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		<title>Bolton MRT - General News</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate>


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			<title><![CDATA[Visit to the Parkinson's Disease Society, Bolton by the team]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening callout list team members Mark Scott and Chris Tennant were guests of the Bolton Parkinson’s Disease Society at the Jubilee Centre in Halliwell, Bolton. Mark and Chris  gave a 40 minute talk about the team, its capabilities and training, and its operational activities. This was followed ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fantastic grant from Bolton Community and Voluntary Services Small Grants Round June 2010]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are very pleased to announce today the receipt by the team of a wonderful and very generous grant of £3,000.00 from the Bolton Community and Voluntary Services Small Grants Round June 2010.

In a letter to our Life Vice President Tony McNally, accompanying the award of this very supportive grant, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drama in the air for experienced team Call Out List member Mark Parry]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Some years ago now, our current Life Vice President (He was our Chairman at the time) Tony McNally was returning home from holiday on a flight from  Palma / Majorca inbound to Manchester, when over the aircrafts tannoy came a request for any Doctor on board to respond to an in flight medical emergency ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team delivers Thank You plaque to 'anonymous' benefactor]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On Monday 17th May 2010 (See website 'news' article dated the same) we reported that a Bolton gentleman kindly donated £1,000.00 to the team, with the stipulation that his identity remain anonymous.

Today our Team Training Officer Elaine Gilliland, Call Out list member Paul Brain and Trainee Team ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another fantastic donation from our kind friends at Bolton H.F. Walking Group.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are very pleased to announce today the receipt of a yet another very kind donation from our valued friends and supporters at Bolton H.F. Walking Group.
Mr D. Sumner, President of Bolton H.F. Walking Group specifically requested that the £105.00 proceeds of a raffle at his recent President's Day Outing ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Absolutely fantastic news of support from the Keep Fit Association of Chorley and Leyland]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Former long serving team member and ex Team Training Officer Andrew Ryding, currently retired from the team, recently informed us that his mother Pat Baron, a member of the Keep fit Association of Chorley and Leyland, had nominated the Bolton MRT as a worthy charity for the KFA of Chorley and Leyland ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very kind donation from Paul Richards and Maggie Vincent of Holmfirth]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[In late March this year Team Call Out list member Alison Yates along with her husband and former team member Geoff Yates journeyed to the Himalayas for a three week trekking holiday along with our Team Leader Garry Rhodes and his partner (also a former team member) Ann Thompson.

In Kathmandu all met ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very kind donation to the team from GMP Bolton Division]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to report the receipt today of a very kind £100.00 donation from Greater Manchester Police Bolton Division.

In a letter with this donation to our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE from Chief Superintendent Steven Hartley, Bolton Divisional Commander, he stated; "I hope you will accept this ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Meeting with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service regards developing liaison and mutual working]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE in the company of Mick Nield, Team Leader of Oldham MRT, Andrew Simpson, Team Leader and Peter Goble, Team Training Officer both of Rossendale and Pendle MRT, met with Andrew Brookes, Area Manager (Operations) Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, at ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Visit to Team by Senior GMFRS Fire Officers]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This afternoon our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE met with two Senior Fire Offficers from GMFRS at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ to discuss strengthening the existing liaisons between MRTs operating in Greater Manchester and the GMFRS.

Andrew Brookes, Area Manager, Operations and Station Commander Jim ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very kind donation from Mr John Thornley of Horwich]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are happy to report today the receipt of a kind donation of £30.00 from Mr John Thornley of Horwich, via the Charity Aid Foundation.
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			<title><![CDATA[Very kind donation from Mrs Bridget Parsons of Leigh]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are happy to report the receipt of a wonderful £50.00 donation from Mrs Bridget Parsons of Leigh.

In a letter to our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, Mrs Parsons states; "I have recently won the World Cup sweepstake at work, and part of the winnings included a £50.00 donation to a charity of ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very kind donation by members of Friendship Lodge 2488 RAOB GLE Ltd]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today the team received another fantastic donation from our valued friends at Friendship Lodge 2488 RAOB GLE Ltd, following their successful Charity Prize Bingo Night, held at the Crown Hotel, Horwich on the evening of Tuesday 6th July 2010. (See website 'news' report dated the same).

Their wonderful ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Visit to Team by 41st Bolton Lostock Brownie Unit]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening the team hosted a visit to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ by a very enthusiastic group of Brownies from the 41st Bolton lostock Brownie Unit, along with their Leaders, adult helpers and some parents.

They were met by Team Call Out list members Gill Leigh, Neil Warburton and Trainee Team ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bolton MRT Team Doctor assists Bowland Pennine MRT with their MREW Casualty Care Certificate Course]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-07-01#3139</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[All active 'Call Out' members of MREW MRTs are encouraged to undertake the intensive and comprehensive long established MREW Casualty Care Certificate Course every three years, which consists of many theory and practical sessions culminating in a written paper examination (Very stringent), oral and practical ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA['Graduation' of Team Member Judith Waltho]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On 15th July 2009, the team welcomed Judith Waltho to the trainee membership.

Judith has continued with her training and familiarisation of all things Bolton Mountain Rescue over the past 12 months, so has now been welcomed as a Full Team Callout member.  ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very kind donation from Team Trainee Team member John Fletcher]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are very pleased to announce today the receipt of a kind £20.00 donation from Team Trainee member John Fletcher.

On the evening of Wednesday 14th July 2010, heavy and localised rain in the Buckshaw Village area of Chorley, Lancashire, where he lives, prevented him from attending our regular Wednesday ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lancashire Constabulary Missing Person Search Manager Course. (Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and Training Officer Elaine Gilliland both successfully pass the course)]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-07-01#3137</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Every year Lancashire Constabulary kindly offer to the MRTs operating in Lancashire, places on their week long Missing Persons Search Manager Course.

This year our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and Team Training Officer Elaine Gilliland were able to attend this Police nationally recognised course.

Held ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[I.S.A.C. Course., Cheshire FRS, Winsford]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today very experienced Team Call Out list member Chris Tennant and Trainee team member Nick Berry, journeyed to Cheshire Fire and Rescue Services HQ and Training School at Sadler Road, Winsford, to take part in an Incident Safety Assessment and Control (ISAC) course, organised and facilitated by ATACC ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very kind donation from Bolton School Girls' Division]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today the team received a kind and very generous donation from Bolton School Girls' Division, Chorley New Road, Bolton.

In a letter to our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, Mrs J Sanders, of Bolton School Girls' Division Charities Committee stated; "Recently members of our Year 7 decided that they would ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Guest lecturers from Greater Manchester Police, visit the team for this evenings training session]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening we welcomed two guest lecturers to the team from Greater Manchester Police, Chris Moody (A long serving former Team member, and retired GMP Officer) who now works for GMP in a civilian capacity, and is a GMP Missing Person Search Manager, and PC Ian Crossley, a GMP Police Search Advisor ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fantastic donation from St Peter's Church, Halliwell, Wednesday Evening Fellowship Group]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Pamela Hardman, representing St Peter's Church, Halliwell, Wednesday Evening Fellowship Group, this morning visited our Secretary Gillian Gregory at her Horwich home, accompanied by a friend of the Group, Roger Howarth, whose role was 'chauffeur'. They brought a fantastic cheque donation for the team ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donations of Casualty Care equipment]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are very happy to report this evening the receipt by the team of two separate substantial donations of Casualty Care equipment, including dressings, bandages, and splintage items.

The donators of both of these very kind gifts to the team wish to remain anonymous, which we have respected here in ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Visit to Lowton St Mary's Junior School, Leigh, Greater Manchester]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday 14th July Life Vice President , Tony McNally, was invited to attend the end of term assembly at Lowton St Mary's School along with several other representatives from local and national charities. Each year the school has chosen a charity and throughout the school year has organised a series ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 69/2010]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:26:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 03.26hrs in the early hours of this morning the GMP Force Duty Manager contacted our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE directly, regarding the teams immediate assistance with reference to a missing 10 year old boy.

