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CRAIG NELSON: Few sporting formats match Test cricket for drama-fuelled, tense finales
AMERICAN TV executives must have watched the final day of England’s drawn Test in Auckland wondering what all the fuss was about. The premise of Test cricket must be baffling to our friends over the pond – that a sporting contest could be played
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Centre Causes A Flutter
THERE’S long been a pleasing animal presence in Bolton’s Moss Bank Park so it was good news when Animal World’s butterfly house was kept going. It’s been closed over the Winter as many of the species hibernate but it opened again last weekend. It
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Anniversary For Hidden Gem
IT would be easy not to spot the United Reformed Church of St Andrew and St George on St George’s Road in Bolton. It’s situated on the fringes of the town centre but it’s still a relatively anonymous building on the corner of Knowsley Street. It
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Proms For Parents?
WHEN the UK’s sixth-form colleges and secondary schools started having proms at the end of the school year many people dismissed this as over-Americanisation. The idea, though, plainly has much going for it with pupils who relish getting dressed
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Have A Change From Choc This Easter
THE sales of Easter eggs are likely to fall again this year. Last Easter, they fell by 4.15 million and the trend is expected to continue as fewer people attend church at this time of year or take part in Lent, and chocolate eggs seem less special
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Peter's Lasting Legacy
IT was very sad to hear that ex-councillor Peter Johnston has died from pneumonia at the age of 72. During a long political career he worked very hard for the people of Farnworth and Breightmet and was also influential in many Bolton Council projects
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Working Mums Always Need Help
POSH TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp has come in for some stick this week for revealing she has a small army of people to help her with her busy life. She says she would be unable alone to juggle her successful career with the demands of family life
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Sport For Children Best Olympic Legacy
IT may be a little late but it finally looks like towns like Bolton are getting a sporting legacy from the London 2012 Olympics. Danny Boyle may be right when he says that we’ve lost the feelgood factor that the Games seemed to engender, but at least
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GORDON SHARROCK: I can't imagine Kevin Davies in any shirt other than Bolton Wanderers'
EXPERIENCE teaches you to accept there is no room for sentiment in professional sport, especially football. But there are exceptions to every rule and Kevin Davies is undoubtedly an exceptional case. In much the same way I could never come
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Tributes paid to girl, 14, found dead in a house full of ‘wild’ dogs
The family of a girl who is thought to have been killed by a pack of dogs near Wigan has been left "devastated", police have said. Jade Anderson, 14, was discovered with wounds consistent with a dog attack at a house in Atherton on Tuesday.
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Death rate probe: NHS bosses are cleared
THE initial findings from an independent review into whether staff at the Royal Bolton Hospital have been “coding” patients’ illnesses and causes of death incorrectly have showed there has been no inappropriate behaviour or manipulation of data.
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Could more have been done to protect Jade?
Following a series of vicious attacks on children by pit bull terriers, MPs passed the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. It banned the breeding and sale of pit bull terriers, Japanese tosas, fila brasileiro and dogo argentino. To legally own one of
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Kevin Davies is one of our greats, says Phil Gartside
HOWEVER, and whenever, Kevin Davies bids his farewells to Bolton Wanderers, he will leave the club a legend in the eyes of the fans – a fact recognised by Whites chairman Phil Gartside in an exclusive statement to The Bolton News. Gartside said
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Shoplifter jailed for nine months
A SHOPLIFTER who assaulted a security guard has been jailed. Andrew Gorman, aged 28, of Church Avenue, Daubhill, has been sent to prison for nine months after admitting a string of thefts. Bolton Magistrates Court heard he also assaulted a
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Shoppers told: ‘I’ll shoot you’
A MASKED raider pointed a shotgun at terrified shoppers in a Westhoughton street and shouted: “If you come any closer I’ll shoot you” Police were called to Barclays Bank in Market Street, Westhoughton, just after noon yesterday following reports
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Banks ‘need better training on cash ISAs’
HIGH Street banks need greater investment in staff training to ensure they pass on correct advice to customers on standard banking products, a Bolton firm has said. Credit Claims made the call following a Which? consumer magazine survey showing
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800 Ironkids are all ready to run
MORE than 800 youngsters have already bagged a place in this year’s Ironkids run. The event, which takes place on Saturday, August 3, is held in partnership with Ironman UK and Bolton Council and is an exciting addition to the iconic Ironman UK
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Drug gang's life of luxury
TODAY for the first time we can reveal the full story of the Bolton criminals at the centre of a £300 million drugs ring. Now the final defendant, Philip Baron, has pleaded guilty we can finally tell how police from across the world carried out
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School inquiry man will not face charges
A BOLTON man arrested as part of a investigation into conduct at an Islamic girls school in Lancaster has been released without charge. Lancashire Police has confirmed that the Crown Prosecution Service has decided his alleged conduct does not
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Haulage boss left bloodied after gang’s hammer attack
A WEALTHY haulage boss was hit over the head with a hammer when he was woken by thieves in an early morning raid. Businessman Mark Schofield was left covered in blood after being targeted by three masked robbers who stole £75,000 worth of his belongings
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Business was ‘Aladdin’s Cave’ of stolen car parts
A BUSINESSMAN whose industrial unit was an “Aladdin’s Cave” of stolen car parts has been jailed for four years. Bolton Crown Court heard how Ramzan Ahmed leased two units at the Pilot Industrial Estate, off Manchester Road, Bolton, the larger one
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Witness plea after car crashes into club
TWO people have been arrested after a car smashed into Bradshaw Conservative club. It is believed the Volkswagen Golf was stolen from Central Snooker Club in Radcliffe at about 4.45pm on Monday when keys were taken from a coat pocket. The car was
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Son stole money from sick mother
A SON stole his elderly mother’s money, spending it on luxury goods as her care home fees went unpaid, a court heard. Simon Shonn was given a suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to fraud at Bolton Crown Court Adam Lodge, prosecuting,
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Tragedy of drink problem mother
A MUM-of-three who had battled a drink problem died at her home in Horwich. Sarah Shaw was discovered dead in bed in January by police officers. Although the 42-year-old suffered from mental illness and would binge drink, she had started to
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Thanks for the memories Kevin Davies
FROM Munich to Middlesbrough, Blackburn to Bulgaria – Kevin Davies has rightly earned his place alongside some of the greats to represent Wanderers. The archetypal English centre-forward, Davies was just as likely to find his way to a referee’s top
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Kevin Davies hurt and shocked over contract decision
CAPTAIN Kevin Davies says he was hurt, shocked and surprised to be told his days at his beloved Wanderers were over. The 36-year-old Whites stalwart was told yesterday his near 10-year-stay at the Reebok was at an end. But he may still be rewarded
