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CRAIG NELSON: Fans who pay their money have every right to boo
IT seems we are being given more and more advice about what is and is not an acceptable form of criticism at matches. Dougie Freedman went on record during the darker days of Wanderers’ season saying booing after games was okay, but during was
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John Byrom: The reluctant centre-forward who topped Burnden goal charts
HE may not have been in the Lionel Messi bracket when it comes to goals per season but former Wanderer John Byrom reckons he may have got a lot closer to the Argentine had he been able to grace the surfaces of the 21st century. Byrom spent a decade
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Whites assistant manager Lawrence targeting at least five wins in run-in
ASSISTANT Wanderers manager Lennie Lawrence believes the team will need to win at least five of their remaining eight Championship matches to have a chance of making the play-offs. Defeat at Ipswich not only ended an eight-match unbeaten run but
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New deals as construction firm builds for the future
BOLTON-based construction company Artez has won two contracts in North Yorkshire. The company, based in Summerfield Road, has won a contract to undertake maintenance works at York University and will also begin construction work at a new Bytemark
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LIVE: George Osborne delivers Budget 2013
Income tax threshold to be raised to £10,000 by next year Beer duty cut by 1p a pint Planned fuel duty rise scrapped The first £2,000 to be taken off all employers' National Insurance bill Chancellor George Osborne promises £3bn
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Holden in reserve but still putting in the hard yards
AN unheralded 90 minutes ticked by in the career of Stuart Holden on Tuesday night, far away from the fanfare and adulation he received on his long-awaited return from injury. Ever since the American midfielder stepped back out on to the turf against
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Clear message from Falkland Islanders
THE outcome of the Falklands Islands referendum has sent a clear message to Argentina. The resounding referendum result should surely put an end to Argentina’s arrogant and unfounded claims over the Falkland islands. The citizens of the Falklands
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Put citizens’ safety first, not profits
MANY readers will be very concerned about government plans to introduce privatisation to our fire and rescue services. These are vital services which help to ensure the safety of each and every one of us. I firmly believe that public safety is
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Bankers akin to back-street money lenders
THE breathtaking cheek of the global banking sector is unfathomable. First, they doctor the books of countries like Greece and Spain to make them look like worthy loan recipients, and once the doctoring of these countries accounts are made to look
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Little public sympathy for strikes
I SOMETIMES wonder if people like Julia Simpkins, secretary of the Bolton branch of NUT, realises just how little sympathy the average hard-working person has for their strikes. The ordinary working person simply sees a person who starts work at 9am
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Expenses of MPs are still obscene
CAN we not put an end to this disgraceful, disreputable Parliament? I read with disbelief that MPs are to get an increase in their second home expenses of £100. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority said the increase was to help
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Roll out more 20mph zones
IT was good to read in The Bolton News that Cllr David Chadwick is pleased that the speed limit in Market Street, Westhoughton, has been reduced to 20mph. He said. ‘Pedestrian safety has been a serious concern for all of us and reducing the speed
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Right to live in village
WHILE no one would wish to see the wholesale development of the countryside, Sir Simon Jenkins’ comment to the Home Builders’ Federation that young families have no right to a home in the village where they were born, is a view that could hasten the
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History: It’s time to refocus
WHILE purchasing The Bolton News ton Monday morning, I was amazed to hear two young girls from the high school asking who the person was in the full spread picture on the front page of The Sun. I told her it was one of the most famous and influential
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Royal Bolton Hospital: We need the support of our newspaper
I FEEL I need to respond to our local newspaper to voice my opinion and defend the local hospital that I have had the pleasure to use throughout my life in Bolton. Whilst I appreciate the public interest aspect of journalism, I feel if we cannot
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Ex-BBC presenter Nigel Jay dies
Former BBC news presenter Nigel Jay has died. Nigel presented BBC North West Tonight for more than 15 years. More recently, he had been running his own corporate video and training company, Jaymedia. He was also an author and keen boater
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Praise for hospital staff
