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Super Wanderers sink Boro
Middlesbrough 1 Wanderers 3: Two goals in the first 10 minutes helped Wanderers claim three vital points against Middlesbrough at the Riverside. Gretar Steinsson and Matty Taylor struck early on to end Boro’s five-game unbeaten run.
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Road closed for electricity repairs
A MAJOR road is to close overnight on Monday. Engineers from United Utilities will be working at the Kearsley roundabout which joins Bolton Road and the A666. The work will take place between 6.30pm on Monday and 4am on Tuesday. Repairs are being made
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Laura welcomed at the Reebok
A CROWD of up to 1,000 people welcomed Laura White back to Bolton last night when she performed a homecoming gig at the Reebok Stadium. The 21-year-old Atherton singer, pictured, who was controversially booted off The X Factor two weeks ago, marked her
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Full time: Middlesbrough 1 Wanderers 3
89 - Gardner. Taylor. 88 - O'Brien to the rescue again. The defender capped a man-of-the-match performance by clearing O'Neil's shot off the line. Smolarek. Elmander. 84 - McCann. Foul on Johnson. 78 . Amazing. Elmander
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Kerry powers his way to title
VETERAN cyclist Frank Kerry has realised his long term ambition by winning the Vita National 3 Distance Championship. At 73 he is one of Boston oldest sportsmen but finally landed the title after two third-place finishes in recent years. The competition
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Party time after double success for school
LESSONS were cancelled and teachers threw an all-day party to celebrate a double success for their school. For not only did Walmsley CE School in Egerton find out this week it was in the top 50 best primaries in the country — it also received
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Eagley-Quins show their Steele to reach final
EAGELY-QUINS faced Hindley, and Little Lever met Seddons in the clash of the titans on semi-final day in the BSF Ladies League's Steele Cup. Hindley were unable to match their usual standard, even with Janet Fitzpatrick dominating the defence, and they
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Dog owner banned from keeping animals
A DOG owner who left his pet in a dirty yard with no food for a week has been banned from keeping animals for 10 years. Mark Griffiths, of no fixed address, abandoned the his German Shepherd called Sabre at his former address in Lilley Street
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Football contest will help hospice
FIVE-A-SIDE football teams will be tackling the police today, when they compete for the annual Bolton Community Challenge Cup. Police officers are challenging local teams to a tournament, in a bid to increase respect between the area’s different communities
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Hawkshaw target double swoop
HAWKSHAW are going for the double this season in the Bolton Badminton League. The club’s A team is poised to challenge the top three in Section A after a resounding 18-0 victory over Markland Hill D took their tally to six points from three matches and
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Gary Moore announces new tour
GUITARIST Gary Moore has announced a 12 date UK Tour in April and May 2009 starting at Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall on Thursday April 16 and ending at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on Saturday May 2. The former Thin Lizzy, Colosseum II and Skid
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Cat Power to release new E.P.
CAN Power has announced that she will release a new EP, Dark End Of The Street, on December 8. Cat Power started the year with Jukebox, her second album of cover songs and a tribute to the great vocalists who had influenced her over the years. The
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Man, 64, abused neighbours and breached ASBO
A 64-year-old man was repeatedly abusive to neighbours and even continued his offensive behaviour when made the subject of an anti-social behaviour order, a court heard. John Unsworth, of Oxford Road, Atherton, harassed Joan Smith between November and
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Double joy for high-flying Wharton
WHARTON have jumped to second place in the Premier Division table after back-to-back wins in the Bolton League. They beat Hilton A 7-2 and followed this with a 6-3 victory over Radcliffe CC. Glen Payne was unbeaten in both matches and Barry Elliot trebled
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Police honoured for service
POLICE officers and staff from Bolton received commendations for their work at a Greater Manchester Chief Constable’s Awards ceremony. Chief Constable Peter Fahy, together with the Mayor of Bolton, Cllr Anthony Connell and the Mayoress Maureen Connell
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Studies scholarship for architect hopeful
A TEENAGER who hopes to become an architect is drawing up her career plans after winning a study scholarship. Bolton School pupil Reena Ardenshana, aged 16, pictured, has been awarded £1,800 over two years through the Arkwright Scholarship scheme.
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Cyclist killed as he crossed road
A CYCLIST killed in a road accident had just started to turn his troubled life around, a inquest heard. Lee Alan Jones was killed after he was hit by a car as he cycled across a road without looking, the hearing was told. But the accident happened just
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From our archives, November 22
10 YEARS AGO From the Evening News November 22, 1998 A Girls Football League is certainly no fantasy in Bury. Six teams have already been drawn from high schools around the borough to take part in fixtures until next spring. The Council’s Sports
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Megson praise helps ease Bibi woe
RICARDO Gardner’s World Cup dream might be over – but his form for Wanderers is certainly on the up, according to Gary Megson. Jamaica were squeezed out of their CONCACAF qualifying group in midweek when despite a 3-0 win over Canada, their third victory
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Making a Proper Job of Scrooge
FOLLOWING the record breaking box office success of last year’s The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Proper Job Theatre Company will return to Darwen Library Theatre for another spectacular performance this Christmas. This year they will be presenting
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Group’s 30 years of watching the birdies
PRESS officer Frank Wood takes a look at Bolton’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) group, now in its 30th anniversary year. The local group was set up at a meeting in Bolton Town Hall on November 16, 1978. In those early days, membership
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Ukrainians join forces to remember famine
UKRAINIANS living in Bolton will join thousands from across the UK today to commemorate one of the most tragic episodes in the country’s history. More than seven million people died in the Holodomor, a famine which lasted 18 months in 1932-33. The delegation
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Thugs racially abused taxi driver
TWO thugs racially abused a taxi driver before kicking dents in the back of his car. Officers investigating have released this image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the incident. The driver was dropping the men off along Smithills
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Shittu determined to prove his worth
DANNY Shittu has spent all of his life proving people wrong and he’s happy to do the same again. The big defender has struggled to break into Wanderers’ starting line-up since joining from Watford in August. But the Nigerian international, who turned
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Riga delight at fan-tastic response
RIGA is relishing his role as a cult figure on the Reebok terraces. The Ghana-born winger feels he has a special relationship with the Wanderers supporters. Despite a relative lack of first team starts since his summer switch from Levante, he has a
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Where would you put Bolton in the town league?
