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• Festive cheer for La Tasca

  LA TASCA, the Bolton-based Spanish restaurant chain, is savouring the prospect of a merry Christmas - and a very prosperous new year. read more

• Octagon's new season unveiled

  HIGHLIGHTS of the new season at Bolton's Octagon Theatre include two plays by Arthur Miller. read more

• By George, Amy's got it!

  BOLTON soapstar turned songstress Amy Nuttall proved that she will make a "loverly" Eliza Doolittle in the enduring musical favourite My Fair Lady in Manchester later this month. read more

• Pedestrian, 70, seriously injured

  A 70-YEAR-OLD man suffered multiple injuries after he was knocked down in Heywood. read more

• Girl, 15, hurt in rope swing horror

  A TEENAGER and her younger brother fell from a rope swing in a steep ravine. read more

• RMI bonfire night treat

  GUY Fawkes night will be celebrated by Horwich RMI Cricket Club. read more

• Mayor launches poppy appeal

  REPRESENTATIVES of the Royal British Legion visited the Mayor's Parlour to officially launch the Poppy Appeal in the run-up to Remembrance Sunday. read more

• Fireworks no damp squib!

  THE skies above Bolton were lit up in an array of colours for this year's Guy Fawkes celebrations. read more

• Charity dinner will be magic

  A CHARITY dinner is being held to raise funds for local Multiple Sclerosis sufferers. read more

• Warning over bonfire blazes

  FIRE officers are urging local people not to build bonfires in the run-up to Guy Fawkes Night after they were called to a series of small blazes overnight. read more

• Maternity unit hopes given a super boost

  HOPES that the Royal Bolton Hospital will become one of a handful of super maternity centres in the North-west have been given a boost. read more

• Give trick or treaters a chance - council

  RESIDENTS are urged not to be unduly worried by youngsters who play trick or treat in Bolton. read more

• Sam's delight at cup draw

  WANDERERS have been handed a big incentive to book themselves a place in the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup. read more

• Kick by kick

  CHARLTON 0, WANDERERS 1 read more

• Curbishley bows to Wanderers pressure

  ALAN Curbishley had no excuses after being haunted yet again by his Bolton bogey. read more

• Sam reckons his squad is a winner

  SAM Allardyce says he can ask no more of his high-flying Wanderers. read more

• Peter Kay warms 'em up for Sir Elton

  BOLTON loves Sir Elton John. And the superstar loves Bolton writes Angela Kelly read more

• Teenagers appalling, says Sir Bob's girl

  SIR Bob Geldof's daughter has expressed her horror at the antics of Bolton teenagers she encountered while making a TV documentary. read more

• Is the grass greener

  IN reply to Mr Hathershaw's letter (Bolton Evening News, October 27) I do "coo" at the sound of Lancashire, at the emotive image of rolling green hills and friendly folk. The image of Manchester is, as with all cities, overcrowded, noisy and jammed with traffic! read more

• Council taxpayers lose out again

  AUDITORS suggest a possible shortfall of £1.5m re Middlebrook while the Director of Finance reduces this to £150,000 (Bolton Evening News, October 24) even so the council taxpayers appear to be the losers. read more

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