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• Championship: Preston North End 1-0 Wigan Athletic

  23-09-2016 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Preston extend Wigan's winless run to seven league games as Jordan Hugill's early goal settles their north west derby.
  
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• JAILED: Drugs kingpin who ran £1.6 million Anglo-Spanish cocaine racket

  23-09-2016 19:35
  
  A DRUGS boss has been jailed for running a "large and lucrative" network smuggling cocaine hidden in air conditioning units.
  
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• Drugs kingpin jailed for 14 years

  23-09-2016 19:35
  
  A DRUGS boss has been jailed for running a "large and lucrative" network smuggling cocaine hidden in air conditioning units.
  
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• Missing Bolton man Dean Hill is found safe and well

  23-09-2016 19:17
  
  POLICE have found a missing Bolton man safe and well.
  
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• Andre Gray: Burnley striker banned for four matches for social media comments

  23-09-2016 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Burnley's Andre Gray is banned for four games after being found guilty of misconduct in relation to social media comments.
  
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• County Championship: Warwickshire and Lancashire both safe from relegation

  23-09-2016 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warwickshire win to ensure safety from relegation in the Championship, before Durham help beaten Lancashire stay up too.
  
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• Girl, 14, sexually assaulted by cyclist on way home from school

  23-09-2016 18:40
  
  A 14-YEAR-OLD girl was sexually assaulted as she made her way home from school.
  
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• Can you help find missing man? - The Bolton News

  23-09-2016 15:46
  
  Can you help find missing man?
  The Bolton News
  Dean Hill, aged 49, was reported missing from Mill Hill Street in Bolton at 11am this morning. Dean is described as white, 5ft 7in tall, with dark hair and stubble. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, brown boots and a beige anorak. He has connections ...and more »
  
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• Help to find missing man

  23-09-2016 15:00
  
  POLICE are appealing for information regarding the whereabouts of a man from Bolton.
  
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• Can you help find missing man?

  23-09-2016 15:00
  
  POLICE are appealing for information regarding the whereabouts of a man from Bolton.
  
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• Double title triumph for Hart Common - The Bolton News

  23-09-2016 14:40
  
  Double title triumph for Hart Common
  The Bolton News
  BOLTON golfer Catherine Roberts has won a top national title to put her name at the summit of the ladies' amateur game in England. The Hart Common player took the ladies' county title when she won the Champion of Champions trophy at Woodhall Spa, ...
  
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• Yahoo data breach 'raises serious questions about firm' - The Bolton News

  23-09-2016 14:32
  
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  Yahoo data breach 'raises serious questions about firm'
  The Bolton News
  The Yahoo data breach means "serious questions" must be asked of the internet giant, Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has said. Personal details of around 500 million Yahoo users were compromised in a cyber attack on the firm in 2014, the ...and more »
  
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• Osborne warns Tories about dangers of pursuing 'hard Brexit' - The Bolton News

  23-09-2016 14:17
  
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  Osborne warns Tories about dangers of pursuing 'hard Brexit'
  The Bolton News
  This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. / Press Association 2014. 23 comments. George Osborne has warned his Tory colleagues against pursuing "hard Brexit" - but said free movement of ...and more »
  
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• Businessman dreams of a seventh heaven of fashion in Bolton - The Bolton News

  23-09-2016 13:39
  
  Businessman dreams of a seventh heaven of fashion in Bolton
  The Bolton News
  Entrepreneur Richard Edghill is hoping to bring a little glamour to the town centre with a new business. The 49-year-old former rugby player has plans on opening a boutique selling women's and men's fashion under the title Sev7en. His chosen location ...
  
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• PICTURES: Readers capture the autumn after equinox marks start of the season

  23-09-2016 12:59
  
  THIS week marked the official start of autumn – and we asked readers to send their best pictures.
  
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• Pritchard targets more Cumbrian joy for Cherry and Whites - The Bolton News

  23-09-2016 10:35
  
  Pritchard targets more Cumbrian joy for Cherry and Whites
  The Bolton News
  NEW Bolton RUFC skipper Rhys Pritchard is hoping for a repeat of last weekend's impressive performance when the side makes the long trip to Carlisle on Saturday. The Cherry and Whites were just six points shy of three figures as they pulverised ...
  
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• Bolton v Bradford preview - SkySports

  23-09-2016 10:18
  
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  Bolton v Bradford preview
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  Bolton striker Keshi Anderson will sit out the visit of Bradford following his controversial red card against Walsall last weekend. Anderson was handed two bookings, the first of which came for entering the field of play too early as substitute, and ...
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• Clive Hastie wins Bolton Seniors Championships - The Bolton News

  23-09-2016 09:16
  
  Clive Hastie wins Bolton Seniors Championships
  The Bolton News
  The Dunscar player won the BGA Seniors Championships on a card play-off with a 73 gross. He shot one under par 35 on the back nine at Chorley Golf Club to edge out favourite Bill Bromilow on his own course and Ian Bond of Dunscar who both carded 73s.
  
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• UPDATED/VIDEO: Flat destroyed after suspected arson attack

  23-09-2016 08:33
  
  FIREFIGHTERS are investigating a possible arson attack after a flat was destroyed by fire last night.
  
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• UPDATED 11.20am: 31-year-old man arrested after suspected arson attack

  23-09-2016 08:33
  
  A 31-year-old man has been arrested after a suspected arson attack which destroyed a flat in St Helens Road.
  
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• Flat destroyed after suspected arson attack

  23-09-2016 08:33
  
  FIREFIGHTERS are investigating a possible arson attack after a flat was destroyed by fire last night.
  
