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		<title>Bolton MRT - General News</title>
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		<description>News relating to Bolton Mountain Rescue Team</description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Official handover of teams latest vehicle, a minibus from Greater Manchester Police]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-03-01#2940</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[With most of the work now completed to our latest team vehicle, a Ford Transit Minibus donated by Greater Manchester Police, it is now in operational service with the team.

As such Team Vehicles Officer Chris Greenhalgh and Team member Chris Tennant journeyed this morning to GMP Openshaw, Manchester ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from the Estate of the Late Jean Noreen Redwood of Darwen]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[In mid January 2010 we found out that we had been named as a Charity Beneficiary in the will of the late Miss Jean Noreen Redwood of Darwen, who sadly passed away on 29th October 2009.

Jean also kindly named a great many others in her will as beneficiaries, including our colleagues in Rossendale and ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Western Spirit Charity Night on Saturday 6th March raises a huge donation for the team]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are extremely pleased to announce to announce today that the Western Spirit Charity Night held at Rumworth Hall, St Helens Road, Bolton, on Saturday evening 6th March in aid of the team has raised a fantastic £700.00 for the team.

Organised by Gerald and Barbara Howell and John and Anna Honywill ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Three team members attending a Government Reception 'Recognising Community Spirit during the (recent) Severe Weather']]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-03-01#2943</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Recently MRTs in England and Wales were invited to collectively send a small number of representatives to an evening reception planned for Monday 15th March 2010 in London, by HMG Department for Communities and Local Government, at Eland House, Bressenden Place, SW1E 5DU, to 'Recognise Community Spirit ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[AED training for the team, fourth assessment session]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Further to ours 'news' articles of the 10th / 17th February 2010 and 5th March, this morning a fourth group of team members had their assessment regarding the use of AEDs within the team. 

As well as providing the team with Automatic External Defibrillator units (AEDs or "defibs" used to try to restart ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[AED training for the team, third assessment evening]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Further to ours 'news' articles of the 10th and 17th February 2010, this evening a third group of team members had their assessment regarding the use of AEDs within the team. 

As well as providing the team with Automatic External Defibrillator units (AEDs or "defibs" used to try to restart a person's ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donations from the Highways Agency to the memory of the Late Alan Paul Thompson]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today by email we received notification from Linda Edwards, Office Services Manager, Highways Agency, Manchester, that a number of generous donations totalling £205.00 had been made directly into the teams bank account in the memory of the Late Alan Paul Thompson by Linda and other staff members at the ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Visit to our Base / HQ by South Lancashire Section of the Caravan Club]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-03-01#2936</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening twelve representatives of the South Lancashire Section of the Caravan Club visited our Ladybridge Hall, Bolton, Base / HQ to find out a little more about the Bolton MRT, given that the SLCC has made the Bolton MRT its Charity of the Year 2010 / 2011.

Led by Gerry Lunn, Charity Chairman ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Visit by team to St. Peter's Smithills Dean CE School by Bolton MRT.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today the team made an afternoon visit to St Peter's Smithills Dean CE School, Bolton, with team Call Out list member Elaine Gilliland and our Team President Bob Hutchinson both attending in one of our Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulances.

Elaine Gilliland has written the following account of the ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE visits North West Air Ambulance at City Airport Manchester.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This afternoon our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE visited the aircrew of the North West Air Ambulance 'Helimed 72' at their City Airport Manchester (Barton Aerodrome as was) base.
Meeting with the Duty Pilot and Duty Paramedics, Garry chatted about the teams capabilities whilst outlining further opportunities ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donation from North Turton Parish Council.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are very happy to report today the receipt of a very kind £200.00 donation from North Turton Parish Council, via Glenys Sydall, Clerk to the Parish Council.
Since 2005 the North Turton Parish Council has kindly donated over £1,000.00 to the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team, with their support of the team ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fantastic news regards Gift Aid.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We receive a great many donations throughout the teams year that enable us to claim Gift Aid against such donations.
At 28p in the £ Gift Aided donations are a valuable fundraiser for the Bolton MRT.
The team would like to extend its thanks to all our supporters who have made donations, whether small ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Numerous donations to the memory of the Late Alan Paul Thompson.  ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today the team received a very large number of individual donations all to the memory of the Late Alan Paul Thompson of Sharples, Bolton.
Alan Paul Thompson died on 29th January 2010 aged 54 years.
In total the numerous thoughtful donations received amounted to £675.00, a number of which are also Gift ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very kind donation from Mrs M.A. Holmes of Bolton]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are happy to report a very kind donation from valued team friend and supporter Mrs Margaret Holmes of Bolton.

Margaret Holmes has been kindly supporting the team for a great many years now and her continued support of Bolton Mountain Rescue Team is appreciated.

(Please also see 'news' ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dave Carter steps down from the team]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Tonight team member Dave Carter stepped down from the team membership after serving just over a year and a half on the team callout list. 

Due to a new job, Dave will be unable to make the team's weekly Wednesday night training commitments, combined with a general unavailability for Sundays (this ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[St. Joseph's Cub Scout Pack, Darwen, visits our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-03-01#2924</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening twenty Cubs and nine Leaders and parents visited our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ for a look around and a demonstration of our search and rescue equipment and team vehicles garaged at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ.

All were from St. Joseph's Cub Scout pack, Bolton Road, Darwen, and had kindly ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[New photocopier at our Base / HQ]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we upgraded our black only photocopier at our Base / HQ after a lot of discussions with Ordee Repro (Roy Dutton) with a brand new Olivetti d-Color MF 220 copier.

Roy of Ordee Repro has given us years of excellent customer support, and offers the team a very competitive lease rental scheme, which ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Letter of thanks from North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-03-01#2926</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received a very kind letter from Darren Hurrell, Chief Executive of the North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust.

In his letter to Garry and the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team membership titled "Mountain Rescue work over the recent period of bad weather", Darren stated; ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Letter of thanks and donation from Greater Manchester Police regards Incident 47-Wednesday 24th February 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-03-01#2927</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we were very pleased to receive a kind letter of thanks from Chief Superintendent Russ Jackson, Greater Manchester Police, Divisional Commander Manchester Metropolitan Division.

In his letter addressed to our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, Chief Superintendent Russ Jackson stated;
 
"I am writing ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jill Riding of Georges Lane, Horwich, kindly offers to support the team]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-03-01#2928</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Jill Riding today contacted the team very kindly offering to support us as her chosen charity for 2010.

The team expresses its thanks to Jill for this appreciated personal support.
 ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Horwich Carnival selects Bolton MRT as their Carnival Charity beneficiary.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-03-01#2922</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Tonight our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received the fantastic news from Carolyn Booth, Horwich Carnival Secretary, that the team has been selected as the sole charity beneficiary for the 2010 Horwich Carnival.
This year the Horwich Carnival is being held on Sunday 4th July 2010, separate from the ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Collection Box monthly review.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-03-01#2923</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Our end of February 2010 Collection Box total income came to a marvellous £782.49 comparing to £349.88 for the same period last year. This is a fantastic 2nd month of the year total to report and bodes well for the rest of the year.
Obvious thanks are due to all those kind supporters of the team who ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[New membership news latest]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Since starting with the team on 27th January 2010, ten Probationary members remain with the team, and today they all received pagers so they'll no longer have to rely on their Call Out list 'Buddy' members to pass on all the messages that are transmitted via our pager system.

All ten were also issued ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Winter conditions stretcher work on the steep escarpment of Winter Hill]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[With lots of snow still lying on the steep north facing slopes of Winter Hill, a small group of team members, including six Call Out list members and eight Probationary members decided to have some steep ground / snow stretcher lowering and raising practice this afternoon on the side of Winter Hill.

