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Staff can log in when out
BURY business IT systems integrator Cedilla Systems has announced that its Infrastructure Division is to provide a completely updated network for the chartered accountancy firm Alexander & Co. The new system will allow staff to access the corporate
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Helping hand for surveyors
ABBEY National has appointed Bolton-based chartered surveyors e.surv to supply support services for its residential property valuation requirements. This follows an internal review of Abbey's business needs, which highlighted the need for surveyors to
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Gary has the cutting edge
AN ambitious, award-winning young stylist is turning heads at a Farnworth hair salon. Paul Middlehurst, received the Apprentice of the Year award for his hairdressing course at Bolton Community College. And he is adamant that his success story will not
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IT firm makes healthy gain
A SPECIALIST software company from Westhoughton is going from strength to strength with its latest multi-million pound acquisition. Ascribe, who provide software to the healthcare industry, has announced an important strategic expansion with the takeover
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Khan hits rivals for six!
BOLTON boxing sensation Amir Khan will show that he is a big hitter when he opens the batting for Lancashire for their big sell-out clash against rivals Yorkshire at Old Trafford in the Twenty20 Cup on Friday. The Olympic Silver Medallist has just returned
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Children can learn more at nurseries
ALL credit to Mrs P Partington (June 24) for raising eight hard-working grown-up children, but what was good for her and her children doesn't apply in all families. My wife and I have two children, aged three months and two years, and we are both employed
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Working from home best of both worlds
I think you will be extremely busy with responses from our local "mother earth", Mrs P Partington. I have four children and have always worked, but wonder if I fall into the "selfish" catagory as I run a family business from home. I now only have one
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Hussey gets a grip on the fight game
LIFE inside the squared circle has always been second nature to Jonathan Hussey, but now he is ready to break with family tradition. The 22-year-old from Bolton was born into a famous wrestling family, but is ready to don gloves for his professional boxing
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Giants net £700,000 million sponsorship deal
BELFAST Giants general manager John Elliott has announced a £700,000 deal and a major new shareholder on the way for the ice hockey club. Elliott confirmed: "This is a fantastic piece of news for our club, for all Giants fans and indeed for sport in Northern
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Thieves in church antiques raid
RAIDERS smashed a stained glass window and stole antique communion silver from a Holcombe church - some dating back more than 150 years. Worshippers at Emmanuel Church were left distraught after the vestry was ransacked and three safes containing the
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Sammy Lee signs on at the Reebok
SAMMY Lee was formally installed as Wanderers' new assistant manager on Thursday lunchtime. The former Liverpool and England midfielder, is leaving his full-time coaching role with England after being hand-picked by Sam Allardyce to be his new right hand
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Uefa Cup dates threat to traditional games
THE impact of Wanderers' involvement in the UEFA Cup has already had an effect on next season's fixture list. The away games against derby rivals Manchester City and Wigan Athletic, originally scheduled as Saturday fixtures - September 17 and October
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Scroungers to blame for yob culture
While Mrs P Partington is entitled to her views, as a working non-mother, I must disagree with her that women staying at home will stop the increase in yobs. The yob culture has not come about due to women going off to work. No, it is bad parenting through
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Top surgeon in plea for more funding
A TOP surgeon is calling on the Government to give more money to the Royal Bolton Hospital after it was revealed that 155 jobs are to be axed and two wards closed. Tony Banks, an orthopaedic surgeon, urged bosses to fight for extra cash and accused Whitehall
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Woman shot while window shopping
A HORWICH woman who was window shopping with her husband in Manchester city centre was shot after being caught up in an attempted armed robbery on Thursday. Eyewitnesses said that a man carrying a magazine said something to a couple window shopping at
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I'm no crash hero - dad
A FATHER who helped lift a car off a six-year-old girl accident victim said today: "I'm no hero. Anyone would have done what I did." Matthew Foster, aged 37, crawled under the wreckage and with the help of another passer-by lifted the Mitsubishi Colt
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Car bomber gets 20 years
A MAN who brought terror to the streets of Bolton by placing a bomb under a car is starting a 20 year jail sentence. Stanley Curry, a 47-year-old train driver, planted the home-made device under the car of John "Fat Jackie" Thompson as part of a bitter
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More trams on line?
