Stories for 2 October 2004
Accrington News
WAY back in the mists of time, before the arrival of punks and new romantics, rock giants filled the charts and the heads of impressionable youngsters.
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AN Accrington store has risen from the ashes after officially re-opening following an arson attack.
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THE wife of a man who died at the hands of his ex-mistress has forgiven him for the affair.
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RESIDENTS in Park Lane, Oswaldtwistle, have raised concerns that plans to light a nearby play area will affect their homes.
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Blackburn News
HEALTH chiefs have warned that East Lancashire's hospitals are in a "serious financial crisis" that could harm health care in the area.
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A LEADING independent school's new chairman of governors has appealed for donations to help provide places for children from less well-off backgrounds.
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NEW car parking wardens hit the streets yesterday with town-centre shoppers urging restraint - but residents in communities demanding action.
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A BUSINESSMAN who lost everything following an arson attack today told of his anger after the derelict premises were targeted again.
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A BLACKBURN jockey has denied biting his girlfriend during a row after a drinking session.
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Bolton Business
A FIRM has been put up for auction by its American owners -- and the first staff heard about it was when they read about it in a newspaper.
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Bolton Education
EDUCATION bosses are planning to bring in a mobile classroom at a cost of £80,000 to cope with the rising number of pupils at a special school in Bolton.
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TWO young singers got the chance to live their dreams when they appeared alongside a West End legend on Friday night.
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CHILDREN at a Breightmet primary school ditched their school uniform for the day and wore jeans -- all in the name of a good cause.
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Bolton Leisure
THE First World War was just beginning when a "temporary" wooden church in Lostock was built by combining two Sunday schools.
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HORDES of screaming pop fans helped McFly soar above their pop rivals on Friday night.
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ARTIST Thomas Moran, whose works are the feature of a new exhibition at Bolton art gallery, will be the subject of a talk at the British American Association.
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EMMERDALE pin-up Sammy Winward will be making a date with soap fans next year - when she appears in a 2005 calendar, along with other glamour girls from the ITV soaps Emmerdale and Coronation Street.
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WORLD ranked classical guitarist Neil Smith is set to perform in his home town of Horwich on Friday, November 26. Neil recently returned from Russia, where a televised concert was seen by more than 60 million viewers.
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AN icy Lapland-style igloo will be the centre-piece of Bolton's festive market celebrations on Victoria Square in December.
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I CONFESS I am a bit of a purist when it comes to Shakespeare. I don't like anyone messing with the Bard.
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Tripe! Bolton Little Theatre. Until Saturday
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VOSBURGH and King's piece is an affectionate and silly transplantation of Moliere's The Imaginary Cuckold to 1940s Hollywood, complete with characters based on Mae West, WC Fields, Abbott and Costello and Jimmy Durante.
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Brixi Singers: Handel's Messiah , Bolton Parish Church
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ONE of Bolton's most historic buildings is looking for ghost hunters keen on a spooky experience.
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A FREE open day is being held at the Red Lane Community Garden in Breightmet on Sunday, from 11am to 3pm.
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Bolton News
WHEN I was young I walked to school - most children did. Today things are very different. Many parents are working and drop their children off at school - by car - before heading for the office.
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A FIRM has been put up for auction by its American owners -- and the first staff heard about it was when they read about it in a newspaper.
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AN icy Lapland-style igloo will be the centre-piece of Bolton's festive market celebrations on Victoria Square in December.
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AN interactive TV channel is to be launched by Bolton Council next week as the local authority embraces digital technology.
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SCHOOLS have received a £500,000 cash boost to improve sports facilities in Bolton.
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A TEARFUL Coronation Street star paid tribute to a fellow actor and friend of 30 years Ken Binge.
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A HOLIDAYMAKER who was left fighting for his life after being hit by a wheel during a freak road accident in America has regained consciousness.