Despite ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mrs Jayne Bayliss and family visit the team at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2921</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On February 24th the team received an email off Mrs Jayne Bayliss of Adlington, who informed us she was undertaking a challenging walk in June of this year, and that she wished to use the walk, which she is undertaking with three friends, as an opportunity to raise some sponsorship for the team.

In ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team attends 'Exercise Hydrus,' to test the Bolton Multi Agency Flood Response Plan.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2918</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Over the last few months the Civil Contingencies Team within Bolton Council have been working working on the production of a Multi Agency Flood Response Plan for the Bolton Council area, which outlines the roles and responsibilities, activation arrangements and the command and control arrangements of ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[January donation news from former members of our 250 Club]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2916</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Our long established '250 Club' was wound up last year but many members of the club kindly decided to continue with their monthly standing orders to the team, despite the club having ended, so in effect theirs is now a direct monthly donation to the team.

We are happy to report that such donations ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donation in memory of the late Tony Mercer by his wife]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2917</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we received a very kind and thoughtful £25.00 donation from the wife of the late Tony Mercer in his ever lasting memory.

Mrs. Mercer in her letter accompanying this kind donation stated; 

"Please accept this donation as a thank you for trying to find my husband who went missing on New Years ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bolton MRT attends North West Ambulance Service Awards Ceremony 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2915</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was honoured to be invited to this years NWAS Staff Awards Ceremony 2010, held at the Premier Suite, De Veres Whites Hotel, De Havilland Way, Bolton.

This years ceremony represented the first time a combined staff awards ceremony had been held together ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Support Group meeting welcomes new members.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At this evenings monthly meeting of our Team Support Group, new members Caroline Mitchell and Peter Critchley were welcomed into the 'fold.' Anne Yates also attended to see what the Support Group gets up to.

Unfortunately for Peter Critchley of Northenden, Manchester, two RTCs on his journey to our ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Eagley Bank Fundraisers launch their Charity Year in support of Bolton MRT]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2913</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening Team Eagley Bank Fundraisers launched their first charity event of their fundraising year, in aid this year of Bolton Mountain Rescue Team.
Their event took the form of a charity quiz evening, hosted at the house of Maureen Heggie of Eagley Bank, Bolton.

Attending to represent the team ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Substantial donation from Greater Manchester Police gratefully received.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2909</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are very pleased to announce the receipt of a large donation of £1,500.00 from our very close colleagues at Greater Manchester Police.
"This being for the assistance provided by Bolton Mountain Rescue Team to Greater Manchester Police over the last year."

This very kind and appreciated donation ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thanks to Team Supporter Mrs V.Barton.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2910</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Many thanks to our latest team supporter Mrs V. Barton of Tonge Park, Bolton,  who has sent to us a kind  £6.00 donation following her receipt of a 'Greenbank Ladies Calendar' produced in support of the team. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[More very thoughtful donations to the memory of the late Tony Mercer.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2911</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we have received a very thoughtful £30.00 donation from Jo-Anne, June and Alan Hankinson and Jane Ladd to the memory of the late Tony Mercer.

In a thank you card enclosed with the donation all four very kindly stated to the team, "Thank you for all the work you undertook in the search for Tony ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation to the memory of the Late Michael Adams.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2912</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we have received a very kind donation to the memory of the late Michael Adams, the man we were searching for during (our) Incident 83-2009, alongside colleagues from Greater Manchester Police and Rossendale & Pendle MRT.
In a very kind and thoughtful letter accompanying this donation, Mrs D.Fay ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Joint exercise with Bolton and District Round Table members]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2906</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On this fine winters evening with plenty of snow on our local moors, eight members of Bolton and District Round Table joined us for a stretcher sledging exercise on the slopes of Winter Hill.

Bolton and District Round Table's Chairman Craig Knights had kindly made the team his Charity of the Year ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 47/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2905</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 05.24hrs this morning Greater Manchester Police paged the team for assistance with a developing search for a missing Manchester woman.

The 53 years old Asian woman involved was reported missing to the Police on the afternoon of Tuesday 23rd February, and with growing concern for her well being, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Visit to Base / HQ by 17th Bolton Scout Group (Markland Hill)]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2904</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening the team hosted a visit to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ by fifteen young Scouts and their four Scout Leaders from the 17th Bolton Scout Group (Markland Hill)

They were met by Team Call Out list member Chris Tennant, and Probationary Team members Hanna and Marcin Zadlo, Heather Jackson ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[AES Manchester Auto Electrical Services kindly supports the team.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2902</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we reported that the multi tone emergency siren on our BM1 Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance had broken and despite the immediate offer of help from the NWAS (Manchester) on call mechanic a repair was not possible and a new unit was necessary.

This morning our Vehicles Equipment Officer ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another donation to the memory of the late Tony Mercer]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2903</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we received a very kind £30.00 donation, from Mr R.F. Kingdon, Miss V.N. Kingdon, and Mr and Mrs D.W. Hayes, "in loving memory of Mr Tony Mercer."

The team offers its condolences to Mr R.F. Kingdon, Miss V.N. Kingdon and Mr and Mrs D.W. Hayes.

Please also see 'news' items dated 16th February, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thanks from the team to NWAS on-call mechanics]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2901</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This morning at the start of our standby for NWAS, we found that the emergency sirens on our BM1 Landrover Ambulance vehicle were inoperable.

We were unable to fix them ourselves, and with thanks NWAS (Manchester) Control agreed to their on-call mechanic being sent to our Ladybridge Hall base to attempt ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Snowfall leads to team standby]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2900</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 06:48 this morning the team was contacted by NWAS (Manchester) area regarding our assistance due to the current and predicted snowfall in the Greater Manchester area.

After our Team Leader consulted with NWAS (Greater Manchester), as of 07:45 this morning team members were put on standby at home, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Continuing success of the 'Calendar Girls' calendar]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2899</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday 10th February (see article of that date), we reported that the "Calendar Girls" calendar, starring the ladies of Greenbank Sheltered Housing, Horwich, had raised £1,300.00 for the team.

Following further publicity in The Bolton News and on our website, we have sold two more calendars. ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Doctor breaks her leg skiing in Dubai!]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2895</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[So unique we had to report it on our website!

Our Team Doctor, Clare Whitney recently journeyed to Dubai to meet up with her husband Peter on a period of shore leave, whilst he was on active service with the Royal Navy.

Not content with the endless sunshine and high temperatures of Dubai, Doctor ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from the 'Old Rivingtonians' to the memory of the late Thurstan Kay]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2896</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we received a very kind and thoughtful donation from the Association of Old Rivingtonians of £50.00 to the memory of the late Thurstan Kay.

Thurstan Kay of Horwich died in October 2009, and just previous to his death as a member of the Old Rivingtonians, he made his annual booking for him and ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from the residents (and friends) of Westpark Coffee morning club]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2897</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we received a very kind £100.00 donation from the residents of Westpark, Horwich, Coffee morning club and their friends.

The Manager of Westpark, Mrs Kathryn Hollinworth, explained in a letter accompanying the donation, that the money had been raised via their usual Tuesday morning coffee club ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Westhoughton Rotary Club announces its support of Bolton MRT]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2898</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we received a kind letter from Bernard Howes, Community Service Chairman of Westhoughton Rotary Club, informing us that the Westhoughton Rotary Club will be supporting Bolton MRT this year.

As such we have been invited to send a team representative to their Evening of Presentations to the Local ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[AED training for the team, second assessment evening]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2888</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Further to ours 'news' article of the 10th February 2010, this evening a second group of team members had their assessment evening regarding the use of AEDs within the team.