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• Hindley Hall end 17-year wait for Bolton golf league title - The Bolton News

  23-09-2016 08:30
  
  Hindley Hall end 17-year wait for Bolton golf league title
  The Bolton News
  HINDLEY Hall ended a 17-year wait to become Bolton champions when they clinched the BGA league title on Sunday. They beat favourites Old Links 6-2 to win the league which is sponsored by Bank Top Brewery. Old Links never managed to get a foothold ...
  
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• Child genius moves to become queen of chess - The Bolton News

  23-09-2016 08:27
  
  Child genius moves to become queen of chess
  The Bolton News
  CHILD genius Sharon Daniels is moving in the right direction – to become the Queen of chess. The 14-year-old is home after representing England in the European Youth Chess Championships in Prague. The Bolton School pupil, who was crowned a Mensa ...and more »
  
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• Carpool karaoke star Ted, 80, releases single

  23-09-2016 08:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A former Butlin's Redcoat, who is suffering from Alzheimer's, releases his first single after becoming an internet star singing carpool karaoke.
  
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• Radcliffe mum joins Zimbabwean human rights activists for demonstration - The Bolton News

  23-09-2016 07:12
  
  Radcliffe mum joins Zimbabwean human rights activists for demonstration
  The Bolton News
  A MUM who came to Radcliffe after fleeing political persecution in Zimbabwe joined a protest in Manchester against Robert Mugabe's regime. More than 20 Zimbabweans living across the UK gathered at Cathedral Gardens on September 10 to demonstrate ...and more »
  
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• Auschwitz survival story by Bolton filmmaker is shortlisted for national prize - The Bolton News

  23-09-2016 07:12
  
  Auschwitz survival story by Bolton filmmaker is shortlisted for national prize
  The Bolton News
  A FILM made by a Bolton director and starring a Farnworth resident has been shortlisted for a national award. The work of Paul Blinkhorn, a Bolton based writer and director, is up for the Arts and Humanities Research Council's prestigious 2016 Research ...and more »
  
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• BOLTON UNITED HARRIERS: Marsden takes silver in testing duathlon - The Bolton News

  23-09-2016 07:11
  
  BOLTON UNITED HARRIERS: Marsden takes silver in testing duathlon
  The Bolton News
  THE Blue Vests' resident mountain goat Phil Marsden added multi-discipline eventing to his repertoire, undertaking the duathlon organised by Holcombe Harriers. Consisting of a 17-mile bike ride sandwiched between two five-mile fell runs, the route was ...
  
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• Sir Ian helps celebrate radio station's anniversary with work of Beckett

  23-09-2016 07:07
  
  AWARD-WINNING actor Sir Ian McKellen has picked up the mic and leant his voice to the celebrations of BBC Radio Three's 70th birthday.
  
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• Radcliffe mum joins Zimbabwean human rights activists for demonstration

  23-09-2016 07:07
  
  A MUM who came to Radcliffe after fleeing political persecution in Zimbabwe joined a protest in Manchester against Robert Mugabe's regime.
  
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• Parents sentenced after father drops 7-week-old baby on head while drunk, fracturing her skull

  23-09-2016 07:07
  
  PARENTS of a baby who suffered a fractured skull after the father was drunk and dropped her on her head have been given a suspended jail sentence.
  
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• Mother joins Zimbabwean human rights activists for demonstration

  23-09-2016 07:07
  
  A MUM who came to Radcliffe after fleeing political persecution in Zimbabwe joined a protest in Manchester against Robert Mugabe's regime.
  
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• Fury over plan to build 129 new houses on fields

  23-09-2016 07:07
  
  COUNCILLORS have spoken of their disbelief that another 129 houses could be built on green space in Westhoughton.
  
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• Body of late Only Fools and Horses fan is taken to funeral in yellow three-wheeled hearse

  23-09-2016 07:07
  
  A FAN of hit TV show Only Fools and Horses was remembered in style – when his coffin was taken to the crematorium in a Del Boy-inspired three-wheeler.
  
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• Auschwitz survival story by Bolton filmmaker is shortlisted for national prize

  23-09-2016 07:07
  
  A FILM made by a Bolton director and starring a Farnworth resident has been shortlisted for a national award.
  
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• VIDEO: Police release new CCTV after father is left in coma following town centre assault

  23-09-2016 07:06
  
  NEW images have been released of two men wanted in connection with an attack that left a Bolton father in a coma.
  
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• CCTV appeal to find town centre attackers - The Bolton News

  23-09-2016 07:06
  
  CCTV appeal to find town centre attackers
  The Bolton News
  NEW images have been released of two men wanted in connection with an attack that left a Bolton father in a coma. Paul Gahan, from Darcy Lever, was critically injured in the town centre assault, which happened while he was standing at the junction of ...and more »
  
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• CCTV appeal to find town centre attackers

  23-09-2016 07:06
  
  NEW images have been released of two men wanted in connection with an attack that left a Bolton father in a coma.
  
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• Anger after church bans 'prohibited' items from graveyard - including Armed Forces insignia and stone-shaped hearts

  23-09-2016 07:06
  
  A CHURCH has defended its policy on grave decorations after warning families to remove any items deemed inappropriate.
  
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• Anger after church bans 'prohibited' items from graveyard - including Armed Forces insignia and heart-shaped stones

  23-09-2016 07:06
  
  A CHURCH has defended its policy on grave decorations after warning families to remove any items deemed inappropriate.
  
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• Child genius moves to become queen of chess

  23-09-2016 07:05
  
  CHILD genius Sharon Daniels is moving in the right direction – to become the Queen of chess.
  
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