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  • Unlucky gamblers' numbers come up

    A GROUP of down-on-their-luck gamblers got a big surprise as they nursed injuries in their hospital beds. Regular bingo playing friends from the Cascade Social Club in Breightmet have all ended up on the same ward of Bolton Royal Infirmary at the same

  • Schoolgirls' sex attack fear

    SCHOOLGIRLS have started carrying personal alarms after sex attacks in the Bolton area, a court was told. While the man who carried out the assaults was being held in custody, police officers took the unusual step of re-interviewing the girls to find

  • £1.4m roads bombshell

    A MAJOR Bolton road scheme will cost a shock £1.4 million above budget. Cash-starved highways chiefs are now considering cutting back on the A58 ring road improvements. The cost has gone up from almost £5 million to £6.4 million since the last estimate

  • Parents' plea after school attack

    PARENTS of children who attend a local special school are appealing for help after a spate of attacks by vandals and thieves. Greenfold Special School, in Highfield Road, Farnworth, has suffered a catalogue of crime in the past few months: In September