As well as providing the team with Automatic External Defibrillator units (AEDs or "defibs" used to try to restart a person's ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team features in University student project 'Nightworkers.']]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2889</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Karen Hope is a student at Bolton University studying for her MA in International Photo Journalism, Documentary and Travel Photography.

As part of her MA studies she is working on a photographic project entitled 'Nightworkers,' featuring as the title suggests, all those who may have reason to work ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[South Lancashire Section of the Caravan Club announces Bolton MRT as their Charity of the Year 2010 / 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2890</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE recently answered an email from Gerry Lunn of Halliwell, Bolton, who is the Charity Chairman for the South Lancashire Section of the Caravan Club.

Gerry had contacted the team to request some information on what the team is all about with a possible view to the SLCC ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from St. Pauls Ladies Fellowship Group, Astley Bridge, Bolton]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2887</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening long serving team member Mike Marsh and Team Chairman Ken Oakes were guests at the meeting of St. Pauls Ladies Fellowship Group, St. Pauls Church, Astley Bridge, Bolton.

Mike and Ken had been invited along to receive a donation to the team from the Ladies Fellowship, and kindly accepted ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Amber Gibson continues to support the team.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Readers may recall teenager Amber Gibson, was elected Rose Queen at St Cuthbert's Church, Darwen, Lancashire, last June, and chose ourselves and the RNLI as her charities to support during her year in office. (Amber is also a keen member of Springvale Ramblers)

She has been holding many charity events ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from Miss B. McIvor regards Incidents 4/6-2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2885</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today the team received a £20.00 donation from Miss B. McIvor of Farnworth, Bolton.

In a letter accompanying her very kind and thoughtful donation, Miss McIvor writes; 
"Please accept this donation in the memory of my Brother in Law, Mr Tony Mercer of Horwich."

"Thank you for all your help in ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Snowfall means a Call Out!]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[No sooner had Team member Mark Scott who lives in Horwich, told our Team Leader Garry Rhodes that it had snowed in Horwich, and there was a good covering, than NWAS (Manchester) Control contacted Garry at circa 10.05hrs requesting the teams assistance to an Emergency Ambulance crew who were having difficulty ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 46/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2894</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Whilst responding to Incident 45, the team was paged at 18.06hrs by Lancashire Constabulary regards three missing hill walkers lost in the dark and in nil visibility misty conditions on the local moorlands.

Answered by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, it was quickly determined he would liaise with ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 45/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2893</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 17.53hrs our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by NWAS (Lancashire) with the report of a woman 'fitting' in the Terraced Gardens at Rivington. (the womans party having specifically advised that Mountain Rescue would be required in regards to the location)

An immediate team response ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team goes to the aid of a dog]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2892</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Following Incident 44, and whilst still at Lower House Car Park (carrying out a 'hot debrief' on our provision of standby rescue cover for Winter Hill Fell Race) the team was approached by a Mountain Biker reporting a collapsed dog with its owners, on Roynton Lane within the Terraced Gardens at Rivington.

Upon ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 44/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2891</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Whilst in the later stages of providing standby Rescue cover for the annual Winter Hill Fell Race (See separate news item), at 13.25hrs team member Michael O'Brien at Lower House Car Park, Rivington, was approached by a member of the public reporting her brother in difficulty nearby requiring the teams ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team supports Winter Hill Fell Race by providing Standby Rescue Cover.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2871</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today the team provided its usual standby rescue cover provision for the gruelling Winter Hill Fell Race, organised excellently as ever by Horwich RMI Harriers and Athletic Club. 

Now in its 28th year (the team has attended every event), the course takes in an 11 mile route with 2700 feet of ascent, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Support Group membership news.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2874</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Just recently we've lost a few Support group members including Hazel Kennedy and Alan Yates.

At the same time we've had quite a few membership enquiries from people interested in joining our Support Group, including Anne Yates of Tonge Park, Bolton and Peter Critchley of Northenden, Manchester, who ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Success for our first Collection Day of 2010, ASDA, Moss Bank Way, Astley Bridge, Bolton]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2881</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Throughout today, helped no doubt by the fine wintry sunshine, the team held a very successful (the first of the year) Collection Day at the Moss Bank Way, Astley Bridge, Bolton, store of ASDA.

Four Call Out list members, Seven Probationary members and five members of our Support Group raised throughout ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hazel Kennedy leaves Support Group.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2872</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[It is with sadness that we report valued Support Group member Hazel Kennedy of Leigh, has decided to leave the team for personal reasons.
Hazel first became known to the team, and particularly to our Team Leader Garry Rhodes, in her capacity as an Emergency Medical Despatcher with GMAS (as was) Control, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Update on teams latest vehicle]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2879</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Our latest team vehicle, the Greater Manchester Police donated Ford minibus, was returned to us today after some initial work on it by Frank Hulton Motor Engineers of Farnworth, who look after and maintain all our vehicles and trailers.

This vehicle which is in an overall excellent condition, now ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team expresses its condolences to the family, friends, work and Mountain Rescue colleagues of Barry Robinson]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2880</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The funeral took place today of respected Rossendale and Pendle MRT team member Barry Robinson, an experienced mountain rescuer and respected former Lancashire Police Officer.

Barry was not only well liked and respected within his own team, he was equally well known throughout the Mid Pennine Search ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from Accrington Cambridge Street Ladies Regnal]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we received a very generous donation of £75.00 from Accrington Cambridge Street Ladies Regnal.

Their Treasurer Pam Kane explained in a letter accompanying this very supportive donation;  
"We like to give a donation to charity at our year end and know you do a lot of good work."

The whole ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation in the memory of the late Mr Alan Thompson]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2884</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today the team received a very kind and thoughtful donation of £30.00 in lieu of flowers at the funeral of the late Mr Alan Thompson.

The husband and wife couple who have made this donation wish to remain anonymous, with the team being very grateful for their support. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[News from tonights special Support Group meeting]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2878</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A special meeting of our Support Group took place tonight to discuss the possibilities of adding a 'Donate Here,' tab to our website alongside reporting on the progress with regards to a comprehensive update of the teams current full colour publicity leaflet.

Support Group member Iain Clarkson has ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another MREW calendar sale, another very kind donation]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2877</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Thanks this evening to Support Group member Andy Murphy who has purchased from the team one of the MREW Goodyear Calendars, donating to the team £10.00 to cover its purchase inclusive of a kind donation.
 ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Visit to Team Base / HQ by Judith Robinson of Worsley Golf Club]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2876</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening the team welcomed to its Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ a visit by Judith Robinson of Worsley Golf Club.

Judith had previously contacted our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, expressing an interest in possibly supporting the team as her Charity of the Year, during her forthcoming year in office ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[GMP request the teams assistance with a missing person]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2875</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Early this evening the team was alerted to a developing search for a missing young woman in the Ladybridge area of Bolton.

In consultation with Greater Manchester Police, it was decided to place the team membership on (home)standby, whilst our Team Leader Garry Rhodes further liaised with GMP.

Police ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from Miss Anne Yates regards Incidents 4/6-2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2882</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today the team received a very kind and thoughtful £50.00 donation from Miss Anne Yates of Tonge Park, Bolton.

In a letter accompanying this generous donation, Anne Yates explained; 
"I enclose a donation in grateful recognition of your team's efforts in the search for my friend's husband , Tony ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[AED training for the team]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2870</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Regular visitors to the news section of our website will know that we enjoy an excellent and close working relationship with the North West Ambulance Service. This evening saw one new and unique aspect of that relationship come to fruition.
 