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THE son of Loyalist terror boss Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair has had his jail sentence for drug dealing cut after an appeal court judge took account of the "unusual" circumstances of his strife-torn life.
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AN anonymous Bolton Evening News reader has donated £500 to help young leukaemia sufferers - after winning a cash windfall at bingo.
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A YEAR ago on October 2 Tracy and David Morris were anxiously waiting outside an operating theatre as their daughter Amy underwent life-saving heart surgery.
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MORE than 4,000 patients were waiting for their results of radiology tests at the Royal Bolton Hospital in July.
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I SYMPATHISE with the parents of Amicie and understand how they must feel following this tragic accident.
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HOLLYWOOD'S next Steven Spielberg or Martin Scorsese could be honing their skills at Bolton Institute.
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A WOMAN pushing a baby in a pram was struck on the head by a plank of wood which flew off a passing wagon.
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HORDES of screaming pop fans helped McFly soar above their pop rivals on Friday night.
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EDUCATION bosses are planning to bring in a mobile classroom at a cost of £80,000 to cope with the rising number of pupils at a special school in Bolton.
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BLACK cab drivers are set to be balloted on an all-out strike.
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WORK on a towering town centre arch will begin early next year after council chiefs overcame a last minute wrangle to agree the scheme.
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A NEW book celebrating the history of Bolton Wanderers has been launched by past and present Whites heroes.
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TWO pensioners are living in fear for their lives after firebugs deliberately left burning hay on their doorsteps.
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A SPECIAL peal of bells is set to ring out to commemorate the Old Rivingtonians' centenary year.
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POLICE are appealing for help in tracing the owners of several stone garden ornaments.
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RESIDENTS are angry at plans to build a restaurant on the main route into Westhoughton.
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A COUNCILLOR is campaigning to stop a 'lamppost style' phone mast being erected in Harper Green.
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A BRAZILIAN biker, a Dutch hitchhiker and a hairdresser have invaded historic Hall i'th' Wood museum.
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A PRIMARY school in Bolton is celebrating the opening of its new £12,000 "sunshine" room.
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FIVE men accused of kidnapping a businessman and holding him to ransom have been cleared by a jury.
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A 19-YEAR-OLD lout has jailed and made the subject of a three year anti-social behaviour order after being convicted of assault.
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A NINE-YEAR-OLD Asian girl was left traumatised after being assaulted and verbally abused in an unprovoked racial attack.
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AN 82-year-old man was found dead at the foot of his stairs in his wellington boots, with his pet dog at his side.
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TWO young singers got the chance to live their dreams when they appeared alongside a West End legend on Friday night.
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FOUR men have been sentenced for carrying out a series of burglaries on business premises across the North-west.
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MOTORISTS face delays for the next three weekends as roadworks get under way.
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A PETROL station is to be allowed to trade through the night after planners heard it had was helping to combat crime.
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PLANNING bosses have refused an application to turn a Farnworth home into a day nursery.
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ALMOST half of of vacancies advertised in job centres across Greater Manchester pay less than a couple with two young children would get on Income Support, according to a survey.
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CHILDREN who suffer from kidney disease or support someone with the condition can be acknowleged through the National Kidney Research Fund's Young Hero Awards.
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THE top £1,000 prize in this week's Bolton Hospice Lottery draw goes to the holder of ticket number 27073. The winner lives in Blackburn.
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CARING teenagers are hoping to raise money for Children in Need through a sponsored walk.
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MOTORISTS in Bolton's The Haulgh will face disruptions as work is carried out to re-align a traffic island.
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Drink driver called police himself
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A DRIVER who had been drinking rang the police himself after he had been involved in an accident, Bury magistrates were told.
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A SCOUT troop have showed themselves to be real outdoor types by winning a regional tent pitching competition.
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PLANNING bosses have given permission for a bakers shop to be converted into a hot food take away.
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PIONEERING fingerprinting by police in Lancashire of those involved in street disorder has been hailed a success.
