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Staff training up for new call centre
Regenda Housing Group is preparing to launch a new call centre from its Middlebrook head office. The social housing landlord, which provides 13,000 homes for residents across the North-west, plans to provide a new phone helpline, Regenda First, from
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Waterstone’s and HMV not at risk
HMV has dismissed claims that its stores in Bolton and the surrounding areas are under possible threat of closure. The company responded to a report in The Bolton News on Monday, which said that London property agent CB Richard Ellis had been instructed
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Balfour Beatty stays on track
CONSTRUCTION giant Balfour Beatty said it was on track to make "further good progress" after strong performances in civil engineering, building and rail helped the firm beat profit expectations. The London-based company pushed up underlying pre-tax
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Illness blamed on employers
MORE than half of workers in Bolton admit they force themselves into the office even when they are ill. And 35 per cent of workers hold their place of employment responsible for the majority of their illnesses. But the makers of Yakult, a probiotic
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ITV reveals fall in profit
NEW ITV boss Michael Grade highlighted a "lack of innovation" in programming after the broadcaster announced a sharp fall in annual profits. Two months into his role as executive chairman, Mr Grade said he had developed more positive impressions than
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Vicar swaps the bible for a baton in church concert
Vicar Cherry Vann is used to creating harmony in the community and now she is to bring her own musical melody to parishoners. Before putting on her dog collar for the first time 25 years ago, Miss Vann, who is the vicar at St John the Evangelist church
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MP’s plea to fight pensioner poverty
ACTION to help lift pensioners out of poverty must be taken now, Bolton North-east MP David Crausby has demanded. Mr Crausby has joined with Chorley MP Lindsay Hoyle in campaigning for the link between pensions and earnings to be restored immediately
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Online plans save council £500 per month in paper
A NEW system which allows residents and developers to submit planning applications at the push of a button has saved Bolton Council £500 a month on paper. Bolton Council's new online planning web page includes a feature giving people the chance to
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Armed robbers flee with cash
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after the armed robbery of a security van. Two men with an axe threatened the driver of the van in Stockport Lane, Timperley, Stretford, on Tuesday morning, before escaping with a quantity of money. They sped off
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Sammy leads way for charity
SOAP star Sammy Winward will be putting her best foot forward to raise cash for The Meningitis Trust. Emmerdale star Sammy, who has an 18-month-old daughter, Mia, and who lives Edgworth, will be taking part in a "toddle waddle" on Sunday, May 13 to
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Patients’ views
PATIENTS can become more involved in how their hospital is run. The Pennine Acute Trust, which runs Fairfield General Hospital in Bury, is holding a patient and public involvement awareness week at the hospital, beginning on Monday, March 19.
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Breast is best for tackling obesity
MUMS are being urged to breast-feed their babies in a Research has shown breast really is best as babies who are given their mother's milk, rather than being bottle fed, are 15 per cent less likely to be obese at the age of 15. In Bolton, 25 per cent
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Festival’s food for thought
IT was Bolton's first Food and Drink Festival and judging by its success it certainly will not be the last. In fact, Bolton Council has agreed to stage a festival this year and hopes to improve on the 2006 event. The local authority's tourism department
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No smoking awards up for grabs
BUSINESSES which have banned smoking could be in line for an award. Health and council bosses are holding a clean air awards ceremony for companies that have stubbed it out ahead of the national ban on smoking in workplaces and other buildings open
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Are you inspiring?
REMARKABLE women in Bolton have until April 18 to be nominated for a North West award. The annual Inspiring Women Awards, in association with Britannia Building Society, recognises outstanding women in the arts, business, community and the public sectors
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Massage for baby
MUMS-TO-BE are signing their babies up for massage classes. The sessions at the Prestwich health centre in Fairfax Road cater for babies aged between six weeks and eight months. For more information, call 0161 7739111.