As well as providing the team with Automatic External Defibrillator ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fantastic donation presentation by the wonderful Calendar Girls of Greenbank Sheltered Housing]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2869</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Regular readers of our website will recall that the young lady members of Greenbank Sheltered Housing, Horwich, recently shed their clothes for a charity calendar, with all proceeds going to Bolton Mountain Rescue Team.

At 2pm today, we were pleased to host another visit to our Ladybridge Hall Base/HQ ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Visit to the team by representatives of Bury Lions Club]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Late this afternoon until early evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE hosted a visit by two representatives of Bury Lions Club at our Ladybridge Hall Base/HQ.

Scott Richardson came in the guise of the Bury Carnival Chairperson and Activities Officer, joined by his colleague from Bury Lions Club, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Recent surge in the number of website visits]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2866</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[As a result of the extra publicity and visibility of the team during the recent snow and winter conditions, the team's website has taken a bit of a hammering, from readers new and old.

An average day in 2009 saw around 115 visits to our website, with the busiest ever recorded day being 28th January ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team member Elaine Gilliland is guest speaker at Wigan and District Agricultural Discussion Society meeting]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2867</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening, team callout member Elaine Gilliland, attended one of the quarterly meetings of the Wigan and District Agricultural Discussion Society.
Unfortunately, one of the arranged programme after dinner speakers for the group was unable to attend and Alan Parker, Secretary to the Society, contacted ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very kind donation from Mrs Irene Jackson on behalf of her badminton club.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2865</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we received a very kind £60.00 donation from Mrs Irene Jackson of Bolton, on behalf of her Badminton Club, who decided to raise money for the team in lieu of sending Christmas Cards.
The whole team is very grateful to Irene and her badminton friends for supporting the team in this very kind way.
Irene ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Upcoming Charity fundraiser in aid of Bolton MRT]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2863</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Valued team friends Gerald and Barbara Howell, and John and Anna Honywill, are running a "Western Spirit Charity Night" in aid of Bolton MRT on Saturday March 6th 2010, at Rumworth Hall, St. Helens Road, Bolton.

A great many fun activities are planned including Stand Up Bingo, Raffles, Tombola, a ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very kind donation from Bolton CHA Rambling Club.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2864</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are pleased to announce the receipt of a wonderful £200.00 donation from our friends and supporters at Bolton CHA Rambling Club.
The Treasurer of Bolton CHA Rambling Club, Mr Kirane, in a letter to our Team Leader Garry Rhodes, which accompanied this generous donation explained;
"The past ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 43/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2862</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Whilst the team was still on "snow" standby for NWAS at our Ladybridge Hall base, our Team Leader was contacted at 21:41 direct by NWAS (Manchester) Control for the team to respond to a residential address in the Great Lever area, with the report of a woman who required treatment. Resources from Greater ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team membership latest]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2855</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Another weekly update on who remains from our probationers taken on, on Sunday 24th January.

The latest figure is that the 11 of last week has now become 10, with their training continuing this evening, complimented by an outdoor exercise on Sunday 7th February. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Eagley Bank Fundraisers choose team as charity of the year]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2854</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are pleased to announce that Team Eagley Bank Fundraisers have kindly decided to choose our team as their charity of the year.

Team Eagley Bank is a fundraising group made up of neighbours who every year choose a different charity and then throughout the year fundraise for their chosen charity.

Last ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 42/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2860</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[With snowfall in the area creating some difficulty for responding ambulances, our Team Leader was contacted at 19:52 direct by NWAS (Manchester) Control for the team to respond to a residential address in the Hall'i'th'Wood area, with the report a woman requiring emergency treatment.

Our BM1 Landrover ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team on standby for NWAS (Manchester)]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2856</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[With continuing snowfalls throughout Greater Manchester this afternoon and into the early evening, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted by NWAS (Manchester) Emergency Control Centre to place the team on standby for snow-related incidents.

Barely had Garry discussed this with our Deputy Leader ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thanks to Panorama Antennas]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2851</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Its nice to report when the business world helps the Team out and here is one such example.

Over the years Panorama Antennas have supported the Bolton MRT by providing a generous discount on the purchase of antennas for our radio handsets, vehicles & base installations.

Our Radio Communications ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thanks to Lyreco]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2853</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[As many team members already know, the team uses a large amount of paper as part of its back-office administrative work.

This paper has been supplied to the team for many years by Lyreco, who continue support us by way of a fantastic discount on the paper and stationery that we order from them, and ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bolton HF Walking Group yet again support the taem]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2858</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[It was only back on the 22nd December 2009 that we reported on our website the kind donation of &pound;135.00 from our friends and valued supported at Bolton HF Walking Group.

This morning we received another kind donation from Bolton HF Walking Group of &pound;31.00, this time as a result of a recent ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Greater Manchester Police donate to the team a Ford Transit minibus]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2857</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[As an update to our previous story (see news item dated Wednesday 27th January 2010), this morning Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon and our Vehicles Equipment Officer Chris Greenhalgh journeyed to the Greater Manchester Police Claytonbrook complex to collect our latest team vehicle.

This is a second-hand ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[A big thank you from Lindsay and David Fane, and of course baby Leah Jasmine Fane]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2859</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Steven Fletcher, Stephen Kenworthy and Elaine Gilliland were the first emergency service on scene at 04:21 AM on New Year's Day, when the team was called to a woman in labour.

Arriving on scene our three team members were faced with a baby girl who had been born (officially!) at 04:17 and went on ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donations to the memory of Anne Colette Bury]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-02-01#2861</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we received a very kind letter from Joe Bury of Chorley, Lancashire, sadly informing us that his wife Anne Colette Bury had died on the morning Christmas Eve 2009.

A number of donations were made in the memory of Anne Colette, not only to the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team, but also to Derian House ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Collection Box monthly report]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2852</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Well the first month of 2010 has passed us by and yet again we are happy to report the continuing success of our Collection Box fundraising. 

To date (January end) our collection box total stands at &pound;510.67p, which is all thanks to our fantastic supporters out there who continue to donate to ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Possible search deployment]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2850</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening a Greater Manchester Police Search Manager, contacted our Team Leader direct for possible assistance in a missing from home search, in the Wythenshawe area of South Manchester.
As our Team Leader was on holiday at the time, the call was redirected by him to our Deputy Team Leader Geoff ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Exercise with Casualty Union at City Airport Manchester]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2848</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On Sunday 20th September 2009 (see news article dated the same), a small party from the team visited City Airport Manchester, primarily with regards to light aircraft crash rescue incidents.

Since this date, our Team Leader was approached by Nick Duriez, Operations Manager, at City Airport Manchester, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 41/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2849</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 14:23 this afternoon the Team was paged and also contacted direct by NWAS Manchester requesting assistance to a fallen climber in Wilton number 3 quarry, North of Bolton.

The pager call was answered by Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon, whilst in transit to the exercise at City Airport Manchester ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[60th Birthday present from Mrs Julie Steele of Heaton, Bolton]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2847</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Readers of our website may recall that on Tuesday 19th January 2010, we reported that a local Bolton lady in lieu of presents on her 60th Birthday very kindly requested that donations be made instead to the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team.

Today we are very pleased to have received a letter from Mrs Julie ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Support Group meeting tonight welcomes a new member]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2846</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This years round of meetings for our Support Group started off this evening with one new member, so it's a big welcome to the team to Caroline Mitchell.

Over the weekend of 13th / 14th February 2010 our Support Group will be in big demand by the team helping out on the Saturday with an all day Collection ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bolton Mobile 5 awaits our collection]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2845</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we received the fantastic news that in a very supportive gesture we have been aware of for a few months now, Greater Manchester Police confirmed that a twelve seater minibus they are donating to us is now available for our collection.

