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FULL TIME: Brighton 2 Wanderers 1
WANDERERS threw away another lead to finish empty handed at the Amex Stadium. Dougie Freedman’s side remain third bottom of the Championship after Craig Mackail-Smith and Joao Teixeria cancelled out Matt Mills’ opener. The Whites had not won
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Ex-Coronation Street star Sean Wilson cooks to a packed Bolton Market
EX-CORRIE star Sean Wilson brought his blend of fine dining and Northern infused food to a packed Bolton Market. Sean, best known as playing Martin Platt on the cobbles for 20 years, interacted with the audience while rustling up pan fried half
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Man tells girlfriend he has been kidnapped so he can stay out and drink
A MAN was arrested for wasting police time after telling his girlfriend that he had been kidnapped — so he could stay out drinking at a house in Daubhill. Police were alerted after the 32-year-old man’s girlfriend phoned him, at about 6.30pm yesterday
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Celebrity chef Gino D’Acampo kicks off Saturday's food festival
CELEBRITY chef Gino D’Acampo says he has come to Bolton on a mission — to inspire people to pick up some pasta and create some real food. Italian chef Gino is one of the main attractions at the Bolton Food and Drink Festival, and is set to present
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We need to forget about defeat, stresses Mills
DEFENDER Matt Mills refuses to dwell on Tuesday’s home defeat to Middlesbrough and is confident Wanderers can get their first Championship win at Brighton today. For the second season running, the Whites have started the campaign slowly. But
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Straight A GCSE student congratulation by a national sports champion
STRAIGHT A student Peter Roberts was congratulated by a former national sports captain — who also happened to be his brother. James Roberts, the former captain of England’s cerebral palsy development squad, was on hand to watch Peter, aged 16,
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In my next life I want to come back.......as an Italian
I HAVE decided in my next life I want to come back as..........an Italian. What has prompted this wish I hear you ask. A recent quick break to Florence that's what. This particular city has long been regarded as one of the world's finest, and
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Moxey back but McNaughton out as Threlkeld set to step in
WANDERERS make the long trip to Brighton today with mixed injury news in defence. Whites boss Dougie Freedman is boosted by the return of Dean Moxey at left-back but Kevin McNaughton is set to miss out after limping out of Tuesday’s defeat to Middlesbrough
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All systems go ahead of Brighton clash
WANDERERS boss Dougie Freedman may tinker with his formation when his side take on Brighton away from home today in a bid to shore up his back line. But it may not be a return to the 4-2-3-1 he favoured on the road last season with the Scot admitting
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Freedman's latest targets look to be slipping away
DOUGIE Freedman is facing more frustration in his bid to add to his Wanderers squad after revealing a double move for Crewe’s Max Clayton and Liverpool youngster Jordon Ibe looks like failing. The Scot had hoped to draft in the pair to bolster
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Fundraiser in memory of murdered teen Sasha Marsden
THE memory of a murdered teenager will live on at an event organised to raise funds to help other victims. The family fun day will feature a rounders competition and a balloon release in memory of 16-year-old Sasha Marsden, who was murdered two
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Astley Bridge residents cannot park outside their own homes because shoppers are using their street instead of The Range car park
RESIDENTS and local councillors are to meet to thrash out a scheme to stop a street in Astley Bridge becoming choked with parked cars and litter. People living in Holland Street have protested over the volume of cars outside their homes since The
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Businessmen let their hair down to form rock covers band The Chilli Monkeys
BY day they are suited and booted — for their jobs as bankers and lawyers. But at night, these local businessmen let their hair down and rock out — as they join together to form covers band The Chilli Monkeys. Now the band are set to play their
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I owe success to spell at Wanderers, says Valencia star Rodrigo
FORMER loan star Rodrigo has thanked Wanderers for setting him on the way to the big time. Arriving in Bolton from Benfica as a relatively unknown teenager in 2011, the jet-heeled winger could not quite make the impact required to become a first-team
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CRAIG NELSON COLUMN: Lancashire hoping to have a Blast
LANCASHIRE go into today’s T20 Blast Finals Day at Edgbaston brimming with confidence that this could finally be their year. The Red Rose have won more matches in this competition this summer than any other county yet are still waiting for their