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Pond dipping in park
POND-dipping sessions are being held at a park in Bury. Children can discover creepy crawlies on Saturday and Sunday, March 17 and 18, from noon to 1.30pm at the Barn Countryside Centre, Philips Park. Places for each session are limited to 12 children
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Church collection for food sachets
A CHARITY collection to raise funds to buy food sachets for children in Third World countries has raised £1,373. Members of the congregation at the New Chapel United Reformed Church in Horwich have collected the cash as part of the Unicef 5p Might
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MP Ruth under fire over new homes Bill
PRESSURE is mounting on Ruth Kelly to back a Bill which would allow councils to set stringent targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions when new homes are built. The Bolton West MP and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has
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BIG INTERVIEW: Bernard Manning Jnr
EVER wondered what happens at a non-league football club? Radcliffe Boro chairman Bernard Manning Jnr answers 20 questions on that very subject. 1. An easy question to start with Bernard, is relegation a formality and have the club accepted they
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Burglary detective wins chief’s award
A BOLTON detective who led an investigation into the theft of boilers from council properties has been given an award. Det Sgt Andrew Greenhalgh heads Bolton's burglary unit team and has won the Chief Constable's Award for Team Leadership. The unit
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Grants offer by trust could make you a star
A TRUST set up more than 50 years ago is offering awards to Bolton people. The Provincial Insurance Company Trust is inviting applications for this month. Over the years, they have given out thousands of pounds and one successful applicant was Bolton
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Junior football reports round-up
Latest junior football reports are now available in .pdf format. Simply click HERE.
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Wanderers hit out at delay in Academy plan
BOLTON Wanderers says it is taking legal advice over delays in plans for its new £3 million football academy at Lostock. Club chairman Phil Gartside criticised developers First Industrial for still not completing a deal, agreed last summer, to transfer
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Junior football results round-up
Latest junior football results are now available in .pdf format. Simply click HERE.
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Plan to restart music group
MOVES are being made to restart a music group for pre-school children. The Bolton Under-Fives Music Group folded last summer after 10 years because of falling numbers. Now former leader Alison Lomax wants to restart it. Anyone interested should call
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Motorists get ready to walk
A RIDE and ramble event will be held at Entwistle reservoir on Saturday. The event, organised by the Bolton branch of the Institute of Advanced Motorists, starts from the car park at the bottom of Batridge Road, Turton. Walkers should meet at 1.50pm
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A gamble for hospice
BOLTON financial advisers are taking a gamble at a casino to raise cash for Bury Hospice. Phillip Rose, who runs Independent Financial Advisor Ltd in Bolton Road, is celebrating the first anniversary of his company by inviting 100 clients to a champagne
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Salesman is actor David’s toughest role
DEATH of A Salesman is probably Arthur Miller's best-known play. Its main character is definitely one of his most demanding roles, and the difficult job of portraying Willie Loman at Bolton's Octagon theatre falls to David Fleeshman. David, who is married
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Slow-down road signs launched by pupils
A NEW scheme to cut the number of speeding motorists on Bolton's roads has been officially launched. Pupils from the Valley Community School in Astley Bridge joined Cllr John Byrne, Bolton Council's executive member for environmental services, for
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MP opens children’s centre
A NEW children's centre is being launched in Darwen tomorrow. Local MP Janet Anderson will be guest of honour at the opening of Earcroft Children's Centre. Youngsters attending the next-door Kittens Nursery, and their parents and carers, will play
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Residents will fight new plan for homes
A DEVELOPER has revised plans to build homes on a former hospital site in a bid to get the scheme approved. Wainhomes want to build 50 houses on the site of the former Fall Birch Hospital in Horwich. But residents say the plan will cause traffic
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Blooming lovely bulbs spring up
RESIDENTS are enjoying the first signs of spring in Westhoughton. Members of the Wingates Residents' Association oversaw the planting of 17,000 bulbs in the area last autumn. And they are now enjoying thousands of blooming lovely daffodils and crocuses
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Man denies trying to kill ex-girlfriend
A "MANIPULATIVE" man allegedly distributed pornographic images of his former lover and tried to stab her mother to death, a court heard yesterday. Liverpool Crown Court was told Stanley Hill, aged 45, of Kensington Drive, Leigh, was in a relationship
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CHEERS TO THE FUTURE
TRUSTEES are needed for a community centre soon to be opened in Westleigh. The centre is managed by a registered charity, but is set to become a charitable limited company, which is an opportunity for residents, groups and organisations to get involved
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Bar work starts at betting shop site
WORK has started to transform a betting shop into a trendy bar and restaurant. The building, in Market Street, Westhoughton, will be a "high class" venue which will open until midnight on weekdays and 1am at weekends. The former bank, and more recently
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Anger that equal pay deadline will be missed
TOWN Hall bosses have come under fire after admitting they will miss a deadline to introduce equal pay for women employees. Bolton Council is paying compensation to more than 2,000 female staff, such as dinner ladies and cleaners, who have not received
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Choir concert
BOLTON Junior Youth Choir is preparing to do battle in the national Music for Youth competition later this month by giving a recital at Melbourne Road Methodist Church, Deane, on March 10 at 7pm. For tickets or more information call 01942 819792.