The missing boy had been reported missing by his mother, the previous evening, with at ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Visit to JIGSAW - Bolton Area Stroke Group]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA["Our Team President, Bob Hutchinson and Secretary, Gillian Gregory, journeyed to Little Lever to talk to the forty members of JIGSAW - The Bolton Area Stroke Group.  After a welcome cup of tea and biscuits, Bob gave a brief outline of the history and work of Bolton Mountain Rescue Team and then invited ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Community Safety Day / 999 Emergency Services Day, Darwen Town Centre.]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Thankfully the cloudy skies did not turn to rain, and the sun came out to make today's Community Safety Day / 999 Emergency Services Day held in Darwen Town Centre a complete success.



Organised this year as in previous years by Darwen based, Police Community Support Officer Nick Gisicz, a valued ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[New Stairwell carpet for our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ, with grateful thanks to GP Trade Carpets of Bury]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-07-01#3127</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We have now been in residence at our Ladybridge Hall, Chorley New Road, Bolton Base / HQ for over 6 years, following our Official Opening on Sunday April 24th 2004.

At the time our Base / HQ was fully carpeted with thanks to Milliken Industrials Limited of Wigan, who supplied carpet tiles for all ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Visit to team by members of Friendship Lodge 2488 RAOB GLE Ltd]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening the team was pleased to welcome to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ nine members of the Friendship Lodge 2488 RAOB GLE Ltd.

Meeting them and giving them a full insight into the workings of the team, inclusive of a full tour of our Base / HQ were Team Call Out list members Chris Tennant, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from Darwen Dashers Running Club]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Following our involvement with the provision of Standby Rescue Cover for the Darwen Dashers Running Club 'Aggies Staircase Fell Race' event on the evening of Thursday 24th June 2010, we are very pleased today to announce the receipt of a kind £50.00 donation from Darwen Dashers R.C. by way of thanks ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mayoral Reception at Bolton Town Hall to give thanks to those involved in the Armed Forces Day / Help for Heroes events on Saturday June 26th 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-07-01#3124</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening  our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and Training Officer Elaine Gilliland attended a Mayoral Reception at Bolton Town Hall to give thanks to representatives of all the many organisations involved in the Bolton Armed Forces Day / Help for Heroes events on Saturday 26th June 2010.

As regular ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very kind donation from Gregson Lane Dog Training Club]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-07-01#3122</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are very pleased to report today the receipt of a generous and kind £200.00 donation from Gregson Lane Dog Training Club. The Club meets on a weekly basis at Gregson Lane Community Centre, Hoghton, Lancashire, and amongst other training provides for the Good Citizens Dog Training Test.

In a conversation ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation of old Radio Mast to Cheshire RAYNET]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-07-01#3121</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Tonight, Team Radio Communications Officer, Dave Healey, received an email of thanks from Nick George on behalf of Cheshire RAYNET.
Dave had recently donated a very old & rusty pump-up radio mast to Nick after a request came in via the MR Radio community.
We should point out that Nick is ex Duddon ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Friendship Lodge, 2488 RAOB GLE Ltd Charity Prize Bingo Evening, The Crown Hotel, Horwich]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-07-01#3123</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[It was with great anticipation that Team Members and Family attended the Charity Prize Bingo Evening at the Crown Hotel in Horwich this evening.

Organised by The Friendship Lodge, 2466 RAOB GLE Ltd, in aid of the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team, Medical Officer Dr Clare Whitney and her parents Magdalen ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Eagley Bank Fund Raisers send another fantastic donation to the team]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-07-01#3120</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At the Help for Heroes / Armed Forces Day event in Bolton Town Centre on Saturday June 26th 2010, our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE had the pleasure of meeting members of Team Eagley Bank Fund Raisers at their Charity Stall, where they were busy raising funds for ourselves and the Help the Heroes Charity. ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Horwich Carnival.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-07-01#3118</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The team today attended Horwich Carnival, with two of our Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulances, BM2 with Neil Warburton and Mark Parry and BM3 with Elaine Gilliland and Diane Blakeley, actually taking part in the Carnival Procession through the crowded streets of Horwich. As with the recent Bury Carnival, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Belmont Primary School Sponsored Walk.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-07-01#3119</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today Belmont Primary School successfully completed  their Annual Sponsored Walk to benefit this years Charity of choice for the school. (Last year we benefitted from the kindness of the school) The walk started from Belmont School, taking the Wrights Arms track to Winter Hill Summit, dropping down to ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tockholes Village Gala and Tockholes Fell Race 20]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-07-01#3117</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Very warm and dry conditions mixed with brilliant summer sunshine greeted this years Tockholes Village Gala and Annual Fell Race, attracting a very large number of visitors to this delightful village, nestling on the edge of the moors. 

The team had been invited to attend and display our vehicles, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Thanks to Team Trainee Member John Fletcher]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-07-01#3115</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Recently Team Trainee Member John Fletcher carried out some electrical works at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ , installing some additional exterior lighting to our courtyard area to aid us during night time call outs and operations.

John, of Buckshaw Village, Chorley, who has his own Electrical Engineering ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[How big is the teams Primary Operational Area?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-07-01#3116</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On Monday evening, 28th June 2010, we reported that our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE met with his colleague Team Leaders from Bowland Pennine MRT and Rossendale & Pendle MRT to determine their respective teams primary operational boundaries.

Bolton MRT Team member Steve Fletcher was also involved ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fantastic donation from Amber Gibson astonishes team]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-07-01#3113</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Our regular readers will recall that young teenager Amber Gibson of Darwen, was crowned Rose Queen of St Cuthbert's Church, Earnsdale Road, Darwen in June last year, and immediately and very kindly pledged to raise money for the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team and the RNLI in her Rose Queen Year of Office ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Collection Box latest news]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-07-01#3114</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At tonights Support Group monthly meeting (attended by eleven of our Support Group members and Team President Bob Hutchinson- who attends as a link between the Support Group and the operational team membership) Gillian Gregory of the Support Group announced that our June 2010 collection box total was ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Husband and Wife Mark and Gill Parry in superb fundraising effort for the team.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3112</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are very pleased to announce this evening that team Call Out list member Mark Parry and his wife Gill, who live in Bury, have raised through sponsorship the fantastic amount of £201.00 for the Bolton MRT, after running in the Sunday May 23rd 2010 Great Manchester 10km Run. (Both finished in a very ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Leaders meet at our Base / HQ to determine Team Area Operational Boundaries.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3111</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Following the lead taken by Mountain Rescue Teams in North Wales and Cumbria in association with their respective Police Forces, an IT based GIS call out system for MRTs in Lancashire is being actively considered by Lancashire Constabulary, which as with the system in North Wales and Cumbria will also ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 68/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3109</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 01:56:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[No sooner had members got home from the previous incident when the pagers went off again from NWAS (Manchester) this time at 01.56hrs, requesting the teams attendance at an incident at Thicketford Brow, Winchester Way, Bolton, with the report of a person injured near the bridge over Bradshaw Brook.
As ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 67/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3108</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 23:43:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 23.43hrs late this fine summers evening, the pagers went off with a request from NWAS (Manchester) to assist them regarding the reports of an unconscious young male in woodlands in the vicinity of High Rid Reservoir, Heaton, Bolton.
With members already responding to our team vehicle garage locations, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Collection Day at Morrisons, Atlas Mill, Bolton.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3107</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[With the team Call Out list membership already committed to the Help the Heroes events today, it fell largely to our Support Group to hold our Collection Day at the Atlas Mill, Bolton, Morrisons store today.
In total Marcin Zadlo of the Call Out list membership attended, our President Bob Hutchinson, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Yet another marvelous donation from our friends and supporters at Team Eagley Bank Fund Raisers. ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3105</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Only yesterday we reported a large donation from our friends and supporters at Team Eagley Bank Fund Raisers, to find out today that they have raised a further £55.00 for us via their involvement in the Rotary Club of Turton Duck Race 2010.
This now means that to date Team Eagley Bank Fund Raisers have ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donation from competitor in Help for Heroes running event today.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3110</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:46:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At the conclusion of the 6.9 mile run today (See below article) team members including our own runner Fred, were asked to first aid the blistered feet of a small number of the runners who had suffered such on their run.
One runner Adrian Taylor of GMFRS Bolton Fire Station, kindly donated with thanks ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team plays a full part in events linked to Help for Heroes Charity and Armed Forces Day in Bolton]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3106</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today team members were out in force to support two charity runs organised and co-ordinated by Greater Manchester Police to raise funds for the Help for Heroes Charity.
The team had previously taken part in a similar event on Saturday 7th November 2009 (See website 'news' item) but the running events ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team called to assist our colleagues at Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3104</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:36:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 09.36hrs this morning the team was paged directly by the Deputy Leader of Bowland Pennine MRT requesting the teams assistance with a search for a missing child in the Lancaster area.
Our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE answered the pager call, informing BPMRT that the Bolton MRT was already committed ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another fantastic donation from our valued friends at Team Eagley Bank Fund Raisers.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3102</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On Saturday June 12th this month our valued friends at Team Eagley Bank Fund Raisers, who have made us their Charity of the Year 2010-2011, held their Annual Charity Garden Party, to which the team sent some members and one of our Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulances.
Today we can announce the receipt ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Further donation in relation to 'A celebration of St. George's Day' donation reported on Sunday 2nd May 2010.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3103</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On May 2nd 2010, we reported on Ann Nightingale of Bolton, (and her sister Jean Richardson) who together every year arrange a charitable event to celebrate St George's Day, this year choosing our team as the beneficiary.
In total we reported their event raised the fantastic sum of £284.00 for the team.
We ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Provision of Standby Rescue Cover, Aggies Staircase Fell Race.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3101</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening 27x Team Call Out list members, and former team member Paul Brain, in our four Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulances and our minibus, provided standby rescue cover for the annual Aggies Staircase Fell Race, organised by Darwen Dashers Running Club, which takes in a route over Darwen Moor, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 66/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3097</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Whilst enjoying a post climbing evening pint at the Wilton Arms Public House at circa 22:20, long serving team member Louise Jorgensen and former (experienced) team member Neil Ramsbottom heard a loud crash and witnessed a vehicle leaving the road (Scout Road, Horrocks Fold) and then rolling down the ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team new vehicle fleet latest news. Three ***Brand new Land Rover mountain rescue Land Rovers*** ordered by the team]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3100</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today marked a very special moment for the team when for only the second time in the teams history, we placed an order for three brand new Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulances, at an estimated total purchase price of some £130,000.00, the culmination of some major fundraising that has taken place within ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Edgworth Real Ale Festival Committee members in 'Official' handover of Team Boat and Water Search and Rescue Equipment]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3099</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening four members of the Edgworth Real Ale Festival Committee were our special guests at our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ when they visited to preside over their 'Official' handover to the team of our semi rigid inflatable boat and six sets of water search and rescue equipment.

