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• Take your chance to sponsor Games

  BOLTON companies are being offered key sponsorship opportunities in connection with next year's Commonwealth Games. read more

• M6 crash

  A PILE-UP on the southbound M6 at Standish early today caused severe delays to motorists. read more

• Stocks better, thanks to WI

  THE setting of the 17th century stocks at Ringley has been improved, thanks to Stoneclough Women's Institute Millennium Project. read more

• 'Snow fall' guaranteed in town this Christmas

  BOLTON town centre's Victoria Square will have the only guaranteed "snow fall" in the country thanks to a Christmas Cube Tube Snow Slide. read more

• Send Santa a message

  CHILDREN who want to receive a personal response from Santa are being urged to visit a carnival website. read more

• Take your chance to sponsor Games

  BOLTON companies are being offered key sponsorship opportunities in connection with next year's Commonwealth Games. read more

• Directorship for Dennis

  BURY Council's former chief executive, Dennis Taylor, has been appointed a director of the Mawdsley Consultancy, an executive search and selection company. read more

• Pensions plan from small firms

  THE Federation of Small Businesses in the North-west has revealed plans for a second tier pension plan. read more

• Sweet Liberty

  NOT many blossoming pop stars kick off their career by being rejected in front of millions of TV viewers. read more

• Classy Warhurst proves he can go the distance

  PAUL Warhurst has always had the class - now he has the fitness and the staying power to match. read more

• Pass the Millies cookie jar

  MILLIES Cookies are the best - that was the verdict from this group of youngsters after they had just enjoyed a residential experience courtesy of confectionery chain Millies Cookies. read more

• Up, up and away for soap stars

  WHEN soap star couple Anna Brecon and Stephen Beckett make their next public appearance in Bolton they are bound to be full of hot air . . . read more

• Turton and Edgworth Pool league

  RESULTS: Division One -- Royal Oak B 2 Brook 5; Pack Horse B 2 HBSC 5; Summerseat Lib 6 Belmont Bull 1; Globe A 4 Bay Mare 3; Egerton CC 5 White Horse A 2; Spread Eagle 6 Chetham 1. read more

• Show that's still Top of the Pops

  THE music world's hottest stars will be out in force in Manchester tonight for the Top of the Pops Awards. read more

• SINGLES: Basement Jaxx -- Where's Your Head At

  Absolutely ridiculous song with stupid lyrics and an annoying beat. read more

• Lancashire launch new academy plans

  LANCASHIRE have launched an ambitious plan to create an Old Trafford academy for the region's best youngsters. read more

• Bolton Cricket Association seeks sponsors

  THE Bolton Cricket Association are looking for new sponsors after their current backers decided not to renew their contract for the coming season. read more

• Hoddle admits Whites will be tough to beat

  WORTHINGTON Cup fan Glenn Hoddle admitted today that Spurs face a tough task if they are to fulfil their ambitions of picking up silverware in his first full season in charge. read more

• Armada of family doctors arrives at the Reebok

  SPANISH family doctors were due to meet in Bolton today to discuss working in the North-west to solve a GP staffing crisis. read more

• Car bull bars decision welcomed by Euro MP

  A DECISION to ban bull bars from the fronts of new cars has been welcomed by a Bolton Euro MP who has been campaigning on the issue for more than five years. read more

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