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• Wanderers snap up Polish starlet

  WANDERERS have added the highly-rated young Polish defender Jaroslaw Fojut to their youth ranks, after following his progress for more than a year. read more

• Erase memory of ex-partner

  IF you have got a tattoo of an ex-partner's name, a laser company is offering 50 per cent off the first session to have the tattoo removed. Laserase North-west, based in Bolton, is keeping the offer open until August 31. read more

• Woman's fear of husband

  A FRIGHTENED woman locked herself in the bedroom and phoned the police after her husband had slapped her and started to smash the house up, a court heard. read more

• Training figures boost at hospital

  ALMOST a thousand staff at the Royal Bolton Hospital took up some sort of training during the last 16 months. read more

• Mixed bag wins Open for Hallows

  SKIMMERS, roach and perch on the pole were the main quarry in Royal Ashton AC's Saturday Open on Rumworth Reservoir's channel. read more

• We'll give you £1m if you let us build homes

  DEVELOPERS wanting to build more homes in Westhoughton have offered councillors almost £1 million to improve and expand local schools in return for planning permisision. read more

• Chris on fringe of the big time

  A FORMER pupil of Rivington and Blackrod High School has co-written a musical comedy -- called simply The Musical! read more

• Heavey moves back to Paisley

  PAUL Heavey is to return to the Paisley Pirates after being named the club's new coach. read more

• Champ John is the tops

  John Cheetham is the new Deane champion after he beat Nigel Lowe 6&5 in the final. read more

• Bryan's English title hopes end

  BOLTON golfer Steve Bryan was knocked out of the English Amateur Championship in the fourth round. read more

• It's the name of the game for Fletcher

  PAUL Fletcher, the Bolton boy who made it big in football, on and off the field, has scored another famous hat-trick by concluding the naming rights agreement for Coventry City's new arena. read more

• Soccer men plead guilty to station attack

  TEN men from Bolton have pleaded guilty to violent disorder after a man was left fighting for his life following a derby clash between Wanderers and Manchester United. read more

• Home could be swallowed up

  RESTAURANT owners have applied to demolish a house to make way for a new car park. read more

• Showcase for music talent

  BOLTON'S finest singer songwriters will be showcased at a night of live music in Breightmet next week. read more

• No go for 'Sammi"

  WANDERERS will not be following up their interest in the giant Nigerian striker known simply as Sammi, who had trials in the midweek friendlies at Oldham and Chesterfield. Grimsby are now understood to be checking him out. read more

• Video art -- in the spirit of sport

  STUDENT Shabnam Begum's work will live on when one of her designs is turned into a trophy to represent Bolton's Spirit of Sport. read more

• Andrew designs a garden winner

  A GARDEN designer from Farnworth has scooped a prestigious silver award at this year's Royal Horticultural Society Flower Show at Tatton Park in Cheshire. Green-fingered Andrew Walker impressed judges with his "World On Your Doorstep" display that combined colourful banks of flowers from different corners of the world. read more

• Menu chosen for TV wedding

  A BRIDE and groom whose wedding will be shown live on TV have discovered what the menu for their wedding breakfast will be. read more

• Woman, 89, who fell on bus dies

  AN elderly woman has died after suffering multiple injuries when she was thrown from a bus seat. read more

• Terror raid at post office

  MASKED raiders armed with an axe and a knife threatened security guards as they delivered cash to a post office in Atherton. read more

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