‘Skeletal’ body of man who lay dead in Bolton flat for six years discovered

Posted on May 11, 2023 by Admin

Robert Alton, 70, is believed to have died in 2017 with his death going unnoticed by his landlord and local council

The body of a retired bookkeeper lay undiscovered in his flat for six years with his “skeletal” remains found only after housing officials forced entry to carry out a gas safety check, an inquest heard.

Robert Alton is believed to have died in 2017 aged 70, but his death went unnoticed by both his landlord, which continued to receive his rent automatically through housing benefit, and his local council, which seemingly failed to act on Alton’s mounting council tax arrears.

UK retailer AO World reports bigger losses amid living costs crisis

Posted on November 22, 2022 by Admin

Online electrical store is cutting costs but faces ‘tough environment’ and supply chain problems

The online electrical goods retailer AO World has reported bigger half year losses as it has been hammered by the cost of living crisis and supply chain problems.

AO, which sells kitchen appliances, mobile phones and laptops for home delivery, warned of tough times ahead, but raised its full-year earnings guidance after closing loss-making divisions and its German business. This drove its shares 15% higher, but they are down more than 40% so far this year.

Revealed: money for educating excluded children funded Bolton bar owner’s social life

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Admin

Call for ‘seismic change’ in social care system after Robert McGuinness’s use of funds

Related: How did Bolton children’s home receive Ofsted licence then close just months later?

The owner of a children’s home in Bolton shut down for “serious and widespread failures” spent thousands intended for educating marginalised children on drinking, foreign trips and his pub business, the Guardian can reveal.

Between 2015 and 2021, £1.5m was paid by two local authorities to a “community interest company” (CIC) run by Robert McGuinness, the main director of the children’s home. The CIC was set up to provide vocational training to children from years 9 to 11 (ages 14-16) excluded from mainstream schools.

India variant will be dominant UK Covid strain ‘in next few days’

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Admin

Scientists’ warning comes as government comes under pressure to explain border policy

The Covid variant first detected in India is set to be the dominant strain in the UK within days, experts have said, with the government and health teams struggling to contain cases, which have risen by more than 75% since Thursday.

With the rapid spread of the more transmissible B.1.617.2 variant threatening to reverse moves to ease lockdown, the government faced intense pressure to more fully explain the delay in adding India to the so-called red list of countries.

Hancock: most Bolton Covid patients eligible for jab but haven’t had it

Posted on May 16, 2021 by Admin

Health secretary’s comments come amid mounting concerns over spread of Indian B.1.617.2 variant

The majority of people in hospital with Covid in Bolton were eligible for the vaccine but have not had it, Matt Hancock has said, saying that health authorities would go “door-to-door” offering jabs.

His comments came as concern mounted over increased cases of the B.1.617.2 variant first detected in India, particularly in the north-west and parts of London, which could affect the future easing of lockdown restrictions.

Covid: Greater Manchester running out of hospital beds, leak reveals

Posted on October 18, 2020 by Admin

NHS document shows no spare beds for patients in Salford, Stockport and Bolton

Greater Manchester is set to run out of beds to treat people left seriously ill by Covid-19, and some of the region’s 12 hospitals are already full, a leaked NHS document has revealed.

It showed that by last Friday the resurgence of the disease had left hospitals in Salford, Stockport and Bolton at maximum capacity, with no spare beds to help with the growing influx. The picture it paints ratchets up the pressure on ministers to reach a deal with local leaders over the region’s planned move to the top level of coronavirus restrictions.

What are the new lockdown rules in northern England?

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Admin

All you need to know about the updated coronavirus measures affecting more than 4m people

More than 4 million people across swathes of northern England were given less than three hours’ notice on Thursday night that they must endure tighter lockdown restrictions to stem a resurgence of Covid-19 cases.

But what what exactly do the new measures mean for those living in affected areas in the north and elsewhere in England?

Bolton fire: emergency crews battle blaze at student housing building

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Admin

Witnesses describe flames ‘crawling up cladding’ of six-storey building on Bradshawgate

Fire crews are tackling a large blaze “crawling up the cladding” of a student accommodation building in Bolton.

Images posted on social media show firefighters tackling flames coming out of the windows on the top floors of a building on Bradshawgate.

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‘Skeletal’ body of man who lay dead in Bolton flat for six years discovered

UK retailer AO World reports bigger losses amid living costs crisis

India variant will be dominant UK Covid strain ‘in next few days’

Hancock: most Bolton Covid patients eligible for jab but haven’t had it

Covid: Greater Manchester running out of hospital beds, leak reveals

What are the new lockdown rules in northern England?

Bolton fire: emergency crews battle blaze at student housing building