All of this was ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA['Final' press photo launch for Help the Heroes, Bolton Commando Run and associated events on Saturday 26th June 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3098</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This afternoon Team representatives met up with other representatives taking part in the above events for a press photograph as part of the final advance publicity for Saturday 26th June.

Meeting up first for an audience with the Mayor and Mayoress of Bolton, Cllr John Byrne and his wife Lynda Byrne ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 65/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3096</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 20.55hrs this fine and sunny evening, GMP contacted our Team Leader Garry Rhodes for the teams immediate assistance in the developing search for two young children missing together in the Tonge Moor area of Bolton.

A team standby page was made at 20.59hrs closely followed by a full team call out ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Standby rescue cover and casualty care provision at Horwich Carnival Races]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3094</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Held for the last nine years and with continuous team involvement since 2004, the Horwich Carnival Races are a day long culmination of running and cycling events over the previous week, held within Horwich Town Centre which uniquely is completely closed to traffic for the day in order for the races to ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team member news]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3095</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Trainee Team member Dean Mellor, who joined the team in January this year, has now sadly had to leave the team due to his business commitments taking him increasingly away from the team area.

All the team membership wishes Dean all best wishes for the future. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 64/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3093</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 23.35hrs late this summer evening we were paged by NWAS (Manchester) Emergency Control for the teams assistance at an incident in Haigh Hall Plantations, involving the report of a teenage girl having fallen down a gully.

A full team call out page was made at 23.47hrs by which time members were ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Belthorn Village Party]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3092</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This afternoon the team attended the Belthorn Village Party with five full team call out list members, consisting of our Chairman Ken Oakes, Training Officer Elaine Gilliland, long serving team member Mike Marsh, Steve Nelson and Trainee team member Judith Waltho, together with support group member Iain ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donation from Burnden Road Runners]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3091</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are very pleased today to have received a £50.00 donation from Burnden Road Runners Club, following our provision of standby rescue cover on Sunday May 30th 2010, for their second 'Smithills Serpent' 5 mile running event based on the fringes of Smithills Country Park, Bolton, see news report dated ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA['Second' sponsorship monies received following walk undertaken by Jayne Bayliss in aid of the team]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3090</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Regular readers will be familiar with the walk from Adlington to Haworth recently undertaken by Jayne Bayliss in the company of two friends, to raise money for the Bolton MRT. 

Today we are very happy to have received from Jayne the 'second' batch of sponsorship monies she has collected in, amounting ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Standby Rescue Cover - Two Lads Fell Race.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3089</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Organised by Horwich RMI Harriers and Athletics Club, and forming part of the Horwich Carnival Race Series, this annual Fell Race takes in a course that commences in Horwich, ascends through Wilderswood and Wilders Moor onto Adam Hill and White Brow, thence to Two Lads summit and descends back into Horwich.

The ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Congratulations to Roger Jones of Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation on becoming a MBE]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3087</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Bolton MRT wishes to pass on its best wishes and congratulations to Roger Jones, aged 65, of Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue Organisation on his becoming a MBE in the latest Honours Listing for services to Mountain Rescue.

Roger has been in mountain rescue for some 49 years now, all with the Ogwen ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donation from Ryan Kinnear of Sefton]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3088</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce the receipt today of a £2.00 donation from Ryan Kinnear of Sefton, Liverpool.

Ryan raised this money for us during a one mile run at the Hugh Baird College, where he is studying on the Pre-Uniform Course, NCFE Certificate in Volunteering.

Ryan in a letter to the team ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Multi Agency Introduction to Civil Contingencies course attended today by our Team Leader]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3086</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE attended at the kind invitation of Bolton Council a day long course regarding Multi Agency Introduction to Civil Contingencies.
Held at the excellent venue of the Bolton Council Castle Hill Training Centre, Castleton Street, Bolton, the course attracted 30 participants ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team receives a major very substantial donation (The biggest donation received in our history) from the East Lancashire Mark Benevolent Fund Limited]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3085</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are extremely pleased to publicly announce a major donation to our team, the largest ever received by us in the entire teams history, and directly linked to donations in the same amount to two of our colleague Mountain Rescue Teams, all by the same body.

For over a year now senior team members, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Plans for new Vehicle fleet for Bolton Mountain Rescue Team announced.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3084</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[With three of our Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance vehicles approaching eleven years old this August, and our fourth Land Rover MR Ambulance approaching seven years old, the team has been anticipating and investigating their replacement for a couple of years now.
This has included looking at what ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Eagley Bank Fund Raisers - Annual Garden Party.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3083</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[With most of the team at Bury Carnival, team call out list members Louise Jorgensen, Michael O'Brien and Stephen Kenworthy in our BM4 Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance vehicle, joined by Support Group member Iain Clarkson, attended the Annual Garden Party at Eagley Bank organised by Team Eagley Bank ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team attends Bury Lions Club Bury Carnival.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3082</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today at the very kind invitation of the Lions Club of Bury, the team joint with our colleagues at Rossendale and Pendle MRT attended the Bury Lions Club Bury Carnival.

Sunshine and hot weather greeted us and stayed with us all day, resulting in a very busy, well attended carnival.
In total 10x team ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 63/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3080</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 14.50hrs on this very warm sunny afternoon, we were paged by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service to respond on a joint agency basis to an incident at Belmont, in the vicinity of Wards Reservoir.
The initiating call out page was answered by team call out contact Mike Marsh, who via GMFRS was ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team attends the funeral of the late John Edwards of Oldham Mountain Rescue Team.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3081</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This morning our Team Training Officer Elaine Gilliland and Reserve Team member Diane Blakeley represented our team at the funeral of the late John Edwards, a long serving member of Oldham MRT and a well known figure in local, regional and national mountain rescue circles.
Elaine and Diane journeyed ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Boat engine donation gratefully received.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3079</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the kindness of Allen Matthews of Holland Street Motors, the team now has a 4hp outboard motor for our new semi rigid inflatable team boat.
Allen who is a diving buddy / friend of long serving team member and Team Equipment Officer Fred Taylor, donated the engine to the team when he heard ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donation from team friend and supporter Mrs Yvonne Knight-Gregson]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3077</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we received a very kind £30.00 donation (which will be gift aided) from team friend and supporter Mrs Yvonne Knight-Gregson of Urmston, Manchester.

