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Friends pay tribute to town’s popular doctor
6:00pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008
TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular Halliwell doctor who has died in his native Ireland after a long illness.
Comments (0)£240,000 for Bolton cancer patient care
5:01pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008
HEALTH bosses in Bolton give more money for the care of people with terminal cancer than almost anywhere else in the country.
Crunch meeting for pay row care workers
9:27am Wednesday 16th July 2008
A GROUP of former home care workers will continue their fight for a cash payout from Bolton Council when they meet solicitors today.
MP backs campaign to help men
8:54am Sunday 13th July 2008
A CAMPAIGN to get more help for men suffering from prostate cancer is being backed by a Bolton MP.
Primary pupils take the healthy meal route
7:48am Sunday 13th July 2008
MORE children in Bolton are tucking into a healthy school meal than pupils nationally.
Debbie plans new walk for hospital
10:24am Saturday 12th July 2008
A CHARITY walk has been organised by a cancer survivor to raise cash for the hospital where she was cared for.
High-flying tribute to snooker legend John
6:26pm Friday 11th July 2008
THE partner of former snooker world champion John Spencer took part in a sponsored parachute jump to raise money for charity.
Taking steps to good health
11:43am Friday 11th July 2008
HEALTHY walks for all the family will be staged this summer at Leverhulme Park every Sunday from July 20 to August 31.
Huge cash boost for Health Check
1:09pm Thursday 10th July 2008
A MILLION pounds is being pumped into The BIG Bolton Health Check in a bid to make sure everyone over the age of 45 is tested.
Girl, 8, dies after collapsing at school
11:01am Thursday 10th July 2008
AN eight-year-old girl who suffered from a rare illness has died after collapsing at school.
National News
McCann report intelligence 'flawed'
Updated 8:34pm Thursday 7th August 2008
Secret intelligence claiming Madeleine McCann was snatched to order by a Belgian paedophile ring is flawed, sources said.
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Sending out the wrong message
SORRY, Mr Keegan, but taking back convicted thug Joey Barton into the Newcastle team shows poor judgement.
Parents need to grow up
PARENTS who wrap their children in cottonwool and take the adventure out of playtime risk turning them into adults unable to deal with life’s challenges.
Town’s tuneful buskers
IT sounds like the warbling of busker Andrew Oliver was not sweet music to the shopkeepers of Penzance in Cornwall.
Hunt to find Woman of Year
THE annual hunt has just been launched to find a Bolton Woman of the Year.
Can you teach old dogs New Tricks?
WHO would have thought that a TV series about a group of pensioner policemen solving old crimes would become such a hit.
Olympics teaches us about ourselves
WHEN the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics takes place on Friday a flood of sporting achievements will start to fill our TV screens.
Scots are on the verge of breaking away
ONE of my closest friends is a Scot, from Greenock. He has lived and worked in Greater Manchester for many years, but I suspect his umbilical chord, metaphorically at least, is still tethered to a tree trunk, possibly a caber, somewhere north of Hadrian’s Wall.
Why sport is still a big hit
I PLAYED rounders last week in Edgworth with a team largely old enough to be my grand-daughters.
McCanns must maintain their dignity
IT’S a sad fact that what Kate and Gerry McCann do next is likely to determine how people remember them in years to come.
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