I UNDERSTAND that an advertising concern is to publish a league table of the best/worst towns in the North-west. They will count the number of private swimming pools, the quality of the local council and its response to public wishes, the quality of
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Judges have the power to challenge the guidelines
IN response to your letter Mrs Platt, “It’s not so easy being a judge” (November 8), yes, I have been in a court — once in a magistrates court and twice in courts presided over by a judge. Those times were when judges had teeth, before this namby pamby
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What will lights cost the planet?
I AM beginning to get angry with the people in the town hall. When we are told to turn the thermostat down one degree or to switch the little red light off the television at night, what does our council do? It awashes our town hall in lights — if anyone
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Time to stop talking and start listening, Cllr Morris
I SHARE the delight of council leader Cliff Morris at being listened to by the Government. His representations to James Purnell, the Secretary of State for Works and Pensions, have no doubt helped towards the welcome decision to award the contract for
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Tories were happy to spend on their friends in the city
I AM not a fan of New Labour in any shape or form, but I will say that Gordon Brown’s recent announcement about spending many billions of pounds on vital infrastructure work up and down the land is a clever political move. The Tories, who don’t have
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BNP is still a legal party
WITH regards to the furore surrounding the publication of the names of alleged BNP members, since when was it illegal to be a member of a political party? Are paid up members of any other political party hounded like this? While the BNP may not be
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Town deserves festive good-fortune
LET us hope tomorrow’s switch-on of Bolton’s Christmas lights works its magic. With the town centre currently looking a bit battered and bruised and people criticising the Market Place, some positivity needs to be injected into Bolton. Perhaps the Christmas
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Baby 'P' inquiry will only boost bureaucracy
THE media and most politicians have again gone berserk over the death of baby “P”. This poor child had the misfortune to be born to an incapable mother in a relationship with a sadistic and manipulating man. It is a tragedy repeated every week as
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Conservation is a better remit than regeneration
I AGREE with Peter Johnston in his letter, “Knock it down” (November 10), that central Bolton has many fine buildings worthy of preservation. But I am also fairly sure that he would agree with me that Bolton Council does not have a very good track record
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Better late than never for town centre bus link
AT last we have a long-awaited bus service connecting the rail interchange at Newport Street with Moor Lane bus station. The fact it’s free and is eventually being well advertised is an added bonus. We also have the 527 bus service that links via a
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Power cut hits town centre businesses
A MAJOR power cut left more than 200 businesses without electricity in Bolton — and cost the town centre economy thousands of pounds. A fault in an underground cable caused the power cut at 9.30am yesterday. Traffic lights went off and more than 200
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A democracy for a day, once every four years
WE live in Pendle now, but we were born and for many years lived local to Bolton. In fact, we started our first few years of married life in St George’s Road and Breightmet. After moving away, we regularly came over to Bolton for quality shopping. Nearly
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Cancer patient is left stranded
A WOMAN with terminal cancer says she has become a prisoner in her own home after “despicable” car thieves stole the key to her independence. Cherry Anne Caseley has just months to live, and one of her remaining joys is taking her three dogs
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Injury almost had me in tears - Riga
RIGA hopes to bounce back from injury against Middlesbrough. The flying Dutch winger was put out of action in the 2-0 win against Manchester City a fortnight ago after a mis-timed tackle by Richard Dunne. The lay-off came just when the 27-year-old looked
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Cahill targets England call-up
BEING left out of England’s squad that faced Germany in midweek has made Gary Cahill doubly determined to make his international dream come true. The Wanderers centre half has been touted in many quarters as a future Three Lions star since his arrival
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Megson hails rival boss
GARY Megson has been impressed by the rebuilding job done by his opposite number at the Riverside. Gareth Southgate has undeniably put his own stamp on Middlesbrough since taking over the reins from Steve McClaren in May, 2006. Some billed it as an
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Goals will flow soon - Elmander
JOHAN Elmander is confident the goals will start to flow now he has learned to relax. Wanderers’ record signing has at times been his own worst critic during a barren scoring spell that is close to exceeding 10 hours of football as he prepares for the
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You can rely on young guns - Obadeyi
TEMITOPE Obadeyi has backed Wanderers young guns to fire when they get their chance. The teenage striker has been on the substitutes’ bench for the last two games against Liverpool and Hull. The England Under-20s hitman did not manage to get on the
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Cahill targets happy Riverside return
GARY Cahill is happy to head to the Riverside under a lot less pressure than on his last visit. The centre-half was in the Wanderers side that travelled to Teeside in April needing victory to lift themselves out of the bottom three.
