How Bolton became the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in England

Great British Bake Off have been left reeling after the decision to send home a baker from Bolton on last night's show. Makbul "Mak" Patel, scored an impressive third place in the technical challenge but ultimately waved goodbye to the tent after disappointing Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with his biscuit showstopper and signature effort.

Wanderers have lost the opening three matches of their League Two campaign, the most recent of which came at home against Newport County on Saturday. The Exiles claimed a 2-0 victory after two strikes from Tristan Abrahams after the break condemned Bolton to defeat and left them 22nd in the fourth tier of English football.

The Trotters have lost all five competitive matches played in all competitions so far this campaign. The most recent defeat came on Saturday at the University of Bolton Stadium against the Exiles, when Tristan Abrahams struck twice after the break to inflict Wanderers' third loss in a row in League Two.

A Bolton accountant is of the contestants on the new series of Channel 4's Great British Bake Off.Makbul Patel is competing on the 11th edition of the show - which airs tonight at 8.15pm (Tuesday) - alongside 12 other new bakers.The 51-year-old first started cooking at home to help support his mum but he has spent a long time improving his skills by watching famous chefs on TV and reading cookbooksMakbul's party trick is his remarkable ability to measure out ingredients just by eye and he

issued a statement yesterday confirming the news due to matters that 'neither party is in a position to disclose'. The Boundary Park club, who Bolton are due to face this season in the fourth tier of English football, added that no further comment would be made at this time.

has drawn the ire of Sir Graham and others.Speaking to the BBC’s Radio 4 today programme on Monday, said: “What we have also seen over the last six months is the Government has got into the habit of, in respect to the coronavirus issue, ruling by decree without usual debate and discussion and votes in Parliament that we would expect on any other matter."The British people aren't used to being treated as children."We expect in this country to have a parliamentary democracy where our elected

installed by the bookmakers before the 2020/21 season kicked off as among the favourites to lift the trophy in May.Wanderers are targeting promotion back to League One this campaign after playing in the fourth tier of English football for the first time since the 1987/88 season. But the fresh campaign has not got off to a winning start, with Wanderers losing all four games they have played so far under new boss Ian Evatt.

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David Cameron was ­yesterday accused of having a “brass neck” for ­volunteering at a ­food bank – despite his ­policies making them desperately needed.He presided over the largest increase in food banks in British history while prime minister.Asked about lockdown, Cameron told Times Radio: “My wife was battling hard to save and promote her fashion ­business, I was working less than that. "And so I cooked all the meals.

new confirmed cases in the last 24 hours, the biggest daily total since May 8.That means Greater Manchester has contributed around 14pc of the total, considerably bigger than the region's proportion of the total UK population.The total number of coronavirus cases confirmed after testing in the UK since the pandemic began has now hit 374,228.In addition, the Department of Health has recorded a further 20 deaths in the UK in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 41,684.Separate figures

Former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher is strongly against wearing a mask amid the coronavirus pandemic despite mandates in the United Kingdom where he resides. Gallagher, 53, also called a friend of his “cowardly” for doing his part to avoid spreading the novel virus.

Bolton has become the UK's coronavirus hotspot following a sudden surge in cases which began in the last week of August. Last Tuesday the borough was placed under strict new lockdown measures which included banning pubs and restaurants from all but takeaway sales.

According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, the UK unemployment rate now stands at 4.1 per cent.

coronavirus vaccine is to resume after a short pause when a participant in the UK became unwell.The university announced on Saturday that the trial was to resume and that "some 18,000 individuals" globally had received study vaccines as part of the trial.The vaccine is being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University and was only halted on Tuesday night as a result of a reported side-effect in a participant in the UK.AstraZeneca issued a statement on Tuesday night saying the late-stage