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Leigh Centurions end regular season with win at North Wales Crusaders
LEIGH Centurions secured their 25th win of the Kingstone Press Championship with a five-try 28-16 win against North Wales Crusaders. It was a close game in which the Centurions had to defend well for long spells as Crusaders gave a spirited display
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A hole way to kick start economy
THE Bolton News on Friday, August 29,reported that potholes take 47 years to repair. This is outrageous. The Con-Lib Dem Government is wasting some £50 to £60 billion on the HS2 project which so many people, including myself, have been against since
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Boycotts and the BBC
I AGREE with the Ukrainians regarding boycotting goods but not whose goods they want to boycott. Let’s start with the countries whose actions caused the trouble in the Ukraine, who funded the rabble who overthrew the democratically elected president
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Sheltered happiness
MAY I use your letters column to express my thanks for 31 years I have lived in this sheltered complex. I am not quite the oldest at 85, but I was the first to be allowed a tenancy under the age of 60. I was shocked only to be offered a bedsit
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No funding for flowers
I REGULARLY visit my daughter in Bromley Cross and have noticed the lovely floral displays in the centre of Bromley Cross and other areas including Egerton and Astley Bridge. I live in the Breightmet area and the difference is vast. There are
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£3,000 for charity, sheltered housing and junior football club
TWO community groups in Bolton have been shortlisted for up to £3,000 in funding. Maltby Residents Association, a sheltered housing estate in Great Lever and Precious Gems, a charity in Kearsley, are in contention for The Lloyds Bank Community
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Hunt for missing canal milestones
A GROUP dedicated to the restoration of the historic waterways that were the lifeblood of the industrial revolution in the North West has launched a campaign to find missing canal milestones. The Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Society wants
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Lads and girls club together for anniversary
FORMER members of Bolton Lads and Girls Club will be reunited as the organisation celebrates its 125th birthday. Youngsters who went to the club, volunteers, mentors, patrons and staff of yesteryear will come together at the reunion event on Saturday
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Muamba drops in as Asda installs defibrillators in all its shops
FABRICE Muamba visited a Bolton Asda for a defibrillator training session after supermarket bosses agreed to install the life-saving devices in all its stores, offices and depots. The former Bolton Wanderers star suffered a sudden cardiac arrest
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Don’t get over-heated about baking show
I HAVE long been a fan of the Great British Bake Off. I mean, what’s not to love? There are cakes, and pastries, and bread, and more cakes. There's some (very) gentle tension, and it’s all just very, very lovely. Or at least it was until Baked
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I’m bidding a fond farewell
AM very sorry to say but this will be the last Just Jane. Do not worry, I have not died. Or been sacked. I have, however, made the very difficult decision to move on from Bolton News Towers and to another job. I can honestly say that this was
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School run? Walk instead
SOMETHING awful has happened this week. My commute, which previously took about 15 minutes, has now doubled in length. What is the reason for this I wonder? Hmmm, could it be that the nippers are back at school? Now, a lady never reveals
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Divided in speech, too
THERE is endless discussion about the cultural divide between the north and south. Undoubtedly, the gap between the cost of living in the south east and the rest of the country is widening at an alarming rate. I’m a dyed-in-the-wool northerner,
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A happy train of thought . . .
I AM about to report a strange and wonderful thing — I have had two decent train journeys. It was during a weekend when I had four rail trips and two of were also awful, but let’s not be greedy – half is at least a start. Both trains were on
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ANTHONY AXFORD BOLTON ASSOCIATION: Flixton's title celebrations on hold after defeat to Bury as second-placed Atherton also win
An unbeaten century from Bury's Simon Belston denied Flixton the chance of clinching their first Bolton Association league title on home soil yesterday. The Section A leaders will now look to secure the point they need in their final game of the
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ANTHONY AXFORD BOLTON LEAGUE: Josh Bohannon stars again as league leaders Farnworth Social Circle edge closer to title
IN-form Lancashire youngster Josh Bohannon was in the runs again as Farnworth Social Circle edged closer to the Bolton League title with a 69-run victory at Hamer Cup kings Heaton. A wet morning meant a delayed start at Lower Pools but the league
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Darcy Lever residents' anger over large trees that 'block their light'
RESIDENTS in a Darcy Lever street claim they are “living in darkness and fear” — as trees tower over their homes blocking out the light. The trees, which are about 30ft tall, tower over a row of terraced houses in Top o’th’ Gorses, which some residents
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Petrol station thief smashed stolen car into tree
A THIEF stole a car from a petrol station forecourt while its owner paid for fuel — then smashed it into a tree. Prolific criminal Bobby Stewart was caught through DNA left on an airbag which deployed when he crashed the vehicle into a tree 25
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Young mum's anguish after thief steals purse on bus
A YOUNG mum says she is struggling to afford to feed her baby after her purse containing £300 was stolen from a bus. Ashley Hayes, aged 18, left her blue and white striped purse on the number eight First bus as she alighted at Moor Lane bus station
