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Housewives with pedalling power
THE "Fastest Housewife in Bolton" came in to see me after a recent Looking Back item. A competition at the old Co-operative store in Oxford Street, Bolton in January, 1969 involved women pedalling furiously on a roller cycle in an effort to win an automatic
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Laughs guaranteed with comic foursome
COMEDY fans should head down to the Frog and Bucket in Manchester for the venue's legendary Barrel of Laughs nights this weekend. Compere Dan Nightingale will warm up the audience with his cheeky observational wit, before the evening's three acts take
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Students 'want it on a plate'
TODAY'S students are more demanding and need much more "spoon-feeding" by their lecturers than previous generations, according to a survey. Almost four out of five academics aged under 40 said today's students expected far more help with their studies
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Miller saves point
York City 1 Leigh RMI 1: BARRY Miller scored his first goal for Leigh with a last-gasp header to snatch a dramatic Conference draw at York. The central defender, who joined the club from Hucknall in the summer, nodded in Alex Meechan's corner in the third
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Inner demons that drove therapist to shotgun murder
THE statue of the Buddha in the garden of Heather Stephenson-Snell's home in Crombie Avenue, York, suggested the person who lived there was at peace with the world. But inside the mind of Heather Stephenson-Snell raged a darker force which drove her to
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First defeat for Daisy Hill
DAISY Hill, leaders of the U18s, tasted defeat for the first time this season when they were beaten 3-2 at home by Radcliffe Town. Their top place was taken by Woodbank, who continued their unbeaten run after a 4-0 away win at North Walkden. Other winners
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Athletic are held
LEIGH Athletic were held to another draw in a league game they should have won after a 1-1 result against second placed Avro in the Manchester League. They took the lead when Andy Miller shot home for his first senior goal, but Avro scrambled home the
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Under-achieving stars must take responsibility
LANCASHIRE proved the bigger they are the harder they fall after failing to live up to their pre-season billing. At the start of the season it looked like they were going to feature heavily in the race for silverware. But it does not matter what the tables
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'Green' day
A HORWICH primary school is preparing to go green for the day. St Mary's Primary School is to concentrate on environmentally friendly issues on October 1, with activities such as litter picks. Youngsters will be encouraged to come to school by bike or
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Mayoresses serving treat
THE Mayoresses of Bolton, Elaine Howarth and Lesley Lyons will be serving drinks at a Macmillan Coffee morning at the Town Hall on Friday from 11am. Anyone wanting to go along should contact the Mayor's office on 01204 331090.
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Staff join jeans pool
STAFF at Bolton Town Hall's One Stop Shop are aiming to raise money by ditching their executive suits for jeans. On Friday, October 1 the shop staff will donate £1 to wear jeans to work as part of the national Jeans for Genes Appeal. Proceeds will go
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Love rival who was the target
DIANE Lomax's involvement with former stripper Adrian Sinclair drew her into the bizarre and twisted world of Heather Stephenson-Snell. The mother-of-two became the target for the psychotherapist's hate campaign, regularly getting abusive phone calls
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'Urban boulevard' arch gets go-ahead
A FUTURISTIC arch is set to tower 60 ft over Newport Street after planners gave the go-ahead to the controversial plan. The curved steel structure, which will be illuminated at night, will be the focal point of a new sleek "urban boulevard" linking the
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'Walkies' plea to owners
TWO Bolton pet stores are urging dog owners to "go walkies" to raise money for Dogs for the Disabled. The Pets at Home stores, in Manchester Road, Bolton, and Middlebrook, Horwich, are asking people to commit to taking their dog for a walk on Sunday.
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Woman, 84, in fear of gangs of youths
AN 84-YEAR-OLD widow claims a gang of youths has been terrorising her for the last two years leaving her too frightened to leave her Hunger Hill home. Kathleen Riley says up to five boys aged as young as nine have been making her life a misery, banging
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Fairytale wedding in the park
WHEN Kearsley businesswoman Joanne Lee was planning her wedding to Chris Kearns she wanted to get married in the park - Central Park, New York. And the result for the 27 year-old recruitment consultant with Bolton firm Linda Taylor Associates was a fairytale
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Mourners of John raise cash for daughter
PUB regulars have helped to raise money to allow the daughter of a musician and poet who died last week to attend his funeral. Customers at the Man and Scythe pub, on Churchgate, Bolton, held their own ceremony to commemorate the life of John Gilroy,
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People who live in glass boxes...
Two women have been given every girls' dream - to live inside a vast shopping centre, surrounded by lots of clothes shops. But Ruth Harrison and Jenny Ryan, both from Horwich, will not be able to get their hands on any goodies too easily. For they will
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Veteran keeper hails squad strength
KEVIN Poole - the voice of experience in the Reebok dressing room - gave a ringing endorsement today to Sam Allardyce's claim that he has never had it so good. The veteran keeper, at 41 the oldest registered Premiership player, dug deep into his memory
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Get inside the mind of the criminal
STUDENTS will be able to get into the criminal mind in a course being offered at Bolton Community College. Anyone who can see themselves as the next Sherlock Holmes or Miss Marple can enrol on The Access to Criminology course. The course aims to expand
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Carling Cup First Round
Mansfield Town 0 Preston 4 Carling Cup Second Round Crystal Palace 2 Hartlepool 1 (after extra time); Reading 0 Watford 3; Burnley 1 Wolves 1 (Burnley win 4-2 on penalties); Birmingham 3 Lincoln City 1; Yeovil 0 Bolton 2; Colchester 2 West Brom 1 (after
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City goal show doesn't fool Kev
Man City 7 Barnsley 1: THE City fans sang "Are you watching Arsenal" but Kevin Keegan was not fooled. City romped to their biggest win under Keegan with a mesmerising display of slick passing and clinical finishing. But when the Premiership champions
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Trust to meet its targets
THE Bolton, Salford and Trafford Mental Health Trust is on track to meet its financial targets. During the first three months of the financial year, the Trust recorded a surplus of £497,000.
