Institute's new name. Education bosses favour the University of Bolton over other suggestions which included West Pennines University (too vague) and North Manchester University (no!). I'm waiting for
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Welcome move for schools
THE appointment of Tony Birch as the new troubleshooter for Bolton's schools sounds like an excellent idea. As strategic manager of school evaluation, he will identify where schools need support and how they score in terms of added value. All of which
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Paradise - or hell for school 'martyrs'?
THE terrible news coming out of Beslan, Russia, with its almost 1,000 captives held under atrocious conditions in a school building, shows the evil that some men and women are capable of. The latest count of dead - more than 320, with more than 150 of
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Coronation rang out
READER Joe Thornley tells me today is the 50th anniversary of the re-cast bells at St John's, Farnworth, and Kearsley Parish Church (as it was then known). Fund raising began in the late 1940s to pay for the exercise and was not completed until 1954.
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Fastest housewife on two wheels?
A COMPETITION to find the "Fastest Housewife in Bolton" was held in January, 1969, at the Co-operative store in Oxford Street, Bolton. Housewives pedalled the equivalent of 220 yards on a roller cycle in an effort to win an automatic washing machine.
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On this day - September 9
1087: William Rufus (Red Rufus) came to the throne of England on the death of William the Conqueror in Rouen, France, from injuries received when his horse stumbled. 1513: The Battle of Flodden Field was fought near Branxton in Northumberland, in which
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Boses fined for working overtime
From the Evening News, September 9, 1904: R. STOTHERT and Sons, mineral water manufacturers, John Street, whose head works are at Atherton, were fined at Warrington today sums totalling £5 14s 6d for employing females after stipulated hours. The defence
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£10,000 for Bury Grammar School
From the Evening News, September 10, 1904: THE governors of Bury Grammar School have received promises totalling more than £10,000 towards the building of a girls' grammar school. They have decided to proceed with the work at once and have let the contract
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Final date
FINAL of Champion of Champions: : Wednesday, September 15 at Levers Arms, Darcy Lever, played to League Rules.
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Our market stalls must be saved
IT is becoming obvious that people in the Bolton area DO want to keep their independent traders. The petition to keep the town's Market Hall open and trading in the wake of a huge planned development has already attracted 11,000 names. These are people
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Unfinished building delays start of school
PUPILS in Radcliffe were turned away from school this week as building work had not been completed. Construction work at the Coney Green site of the new Radcliffe Riverside School had not been finished in time for the new school year on Monday (Sept 6
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MP's surgery
DAVID Crausby MP will hold his advice surgery on Friday at Bolton Town Hall, in the Loyals Lounge. The surgery will commence from 4.30pm to 6.30pm. No appointment necessary.
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Walk in memory of Phil raises £4,000
A CHARITY walk in memory of Atherton man Phil Baker who died from cancer raised more than £4,000 for Christie's Hospital. The event last weekend was supported by 100 family members and friends, ranging from aged five to 50, who walked up Rivington Pike
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Landlady tied up by armed gang
A LANDLADY was tied up by three armed robbers who broke into her pub. The 41-year-old woman was asleep at the Old Boathouse pub in Higher Lane, Astley, on Monday when she was woken by three men at around 3.45am. One of the gang pointed a handgun at her
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Teachers' sympathy for Russia
BOLTON teachers have sent their condolences to Russia following the terrorist school atrocity in Beslan. The Bolton branch of the National Union of Teachers wrote a letter to the Education and Science Employees' Union of Russia expressing deepest sympathy
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Woman's body found in canal
A WOMAN'S body has been recovered from the West Bridgewater Canal in Leigh. She was found in the water near Mather Lane Bridge yesterday at around 8.15am. Police believe she had been in the canal since Tuesday evening. The death is not being treated as
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Fadiga: We're still talking
SENEGAL star Khalilou Fadiga could still be offered a place in Allardyce's Premiership squad, despite a succession of reports suggesting negotiations had broken down. The 29-year-old former Inter Milan midfielder took a swipe at Wanderers yesterday, claiming
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War vets' battle to save regiments
THE campaign to save three North-west army regiments from a possible merger is being stepped up. The Queen's Lancashire Regiment, King's Own Royal border regiment in Cumbria and the Cheshire Regiment could be amalgamated to cut defence costs. North West
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Seven on trial in sex case
A TRIAL has begun in Leeds of seven men accused of sexual offences following the discovery of a 14-year-old boy at an address in Eccles. An investigation was launched after the teenager was reported missing from his home in Leeds in October last year.
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Steam on screen at vintage film show
RAIL enthusiasts can enjoy the golden age of steam on screen at an archive film show on Saturday. The Railways Remembered event will recall the history of railways and transport in the North-west, showing footage shot more than 60 years ago. Visitors
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Is this the end of the line for area forums?
A REVAMP of Bolton's area forums planned by the ruling Liberal Democrats lay in tatters today after opposition groups voted out their plans. The Labour and Conservative parties on the council joined forces to shoot down proposals on an issue the Lib Dems