The vehicle is a former GMP staff transport vehicle and is ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Team members commence their Probationary Membership training tonight]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2844</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening the twelve persons invited to join the team from Sundays membership session had reduced to eleven, with all 11x arriving at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ for a 7pm start on the first of their eight Probationary Training period weekly sessions.

Tonight it was the contents of our Land Rover ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team donates equipment to Rossendale and Pendle MRT, other kit remains on loan to Oldham MRT]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2843</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening the team donated some surplus scoop stretchers, a back splint and a small number of kit bags to our colleagues at Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team.

Meanwhile our friends in the Oldham Mountain Rescue Team continue to benefit from our loan to them of two Blue light with integral ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thanks to Carl Silver]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Many kind thanks to Carl Silver, a freelance photographer, who frequently attends team activities including some incidents to photograph proceedings.
Carl has recently donated a large number of colour photographs which have been used to help in the now finished project to completely update and revise ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[January new recruitment intake. Report on todays all day session]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2839</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Well by the mysteries of self selection, the 21x who attended on Thursday night became 12x eager faces by Sunday morning, despite the torrential rain and low cloud enveloping the local moorlands.

Team members Gillian Leigh, Chris Tennant and Craig Lamb outlined to the interested group what equipment ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very kind donation from valued team friend Sheila Morris]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2840</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Yet again it gives us great pleasure to welcome another kind and thoughtful supportive donation from team friend Sheila Morris.

Sheila is a former walking colleague of retired team member Andrew Ryding, and first found out about the team when they were both members of Charnock Richard Rambling Club.

The ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[More donations to the team in celebration of Mark and Megan Scotts Silver Wedding Anniversary]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2841</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Further to our 'news' article dated Wednesday 13th January 2010, we are pleased to report further donations to the team in lieu of presents, to celebrate the 25th Wedding anniversary of Team member Mark Scott and his wife Megan Scott.
A £15.00 donation has been received from Ms Pam Snowball, plus a ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[2nd Group takes part in RAF SAR Sea King helicopter familiarisation training at RAF Valley]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2838</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Readers of our website may recall that on Saturday 17th October 2009, a group of team members journeyed to RAF Valley to undertake Sea King rescue helicopter familiarisation training. (See account dated the same)

The second group was scheduled to go on 14th November, but gales and heavy rain led to ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[January new recruitment intake, report on tonights first session]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2837</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Since advertising for new call out list members it's true to say we were overwhelmed with potential membership enquiries, some less serious than others but overall resulting in 48x people expressing an initial interest in joining the team.

Some 40x of these people went on to apply on line via our ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Assistance call from Lancashire Constabulary]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2836</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This afternoon our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE answered a pager call from Lancashire Constabulary, requesting the teams possible assistance with a search for a missing man in the Scorton area of Lancashire.

This search was within the operational area of our colleagues at Bowland Pennine MRT, with ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Training in new NWAS (Manchester) radio system]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2835</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At present our team benefits from data link and radio equipment which gives us direct contact with NWAS (Manchester) and to a slightly lesser degree with NWAS (Lancashire).

With the migration of all the statutory emergency services, including NWAS, to the O2 Airwaves network, we along with other local ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from Steve Farnan]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2834</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Steve Farnan of Bamber Bridge was due to attend our January 2010 new member intake sessions but due to family issues at the last moment, he found himself unable to attend such.

We offered to refund in view of his circumsatnces his £7.50 booking confirmation, however Steve very kindly asked that we ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy 60th Birthday to a very generous team supporter.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2831</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening our Team Leader received a telephone call from a very kind Bolton lady who in lieu of presents for her 60th Birthday today, decided to ask all her family, friends and colleagues, to instead consider making a donation to the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team.

This very thoughtful supporter of ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donation from Mr and Mrs Williams.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2832</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are pleased to announce a donation of £20.00 from Pauline and Michael Williams of Bolton.

In a letter accompanying their very kind donation, they stated simply, "Just to say thank you for all you do."

Such kind and sincere comments on the work we undertake are always welcomed by the team ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donation from Teresa Holland]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2829</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we received a very kind £15.00 donation from Teresa Holland, following her receipt of a Mountain Rescue England and Wales Goodyear Tyres sponsored 2010 Calendar.

(Please also see website 'news' articles dated Saturday 5th December 2009, Wednesday 9th December 2009 and Monday 14th December 2009) ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another very kind donation from our friend Jim and the members of the 'Shed' at Belthorn, Darwen]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2830</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Regular readers will know that Jim Fletcher and the members of the 'Shed' at Belthorn, Darwen, are stalwart supporters of the team, having made a number of large donations to the team over a great many years now.

Today we are very pleased to announce yet another extremely generous and very supportive ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Anonymous donation]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2826</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today the team received a very kind £100.00 donation from a member of the public who wishes to remain anonymous.

This extremely generous person decided to make this donation after reading about the team's experiences over the past few weeks, namely during the wintry weather that has resulted in a ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from 2:09 Events Limited]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2827</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today the team received a &pound;750.00 donation from 2:09 Events Limited, arising from the team's attendance at the Saab Salomon Rivington Half Marathon event, held on 19th September 2009 (see #article#2606#previous article of the same date.#)

The event in September involved 23 callout list members ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from Ismail Momoniat]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2828</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today the team received a generous £50.00 donation from Mr. Ismail Momoniat of Bolton, who sent the money to us via the Charities Aid Foundation.

Mr. Momoniat's donation came with the comment that we should "keep up the good work!"; an especially welcome sentiment following the team's recent busy ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from Bolton and District Round Table]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2816</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Tonight Bolton MRT were visited by Craig Knights, Phil Stephenson, Barney Wharton-Jones and Nick Skelly of the Bolton and District Round Table, a registered charity that has chosen to support Bolton MRT as their Chairman's Charity in 2009/10. (We announced this on our website in #article#2336#February ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Membership recruitment latest]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2822</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We have now received to date 40 on line membership applications and 8 letters and emails to join the team, all of whom have received an invitation to attend our Thursday evening January 21st 2010 and all day Sunday January 24th 2010 recruitment sessions. 

To date 23 persons have confirmed they will ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from Richard Jackson, S.O.S Homecare]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2817</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today the team received a &pound;20 donation from Richard Jackson of S.O.S. Homecare. 

Team member Dave Carter, whilst working for Richard, received payment for a plumbing job and Richard kindly added &pound;20.00 after hearing about the work that the team has been involved with in recent weeks.

Thanks ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 40/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2821</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 17:58 this evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes was contacted by the Team Leader of Rossendale &amp; Pendle MRT, Andy Simpson, to request our assistance at an incident in Ramsbottom, where an NWAS ambulance was stuck on the icy road and where they also required assistance in transporting a patient ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team members appear on "Channel M Today"]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2819</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This afternoon, team members Elaine Gilliland and Stephen Kenworthy were invited to sit on the couch at Channel M Today, (a news programme on the regional TV channel, "Channel M") to comment on the team's involvement in the birth of Leah Fane, Bolton's first baby of the decade.

Steven Fletcher, Stephen ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from a member of the public]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2820</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today, after team members had returned from the major incident standby in West Yorkshire and were about to return home from our Ladybridge Hall base, a knock on the door downstairs was heard, with a member of the public asking "any chance of a tow?"

Again another vehicle (this time a van) was stuck ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 39/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2814</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 11.04hrs this morning the team was paged by NWAS (Manchester) as part of a request to send Mountain Rescue resources into West Yorkshire, to assist Yorkshire Ambulance Service due to adverse wintry conditions affecting the West Yorkshire region.

