Stories for 5 October 2006
Accrington
A NURSE who was struck off after she locked a mentally ill woman in a room and sprayed her with cleaning fluid has failed in her bid to return to the profession. more...
Amateur Scene
Schools Soccer round-up more...
BSF Over-35s League more...
EAGLEY consolidated their mid-table position in the West Lancs Premier Division with an excellent 4-1 win at Wyre Villa. more...
Bolton Sunday League more...
Bolton County came from a goal down to book their place in the next round of the Lancashire Amateur Cup. more...
Amir Khan: Latest News
AMIR Khan will make his return to the ring on Frank Warren's end-of-the-year show in London on Saturday, December 9. more...
AMIR Khan will make his return to the ring on Frank Warren's end-of-the-year show in London on Saturday, December 9. more...
Athletics
Fifteen Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde AC youngsters took part in the North of England Young Athletes relays in Sports City, Manchester. more...
Three members of Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde AC's elite pole vaulting squad competed in the Liverpool Harriers Jumps and Throws Festival last weekend. more...
Three members of Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde AC's elite pole vaulting squad competed in the Liverpool Harriers Jumps and Throws Festival last weekend. more...
Bacup
A DRUG user who was paid £50-a-week to store ecstasy and amphetamines for a dealer has been jailed for three years. more...
Barrowford
ALMOST 300 jobs could be created after a developer asked for permission to expand a controversial business park that hasn't even been built yet. more...
Blackburn
BLUNDERING council bosses mistakenly included a businessman's home in a legal notice which ordered him to clean up hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of waste on land nearly half a mile away. more...
BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has called on Muslim women not to wear full veils in a bid to help relations with the rest of the community. more...
Blackpool News
A lollipop lady has called for speed bumps to be installed near Moor Park Primary School in Bispham after 25 "near misses" in the past nine months. more...
A lollipop lady has called for speed bumps to be installed near Moor Park Primary School in Bispham after 25 "near misses" in the past nine months. more...
Bolton Cars
MOTORISTS were hoping for further petrol price cuts today as oil prices slipped to a seven-month low. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
MOTORISTS were hoping for further petrol price cuts today as oil prices slipped to a seven-month low. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
MOTORISTS were hoping for further petrol price cuts today as oil prices slipped to a seven-month low. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
MOTORISTS were hoping for further petrol price cuts today as oil prices slipped to a seven-month low. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
Bolton News
OVERWEIGHT father-of-two Gary Baines took part in a 600-mile walk for a TV documentary - and managed to lose more than three stones. more...
A MEMORIAL cricket match for a local cricketer who died, age 35, raised £810. more...
A WIDOW robbed by a prolific burglar has described his jail sentence of four years as "diabolical". more...
THICK smoke billowed above Bolton town centre and could be seen for miles around when a disused warehouse went up in flames. more...
A BOLTON father has been jailed for 18 months after admitting helping to distribute more than £400,000 worth of chocolate stolen in a lorry hijack. more...
THE amount of dog dirt on streets in Atherton has been halved thanks to a high profile campaign to inform dog owners about the dangers. more...
FIREFIGHTERS are appealing for people to make sure they lock motorbikes and scooters in a garage. more...
FIREFIGHTERS are appealing for people to make sure they lock motorbikes and scooters in a garage. more...
A MULTI-MILLION pound plan to tackle health problems in one of one of Bolton's most deprived communities is underway. more...
YOUNGSTERS from an internationally acclaimed band will be blowing their own trumpet on television. more...
PROUD mum Karen Gaynor has praised the bravery of her daughter Aimee, aged three, who has been battling leukaemia for the past 13 months. more...
A FLAT was set on fire when an intruder threw a cigarette on to a bed. more...
CHILDREN in Bolton are being asked to help keep animals safe during the firework season. more...
A PRISONER escaped from police when he jumped from a moving car. more...
CHERYL Holden not only lost most of her belongings in a fire which ripped through her bedroom - she also lost photographs of her beloved father, who died 12 years ago. more...
ONE of the most valuable envelopes ever sent to Bolton was sold for £4,370 - nearly £1,000 more than expected - at an auction in London. more...
NOMINATIONS are now open for the Bolton Black and Asian Achievement Awards (BBAAA) 2006. more...
A MAN died after taking a lethal cocktail of drugs, an inquest heard. more...
A CARAVAN which had sentimental value was stolen from a driveway and has left the owners devastated. more...
A MAN who illegally dumped and burnt waste for profit was caught on camera in a covert surveillance operation. more...
A TOWN'S monument has been officially unveiled to the public after being restored to its former glory. more...
TEENAGERS behind a scheme to distribute night-out safety packs to 16-year-olds in Bolton are in the running for a national award. more...
THE last England International cap won by Bolton legend Nat Lofthouse is still up for grabs for fanatics willing to pay £1,500 for it. more...
THE family of cancer victim Emma Harrison have raised £5,500 for the hospital that tried to save her. more...
MOTORISTS were hoping for further petrol price cuts today as oil prices slipped to a seven-month low. more...
POLICE are continuing to appeal for information after a man was found in a flat in Radcliffe with serious head injuries. more...