MY husband and myself have recently spent time in the Royal Bolton Hospital, and found every level of staff to be hard-working, conscientious and compassionate. There was nothing that gave us undue concern. A friend was recently taken, with bad
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Striker Sordell stands tall against human trafficking
THE vile world of human trafficking is not a topic you might expect a footballer to take under his wing, let alone one at the tender age of 22, but then Marvin Sordell is not one to shy away from tough subject matter. Wanderers’ young striker has
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MP’s praise for apprentices
BOLTON West MP Julie Hilling has praised apprentices from her constituency during a House of Commons debate. Ms Hilling recently helped promote National Apprenticeship Week by visiting defence firm MBDA in Lostock. She also met up with apprentices
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Cost of cremations to rise by 7 per cent
BURIAL and cremation charges in Bolton are set to rise. Council chiefs have approved plans to increase the cost of cremation by 7.1 per cent and burials by 2.7 per cent from April 1. The move means the price of a cremation will rise from £560
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Stabbing probe man is bailed
A MAN who was arrested after a stabbing in Horwich has been bailed. A 22-year-old man was stabbed in the torso with a pair of scissors in Julia Mews in the early hours of Monday morning. He was taken to North Manchester General Hospital for
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Party-goer denies stabbing man in leg
A PARTY-GOER stabbed a man in the street with a kitchen knife, a court heard. A jury at Bolton Crown Court was told Damien Baxendale took a kitchen knife from the home of the party host and used it to stab fellow guest Alex Hewson in the leg.
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LED traffic sign is on the move
A LED warning sign will be moved to a new speeding hotspot in Westhoughton. The sign which tells motorists if they are breaking the speed limit will be moved from its current position in Church Street to Lower Leigh Road. Cllr David Chadwick
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End of an era as HMV shuts up shop tomorrow
BOLTON’S HMV will close its doors for the last time tomorrow. And even the fixtures and fittings at the town centre shop will be up for sale, along with CDs, DVDs and games, as the 10 staff lose their jobs. The shop has been running a closing
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Review into health services delayed
A CONSULTATION about a controversial shake-up of health services in Greater Manchester will not begin until late summer. Healthier Together is a review of healthcare, led by NHS Greater Manchester and clinical commissioners across the region, which
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Police step up bid to trace dead baby’s mother
POLICE will be stepping up patrols in Lostock tomorrow — exactly a week after the body of a newborn baby was found. The little girl was wrapped up in clothing and plastic bags and found in Ox Hey Lane, Lostock, at 4.55pm last Thursday. A couple
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Little Leo lucky to be alive after hit-and-run van horror in street
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy is lucky to be alive after he was struck by a van in a hit-and-run horror. Leo Simm was flung into the air and thrown past three houses. Little Leo had been playing football in a park, off Victory Street, Bolton, when he
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Appeal over pub robbery
DETECTIVES are appealing for information about a terrifying robbery at a pub. The landlord and his wife were tied up by masked men at The Brooklyn pub in Green Lane, Great Lever, in the early hours of Monday, March 11. The 55-year-old landlord
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Workers on strike at courts and job centres
GOVERNMENT services including Jobcentres, courts and driving test centres face disruption today as Bolton is hit by national strike action. Up to 850 Bolton members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) will down tools in protest over
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One-off vehicle registration number on sale for at least £1,000
PEOPLE can — literally — buy a piece of Bolton today when a very special number plate goes under the hammer. The DVLA is auctioning the one-off personalised registration number BO11 TON. It has a reserve price of £1,000 — and could be sold
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Probe after grandfather is discharged at 3.30am
HOSPITAL bosses have launched an investigation to discover why a grandfather was discharged at 3.30am and left to wander the streets. Senior staff at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the Royal Bolton Hospital, confirmed they had met to discuss
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Distance will be no object for jet-set Chung-Yong Lee
CHUNG-YONG Lee insists a round trip of 11,000-miles will not dull his edge heading into the last eight games of the season. After Saturday’s bruising encounter with Ipswich, the Wanderers winger flew out to Seoul to represent South Korea in a behind-closed-doors
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Freedman will resist shooting for Sky with loan signings
DOUGIE Freedman has vowed not to make any panic signings despite drawing a frustrating blank in his efforts to bolster Wanderers’ play-off push so far. Enquiries for Fulham’s Kerim Frei and Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling have proved fruitless for
