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• Are you tough enough to work for the RSPCA?

  15-03-2017 19:47
  
  DO you have a strong stomach, thick skin and a love of animals?
  
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• Lancaster takeaway: Paedophile's wife can run Mognies 'grooming' premises

  15-03-2017 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The wife of convicted paedophile Siraj Patel says there is no risk of more abuse at the takeaway.
  
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• Firefighters tackle kitchen blaze

  15-03-2017 19:36
  
  Crews battle a small kitchen fire in Westhoughton caused by a toaster
  
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• Four dead after Austrian Alps avalanche – reports - The Bolton News

  15-03-2017 19:08
  
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  Four dead after Austrian Alps avalanche – reports
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  Four mountain climbers have been killed in an avalanche in the Austrian Alps, according to reports. The Austria Press Agency, citing police, said the climbers were part of an eight-person ski touring group when the avalanche hit at about 12.30pm (11.30 ...and more »
  
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• Mother of man who died after falling from roof at work pays tribute to her 'beautiful' son

  15-03-2017 18:34
  
  THE devastated mother of a man who died after falling from a roof at work has paid tribute to her “beautiful” son – and says she wants justice for him.
  
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• Free bus and tram travel for apprentices

  15-03-2017 18:17
  
  APPRENTICES across Greater Manchester can now get free bus and Metrolink tickets to travel to work.
  
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• Lancashire fracking site decision 'unlawful', claim campaigners

  15-03-2017 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The campaign group claim it was "wrong footed" in the planning inquiry into the fracking decision.
  
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• Search of wasteland continues after man's disappearance

  15-03-2017 16:58
  
  POLICE have continued to search an area of wasteland in connection with a man’s disappearance that sparked a murder investigation.
  
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• Bolton Chaser and fellow quiz show stars in final of Let’s Sing and Dance for Comic Relief

  15-03-2017 16:56
  
  BOLTON quiz ace Jenny Ryan showed off another talent on Saturday.
  
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• Fire breaks out at car body shop

  15-03-2017 16:23
  
  A CAR body shop has suffered smoke damage after a fire broke out in a spraying booth. 
  
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• Thornton rape: John Tracey jailed over 1996 attack on 14-year-old girl

  15-03-2017 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  John Tracey has a previous conviction for raping a girl, 12, in 2003, said police.
  
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• REVEALED: Which shop's chicken is most likely to be contaminated with food poisoning bug

  15-03-2017 14:03
  
  A MARKS & Spencer fresh chicken ranked as the most likely among the UK’s main supermarkets to be contaminated with food poisoning bug campylobacter at the highest level.
  
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• Top 10 pictures from Gillingham's 4-0 defeat to Bolton in League 1 - Kent Online

  15-03-2017 13:55
  
  Top 10 pictures from Gillingham's 4-0 defeat to Bolton in League 1
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• Former Dragons' Den star gives mum's businesses the thumbs up

  15-03-2017 13:43
  
  TWO mums have found themselves favour – with a star from the Dragons' Den TV show.
  
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• Facebook Q&A with chief football writer following Bolton Wanderers' win over Gillingham

  15-03-2017 13:10
  
  JOIN chief football writer Marc Iles for a Facebook Live Q&A following Wanderers' thumping win over Gillingham.
  
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• Closure of factory‘not set in stone’

  15-03-2017 13:02
  
  UNION officials say “nothing has been set in stone” over the proposed closure of a tissue factory in Horwich.
  
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• Closure of factory 'not set in stone'

  15-03-2017 13:02
  
  UNION officials say “nothing has been set in stone” over the proposed closure of a tissue factory in Horwich.
  
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• APPEAL: Fill Smarties tubes with 20p pieces for hospice

  15-03-2017 12:51
  
  CANDY can help those in need in Bolton.
  
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• PICTURE OF THE DAY: Trees stand tall in park

  15-03-2017 12:32
  
  READER Mary Bishop took this super picture of trees in Moss Bank Park. If you have a picture you would like to have published, email it with your contact details to [email protected] with The Bolton News in the subject heading.
  
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• REVEALED: Reason behind mystery blood splatters in Bolton town centre

  15-03-2017 10:02
  
  THE ambulance service have revealed the reason behind mystery splatters of blood spotted in Bolton town centre this morning.
  
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• Mystery of blood splatters in Bolton town centre

  15-03-2017 10:02
  
  WORKERS have been left mystified by what appear to be large splatters of blood in Bolton town centre this morning.
  
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• Writers reveal Wanderers memories in our 150th anniversary edition this Sunday

  15-03-2017 07:04
  
  ON Sunday your Bolton News will be 150 years old. The first edition of the daily newspaper was published on March 19, 1867.
  
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• Slim bin rollout bags top award nomination after £2 million savings

  15-03-2017 07:03
  
  THE rollout of slim bins across Bolton has won the council a nomination for a top national award, after it saved more than £2 million.
  
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• Every school in Bolton will face funding decrease - union warns

  15-03-2017 07:03
  
  EVERY school in Bolton will experience a fall in its funding per pupil in the coming years, according to a teachers’ union which is urging people to contact their MPs to stop education from going back in time to the 1950s.
  
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• Church awarded £50,000 grant to replace roof

  15-03-2017 07:03
  
  A LOCAL church has secured a £50,000 grant that will be used to repair the roof of its headquarters.
  
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• Casino to get wild for WWF Earth Hour

  15-03-2017 07:03
  
  A CASINO will be taking a walk on the wild side during a day of animal action in support of the WWF's Earth Hour campaign.
  
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• OAP attacked with machete in his own home by car theft gang, court told

  15-03-2017 07:02
  
  A PENSIONER was attacked with a machete and badly injured by a gang of men who burst into his home, a court heard.
  
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• GALLERY: The changing face of shopping in Bolton

  15-03-2017 07:02
  
  MANY of these shops are now lost to history, though should be recognisable to some of our older readers.
  
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• 10 photographs that make you proud to be from Bolton

  15-03-2017 07:00
  
  WHAT makes you proud to be from Bolton?
  
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• Bolton Cricket League inviting applications from new clubs to join from 2018 - The Bolton News

  15-03-2017 06:45
  
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  Bolton Cricket League inviting applications from new clubs to join from 2018
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  The league, which has 20 clubs in two divisions from this season, is looking for four new clubs for the 2018 season. They are placing an advertisement in the Manchester Evening News tomorrow inviting applications from any clubs in the Manchester area ...
  
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• Bolton's 4 Most Wanted - March 15, 2017 - The Bolton News

  15-03-2017 06:35
  
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  Bolton's 4 Most Wanted - March 15, 2017
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  EACH week police appeal to readers of The Bolton News for help finding wanted suspects. John Sokolowski, 28, 8 is wanted on recall to prison after breaching the terms of his prison release licence. He is known to have links to the Horwich and Town ...and more »
  
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• Bolton's 4 Most Wanted - March 15, 2017

  15-03-2017 06:30
  
  EACH week police appeal to readers of The Bolton News for help finding wanted suspects.
  
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• Murder victim was accused’s alibi witness, court hears

  15-03-2017 06:09
  
  A MURDER victim had previously given an alibi to the man later accused of killing him, a court has heard.
  
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