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Local runners in form
12:20pm Thursday 7th August 2008
LOCAL runners excelled in the St Ann’s Hospice 5K trail Joan Rhodes and Fred Norris memorial race, sponsored by David Cottrell MOT Service Centre, Radcliffe.
Lupton takes on the mountains
11:20am Thursday 7th August 2008
RADCLIFFE AC’s Anna Lupton has proved she can take on the big mountains.
Depleted Harriers relegated
10:20am Thursday 7th August 2008
Bolton United Harriers lost their battle against relegation from Division One of the North of England Senior Track and Field League despite a monumental effort.
Comments (0)One more to come, says Megson
9:20am Thursday 7th August 2008
WANDERERS are hoping to follow-up the capture of Watford defender Danny Shittu with another new signing before kicking-off the new season.
Muamba ready to roll
8:20am Thursday 7th August 2008
FABRICE Muamba is looking forward to locking horns with Rivaldo and Co in Wanderers’ final pre-season warm-up in Athens on Friday night.
Tom shows dad the way
8:20am Thursday 7th August 2008
BILLY Bromilow is renowned for his battling qualities and the fact that he hates losing, but for once he did not mind suffering a defeat at Horwich last week.
Whites meet up with Rivaldo
7:10am Thursday 7th August 2008
WANDERERS will come face-to-face with the “one that got away” on Friday night as Brazilian striker Rivaldo welcomes his one-time suitors to the Olympic Stadium.
Lancs title for Bolton
9:10pm Wednesday 6th August 2008
James Bolton, one of Lancashire Boys rising stars from Harwood, gave a near faultless display at Turton on Monday when he took the Under-15s Lancashire title with a 71 gross – three shots clear of U14s winner Ben Richards from Pike Fold.
Powter is Old Links champ
7:16pm Wednesday 6th August 2008
Ricky Powter secured a one hole victory over fellow first team player Matt Taylor in the Old Links Club Championship final.
Wanderers clinch Shittu signing
3:43pm Wednesday 6th August 2008
DANNY Shittu has joined Wanderers from Championship club Watford for £2million.
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
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Parents need to grow up
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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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