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• What's on in and around Bolton, Saturday, 13.11.99

  BOLTON Excel, Lower Bridgeman Street, tel: 334456: junior fitness, 10am-11am, 11am-12 noon and 12 noon-1pm; basketball drop in, 10am-12 noon. read more

• Rhythm section is still a legend

  FUNNILY enough, the day I was going to see Riff Raff I had just been looking through some back copies of the old Bolton fanzine 'Town Hall Steps' (anybody got the complete set to lend me?). read more

• OPINION: Names plan should not be called

  IT would be easy to snipe at moves to give deprived areas a shot in the arm by renaming streets. But, actually, it could be the start of a real campaign. read more

• Firms call to cut red tape burden

  BUSINESS leaders in Bolton and Bury have welcomed the Chancellor's tight fiscal stance and measures to promote investment and enterprise. But they have called for more action to release the entrepreneurial potential of Britain's smaller businesses. Mr Richard Bindless, Chief Executive of Bolton and Bury Chamber, said: "We are disappointed that the Chancellor hasn't made the reduction of overall tax and administrative burdens a priority. read more

• Tribute to our war dead

  CHORLEY remembers its war dead this week. read more

• Sports group back on track

  CHORLEY'S sports forum is back in business! read more

• We are always having to tighten our belts

  THE PEOPLE of our town must be thoroughly brassed off to hear that a fair amount of money can be found for a sculpture of birds and for computers then to be told by Jack Foster that car park charges will have to go up because his budget has been cut. read more

• No need for panic as RO 'burns'

  RESIDENTS have been told not to be alarmed as ambitious redevelopment plans for Euxton's Royal Ordnance factory get under way. read more

• No more muck, please

  BEING a Chorley resident I would like to put forward my total disbelief at the amount of dogowners that blatantly allow their dogs to foul our streets. read more

• Parish must have known of fence

  WITH reference to a letter published last week in the Chorley Citizen from the Clerk of the parish council for Clayton, addressed towards myself. read more

• Another site suggestion

  WITH reference to an article in the Citizen regarding the siting of any future police station in Clayton-le-Woods. read more

• OPINION: Show you care

  AS we all start to throw ourselves into the major hype that is Christmas -and, worse, this year the Millennium - it's worth sparing just a thought for some of Bolton's most needy families. read more

• Today's pensioners are lucky

  I WAS interested in a couple of letters published a little while ago, grumbling on the topic of pensions. read more

• Adrian on verge of jet set life

  WHAT a year for Bolton Museum and Art Gallery's senior keeper of art Adrian Jenkins! read more

• RUGBY LEAGUE: Leigh blow as Hadcroft stays Down Under

  LEIGH Centurions' back star Alan Hadcroft will not be at Hilton Park for the new season. read more

• The Ridgway Arms, Station Road, Blackrod

  THE Ridgway Arms is one of these places which you often drive past - usually without stopping. read more

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