In a letter to our Team Leader accompanying her very kind donation Yvonne explained;

"The £30.00 donation is in honour of a friends 70th Birthday ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA['First' sponsorship monies received following walk undertaken by Jayne Bayliss in aid of the team]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3078</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Regular readers will be familiar with the walk from Adlington to Haworth recently undertaken by Jayne Bayliss in the company of two friends, to raise money for the Bolton MRT.

Today we are very happy to have received from Jayne the 'first' batch of sponsorship monies she has initially already collected ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[More news about the South Lancashire Section of the Caravan Club Charity Year 2010 - 2011 in aid of Bolton MRT; Sponsored Parachute Jump]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3076</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Further to our website article dated Sunday 6th June 2010, we have now received more details on the Sponsored Parachute Jump undertaken by SLSCC member Brian Needham from his wife Lynne Needham. Lynne has proudly informed us that her husband Brian raised £254.50 for the team through his sponsored parachute ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another kind donation from Ismail Momoniat.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3074</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are pleased to report another appreciated very generous £50.00 donation from Mr. Ismail Momoniat of Bolton, who sent his donation to us via the Charities Aid Foundation. 
The whole team extends its thanks to Mr. Ismail Momoniat for his continuing support of the team.
Please also see website ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very kind donation from the Inner Wheel Club of Horwich. District No.128.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3075</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are pleased to report the receipt of a very generous £300.00 donation from the members of the Inner Wheel Club of Horwich, raised via their fund raising activities during 2009 / 2010.

In a letter accompanying their very kind donation, Mrs Josette Walsh, Honorary Secretary of the Inner Wheel ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mrs Jayne Bayliss completes her fantastic sponsored walk in aid of the team]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3073</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, received an update from Jayne Bayliss of Adlington, who successfully completed her challenging moorland walk last week from Adlington to Haworth in Yorkshire in aid of the team.

Jayne in the company of close friends, husband and wife couple Cath and Haydn Whittle, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team expresses its condolences regards the late John Edwards of Oldham MRT.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3067</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The whole team membership wishes to extend its condolences to the family, friends, and members of Oldham MRT on the death of valued Oldham MRT team member John Edwards.
John, aged 58, collapsed and died whilst at work as a self employed decorator, on Friday 28th May 2010.
The Late John Edwards was ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Membership matters.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3068</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Trainee Team Members Hannah Zadlo and Heather Jackson, who both joined the team in January 2010, have both recently stood down from the Call Out list membership of the team, transferring across to our Support Group membership.
For Hannah its a spot of maternity leave from the Call Out List (Congratulations ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[South Lancashire Section of the Caravan Club formally launches their Charity Year 2010-2011 in aid of Bolton Mountain Rescue Team]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3072</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today experienced Team Call Out list member Chris Tennant, accompanied by his wife and Support Group member Tina Tennant, journeyed to the Longridge (Preston) Show Ground meeting of the South Lancashire Section of the Caravan Club, to represent the team at the SLSCCs formal launch of their Charity Year ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very kind donation from the Manchester Pedestrian Club.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3069</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On Saturday 20th March 2010, we were called out to rescue a member of the Manchester Pedestrian Club, who whilst out hill walking with fellow members fell fracturing his leg, on the slopes of Winter Hill.
Today we received a very kind £105.00 donation from the Manchester Pedestrian Club in relation ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donation from Kathryn Hollinworth via the Charities Aid Foundation.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3070</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are extremely pleased to announce the receipt of a very kind £100.00 donation via the Charities Aid Foundation by valued team friend and supporter Kathryn Hollinworth, made through the BUPA Matched Giving Scheme.
Kathryn visited the team recently in her capacity as Manager of Westpark, attending ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hendersons End Fell Race, Provision of Standby Rescue Cover.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3071</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening 26x team members (plus our five team vehicles and our Control trailer) provided Standby Rescue Cover for the fourth year running for the Hendersons End Fell Race which takes in a large circuit of the Rivington and Winter Hill moorlands. 

This annual event organised by Lostock Athletics ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wednesday evening training exercise report.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3066</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The team trains throughout the year every Wednesday evening, come rain or shine, in a wide variety of locations testing all aspects of our search and rescue skills.

This evening saw us at Moses Gate Country Park, Farnworth. (with thanks to Bolton Countryside Ranger Service for giving permission to ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[dabs.com choose Bolton MRT as charity of the year]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-06-01#3065</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are very pleased to announce that a Bolton-based company, dabs.com, have announced that they have named Bolton MRT as their charity of the year for 2010/2011.

dabs.com is one of the UK's most successful online IT retailers with over 11 years of online retail experience. The company is headquartered ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Early morning start tomorrow for walk to raise funds for the team by Mrs Jayne Bayliss of Adlington.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3064</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 22:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On February 24th this year, the team received an email off Mrs Jayne Bayliss of Adlington, who informed us she was undertaking a challenging walk in the summer of this year, and that she wished to use the walk, which she is undertaking with friends, as an opportunity to raise some sponsorship for the ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Smithhills Serpent Trail Race, Provision of Standby Rescue Cover]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3063</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 10:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today 20 team members, plus our four Land Rover Ambulance team vehicles and team minibus provided Standby Rescue Cover for the Smithhills Serpent Trail Race which takes in the trails above Horrocks Fold on the fringes of Smithhills Moor. 

Organised by the Burnden Park Running Club, 91 runners took ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[End of month Team Collection Box latest news.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3061</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[As reported at last night's monthly Team Support Group meeting, we currently have 151x collection boxes out at various venues or with groups and in some cases individuals.

Our month end figure for revenue generated from our boxes in May 2010, is &pound;478.54 compared to &pound;586.48 in May 2009, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donations in memory of the late Peter Rutter]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3062</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we received via Relph's Funeral Service, seventeen individual donations all in the memory of the late Peter Rutter of Heaton, Bolton.

In total these thoughtful donations came to a very kind £285.00.

The team extends its fullest condolences to Mrs Marian Rutter, wife of the late Peter Rutter, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 62/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3060</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 20:55, the Greater Manchester Police Force Duty Officer directly contacted our Team Leader to request the urgent assistance of the team regarding the initial stages of an incident in the vicinity of the Wilton Quarries complex to the North of Bolton.

At 21:04, the whole team was paged for an urgent ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Councillor Robert Ronson celebrates his 75th Birthday with a very kind donation to the team]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3058</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Very valued friend and supporter of the team, Councillor Robert Ronson of Horwich, a lifelong experienced hillwalker, (as is his wife, Councillor Barbara Ronson, also a valued team friend and hill walker) celebrated his 75th birthday on Saturday 22nd May with a party for family and friends. Also celebrating ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 61/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3057</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 20:25:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[With team members about to commence our usual Wednesday evening training exercise, at the venue tonight of Round Barn Quarries, Entwistle, team member Steve Fletcher (who was not on the exercise) contacted our Team Leader direct on the exercise at 20:20, with information of a mountain bike incident on ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Missing persons in the Prestwich area]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3055</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 05:12:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 05.12hrs this morning, Greater Manchester Police paged the team regards possible assistance with a search operation to locate two missing persons (missing together) in the Prestwich area.

The team was put on initial standby by pager at 05.20hrs whilst our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE liaised further ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from the Rotary Club of Bolton-Le-Moors / District 1280]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3056</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are very pleased to announce the kind receipt of a wonderful £200.00 donation from the Rotary Club of Bolton-Le-Moors / District 1280.

In a letter accompanying this very generous donation David Seward, Community Service Chairman of Bolton-Le-Moors Rotary Club commented; "We are all impressed ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Visit to our Base / HQ by our friends at Westpark and BUPA]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3059</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On Friday 19th February 2010, we received a very kind and thoughtful £100.00 donation from the residents and friends of Westpark, Westgate Avenue, Bolton, raised at their coffee morning club.

