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LANCASHIRE AMATEUR LEAGUE: Old Bolts keep up 100 per cent record
OLD Boltonians maintained their 100 per cent winning record with a dramatic 2-1 victory at Horwich Victoria. The Premier Division game burst into life in the dying minutes when bottom club Victoria equalised before Old Bolts won it with the last
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WEST LANCASHIRE FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Ladybridge upset one of their rivals
Ladybridge 2 Haslingden St Marys 1 LADYBRIDGE may not have been at their high-scoring best but managed to grind out a result against one of their main Division Two rivals and stay top of the league. Heading into the game, the Lostock outfit
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Bolton Wanderers youngster Conor Wilkinson gets Republic of Ireland U21s call
CONOR Wilkinson has been called up by the Republic of Ireland Under-21s for their forthcoming friendly against Germany. The talented young striker who made his senior bow for Wanderers against Bury earlier this month, has previously won caps at
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Bolton Wanderers youngster Jamie Thomas celebrates Wales U19 call-up with four goals
YOUNG Wanderers striker Jamie Thomas celebrated his recent call-up to the Wales under-19 squad with four goals as David Lee’s youth side beat Blackburn 5-1 on Saturday. The Whites went into their first home game of the FA U18 Premier League campaign
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Celebrity chefs take part in the ice-bucket challenge for Bolton Food Festival finale
A SPLASHING finale marked the end of the Bolton Food and Drink Festival as celebrity chefs, traders and stall holders completed the ice bucket challenge. Andrew Nutter and Debbie Halls-Evans were among the brave participants to be doused in a bucket
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Ice Bucket Challenge: X-Men star Sir Ian McKellen takes part
SIR Ian McKellen accepted the ice bucket challenge in his typical flamboyant style — although best friend Sir Patrick Stewart was nowhere to be seen. The pair are well known for their online hijinks, but this time the Lord of the Rings star had
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Celebrity chef James Martin wows crowds at Bolton Food and Drink Festival
SATURDAY Kitchen star James Martin warmed up Victoria Square today as he fired up the barbeque. The celebrity chef entertained hundreds of fans as the latest big name to take part in the Bolton Food Festival. So far thousands of people have
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Jonny Cocktail masterclass: Everything you need to know about making the perfect cocktail
TUCKED upstairs in the Market Place – away from the crowds in Victoria Square – was the Jonny Cocktail pop-up bar, where Bolton Food and Drink Festival visitors could take a cocktail masterclass. Sixteen years after his last shift at the Wilton Arms
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Artist's work chosen ahead of 900 others to feature in prestigious London exhibition
ARTIST Gerry Halpin’s paintings have beaten more than 900 others to be chosen for a prestigious London exhibition. And the series of contemporary pictures, from which two were accepted for the marine art exhibition, are based on sketches he made
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Craig Mackail-Smith wants to make goals against Bolton Wanderers his launchpad to a 30-strike season
CRAIG Mackail-Smith is targeting the 30-goal mark after doubling his tally for the season against Wanderers. The Scotland international missed 13 months of football with a ruptured Achilles tendon but has come back in top form for Brighton with
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Brave nine-year-old raises hundreds of pounds for charity
BEING shy and struggling to communicate in crowded places has not stopped a nine-year-old girl from raising hundreds of pounds for charity. Jessica Carter-Bailey has worn hearing aids since was diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss, a genetic
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Dougie Freedman says Bolton Wanderers are not ruthless enough
WANDERERS have held a lead for just one hour over the course of their last three Championship outings but Dougie Freedman would have settled for three minutes, had they yielded more points. After watching advantages squandered against Nottingham
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Tougher laws needed to crack down on nuisance cold callers
TOUGHER laws are needed to crack down on “nuisance” cold-callers phoning Bolton residents, a councillor has said. Astley Bridge councillor Paul Wild has called on the local authority to do more to stop unsolicited telephone calls from marketing
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Tim Ream pinpoints bad decision-making by players as key to Bolton Wanderers' bad start
WANDERERS’ poor start to the season came as a bolt from the blue for Tim Ream – but the American defender was willing to shoulder his part of the blame for the latest defeat at Brighton. Last season’s player of the year held up his hands for what
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Bolton Wanderers boss Dougie Freedman is not feeling the pressure despite Brighton defeat
DEFIANT Dougie Freedman has played down the pressure placed on his own position after Wanderers’ poor start. Saturday’s 2-1 defeat at Brighton leaves the Whites third bottom with a meagre haul of just one point from their first four outings.
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Bolton Wanderers goalkeeper Adam Bogdan a major doubt for Capital One tie against Crewe
ADAM Bogdan is a major doubt for tomorrow night’s Captial One Cup game against Crewe after being knocked unconscious in the defeat at Brighton. The Hungarian keeper was injured in a 37th minute collision as Craig Mackail-Smith equalised at the
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THE WONDERER: When have you been to an away ground and when have you not?
A VISIT to the Amex Stadium this weekend for Wanderers fans may have chalked off a new name to some of those groundhoppers searching for membership of the esteemed ‘92 club’ though there is some debate at The Bolton News towers as to what the actual
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THE MONDAY VERDICT: Brighton 2 Bolton Wanderers 1
DOUGIE Freedman might not be “concerned” about the start Wanderers have made to the season but there are plenty of folk in these parts who would beg to differ. While the manager’s post-match admission at the Amex Stadium came across more callous
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Bolton Food Festival looks set to be most successful ever
BOLTON was promised the biggest and best food and drink festival yet — and it certainly delivered. The foodie extravaganza looks set to be the most successful ever as thousands of people flocked to the town centre. Some travelled from as far
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Buskathon in memory of well-known Bolton landlady
A BUSKATHON in memory of a colourful Bolton character saw dozens of musicians pick up an instrument. The fundraising event, which was held outside Booth’s Music, in Churchgate, saw buskers perform impromptu renditions and collaborations from 10am
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You have to 'sea' it to believe it - 26 stone tuna for sale at Bolton market
YOU have to “sea” it to believe it. Traders at Bolton Market were shocked when they picked up a giant tuna fish, which is big enough to fill more than 1,000 tins. The yellow fin tuna, which weighs 26 stones 10 pounds and is about six foot in
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Huge numbers of dead fish found at Bolton beauty spot
HUGE numbers of dead fish were found by residents at a popular fishing spot — the second case of its kind in Bolton in the last month. About 25 dead fish, along with about five or six dead wildfowl, were found at Crompton Lodges in Moses Gate Country
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Tories chose candidate to stand in Bolton North East
THE Conservative candidate who will face Bolton North East MP David Crausby at the 2015 general election has been selected. James Daly, a councillor in Bury, will run to be the new Member of Parliament in May. The solicitor and father-of-two