A DELEGATION of young people from Lowton and Golborne Youth Club visited a Bolton mosque to make a donation towards victims of the Pakistani earthquake disaster. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
A FITNESS fanatic rugby player has died after collapsing on the pitch. more...
THE summer may have only just come to an end, but some nature lovers are already thinking of spring. more...
SCHOOL friends Danny Jones and Alex Wright will be reunited this weekend when they both step on stage at the MEN Arena. more...
SCHOOL friends Danny Jones and Alex Wright will be reunited this weekend when they both step on stage at the MEN Arena. more...
THE last England International cap won by Bolton legend Nat Lofthouse is still up for grabs for fanatics willing to pay £1,500 for it. more...
A DELEGATION of young people from Lowton and Golborne Youth Club visited a Bolton mosque to make a donation towards victims of the Pakistani earthquake disaster. more...
MOTORISTS were hoping for further petrol price cuts today as oil prices slipped to a seven-month low. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
A FITNESS fanatic rugby player has died after collapsing on the pitch. more...
POLICE are continuing to appeal for information after a man was found in a flat in Radcliffe with serious head injuries. more...
MOTORISTS were hoping for further petrol price cuts today as oil prices slipped to a seven-month low. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
MOTORISTS were hoping for further petrol price cuts today as oil prices slipped to a seven-month low. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
Boxing Updates
AMIR Khan will make his return to the ring on Frank Warren's end-of-the-year show in London on Saturday, December 9. more...
AMIR Khan will make his return to the ring on Frank Warren's end-of-the-year show in London on Saturday, December 9. more...
Brierfield
A GANG of 60 drunken youths have been running wild in a residential area between Burnley and Brierfield, police said. more...
Burnley
A BOUNCER at a bar left a customer unconscious and lying injured in the road after losing control and attacking him, a court was told. more...
Detectives are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 65-year-old patient who went missing from Burnley General Hospital. more...
A GANG of 60 drunken youths have been running wild in a residential area between Burnley and Brierfield, police said. more...
TWO wedding guests were stabbed at the reception following a remark to a guest who had lost his arm in a road crash, a court heard. more...
AN investigation is under way after the death of a 20-year-old man at his home in Burnley. more...
A BURNLEY woman alleged to have had her proxy vote filled in by two councillors because she was "on holiday" had never been on holiday in her life, a court was told. more...
Bury News
POLICE are continuing to appeal for information after a man was found in a flat in Radcliffe with serious head injuries. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
POLICE are continuing to appeal for information after a man was found in a flat in Radcliffe with serious head injuries. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
PEDIGREE puppies are being snatched from their owners in a spate of dognappings in Bury. more...
BURY'S Mill Gate shopping centre now has three heart defibrillator machines for medical emergencies. more...
A BOOK series bringing tales of the countryside to children is set to take the literary world by storm -and it was created right here in Bury. more...
PETER Kay's new book has become the fastest selling autobiography of the year - before it has even been published. more...
"YOU are all just amazing!" more...
A MAN who shot a Bury police officer before turning the gun on himself was "terrified" of the police and authority figures, an inquest heard. more...
A MAN who shot a Bury police officer before turning the gun on himself was "terrified" of the police and authority figures, an inquest heard. more...
THE trust which runs Fairfield Hospital has defended its use of taxis to transfer nurses between its four sites to cover staff shortages. more...
THE health trust proposing to close a ward at Fairfield Hospital caring for elderly people too ill to live at home will not be consulting the public over the plans - only the staff. more...
TOTTINGTON traders are still suffering the effects of new pay and display charges in the village's main car park, according to Save Our Village campaigners. more...
DRIVERS face disruption in Hollins next week as essential tree-felling work takes place. more...
YUMMY mummies indulged their love of chocolate to help raise money for children living with leukaemia. more...
MASKED raiders have escaped with around £62,000 in robberies at two petrol stations within 300 yards of each other. more...
WORK is to begin soon on the refurbishment of Bury Interchange's Metrolink escalator which has been out of action since April. more...
THE three letters in the Bury Times on September 28, plus the front page article: Don't shut our ward', sends warning signals as to the future of our NHS. more...
I AM writing with concern about the closure of Ward 30. My elderly mother was a patient on the ward just six months ago. more...
I AM writing about last week's front page article (Don't shut our ward') and the letters from local nurses who asked for us (the general public) to support them in their campaign to stop the closure of Ward 30. more...
I read with interest about the shortfall of £392,000 for the regeneration of Pimhole. more...
I LIVE in the Tottington area, and over the last couple of months have noticed a substantial drop in the water pressure in my taps. more...
IN REPLY to the letter about bad language in the park (Bury Times, September 21). I am sorry the person feels they won't be comfortable in Clarence Park again. more...
AS teenage students living in Bury, my friends and I are often stereotyped into the unfortunate and largely inaccurate category of anti-social youths' or even hooligans'. more...
On a recent nice sunny day, I decided to have a walk past my local parks, expecting to see at least one football match. more...
MUM-of-two Sharon Doyle has won a prize for recycling, saying we must protect the environment for future generations. more...
A WATER company has been fined £11,000 after failing to act quickly enough to stop raw sewage spilling into a stream. more...
