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• Give us buses we need

  IAM in total agreement with Mr Luetchford's letter dated July 8, regarding the bus serving Willows Lane/Hulton Lane, Bolton. read more

• A couple in China named their baby son Saddam Sars to mark two important events at the time of his b

  The average bird must eat at read more

• Chip pan blaze

  A 28-YEAR-OLD woman needed oxygen treatment after a chip pan fire at her home in Westwood Close, Farnworth. read more

• Arson attack

  FIREFIGHTERS from Farnworth were called to a fire at a telephone junction box in Swinton at 11.45 last night. read more

• Wok fire alert

  A WOK with hot oil inside it burst into flames at a kitchen in Harwood after the owner forgot about it. read more

• Police concern for safety of girl, 13

  POLICE were today becoming increasingly concerned for the safety and welfare of a 13-year-old girl who has been missing from her home in Wigan for over a week. Lilly Brooks was last seen at her home address in Parbold on Thursday, July 3. She is 5ft 2ins tall, tanned and slim build. Police believe she may be in Manchester. read more

• Pupils want your vote!

  A SCULPTURE made out of old, unused school equipment, has been selected to go through to a national competition. read more

• Masked raiders steal restaurant takings

  FOUR masked robbers carrying screwdrivers stole £500 in cash from a Bury restaurant last night. The gang -- all white men wearing balaclavas -- burst into Frankie and Bennies Restaurant on the Pilsworth Industrial Estate through a side door at around 11pm last night. read more

• Fire crew rescues tree climb boy

  AN embarrassed boy who had got stuck up a tree had to rescued by firefighters. read more

• Sam blasts FIFA plans

  WANDERERS could be on collision course with FIFA after proposals to trim the Premiership down to 16 teams. read more

• Tomasz secures contract!

  TOMASZ Klos can secure himself a contract at the Reebok Stadium with an impressive performance in Northern Ireland next week. read more

• Holidaymakers' torrid time in Torremolinos

  IWOULD like everyone who is going abroad for their holidays to be extra careful with handbags, luggage and valuables. My husband and I have just had a most upsetting time in Torremolinos. read more

• Let us keep our doctor

  PLEASE, please, let us keep our Dr Chandra, he is the most caring, considerate and efficient doctor we have ever had. read more

• We've had enough of absentee landlords

  IN answer to Alex Leaver (July 7), re: Smoke screen council failings -- ie Rogue Landlords. read more

• No debate on gay bishops

  ONCE again I see that Canon Michael Williams, along with other prominent clerics of the Anglican church and other church members, are at loggerheads over where they stand on homosexuality. read more

• Intolerant attitude

  STEPHEN Crow complains (Letters, July 10) over the issue of gay bishops that "elements within the Church are making us (evangelicals) appear intolerant." read more

• Put hunt with cock-fighting

  BARONESS Golding, Peter Luff MP and Mebit Opik MP claim (Letters, Bolton Evening News) that a ban on hunting with dogs will result in an increase in animal suffering, because, according to them, "shooting would undoubtedly replace hunting". read more

• Why don't they act on noisy neighbours

  IT is obvious from the many letters to these pages, and from the escalating number of complaints to the authorities, that noise and noisy neighbours are a major cause of distress. read more

• INSTANT FINE FOR LITTER LOUTS

  LITTER louts caught in the act face £50 fines under tough new legislation designed to keep Bolton's streets clean. read more

• Cubs help to clear garden

  A CUB scout group rolled helped to clear rubbish from a communal gardens in Bolton. read more

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