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• From the BEN files

  25 YEARS AGO read more

• More help for needy students

  STUDENTS from poorer homes will still be able to get cash help for further education courses after Bolton education chiefs refused to ditch discretionary grants. read more

• Dog's life is great for Crufts winners

  TWO local dog owners have come away from Crufts with Best of Breed awards. read more

• Delegation bids to keep aid for region

  NORTH-West representatives were today lobbying Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers to keep special help for the region. read more

• Berlin Airlift

  IN July I will be travelling on the Royal British Legion Pilgrimage to Berlin and Colditz. This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the ending of the Berlin Airlift and while in Berlin we will be holding a Service of Remembrance at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery at Charlottenberg. read more

• Garden centre sows seeds of success

  BARTON Grange Garden Centre at Bolton has won the prestigious Garden Retailer of the Year competition. Gardening retail outlets around the country were marked and judged on excellence, staff training and expertise, overall standards and customer services including guarantees. The competition was run by AgrEvo Hardware and Garden Review. read more

• SOCCER: Shakers need a lucky break

  BURY'S first team squad head for the Cheltenham Festival today, it's to be hoped they enjoy more luck on the horses than they encountered during this game. A third consecutive goalless draw in successive home matches was scant reward for probably their best, and most positive, performance in weeks against a side supposedly with play-off ambitions. read more

• No charge for loos

  I DISAGREE with Brian Derbyshire's letter in the BEN, March 11, about charging to use the public toilets. read more

• Roller Quest team gunning for success

  DIRECTORS of a Bolton-based leisure company are gunning for success with a major new development at the Camelot Theme Park near Chorley. Nick Brunt, a 33-year-old entrepreneur, has already had one major success - an international Laser Quest business with its roots in Manchester and Bradshawgate, Bolton. He and his partners now believe the next big thing will be Roller Quest - a new attraction which combines in-line rollerblading and an interactive, computer-controlled game. read more

• Sold on success formula

  BOLTON businessmen and women are 'sold' on an idea designed to increase sales and retail success for Farnworth companies. read more

• CRICKET: Death of former Bolton cricketer

  A 53-year-old former Bolton cricketer has collapsed and died while playing the game in New Zealand. Brian Kendall played for Egerton between 1967 and 1974 appearing in the club's two successful Hamer Cup final wins in 1970 and 71. read more

• REVIEW: The Holly and the Ivy. Palace Theatre, Manchester. Runs until March 20

  THE producers of the Holly and the Ivy must have been kicking themselves. read more

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