TA soldier brothers Rayhon and Bejan Shambayati flew more than 3,500 miles to take part in a training exercise at a remote camp in the former Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan. more...
MEET a tiny tot who battled against the odds after being born five weeks premature at home. more...
A DEDICATED team of police officers is to continue patrolling Metrolink trams and stations. more...
PUPILS, staff and parents at Bury Grammar Girls School reflected on a year of triumphs and memories at their annual prizegiving ceremony. more...
A SECURITY team is to patrol bus services and stations in Bury in a drive against anti-social behaviour. more...
A KARATE club for toddlers piloted in Ramsbottom and Tottington has expanded across the borough due to its growing success. more...
A RESTAURATEUR has donated £5,000 to Hope Hospital in Salford as a "thank you" to the two surgeons who rebuilt his wife's spine. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
Business Headlines
A PRIVATE dentistry and beauty practice has been nominated for two prestigious trade awards, less than two years after it was set up. more...
SERVISIONAL has signed a major contract with a sportswear manufacturer to handle its business and customer management systems worldwide. more...
MANY technology businesses are missing out on significant amounts of money available through tax relief to cover research and development costs. more...
Business Updates
BURY-based Air Vane Compressors has been selected as the local distributors for the UK's only compressors manufacturers, Hydrovane. more...
IF cleanliness is next to Godliness, then Ainsworth businesswoman Amanda Williams could soon be sporting a halo! more...
LISA McGuigan is hoping to make a splash with the opening of a new shop in Tottington. more...
JOHN McGuire as retired as chairman of Marketing Manchester after five years. more...
KEEN to explain the benefits of new products available in the workplace, Bury-based Pennine Telecom held an informative technology seminar at the magnificent waterside location of The Lowry. more...
Cars News
MOTORISTS were hoping for further petrol price cuts today as oil prices slipped to a seven-month low. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
MOTORISTS were hoping for further petrol price cuts today as oil prices slipped to a seven-month low. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
MOTORISTS were hoping for further petrol price cuts today as oil prices slipped to a seven-month low. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
MOTORISTS were hoping for further petrol price cuts today as oil prices slipped to a seven-month low. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
Clarets News
JOHN McGreal insists Burnley must vie for consistency to maintain their flying start to the Championship. more...
Clayton-Le-Moors
A "FACELIFT" scheme for homes in Clayton-le-Moors is set to begin after an enthusiastic response from residents. more...
A COUPLE have told how they dodged bullets and bloodshed to find love on the front line in Iraq. more...
Cricket Round-Up
A MEMORIAL cricket match for a local cricketer who died, age 35, raised £810. more...
Darwen
A BRAVE mother-of-three has completed the Great North Run after a fight against skin cancer in her leg. more...
ONE of the most prolific burglars ever seen in East Lancashire has been jailed for four years - after being caught out by a bead of sweat. more...
Education
UNION chiefs fear every Lancashire authority school faces a budget cut for the next 25 years to help pay for a £250million makeover of schools in Burnley and Pendle. more...
UNION chiefs fear every Lancashire authority school faces a budget cut for the next 25 years to help pay for a £250million makeover of schools in Burnley and Pendle. more...
Fans' Verdict
Well done Blackburn Rovers. Their response to a decline in attendances on a par with that suffered at The Reebok has been to slash prices to £15 and £5 for the forthcoming derby match on Sunday 22nd October. more...
Firstly you've got to congratulate Blackburn (not that I like to!) on the ticket offer for our game there in October and reducing the prices to £15 and £5. more...
Given the Bolton Board is always telling us how smart they are on the commercial side how come they haven't woken up too such an idea before now. more...
Food And Drink Festivak
A NEW generation of talented chefs is being trained for culinary stardom in Bolton. more...
Garden Of Tranquility
AUDREY and Chris Tomkinson have both been diagnosed with terminal cancer and are receiving day care at Bolton Hospice. more...
Grasshoppers
Although not firing on all cylinders for much of the game, Hoppers proved good enough to win their second top-of-the-table clash in two weeks at second placed Macclesfield. more...
Haslingden
A 17-YEAR-OLD from East Lancashire who admitted starting a fire with intent to endanger life has been warned to expect a long sentence. more...
THE restoration of one of the country's most historic buildings has been left in the balance - after a FOUR-year power cut. more...
Health News
OVERWEIGHT father-of-two Gary Baines took part in a 600-mile walk for a TV documentary - and managed to lose more than three stones. more...
A MULTI-MILLION pound plan to tackle health problems in one of one of Bolton's most deprived communities is underway. more...
Health Updates
PEOPLE worried about developing osteoporosis can be checked out with a bone density scan courtesy of the Ramsbottom and Tottington Peel Lions. more...
A CAMPAIGN encouraging elderly people to become more aware of the deadly pneumococcal disease has been launched in pharmacies across the borough. more...
A CARERS' champion who was honoured by the Queen for her work is offering advice to those looking after people with mental illness. more...
A QUESTION Time event is being held tonight at Bury Town Hall in advance of World Mental Health Day. more...
Hyndburn News
THE state of trees in Hyndburn's 11 parks is so bad that unless expensive felling work is carried out "immediately" someone could die, it has been claimed. more...