Our Team Leader at the time of the donation extended to all at Westpark an invitation to visit our Ladybridge ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from Bromley Cross Open Age Football Club]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3054</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening a small group of team members played host to a visit to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ by a representative group of members and players from Bromley Cross Open Age Football Club.

The members and players were met by our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE, Team Chairman Ken Oakes, Training Officer ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Further donation from the Estate of the Late Jean Noreen Redwood of Darwen]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3050</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</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 ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very kind donations from St.Paul's Men's Guild, Astley Bridge, Bolton. ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3051</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Following St Paul's (Astley Bridge) Men's Guild visit to our Ladybridge Hall Base/HQ on 11th May 2010, on 17th May our Secretary Gillian Gregory, received a very kind donation via their Honorary Treasurer, Graham Gibbons, of &pound;30.00, "Towards the Team's expenses". On 21st May Gillian Gregory received ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 60/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3052</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 15:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today whilst in the team's area already covering the latter part of the Darwen Rotary Club Darwen Tower Trudge Sponsored Walk, we became aware of a major moorland fire developing on Rivington Moor. (Maybe it was the huge pall of smoke that gave it away!)






NWAS (Lancashire) Emergency Control ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rotary Club of Darwen - Darwen Tower Trudge.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3053</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 08:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Organised annually by our friends and supporters in the Rotary Club of Darwen, the Darwen Tower Trudge takes in a delightful route around the reservoirs and hills of Tockholes, Roddlesworth and Darwen, including the moorland heights of Lyons Den, Darwen Moor and of course Darwen Tower itself, otherwise ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Soroptomist International of Bolton in 
Partnership with the Volunteering Centre, Bolton. 'Helping Bolton to Help 
Itself.']]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3047</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 09:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today, in glorious sunshine, two team members, Chris Tennant, Base and Catering Officer, and Elaine Gilliland, Training Officer, journeyed in our team vehicle, BM1 to Victoria Square, Bolton.

At the kind invitation of Soroptimist International of Bolton the team had been asked to demonstrate their ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind thanks for another very responsive turn out by 
Frank Hulton of Frank Hulton Motor Engineers of Farnworth, Bolton.
]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3049</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 22:10:41 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Regular readers will know that the team relies on a great many individuals 
and organisations outside the immediate team membership to keep the team 
ticking over and working.
One of these is Frank Hulton Motor Engineers of Farnworth, Bolton, who for a 
very long time now has looked after our vehicles, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation of Space Blankets from Blackpool Council 
via Lancashire Constabulary.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3048</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 22:09:13 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Blackpool Council recently donated a very large number of 'Space Blankets,' 
surplus to their requirements, to Lancashire Constabulary for onward 
distribution to the Mountain Rescue Teams who work in Lancashire.
As a result this evening, along with our colleagues at Bowland Pennine 
Mountain Rescue ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from Horwich New Heart Club]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3046</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we received a kind £75.00 donation from Horwich New Heart Club with regards to thanks for our provision of Standby Rescue Cover for their Rivington Pike Sponsored Walk, which took place on Sunday 16th May 2010. (See website 'news' item dated the same)

In a letter to our Team Leader, accompanying ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very generous donation arising from Belmont Fell Races 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3045</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are very pleased to announce today the receipt of a kind and generous £300.00 donation arising from our involvement in providing Standby Rescue Cover for this years Belmont Fell Races on Saturday 8th May.

The organiser Dave Bateson in a letter to the team with his very kind donation stated, "I ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Photocall to launch the Bolton Help for Heroes 2010 event.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3044</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today team representatives met other colleagues from the emergency services and the Army, who are all jointly taking part in this years (Bolton) Help for Heroes event scheduled for Saturday 26th June 2010, and organised by Greater Manchester Police.
Meeting at the TAVR Nelson Street Barracks in Bolton, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team takes part in GMFRS Learning at Work event.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3043</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 12:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This afternoon at the kind invitation of Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, the team put on a vehicle and equipment display as part of a GMFRS Learning at Work event today.

With events centred at W50 Bolton Central Fire Station, where we maintain two of our vehicles and our Control Trailer ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 59/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3041</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 11:35:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 11.35hrs this morning we were paged by NWAS (Manchester) for the teams assistance with a 60 year old collapsed male casualty in an off road location in the Whitefield area.

With some members responding directly, our first team Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance, BM1 went mobile from our Ladybridge ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fantastic donation from a very kind gentleman]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3042</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This morning our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was put in contact with a Bolton gentleman who wished to support the team by making a donation.

The gentleman explained that he followed the work of the team through articles in the local paper, the Bolton News, and wished to support us following some ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team reunites missing child with family]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3035</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 14:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[As the team was concluding its involvement with the Horwich New Heart Pike Walk event this afternoon, team members at Lower House Car Park became aware of a family group who had become seperated from one of their children.

Team members in the general area of the Terraced Gardens at Rivington commenced ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Horwich New Heart Pike event]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3034</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 12:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Every year the team supports the Horwich New Heart Pike event which is a sponsored walk to raise funds for the Wythenshawe Hospital Transplant Fund.

Walkers take a route which starts at Rivington Hall Barn, through the Terraced Gardens to the summit of Rivington Pike and back down to Rivington Hall ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mapyx SARMAN training event.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3039</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 09:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This morning Dave Healey, Radio Communications Officer, & Elaine Gilliland, Team Training Officer, jouryned to Lancashire Constabulary HQ at Hutton for a training session in the new Mapyx SARMAN software, which was also officially launched today.
Together with 2 representatives from almost every Team ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from Mountain Rescue (England and Wales)]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3032</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today the team received a one off donation of £420.35 from Mountain Rescue (England and Wales) as a share of the distribution of monies received by MREW for the additional work carried out by Mountain Rescue Teams during the very adverse weather conditions of this recent winter. (Regular readers of our ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fantastic achievement for Peter Bell, President of Mountain Rescue (England and Wales)]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3033</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At todays AGM and Business meeting of Mountain Rescue (England and Wales) held at Lancashire Constabulary Force Headquarters, Hutton, Peter Bell the President of Mountain Rescue (England and Wales) was honoured by the presentation of a 50 years Service to Mountain Rescue Certificate.

The Certificate ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Robert Stuart Hutchinson 30 years Long Service to Mountain Rescue presentation]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3036</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[As reported below, at the opening of the team dinner, RSH, more popularly known within the team as Bob, received his certificate for 30 years long service to Mountain Rescue, awarded by the Mid-Pennine Search and Rescue Organisation.

In the whole history of the team, Bob is only the third recipient ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mark Parry 10 years Long Service to Mountain Rescue presentation]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3037</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 19:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Also at the opening of this year's team dinner, team member Mark Parry was presented with his 10 years long service to Mountain Rescue, awarded by the Mid-Pennine Search and Rescue Organisation.
Since joining the team on 13th August 1995, Mark has left and rejoined the team's callout list so many times ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Gill Leigh 10 years Long Service to Mountain Rescue presentation]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3038</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 19:58:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Alongside Mark and Bob, tonight team member Gill Leigh was presented with her 10 years long service certificate, awarded by the Mid-Pennine Search and Rescue Organisation.

Gill, a party leader and former team secretary, first joined the team as a teenager whilst doing her Duke of Edinburgh's Award. ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Annual Team Dinner and Awards Ceremony.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3040</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 19:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening saw the team holding its 41st Anniversary Year Annual Team Dinner, with a return to the excellent venue of the Ramada Hotel, Blackrod, Bolton. 
Organised very capably by team member Gillian Leigh, (with help from her husband, ex team member and former Deputy Team Leader Ian), the evening's ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from the 'Thursday Club']]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3030</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are very pleased to announce today the receipt of a very kind £100.00 donation from the 'Thursday Club,' the members of which held their AGM on 8th April 2010, kindly deciding to make this generous donation to the team. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very generous donation from Darwen Rotary Club]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3031</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we received a very kind and generous donation of £200.00 from our close friends and supporters at the Rotary Club of Darwen.