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Police to clean up in war on graffiti
A WAR on graffiti has been declared - with police saying they will target vandals in a fresh intelligence-gathering campaign. Officers from the Bolton Copshop have ordered a crackdown of the Chorley Old Road area in Halliwell, which was recently blighted
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Praying to cut crime
CRIME will be reduced in Bolton - by the power of prayer, according to a new scheme launched by a Government minister. In a speech at the Reebok Stadium last night, Hazel Blears, minister of state for the Home Office, said police and churches would work
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Memories of Glyn Owen
THE death of stage and television actor Glyn Owen has prompted a letter from Mr Albert Airey of Gunters Avenue, Daisy Hill, Westhoughton. Mr Owen, who was 76, had a 50-year career which included spells as Dr Patrick O'Mara in Emergency Ward 10 and Jack
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On this day - September 22
1735: Sir Robert Walpole became the first Prime Minister to move into 10 Downing Street. 1780: Capt William Lynch's name was immortalised when he issued a proclamation in Virginia, saying that if citizens believed the official course of justice was not
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Bishop unhappy with girls in public houses
From the Evening News, September 22, 1904: BISHOP Hamilton Baynes spoke in Nottingham in connection with the National Autumn Conference of the Band of Hope Union. Describing the scene in the city at about eleven o'clock on Saturday nights, he doubted
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Umpires course
THE Association of Cricket Umpires and Scorers' training course continues tonight at Astley Bridge Cricket Club at 7.30pm. The course is aimed at people who want to become umpires for the 2005 season. Contact Ted Holden on 01204 520594 or Paul Dalton
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Unmasked - killer behind Halloween horror
THIS is the face of Halloween night killer Heather Stephenson-Snell who today started a life sentence for the murder of a stranger. Dressed in a mask inspired by the horror movie Scream and armed with a sawn-off shotgun, the 46-year-old crazed psychotherapist
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Picture this
LEGENDARY lensman and photographer to the stars, Harry Goodwin, will be making a personal appearance at the Museum of Lancashire, Preston, this Saturday from 2pm. Visitors to the Stanley Street museum will be able to meet Harry and ask him about how he
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Charity cuppa
THE Thyme Deli and Coffee Shop is hoping to raise cash for a cancer charity by brewing up. The shop in Winter Hey Lane, Horwich, is raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Relief by joining in the charity's World's Biggest Coffee Morning on Friday, between
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Dental day for patients
A DENTAL practice is holding an open day for NHS patients to register. St George's dental practice, on St George's Road, Chorley, has revealed it has taken on three full-time dentists, creating around 5,000 places for patients wanting NHS treatment. The
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Arrival of new train times
RAIL operator Arriva Trains Northern's winter timetable will come into force on Monday. Copies of the timetable are now available from stations and can be downloaded from the company's website by Saturday. Click on to www.arrivatrainsnorthern.co.uk. Timetable
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Fears for rail links
TRANSPORT chiefs have voiced their concerns to the Government about the possible reduction of a train service which provides links from Bolton to Scotland, the Midlands and South-west England. The Strategic Rail Authority announced that negotiations to
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Health visitors around town
HEALTH visitors are to forge closer links with patients by being based in local communities. The nurses are being assigned to different areas in Bolton, rather than being attached to doctors' practices. The decision by Bolton Primary Care Trust follows
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Flower show in full bloom
THE annual Horwich Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Show was a great success despite the poor summer weather. Now in its 90th year, more than 100 people attended the show, which was held at the newly refurbished Horwich Leisure Centre, Chorley Old Road. Categories
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Appeal for more Guides leaders
THE Guides have launched an urgent appeal for more leaders to volunteer to help run groups across the town. Around 400 girls aged between five to 14 have been placed on a waiting list by Guides bosses because there are not enough adults to help run Rainbows
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Pavement work moves bus stops
BUS passengers using stops along the stretch of Piccadilly from Portland Street, Manchester, towards the rail station are being advised that services are being relocated to allow for pavement widening works. From Thursday: services 153, 219, 220, 221
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Thieves steal flowers at grave
A HEARTBROKEN widower has called for security cameras to be installed at a church in Little Lever after thieves stole flowers from his wife's grave. Ray Murgatroyd, aged 72, left a wicker basket of flowers on the grave of his late wife Sylvia at St Matthews
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Debutants keep Sam happy with winning cup start
JAY-JAY Okocha and the seven other first choice players who were rested as Wanderers kicked off their Carling Cup campaign with a 2-0 win at Yeovil, last night, will be back in Premiership action against Birmingham, at the Reebok on Saturday. Sam Allardyce
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Great expectations from mums-to-be
PREGNANT schoolgirls in Bolton are doing better academically, a national survey has revealed. The level of support given to the expectant mothers is believed to be part of the reason why they are achieving good results. The credit for this is down to
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Frandsen faces lengthy lay-off
FORMER Wanderer Per Frandsen was facing a battle to save his season as he underwent surgery on a damaged knee ligament today. The Wigan midfielder has been told he will be out of action for at least three months after suffering the injury against Sheffield
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Crackdown to stamp out TV licence dodgers
GET one or get done, that is the tough new message to TV licence evaders in Bolton. An advertising campaign has been launched across the borough as more inspectors than ever take to the streets to track down people who have not paid their TV licence.
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Innocent family man who became victim
FORMER soldier Robert Wilkie was a decent family man who was killed because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Mr Wilkie, a 43-year-old former commando, had fallen in love with mother-of two Debbie O'Brien and the pair had talked of marriage