Ice Hockey Updates
Manchester Phoenix forward Adam Walker is pleased he made the move to Manchester and the chance to play in the bmibaby.com Elite League. more...
Manchester Phoenix Managing Director Neil Morris met with senior personnel of Ice Associates on Wednesday for an update on the schedule for the new Altrincham Ice Dome. more...
Lancashire
A TOP Lancashire police boss has hit back at Home Secretary John Reid's claim that forces may have exaggerated the costs of the doomed merger process. more...
ONE of the most prolific burglars ever seen in East Lancashire has been jailed for four years - after being caught out by a bead of sweat. more...
Lancashire News
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
Latest Sport
A MEMORIAL cricket match for a local cricketer who died, age 35, raised £810. more...
AMIR Khan will make his return to the ring on Frank Warren's end-of-the-year show in London on Saturday, December 9. more...
A FITNESS fanatic rugby player has died after collapsing on the pitch. more...
A FITNESS fanatic rugby player has died after collapsing on the pitch. more...
AMIR Khan will make his return to the ring on Frank Warren's end-of-the-year show in London on Saturday, December 9. more...
Leigh Headlines
A DELEGATION of young people from Lowton and Golborne Youth Club visited a Bolton mosque to make a donation towards victims of the Pakistani earthquake disaster. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
A FITNESS fanatic rugby player has died after collapsing on the pitch. more...
A DELEGATION of young people from Lowton and Golborne Youth Club visited a Bolton mosque to make a donation towards victims of the Pakistani earthquake disaster. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
A FITNESS fanatic rugby player has died after collapsing on the pitch. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
Letters
RE David Bartlett's article (Sept 22), top level lobby for homes cash. more...
RE David Bartlett's article (Sept 22), top level lobby for homes cash. more...
COUNCILLOR David Pearson (LT, Sept 19) once again rants on about the Prime Minister not doing his duty. This time it is about a killer being released from custody halfway through his sentence of 12 years. Coun Pearson says the offence happened two years ago, so his facts must be wrong. I agree, life should mean life for murderers, rape and other serious offences. more...
COUNCILLOR David Pearson (LT, Sept 19) once again rants on about the Prime Minister not doing his duty. more...
I SUPPORT all comments made by Sajjad Karim MEP (LT, Sept 5) regarding animal experiments. more...
RE housing being built in the Johnston Street area of Blackburn. more...
WHY are the roads in Blackburn so chaotic? more...
Local Sports Updates
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
Looking Back With Frank Elson
THIS group of photographs reflects part of the sports career of former local businessman Gordon Eckersley. more...
THIS group of photographs reflects part of the sports career of former local businessman Gordon Eckersley. more...
Nelson
Detectives are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 65-year-old patient who went missing from Burnley General Hospital. more...
News
Blackpool reach for the Sky on Sunday against Brighton after finally breaking a six-month home hoodoo. more...
Jack Straw MP has called on Muslim women not to wear full veils in a bid to help relations with the rest of the community. more...
Nicola Mostyn: Shoots From The Hip
Okay, so I might have sort of moved house. Again. I know, I know, I said that a quick change round of the furniture would probably cure me of my gypsy urges, that chucking out several tonnes of unwanted clutter would revivify me, that only someone with mental health issues and/or a bounty on their head would choose to relocate four times in three years. But then I did it anyway. Daft, eh? more...
Old Pals: Keeping In Touch Around The World
We are trying to find old friends and family from Hall Lane, Farnworth, late 1958. more...
I am looking for my sister and brother-in-law, Joan and Rodney Byrne, who moved to Yorkshire then back to Bolton, and may live on Red Lane. more...
I am trying to trace my brother who I have not had contact with in over 14 years. more...
I am looking for a long lost army pal, Arthur Evans, who lived on a farm in Turton, and would be around 65/66 now. more...
I am looking for a long lost army pal, Arthur Evans, who lived on a farm in Turton, and would be around 65/66 now. more...
I am trying to trace my brother who I have not had contact with in over 14 years. more...
I am looking for my sister and brother-in-law, Joan and Rodney Byrne, who moved to Yorkshire then back to Bolton, and may live on Red Lane. more...
We are trying to find old friends and family from Hall Lane, Farnworth, late 1958. more...
I am looking for a long lost army pal, Arthur Evans, who lived on a farm in Turton, and would be around 65/66 now. more...
I am trying to trace my brother who I have not had contact with in over 14 years. more...
I am looking for my sister and brother-in-law, Joan and Rodney Byrne, who moved to Yorkshire then back to Bolton, and may live on Red Lane. more...
We are trying to find old friends and family from Hall Lane, Farnworth, late 1958. more...
I am looking for a long lost army pal, Arthur Evans, who lived on a farm in Turton, and would be around 65/66 now. more...
I am trying to trace my brother who I have not had contact with in over 14 years. more...
I am looking for my sister and brother-in-law, Joan and Rodney Byrne, who moved to Yorkshire then back to Bolton, and may live on Red Lane. more...
We are trying to find old friends and family from Hall Lane, Farnworth, late 1958. more...