NWAS (Manchester) also called upon our colleagues ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Huge thanks to Frank Hulton Motor Engineers of Farnworth.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2815</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[With the huge increase in the usage of our four Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance vehicles over the last few weeks thankfully they have held up well. Our BM1,2 and 3 vehicles were purchased new in August 1999, our BM4 vehicle was purchased new in August 2003.

However our BM1 developed a problem ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donation from Mike Appleton]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2813</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to report the receipt today of a very kind £20.00 donation from Mike Appleton of Leigh, Wigan.

With his donation Mike has kindly stated, "Keep up the good work, all the best to the team in 2010." (Please also see 'news' article dated Monday 26th February 2007).

As per your request ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Further donation relating to the Silver wedding anniversarry of Mark and Megan Scott]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2823</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On the #article#2767#3rd January# we reported that we had received donations arising from the Silver Wedding Anniversary of team member Mark Scott and his wife Megan Scott.

Today we are pleased to announce the receipt of a further £20 donation from Miss A J Blackburn (in lieu of presents to Mark and ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 38/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2810</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 12:48, NWAS (Manchester) Control contacted our Team Leader Garry
Rhodes MBE, again requesting the team's assistance, this time with an
incident in the Astley Bridge area of Bolton, involving a man with a
suspected dislocated shoulder, at a residential address where poor road
conditions prevented ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 37/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2812</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Twelve days into the New Year and another day brings another call on the
team's services.

At 11:13 our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted by NWAS
(Manchester) Control for the team to assist an on scene NWAS
(Manchester) Emergency Ambulance crew transfer a patient from a
residential address ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thanks to NWAS (Manchester)]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2811</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Throughout this wintry period NWAS (Manchester) has been calling on the
services of a great many Mountain Rescue Teams within and on the borders
of the Greater Manchester area, principally Bolton MRT, Glossop MRT,
Kinder MRT, Oldham MRT, and Rossendale and Pendle MRT, to assist the
Ambulance Service ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from Mrs. C. Livesey]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2818</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today, Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon received a £10 donation from Mrs. C. Livesey of Horwich, after Geoff assisted Mrs. Livesey with the recovery of her car from a ditch, which was stuck there as a result of the snow and ice on the ground. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 36/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2809</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A quiet early morning, with no enquiries or advice calls from NWAS (Manchester) Control, but how long would it last !

A call at around 10.00hrs from our Team Leader Garry Rhodes to Team Leader Andy Simpson of Rossenedale and Pendle MRT to enquire if he had also had a quiet nights uninterrupted sleep ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind message of thanks from local Rotarians.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2808</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE received an email from David and Heather Moores, two local Rotarians, the full contents of their very kind email reads as;
"Dear Gary, we have been reading in the Press about the massive contribution you and your team have been making to public safety throughout ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incidents today....]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2806</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today, we "only" attended three incidents according to our website, in Daubhill, Smithills and Daveyhulme; however as with every other day there have also been a small number of incidents during which we were stood down almost immediately, or they were just advice calls between our Team Leader/Deputy ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 35/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2807</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 20:19 this evening, NWAS (Manchester) paged the team for assistance recovering an ambulance at a care home in the Davyhulme area of Manchester, stuck on ice, with the crew still treating the elderly patient concerned.

A limited team member response was made involving 4 team members in our BM1 and ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 34/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2805</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 12:28, NWAS (Manchester) Control directly contacted our Team Leader for the team to attend an incident at Smithills Coaching House, Bolton, within Smithills Country Park.

A family member attending the restaurant was feeling unwell and icy road conditions were reported as being prevalent. Coincidentally ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 33/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2804</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 08:12 this morning, NWAS (Manchester) Control paged the team for assistance with an NWAS Emergency Ambulance stuck on snow, trying to access a patient's address in the Daubhill area of Bolton.

Our Team Leader collected the relevant information, resulting in a full team pager call at 08:26. Our ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy...]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2824</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Well, whilst the cold spell stays with us which brings a whole world of work to the team's membership, at least we found time to play today!

A little-known gulley in Belmont provides the perfect arena for a spot of ice-axe placement and crampon practice in these freezing conditions, and a number of ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 32/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2803</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 21:35 tonight, again as we were completing paperwork relevant to the previous incident at Johnson Fold, the Team Leader was contacted by NWAS (Manchester) Control to ask for our assistance in reaching a casualty at his home address in Walmersley, Bury.

Two team vehicles (carrying 5 team members ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 31/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2802</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Whilst team members were still at Ladybridge Hall following the day's incidents, the Team Leader was contacted by NWAS (Manchester) at 20:49 regarding a stuck ambulance in the Johnson Fold area of Bolton.

Being no strangers to this particular estate (we were called to the same road just 24 hours earlier ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team hits a century in 21 days]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2801</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[It has been 21 days since our first callout on the evening of Saturday 19th December 2009, related to the period of wintry weather in our team operational area.

With incident 30/2010 (late this afternoon), we have reached an unbelievable total of 100 seperate operational incidents over this snowy ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 30/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2800</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[With a small number of team at our base, writing up reports of the day's incidents, cleaning kit, repairing damaged items arising from the multitude of incidents we have attended (including broken vehicles!), the team was paged by Lancashire Constabulary at 17:24 regarding an urgent search for a missing ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 29/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2799</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 15:15, at the conclusion of the previous incident, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes, whilst in contact with NWAS (Lancashire) Control on an administrative matter, was directed by the same control to callout the team to a sledging accident on the moorland edge field system above Rivington Hall Barn, Lever ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 28/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2798</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 14:36 today, the team was paged by NWAS (Manchester) to respond to assist an NWAS (Manchester) Rapid Response Vehicle and an NWAS (Manchester) Emergency Ambulance, both stuck on compacted snow and ice whilst accessing a casualty's address in the Moses Gate area of Bolton.

A quick response by our ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 27/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2797</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 03:25 this morning our Team Leader was contacted direct by NWAS (Manchester) control with the report of an NWAS ambulance crew needing assistance accessing a narrow snowbound road to a casualty in the Bradshaw Chapel area of Harwood.

En-route, after he had conducted a limited member callout, our ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Happy Birthday to team member Chris Greenhalgh]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2796</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Long-time team member Chris Greenhalgh turned 30 yesterday... but with the call for team members to be on standby at our Ladybridge Hall base last night, Chris opted to forego his celebrations, and instead spent the evening in the company of his team mates.

So Happy Birthday, Chris, from everyone ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[All team records broken with regards to incidents attended by the team]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2793</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Amazing as it sounds, with all the operational activity that the team has been undertaking over this period of wintry weather, we have never stopped to count up all the individual incidents that we have actually attended, until this afternoon.

The Manchester Evening News staff attached to us asked ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 26/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2794</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 21:33 this evening our Team Leader was contacted by NWAS (Manchester) to call on resources on standby at our Ladybridge Hall base to respond to the report of an emergency ambulance which was unable to access a patient's address within the steep snow covered road layout of the Johnson Fold housing ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Return to the team of husband and wife duo Jonathan and Stephanie Holt]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2795</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Tonight the team is pleased to welcome back former team members (and husband and wife) Stephanie and Jonathan Holt.

Due to family and work commitments on their time, both had to leave the team's callout list in 2007, but are now back and rejoined our ranks tonight!

Both bring considerable experience ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 25/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2792</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 14:06, NWAS (Manchester) Control contacted our Team Leader to request assistance with an NWAS (Manchester) PTS (Patient Transfer Service) vehicle, stuck on snow and ice road conditions on Johnson Fold, Markland Hill, Bolton.

Our BM4 vehicle with two team members and the two reporters from the Manchester ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 24/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2791</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 11:55 NWAS (Manchester) Control directly tasked our BM1 vehicle, with three crew on board, to an incident in Breightmet, Bolton, where an Emergency Ambulance was stuck on snow and icy road conditions outside a residential address where a female casualty was experiencing breathing difficulties.