Darwen Rotarians have very generously supported the team for many years now, in turn we support Darwen Rotary Club by providing Standby Rescue Cover for its annual and ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very generous donation from Warrington West District Scouts.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3029</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening experienced Team Call Out list member Chris Tennant and Trainee Team member Helen Rigby journeyed to the Annual General Meeting of the Warrington West District Scout Council to receive a donation to the team.

Following the business of the AGM at the Warrington Methodist Mission, Bold ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from Pike View Hike Committee.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3028</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are very pleased to report this evening the receipt of a kind £60.00 donation from the Pike View Hike Committee, following the teams assistance with (very) early morning kit checks and the provision of standby rescue cover on this years Scout Pike View Hike on Saturday 24th April 2010.

The team ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 58/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3027</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:55:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 00.55hrs early this morning the team was paged by a Greater Manchester Police Missing Person Search Manager regards the teams immediate assistance with a search to locate a vulnerable man in the Redisher Wood area on the moorland fringes above Holcombe Brook, Bury.

Once our Team Leader Garry Rhodes ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Visit to our Base / HQ by St. Paul's Men's Guild, Astley Bridge, Bolton.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3026</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 19:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening we hosted another visit to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ by the members of St. Paul's Men's Guild, Astley Bridge, Bolton.

Their last visit to our Base / HQ on the evening of April 21st 2009 was cut short soon after they had arrived, when the team was called out to an incident at Cox Green ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Team Eagley Bank Fundraisers present the team with yet another wonderful donation]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3025</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are pleased to announce the receipt of a &pound;187.00 donation via Maureen Heggie of Team Eagley Bank Fundraisers, from their latest event as part of their Charity Year 2010/2011 in support of the team, which saw some of the group joining in the Bolton Mayor's Mile fundraising event involving ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 57/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3024</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 20:15:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 20.15hrs this evening, we were paged by Greater Manchester Police, requesting the teams assistance with a developing search for a missing 79 years old Bolton man.
The man had gone missing earlier in the day from a Nursing Home in the Bolton area, and with no sign of him as nightfall was approaching, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Belmont Fell Races 2010.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3021</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today the team provided full standby rescue cover for the ever popular annual Belmont Fell Races, all of which take place on and around Winter Hill, Belmont. Commencing at 12.30hrs, 34x young fell runners took part in the mass start for the Under 12's, Under 14's and Under 16's races, from Belmont Village ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Collection Day at Morrisons, Harwood.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3023</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[With all the team Call Out list members involved in providing Standby Rescue Cover for todays Belmont Fell Races, it was left almost totally to our Support Group members to hold our Collection Day at the Harwood store of Morrisons today. 
Support Group members Iain Clarkson, Howard and Teresa Gilliland, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team members on vehicle fact finding visit to Langdale Ambleside MRT in Cumbria]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3019</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The team is currently in the process of looking into the replacement of our current Land Rover Mountain Rescue Ambulance vehicles, three of which were purchased some ten and a half years ago, with the fourth Land Rover slightly younger in age.

Alongside this we are also concurrently determining our ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Vist to our Base / HQ by members of Leyland Round Table.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3020</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 19:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening sixteen members of Leyland Round Table, including their new Chairman Nick Ormerod, visited our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ for a presentation on the work of the team. 

Leyland Round Table work in close co-operation with their colleagues (and team supporters) Bolton Round Table, and it was ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Update on walk to raise funds for the team by Mrs Jayne Bayliss of Adlington]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3015</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[On February 24th this year, the team received an email off Mrs Jayne Bayliss of Adlington, who informed us she was undertaking a challenging walk in the summer 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 ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another very kind donation from long term team friend and active supporter Dave Lane]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3016</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are very happy to report yet another kind donation from Dave Lane of Swinton, arising from sales of his publication, 'Winter Hill Scrapbook.'

Dave is a valued long term supporter of the team, and todays appreciated £70.00 donation is the latest arising from his excellent publication.

(Dave ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tomorrows election looms, which party does the team support?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3017</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The team has always enjoyed excellent cross party support from all our local politicians, who have raised the good name of the team in Westminster many times, and have raised many issues concerning mountain rescue in the local and national press.

So with tomorrows election nearly upon us what do we ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Collection Box monthly update]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3018</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are very happy to report that our April 2010 collection Box total is £515.65, with a total to date for this year figure of £1,455.91, which despite the recession is up by comparison with last years figures to date.

As ever a huge thanks to all who host one of our boxes, which exist at a current ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team displays at Rivington as part of Mountain Rescue England and Wales National Mountain and Cave Rescue Awareness Day, May Day Holiday, Monday 3rd May 2010.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3014</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[As part of a country wide co-ordinated National Mountain and Cave Rescue Awareness Day, the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team was on full display in Lever Park, Rivington, today from 11.00am until 4.00pm, on land immediately alongside the Great House Barn, known locally as the 'Bottom Barn'.

Mountain (and ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Oldham Mountain Rescue Team Weekend Seminar 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3010</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This weekend saw the 29th Annual Oldham Mountain Rescue Team International Weekend Seminar run and full call out team member and Training Officer, Elaine Gilliland, journeyed to Boarshurst Outdoors Pursuit Centre in Saddleworth, to take part.

Elaines account of this weekend follows below.

Arriving ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team Eagley Bank Fundraisers present the team with another wonderful donation]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3011</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are pleased to announce the receipt of a £40.00 donation via Maureen Heggie of Team Eagley Bank Fundraisers, from their latest event as part of their Charity Year 2010 / 2011 in support of the team, which was a games night on 15th April at her home in Eagley Bank. Their next venture in support ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[National Women's Register (Bolton Group) member kindly donates to team following their visit of 20th April 2010.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3012</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are very pleased to announce the receipt of a £10.00 personal  donation from Shirley McGregor of the National Women's Register (Bolton Group) the organiser of their visit to our Base on 20th April 2010.

In a letter to our Secretary Gillian Gregory, accompanying her kind donation, Shirley McGregor ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Celebration of St George's Day results in a very kind donation to the team.  ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3013</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[In February this year our Secretary Gillian Gregory received a phone call from Ann Nightingale of Bolton, who had obtained Gillians phone number from the Bolton MRT collecting tin at the Great House Barn, Lever Park, Rivington. Each year Ann explained to Gillian that she arranges a charitable event to ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Advance notice for Mountain Rescue England and Wales National Mountain and Cave Rescue Awareness Day, May Day Holiday, Monday 3rd May 2010.  ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3008</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[As part of a country wide co-ordinated National Mountain and Cave Rescue Awareness Day, the Bolton Mountain Rescue Team will be on full display in Lever Park, Rivington, on Monday 3rd May 2010.

Mountain (and Cave) Rescue Teams throughout the UK are involved in a much wider operational role than just ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mapyx supports Mountain Rescue England & Wales]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-05-01#3009</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[As of 1st March 2010, MREW has appointed Mapyx as an ‘Official GIS and Digital Mapping Partner’
In brief Members of teams and Teams recognised by MREW & BCRC are eligible to receive:-

A free copy of Quo software for EVERY team member with activation code
1:25,000 mapping in Quo format for England, ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 56/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#3006</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:16:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Well as the NWAS HART team had had an emergency call tonight we didn't want to miss out on an incident, so maybe we shouldn't have been surprised when at 23.16hrs this evening Lancashire Constabulary paged us for immediate assistance with a developing search in the Turton and Chapeltown area north of ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Visit to the team by NWAS HART team.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#3007</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:45:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening the team hosted a visit to our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ by the North West Ambulance Service Hazardous Area Response Team. (NWAS HART)
Formed as part of a national capability following many recent major incidents and terrorist incidents the team provides many unique capabilities from within ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donation from Bolton Advanced Motorists Group]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#3001</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are very pleased to announce another kind donation from our friends and supporters at the Bolton and District Group of the Institute of Advanced Motorists, (Bolton Advanced Motorists Group)

In a letter to our Team Leader, accompanying their donation of £30.00, Gary Whittle, Secretary of Bolton ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Visit to Team by St. John Ambulance Division, Bolton Unit]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#3002</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening members of the St. John Ambulance Division, Bolton Unit, visited our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ for a presentation on the work of the team.