Padiham News
ONE of the most prolific burglars ever seen in East Lancashire has been jailed for four years - after being caught out by a bead of sweat. more...
Pne News
Stay-away fans have been challenged to help back the Preston North End promotion push - by turning up at Deepdale. more...
Poems
By Hugh Davies. more...
Preston News
Mini-motorbikes, confiscated from people using them illegally, are to be handed over for use as a learning tool by trainee mechanics. more...
Prestwich And Whitefield Headlines
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
Prestwich Headlines
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
Prestwich Heys Updates
Holders Prestwich Heys scored a second-half winner to knock Atherton LR out of the Goldline Trophy at the quarter-final stage. more...
Holders Prestwich Heys scored a second-half winner to knock Atherton LR out of the Goldline Trophy at the quarter-final stage. more...
Prestwich Heys, Local Soccer Round-Up
Holders Prestwich Heys scored a second-half winner to knock Atherton LR out of the Goldline Trophy at the quarter-final stage. more...
Holders Prestwich Heys scored a second-half winner to knock Atherton LR out of the Goldline Trophy at the quarter-final stage. more...
Radcliffe Headlines
POLICE are continuing to appeal for information after a man was found in a flat in Radcliffe with serious head injuries. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
POLICE are continuing to appeal for information after a man was found in a flat in Radcliffe with serious head injuries. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets. more...
Rawtenstall
A TEAM of police officers who risked their lives in a dangerous armed siege in Rawtenstall have been awarded the Lancashire force's highest honour for bravery. more...
Rossendale News
ONE of the most prolific burglars ever seen in East Lancashire has been jailed for four years - after being caught out by a bead of sweat. more...
Rovers News
BOLTON Wanderers fans will be the first to profit from a radical cut-price ticket initiative launched by Blackburn Rovers to arrest the dramatic decline in Premiership attendances. more...
BLACKBURN ROVERS keeper Brad Friedel is hoping a good UEFA Cup run could persuade Lucas Neill that his future lies at Ewood Park. more...
Rugby Union Round-Up
A FITNESS fanatic rugby player has died after collapsing on the pitch. more...
A FITNESS fanatic rugby player has died after collapsing on the pitch. more...
Samlesbury News
A BOUNCER at a bar left a customer unconscious and lying injured in the road after losing control and attacking him, a court was told. more...
Seven Days
News and sport stories
from The Bolton News, Bury Times Group, Leigh Journal
and associated newspapers and websites
in Lancashire from
the last seven days more...
News and sport stories
from The Bolton News, Bury Times Group, Leigh Journal
and associated newspapers and websites
in Lancashire from
the last seven days more...
News and sport stories
from The Bolton News, Bury Times Group, Leigh Journal
and associated newspapers and websites
in Lancashire from
the last seven days more...
News and sport stories
from The Bolton News, Bury Times Group, Leigh Journal
and associated newspapers and websites
in Lancashire from
the last seven days more...
Shakers Updates
BURY'S on-loan striker Glynn Hurst wants talks with his employers Shrewsbury Town about his future. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
BURY'S on-loan striker Glynn Hurst wants talks with his employers Shrewsbury Town about his future. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
Soccer Headlines
BURY'S on-loan striker Glynn Hurst wants talks with his employers Shrewsbury Town about his future. more...
ATHERTON LR suffered a shock 3-2 defeat at the hands of Manchester League side Prestwich Heys in the Goldline Trophy quarter-final. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
ATHERTON LR suffered a shock 3-2 defeat at the hands of Manchester League side Prestwich Heys in the Goldline Trophy quarter-final. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
BURY'S on-loan striker Glynn Hurst wants talks with his employers Shrewsbury Town about his future. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
Sport From Around The Area
ATHERTON LR suffered a shock 3-2 defeat at the hands of Manchester League side Prestwich Heys in the Goldline Trophy quarter-final. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
ATHERTON LR suffered a shock 3-2 defeat at the hands of Manchester League side Prestwich Heys in the Goldline Trophy quarter-final. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
Sporting Highlights
AMIR Khan will make his return to the ring on Frank Warren's end-of-the-year show in London on Saturday, December 9. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
AMIR Khan will make his return to the ring on Frank Warren's end-of-the-year show in London on Saturday, December 9. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
Stanley News
ACCRINGTON Stanley assistant manager Jimmy Bell has urged the Reds to remain hard to beat at home. more...
Accrington Stanley Reserves 3 Manchester City Reserves 1: Andy Mangan set the precedent as Stanley Reserves cruised to a home win over Manchester City Reserves. more...
Stars From The Bolton Area
YOUNGSTERS from an internationally acclaimed band will be blowing their own trumpet on television. more...
SCHOOL friends Danny Jones and Alex Wright will be reunited this weekend when they both step on stage at the MEN Arena. more...
Tasters
BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has called on Muslim women not to wear full veils in a bid to help relations with the rest of the community. more...
A COUPLE have told how they dodged bullets and bloodshed to find love on the front line in Iraq. more...
ONE of the most prolific burglars ever seen in East Lancashire has been jailed for four years - after being caught out by a bead of sweat. more...