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CHILDREN at a Breightmet primary school ditched their school uniform for the day and wore jeans -- all in the name of a good cause.
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WORLD ranked classical guitarist Neil Smith is set to perform in his home town of Horwich on Friday, November 26. Neil recently returned from Russia, where a televised concert was seen by more than 60 million viewers.
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THE condition of a motorcyclist who was seriously injured after his motorbike collided with a car in Radcliffe has improved.
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FOOTBALL fan Chris Stagg an author is researching Lancashire football history in preparation for a book.
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A SURGERY of councillors in the Hulton ward of Bolton on Tuesday, which was advertised in the council's Bolton Scene newspaper, has been cancelled.
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A FREE open day is being held at the Red Lane Community Garden in Breightmet on Sunday, from 11am to 3pm.
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MEMBERS of the public are welcome to attend a meeting of Blackrod Town Council on Monday, starting at 7.30pm in the council building in Church Street. more...
WANDERERS found
the going tough at The Hawthorns where one of the favourites for relegation from
the Premiership claimed their first victory of the season.
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I HAVE experienced for years now the annoying habit of cheapskate football fans parking willy-nilly along our avenue and down adjacent lanes and roads.
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THE story in Thursday's Bolton Evening News (Sept 30), "Shelter vandals are the worst in Europe", quite frankly, appalled me.
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MY request to a highways officer to consider two suggestions to install a couple of safety features in the roads at Plank Lane and at Lee Bank, Westhoughton, brought me a fascinating response.
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THE small stalk with two arrows printed on it, located on your steering column, is for indicating and letting other road users know what your intended direction is.
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WHAT a fantastic opportunity Bolton MBC have taken by appointing Paul Dean as music Czar.
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REGARDING your article on Horlicks in pubs.
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Bolton Sport
Darts Section One
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Hospice Darts: THE Bury Hospice Triples Knockout, sponsored by David Cottrell, Cross Lane MOT Centre, Radcliffe, final was won by the Stopes Tavern.
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THERE are a number of missing cards and teams have a week to get them in otherwise the responsible teams will lose their points.
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MONDAY is the Men's 180s Competition at the Rumworth and Hulton Con Club.
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HALLIWELL Men's Super League in the Lancashire GMC Darts Organisation play St Helens away on Sunday at United Services Club, Boundary Street, St Helens, tel: 01744 24310.
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BOLTON Town play Hyde on Sunday at the Founders Arms, St George's Street, Bolton.
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BOLTON Borough play Padiham on Sunday at the Moonlight Club.
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DAUBHILL Ladies play at home tomorrow night against Clitheroe Ladies, at the Albert Hotel, Derby Street.
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HALLIWELL Reformers play at home on Sunday, with players meeting at 11am.
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TONY Cross just held on to beat Billy Brooks 3-2 in an exciting Founders darts knockout final. Simon Jordan and Mick Daniels were the two semi-finalists.
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Astley Bridge Darts League: CARL Mosscrop from the Top Bull took top honours after beating a tough field to win the Men's 180s competition.
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WILL all Men Section B Captains please note, the Conservative Club will now play their home fixtures at the Cricket Club, starting Monday, October 4.
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Results: Premier Division: Rammy A 9 Lostock 0; Tonge A 8 Hilton A 1; Nomads A 2 Horwich Hilton 7; Hilton Tameside 7 Wharton A 2.
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RESULTS: Top Club 3 Dixon Green A 6; Cuemasters B 2 Walkden Labour A 7; Walkden Labour B 2 Cuemasters A 7; Armitage 2 WRBL 7; Dixon Green B 2.5 OLOL 6.5.
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Sponsored by the Nam Ploy Thai Restaurant: RESULTS: Sweet Green 1 (7) The Albert 2 (8); Cattlemarket A 2 (8) Moonlight Club 1 (7);
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HALLIWELL CRC B have withdrawn from Section B (they were letter G in the fixture key).