Meeting them were Full Team Call Out List Members, Mike Marsh, Chris Tennant, Mark Scott, Doctor Clare Whitney, Michael O'Brien, and Trainee Team ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Province of East Lancashire, Bolton and Farnworth District Freemasons Charity, Charity Giving Evening]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#3004</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE was honoured to be invited to the 4th Annual Charity Giving Evening of the Freemasons of Bolton and Farnworth Lodges.

Held in the Bolton Masonic Hall, Institute Street, Bolton, Freemasons from the twenty Lodges and eleven Chapters making up the Bolton ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from our friends at Eccles Rambling and Social Club]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#3003</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are pleased to announce a very kind donation of £50.00 from our friends at Eccles Rambling and Social Club.

The members of Eccles Rambling and Social Club have helped the team for many years now and we are very grateful for their kind and continuing support.

In letter to Team member Mark ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 55/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#3000</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:53:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 18.53hrs early this evening we were paged by NWAS (Manchester) Control for assistance with an incident in the Porter's Wood area of Gathurst / Kitt Green, Wigan, with the report of an injured male in woodland down an embankment.

By 19.00hrs a full team call out had been initiated along with drivers ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 54/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2998</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Team members already out in the area providing Standby Rescue cover for this years Pike View Hike Scout event (see separate report item) were alerted at 17.01hrs to an accident involving one of the entrants, a young Scout, aged 12, in a group with three other Scouts, who had slipped and fallen sustaining ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Standby Rescue Cover, Pike View Hike 2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2999</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today at an incredibly early hour (of 05:30 in the morning!), a small number of team members journeyed to Bibbys Farm, Limbrick, the campsite of the Bolton Scout Trust, to provide the kit checking team for the 06:00 start of this year's Pike View Hike. 

The Pike View Hike is an annual one day long ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another major donation from our friends at Bolton and District Round Table]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2996</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Craig Knights, immediate past Chairman of Bolton and District Round Table, kindly made the team his 'Charity of the Year' for his tenure as Chairman over the 2009 / 2010 period.

On 13th January this year, along with his fellow Round Tablers, Craig kindly handed over to the team a fantastic £1,000.00 ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very kind support through the Charities Aid Foundation by Phil and Diana Thornley of Lostock.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2997</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we received a kind letter from Phil and Diana Thornley of Lostock, explaining how much they had both enjoyed visiting the team on Tuesday night, 20th April 2010, (National Womens' Register, Bolton Group visit, see website news report dated 20th April 2010), kindly commenting; "We were very impressed ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[MREW Water Training Day - Llangollen]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#3005</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Rather too early on Saturday morning Fred Taylor, who is Water Representative for the MPSRO, and Geoff Seddon, BMRT’s Deputy Leader made their way to Llangollen to meet with other Water Reps and prospective Trainers.

After a quick handshake and brief everyone travelled to the upper site at Canolfan ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Congratulations to latest full team member Ana Toole.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2995</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Congratulations today to team member Ana Toole, who has completed her twelve month long Trainee Team Membership period with the team and has today been accepted as a Full Team Member / Call Out list member.

Ana, aged 41, is a Physiotherapist at Royal Bolton Hospital, and is well known within the team ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[I.S.A.C. course.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2993</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and team Call Out list member (and Regional MR Water Officer) Fred Taylor journeyed to Cheshire Fire and Rescue Services HQ and Training School at Sadler Road, Winsford, to take part in an Incident Safety Assessment and Control (ISAC) course, organised and facilitated ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Visit to Lowton St. Mary’s CE Primary School]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2994</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Visit to Lowton St. Mary’s CE Primary School – 22nd April 2010
As part of their topic work this term Year 1 pupils at Lowton St. Mary’s CE Primary School are raising money for organisations and the “Diamonds” (Year 1 pupils), have chosen Bolton Mountain Rescue Team as their charity.

Today, Life Vice ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Visit to Base / HQ by Bolton Group, National Womens' Register.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2992</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening members of the Bolton Group of the National Womens' Register, many with their husbands, partners and friends, visited our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ.
They were met by experienced Team Call Out list member Chris Tennant, Trainee Team members Ana Toole and Judith Waltho, and Support Group ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 53/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2989</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 11:44:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 11:44 today, the team was paged by NWAS (Manchester) Control regarding a 9 year old male cyclist reported to have fallen down an embankment in the Clifton Country Park area of Swinton.

A full team pager callout was initiated at 11:53, with one vehicle mobile almost immediately as a small number ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donation from Ms. Joan Sprout]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2991</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday, April 11th, Ms. Joan Sprout accompanied her friend Irene Jackson on her visit to our Ladybridge Hall base/HQ.

Today we received a card and a very kind donation of £30 from Ms. Joan Sprout of Bromley Cross, Bolton. Her card kindly stated, "just a few words to say how much I enjoyed our ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Map donation from team supporter Irene Jackson]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2990</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Valued team friend and supporter Irene Jackson, who visited the team last Sunday (11th April), today gave us another visit this time with a donation of a number of Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 maps.

The team is very grateful to Irene Jackson for this kind donation and has put the maps into our OS map ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 52/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2988</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:30:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Early this evening, our Team Leader was in contact with GMFRS Control regarding a developing major moorland fire, in the Turton Moor, Belmont area.

Our Team Leader was requested to liaise with the on-scene incident command fire officers resulting at 17:30 with a full team callout to the team to provide ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA["Respect Me - Respect You" event, Halliwell, Bolton]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2987</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today the team attended the One Halliwell "Repect Me, Respect You" cultural festival for Halliwell, which was held at the venue of Bolton Rugby Club, Avenue St, Bolton.

Excellent weather greeted the event which celebrated the cultural diversity of Haliwell whilst bringing together a wide ranging mix ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Edale MRT Trauma and Casualty Care weekend]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2986</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Over the last couple of years, Edale MRT has hosted an excellent Trauma and Casualty Care weekend for Mountain Rescue team members throughout the UK.

Attending the course today and tomorrow from our team are team doctor, Dr. Clare Witney, and team member Fred Taylor.

Clare's report on the weekend ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Line Dancing fundraiser in aid of team raises fantastic donation]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2985</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:59:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening saw team members Martin Banks and Ana Toole, along with Martin’s girlfriend Stella, attend a fundraising event held on behalf of the team.  
There follows Ana's account of this excellent evening

When we arrived at the venue at St. Mary’s Parish Hall in Horwich, the night was already ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Generous £500.00 donation from Bolton and District Hospital Saturday Council]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2984</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE and Senior Team member Mike Marsh were honoured guests at the President's Evening of the Bolton and District Hospital Saturday Council.

Invited to attend this buffet evening and presentation of charitable donations by outgoing President of the Bolton and ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team visits Thursday Group Ladies of Farnworth United Reformed Church]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2981</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening experienced Team Call Out list member Craig Lamb and Trainee Team Members Dean Mellor and John Fletcher journeyed to the United Reformed Church, Albert Road, Farnworth, to give a presentation about the team to the Thursday Group Ladies of Farnworth United Reformed Church.

Craig reported ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[MPSRO AGM and election of Officers 2010 / 2011]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2982</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This evening saw the Annual General Meeting of our regional body, the MPSRO, (Mid Pennine Search and Rescue Organisation).

Held as usual at the Clegg Street HQ of Rossendale and Pendle MRT, representatives from the following teams were in attendance, Bolton MRT, Bowland Pennine MRT, Calder Valley ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation of 'Blizzard Protection Systems Limited Blanket to Bolton MRT by MREW]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2983</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to have received this evening, as a donation from our national body, Mountain Rescue, England and Wales, a latest technology lightweight casualty protection system from Blizzard Protection Systems Limited (Wales UK)
Every Mountain Rescue Team in England and Wales has been supplied with ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team website clocks up 800,000 hits !]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2978</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Regular readers of our website may have noticed that today our 'number of visits' counter reached 800,000 hits,  representing a fantastic number of people who have visited our website since it first went live some years ago on December 2001.
An analysis of our visitors shows not only the majority (not ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from Horwich RMI Harriers and Athletics Club in regards to Rivington Pike Fell Race 2010.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2979</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we are very pleased to announce the receipt of a kind £50.00 donation from Horwich RMI Harriers and Athletics Club, following our provision of Standby Rescue Cover for their Easter Saturday 3rd April 2010, Rivington Pike Fell Race. See also news article dated Saturday 3rd April 2010 ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Very kind donation from Mrs Irene Jackson.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2980</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[In late 2008, following the sad death of Bolton CHA Walking Club member Dennis Jackson, the team received very kind donations totalling £1,424.00 in his memory. A plaque dedicated to Dennis Jackson was subsequently placed in our Ladybridge Hall Base / HQ.
At the time we invited Mrs Irene Jackson, the ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donation from team friend Norma Ramm.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2971</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to report today the receipt of a very kind donation of £50.00 from team friend and valued supporter Norma Ramm of Breightmet, Bolton. See also website news articles dated 29th August and 25th November 2009 ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another very kind donation from Bolton H.F. Walking Group.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2972</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We are very pleased to announce the receipt today of a generous £200.00 donation from our dear friends and supporters in Bolton H.F. Walking Group.

