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Julie's recipe to beat the blues

Victoria Abernethy, left and Julie Peters

3:20pm Thursday 8th January 2009

WHEN Julie Peters suffered depression following breast cancer surgery she found the right recipe for feeling better — in a new business venture.

Cristiano Ronaldo in Ferrari crash

Cristiano Ronaldo in Ferrari crash

2:40pm Thursday 8th January 2009

Manchester United footballer Cristiano Ronaldo today escaped uninjured after his sportscar hit a roadside barrier, sources said.

Smart exhibition by young artists

Megan Molyneux, aged 19, displays her work at the exhibition

2:10pm Thursday 8th January 2009

AN art exhibition is proving to be a big draw.

For a few dollars more . . .

Martin Douglas, Cargill’s general manager for Manchester, centre, is pictured presenting the cheque to Alan Thomas, left, and the Lads and Girls Club

1:30pm Thursday 8th January 2009

AMERICAN dollars are helping fund the work of Bolton Lads and Girls Club.

Playing darts adds up to better maths

Johnny Ball at the Lakeside oche to launch the Get On campaign

12:40pm Thursday 8th January 2009

BOLTON-born TV presenter Johnny Ball is leading a new campaign to encourage people to improve their maths — by playing darts.

Three charged over £2.5m passport thefts

12:17pm Thursday 8th January 2009

Three men have been charged in connection with the theft of passports worth £2.5 million from a van in Greater Manchester.

Hospital mobile phone ban could be lifted

8:10am Thursday 8th January 2009

A BAN on mobile phones being used at the Royal Bolton Hospital could be lifted after new guidelines on their use were published.

Bolton CVS Funding Forum meeting date

12:02pm Thursday 8th January 2009

Are you a voluntary or community organisation?

Wheelie bin set on fire

11:30am Thursday 8th January 2009

A WHEELIE bin was set on fire at Chorley Old Road.

Pupil samples life as editor of newspaper

BUDDING REPORTER: Richard Edmond, a pupil at Bolton School, samples newspaper work

11:10am Thursday 8th January 2009

THE Bolton News had a guest editor for the day when Richard Edmond dropped into the newsroom.

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Many accidents involving children are the fault of the children themselves, either through arrogance, like the secondary school pupils crossing the roads, or the younger children not taught better ways to deal with traffic and copying the “bigger” children in the way they cross the road.  − Readers Letter

Not all accidents are the motorist's fault »

I would have thought that shipping the stuff abroad, which in itself involves burning fuel, is just a movement of the problem. Surely, the idea of recycling is that you deal with your own mess as you make it, on your own doorstep.  − Readers Letter

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