Our ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 23/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2790</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At the same time as BM1 was being despatched on incident 22/2010, NWAS (Manchester) Control requested that our BM4 vehicle respond to a residential address in the Shevington area of Wigan, where the Emergency Ambulance crew had requested help getting the female casualty down a steep snow and ice covered ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 22/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2789</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 11:00 NWAS (Manchester) Control, (again Katherine contacting our Team Leader Garry) requested a team vehicle assist an NWAS (Manchester) Emergency Ambulance at an incident in Farnworth, where snow and icy road conditions were causing problems for the responding Ambulance.

Our BM1 vehicle responded ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 21/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2788</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At circa 10:00 our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE in his co-ordinator role with NWAS (Manchester) control was contacted by despatcher Katherine, to mobilise the team to a Residential Care Home in Horwich, where an Emergency Ambulance couldn’t reach the location due to icy road conditions.





Our ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Standby on behalf of NWAS (Manchester)]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2787</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This morning, meeting at 09:00, five team members crewing our BM1 and BM4 vehicles went to standby at our Ladybridge Hall Base/HQ on behalf of NWAS (Manchester) during the current continuing wintry conditions (Again overnight temperatures of average minus 5c and with all ‘side’ roads in our team area ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Huge vote of thanks to the Pager Bureau staff at Mypalive]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2786</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The team as a whole is primarily called out via a message pager system, operated by Mypalive (Vodapage), with every team member having a message pager. (our ‘little belt buddies,’ or that thing that wakes us and our partners up in the middle of the night, followed by many expletives!)

Readers of our ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 20/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2785</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 15.59hrs, NWAS (Manchester) Control despatched our BM2 vehicle to the report of a casualty from GMP at a residential address in the Halliwell area of Bolton.

NWAS (Manchester) had been contacted by Greater Manchester Police to assist with a 61 year old man who had numerous health problems. Our ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 19/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2784</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 15.53hrs our BM2 vehicle with team members Fred Taylor and Dave Carter on board, was despatched by NWAS (Manchester) to a residential address on the East Lancashire Road in the Astley area of Wigan, to assist an on scene NWAS (Manchester) Emergency Ambulance crew, with carrying a casualty across snow ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 18/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2783</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Our BM1 Vehicle and Deputy Leaders vehicle was despatched to an incident at circa 14.54hrs, on behalf of NWAS (Manchester) to a residential address in the Leigh area, with the report of a male with breathing difficulties.

The casualty was transported to Royal Bolton Hospital in our Deputy Team Leaders ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 17/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2782</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Our BM1 vehicle was redirected from its response to the previous incident to the Westleigh area of Leigh, to handle a call on behalf of NWAS (Manchester) at a residential address, involving a 57 years old woman reported to be suffering from chest pains.

Upon arrival on scene, responding NWAS (Manchester) ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 16/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2781</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Whilst on standby to NWAS (Manchester) at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, at circa 14.11hrs our BM1, BM2 and Deputy Team Leaders vehicle was despatched to an incident in the Leigh area of Wigan, on behalf of NWAS (Manchester).

On board our Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon’s vehicle was Steve Thompson, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Standby on behalf of NWAS (Manchester)]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2780</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 10:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Commencing at circa 10:45, the team has once again placed crewed vehicles at the immediate disposal of NWAS (Manchester), based at our Ladybridge Hall Base/HQ.

As at 12:00, three team members are on hand to immediately respond to any requests on the team. (more team members will be available in the ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 15/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2779</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[With temperatures registering -9&deg;C in the Bolton area, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, in the now established and well rehearsed practice of being directly contacted, was requested to turn out the team at circa 07:00 this morning to assist an NWAS (Manchester) Emergency Ambulance crew with accessing ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[10th Annual Race Night raises thousands of pounds for Charity… ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2825</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On Thursday November 26th Professional Security Magazine and Visual Verification hosted the ever popular Charity Race Night at Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester. The event has been running for 10 years now and nearly two hundred people braved the northern weather to support what is now a fixture in the Security ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 14/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2774</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 18:08 this evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by NWAS (Manchester) for the team's immediate assistance regards an ambulance, unable to reach a residential casualty address due to compacted snow and ice road conditions.

A small number of team members were still at our ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[NWAS (Manchester) wintry conditions standby]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2773</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today, with wintry conditions continuing throughout the whole of the Greater Manchester area, the team was requested by NWAS (Manchester) to go to crewed vehicle standby at our Ladybridge Hall base.

This commenced at circa 11:00, finishing at circa 17:30. Throughout this whole period, all four of ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Membership recruitment latest]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2772</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We have now received to date 39x on line membership applications and 7 letters and emails to join the team, all of whom have received an invitation to attend our Thursday evening January 21st 2010 and all day Sunday January 24th 2010 recruitment sessions.

To date 14x persons have confirmed they will ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 13/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2777</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At circa 19:45 this evening, with a small number of team members remaining at our Ladybridge Hall base after the day's numerous incidents, team member Mike Marsh was contacted by former team member Jonathan Holt of Tyldesley, advising us of an incident near to his home address on a snow and ice bound ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from a member of the public]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2771</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Whilst the team was engaged in the snow cover today, we were assisting stuck motorists on the A58, Beaumont Road, Bolton.

After a team vehicle towed a stuck car out from the snow, a grateful member of the public pressed two £5 notes into our hands, as a donation to the team's funds.

So thank you ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 12/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2778</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 04:31 in the early hours of this morning following a very heavy overnight snowfall (which was continuing) the team was paged by NWAS (Manchester) Control to respond to a casualty in the Eccles area, with heart problems due to the responding ambulance being stuck in deep snow.

Our Team Leader Garry ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 11/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2775</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 00:20, at the conclusion of the previous incident, our Team Leader was contacted direct by NWAS (Manchester) Control for the team's assistance to recover an emergency ambulance stuck in deep snow in the Billinge area, in continuing heavy snowfall.

As no casualty was involved, and it was a simple ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 10/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2776</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At circa 23:11 our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted directly by the Team Leader of Rossendale &amp; Pendle MRT, Andy Simpson, to pass on a job that their team had received whilst on standby to NWAS (Manchester), which was in the Bolton MRT's operational area.

A quick descision was made between ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cello ensemble raise money for the team]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2770</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Bob Buller, a musical colleague of team callout list member Mark Parry, recently contacted Mark, offering to raise money for the team. 

Of course Mark promptly said "yes" to Bob's fundraising offer, and so on the 29th and 30th December 2009, the string trio of Bob Buller, Jill Jackson and Jerry Careston, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation arising from the Silver Wedding Anniversary of team member Mark Scott and his wife Megan]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2767</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On Friday 1st January 2010, team callout list member (and council officer) Mark Scott, and his wife Megan celebrated their Silver Wedding Anniversary by holding a walk up Rivington Pike, from their Horwich home, and then returning for hotdogs and mulled wine.

Mark and Megan kindly requested that in ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 9/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2766</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 15:44 our Team Leader was contacted directly by NWAS (Manchester) regarding the team's assistance with an ambulance stuck on icy road conditions whilst trying to access a casualty at a residential address in Bolton.

Fortunately as our members arrived on scene in two vehicles, with assistance the ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 8/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2765</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At circa 13:53 our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was contacted direct by NWAS (Manchester) Control, requesting the team's assistance at a serious road traffic collision on the A6 Blackrod bypass (by Douglas Valley golf course).