Wanderers Headlines Of The Day
THE last England International cap won by Bolton legend Nat Lofthouse is still up for grabs for fanatics willing to pay £1,500 for it. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
THE last England International cap won by Bolton legend Nat Lofthouse is still up for grabs for fanatics willing to pay £1,500 for it. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
Wanderers News
THE last England International cap won by Bolton legend Nat Lofthouse is still up for grabs for fanatics willing to pay £1,500 for it. more...
BOLTON Wanderers fans will be the first to profit from a radical cut-price ticket initiative launched by Blackburn Rovers to arrest the dramatic decline in Premiership attendances. more...
BOLTON Wanderers fans will be the first to profit from a radical cut-price ticket initiative launched by Blackburn Rovers to arrest the dramatic decline in Premiership attendances. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
TAL Ben Haim has given Sam Allardyce his first injury scare of the international break - before a ball has been kicked. more...
THE last England International cap won by Bolton legend Nat Lofthouse is still up for grabs for fanatics willing to pay £1,500 for it. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
TOP ref Mark Halsey has joined the growing body of opinion that the time has come for football to embrace technology. more...
Want To Be On Tv?
Twofour Broadcast is looking for disillusioned thirtysomethings whose lives have veered off track to take part in a revolutionary television show. more...
We Say
A NEW health centre is being built for residents on the neglected Hall i'th' Wood estate. more...
TEACHERS, writers and librarians will be hoping it is a case of, “poetry please”, with National Poetry Day events taking place across the country today. But with television and the Internet increasingly taking up our spare time, Kat Dibbits asks whether poetry still has a place. more...
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ONE of the most prolific burglars ever seen in East Lancashire has been jailed for four years - after being caught out by a bead of sweat. more...
What'S On In And Around Bury
BURY'S Food and Drink Festival gets under way tomorrow with a launch party at Automatic in Market Street in Bury. more...
What'S On In The Bolton Area
MEMBERS of Bolton Hospice are meeting on October 12. more...
PEOPLE can draw on some creative inspiration this month at Bolton Museum and Art Gallery. more...
THE benefits of yoga are being offered for youngsters to enjoy in a new class starting at Horwich Leisure Centre this month
Yogabugs, a company featured on Dragons' Den - the TV show in which millionaires offer investment to budding entrepreneurs - is starting classes at the centre for children aged 30 months to seven years from October 30. more...
You Say
WITH reference to the story "Markets Makeover", The Bolton News, October 2. more...
I AM afraid that, yet again, Mr Amos (The Bolton News, September 30) fails to understand the current role and powers of the GMPTA over private bus companies. more...
I WAS dismayed to read that Bolton's privately-run Bones Skatepark, in Gilnow Lane, has been allowed to close by the council. more...
I NOTE in The Bolton News that MP David Crausby will be pushing for a mobile police station to be set up in Bromley Cross to deal with the increasing level of youth anti-social behaviour. more...
I ATTENDED the Two Towns Forum (Horwich and Blackrod) recently at St Joseph's School, Horwich. more...
COUNCIL Tax - rise after rise, year after year. Yet we are told there is a £500,000 deficit, with no money to be found, bringing inevitable redundancies, closures or cutbacks as a result. more...
THE last time I, and most of people of my generation, went to a museum was when I was dragged along by my grandparents as children. more...
IN the early hours of Sunday morning, my car was broken into and wrecked. more...
I refer to Councillor Bob Bibby's letter to the Bury Times (Selling the family silver is the biggest sin', September 28). more...
Below is a copy of a letter I have sent to the Bury council's leader and its chief executive about the proposed sale of the Lowry painting A Riverbank:
I understand Bury MBC is proceeding with its plan to sell Lowry's A Riverbank. more...
I am sure that the majority of Bury residents, myself included, find the sale of Lowry's painting utterly deplorable. more...
CONCERNED at the sale of the Lowry by Bury Council due to a shortage of funds, I recently had a look at the council's accounts on their web page. more...
BUGGED' blue bins have put recycling high on the agenda again. more...
FOLLOWING your piece on Bury Council putting chips in blue bins to see who does and doesn't recycle, I thought you might like to hear my bin story. more...
THE death of Ronnie Morris is a huge blow to the future well-being of amateur sport in the Radcliffe and Bury area. more...
BURY'S on-street parking policy left me perplexed last week when I was landed with a £30 fine for exceeding the permitted time. more...
Asian Image News
Jack Straw MP has called on Muslim women not to wear full veils in a bid to help relations with the rest of the community.
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Jack Straw has called on Muslim women not to wear full veils in a bid to help relations with the rest of the community.
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Blackpool Citizen News
Blackpool reach for the Sky on Sunday against Brighton after finally breaking a six-month home hoodoo.
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Bury Times Business
BURY-based Air Vane Compressors has been selected as the local distributors for the UK's only compressors manufacturers, Hydrovane.
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IF cleanliness is next to Godliness, then Ainsworth businesswoman Amanda Williams could soon be sporting a halo!
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LISA McGuigan is hoping to make a splash with the opening of a new shop in Tottington.
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JOHN McGuire as retired as chairman of Marketing Manchester after five years.
