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Housing work should include those just below bottom lip of income...

11:19am Monday 29th April 2013

I AM eternally grateful for Cllr Peel’s reply to the questions I posed regarding the £6 million of ratepayers money being spent on 307 private homes.

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MP raises awareness

11:17am Monday 29th April 2013

I AM writing to thank MP David Crausby for supporting Diabetes UK’s campaign to ensure children with Type 1 diabetes are receiving full care and support.

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It’s time to acknowledge ‘iconic’ White Hot image photographer

11:18am Monday 29th April 2013

It was great to see the Bolton Wanderers class of ’93 reunited at the weekend to celebrate the team’s victory over Liverpool in the FA Cup at Anfield.

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Back action over dogs

11:17am Monday 29th April 2013

WHAT sense Katherine Kay writes (Proposals to tighten dog attack laws are frustratingly ineffective, April 23). We are all aware not everyone has dogs for companionship. In this climate, making a bitch pregnant time and time again can be lucrative.

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Hatred for working class

10:28am Friday 26th April 2013

MRS B Willets believes that she and many others thought Mrs Thatcher was a good Prime Minister, does she?

Speed limit chaos out in the country

10:28am Friday 26th April 2013

I AGREE with the speed crackdown in our region. There is no doubt that modern cars, with the powerful engines and the “laissez faire” attitude of the police, has encouraged many to break the law.

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Why Margaret Thatcher deserved a funeral similar to Churchill’s

10:29am Friday 26th April 2013

IAN Greenhalgh wants to know why I wish to remain anonymous. If he knew my name, he would remember that when we worked together recently, I was very shy!

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We need a Scout leader

10:28am Friday 26th April 2013

READERS will have enjoyed the pictures in Tuesday’s edition of Scouts proudly taking part in St George’s Day parades in Bolton on Sunday. In Bolton West Scout District, we have an urgent problem to solve in order to carry on the good work of our retiring District Commissioner when Margaret Broadfoot retires in May.

Treatment? Still waiting

10:27am Friday 26th April 2013

RE the story about Royal Bolton Hospital patients being treated at Beaumont Hospital. I was sent to Beaumont at request of my physio and doctor to be reviewed for an ongoing problem.

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Great effort for charity!

11:24am Thursday 25th April 2013

MAY I, through the courtesy of your columns, thank the Bolton supermarkets, management and staff, the volunteer collectors and, most of all, the people of our fine town for their support during the Marie Curie daffodil campaign.

More facts about ‘Shoe Alley’ area

11:24am Thursday 25th April 2013

THE recent photograph of Ashburner Street has certainly caused a good deal of interest. (Looking Back April 11).

Private sector housing renewal is being done for all the right reasons

11:25am Thursday 25th April 2013

IN reply to Paul Richardson, April 19, he asks a number of questions relating to private sector housing renewal, which I am happy to answer.

Reasons for 20mph limits

11:23am Thursday 25th April 2013

RE the 20mph speed limits on residential roads proposed by Cllr Norman Critchley and the comments from Bolton Council leader Cliff Morris.

Our bin problem is for readers – not the council

9:26am Wednesday 10th April 2013

HAVING exhausted all local Bolton Council’s channels of complaints concerning commonsense solutions to our problems of our two-weekly grey bin collection, I now seek the help from the readers of The Bolton News.

It will lead to prejudice

9:24am Wednesday 10th April 2013

SO goths, emos and punks are to be given extra protection under the same guidelines that cover ethnic minorities, gays, and the disabled.

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This patient is satisfied

9:20am Wednesday 10th April 2013

I WOULD like to say a big thank you to The Royal Boton Hospital, where I stayed on Ward D2 for four days for treatment for Crohn’s Disease.

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Walking out doesn't help

9:20am Wednesday 10th April 2013

AFTER reading your article in last Thursday’s paper, I felt I ought to point out that there have been several occasions when I have sat in the main entrance of our local hospital and observed patients walking past whilst still wearing their nightclothes.

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Buses are not reliable

9:19am Wednesday 10th April 2013

I DISAGREE with the report of the reliability of Bolton bus services and the lack of staff.

Don't expect our sadness

9:18am Wednesday 10th April 2013

REGARDING the reaction to the death of Margaret Thatcher by the Right-wing press, who are referring to people who are celebrating her death as vile.

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Hospital food is on my menu

9:16am Wednesday 10th April 2013

I READ recent reports in The Bolton News which perturbed me enough to respond.

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Hypocrisy lesson for striking teachers

9:15am Wednesday 10th April 2013

IN response to Chris Gavin, of Bury New Road, Breightmet. I can confirm that my issue isn’t with “Cheap Hols” and I can assure you that I most certainly am not missing the point.

