Bolton NHS bosses reveal £100m vision for Royal Bolton Hospital

For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletterBolton town centre continues to provide the backdrop for some of Britain's biggest TV shows - and will appear on our sets again in January.Channel 4 drama It's a Sin transformed part of Le Mans Crescent, behind Bolton Town Hall, into a 1980s London street to serve as the setting for for the programme.The show will look into the life of three teenagers who are finding out what it was like to grow up gay in

Bolton Council has said that people in the borough need to 'pull together' over Christmas in order to avoid any further lockdowns. Yesterday, Boris Johnson announced that plans to ease restrictions for five days over the festive period would have to be cancelled due to rising case numbers.

If you’ve watched the movie musical The Prom on Netflix, you’re going to love this story!

direct to your inboxFifteen more lives have been claimed by coronavirus in Greater Manchester's hospitals.The region's coronavirus hospital death toll has risen to 4,019, the latest NHS figures show.Eight more deaths have been recorded by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust in the last 24 hours.The trust runs the city's main hospitals including the Manchester Royal Infirmary and Wythenshawe Hospital.Three more Covid deaths were recorded the Royal Bolton, two at Pennine Acute and two at

hospital have been dancing on the helipad and in the corridors as they recorded a Christmas charity single. About 65 staff at the Royal London in Whitechapel sang and performed the music to Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas to raise spirits and funds for Barts Charity.

direct to your inbox Some 16 more people with coronavirus have died in hospitals in Greater Manchester. Every day the NHS gives an update on virus-related fatalities at hospital trusts in England.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon has given a series order to “I’m a Virgo” from Boots Riley with Jharrel Jerome attached to star.The half-hour series is described as an absurdist, coming of age story about a 13-foot-tall Black man (Jerome) who lives in Oakland, CA.Riley wrote the series and will also direct. He serves as executive producer along with Michael Ellenberg of Media Res, Tze Chun, and Jerome.

direct to your inboxNHS bosses have warned Boris Johnson that relaxing coronavirus controls could trigger a third wave of the virus at the busiest time of year for hospitals.In a letter to the Prime Minister, NHS Providers urged “extreme caution” in moving any area of England to a lower tier, according to reports by the BBC.The first review of England’s three-tier allocation is due take place on Wednesday, two weeks after the system was reintroduced at the end of the national lockdown.But areas

The decision by the Food and Drug Administration Friday night to issue an emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is a critical breakthrough in the battle against the disease that has infected more than 15.7 million Americans and killed nearly 300,000. The FDA ruling that the Pfizer vaccine is safe and effective is just a first step in a massive rollout of the vaccine.

Hailey Baldwin is flaunting her bikini bod.  The model and wife of pop star Justin Bieber posed for a snapshot Thursday while enjoying a day at what appeared to be a private beach area.  Bieber, 26, shared the photo of Baldwin in a bright pink two-piece to his Instagram and captioned it with three heart emojis.

The upcoming “She-Hulk” series directed by Kat Coiro had casting confirmations made by Kevin Feige tonight at the Disney Investors Day. Emmy-winning actress Tatiana Maslany will be playing Bruce Banner’s cousin Jennifer Walters aka She-Hulk, in the Disney+ along returning MCU actors Mark Ruffalo and Tim Roth.

Two years of marriage in, and Justin Bieber still has a giant crush on his wife, Hailey Baldwin. The “Holy” singer, 26, posted a truly breathtaking photo of Hailey, 24, to Instagram on December 10, showing the model wearing a bright pink bikini on a gloriously sunny day by the beach. He captioned the photo with a series of red heart emojis.

The Prom is the highly-anticipated movie musical heading to Netflix this week and we caught up with one of the film’s newcomers, Logan Riley, to learn more about her!

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would later attack seven-year-old Emily.Over the course of a seven-day trial a jury heard that Skana had sat on a bench in the park before springing up and grabbing the youngster as she travelled by on her scooter.She had a craft knife which she used to cut Emily's throat.

NHS bosses in Salford say they are 'optimistic' that the second peak of the coronavirus crisis has passed, but warn the flu season is yet to 'kick in'.The second wave of the pandemic saw a similar number of people in hospital beds as the first wave but fewer patients with Covid-19 were in critical care.This is probably because hospitals know more about the virus now – which drugs to use and how to manage Covid patients – according to Steve Dixon, chief accountable officer of Salford's clinical

Royal Bolton Hospital has ‘significantly increased’ with almost one in 10 staff members off work in October, it has been revealed.  A report to the Bolton’s NHS Foundation Trust’s directors reported staff ‘feeling fatigued, anxious and suffering from moral injury which is impacting on their psychological wellbeing’.  The report, titled ‘Covid-19 Staff Wellness Programme’, details ‘actions that will ensure that our staff are supported during wave two’ of the pandemic. James Mawrey, the trust’s

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust’s latest finance and investment committee report was presented to board members last week.  It stated that in month six of the financial year, from April 1, the trust spent £2.3M on Covid-related items. The year to date total expenditure amounted to £12.2m. With regard to capital investment, the trust has a capital programme of £7.6m and in addition has received funding for Covid schemes of £6.1m.The Covid schemes relate to £2.6m spent on same-day emergency care in