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KEEN to explain the benefits of new products available in the workplace, Bury-based Pennine Telecom held an informative technology seminar at the magnificent waterside location of The Lowry.
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Bury Times News
A CAMPAIGN encouraging elderly people to become more aware of the deadly pneumococcal disease has been launched in pharmacies across the borough.
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TA soldier brothers Rayhon and Bejan Shambayati flew more than 3,500 miles to take part in a training exercise at a remote camp in the former Soviet Republic of Kazakhstan.
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THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets of Greater Manchester since a hi-tech crackdown was launched in January.
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MEET a tiny tot who battled against the odds after being born five weeks premature at home.
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A DEDICATED team of police officers is to continue patrolling Metrolink trams and stations.
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A CARERS' champion who was honoured by the Queen for her work is offering advice to those looking after people with mental illness.
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A QUESTION Time event is being held tonight at Bury Town Hall in advance of World Mental Health Day.
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TWO pupils from Broad Oak High in Bury, who hit the airwaves on the school radio, are in with a chance of becoming the voice of the BBC World Service.
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PUPILS, staff and parents at Bury Grammar Girls School reflected on a year of triumphs and memories at their annual prizegiving ceremony.
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A SECURITY team is to patrol bus services and stations in Bury in a drive against anti-social behaviour.
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A KARATE club for toddlers piloted in Ramsbottom and Tottington has expanded across the borough due to its growing success.
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A RESTAURATEUR has donated £5,000 to Hope Hospital in Salford as a "thank you" to the two surgeons who rebuilt his wife's spine.
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PEDIGREE puppies are being snatched from their owners in a spate of dognappings in Bury.
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BURY'S Mill Gate shopping centre now has three heart defibrillator machines for medical emergencies.
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A BOOK series bringing tales of the countryside to children is set to take the literary world by storm -and it was created right here in Bury.
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PETER Kay's new book has become the fastest selling autobiography of the year - before it has even been published.
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"YOU are all just amazing!"
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A MAN who shot a Bury police officer before turning the gun on himself was "terrified" of the police and authority figures, an inquest heard.
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THE trust which runs Fairfield Hospital has defended its use of taxis to transfer nurses between its four sites to cover staff shortages.
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THE health trust proposing to close a ward at Fairfield Hospital caring for elderly people too ill to live at home will not be consulting the public over the plans - only the staff.
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TOTTINGTON traders are still suffering the effects of new pay and display charges in the village's main car park, according to Save Our Village campaigners.
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DRIVERS face disruption in Hollins next week as essential tree-felling work takes place.
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PEOPLE worried about developing osteoporosis can be checked out with a bone density scan courtesy of the Ramsbottom and Tottington Peel Lions.
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YUMMY mummies indulged their love of chocolate to help raise money for children living with leukaemia.
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MASKED raiders have escaped with around £62,000 in robberies at two petrol stations within 300 yards of each other.
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WORK is to begin soon on the refurbishment of Bury Interchange's Metrolink escalator which has been out of action since April.
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THE three letters in the Bury Times on September 28, plus the front page article: Don't shut our ward', sends warning signals as to the future of our NHS.
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I AM writing with concern about the closure of Ward 30. My elderly mother was a patient on the ward just six months ago.
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I AM writing about last week's front page article (Don't shut our ward') and the letters from local nurses who asked for us (the general public) to support them in their campaign to stop the closure of Ward 30.
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I read with interest about the shortfall of £392,000 for the regeneration of Pimhole.
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I LIVE in the Tottington area, and over the last couple of months have noticed a substantial drop in the water pressure in my taps.
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IN REPLY to the letter about bad language in the park (Bury Times, September 21). I am sorry the person feels they won't be comfortable in Clarence Park again.
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AS teenage students living in Bury, my friends and I are often stereotyped into the unfortunate and largely inaccurate category of anti-social youths' or even hooligans'.
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On a recent nice sunny day, I decided to have a walk past my local parks, expecting to see at least one football match.
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POLICE are continuing to appeal for information after a man was found in a flat in Radcliffe with serious head injuries.
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MUM-of-two Sharon Doyle has won a prize for recycling, saying we must protect the environment for future generations.
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A WATER company has been fined £11,000 after failing to act quickly enough to stop raw sewage spilling into a stream.
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Bury Times Sport
AMIR Khan will make his return to the ring on Frank Warren's end-of-the-year show in London on Saturday, December 9.
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Lancashire Telegraph Education
UNION chiefs fear every Lancashire authority school faces a budget cut for the next 25 years to help pay for a £250million makeover of schools in Burnley and Pendle.
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Lancashire Telegraph Letters
RE David Bartlett's article (Sept 22), top level lobby for homes cash.
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COUNCILLOR David Pearson (LT, Sept 19) once again rants on about the Prime Minister not doing his duty.
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I SUPPORT all comments made by Sajjad Karim MEP (LT, Sept 5) regarding animal experiments.
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RE housing being built in the Johnston Street area of Blackburn.
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WHY are the roads in Blackburn so chaotic?
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By Hugh Davies.
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Lancashire Telegraph News
BLACKBURN MP Jack Straw has called on Muslim women not to wear full veils in a bid to help relations with the rest of the community.