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Division One
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RESULTS: Play-off for league championship: Bar Lane A 153-4 Dobbies 185-8.
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PREMIER Division champions Ramsbottom A scored maximum points against Lostock to move in to second place in the BSF Table Tennis League.
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HORWICH RMI Harrier men's and ladies' teams qualified for next month's National Road Relay Championships in Birmingham, after they both gained top-20 placings in last Saturday's Northern Road Relay Championships.
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RESULTS: Section A: Hawkshaw A 4 Markland Hill A 14; Markland Hill C 4 Bury A 14.
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RADCLIFFE and District Pool League delegate's meeting to be held on Saturday, October 9, at the Horseshoe Inn, Radcliffe, starting at 12.30pm, for collection of rule books, match cards.
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STE Riley won last Sunday's pool knockout at the Levers Arms, Darcy Lever, beating Phil Kirkman in the final.
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THE 5-0 and Summer Presentation night will be held at Tonge Cricket Club on Wednesday, October 13, starting at 8pm.
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RESULTS: Division One: Parkwood 29 Markland Hill A 21; David Lloyd A 26 Holcombe Brook A 21; Leigh CC 33 Bolton CC 21; Monton 26 Walmersley B 22.
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RESULTS: Section A Cup Final: Dunscar B 159 Tonge Moor D 149.
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THE League Rules Individuals is now open to all Bolton and District Pool League players.
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THE individuals finals take place on Tuesday at the Jolly Waggoner: Kris Hampson (Patriots) v James Shorting (Fox 5).
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HAWKSHAW A have been a reliable mid-table team in A Section for several years -- but this season they have a useful "reserve" to call on by Angela Kelly
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BOLTON Hockey Club's first team travelled to Crewe brimming with confidence after a highly successful pre-season and came away with a 1-0 win.
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Bolton Wanderers
FOOTBALL mementoes owned by legendary Wanderers goalkeeper Eddie Hopkinson will go under the hammer - with an estimated value of £18,000.
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HENRIK Pedersen will have no qualms about answering his country's call.
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ONCE again it seems Bolton Wanderers season ticket holders are being let down by the management regarding the sale of Carling Cup tickets.
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I AM writing to the Bolton Evening News after failing to get a response from the Wanderers to my recent letters regarding the club's use of music to supposedly enhance the atmosphere at home games.
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SAM Allardyce wasn't tempted by Newcastle -- but I am very concerned that our manager will be lured away if the Bolton board don't act quickly.
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I APPLAUD Wanderers for reducing ticket prices for the Carling Cup game against Spurs, but aren't the selling arrangements somewhat complicated if you want to take children?
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I AM rather concerned, being a lifetime supporter of BWFC, why we signed El-Hadji Diouf, a player who played 26 times for Liverpool last season without scoring a single goal.
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I WAS impressed by Wanderers' victory over Charlton, but dismayed to read chairman Phil Gartside's programme notes.
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JAY-JAY Okocha was taken off after 24 minutes of Wanderers' Sky TV pay-for-view clash at The Hawthorns.
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JAY-JAY Okocha has told his best friend Kanu that there is no room for sentiment in the fight for Premiership points at The Hawthorns.
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GARY Speed has been advised by his Wanderers' bosses to carry on playing and forget any notions he may have about managing Wales.
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FOR a man who will go down as one of the most entertaining footballers ever to play for Bolton Wanderers, Jay-Jay Okocha has surprisingly little interest in his forebears.
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JASON Talbot had good reason to celebrate his 19th birthday on Thursday.
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GUDNI Bergsson might still wonder whether he was right to retire but he at least has the consolation of knowing his old job is in safe hands.
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Laville eyes up Premier return
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KEVIN Nolan fears neighbours Wigan will struggle to plug the midfield gap caused by Per Frandsen's injury blow.