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"Sons" of Thatcher take over

9:13am Wednesday 10th April 2013

IN the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher was a dominant figure in British and world politics. She shaped the world we live in today. In 1984, as Prime Minister, she took on the miners’ union, who were led by Arthur Scargill, a difficult man who was as intransigent as she was.

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Thanks for crash

9:14am Wednesday 10th April 2013

AN open letter to the driver who this morning on St Peter’s Way at 5:35am decided that it was a good idea to cut in front of the Warburtons van and brake hard causing the van to swerve into the outside lane collecting my car on the way.

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I need your opinions of e-cigarettes

9:12am Wednesday 10th April 2013

MILLIONS of e-cigarettes are now being sold. They can help smokers cut their habit by meeting the craving for nicotine without the use of tobacco that is so damaging to health.

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Today it’s a case of play it again, Maggie

9:10am Wednesday 10th April 2013

REGARDLESS of whether you agreed with Maggie Thatcher or not, it’s hard for anyone to argue that she was probably the most notorious and formidable figure of British politics in recent times.

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Thanks for your care

12:05pm Tuesday 9th April 2013

I WOULD like, if you can, to print my comments regarding my stay at the Royal Bolton Hospital.

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My son hit by changes

12:02pm Tuesday 9th April 2013

WITHOUT any notice at all, a letter came the day after the new charges to benefits came into force.

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"Politically speaking, I'm leaning towards Green Party policies"

2:04pm Monday 8th April 2013

REGARDING the letter “But what is his party manifesto” by unknown writer.

Local firms should come first in tendering

2:03pm Monday 8th April 2013

IT was disappointing to read in The Bolton News on April 1 that of the 15 long-term building contracts recently placed by the council only six are with Bolton companies.

Thanks for generosity

2:02pm Monday 8th April 2013

ANIMAL Aid would like to thank the people of Bolton for their generosity in raising £123.08 at our street collection on March 30.

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Cheap hols for teachers?

2:00pm Monday 8th April 2013

IN reply to Ms J Dea. Just one question: When do teachers get to take their “cheap” holidays?

Foreign visits for pupils

12:24pm Friday 5th April 2013

I RESPOND to Ms J Dea’s letter regarding parents having to pay hundreds of pounds more to take children abroad during holiday periods.

UKIP listens to people...

12:23pm Friday 5th April 2013

IN reply to Steve Jones’s opinion that UKIP is a combination of the Tories at their very worst and the BNP. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Teacher strike warning is a lesson in double standards

9:12am Thursday 4th April 2013

I UNDERSTAND from The Bolton News, April 2, that Liz Forrest of NASUWT warns that school strike action is likely due to 'Government Reforms'. "A series of local strikes will begin in the summer term to be followed by a one-day national strike in the autumn".

A bill of rights is needed

9:13am Thursday 4th April 2013

STEVE Jones bangs on about how great the Human Rights Act is, I ask for whom? We do not need this act. What is needed is a Bill of Rights for British people irrespective of creed or colour The European Courts of Human Rights are a joke and make a mockery of our laws and our parliament. He states a few cases of criminals and terrorists who we can not deport are a con, who does he think he is kidding. Look at Abu Qatada and others of his ilk. They are milking this country and its taxpayers. He alone has cost millions of pounds in legal aid, he and others like him should be booted out now.

A proper gentleman

9:13am Thursday 4th April 2013

I AM a lady in her late 70s and on Thursday, March 28, 2013, I was shopping in Farnworth when I took a nasty tumble.

Nice work, but what about the railings?

9:13am Thursday 4th April 2013

LAST July a petition signed by 350 people was presented to the mayor requesting railings be erected around the bowling greens at Moss Bank Park. I received the following response.

Voters know what UKIP stands for

10:00am Wednesday 3rd April 2013

IN reply to Mr Jones’ letter describing UKIP as a cross between the worst of the Tories and BNP. He states that “people do not understand what these political parties stand for”. Who does he think he is to write off the electorate as ignorant?

Government’s bad deal for the disabled

10:00am Wednesday 3rd April 2013

THE government has no commonsense whatsoever.

This ‘coalition’ is a breath of fresh air

10:00am Wednesday 3rd April 2013

REGARDING the letter “Join our people’'s assembly to put forward commonsense politics” by Alan Johnson (March 30).

But what is in his ‘party manifesto’?

10:01am Wednesday 3rd April 2013

IN his letter of April 2, Steve Jones lambasts the “neoliberal political agenda” of the three main parties but warns us not to vote UKIP.

Argentinians have had it tough

10:01am Wednesday 3rd April 2013

DOES Mr Derbyshire know about Argentina? They were bankrupt 10 years ago so they turned from cattle to soya crops, in league with US companies, and the poor people were driven off their land. If they refused they were shot at.

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