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ONE of the most prolific burglars ever seen in East Lancashire has been jailed for four years - after being caught out by a bead of sweat.
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A COUPLE have told how they dodged bullets and bloodshed to find love on the front line in Iraq.
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ONE of the most prolific burglars ever seen in East Lancashire has been jailed for four years - after being caught out by a bead of sweat.
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Leigh Journal News
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets of Greater Manchester since a hi-tech crackdown was launched in January.
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A FITNESS fanatic rugby player has died after collapsing on the pitch.
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THE last England International cap won by Bolton legend Nat Lofthouse is still up for grabs for fanatics willing to pay £1,500 for it.
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MOTORISTS were hoping for further petrol price cuts today as oil prices slipped to a seven-month low.
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A DELEGATION of young people from Lowton and Golborne Youth Club visited a Bolton mosque to make a donation towards victims of the Pakistani earthquake disaster.
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Leigh Journal Sport
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Prestwich And Whitefield Guide News
THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets of Greater Manchester since a hi-tech crackdown was launched in January.
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MOTORISTS were hoping for further petrol price cuts today as oil prices slipped to a seven-month low.
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The Bolton News Business
A PRIVATE dentistry and beauty practice has been nominated for two prestigious trade awards, less than two years after it was set up.
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SERVISIONAL has signed a major contract with a sportswear manufacturer to handle its business and customer management systems worldwide.
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MANY technology businesses are missing out on significant amounts of money available through tax relief to cover research and development costs.
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The Bolton News News
THICK smoke billowed above Bolton town centre and could be seen for miles around when a disused warehouse went up in flames.
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A BOLTON father has been jailed for 18 months after admitting helping to distribute more than £400,000 worth of chocolate stolen in a lorry hijack.
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POLICE are continuing to appeal for information after a man was found in a flat in Radcliffe with serious head injuries.
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OVERWEIGHT father-of-two Gary Baines took part in a 600-mile walk for a TV documentary - and managed to lose more than three stones.
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THE amount of dog dirt on streets in Atherton has been halved thanks to a high profile campaign to inform dog owners about the dangers.
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FIREFIGHTERS are appealing for people to make sure they lock motorbikes and scooters in a garage.
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A MULTI-MILLION pound plan to tackle health problems in one of one of Bolton's most deprived communities is underway.
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YOUNGSTERS from an internationally acclaimed band will be blowing their own trumpet on television.
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PROUD mum Karen Gaynor has praised the bravery of her daughter Aimee, aged three, who has been battling leukaemia for the past 13 months.
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A FLAT was set on fire when an intruder threw a cigarette on to a bed.
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THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets of Greater Manchester since a hi-tech crackdown was launched in January.
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SCHOOL friends Danny Jones and Alex Wright will be reunited this weekend when they both step on stage at the MEN Arena.
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A FITNESS fanatic rugby player has died after collapsing on the pitch.
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THE summer may have only just come to an end, but some nature lovers are already thinking of spring.
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MOTORISTS were hoping for further petrol price cuts today as oil prices slipped to a seven-month low.
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CHILDREN in Bolton are being asked to help keep animals safe during the firework season.
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A PRISONER escaped from police when he jumped from a moving car.
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CHERYL Holden not only lost most of her belongings in a fire which ripped through her bedroom - she also lost photographs of her beloved father, who died 12 years ago.
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A MEMORIAL cricket match for a local cricketer who died, age 35, raised £810.
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ONE of the most valuable envelopes ever sent to Bolton was sold for £4,370 - nearly £1,000 more than expected - at an auction in London.
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NOMINATIONS are now open for the Bolton Black and Asian Achievement Awards (BBAAA) 2006.
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A MAN died after taking a lethal cocktail of drugs, an inquest heard.
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THE cars of more than 10,000 uninsured drivers have been taken off the streets of Greater Manchester since a hi-tech crackdown was launched in January.
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A DELEGATION of young people from Lowton and Golborne Youth Club visited a Bolton mosque to make a donation towards victims of the Pakistani earthquake disaster.
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A CARAVAN which had sentimental value was stolen from a driveway and has left the owners devastated.
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A MAN who illegally dumped and burnt waste for profit was caught on camera in a covert surveillance operation.
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A TOWN'S monument has been officially unveiled to the public after being restored to its former glory.
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TEENAGERS behind a scheme to distribute night-out safety packs to 16-year-olds in Bolton are in the running for a national award.
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THE last England International cap won by Bolton legend Nat Lofthouse is still up for grabs for fanatics willing to pay £1,500 for it.
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THE family of cancer victim Emma Harrison have raised £5,500 for the hospital that tried to save her.
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OVERWEIGHT father-of-two Gary Baines took part in a 600-mile walk for a TV documentary - and managed to lose more than three stones.
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A WIDOW robbed by a prolific burglar has described his jail sentence of four years as "diabolical".
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The Bolton News Sport
A FITNESS fanatic rugby player has died after collapsing on the pitch.
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AMIR Khan will make his return to the ring on Frank Warren's end-of-the-year show in London on Saturday, December 9.
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A MEMORIAL cricket match for a local cricketer who died, age 35, raised £810.
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