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• Stitching up new markets

  TEXTILE companies in Bolton will be given an opportunity to break into new markets when nine trade and investment specialists from embassies and consulates in key overseas markets visit the UK for a briefing course. read more

• MU annual meeting date

  THE annual general meeting of the Mother's Union in Harwood will take place later this month. read more

• M60 closed for jump threat man

  BOTH carriageways of the M60 motorway were closed at Whitefield for three-and-a-half hours early on Saturday as a man threatened to jump off a bridge. read more

• Family escapes car crash

  A COUPLE and their three children were unhurt after their car crashed into a wall in Belmont Road, Bolton, on Friday night, after the driver swerved to avoid a cat. read more

• Kittens take to the catwalk

  A CHARITY pet cat show, organised by the South Ribble Pet Cat Club, is to be held on Saturday, February 19, at Worden Sports College (formerly Worden High School), Westfield Drive, Leyland. read more

• Man attacked at door to flat

  DETECTIVES are investigating an attack on a man who was slashed across his legs and hit with a hammer by two masked men. read more

• Cars destroyed as vandals spark garage blaze

  VANDALS are being blamed for a suspected arson attack on a garage which destroyed two cars. read more

• Dementia group in DVD plea

  A SUPPORT group has launched an urgent appeal for help to produce a DVD which will provide extra reassurance for people with dementia. read more

• Fewars for missing teenage girl

  POLICE fear for the safety of a 15 year-old girl missing from her home in Walkden. read more

• Blaze in bedroom

  FIREFIGHTERS used a bucket of water to put out a blaze at a house in Thrush Drive, Bury, on New Year's Eve night after carpet and clothing in a bedroom caught fire. read more

• CCTC bid to trap school vandals

  THREE youngsters are being hunted in connection with a vandal attack on a Farnworth high school which caused £1,200 worth of damage. read more

• Whites fan's charity novel

  A BOLTON Wanderers fan has turned his experiences of watching the Whites into a novel in aid of charity. read more

• Survivors relive Winter Hill crash horror

  SURVIVORS of one of the region's worst air disasters returned to the scene of the tragedy on Winter Hill in December for an emotional reunion on the bleak moorland. read more

• On this day January 01

  1772: The first travellers' cheques were introduced by the London Credit Exchange Company. They could be used in 90 cities. read more

• Concrete rink was built for curlers by Alan Calvert

  MY fascination with the Bolton Curling Club produced a telephone call from local historian Denis O'Connor.. read more

• Tenants face rent rise

  From the Evening News, December 31, 1994: BOLTON'S 20,000 council house tenants face a rent rise of around £2 a week in the New Year. read more

• Friedns of Earth fight stadium plan

  From the Evening News, December 31, 1994: FRIENDS of the Earth have slammed a multi-million pound plan to build a football stadium and shopping complex at Red Moss in Horwich. read more

• Cash for junior doctors

  From the Evening News, December 30, 1994: CASH is being pumped into moves to reduce junior doctors' working hours. read more

• Vicar's tsunami town fund call

  THE Vicar of Bolton is leading a call for the town to launch its own fund-raising appeal for the millions of people affected by the massive earthquake in South-east Asia. read more

• Deane and Daubhill Pool League

  THERE will be a Delegate's Meeting at the Jolly Waggoner on Sunday, January 9, at 8pm. read more

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