THE long-needed upgrading of Greater Manchester's tram system may finally be getting backing from the Government. Transport minister Derek Twigg says the government will pay £58m towards the total cost of £102m for Metrolink work. But the approval is
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We should value the stay at home mums
I agree totally with Mrs Partington regarding mums staying at home with their children. When I was growing up we did not have lots of money or holidays abroad. However, I did have meals with my family (homecooked and healthy) and help from my parents
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I work to put food on table
IN response to Mrs P Partington's letter "Women should be at home" - hello! Reality check!! I am a hard-working single parent, and selfish I am not. As much as I, along with other mums, would love to stay at home and keep house, I am unable to do so.
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Jobs always better than hand-outs
Mrs P Partington is so very out of touch. Her children are all grown up, but in the last 20 years things have changed! I have two children, aged 13 months and four years, and I work full time. But my partner and I do not live in a house above our status
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Hamer Cup semi-final draw
FARNWORTH and Egerton will have home advantage in the Bolton League's Hamer Cup semi-finals on Sunday, July 17. Eagley, who put out holders Westhoughton in the last round, are the visitors to Egerton, while Farnworth entertain Bradshaw. In the second
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Greenmount on a roll
BOLTON League side Greenmount took a step nearer the final stages of the Lancashire Knockout after beating beating Dukinfield by eight wickets. It was their bowlers who set up the win as the Lancashire County side were restricted to 133-9. Captain Mark
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Woman shot while window shopping
A HORWICH woman who was window shopping with her husband in Manchester city centre was shot after being caught up in an attempted armed robbery on Thursday. Eyewitnesses said that a man carrying a magazine said something to a couple window shopping at
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Terriers display
A 105mm Light Gun, along with equipment and clothing will be on display when the 216 Battery Royal Artillery (Volunteers) hold an Open Evening on Tuesday, July 5 at the Territorial Army Barracks, Nelson Street, Bolton. Anyone aged between 17 and 23 who
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Return of Kermit the Frog
KERMIT the Frog has been returned to his Breightmet home - thanks to a Bolton Evening News appeal. The six-feet high cuddly toy was stolen from pensioner Bob Hodgkinson's garden where it formed a display of animal figures which is a favourite with local
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Property prices set to keep going up
PROPERTY prices in Bolton are set to keep rising over the next four years, according to the latest industry forecasts. Your Mortgage, an independent consumer magazine, has carried out a study which shows Bolton house prices increasing by 8.3 per cent
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Homeless striker's World Cup dream
STRIKER Gary Whiteside hopes to score a winning World Cup goal for his country. Then he will get back to finding a job and somewhere to live. For 18-year-old Gary is in the England team for next month's Homeless World Cup when 32 teams - including Brazil
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Dancing to the Race for Life tune
THERE will be no mistaking the 20-strong Bolton Majorettes dancing team in the Race for Life next month - they will be the ones with the pompoms and batons! The championship winning troupe's team will include some of the girls themselves, plus mums and
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Pupils learn about life in wartime
IT is 60 years since the end of World War Two, and the number of people who lived during the war is slowly falling. But Turton Tower is carrying out a special project to bridge the gap between old and young, and to make sure that life during the war is
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Great life at the Reebok good for Dacourt- Candela
VINCENT Candela might have said "no" to a new Reebok deal but he has given his fellow Frenchman, Olivier Dacourt, a glowing reference on life with the Wanderers. World Cup winner Candela could have tipped the balance in Sam Allardyce's favour as Dacourt
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Homeless striker's World Cup dream
STRIKER Gary Whiteside hopes to score a winning World Cup goal for his country. Then he will get back to finding a job and somewhere to live. For 18-year-old Gary is in the England team for next month's Homeless World Cup when 32 teams - including Brazil
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Terriers display
A 105mm Light Gun, along with equipment and clothing will be on display when the 216 Battery Royal Artillery (Volunteers) hold an Open Evening on Tuesday, July 5 at the Territorial Army Barracks, Nelson Street, Bolton. Anyone aged between 17 and 23 who
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Estate yob locked up
THE teenage ringleader of a gang of youths who plagued Little Lever with violence and drunken behaviour has been locked up for 18 months after a court heard of his "catalogue of horrifying offences". Stephen Wilson, aged 17, of Marsh Road, Little Lever
