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DAVID PYE: My sporting bucket list
A WEEK of big sporting events this week has already seen Oxford win the boat race, and next up is Saturday’s Grand National at Aintree. As a sports addict, these are the sort of things I would have on my “things to do before I die” agenda – a sporting
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Young Wanderers trio rewarded with professional contracts
A TRIO of Wanderers’ successful Under-18s squad have been handed two-year professional contracts at the club, and four others have accepted one-year extensions to their current scholarship deals, The Bolton News can reveal. Highly-rated forwards
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MATCHDAY LIVE: Wanderers 1 Huddersfield Town 0
No sooner had the fans been booing him for a terrible pass, he scores. Sordell nicked the ball on the left, pulled a pass back, and Eagles made no mistake from eight yards out with a side-footed shot. Eagles hasn't been at his best - no-one
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Hospital notes found in street
HOSPITAL notes with confidential information about 25 patients were found in the street by a shopper. Lynn Copeland, aged 46, was on her way to get a paper from Plodder Lane News on Good Friday, when she saw some papers on the floor. She picked
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School strike action likely, warns union
SCHOOL strike action is likely to be on this year’s timetable, according to a teachers’ union official from Bolton. Teachers have been voicing their anger about Government reforms to the education system during the National Association of Schoolmasters
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Plan to turn old pub into shops and flats
A FORMER pub could be turned into shops and apartments if town hall planners give it the go-ahead. Permission is needed from Bolton Council to transform the former Hare and Hounds pub in Bury Road, Breightmet, into a mixed residential and trade
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Medo Kamara says fans have big part to play
HE might be Wanderers’ Mr Angry on the pitch but Medo Kamara wants to make sure it’s all smiles at the Reebok tonight. The tough-tackling, hard-hitting Sierra Leone international took little solace from the fact that he opened his goal account
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Zat Knight wants to help Kevin Davies finish at the top
ZAT Knight hopes Wanderers can still give Kevin Davies a fairytale send-off. With the skipper due to end his 10-year stay at the Reebok at the end of the season, the man who will most likely inherit the armband still harbours ambitions of a play-off
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Cancer ‘postcode lottery’
MEN suffering from prostate cancer face a “postcode lottery” when it comes to treatment and support, campaigners have claimed. Bolton West MP Julie Hilling has backed a Prostate Cancer UK initiative to help victims receive the best possible care
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Five businesses make way for transport hub
FIVE businesses are set to disappear from Bolton town centre to make way for a new transport hub. Work will begin on Bolton’s £48 million transport interchange later this year. To make way for the construction, 16 businesses around Newport
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Premature girl wins national charity award
A BRAVE little girl who was born at 23 weeks and weighed just 1lb 3oz has won a national Champion Children award from baby charity Tommy’s. Ellen Dixon was desperately poorly when she was born and had serious complications. She spent the first
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Clinical group looks for savings of £18m
HEALTH services in Bolton will come under scrutiny as bosses try to make savings of £18 million — five per cent of their £340 million allocation. Proposals are being looked at to increase care in the community to reduce the length of hospital stays
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Dance contestant will step out to honour sister
AS she gears up to do the cha cha cha, Bolton Hospice’s chief executive has a reason very close to her heart for taking part in a dance spectacular. Leigh Vallance’s sister, Samantha Horton, is a devoted single mother who has dedicated her life
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Youngsters dispel myths at exhibition
MYTHS were dispelled and dreams and aspirations of young people were shared at a special exhibition. Bolton College students from Roma, Gypsy and non-Roma heritage put on a multi-media display on the themes of identity, community, dreams and aspirations
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IT’s just the job!
HORWICH IT firm Imerja is reaping the rewards of working with the University of Bolton and North West hospitals. Two new jobs have been created along with a successful student placement. The Paragon Business Park firm has recruited university
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Pupils are showing support for brave Sam
A PRIMARY school in Horwich is backing an appeal to raise £250,000 to send a four-year-old boy struck down by a rare cancer to America for specialist treatment. Little Sam Shaw is fighting for his life after being diagnosed with neuroblastoma,
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Games developers increasingly focused on mobile
The UK games development sector is increasingly made up of young, independent studios making games for mobile and tablet devices, a survey has found. A new report published today shows that 83 per cent of all studios that started up in 2011 and
