Bolton hit with tougher local lockdown restrictions as town records highest rate of new cases in the country

in Bolton.  It comes following reports of anti-social behaviour at Leverhulme Park. Police say they had already received a formal warning but continued to flout the rules.  A spokesman for GMP Bolton North said: “A parent has been issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice by the Breightmet Neighbourhood Team after their children failed to follow COVID-19 restrictions, despite being formally warned previously.

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One area of Bolton has registered almost no coronavirus cases on the latest figures, despite the town having the highest rate of infection in the country.Westhoughton has consistently seen fewer new cases than other parts of the borough and has not been impacted as heavily by the rise in new infections over the last few weeks.But, according to the latest data for Middle Super Output Areas (MSOA), the Westhoughton West area of Bolton is the only place to record less than two new cases of

Nicola Sturgeon has hinted new national lockdown restictions could be imposed if local measures fail to stop the growing number of Covid cases in Scotland.Seven councils in the Greater Glasgow area currently have bans on social gatherings indoors but the SNP leader suggested similar rules could be rolled out elsewhere.Speaking at First Minister's Questions today, Sturgeon said the Scottish Government was "carefully considering" whether new lockdown rules were required "for all or parts of the

confirmed on Thursday afternoon that local lockdown restrictions will be introduced in Northumberland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gateshead, Sunderland and County Durham following "concerning rates of infection".

Nicola Sturgeon has issued a stark warning about coronavirus cases as new lockdown restrictions are introduced in parts of Scotland today.The First Minister took to Twitter this morning to urge Scotland to follow new restrictions currently implemented in council areas and new rules which apply across Scotland on Monday.She warned positive Covid-19 cases are on the rise in the West of Scotland and asked people not to let others into their homes or visit friends and family inside their homes.As of

Bolton borough, is gearing up for more people than usual crossing the border into Chorley this weekend. The White Bear Inn is situated in Market Street, Adlington - around a quarter of a mile from the village's border with Blackrod at Carrington Textiles.

Bolton is climbing as a whole, Public Health England data from August 31 to September 6 shows a disparity between the number of infections in different areas of the borough.

in Bolton has been released.

Back in March when the UK-wide lockdown was imposed, everyone was expected to follow the same rules.Now local restrictions are in place in various places across the country.Leicester was the first place to be subject to tougher measures.'Mini lockdowns' are designed to target areas with rising coronavirus rates, such as in Bolton, will preventing the need for a full lockdown.The rules can be confusing - especially if you travel between areas.Here's a list of places that have local lockdown

coronavirus cases being reported continues to rise at an alarming rate. The move comes as the local infection rate reached 120 cases per 100,000, meaning Bolton has a higher rate than anywhere in the country.

Parts of Greater Manchester remain under local lockdown measures - but for how much longer?Restrictions have been in place for more than five weeks now, and only two boroughs have seen a full lifting of local lockdown measures.Residents of Wigan and Stockport are now under national guidance while people living in Manchester, Trafford, Salford, Tameside, Rochdale and Bury are still prevented from mixing with other households in their homes and gardens.Oldham and Bolton are seeing the strictest

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coronavirus cases in a day since April, the latest figures show.

Salford's public health director has explained why regional restrictions should remain in place despite the number of deaths from coronavirus staying low.Rules prohibiting people from meeting with members of different households indoors or in private gardens are in force across most of Greater Manchester.Wigan and Stockport have now been released from the regional restrictions.But in Bolton and Trafford, where rules were due to be relaxed this week, the restrictions will remain in place due to a