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Burnley News
A "COWARDLY" drug addict who terrorised a 93-year-old war veteran with a screwdriver in his own home has been jailed for seven years.
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A DRUNKEN fire-raiser who started blaze that could have killed two sleeping children and their family, was today behind bars.
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A MAN jumped from a first-floor window to escape flames which had engulfed his home in Gannow Lane, Burnley, early today.
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A THIEF who took a blind shopper's purse on Christmas Eve has failed in an Appeal Court bid to cut in his jail term.
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CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new college for Burnley were voted through using an out-of-date map, claim campaigners.
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PADIHAM police are hopeful of raising £900 after a gruelling 25-mile charity trek.
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Bury News
AN 85-year-old grandmother died in hospital from serious injuries after she had tried to cross a main road in Prestwich, an inquest heard.
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A SPECTACULAR firework display lit the skies of Prestwich to end a weekend of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of St Andrew's Church.
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SELF-employed plasterer Mark West faces losing his livelihood after his car collided with four parked vehicles, a court heard.
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A SALES boss from Whitefield sparked off a major alert when he hurled racial abuse at a bus driver while brandishing an imitation pistol.
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A MARINE caught with ecstasy tablets in a nightclub won his freedom, but it was not enough to revive his career in the forces.
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PRESTWICH NHS Walk-in Centre will be open for the town's walking wounded from Monday, October 11.
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AN AMBITIOUS year awaits actors at Whitefield Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society (WAODS).
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PRESTWICH actress Casey Lee Jolleys is looking forward to a new role next year - as a real-life mother.
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A DRINK-driver who failed to negotiate a bend and hit a tree was later found by police at a bus shelter about one mile away, a court heard.
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MOVING up to high school is no longer a daunting prospect at a Prestwich school thanks to a group of older pupils pledging to look out for them.
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VOLUNTEERS are needed to hand themselves in to the police and spend time in the cells.
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A 41-year-old woman had been drinking heavily the night she caused a three-car accident, a court heard.
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A BIG surprise greeted an unsuspecting guest at TGI Friday's restaurant in Prestwich.
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A CHURCH has had its prayers answered with permission for its grade II listed building to be converted into flats.
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OLD reminders of a troubled past were buried but not forgotten in a special ceremony last Sunday.
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COMPLAINTS made against Bury police have doubled. In a three-month period from April 1 this year, a total of 27 people made 38 allegations against officers.
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A FRUIT machine gambler has pleaded guilty to arson following a huge fire at Birch motorway services which caused £7 million worth of damage.
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PUPILS of the former Stand Grammar School in Whitefield are to be remembered in a special history project.
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A NEW look is on the cards for Prestwich Residents Association.
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PRESTWICH-born Doris Milam had plenty to smile about when she celebrated being 100 years old.
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Bury Sport
KEVIN Glendon's hopes of bringing Jody Banim back to Radcliffe Borough have been dashed after the striker signed for Conference North side Droylsden.
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Clarets Sport
STEVE Cotterill is hoping to unearth a gem from the non-league scene that launched his own professional playing career.
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Colne News
PLANS to build 36 houses in Earby are set to be approved on Tuesday.
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Darwen News
THE memory of Darwen's Hindle Aviary will live on in the shape of a pergola costing more than £30,000.
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THE Tory hoping to be Darwen's next MP has slammed Labour's record over dental care.
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Lancashire Business
EAST Lancashire's business movers and shakers enjoyed an Indian feast at the East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce annual President's Dinner held last night.
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THE sports empire build up by former Blackburn Rovers star David Whelan could be about to change hands in a move that could land the ex-Ewood favourite a £220 million fortune.
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Lancashire News
UK researchers are developing a DVD that could store 100 times more information than currents discs.
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THE proliferation in recent years of events preceded by the word "Awards" has diluted their significance to such a degree that most, if not all, of these ceremonies have become just another jolly, attended by B grade "celebs", desperate for publicity and attention. How sad.