Two vehicles had been in collision resulting in two male and two female ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 7/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2764</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 13:07 today, with a small number of team members at our Ladybridge Hall base (cleaning vehicles), NWAS (Manchester) contacted the team by pager to request the team's assistance during a peak demand period with a call to a residential address in the Horwich area of Bolton.

Our BM2 vehicle was despatched ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donation from valued friend and supporter Miss Sheila Hart]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2768</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are pleased to announce the receipt of a very kind £25 donation from Miss Sheila Hart of Lostock, Bolton.

Miss Sheila Hart has been a longstanding friend and valued supporter of the team and in a letter attached with her kind donation she mentions, "this donation is in admiration of the good ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from a member of the public.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2762</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today team member Mike Marsh received a £10 donation from a member of the public from Walkden.
All we can say is that it was given with '...grateful thanks for the work the team does...'
To our mystery donor, thank you very much from all the team membership. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 6/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2761</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today at 10:00 Hrs the Team was called out for a continuation of the previous day's search in Horwich, for a missing 58 year old male.
The main objective today was a re-tasking of areas done in failing light conditions yesterday, and also to search new areas.
13 Team members responded to this search, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very kind donation from Greater Manchester Police in relation to incident 93/2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2769</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today the team received a very kind letter of thanks from Chief Superintendant Steven Hartley, Bolton Divisional Commander, in relation to our major involvement in incident 93/2009, at High Rid reservior (when following a search, we sadly recovered the body of a missing dog walker from underneath the ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Assistance requested for a stuck vehicle]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2759</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[So, whilst searching for a missing male & assisting the Ambulance service with the medevac of an injured walker. We also had a request to help a vehicle stuck on ice, which was carrying 2 care workers who had just finished visiting an elderly lady.
So we sent 4 team members and a Team vehicle to help. ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 5/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2758</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Whilst out on Incident 4/2010, NWAS (Manchester) paged the Team for assistance with a young person who had fallen on the slopes of Rivington Pike.
4 Team members (who had just completed a search area) were immediately dispatched from the search control RVP at Lever Park Avenue in Horwich to the incident ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 4/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2756</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 11.56 this morning, Greater Manchester Police paged the Team requesting our assistance with a developing search in the Horwich area, for a missing 58 year old male.
The call was answered by Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon, and ongoing discussion between GMP & Geoff resulted in the Team being called ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 3/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-01-01#2755</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[As part of NWAS (GMA) pre arranged plan to cope with peak demand calls on this festive season early morning, the Team continued to directly assist NWAS (GMA) with ambulance calls throughout the early hours after already being on standby before midnight.

8 Team members mobilised to crew two team Landrover ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Collection Box Income for 2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2009-12-01#2760</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[As 2009 has come to a close, we can reveal the total income for the year from our collection boxes out in the community was £3,774.42.  Although this is some £1,445 less than in 2008, we are, nevertheless, very grateful to the generous customers and members of the public who have dropped their hard-earned ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 103/2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2009-12-01#2754</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[As part of NWAS (GMA) pre arranged plan to cope with peak demand calls on this festive season night, the Team was mobilised to directly assist NWAS (GMA) with ambulance calls throughout the evening.

8 Team members mobilised to crew two team Landrover ambulances and our Base/HQ at Ladybridge Hall, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team receives some media attention]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2009-12-01#2753</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This afternoon 7 Team members were 'filmed' for the local ITV news, Granada Reports. The reason for this was due to the amount of work for the North West Ambulance Service, the regions Mountain Rescue Teams had done in the recent wintry weather conditions.
Oldham, Rossendale & Pendle, Glossop and ourselves ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 102/2009 (consisting of 9 seperate Incidents)]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2009-12-01#2752</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Well we did'nt get to catch up much on our sleep !
NWAS (Manchester) called us out again by pager at 08.48hrs, and this led on to a continuous string of 9x Call Outs, interspersed with some additional calls when we were stood down almost immediately.
The last call of the day came in at 17.04hrs completeing ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 101/2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2009-12-01#2751</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 04.02hrs in the early hours of the morning off went the pagers again ! and again it involved an emergency ambulance from NWAS (Manchester) stuck on ice responding to an emergency.
The location was a housing estate in the Marsh Green area of Wigan, and in a 2hrs 18 minutes operation, using our Land ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 100/2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2009-12-01#2750</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Well in the past we have organised a call out (search) on Christmas Day (for Boxing Day) and we've been put on stand by on Christmas Day, see details for last year, but never in the teams history have we actually been called out on Christmas Day until this evening that is !
With continuing wintry road ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 99/2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2009-12-01#2749</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We were paged at 12.33hrs by NWAS (Manchester) Control to assist an Ambulance stuck on a snowbound / ice bound road with a casualty, in the Little Lever area of Bolton.
Our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE responded directly in his car, backed up by our BM1 and BM3 Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance vehicles. ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 98/2009]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2009-12-01#2748</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Team Leader of Rossendale and Pendle MRT contacted our Deputy Team Leader Geoff Seddon directly requesting the Bolton MRT assist with an incident in RPMRTs area, as RPMRT were deployed elsewhere.

The incident was yet again to assist NWAS (Manchester) with accessing / evacuating a casualty from ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Chi enjoys the snow]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[With many team members out assisting NWAS on a few incidents on Christmas eve, former team search dog Chi shows us that he still enjoys playing in the snow!



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			<title><![CDATA[Retirement from the team of callout list member Andrew Ryding]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2009-12-01#2747</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Very experienced and well respected team member Andrew (Andy) Ryding announced his retirement with immediate effect from the team this evening.

Andy, aged 44 of Chorley, joined the team in October 1999, but was associated with the team for a long time before this in this capacity as a ranger with ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very generous legacy left to the team by the late Mrs Kathleen Fish.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today in connection with the administration of the estate of the late Mrs Kathleen Fish, who died on the 12th September 2008, Winder Taylor Fallows (Solicitors) have informed the team that under the terms of Mrs Fish’s will she has left an extremely generous legacy of £5,000.00 to the Bolton Mountain ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another donation in the memory of the late Roger Thurstan Kay.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are pleased to announce the receipt of another very kind donation to the memory of the late Roger Thurstan Kay, who passed away in October this year aged 78 years.

This donation of £5.00 now brings to a total of £275.00 the amount of very thoughtful donations made in the memory of Mr Kay.

Please ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Busiest time ever for Bolton Mountain Rescue Team]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Since Friday night, 18th December, up to the end of this evening Tuesday 22nd December, within a continuous 5 day period, the team had attended 30 seperate incidents of all kinds for NWAS (Manchester), and taken part in two major search operations alongside Greater Manchester Police officers.

The ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donation from Bolton HF Walking Group]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are very pleased to announce today the receipt of a very generous £135 donation from our friends and keen team supporters in Bolton HF Walking Group.

Enclosed with the donation was a complients card from the Bolton HF Walking Group's Treasurer, Mrs. Wallwork, wishing the team a merry Christmas ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Special administrative thanks again]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Special thanks again tonight to team member Mike Marsh who came straight from work to handle all the incident reporting arising from today's incidents

(Mike likes to be out operationally, but he kindly stepped in to allow our Team Leader and the usual admin team a break from paperwork and a look at ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 97 (10 of 16) of 2009]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The individual details of all 16 separate incidents attended today can be found under the ‘Incidents Section’ of our website by opening up the information for 2009.

This information gives a brief outline of the events of today, with usually a more detailed account being found here in the ‘news’ pages ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 97/2009]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Due to the overnight and morning snowfall in the area, team members and team vehicles were again called out to assist NWAS (Manchester) with various incidents arising from the wintry weather conditions. Our first incident commenced at 09:40 and with the last incident finishing just before midnight. The ...]]></description>
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