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Fence plans
A COMPANY has applied for permission to erect a 7ft security fence outside its Belmont premises. Kruger Tissues has lodged an application with Blackburn and Darwen Council, asking for the go-ahead to carry the work out at Springside Mills in Belmont
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Take care when you are cooking
FIRE chiefs have reinforced a warning for people to take extra care when cooking. Farnworth fire crews have revealed that last month kitchen fires made up almost half of the calls they answered at the start of the year. Crew manager Andy Stephenson
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First cancer screening
A LIFE-SAVING cancer screening programme has been launched in Bolton. The borough has been chosen as one of 12 nationally to screen for bowel cancer among the most at risk group - people aged between 60 and 69. Bowel cancer is the third most common
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VIDEO: News, Sport, Weather Bulletin
The Bolton News TV News, Sport and Weather bulletin for March 8 is online now. Watch our video HERE
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Sad decline in 'going to the dogs'
A GREYHOUND owner has started a petition to open a race track in Bolton. Irene Halpin has already received 2,000 signatures, but will this be enough to persuade some entrepreneur to risk money on funding such a stadium? We sympathise with her plea that
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New jobs are goof for the town
ANY project which has the potential to create 1,000 jobs in Bolton should be supported. B&E Boys, of Rawtenstall, the new owners of the former Sandusky Walmsley factory in Crompton Way, Bolton, have said they will develop the 45 acre site over the next
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Promise of 1,000 new jobs on old factory site
AN industrial mini village with the capacity to create up to 1,000 jobs is to be developed on land in Bolton. The new owners of the former Sandusky Walmsley factory in Crompton Way have pledged to redevelop the site over the next few years. B&E Boys
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Peter Kay's story up for awards
BOLTON comedian Peter Kay has scored a double nomination for this year's Galaxy British Book Awards. The Phoenix Nights star's best-selling memoirs, The Sound Of Laughter, are in the running for book of the year and biography of the year. In the latter
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Town Hall approves £200,000 for experts
TOWN Hall chiefs have sanctioned the spending of £200,000 on consultants during the current financial year. Bolton Council leader Cllr Cliff Morris was asked for the figure at a full council meeting by Labour colleague Cllr Sean Hornby following revelations
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Graveside mugger back behind bars
A GRAVESIDE mugger who was on the run from police has been arrested and sent back to jail. Craig Lister, aged 25, was jailed for five years in 2003 for robbing Jean Fitton, aged 72, as she tended her granddaughter's grave. He was released in December
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Sara and Tess on mum award shortlist
BOLTON DJ Sara Cox has made the shortlist for Celebrity Mum of the Year. The Radio One host joins Tess Daly - wife of Bolton TV presenter Vernon Kay - and a host of other well-known mums vying for the title. Among the surprise nominations is Jady Goody
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Waiting times reduced for casualty patients
ACCIDENT and emergency waiting times at the Royal Bolton Hospital have improved by almost 18 per cent in the last four years. Between October and December 2002, just 78.9 per cent of patients were treated, discharged or admitted within four hours. But
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Bring back the dog track!