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HEALTH chiefs have warned that East Lancashire's hospitals are in a "serious financial crisis" that could harm health care in the area.
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THE wife of a man who died at the hands of his ex-mistress has forgiven him for the affair.
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THE people of Spring Street, Rishton, have only just recently got wheelie bins, and are well into the routine of putting them out once a fortnight and recyclable waste every other fortnight.
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TILTING trains travelling at 125mph? Wonderful - but try your local rail network and it's a different story.
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I FEEL that I must take up Councillor O'Keeffe's remarks concerning being a magistrate.
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WHEN reading Naseer Zaman's letter, I wondered which country he was living in. Certainly not mine!
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I CAN assure Roy Martin that the protest against the mosque in Castle View is not racist! (LET, September 27). The site is never likely to be suitable for any public place of worship or entertainment. The traffic congestion in that area is horrendous!
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TO avoid any more embarrassing handshakes with tyrants - ie the one with President Mugabe - perhaps Jack Straw should revert to his trademark spectacles.
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TODAY we are told our health services may suffer in East Lancashire because the Trust in charge of our hospitals is losing money.
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Lancashire Sport
By Kingfisher
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BLACKBURN Rovers striker Matt Jansen today opened his heart and spoke of the depths to which his career had sunk under Graeme Souness.
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STEVE Cotterill is hoping to unearth a gem from the non-league scene that launched his own professional playing career.
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BACUP Borough travel to Newcastle Town looking to turn up the heat on North West Counties League First Division leaders Fleetwood.
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GREAT Harwood Town are on the lookout for a new manager after Dave Bradford resigned yesterday.
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BLACKBURN Hawks cross the Pennines today for a 'Roses' battle with Bradford Bulldogs.
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Leigh News
A VIOLENT rapist from Hindley who brutally attacked a schoolgirl and made her 11-year-old friend watch has been found hanged in his prison cell.
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Nelson News
CASH-strapped Pendle Council is considering cutting highways, social services, tourism, and waste collection spending in a bid to stop it going into the red.
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A PUBLIC meeting is to be held on controversial plans for regenerating housing in Pendle.
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PARISHIONERS from Holy Saviours Church, Nelson, got all dressed up to raise money for charity.
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Prestwich Education
MOVING up to high school is no longer a daunting prospect at a Prestwich school thanks to a group of older pupils pledging to look out for them.
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PUPILS of the former Stand Grammar School in Whitefield are to be remembered in a special history project.
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Prestwich,Bury Leisure
AN AMBITIOUS year awaits actors at Whitefield Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society (WAODS).
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Prestwich,Bury News
PRESTWICH barman Jahn Hanson is aiming to be 'top of the glass'.
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Rawtenstall News
A MASTER PLAN to shape the future of Rawtenstall town centre is being drawn up in a bid to rocket the town into the 21st century.
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POLICE are warning shoppers in Rawtenstall to be on their guard after two women had their purses snatched.
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Rovers Sport
BLACKBURN Rovers striker Matt Jansen today opened his heart and spoke of the depths to which his career had sunk under Graeme Souness.
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Specials Insideout
By the time they reach the age of 70, many people think about slowing down and taking things easy. But not Jim Penny, who is eager to sample more of life's challenges. He spoke to JENNY SCOTT. . .
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A SHOCK survey has revealed two thirds of nine to 13 year olds in East Lancashire experiment with booze. Here, JEMMA DOBSON speaks to one teenager about his experience of underage drinking. . .
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Drive & Stroll, with RON FREETHY
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BURNLEY
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Stanley Sport
The Saturday Interview - this week, with Accrington Stanley's MIKE FLYNN
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TOWERING defender Jonathan Smith cannot decide whether to let his heart rule his head.
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ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman admits his side will go into tomorrow's game at Farnborough Town buoyant on the back of their LDV Vans Trophy success.
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