Attached with the donation was a letter from Christina Wallwork, Treasurer of Bolton H.F. Walking Club (a.k.a. Bolton H.F. Walking Club) commenting that ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from Mr and Mrs Doyle.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2973</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we received a kind £40.00 donation from husband and wife Mike and Pauline Doyle, of Bolton.
With the donation was a letter explaining that their aunt had sadly died recently, and family members were asked to make a donation in her memory to a charity of their choice.
Mike and Pauline Doyle very ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Further donation to the memory of the Late Alan Paul Thompson.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2974</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We have previously reported donations totalling £910.00 all made in the memory of the late Alan Paul Thompson of Sharples, Bolton, who died aged 54 years on 29th January 2010.
Today we are pleased to announce the receipt of an additional £100.00 in the memory of the late Alan Paul Thompson, from the ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Extremely kind donation from the casualty involved in Incident 48-2010, Saturday 20th March 2010.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2975</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today the team received a very generous and thoughtful large donation of £1,000.00 from Mr Charles Garside of Bowdon, Altrincham, the gentleman involved in Incident 48-2010 of Saturday 20th March 2010.
Mr Garside sustained a fractured leg, following an unfortunate slip when in the company of fellow ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation arising from our provision of Standby Rescue Cover at Winter Hill Fell Race 14th February 2010.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2976</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we have received a very generous total donation of £450.00 following our provision of Standby Rescue Cover at this years Winter Hill Fell Race. (See news article dated 14th February 2010)
Race Organiser, Tony Varley, in his letter to our Team Leader Garry Rhodes MBE accompanying this kind donation ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kind donation arising from Incident 12-2010 (Actually Incident 14 of 26 listed overall under 'Incident 12.')]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2977</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Today we received a very generous £100.00 donation from the family members of a 72 years old Breightmet gentleman we were called out to assist on Tuesday 5th January 2010, during a day of very heavy local snowfall in the area.
Sadly in their kind letter to the team, the family have informed us the man ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Collection Boxes Update]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2968</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Our figures are now available for the end of March 2010 - during the month we received donations from our community collecting tins totalling £157.77.  This brings the total so far for 2010 to an encouraging sum of £940.26. 
We are very grateful to the members of the general public and the host sites ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Membership news latest - team welcomes nine new Trainee Team Members.]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2970</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The team welcomes today nine new Trainee Team Members, all having started with the team as Probationary members following our January 2010 'New Team member' intake.

As Trainee Team Members all nine have been fully equipped with team issue clothing and other items, and all can now attend operational ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[‘If You Go Out in the Wood Tonight, You’re in for a Big Surprise’ – Operation Easter Bunny]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2967</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Over the Easter Weekend, many team members were absent from their families due to team commitments for Safety Cover and so this evening it was the team’s turn to give something back to family and friends.

‘Operation Easter Bunny’ took place tonight in Lever Park – the tracks and paths around Liverpool ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Final works to teams latest vehicle, 'Bolton Mobile 5']]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2969</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Although we have previously reported its official handover from Greater Manchester Police to the team, and its acceptance into operational service with the team, our latest team vehicle, a Ford Transit Minibus, ' Bolton Mobile 5,' still had some minor work yet to be completed.

This has now been carried ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rivington Pike Fell Race]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-04-01#2966</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The annual Rivington Pike Fell Race, held every Easter Saturday for over 100 years, took place today in the April sunshine. 

As usual, excellent organisation by Horwich RMI Harriers and Athletics Club meant the event was well attended by an enthusiastic field of runners from all areas of the UK.

The ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 51/2010]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 12.50 hours whilst out walking with friends and family, a boy slipt and fell on the path leading down from Rivington Pike to Georges Lane. He was carried by his father to one of our nearby vehicles where he was treated for suspected ankle and lower leg injuries.  

The boy was transported in our ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 50/2010]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:50:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At 11:50 hours today, whilst providing cover for the annual Rivington Pike Fair celebrations, our Deputy Team Leader was contacted by NWAS (Greater Manchester) for assistance with an adult that had slipped on the descent from Rivington Pike on the muddy track in the vicinity of Higher Knoll Farm.  Two ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rivington Pike Fair]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The annual Rivington Pike Fair celebrations took place today on Georges Lane, just below Rivington Pike.

The Fair, having been held for over 100 years saw an enthusiastic turn out of people treking from the bottom of the slopes up to the Pike, regardless of the mud and ever-threatening rain clouds.

The ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[More Support from Team Eagley Bank]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Maureen Heggie and Team Eagley Bank held yet another fundraising event yesterday at Maureen's home in Eagley Bank - a Coffee Morning and Bring-and-Buy Sale, which raised the marvellous sum of £150 for Bolton Mountain Rescue Team.  This follows their successful quiz night on 25th February which raised ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Donation from Bolton 050 Friendship Centre]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[We have today received a cheque for £100 from Bolton 050 Friendship Centre as a donation towards our work. In the accompanying letter, Chairman of the Group, Roger White, tells us that they enjoy a membership of 120 people and their activities luckily generate a surplus of income over expenditure each ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Team provide cover for the 'Muddy March Hare Event.']]></title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[A successful, incident free ‘Muddy March Hare Event’ was run for the third year running this morning and the team provided standby rescue cover for both 'Muddy March Hare' races held within the Croal / Irwell Valley, Darcy Lever, Bolton. 

Organised by Bolton United Harriers in partnership with Bolton ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 49/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-03-01#2960</link>
			<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This afternoon at 15:09hrs, the team was paged by NWAS (Manchester) regarding assistance with the report of a ‘child’ that had slipped down a steep slope near Park Lane, Little Lever, and that NWAS (Manchester) resources were responding.

This call was answered by our Deputy Team Leader, who initiated ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Incident 48/2010]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-03-01#2957</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[At circa 13:30 hrs today the team was contacted by NWAS (Lancashire) for assistance with a fell walker who had fallen on the path descending Winter Hill to Horden Stoops.

An NWAS Emergency Ambulance, from Leyland Ambulance Station, was already on scene at Horden Stoops car park and our Deputy Team ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Further donation from the Estate of the Late Jean Noreen Redwood of Darwen]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-03-01#2956</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 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 ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lecture visit to Little Lever Women's Institute ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-03-01#2958</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[The Team's Honorary President, Bob Hutchinson, travelled to Little Lever this afternoon at the invitation of Little Lever Women's Institute members to tell them about the work of Bolton Mountain Rescue Team.  At the end of the meeting, Bob was presented with a donation of £30.00 from the Institute to ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Three Team representatives attend Government reception in London, 'Recognising Community Spirit during the (recent) Severe Weather.']]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-03-01#2955</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This afternoon three team Call Out list members, representing the whole
Bolton Mountain Rescue Team membership,  (and in a wider sense Mountain
Rescue nationally) journeyed to London to attend a reception hosted by
Barbara Follett MP 'Recognising Community Spirit during the (recent) Severe
(wintry) ...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Another very kind donation via Alan Baxendale.  ]]></title>
			<link>http://www.boltonmrt.org.uk/go.php?page=news&amp;date=2010-03-01#2952</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Valued team friend and supporter Alan Baxendale gives occasional talks to his Masonic colleagues at various Lodges, and kindly donates in turn any donation he personally receives, on to the Bolton MRT.

This thoughtful support of the team is much appreciated, with today the team receiving another kind ...]]></description>
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