A GREYHOUND owner is launching a campaign to build a dog track in Bolton. Irene Halpin races her three-year-old dog, Lisloose Laura, at Belle Vue Greyhound Stadium in Manchester. But the former greyhound trainer, who lives in Hibernia Street, Deane,
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Taylor rules out Wanderers move for Palace starlet
Crystal Palace manager, Peter Taylor, has dismissed speculation linking Wanderers with a move for his young midfield ace, Tom Soares. The Whites had a scout at Palace's 1-1 draw at Burnley on Saturday but Taylor says he has no reason to believe the England
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Erica has got what it takes to be a Castaway
FORMER colleagues of Bolton's lapdancing Castaway Erica Hurst have tipped her for the top as she begins life on a remote island off New Zealand. The 22-year-old from Kearsley has begun her 12-week stint on Great Barrier Island as part of the BBC1 reality
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Council tax relief for 0ver-65s confirmed
Council leaders confirmed that Bury's over-65s will have a council tax "rebate" of two per cent, as predicted here last week. Town hall bosses approved a budget which means the tax will rise by 4.9 per cent for most people in the borough, but by just
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Hero firefighter saves baby's life
A TRAINEE fireman has been hailed a hero after he saved the life of a baby girl who had stopped breathing. Firefighter, Ian Nicholson, a probationer at Bolton Central fire station, was cycling to work when he spotted a distraught woman holding a baby
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Daisy make a point
DAISY Hill's young side were good value for their point against seventh-placed Bootle, earned when Dominic Shinks' 32nd minute goal cancelled out James Rainford's 10th minute opener. The draw keeps Daisy second bottom of the NWCL Division Two with plenty
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Residents get a say on roadworks spending
RESIDENTS are being given a bigger say on how extra money for road repairs in their areas is spent. Councillors at Bolton Council's budget meeting approved an additional £100,000 for maintenance projects which will be shared across the borough's nine
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Excitement increases as Playoff weekend looms
The bmibaby Elite League 2006/07 season is fast approaching a thrilling and fantastic climax. Around the country, fans of every club are trying to work out who will play whom in the playoff series while the teams strain every sinew in trying to ensure
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Praise for Phoenix fans ahead of crunch game
Manchester Phoenix go into tonights bmibaby Elite League clash with the Hull Stingrays knowing a positive result could have a massive bearing on the post-season playoffs. A Phoenix spokesperson said: "Right from the start of the season, our aim has always
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Phoenix lose to league leaders
Manchester Phoenix more than played their part in yet another entertaining encounter at the Altrincham Ice Dome, but fortune favoured league leaders Coventry Blaze as they ran out 5-3 victors. Phoenix gave a debut to new signing Anthony Battaglia and
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VIDEO: Pupils get a lesson in marine life
YOUNGSTERS came face-to-face with creatures of the deep when marine life was brought to their classroom. Crabs, starfish and baby sharks visited the Church Road Primary School, Smithills, as part of a science and nature week. Watch our video HERE Pupils
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Davies targets United for comeback
KEVIN Davies is working overtime to get the go-ahead to lead Sam Allardyce's shock troops at Old Trafford. The combative striker, who has missed six games, has already missed one comeback target and has made it clear he has no intention of missing the
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Whites scrap £1.50 ticket charge
WANDERERS fans have scored another success in their fight to bring down the cost of watching football by persuading the club to scrap the £1.50 transaction charge on postal and telephone ticket applications. The transaction charge, similar to those imposed
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Ticket details for Blades home clash
TICKETS for Wanderers' home game against Sheffield United on Saturday, March 31, (kick off 3pm) go on sale on Friday to supporters who hold both Lifeline and Club memberships. Holders of Lifeline or Club membership can buy tickets from Saturday and open
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VIDEO: Meet Miss Bolton 2007
A BEVY of beauties lined up for their chance to become this year's Miss Bolton - and you can watch our video online now. But the Bolton girls lost out and the accolade went to an aspiring actress from Chester. Watch our video HEREClaire-Louise Catterall
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Drug farms found at Bolton houses
TWO sophisticated cannabis farms have been discovered in houses in a quiet suburban street in Bolton. The semi-detached homes in Queen's Avenue, Bromley Cross, had been converted into drug growing operations - complete with heat lamps, complicated watering
